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==Notable people== [[File:Bill Pickett Handbill.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Bill Pickett]]'s image on a handbill advertising the movie "The Bull-Dogger," released in 1921 by The Norman Film Manufacturing Company. Pickett was billed as "the world's colored champion" in "death-defying feats of courage and skill."]] * [[Douglas Blubaugh]], [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympic]] gold medalist in [[freestyle wrestling]] * [[Mike Boettcher]], news correspondent, [[CNN]] and [[NBC]] * [[Lou Clinton]], [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player * [[June Cobb]], CIA informant * [[Don Coleman (offensive tackle)|Don Coleman]], offensive lineman in [[College Football Hall of Fame]] * [[Stanley Ann Dunham]], mother of U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] * [[Terry Forcum]], 1983 World Champion professional long drive golfer * [[Richard E. Killblane]], military historian and author * [[Jon Kolb]], former [[offensive lineman]] with [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] * [[Candy Loving]],'' [[Playboy]]'' model, January, 1979, magazine's 25th-Anniversary Playmate * [[E. W. Marland]], businessman and politician * [[Gale McArthur]], All-American basketball player at Oklahoma State University [[File: Don Nickles.jpg | right | thumb | Former U.S. Senator [[Don Nickles]]]] * [[W. H. McFadden]], oilman and philanthropist * [[Jake McNiece]] (1919β2013), a [[United States Army|US Army]] [[paratrooper]] in World War II, was the leader of the [[Filthy Thirteen]], an elite demolition unit whose exploits inspired the novel and movie ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''. * [[Don Nickles]], former [[United States Senator]] * [[Gayla Peevey]], child singer ("[[I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas]]")<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwantahippopotamusforchristmas.net/gayla-peevey|title=Gayla Peevey biography}}</ref> * [[Bill Pickett]], cowboy * [[Don Puddy]], NASA flight director * [[Mark Ryal|Mark]] and [[Rusty Ryal]], father and son MLB players * [[Kareem Salama]], country and western singer * [[Clint Sodowsky]], MLB player * [[Standing Bear]], Poncan [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] leader * [[Anthony Taylor (bishop)|Anthony Taylor]], Catholic bishop of the diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas * [[Joyce Carol Thomas]], children's author * [[Marilyn Vann]], Cherokee Nation engineer and activist * [[Lewis Haines Wentz|Lew Wentz]], oilman and philanthropist * [[Shelby Wilson]], [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympic]] gold medalist in freestyle wrestling * [[Waddy Young]] Walter Roland Young 1916 - 1945 An All-American football player with the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)]] who volunteered to fly the B-29 in World War II <!-- *** INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOTABLE PEOPLE SECTIONS *** When you add a name in this section, it's YOUR responsibility to ensure all of the following for each person: 1) Insert person into list sorted by last name (surname). 2) Each person MUST meet [[Wikipedia:Bio]] requirements to ensure notability (see [[Wikipedia:Notability]]). 3) Each person MUST meet [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] requirements to verify their notability and prove they resided in the city. 4) If the person has a Wikipedia article, then wikilink the persons name to the correct wikipedia article, otherwise add citation reference(s) to prove notability and attended the school (see [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]). *** END OF INSTRUCTIONS *** -->
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