State Motto
Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things)
State Colors
Green and White
State Bird
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Muscivora
forficata, is a somewhat quiet bird with beautiful plumage and
a long sleek tail that is twice as long as its body. The deeply-forked
tail resembles a pair of scissors. The Scissor Tailed Flycatcher has
a black and white tail, a dark gray back, a light gray chest and head
and has pale orange red coloring beneath its wings.
State Flower
Mistletoe phoradendron serotinum the oldest of
Oklahoma's symbols, adopted in 1893 -- 14 years before statehood. Mistletoe grows on trees
throughout the state and is particularly bountiful in the southern regions of Oklahoma.
The dark green leaves and white berries show up brightly during the fall and winter in
trees that have shed their own leaves.
State Animal
Buffalo Bison bison. The American Buffalo, or Bison,
is a massive animal that weighs from 800 to 2,000 pounds and stands nearly six feet high
at the shoulder. A large head, high hump on the shoulders and dark brown shaggy hair
characterize the buffalo.
State Fish
White or Sand Bass Morone chrysops. The White Bass,
also called a Sand Bass, is dark blue-green on top, with silvery sides, a white belly and
black horizontal stripes running along the length of its body.
State Reptile
Collared Lizard (Mountain Boomer) Crotaphytus collaris. The
Mountain Boomer, or Collard Lizard, is a pretty turquoise blue collar except for its head
and neck, which is bright yellow with black stripes along its neck.
State Tree
Redbud Cercis canadensis. The Redbud grows in the
valleys and ravines of Oklahoma. In early spring, its reddish-pink blossoms brighten the
landscape throughout the state.
State Rock
Rose Rock Barite rose. Rocks resembling full-grown
roses were formed by barite rock crystals during the Permian Age and are found in a few
rare places around the globe. In Oklahoma, the distinctive red soil colors them in hues
ranging from reddish brown to cinnamon. An old Cherokee legend says the rocks represent
the blood of the braves and the tears of the maidens who made the devastating "Trail
of Tears" journey in the 1800s to Oklahoma.
State Wildflower
Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella. The Indian
Blanket is a red flower with yellow tips. It symbolizes Oklahoma's scenic beauty as well
as the state's Indian heritage. Indian Blanket flowers bloom in June and July.
State Musical Instrument
Fiddle
State Beverage
Milk
State Insect
Honeybee Apis mellifera
State Poem
"Howdy Folks" by David Randolph Milsten
Famous People Born or Raised In Oklahoma
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| NAME |
PROFESSION |
BORN OR LIVED IN |
Troy Aikman |
Football |
Henryetta |
Carl Albert |
Former Speaker, US House |
McAlester, Bugtussle |
Suzy Amis |
Actress |
Oklahoma City |
Maxie Anderson |
Geologist, Entrepreneur, Renowned Balloonist |
Okeene, Fittstown |
Gene Autry |
Actor, musician |
Gene Autry, Sapulpa |
Mae Axton |
Songwriter |
Roff |
Lou Ballard |
Composer |
Miami, Tulsa |
Russell Bates |
Author |
Anadarko |
Standing Bear |
Ponca Chief |
Ponca City |
Johnny Bench |
Baseball |
Binger, Oklahoma City |
John Berryman |
Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner |
Anadarko, McAlester |
Black Beaver |
Indian Scout |
Anadarko |
Black Kettle |
Cheyenne Chief |
Cheyenne |
David L. Boren |
President, Univ. of Okla., Statesman |
Seminole |
Sam Boyd |
Casino/hotel owner |
Enid |
William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd |
Actor |
Tulsa |
Paul & Thomas Braniff |
Aviation pioneers |
Oklahoma City |
Garth Brooks |
Musician |
Yukon |
Allison Brown |
Miss Teen USA |
Edmond |
Anita Bryant |
Entertainer |
Tulsa |
Greg Burns |
Artist |
Oklahoma City |
Gary Busey |
Actor |
Tulsa |
Joe Carter |
Baseball Player |
Oklahoma City |
Tony Casillas |
Football Player |
Tulsa |
| Jeremy Castle |
Singer and Songwriter |
Blanchard |
Lon Chaney |
Actor |
Oklahoma City |
Lon Chaney, Jr. |
Actor |
Oklahoma City |
| Kristin Chenowith |
Singer and Actor |
Broken Arrow |
C. J. Cherryh |
Author |
Norman, Oklahoma City |
Jesse Chisholm |
Pioneer trader |
Geary |
Yvonne Chouteau |
Ballerina |
Norman, Vinita |
Charles Christian |
Musician |
Oklahoma City |
Joseph "Jocko" Clark |
US Navy admiral, WWII hero |
Pryor |
Roy Clark |
Musician |
Tulsa |
Bill Cleaver |
Author |
Hugo |
Jerrie Cobb |
Aviator |
Oklahoma City |
Bart Conner |
Gymnast |
Norman |
Ancel Cook |
Actor |
Oklahoma City |
Danny Cooksey |
Actor |
Midwest City |
Gordon Cooper |
Astronaut |
Shawnee, Tecumseh |
Joan Crawford |
Actress |
Lawton |
Walter Cronkite |
Broadcast journalist |
Oklahoma City |
Admiral William J. Crowe |
Statesman, author |
Oklahoma City |
Bill Dalton |
Outlaw |
Ardmore, Ingalls |
Alvin Dark |
Baseball |
Comanche |
Gail Davies |
Singer |
Broken Bow |
Steve Davis |
Football/ABC announcer |
Sallisaw |
Jerome "Dizzy" Dean |
Baseball |
Holdenville |
Paul Dean |
Baseball |
Holdenville |
John Denver |
Musician |
Corn, Clinton |
Joe Diffee |
Musician |
Hinton |
Larry Drake |
Actor |
Tulsa |
Ronnie Dunn |
Musician |
Tulsa |
Candice Early |
Actress |
Lawton |
Blake Edwards |
Film producer |
Tulsa |
Douglas Edwards |
Reporter |
Ada |
Ralph Ellison |
Author |
Oklahoma City |
Gary England |
Weatherman and author |
Oklahoma City |
Tom Ferguson |
Rodeo |
Miami |
Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd |
Outlaw |
Akins, Sallisaw |
Scott Ellsworth |
Historian, writer |
Tulsa |
Jane Fancher |
Author |
Oklahoma City |
Dennis T. Flynn |
Civic Leader |
Guthrie/OKC |
Grant & Carolyn Foreman |
Historians |
Muskogee |
Jay Fox |
Director |
Purcell |
Kay Francis |
Actress |
Oklahoma City |
John Hope Franklin |
Black historian |
Rentiesville |
James Garner |
Actor |
Norman |
Owen K. Garriott |
Astronaut |
Enid |
David Gates |
Musician |
Tulsa |
Edward L. Gaylord |
Newspaper publisher, Owner, Grand Ole Opry |
Oklahoma City |
Geronimo |
Apache Warrior |
Fort Sill |
Father Gregory Gerrer |
Artist |
El Reno, Shawnee |
J. Paul Getty |
Financier |
Tulsa |
Alice Ghostley |
Actress |
Henryetta, Norman |
Vince Gill |
Musician |
Oklahoma City |
Jack Ging |
Actor |
Alva, Norman |
S. N. Goldman |
Inventor of shopping cart |
Ardmore, Oklahoma City |
Chester Gould |
Cartoonist |
Pawnee |
Curt Gowdy |
Sports Reporter |
Oklahoma City |
Alan Greenburg |
Financier |
Tulsa |
Frank Greer |
Newspaper Editor |
Guthrie |
Terry L. Griffith |
Author |
OKC |
Jane A. Knipe Gubelin |
Author |
OKC |
Clu Gulager |
Actor |
Tahlequah, Muskogee |
Woody Guthrie |
Singer/Songwriter |
Okemah |
Rosa Lee "Aunt Jemima" Hall |
Advertising |
Oklahoma City |
Argus Hamilton |
Comedian |
Ardmore |
Enoch Kelly Haney |
Artist |
Seminole |
Jon Hansen |
Former Asst. Okla. City Fire Chief & author |
Oklahoma City |
The Hansons |
Musicians |
Tulsa |
Roy Harris |
Composer |
Lincoln City |
Sam Harris |
Singer/Writer |
Cushing, Sand Springs |
Carolyn Hart |
Author |
OKC |
Mary Hart |
TV anchorwoman |
Oklahoma City |
Jim Hartz |
TV news reporter |
Tulsa |
Paul Harvey |
Broadcast journalist |
Tulsa |
Wade Hayes |
Musician |
Bethel |
Van Heflin |
Actor |
Walters, Oklahoma City |
Brad Henry |
Governor |
Shawnee |
Tony Hillerman |
Author |
Sacred Heart |
S. E. Hinton |
Author |
Tulsa |
Tim Holt |
Actor |
Harrah |
Darla Hood |
Actress |
Leedy |
Temple Houston |
Attorney |
Woodward |
Clint Howard |
Actor |
Duncan |
Ron Howard |
Actor/Director |
Duncan |
Carl Hubbell |
Baseball |
Meeker |
Patrick J. Hurley |
Statesman |
Tulsa |
Henry P. Iba |
Basketball |
Stillwater |
Wanda Jackson |
Musician |
Oklahoma City |
Marquis James |
Author |
Enid |
Jane Jayroe |
Miss America |
Laverne, Oklahoma City |
Ferguson Jenkins |
Baseball |
Guthrie, Oklahoma City |
Ben Johnson |
Actor |
Pawhuska |
Jennifer Jones |
Actress |
Oklahoma City |
Larry Jones |
Evangelist, "Feed the Children" |
Oklahoma City |
Cathy Keating |
Author and First Lady |
Tulsa |
Frank Keating |
Governor |
Tulsa |
Harold Kieth |
Author |
Lambert |
Toby Keith |
Musician |
Moore |
Maybelle Kennedy |
US Treasurer |
Pawhuska |
Robert S. Kerr |
Oilman, senator |
Ada, Oklahoma City, Poteau |
Barney Kessel |
Musician |
Muskogee |
Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick |
Stateswoman |
Duncan |
Henry Kravis |
Financier |
Tulsa |
Mercedes Lackey |
Author |
Tulsa |
R. A. Lafferty |
Author |
Tulsa |
Louis L'Amour |
Author |
Oklahoma City |
Nancy Lamb |
Author |
Oklahoma City |
Stephen LaPorte |
Make-up artist |
Oklahoma City |
Steve Largent |
Football/U.S. Congressman |
Oklahoma City |
Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie |
Wild West Show |
Pawnee |
Clevon Little |
Actor |
Chickasha |
Nancy Lopez - Knight |
Golf |
Tulsa |
Shannon Lucid |
Astronaut |
Oklahoma City |
Wilma Mankiller |
Indian Chief, Author |
Tahlequah |
Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
Commerce |
E. W. Marland |
Oilman |
Ponca City |
Leon McAuliffe |
Musician |
Tulsa |
Rue McClanahan |
Actress |
Healdton, Ardmore |
David McCurdy |
Statesman |
Norman |
| Mel McDaniel |
Grand Ole Opry Star |
Okmulgee |
Reba McEntire |
Musician |
Chockie, Durant |
Carl McGee |
Newsman, inventor of parking meter |
Oklahoma City, Tulsa |
Dean McGee |
Oilman |
Oklahoma City |
Frank McGee |
Broadcast journalist |
Oklahoma City |
Phillip C. McGraw "Dr. Phil" |
TV Host |
Oklahoma City |
Mike McQuay |
Author |
Oklahoma City |
Clem McSpadden |
Pro rodeo announcer |
Chelsea |
Perle Mesta |
Washington, DC hostess |
Oklahoma City |
Augusta Metcalfe |
Artist |
Durham |
Vera Miles |
Actress |
Boise City |
George W. Miller |
Founder, 101 Ranch |
Lamont |
Jody Miller |
Singer |
Blanchard |
Joe Miller |
101 Ranch Wild West Show |
Lamont |
Roger Miller |
Musician |
Erick |
Shannon Miller |
Gymnast |
Edmond |
Zack Miller |
101 Ranch Wild West Show |
Lamont |
Dale Mitchell |
Baseball |
Cloud Chief |
Leona Mitchell |
Singer |
Enid |
Tom Mix |
Cowboy, actor |
Dewey, Guthrie |
Al Momaday |
Indian artist |
Mountain View |
N. Scott Momaday |
Author |
Lawton |
Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
US Senator from NY |
Tulsa |
Gil Morgan |
Golf |
Wewoka |
Tommy Morrison |
Boxer, Actor |
Jay |
Bill Moyers |
Journalist, statesman |
Hugo |
Lucille Mulhall |
First show cowgirl |
Mulhall |
Zack Mulhall |
Wild West Show |
Mulhall |
| Meg Mullally |
Actress |
Oklahoma City |
Bobby Murcer |
Baseball |
Oklahoma City |
William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray |
Politician |
Tishomingo |
Russell Myers |
Cartoonist |
Tulsa |
Carrie Nation |
Prohibitionist |
Guthrie, Seiling |
Justin Nimmo |
Actor |
Lexington |
Chuck Norris |
Actor |
Wilson, Ryan |
Mel Odom |
Author |
Oklahoma City |
Joseph Oklahombi |
World War I Hero |
Wright City |
Henry Overholser |
Philanthropist |
OKC |
Steve Owens |
Football |
Miami, Norman |
Clarence Page |
Aviator |
Oklahoma City |
Patti Page |
Musician |
Claremore, Tulsa |
Quannah Parker |
Comanche Chief |
Fort Sill |
John L. Peters |
Founder, World Neighbors |
Oklahoma City |
Dorothea Petrie |
Film Producer |
Lawton, Oklahoma City |
Frank & Watie Phillips |
Oilmen |
Bartlesville, Tulsa |
T. Boone Pickens |
Oil Industry |
Holdenville |
Bill Pickett |
Inventor, bulldogging |
Ponca City |
Brad Pitt |
Actor |
Shawnee |
Mary Kay Place |
Actress |
Tulsa |
William Reid Pogue |
Astronaut |
Okemah |
Darrell Porter |
Baseball |
Oklahoma City |
Wiley Post |
Aviator |
Maysville |
Susan Powell |
Miss America |
Elk City |
Paula Prentiss |
Entertainer |
Tulsa |
Tony Randall |
Actor |
Tulsa |
Wilson Rawls |
Author |
Scraper |
Joe A. Rector |
Native American Indian Artist, Champion Weightlifter |
Muskogee |
Donna Reed |
Actress |
Tulsa |
Allie Reynolds |
Baseball |
Bethany, Stillwater |
Lynn Riggs |
Author |
Claremore |
Oral Roberts |
Evangelist |
Tulsa |
Alice Mary Robertson |
1st US Congresswoman, Founder Tulsa University |
Muskogee |
Dale Robertson |
Actor |
Harrah |
Will Rogers |
Humorist/entertainer |
Claremore, Oologah |
Stuart Roosa |
Astronaut |
Claremore |
Dan Rowan |
Comedian |
Beggs |
Darrell Royal |
Football |
Hollis |
Leon Russell |
Musician |
Tulsa |
Troy Ruttman |
Race Car Driver |
Mooreland |
Gaylard Sartain |
Actor |
Tulsa |
Bill Scott (Weldon Hill) |
Author |
Purcell, Skeedee |
Bert Seabourn |
Artist |
Oklahoma City |
Joe Sears |
Playwright/Actor |
Bartlesville |
Sequoyah |
Inventor, Cherokee alphabet |
Sallisaw |
Blake Shelton |
Musician |
Ada |
Jackie Shipp |
Football Player |
Muskogee |
Jim Shoulders |
World champion cowboy |
Henryetta |
Billy Sims |
Football |
Norman |
William Skelly |
Oilman |
Tulsa |
Norma Smallwood |
Miss America |
Tulsa |
Shantel Smith |
Miss America |
Muldrow |
Warren Spahn |
Baseball |
Hartshorne |
Thomas P. Stafford |
Astronaut |
Oklahoma |
Belle Starr |
Outlaw |
Eufaula |
Kay Starr |
Musician |
Dougherty |
Robert Stemmons |
Professional Whistler |
Tulsa |
Willard Stone |
Sculptor |
Locust Grove |
Hon. Juanita Kidd Stout |
Jurist |
Wewoka |
George M. Sutton |
Artist |
Norman |
Ross Swimmer |
Statesman |
Tahlequah |
Barry Switzer |
Football |
Norman |
Maria Tallchief |
Ballerina |
Fairfax |
Marjorie Tallchief |
Ballerina |
Fairfax |
Bertha Frank Teague |
Basketball coach, 1st woman in National Basketball Hall of Fame. |
Byng |
Henry "Heck" Thomas |
Lawman |
Lawton, Guthrie |
Joyce Carol Thomas |
Author |
Ponca City |
Hank Thompson |
Musician |
Sand Springs |
Jim Thorpe |
Athlete |
Yale |
Jerome Tiger |
Indian artist |
Muskogee |
Johnny Tiger |
Indian artist |
Eufaula, Muskogee |
Bill Tilghman |
Lawman |
Chandler, Cromwell |
Clarence Tinker |
US Army General, aviator |
Pawhuska |
Wayman Tisdale |
Basketball, Musician |
Tulsa |
Melvin B. Tolson |
Poet |
Langston |
Truman "Pinky" Tomlin |
Actor, musician |
Durant, Norman |
Jeanne Tripplehorn |
Actress |
Tulsa |
Conway Twitty |
Musician |
Oklahoma City, Norman |
Billy Vessels |
Football |
Cleveland, Norman |
| Uwe von Schamann |
Football |
Norman |
| Brig. Gen. Stand Waite, CSA |
Cherokee Statesman |
Honey Creek, IT |
Jimmy Wakely |
Musician |
Oklahoma City |
| Samuel Moore Walton |
Philanthropist |
Kingfisher |
Loyd Waner |
Baseball |
Harrah |
Paul Waner |
Baseball Hall of Fame |
Harrah |
Dennis Weaver |
Actor |
Norman |
Jimmy Webb |
Musician |
Elk City |
Bryan White |
Musician |
Oklahoma City |
Bud Wilkinson |
Football |
Norman |
Mason Williams |
Musician |
Oklahoma City |
Bob Wills |
Musician |
Tulsa |
Johnnie Lee Wills |
Musician |
Tulsa |
G. Clifton Wilser |
Author |
OKC |
Charles Banks Wilson |
Artist |
Miami |
Alfre Woodard |
Actress |
Tulsa |
Shelby "Sheb" Wooley |
Actor/musician |
Plainview, Erick |
Gretchen Wyler |
Actress |
Bartlesville |
Raymond A. Young |
Philanthropist & OKC Civic Leader |
Kingfisher |
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