McAlester, Oklahoma
1. Carl Albert (1908)
Politician
Democratic politician and fifty-fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. From 1947 until 1977, he represented Oklahoma's third district in the U.S. Congress.
2. Mary Blair (1911)
American Animator And Illustrato
Concept artist and animator who worked for the Walt Disney Company. She was named a Disney Legend in 1991.
3. Reba McEntire (1955)
Actress/singer
Multi-platinum singer, musician, and actress who released more than three dozen #1 singles and more than a dozen #1 albums since the 1990s, including Whoever's in New England.
4. Micha Hancock (1992)
Volleyball Player
Volleyball player known for her time as a setter for the Penn State University Nittany Lions, where she won two national titles.
5. Jerry Jewell (1976)
American Actor
Performer who voiced the role of Jimmy Kudo in Case Closed, a popular Japanese manga series. His other voice acting credits include Kyo Sohma in Fruits Basket and Barry the...
6. Anne Bremner (1958)
Lawyer
Anne Melani Bremner is an American trial attorney based in Seattle Washington. She has performed legal work on a number of high-profile cases including in the murder of Meredith Kercher...
7. Beverlee McKinsey (1935)
American Actor
Beverlee McKinsey was an American actress. She is best known for her roles on two daytime serials as Iris Carrington Wheeler on the soap opera Another World from 1972 to...
8. Harold Akin (1945)
American Football Player
Harold Dwayne Akin was an American football player. An offensive tackle he played college football at Oklahoma State University and played professionally in the American Football League for the San...
9. Charles B. Hensley (1953)
American Businessman
Charles B. Hensley is an American entrepreneur venture capitalist and film producer. He is Chairman of The Hensley Group Inc. an umbrella corporation that controls a diverse set of corporate...
10. Talmadge Davis (1962)
Cherokee Realist Painter From Ok
Talmadge Davis was a Cherokee artist who explored historical and military themes in his highly naturalistic paintings.
11. George Nigh (1927)
American Politician
George Patterson Nigh is a politician and civic leader in the U. S. state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd Governor of Oklahoma. He was the...
12. Steven T. Kuykendall (1947)
United States Marine
Steven T. Kuykendall is an American politician and former Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 36th congressional district from 1999 to 2001 in the 106th Congress. He...
13. John Berryman (politician) (1828)
Canadian Politician
This article is about John Berryman the Canadian politician. For other John Berryman see John Berryman John Berryman was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick Canada. He represented...
14. Claude Overton (1927)
American Professional Basketball
Claudell Claude Overton was an American professional basketball player. Overton was selected in the fifth round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Washington Capitols after a collegiate career at...
15. Bruce Sloan (1914)
American Baseball Player
Bruce Adams Sloan nicknamed Fatso was a Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Giants in 1944. He was primarily used as a pinch hitter but was...
16. Brian Shackelford (1976)
American Baseball Player
Brian Wesley Shackelford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He batted and threwn left-handed.
17. Stephen Smitherman (1978)
American Baseball Player
Stephen Lydell Smitherman is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2003. He played his final professional season in 2006 for the Double-A...
