Notable People From Park Hill
- Alice Brown Davis, 1852–1935, Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
- Mary G. Ross, the first Native American female engineer
- Tommy Wildcat, (b. May 3, 1967) a Native American flutist, storyteller, lecturer, and traditionalist.
- Samuel Worcester, (19 January 1798 – 20 April 1859), was a missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer and defender of Cherokee sovereignty. Lived, died, and was buried in Park Hill.
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