Hall of Great Westerners, Hall of fame at National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City, USA

The Hall of Great Westerners is a hall of fame established in 1958 by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It honours more than 200 men and women of the American West, among them explorers, Native American leaders, writers, poets, politicians and statesmen. Each inductee is listed with birth and death dates, the year of induction, areas of influence and occupation.

The hall was founded in 1958, at a time when there was growing interest in preserving the memory of the people who built the American West. Since then, the list of honorees has grown steadily, expanding to cover a broader range of contributions to Western history.

The people honored here come from many different walks of life, from ranchers and poets to Native American leaders and writers. Walking through the hall, visitors can see how the story of the West was shaped by far more voices than history books usually suggest.

The hall is located inside the National Cowboy Museum and is accessed through the main museum entrance. It is worth setting aside enough time to read through the information panels, since each honoree comes with their own story and context.

New members are inducted each year during the Western Heritage Awards, a ceremony that has been held annually for decades. This means the hall keeps growing, and a visitor returning after a few years may well find names that were not there before.