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{{Short description|None}} {{use American English|date=July 2015}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} [[File:Flag of Kansas.svg|thumb|right|250px|[[Flag of Kansas|State flag of Kansas]]]] [[File:Kansas in United States.svg|thumb|right|250px|Location of Kansas on the U.S. map]] The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of '''[[Kansas]]'''. {{dynamic list|date=October 2013}} == Academics and Nobel Prize laureates == [[File:M. Lee Pelton.jpg|thumb|right|[[M. Lee Pelton|Marvin Lee Pelton]]]] *[[Milton S. Eisenhower]] (1899β1985), university president; [[Abilene, Kansas|Abilene]] *[[Wendell Johnson]] (1906β1965), psychologist and speech pathologist, author of ''[[The Monster Study]]''; [[Roxbury, Kansas|Roxbury]] *[[Jack S. Kilby]] (1923β2005), Nobel Prize winner in Physics; [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]] *[[Solon Toothaker Kimball]] (1909β1982), anthropologist; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Stanford Lehmberg]] (1931β2012), historian; [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]] *[[Norman Malcolm]] (1911β1990), philosopher; [[Selden, Kansas|Selden]] *[[Deane Waldo Malott]] (1898β1996), president of Cornell University; Abilene *[[Abby Lillian Marlatt]] (1869β1943), home economics; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Eric K. Meyer]] (born 1953), journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee; [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]] *[[M. Lee Pelton]] (born 1950), president of Willamette University; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[John Brooks Slaughter]] (1934β2023), college president and first African-American director of the National Science Foundation; [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] *[[Vernon L. Smith]] (born 1927), Nobel [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel|Memorial]] Prize winner in Economics; Wichita *[[Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.]] (1915β1974), 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine; [[Burlingame, Kansas|Burlingame]] *[[Donald Worster]] (born 1941), historian; [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] == Arts and literature == === Artists === *[[Nina E. Allender]] (1873β1957), artist and women's suffrage cartoonist; [[Auburn, Kansas|Auburn]] *[[Grace Bilger]] (1907β2000), artist; [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] *[[Grant Bond]] (born 1974), artist; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Blackbear Bosin]] (1921β1980), Native American artist; Wichita *[[Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks]] (1917β2000), poet; Topeka *[[Bruce Conner]] (1933β2008), artist; McPherson *[[John Steuart Curry]] (1897β1946), artist; [[Winchester, Kansas|Winchester]] *[[Aaron Douglas (artist)|Aaron Douglas]] (1900β1979), artist; Topeka *[[Randall Duell]] (1903β1992), architect and art director; [[Russell County, Kansas|Russell County]] *[[Edgar Heap of Birds]] (born 1954), artist; Wichita *[[Bruce Helander]] (born 1947), artist; [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]] *[[Elizabeth Layton]] (1909β1993), artist; [[Wellsville, Kansas|Wellsville]] *[[Evan Lindquist]] (born 1936), printmaker, Artist Laureate of Arkansas; [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] *[[Barbara Morgan (photographer)|Barbara Morgan]] (1900β1992), photographer; [[Buffalo, Kansas]] *[[Gordon Parks]] (1912β2006), photographer and film director; [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]] *[[Birger Sandzen]] (1871β1954), artist, art professor at [[Bethany College (Kansas)|Bethany College]]; [[Lindsborg, Kansas|Lindsborg]] *[[Gary Mark Smith]] (born 1956), photographer, studied at University of Kansas; Wichita *[[W. Eugene Smith]] (1918β1978), photographer; Wichita *[[Mort Walker]] (1923β2018), cartoonist, creator of ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' and ''[[Hi and Lois]]'' comic strips; [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]] === Authors === *[[Laura Abbot]], author of Harlequin romance novels; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Elizabeth Barr Arthur]] (1884β1971), poet, author, journalist, librarian, police officer, suffragist; [[Lincoln County, Kansas|Lincoln County]] *[[Gwendolyn Brooks]] (1917β2000), author, poet; Topeka *[[William Burroughs]] (1914β1997), author; Lawrence *[[Don Coldsmith]] (1926β2009), author of Western fiction; [[Iola, Kansas|Iola]] *[[Dorothy Canfield Fisher]] (1879β1958), author of children's books; Lawrence *[[Thomas Frank]] (born 1965), author and editor; [[Mission Hills, Kansas|Mission Hills]] *[[Clara H. Hazelrigg]] (1861β1937), author, educator, social reformer; [[Council Grove, Kansas|Council Grove]] *[[Jane Heap]] (1883β1964), author and publisher; Topeka *[[Scott Heim]] (born 1966), author; [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] *[[Langston Hughes]] (1902β1967), author and poet; Lawrence *[[William Inge]] (1913β1973), playwright; [[Independence, Kansas|Independence]] *[[Bill James]] (born 1949), author; [[Mayetta, Kansas|Mayetta]] *[[Bill Martin Jr.]] (1916β2004), children's author; [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]] *[[Fred Myton]] (1885β1955), screenwriter; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Kathy Patrick]], author, founder of [[Pulpwood Queens]] Book Club; [[Eureka, Kansas|Eureka]] *[[Scott Phillips (writer)|Scott Phillips]] (born 1961), author; Wichita *[[Vance Randolph]] (1892β1980), folklorist; [[Pittsburg, Kansas|Pittsburg]] *[[Russell Reeder|Red Reeder]] (1902β1998), author and [[United States Army]] officer; [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas|Fort Leavenworth]] *[[Richard Rhodes]] (born 1937), author and historian; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Lois Ruby]], author of historic fiction; Lawrence *[[Damon Runyon]] (1880β1946), author; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Mary Francis Shura]] (1923β1990), children's, romance and mystery author; [[Pratt, Kansas|Pratt]] *[[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]] (1914β1993), poet and pacifist; Hutchinson *[[Max Yoho]] (1934β2017), author; [[Colony, Kansas|Colony]] === Dancers === *[[Clark Tippet]] (1954β1992), ballet; [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] === Musicians === {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Chris Arpad]], solo steel [[pannist]]; [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]] *[[Karrin Allyson]], jazz performer; Great Bend *[[Dawayne Bailey]], musician and songwriter (Bob Seger and [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]); [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] * [[Pattie Brooks]], singer *[[Karla Burns]] (1955β2021), mezzo-soprano; Wichita *[[Danny Carey]] (born 1961), musician; Lawrence *[[Richard Christy]], musician, actor, comedian, drummer, writer for Howard Stern show; [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]] *[[Gene Clark]] (1944β1991), singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds; [[Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs]] *[[Buck Clayton]] (1911β1991), jazz trumpeter-arranger solo and with Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, others; [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] *[[Dorothy DeLay]] (1917β2002), violinist, Juilliard professor; [[Medicine Lodge, Kansas|Medicine Lodge]] *[[Joyce DiDonato]] (born 1969), mezzo-soprano; [[Prairie Village, Kansas|Prairie Village]] *[[Phil Ehart]] (born 1951), drummer for the rock band [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]; [[Coffeyville, Kansas|Coffeyville]] *[[Melissa Etheridge]] (born 1961), musician; [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]] *[[Rory Lee Feek]] (born ca. 1966), country music singer; [[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]] *[[Wendell Hall]] (1886β1969), musician; [[St. George, Kansas|St. George]] *[[Mark Hart]] (born 1953), musician, Crowded House, Supertramp; [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]] *[[Nora Holt]] (1885 or 1890β1975), singer and co-founder of the National Association of Negro Musicians; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Dave Hope]] (born 1949), musician; Topeka *[[Eva Jessye]] (1895β1992), choral conductor; Coffeyville *[[Jennifer Knapp]] (born 1974), singer and songwriter; [[Chanute, Kansas|Chanute]] *[[Brian Leeds]] (born 1991), a.k.a. Huerco S. and Pendant, electronic musician; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]]. *[[Katrina Leskanich]] (born 1960), musician; Topeka *[[Kerry Livgren]] (born 1949), founding member of [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]; Topeka *[[Frank Luther]] (1905β1980), musician; [[Lakin, Kansas|Lakin]] *[[Mitch Markovich]] (born 1944), drummer, marching band director, professor; Great Bend *[[Martina McBride]] (born 1966), musician; [[Sharon, Kansas|Sharon]] *[[Andy McKee]] (born 1979), musician; Topeka *[[Janelle MonΓ‘e]] (born 1985), vocalist; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Moondog]] (1916β1999), vocalist, percussionist and composer; real name Louis Thomas Hardin; [[Marysville, Kansas|Marysville]] *[[Jerrod Niemann]] (born 1979), country singer; [[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]] *[[Charlie Parker]] (1920β1955), musician; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Samuel Ramey]] (born 1942), opera, bass-baritone; [[Colby, Kansas|Colby]] *[[Joe Don Rooney]] (born 1975), guitarist and vocalist; [[Baxter Springs, Kansas|Baxter Springs]] *[[Mark Schultz (musician)|Mark Schultz]] (born 1970), musician; [[Colby, Kansas|Colby]] *[[Robby Steinhardt]] (1950β2021), musician; Lawrence *[[Steven Stucky]] (1949β2016), [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winner in music; Hutchinson *[[Jeremy Turner (guitarist)|Jeremy Turner]], guitar player in death metal band [[Origin (band)|Origin]], formerly of [[Cannibal Corpse]] * [[Grace VanderWaal]] (born 2004), singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, winner of ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' [[America's Got Talent (season 11)|season 11]] (born in [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]]) *[[Joe Walsh]] (born 1947), musician; Wichita *[[Bobby Watson (American musician)|Bobby Watson]] (born 1953), musician; [[Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs]] *[[James Wesley]], country music singer; [[Mound Valley, Kansas|Mound Valley]] *[[David Wetzel]] (born 1983), musician; [[Westwood, Kansas|Westwood]] *[[J. White Did It]] (born 1984), record producer; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] and [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]] *[[Rich Williams]] (born 1950), musician; Topeka *[[Chely Wright]] (born 1970), musician; Wellsville *[[XV (rapper)|XV]] (stage name of Donavan LaMond Johnson), emcee, producer; Wichita *[[Gordon Young (composer)|Gordon Young]] (1919β1998), organist and composer; McPherson }} == Athletics == === Athletes === ;A–F [[File:Chris Barnes (bowler) 2014.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Chris Barnes (bowler)|Chris Barnes]]]] [[File:Tony Clark May 2008 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Tony Clark]]]] [[File:Adrianna Franch USWNT March2019.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Adrianna Franch]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Alvan Adams]] (born 1954), basketball; [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] *[[John H. Adams (jockey)|John H. Adams]] (1914β1995), jockey; [[Iola, Kansas|Iola]] *[[Neil Allen]] (born 1958), baseball pitcher, pitching coach; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[David Arkin (American football)|David Arkin]] (born 1987), pro football player; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Elden Auker]] (1910β2006), baseball pitcher; [[Norcatur, Kansas|Norcatur]] *[[Chase Austin]] (born 1989), NASCAR driver; [[Eudora, Kansas|Eudora]] *[[Chris Babb]] (born 1990), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]; [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] *[[Ron Baker (basketball)|Ron Baker]] (born 1993), NBA player ([[New York Knicks]]); [[Utica, Kansas|Utica]] and [[Scott City, Kansas|Scott City]] (born in [[Hays, Kansas|Hays]]) *[[Thane Baker]] (born 1931), gold medalist at [[1956 Summer Olympics]], decathlon; [[Elkhart, Kansas|Elkhart]] *[[Tony Barker]] (born 1968), football player; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Chris Barnes (bowler)|Chris Barnes]] (born 1970), professional bowler; [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] *[[James Bausch]] (1906β1974), gold medalist [[1932 Summer Olympics]]; [[Garden Plain, Kansas|Garden Plain]] *[[Oliver Bradwell]] (born 1992), sprinter; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Judy Bell]] (born 1936), member of [[World Golf Hall of Fame]]; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Matt Besler]] (born 1987), professional soccer player; [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]] *[[B.H. Born]] (1932β2013), basketball player; [[Medicine Lodge, Kansas|Medicine Lodge]] *[[Clint Bowyer]] (born 1979), NASCAR driver; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]] (born 1953), baseball Hall of Famer; [[Mission Hills, Kansas|Mission Hills]] *[[Bryce Brown]] (born 1991), football player; Wichita *[[Orville Brown]] (1908β1981), pro wrestler, NWA champion; [[Sharon, Kansas|Sharon]] *[[Mildred Burke|Mildred Bliss Burke]] (1915β1989), pro wrestler, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame; [[Coffeyville, Kansas|Coffeyville]] *[[Enos Cabell]] (born 1949), baseball player; [[Fort Riley, Kansas|Fort Riley]] *[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]] (born 1982), track and field athlete (Olympic and world champion); [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]] *[[Antoine Carr]] (born 1961), basketball player *[[Willie Cauley-Stein]] (born 1993), professional basketball player [[Spearville, Kansas|Spearville]] *[[Larry Cheney]] (1886β1969), baseball pitcher; [[Belleville, Kansas|Belleville]] *[[Jack Christiansen]] (1928β1986), football Hall of Famer; [[Sublette, Kansas|Sublette]] *[[Tony Clark]] (born 1972), baseball player; [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] *[[Maliek Collins]] (born 1995), football player; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Baron Corbin]] (born 1984), football player, WWE wrestler; [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]] *[[Nolan Cromwell]] (born 1955), football player; [[Smith Center, Kansas|Smith Center]] *[[Aaron Crow]] (born 1986), baseball player; Topeka *[[Glenn Cunningham (athletics)|Glenn Cunningham]] (1909β1988), silver medalist, 1936 Olympic Games,1,500m run; [[Elkhart, Kansas|Elkhart]] *[[Johnny Damon]] (born 1973), baseball player; [[Fort Riley, Kansas|Fort Riley]] *[[Eldon Danenhauer]] (1935β2021), football player; [[Clay Center, Kansas|Clay Center]] *[[Darren Daulton]] (born 1962), baseball player; [[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]] *[[Wantha Davis]] (1917β2012), [[jockey]]; [[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]] *[[Joey Devine]] (born 1983), baseball player; [[Junction City, Kansas|Junction City]] *[[Lynn Dickey]] (born 1949), football player; [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]] *[[Andy Dirks]] (born 1986), baseball player; [[Burrton, Kansas|Burrton]] *[[Larry Drew]] (born 1958), basketball player and coach; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Mark Duckens]] (born 1965), football player; Wichita *[[Brian Duensing]] (born 1983), baseball player; [[Marysville, Kansas|Marysville]] *[[Brody Eldridge]] (born 1987), football player; [[La Cygne, Kansas|La Cygne]] *[[Tim Elliott]] (born 1986), mixed martial artist; Wichita *[[Maurice Evans (basketball)|Maurice Evans]] (born 1978), basketball player; Wichita *[[Kyle Farnsworth]] (born 1976), baseball player; Wichita *[[Galen Fiss]] (1931β2006), football player; [[Johnson City, Kansas|Johnson City]] *[[Adrianna Franch]] (born 1990), soccer player (world champion); [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] *[[Scott Fulhage]] (born 1961), football player; [[Beloit, Kansas|Beloit]] {{div col end}} ;G–M [[File:Maurice Greene, Sydney2000.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]]]] [[File:Walter Johnson 1924.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Walter Johnson]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Andrew Gachkar]] (born 1988), football player; Overland Park *[[Kendall Gammon]] (born 1968), football player; [[Rose Hill, Kansas|Rose Hill]] *[[Tyson Gay]] (born 1982), track and field athlete (world champion); Great Bend *[[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] (born 1974), track and field athlete (world and Olympic champion); [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Adrian Griffin]] (born 1974), basketball player and coach; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Geneo Grissom]] (born 1992), football player; [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] *[[Andy Gruenebaum]] (born 1982), soccer player *[[Don Gutteridge]] (1912β2008), baseball player and manager; [[Pittsburg, Kansas|Pittsburg]] *[[Joe Hastings (American football)|Joe Hastings]] (born 1987), football player; Wichita *[[Tanner Hawkinson]] (born 1990), football player; [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]] *[[Mark Haynes]] (born 1958), football player; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Ben Heeney]] (born 1992), football player; [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] *[[Bobby Henrich]] (born 1938), baseball player; Lawrence *[[Don Hill (American football)|Don Hill]] (1904β1967), football player; [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]] *[[Shaun Hill]] (born 1980), football player; [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] *[[Elon Hogsett]] (1903β2001), baseball player; [[Brownell, Kansas|Brownell]] *[[Lionel Hollins]] (born 1953), basketball player and coach; [[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]] *[[Scott Huffman]] (born 1964), pole vaulter; [[Quinter, Kansas|Quinter]] *[[Damian Johnson (American football)|Damian Johnson]] (born 1962), football player; Great Bend *[[Walter Johnson]] (1887β1946), baseball Hall of Famer; [[Humboldt, Kansas|Humboldt]] *[[Pete Kilduff]] (1893β1930), baseball player; [[Weir, Kansas|Weir]] *[[Fred Kipp]] (born 1931), baseball pitcher; [[Piqua, Kansas|Piqua]] *[[Tonya Knight]] (born 1966), IFBB professional bodybuilder; Overland Park *[[Laurie Koehn]] (born 1982), WNBA player; [[Moundridge, Kansas|Moundridge]] *[[Gene Krug]] (born 1955), baseball player; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Adam LaRoche]] (born 1979), baseball player; [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]] *[[Bobby Lashley]] (born 1976), professional wrestler for WWE; [[Junction City, Kansas|Junction City]] *[[Shalee Lehning]] (born 1987), WNBA player; [[Sublette, Kansas|Sublette]] *[[Martin Lewis (basketball)|Martin Lewis]] (born 1975), NBA basketball player; [[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]] *[[Danny Manning]] (born 1966), NBA basketball player; Lawrence *[[Harold Manning]] (1909β2003), Steeplechase world record holder and Olympian; [[Sedgwick, Kansas|Sedgwick]] *[[Rudy May]] (born 1944), baseball player; [[Coffeyville, Kansas|Coffeyville]] *[[Jon McGraw]], professional football player; [[Riley, Kansas|Riley]] *[[Archie McKain|Archie "Hap" McKain]] (1911β1985), baseball player; [[Delphos, Kansas|Delphos]] *[[Peter Mehringer]] (1910β1987), Olympic gold medalist wrestler, pro football player; [[Kinsley, Kansas|Kinsley]] *[[Brian Moorman]] (born 1976), football player; [[Sedgwick, Kansas|Sedgwick]] *[[Mike Morin (baseball)|Mike Morin]] (born 1991), baseball player; [[Leawood, Kansas|Leawood]] {{div col end}} ;N–Z [[File:Jordy Nelson 2017.JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[Jordy Nelson]]]] [[File:John Riggins.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[John Riggins]]]] [[File:Barry Sanders 2019.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Barry Sanders]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Marcio Navarro]] (born 1978), professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Jordy Nelson]] (born 1985), football player; [[Leonardville, Kansas|Leonardville]] *[[Terence Newman]] (born 1978), football player; [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] *[[Nicole Ohlde]] (born 1982), WNBA player; [[Clay Center, Kansas|Clay Center]] *[[Antonio Orozco]] (born 1987), professional boxer; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Victor Ortiz]] (born 1987), professional boxer; Garden City *[[Bob Orton]] (1929β2006), professional wrestler; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Bob Orton Jr.]] (born 1950), professional wrestler, [[WWE Hall of Fame]]; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[John Parrella]] (born 1969), professional football player; Topeka *[[Hal Patterson]] (1932β2011), professional football player; [[Larned, Kansas|Larned]] *[[Jordan Phillips]] (born 1992), professional football player; [[Towanda, Kansas|Towanda]] *[[Joseph Randle]] (born 1991), professional football player; Wichita *[[Ronn Reynolds]] (born 1958), professional baseball player; Wichita *[[Dustin Richardson]] (born 1984), MLB pitcher; [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] *[[John Riggins]] (born 1949), football player, [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]r; [[Centralia, Kansas|Centralia]] *[[Brandon Rios]] (born 1986), professional boxer; Garden City *[[Lafayette Russell]] (1905β1978), football player, B-movie actor "Reb" Russell; [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]] *[[Johnny Rutherford (driver)|Johnny Rutherford]] (born 1938), race car driver; Coffeyville *[[Jim Ryun]] (born 1947), athlete and politician; Wichita *[[Barry Sanders]] (born 1968), football player, NFL Hall of Famer; Wichita *[[Melvin Sanders]] (born 1981), pro basketball player; Liberal *[[Wes Santee]] (1932β2010), NCAA cross country champion, track and field athlete; [[Ashland, Kansas|Ashland]] *[[Gale Sayers]] (1943β2020), NFL Hall of Famer; Wichita *[[Otto Schnellbacher]] (1923β2008), pro basketball and football player; Sublette *[[Ryan Schraeder]] (born 1988), professional football player; Wichita *[[Grant Sherfield]] (born 1999), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]] *[[Wayne Simien]] (born 1983), NCAA All-American, NBA basketball player; [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]] *[[Mark Simoneau]] (born 1977), professional football player; [[Smith Center, Kansas|Smith Center]] *[[Marilynn Smith]] (1929β2019), professional golfer and LPGA co-founder; Topeka *[[Darren Sproles]] (born 1983), professional football player; [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] *[[Bubba Starling]] (born 1992), professional baseball player; [[Gardner, Kansas|Gardner]] *[[Lee Stevens]] (born 1967), professional baseball player; Lawrence *[[Jackie Stiles]] (born 1978), WNBA basketball player; [[Claflin, Kansas|Claflin]] *[[Stewart "Smokey" Stover]] (born 1938), professional football player; McPherson *[[Darrell Stuckey]] (born 1987), professional football player; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Tom Sturdivant]] (1930β2009), professional baseball player; [[Gordon, Kansas|Gordon]] *[[Steve Tasker]] (born 1962), NFL Pro Bowl MVP in 1993; [[Leoti, Kansas|Leoti]] (born in [[Smith Center, Kansas|Smith Center]] *[[Dummy Taylor|Luther Haden "Dummy" Taylor]] (1875β1958), baseball pitcher; [[Oskaloosa, Kansas|Oskaloosa]] *[[Doug Terry]] (born 1968), pro football player; Liberal *[[Tommy Thompson (quarterback)|Tommy Thompson]] (1916β1989), pro football player; Hutchinson *[[Joe Tinker]] (1880β1948), MLB shortstop, member of Baseball Hall of Fame; [[Muscotah, Kansas|Muscotah]] *[[Blake Treinen]] (born 1988), professional baseball player; [[Osage City, Kansas|Osage City]] *[[Jerame Tuman]] (born 1976), pro football player; Liberal *[[Ron Warner (American football)|Ron Warner]] (born 1975), professional football player; [[Independence, Kansas|Independence]] *[[Earl Watson]] (born 1979), NBA basketball player; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] (born 1949), golfer, member of [[World Golf Hall of Fame]]; [[Stilwell, Kansas|Stilwell]] *[[Mitch Webster]] (born 1959), MLB player; Larned *[[Kendra Wecker]] (born 1982), WNBA player; Marysville *[[Michael Wilhoite]] (born 1986), pro football player; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Jess Willard]] (1881β1968), world heavyweight boxing champion, St. Clere; [[Pottawatomie County, Kansas|Pottawatomie County]] *[[Kamerion Wimbley]] (born 1983), professional football player; Wichita *[[Lynette Woodard]] (born 1959), basketball Hall of Famer; Wichita *[[Brad Ziegler]] (born 1979), baseball player; [[Pratt, Kansas|Pratt]] *[[John Zook]] (1947β2020), professional football player; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] {{div col end}} === Coaches === [[File:Lionel-hollins.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Lionel Hollins]]]] [[File:Dean Smith 1973.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Dean Smith]]]] {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Phog Allen]] (1885β1974), Hall of Fame college basketball coach; Lawrence *[[Jeremy Bates (American football)|Jeremy Bates]] (born 1976), NFL offensive coordinator; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Jack Christiansen]] (1928β1986), pro and college football coach; [[Sublette, Kansas|Sublette]] *[[Alan Cockrell]] (born 1962), hitting coach, New York Yankees; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Jory Collins]] (born 1978), college basketball coach; [[Holton, Kansas|Holton]] *[[Larry Drew]] (born 1958), NBA head coach; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Mark Fox (basketball)|Mark Fox]] (born 1969), college basketball coach; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Dennis Franchione]] (born 1951), college football coach; [[Girard, Kansas|Girard]] *[[Edward C. Gallagher]] (1887β1940), NCAA Champion, Olympic and Hall of Fame Wrestling Coach; [[Perth, Kansas|Perth]] *[[Don Gambril]] (born 1934), Hall of Fame swimming coach; [[Altamont, Kansas|Altamont]] *[[Ted Gilmore]] (born 1967), college football coach; Wichita *[[Bill Guthridge]] (1937β2015), college basketball coach; [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] *[[Lionel Hollins]] (born 1953), NBA head coach; Arkansas City *[[Ralph Houk]] (1919β2010), Major League Baseball manager; Lawrence *[[Tim Jankovich]] (born 1959), college basketball coach; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Gene Keady]] (born 1936), Hall of Fame college basketball coach; [[Larned, Kansas|Larned]] *[[Gary Patterson]] (born 1960), college football coach; [[Rozel, Kansas|Rozel]] *[[Jerry Kill]] (born 1961), college football coach; [[Cheney, Kansas|Cheney]] *[[Lon Kruger]] (born 1952), college and NBA basketball coach; [[Silver Lake, Kansas|Silver Lake]] *[[John McLendon]] (1915β1999), Hall of Fame basketball coach of college, ABL, and ABA; Hiawatha *[[Ralph Miller]] (1919β2001), Hall of Fame college basketball coach; [[Chanute, Kansas|Chanute]] *[[Billie Moore]] (born 1943), Hall of Fame college basketball coach; [[Westmoreland, Kansas|Westmoreland]] *[[James Naismith]] (1861β1939), inventor of basketball, coach, athletic director, faculty member at [[University of Kansas]] *[[Johnny Orr (basketball, born 1927)|Johnny Orr]] (1927β2013), college basketball coach; [[Yale, Kansas|Yale]] *[[John H. Outland]] (1871β1947), namesake of [[Outland Trophy]]; [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas County]] *[[Adolph Rupp]] (1901β1977), Hall of Fame college basketball coach; [[Halstead, Kansas|Halstead]] *[[Francis Schmidt]] (1885β1944), college football, baseball, and basketball coach; [[Downs, Kansas|Downs]] *[[Brian Schottenheimer]] (born 1973), NFL offensive coordinator; [[Stilwell, Kansas|Stilwell]] *[[Dean Smith]] (1931β2015), Hall of Fame college basketball coach; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[Bill Snyder]] (born 1939), Hall of Fame college football coach; [[Kansas State University]] *[[Eddie Sutton]] (1936β2020), college basketball coach; [[Bucklin, Kansas|Bucklin]] *[[Mark Turgeon]] (born 1965), college basketball coach; Topeka *[[Brent Venables]] (born 1970), college football coach; Salina }} == Aviators and astronauts == [[File:Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, small.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Amelia Earhart]]]] *[[Walter Herschel Beech]] (1891β1950), aviator and aircraft designer; Wichita *[[Clyde Vernon Cessna]] (1879β1954), aviator and aircraft designer; [[Rago, Kansas|Rago]] *[[Amelia Earhart]] (1897β1937), aviator; Atchison *[[Joe Engle]] (1932β2024), astronaut; [[Chapman, Kansas|Chapman]] *[[Ronald Evans (astronaut)|Ronald Evans]] (1933β1990), astronaut; [[St. Francis, Kansas|St. Francis]] *[[Daniel Forbes]] (1920β1948), [[United States Army Air Corps]] pilot; [[Carbondale, Kansas|Carbondale]] *[[Steven Hawley|Steve Hawley]] (born 1951), astronaut; Salina *[[Donald Hudson (aviator)|Donald Hudson]] (1895β1967), World War I flying ace; Topeka *[[Glenn L. Martin]] (1886β1955), aviation pioneer; Salina *[[Lloyd Carlton Stearman]] (1898β1975), aviator and aircraft designer; Wellsford == Businesspeople and inventors == [[File:Walter Chrysler in 1937.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Walter Chrysler]]]] *[[Philip Anschutz]] (born 1939), billionaire investor; [[Russell, Kansas|Russell]] *[[Bion Barnett]] (1857β1958), co-founder of Barnett Bank; Hiawatha *[[Olive Ann Beech]], chairwoman of [[Beechcraft|Beech Aircraft Company]]; Wichita (born in [[Waverly, Kansas|Waverly]]) *[[Dan and Frank Carney]] (Dan born 1931, Frank 1938β2020), founders of Pizza Hut; Wichita *[[Walter Chrysler]] (1875β1940), founder of Chrysler Corporation; [[Wamego, Kansas|Wamego]] *[[William Coffin Coleman]] (1870β1957), founder of the Coleman Company; Wichita *[[David Dillon (businessman)|David Dillon]] (born 1951), former CEO of [[Kroger]]; Hutchinson *[[Vic Edelbrock]] (1913β1962), automotive engineer; [[Eudora, Kansas|Eudora]] *[[David Green (entrepreneur)|David Green]] (born 1941), founder of [[Hobby Lobby]]; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[James Harbord]] (1866β1947), president and chairman of the board of RCA; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Hollis Dow Hedberg]] (1903β1988), president of [[Gulf Oil Company]]; [[Falun, Kansas|Falun]] *[[William Wadsworth Hodkinson]] (1881β1971), pioneer film marketer and distributor; Independence *[[Carl Ice]] (born 1956), president of [[BNSF]]; [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] *[[Omar Knedlik]] (1915β1989), inventor of the [[The Icee Company|ICEE]] frozen drink; [[Barnes, Kansas|Barnes]] *[[Charles G. Koch]] (born 1935), CEO of [[Koch Industries]]; Wichita *[[David H. Koch]] (1940β2019), executive and politician; Wichita *[[Alan Mulally]] (born 1945), engineer, former president and CEO of the [[Ford Motor Company]]; Lawrence *[[Matthew K. Rose]] (born 1959), chairman and CEO of [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] Corp.; Salina *[[Harry F. Sinclair]] (1876β1956), founder of [[Sinclair Oil]] Company; Independence *[[Russell Stover]] (1888β1954), founder of [[Russell Stover Candies]]; [[Alton, Kansas|Alton]] == Film, stage and television == === Actors and performers === {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Brandon Adams (actor)|Brandon Adams]] (born 1979), actor; [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] *[[Tyrees Allen]] (born 1954), actor; [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] *[[Kirstie Alley]] (1951β2022), actress; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Fatty Arbuckle]] (1887β1933), actor; [[Smith Center, Kansas|Smith Center]] *[[Barbara Babcock]] (born 1937), actress; [[Fort Riley, Kansas|Fort Riley]] *[[Gerry Bamman]] (born 1941), actor; [[Independence, Kansas|Independence]] *[[Hugh Beaumont (actor)|Hugh Beaumont]] (1909β1982), actor; [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] *[[Annette Bening]] (born 1958), actress; Topeka *[[Gregg Binkley]] (born 1963), actor; Topeka *[[Madge Blake]] (1899β1969), actress (''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''); [[Kinsley, Kansas|Kinsley]] *[[Roscoe Born]] (1950β2020), actor; Topeka *[[Steve Brodie (actor)|Steve Brodie]] (1919β1992), actor; [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]] *[[Louise Brooks]] (1906β1985), actress; [[Cherryvale, Kansas|Cherryvale]] *[[Petrea Burchard]] (born 1955), actress; Lawrence *[[Darren E. Burrows]] (born 1966), actor; [[Winfield, Kansas|Winfield]] *[[Trai Byers]] (born 1983), actor; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Del Close]] (1934β1999), actor and comedian; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Brent Collins]] (1941β1988), actor; [[Plainville, Kansas|Plainville]] *[[Jack Colvin]] (1934β2005), actor; [[Lyndon, Kansas|Lyndon]] *[[Aneta Corsaut]] (1933β1995), actress; [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] *[[Nathan Darrow]] (born 1976), actor; Overland Park *[[Lucinda Dickey]] (born 1960), actress and dancer; Hutchinson *[[Billy Drago]] (1945β2019), actor; [[Hugoton, Kansas|Hugoton]] *[[Marj Dusay]] (1936β2020), actress; [[Hays, Kansas|Hays]] *[[Jimmy Donaldson]] (born 1998), YouTuber; Wichita *[[R. Lee Ermey]] (1944β2018), actor; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[Bridget Everett]] (born 1972), actress, [[cabaret]] artist, comedian; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]]<ref>{{Citation | last = Schulman | first = Michael | title = Sweet and Vicious | journal = The New Yorker | date = September 29, 2014 | url = http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/sweet-vicious}}</ref> *[[Bill Farmer]] (born 1952), voice actor; [[Pratt, Kansas|Pratt]] *[[Tamara Feldman]] (born 1980), actress; Wichita *[[Scott Foley]] (born 1972), actor; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Dwight Frye]] (1899β1943), actor; [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] *[[Alan Fudge]] (1944β2011), actor; Wichita *[[Laurel Goodwin]] (born 1942), actress; Wichita *[[Cary Guffey]] (born 1972), actor; Topeka *[[Zach Hadel]] (born 1990), voice actor; Overland Park *[[Dennis Hayden (actor)|Dennis Hayden]] (born 1952), actor; [[Girard, Kansas|Girard]] *[[Colton Haynes]] (born 1988), actor; Wichita *[[Thelma Hill]] (1906β1938), actress; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[Dennis Hopper]] (1936β2010), actor; [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]] *[[Jayne Houdyshell]] (born 1953), actress; Topeka *[[Mary Howard de Liagre|Mary Howard]] (1913β2009), actress; Independence *[[Don Johnson]] (born 1949), actor; Wichita *[[Neal Jones]] (born 1960), actor; Wichita *[[Gordon Jump]] (1932β2003), actor; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Tom Kane]] (born 1962), voice actor; Overland Park *[[Buster Keaton]] (1895β1966), actor and director; [[Piqua, Kansas|Piqua]] *[[Emmett Kelly]] (1898β1979), circus clown; [[Sedan, Kansas|Sedan]] *[[Laura Kirk]] (born 1966), actress; [[Lecompton, Kansas|Lecompton]] *[[Shirley Knight]] (1936β2020), actress; [[Goessel, Kansas|Goessel]] *[[Sarah Lancaster]] (born 1980), actress; Overland Park *[[Lila Leeds]] (1928β1999), actress; [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]] *[[Hattie McDaniel]] (1895β1952), actress; Wichita *[[Everett McGill]] (born 1945), actor; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Michael McMillian]] (born 1978), actor; [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] *[[George Murdock (actor)|George Murdock]] (1930β2012), actor; Salina *[[Cassandra Peterson]] (born 1951), actress, ''aka'' Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[ZaSu Pitts]] (1894β1963), actress; [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] *[[Chris Porter (comedian)|Chris Porter]] (born 1979), comedian; Olathe *[[John Quade]] (1938β2009), actor; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[James Reynolds (actor)|James Reynolds]], actor; [[Oskaloosa, Kansas|Oskaloosa]] *[[Rob Riggle]] (born 1970), actor and comedian; Overland Park *[[Charles Rogers (actor)|Charles "Buddy" Rogers]] (1904β1991), actor and jazz musician; Olathe *[[Paul Rudd]] (born 1969), actor; Overland Park *[[Sheila Ryan]] (1921β1975), actress; Topeka *[[Kendall Schmidt]] (born 1990), singer, actor, and dancer; Wichita *[[Kevin Schmidt]] (born 1988), actor; [[Andover, Kansas|Andover]] *[[Travis Schuldt]] (born 1974), actor; Topeka *[[Angus Scrimm]] (1926β2016), actor; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Max Showalter]] (1917β2000), actor; [[Caldwell, Kansas|Caldwell]] *[[Cynthia Sikes]] (born 1954), actress; [[Coffeyville, Kansas|Coffeyville]] *[[Lois Smith]] (born 1930), actress; Topeka *[[David Rees Snell]] (born 1966), actor; Wichita *[[Sara Sothern]] (1895β1994), stage actress; [[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]] *[[Taryn Southern]] (born 1986), actress, YouTube personality; Wichita *[[Rebecca Staab]] (born 1961), actress; [[Hays, Kansas|Hays]] *[[Michael Stevens (educator)|Michael Stevens]] (born 1986), educator, entertainer; [[Stilwell, Kansas|Stilwell]] *[[Milburn Stone]] (1904β1980), actor (''[[Gunsmoke]]''); [[Burrton, Kansas|Burrton]] *[[Eric Stonestreet]] (born 1971), actor; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Jason Sudeikis]] (born 1975), actor; [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]] *[[Norma Terris]] (1904β1989), actress; [[Columbus, Kansas|Columbus]] *[[Fay Tincher]] (1884β1983), actress; Topeka *[[Vivian Vance]] (1909β1979), actress (''[[I Love Lucy]]''); [[Cherryvale, Kansas|Cherryvale]] *[[Matt Vogel (puppeteer)|Matt Vogel]] (born 1970), puppeteer; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Lyle Waggoner]] (1935β2020), sculptor, actor (''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]''); [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Kari Wahlgren]] (born 1977), actress; [[Hoisington, Kansas|Hoisington]] *[[Dee Wallace]] (born 1948), actress; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Jason Wiles]] (born 1970), actor; [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]] *[[Claire Windsor]] (1892β1972), actress; [[Cawker City, Kansas|Cawker City]] *[[Patrice Wymore]] (1926β2014), actress; [[Miltonvale, Kansas|Miltonvale]] *[[Jeff Yagher]] (born 1961), actor; Lawrence }} === Directors === *[[Michael Almereyda]] (born 1960), film director; [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]] *[[Steve Balderson]] (born 1975), film director; [[Wamego, Kansas|Wamego]] *[[Darren Lynn Bousman]] (born 1979), film director; Overland Park *[[Chris Buck]] (born 1960), film director, animator; [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] *[[Eric Darnell]] (born 1960), director, writer, songwriter, animator; [[Prairie Village, Kansas|Prairie Village]] *[[Randall Duell]] (1903β1992), art director; [[Russell County, Kansas|Russell County]] *[[Alex Graves]] (born 1968), television director; [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]] *[[Sherman Halsey]], music video and television director; [[Independence, Kansas|Independence]] *[[Martin and Osa Johnson]] (1884β1937 and 1894β1953), film pioneer, explorer; [[Chanute, Kansas|Chanute]] *[[Stephen R. Johnson]] (1952 - 2015), music video and television director; [[Paola, Kansas|Paola]] *[[Oscar Micheaux]] (1893β1951), film director; [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]] *[[Gordon Parks]] (1912β2006), film director; [[Fort Scott, Kansas|Fort Scott]] *[[Richard Thorpe]] (1896β1991), film director; [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] == Public figures == === Journalists === *[[Frank Marshall Davis]] (1905β1987), journalist, poet, political and [[labor movement]] activist; Arkansas City *[[Steve Doocy]] (born 1956), co-host of [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'s ''[[Fox & Friends]]''; [[Abilene, Kansas|Abilene]] *[[Elizabeth Farnsworth]] (born 1943), television journalist; Topeka *[[William M. Gallagher]] (1923β1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist; [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]] *[[Jane Grant]] (1892β1972), journalist who co-founded ''[[The New Yorker]]''; [[Girard, Kansas|Girard]] *[[E. W. Howe]] (1853β1937), author and newspaper editor; [[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]] *[[Bill Kurtis]] (born 1940), television journalist; Independence *[[Jim Lehrer]] (1934β2020), television journalist; Wichita *[[Melissa McDermott]] (born 1960s), television news anchor for CBS's ''[[Up to the Minute]]''; Wichita *[[Clementine Paddleford]] (1898β1967), journalist and food critic; [[Riley County, Kansas|Riley County]] *[[Eugene C. Pulliam]] (1889β1975), founder Central Newspapers, Inc.; [[Ulysses, Kansas|Ulysses]] *[[Roy A. Roberts]] (1887β1967), newspaper editor; [[Muscotah, Kansas|Muscotah]] *[[W. Eugene Smith]] (1918β1978), photojournalist; Wichita *[[John Cameron Swayze]] (1906β1995), television journalist; Wichita *[[Julius Wayland]] (1854β1912), newspaper editor, ''[[Appeal to Reason (newspaper)|Appeal to Reason]]''; [[Girard, Kansas|Girard]] *[[William Allen White]] (1868β1944), author and newspaper editor; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[Gene Wojciechowski]], author, sportswriter and ESPN commentator; [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] === Politics and law === [[File:Charles Curtis-portrait.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Charles Curtis]]]] [[File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959 (cropped)(2).jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]]] [[File:Mabel Willebrandt.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Mabel Walker Willebrandt]]]] {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[John Anderson Jr.]] (1917β2014), Kansas governor; [[De Soto, Kansas|De Soto]] *[[Sheila Bair]] (born 1954), former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), former Commissioner and acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Independence *[[Earl Browder]] (1891β1973), General Secretary, [[Communist Party USA]]; Wichita *[[Sam Brownback]] (born 1956), U.S. representative, U.S. senator, Kansas Governor; [[Garnett, Kansas|Garnett]] *[[Arthur Capper]] (1865β1951), Kansas governor and newspaper editor; [[Garnett, Kansas|Garnett]] *[[Frank Carlson]] (1893β1987), U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and Kansas governor; [[Concordia, Kansas|Concordia]] *[[Georgia Neese Clark Gray]] (1900β1995), first woman Treasurer of United States; [[Richland, Kansas|Richland]] *[[Ty Cobb (attorney)|Ty Cobb]] (born 1950), Special Counsel to the President of the United States; Great Bend, Kansas *[[Samuel J. Crawford]] (1835β1913), Kansas governor; [[Garnett, Kansas|Garnett]] *[[Charles Curtis]] (1860β1936), U.S. senator and 31st vice president of United States; Topeka *[[Harry Darby]] (1895β1987), businessman and U.S. senator; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[George Docking]] (1904β1964), Kansas governor; Clay Center *[[Bob Dole]] (born 1923), [[List of United States Senators from Kansas|U.S. senator from Kansas]] (1969β1996) and [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] Republican nominee for president; [[Russell, Kansas|Russell]] *[[Dwight Eisenhower]] (1890β1969), 34th [[president of the United States]], Allied commander in World War II; Abilene (born in Denison, Texas) *[[Joan Finney]] (1925β2001), Kansas governor; Topeka *[[Marlin Fitzwater]] (born 1942), Press Secretary for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush; Abilene *[[Robert Gates]] (born 1943), CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense; Wichita *[[Robert L. Gernon]] (1943β2005), Kansas Supreme Court Justice; [[Sabetha, Kansas|Sabetha]] *[[Dan Glickman]] (born 1944), Secretary of Agriculture, president of [[Motion Picture Association of America]]; Wichita *[[Bill Graves]] (born 1953), Kansas governor; Salina *[[Paul Ranous Greever]] (1891β1943), Wyoming congressman; [[Lansing, Kansas|Lansing]] *[[Gary Hart]] (born 1936), Colorado senator; [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]] *[[Carl Hatch]] (1889β1963), New Mexico senator; [[Kirwin, Kansas|Kirwin]] *[[Mike Hayden]] (born 1944), Kansas governor; [[Colby, Kansas|Colby]] *[[Wally Hickel]] (1919β2010), governor of Alaska, U.S. Secretary of Interior; [[Claflin, Kansas|Claflin]] *[[Laura M. Johns]] (1849β1935), president, Kansas State Suffrage Association; president, Kansas Republican Woman's Association *[[U. Alexis Johnson|Ural Alexis Johnson]] (1908β1997), diplomat and ambassador; [[Falun, Kansas|Falun]] *[[Tim Kaine]] (born 1958), [[Governor of Virginia|Virginia governor]] and senator; [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] Democratic nominee for vice president; Overland Park *[[Nancy Kassebaum Baker]] (born 1932), Kansas senator; Topeka *[[James H. Kelley|James H. "Dog" Kelley]] (1833β1912), frontiersman, mayor of [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]] *[[William P. Lambertson]] (1880β1957), U.S. congressman; [[Fairview, Kansas|Fairview]] *[[Alf Landon]] (1887β1987), Kansas governor, 1936 presidential candidate; Topeka *[[Frank H. Lee]] (1873β1952), Missouri U.S. representative; [[De Soto, Kansas|De Soto]] *[[John Martin (Governor of Kansas)|John Martin]] (1839β1889), Kansas governor, newspaperman, Civil War colonel; Atchison *[[George McGill (Kansas politician)|George McGill]] (1879β1963), Kansas Senator; Wichita *[[Jerry Moran]] (born 1954), U.S. representative and senator; [[Plainville, Kansas|Plainville]] *[[Roger Noriega]] (born 1959), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Wichita *[[Gale Norton]] (born 1954), U.S. Secretary of the Interior; Wichita *[[Lawton Nuss]] (born 1952), State Supreme Court Justice; Salina *[[Kate Richards O'Hare]] (1877β1948), [[American Socialist Party]] activist; [[Ottawa County, Kansas|Ottawa County]] *[[Leslie Osterman]] (born 1947), member of Kansas House of Representatives; Wichita *[[Shirley Phelps-Roper]] (born 1957), lawyer for [[Westboro Baptist Church]]; Topeka *[[Chuck Reed]] (born 1948), mayor of San Jose, California; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Roy Romer]] (born 1928), Colorado governor; Garden City *[[Susanna M. Salter]] (1860β1961), mayor of [[Argonia, Kansas|Argonia]], first woman mayor in U.S. *[[Bradley Schlozman]] (born 1971), controversial figure in George W. Bush Administration's [[2006 dismissal of U.S. attorneys|dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy]]; Overland Park *[[K. Gary Sebelius]] (born 1949), U.S. magistrate judge, husband of [[Kathleen Sebelius]]; [[Norton, Kansas|Norton]] *[[Harold Sebring]] (1898β1968), [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg Trial]] judge; Olathe *[[Arlen Specter]] (1930β2012), Pennsylvania senator; Russell *[[Dale Swenson]] (born c. 1957), member of Kansas House; Wichita *[[Martin E. Trapp]] (1877β1951), Oklahoma governor; [[Robinson, Kansas|Robinson]] *[[Rosalie E. Wahl]] (1924β2014), associate justice [[Minnesota Supreme Court]]; [[Caney, Kansas|Caney]] *[[William Walker (Wyandot leader)|William Walker]] (1800β1874), provisional governor of Nebraska Territory, Wyandot chief *[[Mabel Walker Willebrandt]] (1889β1963), [[United States Assistant Attorney General|U.S. Assistant Attorney General]] 1921β29; [[Woodsdale, Kansas|Woodsdale]] *[[Harry Hines Woodring]] (1890β1967), Kansas governor and Secretary of War under Franklin Roosevelt; [[Elk City, Kansas|Elk City]] *[[Robert M. Wright]] (1840β1915), member of Kansas House of Representatives; a founder of [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansashistory.us/robertwrightbio.html |title=George Laughhead, Robert M. Wright (1840β1915), Dodge City: town president, founder, pioneer, September 23, 2009|publisher=kansashistory.us|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> *[[Ron Wyden]] (born 1949), Oregon senator; Wichita }} === Military and national security === [[File:Stanley Adams, MOH.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Stanley T. Adams]]]] [[File:Donald K. Ross;h97461.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Donald K. Ross]]]] {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Stanley T. Adams]] (1922β1999), Korean War [[Medal of Honor]] recipient; [[De Soto, Kansas|De Soto]] *[[Wilbur Bestwick]] (1911β1972), first sergeant major of the Marine Corps; [[Sabetha, Kansas|Sabetha]] *[[Kendall Carl Campbell]] (1917β1942), ensign, posthumous WWII Navy Cross recipient; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Richard Cowan (soldier)|Richard Cowan]] (1922β1944), WWII Medal of Honor recipient; Wichita *[[Dwight Eisenhower]] (1890β1969), 34th president of the United States, Allied commander in World War II, [[General of the Army (United States)|5-star general]]; Abilene (born in Denison, Texas) *[[Rebecca L. Ediger]] (born 1952), agent in charge of Presidential Protective Division of [[U.S. Secret Service]]; [[Peabody, Kansas|Peabody]] (born in [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]]) *[[Harry D. Felt]] (1902β1992), WWII Naval aviator and admiral; Topeka *[[Arthur M. Ferguson]] (1877β1922), colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, PhilippineβAmerican War; [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey County]] *[[Frederick N. Funston]] (1865β1917), major general, Medal of Honor recipient; [[Iola, Kansas|Iola]] *[[John E. Gingrich]] (1897β1960), U.S. Navy four-star admiral, first chief of security for [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Atomic Energy Commission]]; [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]] *[[James Harbord]] (1866β1947), U.S. Army, WWI Distinguished Service Cross; [[Bushong, Kansas|Bushong]] *[[Joseph Henderson (Medal of Honor)|Joseph Henderson]] (1869β1938), Medal of Honor recipient, PhilippineβAmerican War; [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas|Fort Leavenworth]] *[[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]] (1918β2007), first WAC officer promoted to Brigadier General; [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] *[[Herbert Loper]] (1896β1989), major general, U.S. Army; [[Norcatur, Kansas|Norcatur]] *[[Homer A. McCrerey]] (1919β1999), U.S. Navy meteorologist and oceanographer; [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]] *[[Richard Myers]] (born 1942), general, U.S. Air Force, 15th chairman of Joint Chiefs; [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe]] *[[Ross A. Myers|Ross Myers]] (born 1959), commander of the [[United States Cyber Command]], Tenth Fleet; [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] *[[Danny J. Petersen]] (1949β1970), specialist 4, U.S. Army, posthumous Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient; [[Netawaka, Kansas|Netawaka]] *[[George S. Robb]] (1887β1972), U.S. Army, WWI Medal of Honor recipient; [[Assaria, Kansas|Assaria]] *[[Bernard W. Rogers]] (1921β2008), [[NATO]] Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; [[Fairview, Kansas|Fairview]] *[[Donald K. Ross]] (1910β1992), first Medal of Honor recipient in WWII, [[United States Navy]]; [[Beverly, Kansas|Beverly]] *[[Conrad Schmidt (Medal of Honor)|Conrad Schmidt]] (1830β1908), Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient; [[Ogden, Kansas|Ogden]] *[[Duane D. Thiessen]] (born 1951), major general, [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]]; [[Goessel, Kansas|Goessel]] *[[Grant F. Timmerman]] (1919β1944), sergeant, USMC, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; [[Americus, Kansas|Americus]] *[[William B. Trembley]] (1877β1952), Medal of Honor recipient, PhilippineβAmerican War; [[Johnson, Kansas|Johnson]] *[[Lewis William Walt]] (1913β1989), general, [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]], initiated [[Combined Action Program]] in Vietnam; [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee County]] }} === Religious === *[[William Bickerton]] (1815β1905), founder of [[the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)]] and the Zion Valley, Kansas, colony; [[St. John, Kansas|St. John]] *[[Charles J. Chaput]] (born 1944), archbishop, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver]]; [[Concordia, Kansas|Concordia]] *[[Sheri L. Dew]] (born 1953), influential [[Latter-day Saint]] spokeswoman; [[Ulysses, Kansas|Ulysses]] *[[Bart D. Ehrman]] (born 1955), [[New Testament]] scholar; Lawrence *[[Jerry Johnston]] (born 1959), Southern Baptist Convention evangelist and pastor; Overland Park *[[Emil Kapaun]] (1916β1951), Army chaplain Korean War, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient, Catholic martyr and sainthood candidate; [[Pilsen, Kansas|Pilsen]] *[[Ron Kenoly]] (born 1944), musical worship leader; Coffeyville *[[Lillian M. Mitchner]] (1862/64β1954), president, Kansas State [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]]; Topeka *[[Fred Phelps]] (1929β2014), leader of [[Westboro Baptist Church]]; Topeka *[[James Reeb]] (1927β1965), Unitarian minister beaten to death by segregationists in Selma, Alabama, during the Civil Rights Movement; Wichita *[[David Laurin Ricken]] (born 1954), bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne]]; [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]] *[[Michael Jarboe Sheehan]] (born 1939), archbishop of [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]; Wichita *[[Mabel Madeline Southard|M. Madeline Southard]] (1877β1967), Methodist minister and writer *[[John Joseph Sullivan (clergyman)|John Joseph Sullivan]] (1920β2001), bishop of [[Grand Island, Nebraska]], and Kansas City-St. Joseph; [[Horton, Kansas|Horton]] *[[Gerald B. Winrod]] (1900β1957), evangelical Christian and Nazi sympathizer; Wichita *[[Gordon Winrod]] (1926β2018), [[Christian Identity]] minister; [[Hesston, Kansas|Hesston]] == Scientists and programmers == {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Charles Bachman]] (1924β2017), computer scientist; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[C. Olin Ball]] (1893β1982), food scientist; Abilene *[[Barnum Brown]] (1873β1963), paleontologist; [[Carbondale, Kansas|Carbondale]] *[[John D. Carmack]] (born 1970), computer programmer; [[Shawnee Mission, Kansas|Shawnee Mission]] *[[George Washington Carver]] (1864β1943), botanist and chemist; [[Minneapolis, Kansas]] *[[James F. Crow]] (1916β2012), geneticist; Wichita *[[Carl Owen Dunbar]] (1891β1979), geologist and paleontologist; [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee County]] *[[David Fairchild]] (1869β1954), botanist and explorer; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Philip Fox (astronomer)|Philip Fox]] (1878β1944), astronomer; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Howard K. Gloyd]] (1902β1978), herpetologist; [[De Soto, Kansas|De Soto]] *[[Ebbe Hoff]] (1906β1985), neurologist; [[Rexford, Kansas|Rexford]] *[[Jack Kilby]] (1923β2005), inventor of the [[integrated circuit]]; Great Bend *[[Homer A. McCrerey]] (1919β1999), meteorologist and oceanographer; Hiawatha *[[Ray McIntire]] (1918β1996), research engineer, inventor of [[Styrofoam]]; Gardner *[[Karl Menninger]] (1893β1990), psychiatrist; Topeka *[[Charles D. Michener]] (1918β2015), entomologist; Lawrence *[[Lou Montulli]], a founding engineer at [[Netscape]] and responsible for many HTML and web innovations *[[Ernest Fox Nichols]] (1869β1924), scientist; [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]] *[[Wallace Pratt]] (1885β1981), petroleum geologist; [[Phillipsburg, Kansas|Phillipsburg]] *[[Walter Sutton]] (1877β1916), geneticist and physician; Russell *[[George Tiller]] (1941β2009), medical doctor and controversial late-term abortion provider; Wichita *[[Clyde Tombaugh]] (1906β1997), astronomer; [[Burdett, Kansas|Burdett]] *[[Samuel Wendell Williston]] (1852β1918), scientist; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Douglas Youvan]] (born 1955), biophysicist and inventor; [[Frontenac, Kansas|Frontenac]] }} == Others == === Notable individuals === {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Danni Boatwright]] (born 1975), winner of ''[[Survivor: Guatemala]]''; [[Tonganoxie, Kansas|Tonganoxie]] *[[Emily Gibson Braerton]] (1884β1966), V.P. [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] {1950β53}; Lawrence *[[Deborah Bryant]] (born 1946), Miss America 1966; Overland Park *[[Erin Brockovich]] (born 1960), environmental activist; Lawrence *[[Oliver Brown (American activist)|Oliver Brown]] (1918β1961), welder; Topeka *[[Richard Christy]] (born 1974), comedian on the ''Howard Stern Show''; Fort Scott *[[Hilda Clark (model)|Hilda Clark]] (1872β1932), first woman to appear in a Coca-Cola advertisement; Leavenworth *[[Earl Cole]] (born 1971), winner of ''[[Survivor: Fiji]]''; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Racquel Darrian]] (born 1968), pornographic film star; Hutchinson *[[Elmer Dresslar Jr.]] (1925β2005), voice actor and baritone voice of [[Jolly Green Giant]] commercials; [[St. Francis, Kansas|St. Francis]] *[[Alvin Dewey]] (1912β1987), [[special agent]] of the [[Kansas Bureau of Investigation]]; Garden City *[[Ann Dunham]] (1942β1995), mother of [[Barack Obama]]; Wichita *[[Madelyn and Stanley Dunham]] (1922β2008 and 1918β1992), grandparents of Barack Obama; [[Peru, Kansas|Peru]] *[[Tara Dawn Holland]] (born 1972), [[Miss America 1997]]; Overland Park *[[Carrie Ingalls]] (1870β1946), sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder; born in [[Little House on the Prairie]] near Independence *[[Vicki Lynn Lasseter]] (born 1960), February 1981 ''[[Playboy]]'' Playmate; Iola *[[Candy Loving]] (born 1956), January 1979 ''[[Playboy]]'' Playmate and 25th Anniversary Playmate; [[Oswego, Kansas|Oswego]] *[[Waldo McBurney]] (1902β2009), formerly listed as oldest worker; [[Quinter, Kansas|Quinter]] *[[Kelli McCarty]] (born 1969), Miss USA 1991, actress, pornographic films; [[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]] *[[Janet MurguΓa]] (born 1954), president and CEO, National Council of La Raza; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Dan Perkins]] (born 1961), cartoonist, pen name "Tom Tomorrow"; Wichita *[[Jeff Probst]] (born 1962), television personality and host of ''[[Survivor (US TV series)|Survivor]]''; Wichita *[[Darrel Ray]] (born 1950), psychologist, author, atheist activist, and founder of [[Recovering from Religion]] and the associated [[Secular Therapy Project]]; Wichita *[[Victor Rojas]], studio analyst for [[MLB Network]]; Overland Park (born in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]) *[[Satanta (White Bear)|Satanta]] (1830β1878), chief of [[Kiowa]] tribe; western Kansas *[[Matt Schlapp]], chairman of [[American Conservative Union]]; Wichita *[[Theresa Vail]] (born 1990), host of [[Outdoor Channel]]'s ''Limitless with Theresa Vail''; [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Carrie Westcott]] (born 1969), September 1993 ''[[Playboy]]'' Playmate; Mission Hills *[[Harold F. Williamson]] (1901β1989), business historian; [[Piper, Kansas|Piper]] *[[Earl Woods]] (1932β2006), father of golfer [[Tiger Woods]] and first African-American baseball player in the [[Big Eight Conference]]; Manhattan }} === Notable historical figures not from Kansas but who participated in a significant event in Kansas === *[[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] (1800β1859), abolitionist; Osawatomie *[[Buffalo Bill Cody]] (1846β1917), buffalo hunter and showman; Leavenworth *[[Wyatt Earp]] (1848β1929), lawman; Wichita and [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]] *[[Mary Tenney Gray]] (1833β1904), known as the "mother of the Women's Club movement in Kansas"; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Dora Hand]] (1844β1878), dance hall singer, Dodge City<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historynet.com/the-killing-of-dora-hand.htm|title=Susan Leiser Silva and Lee A. Silva, "The Killing of Dora Hand",43374, 2009|publisher=historynet.com; originally in Wild West Magazine|access-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref> *[[Wild Bill Hickok]] (1837β1876), lawman; [[Hays, Kansas|Hays]] and Abilene *[[John James Ingalls]] (1833β1900), politician<ref>{{cite web|title=John James Ingalls|url=https://www.aoc.gov/art/national-statuary-hall-collection/john-james-ingalls|website=Architect of the Capitol|access-date=16 July 2018|language=en}}</ref> *[[Kris Kobach]] (born 1966), candidate for governor in 2018, Kansas Secretary of State *[[James Henry Lane (Union general)|James H. Lane]] (1814β1866), abolitionist, senator and union general; Lawrence *[[Bat Masterson]] (1853β1921), lawman; Dodge City *[[Carrie Nation]] (1846β1911), temperance activist; Medicine Lodge *[[Mary Bell Smith]] (1818-1894), organizer and first president, Kansas [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] === Crime === {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Edward J. Adams]] (1887β1921), bank robber and murderer; Hutchinson *[[Lowell Lee Andrews]] (1939β1962), murderer; [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wolcott]] *[[Bloody Benders|John and Kate Bender]] (1872β1873), serial killers; [[Labette County, Kansas|Labette County]] *[[Fred "Killer" Burke]] (1893β1940), Prohibition-era gangster; [[Mapleton, Kansas|Mapleton]] *[[Mark Essex]] (1949β1973), mass murderer; [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] *[[Fleagle Gang|Jake and Ralph Fleagle]], bank robbers and murderers; [[Marienthal, Kansas|Marienthal]] *[[Debora Green]] (born 1951), murderer; [[Prairie Village, Kansas|Prairie Village]] *[[Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold|Eric Harris]] (1981β1999), perpetrator, along with Dylan Klebold, of the [[Columbine High School massacre]]; Wichita *[[Richard Hickock]] (1931β1965), murderer; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] *[[Alvin Karpis|Alvin "Creepy" Karpis]] (1907β1979), bank robber and member of the Barker Gang; Topeka *[[Cattle Annie|Anna Emmaline McDoulet]] (1882β1978), female spy for Doolin Gang known as Cattle Annie Lawrence; [[Seneca, Kansas|Seneca]] *[[George Newcomb (Outlaw)|George Newcomb]] (1866β1895), member of Bill Doolin's Wild Bunch; Fort Scott *[[Duane Earl Pope]] (born 1943), bank robber and murderer; [[Roxbury, Kansas|Roxbury]] *[[Dennis Rader]] (born 1945), serial killer known as "BTK"; Wichita *[[Assassination of George Tiller|Scott Philip Roeder]] (born 1958), assassin; [[Merriam, Kansas|Merriam]] *[[Marc Sappington]] (born 1978), murderer and cannibal, known as the Kansas City Vampire; [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] }} === Fictional persons === {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| *[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]] lives with his adoptive family in fictional Nowhere, Kansas *[[Helen Crump]] (1962), girlfriend of Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', from rural Kansas *[[Dennis the Menace (U.S.)|Dennis the Menace]] (1951), neighborhood terror, Wichita{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} *[[Marshal Matt Dillon|Matt Dillon]] (1949), marshal, Kansas *Sam "Squid" Dullard, character on [[Rocket Power]], moves to fictional California town featured in the show in the first episode, revealed in a later episode that heβs from [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Fictional Characters from Kansas |url=https://www.360wichita.com/blog/Entertainment/Fictional-Characters-from-Kansas.html |website=360Wichita.com}}</ref> *[[Dorothy Gale]] (1900), farm girl who lived with her [[Aunt Em]] and [[Uncle Henry (The Oz Books)|Uncle Henry]]; transported to the [[Land of Oz]] by a tornado, with her dog [[Toto (Oz)|Toto]] *[[Elmer Gantry]] (1927), evangelist and title character in the [[Sinclair Lewis]] novel of the same name; attended college in Kansas *[[Gil Hamilton]] (c. 2083), futuristic detective, Topeka *[[Will Kane]] (1952), sheriff in the 1952 classic Western ''[[High Noon]]'', from Hadleyville, Kansas *[[Johnny Kaw]] (1955), mythical Kansas settler, [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] *[[Clark Kent|Clark Joseph Kent]] (1938), adopted child of [[Ma and Pa Kent|Jonathan and Martha Kent]] of ''[[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]]'', known as the alter ego [[Superman]], born on [[Krypton (planet)|Krypton]] as [[Kal-El]] *[[Lana Lang]] (1950), [[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]'s teenage love interest, [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]] *[[Ted Lasso]] (2020), head coach of the fictional [[London]]-based AFC Richmond, [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]] *[[Major Astro]] (1960), astronaut portrayed by local character actor Tom Leahy; host of a children's television program, Wichita *[[Colleen McMurphy]], lead character from ''[[China Beach]]'', from a "small town" in Kansas *[[Cameron Mitchell (Stargate)|Cameron Mitchell]], Lieutenant Colonel of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' television series, from [[Auburn, Kansas|Auburn]] *[[Jack B. Quick]] (1999), boy genius, ''Queerwater Creek, Kansas'' *[[True Q|Amanda Rogers]] (born 2351), character on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Topeka *[[Pete Ross]] (1961), [[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]'s best friend, [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]] *[[Mary Ann Summers]], traveler on a "three-hour tour" that was lost at sea on ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', [[Winfield, Kansas|Winfield]] *[[Annie Wilson]] (1993), aspiring actress, Wichita *[[Dean Winchester]] (1979), demon hunter, Lawrence *[[Sam Winchester]] (1983), demon hunter, Lawrence *[[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]] (1900), balloonist, magician, ruler of the [[Land of Oz]] (1939 movie version only) }} ==See also== {{portal|Biography|Kansas|United States|Lists}} * [[Lists of people from Kansas]] == References == {{reflist|30em}} {{Kansas}} {{Lists of people by U.S. state}} [[Category:Lists of people from Kansas| ]]
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