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==Notable people==
* [[Reubin Askew]], [[Governor of Florida]] 1971 to 1979
* [[Randy Ball (American football)|Randy Ball]], college football head coach, [[Western Illinois University|Western Illinois]], [[Missouri State University|Missouri State]]
* [[Louis W. Ballard]], [[Cherokee]] and  [[Osage Nation|Osage]] composer and inductee, [[Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame]]
* [[R. Perry Beaver]], Principal Chief of the [[Muscogee]] (Creek) Nation
* [[Maurice R. Bebb]], etcher and printmaker
* [[Aaron Bell (musician)|Aaron Bell]], jazz double-bassist
* [[Keith Birdsong]], illustrator known for his ''[[Star Trek]]'' novel covers
* [[Tams Bixby]], newspaper owner and publisher of ''Muskogee Phoenix''; chairman of [[Dawes Commission]], which he relocated to Muskogee; lived in Muskogee from 1905 to 1922.
* [[Archie Bradley (baseball)|Archie Bradley]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Don Byas]], jazz musician
* [[Kristin Cast]], writer
* [[PC Cast]], writer
* [[Eddie Chuculate]], author, graduate of Muskogee High School
* [[Tom Coburn]], former U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
* [[Isaac N. Coggs]], [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Fletcher Daniels]], Missouri state representative
* [[Nelson Dean]], Negro League baseball player
* [[Drew Edmondson]], former Attorney General of Oklahoma, 2018 gubernatorial candidate
* [[Ed Edmondson (politician)|Ed Edmondson]], U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma
* [[James E. Edmondson]], current Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
* [[Ernest E. Evans]], posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for actions as U.S. destroyer captain in WWII
* [[George Faught]], Former Representative from Oklahoma State House District 14; first [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in state history to represent Muskogee-based district
* [[Carolyn T. Foreman]] (1872–1967), historian, wife of Grant Foreman and daughter of [[John R. Thomas]]; lived in Muskogee (1887–1967)
* [[Sandy Garrett]], former [[Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction]] and Hilldale Public School teacher
* [[Susan Golding]], former [[mayor of San Diego]], [[California]]
* [[Nellie Weaver Greene]] (1870s–1957), educator, clubwoman
* [[Gloria Greer]], actress
* [[Clu Gulager]], actor
* [[Charles V. Hamilton]], political scientist
* [[John Tyler Hammons]], former mayor of Muskogee and one of youngest mayors in United States history
* [[Charles N. Haskell]], noted lawyer, oilman, statesman, and first [[Governor of Oklahoma]]
* [[Darnell Hinson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.latinbasket.com/player/Darnell_Hinson/55147|title=Darnell Hinson Player Profile, Brujos de Guayama, News, Stats - Latinbasket}}</ref> former professional basketball player
* [[David R. Hinson]], pilot and former head of Midway Airlines
* [[Lance Hinson]], college football coach
* [[Harold L. Holliday]], Missouri state representative
* [[Olivia Hooker]], psychologist, educator
* [[Leroy Hurte]] (1915–2011), musician, businessman<ref name="Isoardi-1995">{{Cite web |last=Isoardi |first=Steven L. |date=July 20, 1995 |title=Central Avenue Sounds: Leroy Hurte |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb4m3nb6cj&brand=calisphere&doc.view=entire_text |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Calisphere |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]]}}</ref>
* [[James Jabara]], first American jet ace
* [[Dennis Jernigan]], contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter
* [[James R. Jones]], U.S. Congressman for Oklahoma's 1st District (1973–1987), Chairman of the [[American Stock Exchange]] (1989 to 1993), [[U.S. Ambassador to Mexico]] (1993 to 1997)
* [[L. R. Kershaw]], lawyer, banker, cattle breeder, [[real estate developer]] and candidate for governor
* [[Barney Kessel]], jazz guitarist
* [[Leo Kottke]], acoustic guitarist
* [[Robert E. Lavender]], former [[Oklahoma Supreme Court]] Justice
* [[Seth Littrell]], football head coach, [[North Texas Mean Green football|North Texas]]
* [[Barbara McAlister (opera singer)]], opera singer
* [[Roberta McCain]], mother of Senator [[John McCain]]
* [[Calvin McCarty]], professional [[Canadian football]] running back for CFL's [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
* [[Jay McShann]], jazz musician
* [[Bill Mercer]], [[sportscaster]], educator and author
* [[William Nigh (politician)|William Nigh]], politician
* [[Smokie Norful]], Gospel recording artist
* [[Kevin Peterson (American football)|Kevin Peterson]], American football player
* [[Pleasant Porter]], principal chief of [[Creek Nation]] (1899 &ndash; 1907) and president of [[Sequoyah Constitutional Convention]]
* [[Alexander Posey]], writer, newspaper editor, secretary of the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention
* [[Joe A. Rector]], American/Cherokee artist
* [[Robert Reed]], actor who played Mike Brady, father on ''The Brady Bunch''
* [[Bass Reeves]], one of the first African-American Deputy U.S. Marshals, who served at the Muskogee Federal Court in Indian Territory,<ref name=Museum>{{cite web |title=Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves |url=http://www.usmarshalsmuseum.com/reeves |publisher=U.S. Marshals Museum |access-date=August 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302113628/http://www.usmarshalsmuseum.com/reeves |archive-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> and later became an officer of the [[Muskogee Police Department]]<ref name="Crisis 38">{{cite journal|last=Burton|first=Art T.|title=The Legacy of Bass Reeves: Deputy United States Marshal|journal=The Crisis|date=May–June 1999|volume=106|issue=3|pages=38–42|issn=0011-1422}}</ref>
* [[Alice Mary Robertson]], educator, social worker, government official, second woman to serve in the United States Congress
* [[Muskogee Yargee Ross]], pioneer resident
* [[Pee Wee Russell]], jazz musician
* [[Thomas Ryan (congressman)|Thomas Ryan]], politician, lawyer, lived in Muskogee as representative from [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]
* [[A. G. W. Sango]], lawyer, newspaper editor, school founder
* [[James M. Shackelford]], first United States judge in Indian Territory (1889–1907)
* [[Jackie Shipp]], former NFL player
* [[The Swon Brothers]], duo that gained fame on [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice (season 4)]]''
* [[Mike Synar]], former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 
* [[John R. Thomas]], attorney, Federal judge before Oklahoma statehood, father of historian [[Carolyn T. Foreman]]
* [[Carrie Underwood]], country music singer
* [[Sarah Vowell]], author
* [[Les Walrond]], [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[W. Richard West Jr.]], director of [[National Museum of the American Indian]]
* [[Claude Williams (musician)|Claude "Fiddler" Williams]], jazz musician