Biographical Records
Notable People from Kansas
1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 21 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Frederick R. Koch
1933 – 2020
philanthropistart collectorcollector
Fritz Brickell
1935 – 1965
baseball player
Galen Fiss
1931 – 2006
American football player
George Thomas VanBebber
1931 – 2005
politicianlawyerjudge
Mathias William Schmidt
1931 – 1992
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Herbert E. Merwin
1878 – 1963
mineralogistgeologist
Wade Moore
1876 – 1956
baseball manager
Tom Borland
1933 – 2013
baseball player
Logan Wright
1933 – 1999
psychologist
Dana Hudkins Crawford
1931 – 2025
preservationist
Paul Elbridge Wright
1931 – 2017
business executiveinventorengineer
Jerry N. Hess
1931 – 2017
historian
John L. Pollock
1940 – 2009
philosopheruniversity teacher
Keith Christensen
1947 – 2023
Canadian football player
Michael Peterson
1941 – 2014
politicianlawyer
James N. Gardner
1946 – 2021
lobbyistpoliticianlawyer
Alan Shields
1944 – 2005
draftspersonpainterartist
Jerry Robertson
1943 – 1996
baseball player
Joe Deal
1948 – 2010
photographer
Bob Davis
1945 – 2025
sports commentator
Orion Vernon
1875 – 1951
tennis player
Paul Edmondson
1943 – 1970
baseball player
John Zook
1947 – 2020
American football player
Ira Anders
1942 – 2025
politician
Curt Dawson
1942 – 1985
television actoractor
Charles Arthur Willard
1945 – 2021
academic
Danny J. Petersen
1949 – 1970
military personnel
Don Dennis
1942 – 2007
baseball player
Gaylen Pitts
1946 – 2024
baseball player
Les Mason
1954 – 2024
politician
John C. Yoder
1951 – 2017
politicianjudge
Leroy Allen
1951 – 2007
comics artistpainter
Mark Shelton
1957 – 2018
guitaristmusicianauthor
Bruce Lietzke
1951 – 2018
golfer
Mary Ellen Cable
1861 – 1944
civil rights advocateteacher
Joseph E. Kuhn
1864 – 1935
military personnel
Lane Tietgen
2000 – 2020
guitaristsinger-songwritercomposer
William Alexander Griffith
1866 – 1940
painter
Van Dearing Perrine
1869 – 1955
painter
Robert Stone
1866 – 1957
politicianlawyer
Frank Sigel Dietrich
1863 – 1930
lawyerjudge
Clara Lanza
1859 – 1939
novelistwriter
Henry Pomeroy Miller
1883 – 1946
lobbyistjournalistpolitician
Cattle Annie
1882 – 1978
bookkeeper
Nell Donnelly Reed
1889 – 1991
fashion designerbusinessperson
William Erwin
1884 – 1953
American football player
Bertha Pitts Campbell
1889 – 1990
suffragist
Helen T. Parsons
1886 – 1977
biochemistnutritionistuniversity teacher