Ada, Oklahoma

==Notable people==
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* [[Bill Anoatubby]] – Governor of the Chickasaw Nation since 1987<ref>[http://www.ok.gov/oiac/documents/2011.FINAL.WEB.pdf 2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424052416/http://www.ok.gov/oiac/documents/2011.FINAL.WEB.pdf |date=2012-04-24 }} ''Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission.'' 2011: 8. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Vaughn Ary]] – Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/sja/Leaders/tabid/9643/Article/71108/mgen-vaughn-a-ary.aspx | title = Major General Vaughn A. Ary | publisher = Headquarters, United States Marine Corps | access-date = 14 Oct 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130802055923/http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/sja/Leaders/tabid/9643/Article/71108/mgen-vaughn-a-ary.aspx | archive-date = 2013-08-02 }}</ref>
* [[Nick Blackburn]] – former [[Minnesota Twins]] [[starting pitcher]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=blackni01|title =   Nick Blackburn Stats| publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 10, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Harry Brecheen]] – former [[Major League Baseball]] [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All Star]] pitcher; graduated from Ada High School; buried at Ada's Rosedale Cemetery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=brechha01| title =   Harry Brecheen Stats| publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 10, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Orel Busby]], attorney, lived in Ada from 1912 until appointed Associate Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court; returned to Ada after retiring from the court in 1937<ref name="newspaperarchive.com">[https://newspaperarchive.com/miami-daily-news-record-aug-08-1937-p-1/ ''Miami Daily News''. August 8, 1937. Accessed September 9, 2019.]</ref>
* [[Jeff Carpenter]], musician and songwriter with the all Native American orchestral rock band Injunuity
* [[Dan Cody]] – [[Baltimore Ravens]] [[linebacker]]; born in Ada<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7229 Dan Cody - Baltimore Ravens], [https://sports.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Sports] (accessed May 21, 2007).</ref>
* [[Johnson T. Crawford]] – [[Nuremberg trials|Nuremberg trial]] judge
* [[John Daversa]] – [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]-winning jazz trumpeter, composer/arranger, bandleader, and educator<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=East Central |title=Former Adan John Daversa to take stage at ECU |url=https://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/former-adan-john-daversa-to-take-stage-at-ecu/article_90d09df5-84b7-5e39-9ec3-8ac0d32f749f.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The Ada News |date=March 9, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Denver Davison]] – attorney, lived in Ada from 1927 until appointed Associate Justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1937; returned to Ada after retiring from the court in 1958<ref name="newspaperarchive.com" />
* [[Douglas Edwards]] – first television network anchor<ref>[http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/edwards/chronology.htm Douglas Edwards Chronology]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224551/http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/Edwards/chronology.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}, [http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/edwards The Douglas Edwards Archives at St. Bonaventure University]{{dead link|date=September 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Lee Erwin (writer)|Lee Erwin]] – television writer
* [[Josh Fields (infielder)|Josh Fields]] – former [[Major League Baseball]] infielder; born in Ada<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=fieldjo02 Josh Fields Stats], Baseball Almanac (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Mark Gastineau]] – [[National Football League]] star, ECU graduate<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GastMa00.htm Mark Gastineau], Pro Football Reference. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Monte Hale]] – Western-genre film star; born in Ada
* [[Johny Hendricks]] – [[UFC Welterweight Championship|UFC Welterweight Champion]]<ref>[http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Johny-Hendricks Johny Hendrick], Ufc.com. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Anthony Armstrong Jones]] – country music singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartrecords.net/a_a_jones_main.htm|title=Anthony Armstrong Jones was born|website=www.chartrecords.net|access-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190250/http://www.chartrecords.net/a_a_jones_main.htm|archive-date=21 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[David Keirsey|David West Keirsey]] (1921–2013) – psychologist, developed the [[Keirsey Temperament Sorter]]; born in Ada<ref>[[David Keirsey]]</ref>
* [[Robert S. Kerr]] – former Oklahoma Governor and long-time U.S. Senator; born in Ada<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000144 Congressional biography of Robert S. Kerr] (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Louise S. Robbins]] – Wisconsin Librarian of the Year (2001); named one of Oklahoma's 100 Library Legends; director of the School of Library and Information Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison; author of two award-winning books; longtime resident of Ada and first woman city council member and mayor<ref>[http://www.library.okstate.edu/dean/jpaust/legends/people/robbins.htm Louise S. Robbins - Oklahoma Library Legends] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707043557/http://www.library.okstate.edu/dean/jpaust/legends/people/robbins.htm |date=2013-07-07 }}, Oklahoma State University. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Oral Roberts]] – [[Evangelism|evangelist]], founder of [[Oral Roberts University]]; born near Ada.<ref>[http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/oralroberts/timeline/index.html Oral Roberts], ''Tulsa World'' Special Projects Page (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
* [[Blaine Saunders]] – actress, ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''
* [[Blake Shelton]] – country music singer with multiple No. 1 hit songs, coach on ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/ole-red-blake-shelton-launches-new-bar-restaurant-in-downtown/article_54252b8a-e9c0-58e8-86e2-581e56c6423e.html|title=Ole Red Blake Shelton launches new bar/restaurant in downtown Tishomingo|first=Glenn|last=Puit|website=theadanews.com|date=April 4, 2017 |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/this-okla-student-is-excited-shes-reading-a-textbook-used-by-blake-shelton-her-mother-is-not|title=This Oklahoma student is excited she's reading a textbook used by Blake Shelton. Her mother is not|agency=CNN|date=6 April 2018|website=wkbw.com|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref><!-- <ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blake-shelton-mn0000046814 Blake Shelton], Allmusic.com. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref> -->
* [[Jeremy Shockey]] – former NFL tight end; born and grew up in Ada
* [[Leon Polk Smith]] – abstract artist known for his work with geometric painting; graduate of East Central University<ref>Leon Polk Smith Scholarship, [https://www.ecok.edu/administration/academic-affairs/academic-affairs-programs/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/school-fine-arts/department-of-art/scholarships Art Department Scholarships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812155027/https://www.ecok.edu/administration/academic-affairs/academic-affairs-programs/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/school-fine-arts/department-of-art/scholarships |date=2014-08-12 }}, East Central University. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>
*[[Jerry Walker]] – [[Major League Baseball|major league]] pitcher and front office executive
* [[Ron Williamson]] – minor league baseball player wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in 1988 in Ada for rape and murder but eventually exonerated. Subject of ''[[The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town|The Innocent Man]]'' by [[John Grisham]].<ref>Dwyer, Jim. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/national/09williamson.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=williamson,%20ron&st=cse& Ronald Williamson, Freed From Death Row, Dies at 51]," ''New York Times'', December 9, 2004. (accessed July 26, 2013)</ref>