Notable Cherokee Nation Citizens
- Bud Adams (b. 1923), businessman and owner of the Tennessee Titans and Houston Oilers
- Bill John Baker, incumbent Principal Chief, businessman and longstanding tribal councilperson
- Martha Berry, bead artist, curator, and author
- Roy Boney Jr. (b.1978), artist, animator, comic book illustrator
- Sam Bradford (b. 1987), quarterback, winner of the Heisman Trophy
- Joe Byrd, Principal Chief, known for the 1997 Constitutional Crisis
- Brad Carson (b. 1967), Oklahoma congressman
- Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark (1893–1971), United States Navy, highest-ranking Native American in the US military.
- Mike Dart (b. 1977), basket weaver and activist
- Talmadge Davis (1962–2005), painter
- Mavis Doering (1929–2007), basket weaver
- Joseph L. Erb (b. 1974), artist, first 3-D animator in Cherokee language
- John Tyler Hammons (b. 1988), mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma
- Sharon Irla (b. 1957), painter
- Daniel Heath Justice, author and professor
- W. W. Keeler (1908–1987), Principal Chief
- Phil Konstantin (b. 1952), author, TV reporter, historian, website creator
- Stacy Leeds, former justice on the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court, judge for three tribal courts, law professor
- Litefoot, rapper and actor
- Wilma Mankiller (1945–2010), Principal Chief and author
- Barbara McAlister (b. 1941), mezzo-soprano opera singer
- J. B. Milam (1884–1949), Principal Chief
- America Meredith (1972), artist, curator, and lecturer
- Will Rogers, Jr. (1911–1993), journalist, entertainer, and California congressman
- William Sanders (writer) (b. 1942), writer
- Sonny Sixkiller (b. 1951), football player
- Chad Smith, Principal Chief and attorney
- Hastings Shade, former Deputy Chief, traditionalist, language expert, artist, and National Treasure
- Ross Swimmer, Principal Chief and Special Trustee for American Indians at the U.S. Department of the Interior
- Wes Studi (b. 1947), actor, musician, Native American rights advocate
- Kimberly Teehee (b. 1969/70), senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council
- Kay WalkingStick (b. 1935), painter and educator
- Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee-Muscogee-Natchez musician, actor, traditionalist
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