Biographical Records
Notable People from Kansas
1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 6 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Daniel L. Fapp
1904 – 1986
cinematographer
Marcy McGuire
1925 – 2021
film actorsingeractor
Madelyn Dunham
1922 – 2008
bankerdirector
Herbie Harper
1920 – 2012
jazz musician
Gene McDaniels
1935 – 2011
saxophonistsinger-songwriterrecord producer
Lee Allen
1926 – 1994
jazz musiciansaxophonist
John Moore Allison
1905 – 1978
diplomat
Elizabeth P. Hoisington
1918 – 2007
military officer
Don C. Harvey
1911 – 1963
television actoractor
Charles L. Johnson
1876 – 1950
composer
King O'Malley
1858 – 1953
insurance brokerpolitician
Lyle Tayo
1889 – 1971
film actoractor
B. H. Born
1932 – 2013
basketball player
Ron Foster
1930 – 2015
film actortelevision actoractor
Frank Moser
1886 – 1964
directorfilm directorpainter
Eugene John Gerber
1931 – 2018
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Samuel M. Comer
1893 – 1974
scenographer
Jack Kirk
1895 – 1948
film actoractor
Maxwell Davis
1916 – 1970
saxophonistmusicianrecord producer
Paul Ranous Greever
1891 – 1943
politicianlawyer
Tina Carver
1922 – 1982
television actormodelfilm actor
Mary Rockwell Hook
1877 – 1978
architect
Russell L. Rogers
1928 – 1967
aircraft pilotmilitary officerengineer
Andrew Frank Schoeppel
1894 – 1962
politicianlawyer
Joanne Jordan
1920 – 2009
film actormodeltelevision actor
Herbert S. Hadley
1872 – 1927
prosecutorgovernorjurist
Carl Brewer
1957 – 2020
politician
Jesse M. Unruh
1922 – 1987
politician
Robert Ellsworth
1926 – 2011
diplomatmilitary officerjurist
Earle Haas
1888 – 1981
inventorphysician
Dudley Doolittle
1881 – 1957
politicianlawyer
Grace Olive Wiley
1884 – 1948
herpetologistentomologistzoologist
Harry Cheshire
1891 – 1968
television actoractor
Ural Alexis Johnson
1908 – 1997
diplomat
M. Frederick Hawthorne
1928 – 2021
university teacherchemist
Fred S. Jackson
1868 – 1931
politicianlawyer
Myron V. George
1900 – 1972
newspaper proprietorpolice officerpolitician
James Earl Baumgartner
1943 – 2011
logicianuniversity teachermathematician
Bob Kinney
1920 – 1985
basketball player
Si Griffis
1883 – 1950
ice hockey player
Benny Bartlett
1924 – 1999
musicianactor
James C. Wofford
1944 – 2023
event rider
Ron Kenoly
1944 – 2026
worship leadersongwritermusician
Harry Perry
1888 – 1985
camera operatorcinematographer
Bob Price
1927 – 2004
rancherpolitician
Sara Sothern
1895 – 1994
stage actoractor
George Walker
1873 – 1911
stage actorcomposeractor
George Wettling
1907 – 1968
jazz musicianpainterdrummer
Milburn G. Apt
1924 – 1956
military officer
Ernest Van Pelt
1883 – 1961
film directoractor