Notable Muscogee Nation People
- Fred Beaver (1911-1980), artist
- Acee Blue Eagle (1909-1959), actor, artist, author, and educator
- Ernest Childers (1918-2005), Lt. Col. in the US Army, first Native American WWII Medal of Honor recipient
- Fred S. Clinton (1874-1955), surgeon
- William Weatherford (1780-1824), Chief Red Eagle, leader of the Red Sticks in Creek Wars
- Alexander McGillivray (1750-1793), Hoboi-Hili-Miko, principal chief of the Upper Creek towns
- Chitto Harjo (1846-1911), leader of the Crazy Snake Rebellion
- Eddie Chuculate (b. 1972), journalist and fiction writer
- Joy Harjo (b. 1959), poet and musician
- Joan Hill (b. 1930), painter
- Jack Jacobs (1919-1974), football player
- William Harjo LoneFight (b. 1966), author, President of Native American Services, languages and cultural activist
- Opothleyahola (1798 - 1863), Muscogee chief, warrior leader during first two Seminole Wars and the Civil War.
- Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips), September 1, 1963 is a singer-songwriter.
- Alexander Posey (1873—1908), Muscogee Creek poet, humorist, journalist, and politician
- Pleasant Porter (1840-1907), Principal Chief from 1899-1907
- Will Sampson (1933-1987), film actor, noted for his performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Johnny Tiger, Jr. (b. 1940), artist
- France Winddance Twine, sociologist
- Carrie Underwood (b. 1983), country singer
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