List of people from Enid, Oklahoma

This is a list of people from Enid, Oklahoma.

Academics

• Melissa Dell - Economics professor, Harvard University, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal

Actors and actresses

See also: Category:Actors from Enid, Oklahoma

• Richard Erdman - actor, Stalag 17, Community
• Glenda Farrell - actress
• Lynn Herring - actress, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives
• Thad Luckinbill - actor, star of The Young and the Restless
• Russell Scott - Blinky the Clown, Blinky's Fun Club

Artists

See also: Category:Artists from Enid, Oklahoma

• Gene Havlick - Academy Award-winning film editor
• Paladine Roye - Ponca artist
• James B. Shackelford - cinematographer
• Lyndon Stromberg - sculptor
• Mark Enger - painter
• Matt Enger - painter
• Donna Cox - digital artist, scientist, and academic.

Athletes

See also: Category:Sportspeople from Enid, Oklahoma

• Kody Bliss - CFL
• Lydell Carr - Running back for the Arizona Cardinals
• Todd Franz - 2005 NFL player, Green Bay Packers^[1]
• Don Haskins - Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach of 1966 NCAA Champion Texas Western Miners, subject of book and movie "Glory Road."
• Ray Hayward - Major League Baseball pitcher^[2]
• Andrew Hoxie - USSF soccer player
• Steve Fuller - NFL
• Lou Kretlow - Major League Baseball pitcher
• Chris McCubbins - Olympian, runner
• Ken Mendenhall - NFL
• William E. "Pinky" Newell - athletic trainer, Purdue University, a founder of the National Athletic Trainers' Association
• Stacy Prammanasudh - LPGA
• Brent Price - NBA
• Mark Price - NBA
• Rip Radcliff - Major League Baseball outfielder
• Lil Stoner - Major League Baseball pitcher, also played for Champlin Oilers
• John Ward - NFL
• Jeff Zimmerman - NFL

Architects

• Karl Kamrath - architect and tennis player

Authors

See also: Category:Writers from Enid, Oklahoma

• Don Blanding - poet, author
• Walter Bowart - author, psychedelic drug advocate
• J. Quinn Brisben - poet, socialist presidential candidate
• Wade Burleson - author and historian
• Angie Debo - author, historian, teacher at Enid High School
• Jon Franklin - author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
• Carol Hamilton - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1995-1997
• Marquis James - author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
• Louis Jenkins - poet
• D.L. Lang - Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California
• Quraysh Ali Lansana - poet, civil rights historian
• Mark Potts - Pulitzer prize winning journalist and filmmaker
• Betty Lou Shipley - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1997-1998
• Bess Truitt - Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 1945-1946

Business owners

• Sherman Billingsley - founder and owner of the Stork Club in New York City
• Sam Boyd - casino owner
• Clyde Cessna - aviation pioneer, aircraft manufacturer
• Harold Hamm - owner of Continental Resources and Hiland Partners; billionaire

Criminals

• Daniel Holtzclaw - serial sexual assault under color of authority as Oklahoma City police officer

Musicians and singers

See also: Category:Musicians from Enid, Oklahoma

• Vida Chenoweth - first professional solo classical marimbist
• Karen Dalton - singer, musician
• Kyle Dillingham - violinist
• Casey Grillo - drummer for power metal group Kamelot
• Michael Hedges - guitarist
• Mark Kelly - bassist for Petra
• Leona Mitchell - opera singer
• Brad Richter - classical guitarist
• Sam Rivers - jazz musician
• Matthew Schultz - musician, Pigface, Lab Report
• Mark Selby - musician
• Don Yule - opera singer with the New York City Opera

Television and radio personalities

• Glenn Hauser - DXer
• Sharron Miller - Emmy Award and Directors Guild of America Award winning television director, producer, writer.
• Harold Taft - television meteorologist

Politicians and military figures

See also: Category:Politicians from Enid, Oklahoma

• Patrick Anderson - Oklahoma State Senator
• Page Belcher - Oklahoma US representative
• Robert M. Blair - Medal of Honor recipient
• James Yancy Callahan - Oklahoma Territorial delegate to the US House of Representatives
• John Newbold Camp - Oklahoma US Representative
• Bud Cummins - United States Attorney
• Frank Frantz - Seventh Oklahoma Territorial Governor
• Milton C. Garber - Oklahoma US representative; editor of Enid News & Eagle
• Owen K. Garriott - astronaut
• Jerauld R. Gentry - Air Force test pilot
• Bo Gritz - former US Army Special Forces operator; political activist
• Stephen Jones - attorney
• Harold Kiner - Medal of Honor recipient
• Norman Lamb - Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Todd Lamb - Lt. Governor of Oklahoma
• E. Bay Mitchell - Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
• John D. Russell - Federal judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
• Kenneth M. Taylor - USAF general, Pearl Harbor hero
• Leon Vance - Medal of Honor recipient
• George H. Wilson - Oklahoma US representative

Religious figures

• Yahweh Ben Yahweh (Hulon Mitchell Jr.) - founder, Nation of Yahweh
• Wade Burleson - American minister

Scientists

• Paul H. Allen - botanist

Other

• Letitia Chambers - director of the Heard Museum

References

1. "Todd Franz". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
2. "Ray Hayward Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

See also

• List of mayors of Enid, Oklahoma