Biographical Records

Notable People from Kansas

1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 16 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.

Margaret H'Doubler

American dance instructor

1889 – 1982

educator

Everette Lee DeGolyer

American geophysicist and philanthropist (1886–1956)

1886 – 1956

bibliophilephilanthropistgeophysicist

Garnet Bush

American baseball umpire

1882 – 1919

baseball player

George Frederick Zook

American educator

1885 – 1951

pedagogueuniversity teachereducator

Hart Wand

American musician (1887–1960)

1887 – 1960

singer

Henry Varnum Poor

American painter, potter, and architect (1887-1970)

1887 – 1970

scientific illustratorceramicistpainter

Homer Woodson Hargiss

American football and basketball player, track and field athlete, coach (1887–1978)

1887 – 1978

athletics competitorbasketball coachbaseball player

James Durham

American baseball player (1881-1949)

1881 – 1949

baseball player

Jesse Clyde Nichols

American developer of commercial and residential real estate (1880–1950)

1880 – 1950

real estate developer

Lloyd Williams

American mathematician

1888 – 1976

university teachermathematician

Cleo Mayfield

American actress (1898–1954)

1888 – 1954

aircraft pilotstage actor

Nina Brown Baker

biographer 1888—1957

1888 – 1957

children's writerbiographerwriter

Frank E. Hull

American film editor

1882 – 1968

film editor

Theodore Criley

American painter

1880 – 1930

painter

Frank Boyd

African American labor union organizer in Minnesota

1881 – 1962

union organizerporter

Richard J. Walsh

American author, editor and publisher (1886-1960)

1886 – 1960

writerpublisherauthor

James Percy Ault

American surveyor and ocean explorer (1881–1929)

1881 – 1929

oceanographergeophysicisthydrographer

Edgar Newton Eisenhower

American lawyer

1889 – 1971

lawyer

Curly Brown

American baseball player (1888-1968)

1888 – 1968

baseball player

John Henry Balch

United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

1896 – 1980

military officer

John Wayne Delehant

United States federal judge

1890 – 1972

lawyerjudge

Johnny Armstrong

American football player (1897-1960)

1897 – 1960

American football coachAmerican football playerbaseball player

Johnny Milton

American football player (1898-1949)

1898 – 1949

American football player

Josh Billings

American baseball player

1891 – 1981

baseball player

Lloyd Bishop

American baseball player

1890 – 1968

baseball player

May Louise Cowles

American economist

1892 – 1978

economist

Oscar Johnson

American baseball player

1895 – 1960

baseball player

Paul Des Jardien

American football and baseball player (1893-1956)

1893 – 1956

American football playerathletics competitorbaseball player

Pete Kilduff

American baseball player (1893-1930)

1893 – 1930

baseball player

Willard Greim

American basketball coach

1890 – 1982

basketball coach

Lincoln LaPaz

American astronomer (1897–1985)

1897 – 1985

ufologistuniversity teacherastronomer

Clare Patterson

Major League Baseball player (1887-1913)

1887 – 1913

baseball player

Alexander Pearson, Jr.

American aviator (1895–1924)

1895 – 1924

aircraft pilot

Carter Elliott

Major League Baseball shortstop (1893-1959)

1893 – 1959

baseball player

Charles Morgan

American football coach

1890

American football coachhead coach

Chet A. Wynne

American football player and coach

1898 – 1967

American football playerathletics competitorhead coach

Del Lundgren

American baseball player

1899 – 1984

baseball player

Carl Manda

Major League Baseball player

1886 – 1983

baseball player

Bill McGill

American baseball player (1880-1959)

1880 – 1959

baseball player

Andy Rush

American baseball player (1889-1969)

1889 – 1969

baseball playerassociation football player

Frances Clarke Sayers

American librarian

1897 – 1989

children's writerlibrarianwriter

John States Seybold

American politician

1897 – 1982

military engineerpolitician

Ray Pierce

American baseball player (1897–1963)

1897 – 1963

baseball player

Roy Sanders

American baseball player (1894-1963)

1894 – 1963

baseball player

Roy Sanders

American baseball player (1892-1950)

1892 – 1950

baseball player

Tom Wilson

professional baseball player (1890-1953)

1890 – 1953

baseball player

Vance Randolph

American writer (1892-1980)

1892 – 1980

writer

Wilder D. Baker

United States Navy Vice admiral (1890-1975)

1890 – 1975

military officer

Gil Britton

Major League Baseball shortstop

1891 – 1983

shortstopprofessional baseball player

Jimmy Whelan

American baseball player (1890-1929)

1890 – 1929

baseball player

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