Biographical Records

Notable People from Kansas

1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 17 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.

Clara Lanza
Clara Lanza
American novelist
1859 - 1939
novelistwriter
Kite Thomas
Kite Thomas
Major League Baseball outfielder
1923 - 1995
baseball player
John Henry Balch
John Henry Balch
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
1896 - 1980
military officer
Louis F. Burns
American historian
1920 - 2012
historian
Fay Foster
Fay Foster
American composer (1886-1960)
1886 - 1960
pedagoguepianistcomposer
Mary Francis Shura
US writer (1923-1991)
1923 - 1991
novelistchildren's writerwriter
Willie Ramsdell
American baseball player
1916 - 1969
baseball player
Irene Carswell Peden
Irene Carswell Peden
American engineer (1925-)
1925 - 2025
engineer
Richard Grant Hiskey
Richard Grant Hiskey
American chemist (1929-2016)
1929 - 2016
chemist
James Percy Ault
American surveyor and ocean explorer (1881–1929)
1881 - 1929
oceanographergeophysicisthydrographer
Les Barnhart
American baseball player (1905-1971)
1905 - 1971
baseball player
Barbara Joyce Bachmann
American microbiologist, director of the E. coli Genetic Stock Center and university teacher
1924 - 1999
microbiologistuniversity teacherresearcher
John Rader
John Rader
American politician
1927
politicianlawyer
Richard J. Walsh
Richard J. Walsh
American author, editor and publisher (1886-1960)
1886 - 1960
writerpublisherauthor
Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
American archaeologist (1874-1942)
1874 - 1942
archaeologisthistorian of classical antiquityanthropologist
Hugh Hawkins
American historian
1929 - 2016
civil rights advocateuniversity teacherhistorian
Maria Carmen Velásquez
Maria Carmen Velásquez
American migrant worker activist based out of Indiana
1921 - 1985
activist
Paul Edmondson
American baseball player
1943 - 1970
baseball player
Mike Custer
American soccer player and coach (1956-2008)
1956 - 2008
association football playerassociation football coach
Thomas Docking
American politician
1954 - 2017
politicianlawyer
Frank Boyd
Frank Boyd
African American labor union organizer in Minnesota
1881 - 1962
union organizerporter
Theodore Criley
Theodore Criley
American painter
1880 - 1930
painter
Frank E. Hull
American film editor
1882 - 1968
film editor
Bert Pearson
American football player (1905-1945)
1905 - 1945
American football player
Kay McFarland
American judge (1935-2015)
1935 - 2015
lawyerjudge
Kaye Vaughan
Player of American and Canadian football
1931 - 2023
Canadian football player
John Zook
American football player (1947-2020)
1947 - 2020
American football player
Larry Foss
American baseball player
1936 - 2019
baseball player
Leon van Speybroeck
American astronomer (1935-2002)
1935 - 2002
astronomer
Ira Anders
American politician
1942 - 2025
politician
Myron Roderick
American wrestler, wrestling coach, tennis coach, college athletics administrator
1934 - 2011
amateur wrestlercoach
Lester S. Moore
American architect
1871 - 1924
architect
Josh Clarke
American baseball player
1879 - 1962
baseball player
Larry Miller
American baseball player (1937-2018)
1937 - 2018
baseball player
Ollie Spencer
Ollie Spencer
American football player (1931-1991)
1931 - 1991
American football player
Lloyd Cardwell
American football player and coach (1913-1997)
1913 - 1997
American football player
Curt Dawson
American actor (1942-1985)
1942 - 1985
television actoractor
Wiley Taylor
Major League Baseball pitcher (1888–1954)
1888 - 1954
baseball player
Robert Worcester
Robert Worcester
American-born British pollster
1933 - 2025
managerbusinessperson
Leland Chris Nielsen
Leland Chris Nielsen
United States federal judge (1919-1999)
1919 - 1999
lawyerjudge
Ron Walters
American social scientist
1938 - 2010
political scientist
Nina Brown Baker
biographer 1888—1957
1888 - 1957
children's writerbiographerwriter
Stewart Stover
American football player
1938 - 2024
Canadian football playerAmerican football player
Jack Morris
Jack Morris
American football player (1931–2022)
1931 - 2022
American football player
Cleo Mayfield
Cleo Mayfield
American actress (1898–1954)
1888 - 1954
aircraft pilotstage actor
Lloyd Williams
American mathematician
1888 - 1976
university teachermathematician
Red Berry
Red Berry
American professional wrestler, manager (1906–1973)
1906 - 1973
professional wrestleramateur wrestlermanager
Warren Ault
American historian (1887–1989)
1887 - 1989
historian
Hugh McMullen
Hugh McMullen
American baseball player (1901–1986)
1901 - 1986
baseball player
Jesse Clyde Nichols
Jesse Clyde Nichols
American developer of commercial and residential real estate (1880–1950)
1880 - 1950
real estate developer
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