Photo: Stacy Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American exhibition/trick shooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child in order to provide for her impoverished family in western Ohio. At age 15, she won a shooting contest against an experienced marksman, Frank E. Butler, whom she married in 1876.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- circus performer / stunt performer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1993 National Women's Hall of Fame
- 1980 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
- 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.