Editing Bristow, Oklahoma (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Brent Ashabranner]], Peace Corps administrator and author, lived in Bristow during his teen years in the 1930s
* [[Gene Autry]], actor, rodeo performer, and singer known as The Singing Cowboy, was a telegrapher in Bristow's Frisco Train Depot, now known as the Bristow Historical Train Depot & Museum.<ref name=TravelOK />
* [[Charles Crawford (American football)|Charles Crawford]], football running back, [[Philadelphia Eagles]] (1986–1987)
* [[Josiah Henson (wrestler)|Josiah Henson]], bronze medalist at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Josiah "Joe" Henson | publisher = Sports Reference | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/joe-henson-1.html | access-date = 8 May 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161203075128/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/joe-henson-1.html | archive-date = 3 December 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Robert Hughes (basketball)|Robert Hughes]], Winningest boys high school basketball coach in the United States with 1,333 wins
* [[Clovis Maksoud]], diplomat, writer, and journalist
* [[Tom Paxton]], folk singer, moved to Bristow with his parents in 1948
* [[Albert A. Rollestone]], philanthropist and oil pioneer, lived in Bristow 1915–1924
* [[Norma Smallwood]], Miss America 1926, first Native American Miss America, married [[Thomas Gilcrease]] 1928
* [[Robert Symonds]], actor
* [[Joe Lee Wilson]], jazz singer