Subject Guide for Famous Oklahomans

Biography Resource Center

When you enter this full text resource, elect 'Biographical Facts Search' & in the section for 'Birth Place' enter Oklahoma. You can also limit here by Gender, Nationality, Occupation, & Ethnicity.

Famous Oklahomans: 50states.com

http://www.50states.com/bio/okla.htm

This site lists individuals by name, indicating their hometown and profession.

Tulsa Hall of Fame Inductees

http://www.tulsahistory.org/hof/pasthofs.htm

The Tulsa Historical Society sponsors the Tulsa Hall of Fame each year, recognizing a handful of outstanding past and present Tulsans.

Some Famous Oklahomans to Read About

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/Research/ok/famous.php

This list provides links to books about many famous Oklahomans.

100 Years of Oklahoma Governors

http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/governors/about.htm

Oklahoma’s unique history is vividly reflected in the records of each state gubernatorial administration. This database, an database an official centennial project, provides detailed biographies of Oklahoma’s governors beginning with Charles Haskell who served from 1907 to 1911.

Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/

To commemorate the Centennial of Statehood in 2007, the Oklahoma Historical Society, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, developed the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture to inform and educate citizens, students, historians, and the world at large about the fascinating history of this most unusual state. The Encyclopedia contains articles written by leading scholars in the field and is published by the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Oklahoma Biography Subject Search

The library owns a number of books written about famous and infamous Oklahomans.

Distinguished Oklahomans

Victoria Lee

976.60099 L516d 2002

Successful Oklahomans

Rex Francis Harlow

920.0766 H22s 1927

This book is located in the Tulsa & Oklahoma Collection at the Central Library in the Research Center on the 4th floor.

Oklahomans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work

920 O41 1919

This book is located in the Tulsa & Oklahoma Collection at the Central Library in the Research Center on the 4th floor.

Notable Oklahoma Women

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/ORC_Topic.asp?ID=209

Tulsa & Oklahoma Biographies

Research Center (Central Library)

For years Tulsa City-County librarians have added to our collection of magazine and newspaper clipping files on Oklahomans. This extensive collection, filed alphabetically by individual names, is located in the Research Center at the Central Library.