Biographical Records

Notable People from Kansas

1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 20 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.

Charles D. McAtee
American FBI agent
1928 – 2005
military officerlawyer
Curtis D. Summers
Engineer and roller coaster designer (1929-1992)
1929 – 1992
engineer
Dale Emerson Saffels
Dale Emerson Saffels
United States federal judge
1921 – 2002
politicianlawyerjudge
Daniel Forbes
Daniel Forbes
US Army Air Force officer
1920 – 1948
aircraft pilot
Dean Grennell
American journalist (1923-2004)
1923 – 2004
journalist
Donald "Flash" Gordon
Donald "Flash" Gordon
Flying ace (1920-2010)
1920 – 2010
military officer
Elmo Gideon
American painter and sculptor (1924-2010)
1924 – 2010
sculptorartist
Fred Bradley
American baseball player
1920 – 2012
baseball player
Fred Marsh
American baseball player
1924 – 2006
baseball player
Gene Roberts
Gene Roberts
American football player (1923-2009)
1923 – 2009
American football player
Glenn Watkins
Glenn Watkins
American musicologist (1927–2021)
1927 – 2021
musicologistuniversity teachereditor
James Carroll Fox
United States federal judge (1928-2019)
1928 – 2019
lawyerjudge
James Kenneth Logan
United States federal judge (1929-2018)
1929 – 2018
judge
John Wells
American baseball player
1922 – 1993
baseball player
Joseph Wilson Morris
United States federal judge
1922 – 2021
lawyerjudge
Kite Thomas
Kite Thomas
Major League Baseball outfielder
1923 – 1995
baseball player
Art Weaver
Art Weaver
American baseball player (1879-1917)
1879 – 1917
baseball player
Louis F. Burns
American historian
1920 – 2012
historian
Mary Francis Shura
US writer (1923-1991)
1923 – 1991
novelistchildren's writerwriter
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
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
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
Mike Custer
American soccer player and coach (1956-2008)
1956 – 2008
association football playerassociation football coach
Thomas Docking
American politician
1954 – 2017
politicianlawyer
A. R. Kennedy
A. R. Kennedy
American football player and coach (1876-1969)
1876 – 1969
American football playerhead coachdentist
Kay McFarland
American judge (1935-2015)
1935 – 2015
lawyerjudge
Kaye Vaughan
Player of American and Canadian football
1931 – 2023
Canadian football player
Larry Foss
American baseball player
1936 – 2019
baseball player
Larry Miller
American baseball player (1937-2018)
1937 – 2018
baseball player
Leon van Speybroeck
American astronomer (1935-2002)
1935 – 2002
astronomer
Myron Roderick
American wrestler, wrestling coach, tennis coach, college athletics administrator
1934 – 2011
amateur wrestlercoach
Ollie Spencer
Ollie Spencer
American football player (1931-1991)
1931 – 1991
American football player
Robert Worcester
Robert Worcester
American-born British pollster
1933 – 2025
managerbusinessperson
Ron Walters
American social scientist
1938 – 2010
political scientist
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
Barbara Kiefer Lewalski
American academic
1931 – 2018
literary scholarliterary historianuniversity teacher
Bill Bunten
American politician
1930 – 2020
politician
Bob Koester
American music executive (1932-2021)
1932 – 2021
record producercomposer
Bobby Henrich
American baseball player
1938 – 2026
baseball player
William Jones
Native American anthropologist of the Fox nation
1871 – 1909
linguistanthropologist
Dave Baker
Player of American football (1937-2002)
1937 – 2002
American football player
David Kennedy
American businessman, born 1939
1939 – 2021
entrepreneur
Don Lock
Don Lock
American baseball player (1936-2017)
1936 – 2017
baseball playerbasketball player
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
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