Continuously since 1928 selected individuals have been inducted every year, with 648 being inducted to date. Anyone who meets the criteria can be nominated for induction each year. Individuals who have been inducted have come from a wide range of professions the most being Actors, Singer, Athletics, Aviation, TV/Radio and many others. Some the more notable inductees are Gene Autry who was a will known singer and actor, Jim Thorpe who was a well known athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, Mickey Mantle who was a will known baseball player who played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968, and Wiley Post who was a will known aviator. Busts and paintings of the inductees can be seen at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Among the 635 members are[1]