Editing Hugo, Oklahoma (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Henry G. Bennett]], longest-serving president of [[Oklahoma State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/henry-garland-bennett-9063/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Buckskin Bill Black]] (1929–2018), Long-time children's television host in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, grew up in Hugo.<ref name="icon">{{cite news|title=A Look Back at Buckskin Bill, an Icon|date=January 18, 2018|first=Diane|last=Jenkins|work=Central City News|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|pages=4–5|url=http://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CCN-Small-1-18-18-pages-1-16.pdf|access-date=2022-07-21|orig-date=1968}} Originally published September 29, 1968, by the ''North Baton Rouge Journal''.</ref>
* [[Lane Frost|Lane Clyde Frost]] (October 12, 1963 – July 30, 1989), world champion [[bull rider]]
* [[William Judson Holloway]], former [[governor of Oklahoma]]<ref name="EOHC-ChoctawCo">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CH051  James C. Milligan, "Choctaw County."  ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>
* [[William Judson Holloway, Jr.]], Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit]]
* [[James Ling]], entrepreneur and founder of Ling-Temco-Vought
* [[Bill Moyers]], [[Liberal (politics)|liberal]] journalist and former [[White House Press Secretary]] from 1965 to 1967 (during the [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] administration); political commentator and cable news figure  
* [[Patrick W. O'Reilly]], lawyer and politician
* [[Clancy Smith (Oklahoma judge)|Clancy Smith]], was born and raised in Hugo. After graduating from Oklahoma University School of Law, she taught English. Later she earned a law degree from [[University of Tulsa College of Law]] and was appointed to the [[Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals]]. She retired in 2017.
* [[B. J. Thomas]] (1942–2021), singer known for the #1 hits "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]" (featured in the 1969 film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'') and "[[(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song]]"
* [[Wallace Willis]], African-American musician and songwriter, born into slavery in Mississippi, was living near present-day Hugo when he wrote "[[Swing Low, Sweet Chariot]]" in 1840. Then known as Wallace, he had been brought to Indian Territory during [[Indian Removal]] by his master, wealthy [[Choctaw]] farmer Britt Willis.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/michael-overall-how-an-oklahoma-slave-came-to-write-one/article_89101718-6427-5b56-bcb0-a17f798589be.html  | title= Michael Overall, How an Oklahoma slave came to write one of the world's most famous songs | publisher=Tulsa World, January 28, 2019| access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>