Editing Chickasaw (section)

==Notable Chickasaw==
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* [[Bill Anoatubby]], Governor of the [[Chickasaw Nation]] since 1987
* [[Kaylea Arnett]], professional sporting diver
* [[Jack Brisco]] and [[Jerry Brisco]], pro wrestling tag team
* [[Jodi Byrd]], Literary and political theorist
* [[Edwin Carewe]] (1883–1940), movie actor and director<ref>{{cite web|title=Native American Data for Jay J Fox|url=http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/nativeamerican/cgi-bin/search.cgi?main_id=150567&database=Native%20American%20Data&return_to=http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/nativeamerican/&submitter_id=|website=RootsWeb|access-date=10 June 2015}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Charles David Carter]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[U. S. Congress]]man from [[Oklahoma]]<ref>[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA066.html "Carter, Charles David (1868–1929)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102215714/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA066.html |date=2012-11-02 }} ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' Retrieved 6 May 2012.</ref>
* [[Levi Colbert]], Chickasaw language translator
* [[Tom Cole]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma
* [[Molly Culver]], actress
* [[Kent DuChaine]], American Blues singer and guitarist
* [[Hiawatha Estes]], [[architect]]
* [[Bee Ho Gray]], actor
* [[John Herrington]], [[astronaut]]; first Native American [[NASA|in space]]
* [[Linda Hogan (writer)|Linda Hogan]], Writer-in-Residence of the Chickasaw Nation
* [[Miko Hughes]], actor
* [[Sippia Paul Hull]], early settler of [[Pauls Valley, Oklahoma]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Opal Hartsell |title=Indomitable Oklahoma Women |date=1994 |publisher=Oklahoma Heritage Association |isbn=978-0-86546-088-1 |language=en}}</ref> 
* [[Kyle Keller (basketball)|Kyle Keller]], Head Men's Basketball Coach, [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks]] 
* [[Neal A. McCaleb]], Assistant U.S. Secretary for Indian Affairs (overseeing the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|BIA]]) under [[George W. Bush]]
* [[Wahoo McDaniel]], [[pro wrestler]], [[American Football League]] player
* [[Leona Mitchell]], [[opera]] singer
* [[Rodd Redwing]], actor
* [[Rebecca Sandefur]], Sociologist and [[MacArthur Fellow]] 
* [[Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate]], [[composer]] and pianist
* [[Te Ata Fisher|Te Ata]], traditional Indian storyteller and actress<ref>Harris, Rodger. "[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TE001.html Te Ata] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124044536/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TE001.html |date=2013-11-24 }}," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. (accessed October 17, 2013)</ref>
* [[Fred Waite]], cowboy and Chickasaw Nation statesman
* [[Kevin K. Washburn]], Assistant U.S. Secretary for Indian Affairs under [[Barack Obama]]
* [[Montford Johnson]], famous cattle rancher. In April 2020, Montford was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.[35]
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* [[Stephanie Byers]], Kansas State Legislator. In November of 2020, Stephanie Byers, a retired music educator, became the first transgender Native American elected to a state legislature anywhere in the United States.