Biographical Records

Notable People from Kansas

1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 19 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.

Charles Lawrence Powell
United States federal judge
1902 - 1975
lawyerjudge
Babe Lyon
American football player (1907-1970)
1907 - 1970
American football player
Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr.
Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr.
United States federal judge
1901 - 2001
lawyerpoliticianjudge
Al Garten
American football coach (1905–1981)
1905 - 1981
American football coachhead coach
Nate Kazebier
American musician (1912-1969)
1912 - 1969
jazz musician
George H. Mallon
George H. Mallon
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
1877 - 1934
military personnel
Harold Emerson Foster
American basketball player-coach (1906-1996)
1906 - 1996
basketball coachbasketball player
Hollis Caswell
American educator (1901-1988)
1901 - 1988
university teachereducator
Mark Shelton
Mark Shelton
American singer (1957–2018)
1957 - 2018
guitaristmusicianauthor
James Floyd Breeding
James Floyd Breeding
American politician (1901-1977)
1901 - 1977
politician
Marcus B. Bell
Marcus B. Bell
U.S. Army brigadier general
1893 - 1981
military personnel
Fay Brink Prickett
Fay Brink Prickett
U.S. general during World War II (1893-1982)
1893 - 1982
soldiermilitary personnel
Tex Jones
American baseball player (1885–1938)
1885 - 1938
baseball player
Beulah Armstrong
American mathematician (1895-1965)
1895 - 1965
university teachermathematician
Ted Livingston
American football player (1913-1984)
1913 - 1984
American football player
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
American football quarterback in the National Football League (1916-1989)
1916 - 1989
American football player
Woody Woodard
Woody Woodard
American football player and coach, basketball coach, track coach, college athletics administrator
1917 - 1996
basketball coach
Don Lock
Don Lock
American baseball player (1936-2017)
1936 - 2017
baseball playerbasketball player
Dorothy Thomas
American author and diarist
1898 - 1990
diaristwriter
Bruce Lietzke
professional golfer
1951 - 2018
golfer
Walt Yoder
American jazz double-bassist
1914 - 1978
jazz musician
John Crutcher
American politician (1916-2017)
1916 - 2017
politician
Duane Wilson
American baseball player (1934–2021)
1934 - 2021
baseball player
Earl Thompson
American writer
1931 - 1978
novelistwriter
Eddie Crowder
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator (1931-2008)
1931 - 2008
American football playercoach
Terry Ramsaye
Terry Ramsaye
American journalist (1885–1954)
1885 - 1954
film scholarjournalist
Charles E. Mack
Charles E. Mack
American minstrel performer
1887 - 1934
singer
Tristan Meinecke
Tristan Meinecke
Abstract artist
1916 - 2004
musicianarchitect
Clifford Hildreth
American econometrician (1917-1995)
1917 - 1995
economist
Jimmy Lander
Jimmy Lander
American gridiron football player (1912-1989)
1912 - 1989
American football playerCanadian football player
Len Dugan
American gridiron football player (1910-1967)
1910 - 1967
American football player
Frederick R. Koch
American philanthropist (1933–2020)
1933 - 2020
philanthropistart collectorcollector
Kenneth A. Spencer
American businessman
1902 - 1960
industrialist
John Wesley Carroll
American painter, born 1892 (1892–1959)
1892 - 1959
painter
Fritz Brickell
American baseball player
1935 - 1965
baseball player
Dwane Wallace
President and Chairman of the Board of the Cessna Aircraft Company
1911 - 1989
military flight engineer
Elmer Stricklett
Elmer Stricklett
American baseball player
1876 - 1964
baseball player
Galen Fiss
American football player (1931-2006)
1931 - 2006
American football player
Mary Irma Hilger
American nurse and nun
1917 - 2003
nunnurse
Clyde Coffman
American decathlete
1911 - 2001
decathlete
Albert K. Murray
American naval combat artist (1906–1992)
1906 - 1992
rowerpainter
Les Crutchfield
American scriptwriter
1916 - 1966
writerscreenwriter
Howard H. Bell
American scholar of African American history (1913–2012)
1913 - 2012
university teacherhistorian
Elizabeth Searle Lamb
American haiku poet (1917-2015)
1917 - 2005
haiku poetpoetwriter
Roscoe Cartwright
Roscoe Cartwright
United States Army general
1919 - 1974
military officermilitary personnel
David Parker Gibbs
David Parker Gibbs
United States general
1911 - 1987
military officer
Dean Griffing
gridiron football player, coach, and executive (1913-1998)
1913 - 1998
Canadian football playerAmerican football player
Dewey Adkins
American baseball player
1918 - 1998
baseball player
Earle Taylor
Earle Taylor
American football player (1891-1955)
1891 - 1955
American football player
Don Gutteridge
Don Gutteridge
American baseball player (1912-2008)
1912 - 2008
baseball player
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