Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley is one of those figures who feels almost too remarkable to be real. Born into poverty in western Ohio in 1860, she learned to shoot as a child to feed her family, then beat a seasoned marksman, Frank Butler, at fifteen and married him. As the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, she became a folk heroine and quietly expanded what a woman could be seen doing in public. Her 1993 induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame feels overdue rather than generous. What moves me is how far ahead of her time she stood; more than a century on, she still reads as a genuine trailblazer.

Name (English)

Annie Oakley

Name (Japanese)

アニー・オークレイ

Reading

あにー・おーくれい

Born

August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Ohio, United States

Occupation

circus performer / stunt performer

Awards & achievements

• 1993 National Women's Hall of Fame
• 1980 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
• 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4

Tags

• Ohio
• circus performer
• stunt performer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.