Biographical Records
Notable People from Kansas
1,048 notable figures born in Kansas, showing page 7 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Ernest Van Pelt
1883 – 1961
film directoractor
Jack M. Campbell
1916 – 1999
governorpoliticianlawyer
Fred Hall
1916 – 1970
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Mary McCarty
1923 – 1980
television actorstage actor
Alice Stebbins Wells
1873 – 1957
oratorpolice officerhistorian
Stump Evans
1904 – 1928
jazz musiciansaxophonist
Frank Luther
1905 – 1980
music executivemusiciansongwriter
Lisa M. Montgomery
1968 – 2021
Carl Brewer
1957 – 2020
politician
Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy
1894 – 1952
politicianlawyer
Homer Hoch
1879 – 1949
politicianlawyerjudge
John Mills Houston
1890 – 1975
politician
Jesse M. Unruh
1922 – 1987
politician
Maude Fulton
1881 – 1950
stage actoractorscreenwriter
James Reeb
1927 – 1965
Unitarian pastortheologian
James Earl Baumgartner
1943 – 2011
logicianuniversity teachermathematician
Ron Kenoly
1944 – 2026
worship leadersongwritermusician
M. Frederick Hawthorne
1928 – 2021
university teacherchemist
Martin E. Trapp
1877 – 1951
governorjuristpolitician
Robert Ellsworth
1926 – 2011
diplomatmilitary officerjurist
Ada Brown
1890 – 1950
singeractor
Oran McPherson
1886 – 1949
politician
Bob Price
1927 – 2004
rancherpolitician
Joe Tinker
1880 – 1948
baseball player
T. Claude Ryan
1898 – 1982
military flight engineeraircraft pilotengineer
Harry Cheshire
1891 – 1968
television actoractor
Benny Bartlett
1924 – 1999
musicianactor
Randolph Carpenter
1894 – 1956
politicianlawyer
Myron V. George
1900 – 1972
newspaper proprietorpolice officerpolitician
James C. Wofford
1944 – 2023
event rider
Milburn G. Apt
1924 – 1956
military officer
George Wettling
1907 – 1968
jazz musicianpainterdrummer
Kenneth Miller Adams
1897 – 1966
artistpainter
Karl C. King
1897 – 1974
politician
Bob Kinney
1920 – 1985
basketball player
Jack Disney
1930 – 2024
sport cyclist
Mark Essex
1949 – 1973
spree killer
Samuel Martin
1924 – 2009
linguistuniversity teacher
Charles W. Ryder
1892 – 1960
military personnel
Sara Sothern
1895 – 1994
stage actoractor
Merritt C. Mechem
1870 – 1946
prosecutorgovernorjurist
Ida Moore
1882 – 1964
film actoractor
John McLendon
1915 – 1999
basketball coachbasketball player
Charles Lester Marlatt
1863 – 1954
entomologist
William Layton
1913 – 1995
drama teachertheatre directoractor
Eddie Sutton
1936 – 2020
basketball coachbasketball player
Eugene D. O'Sullivan
1883 – 1968
politicianlawyer
Dick Knostman
1931 – 2022
basketball player
Edward Herbert Rees
1886 – 1969
politicianlawyer
Don Ihde
1934 – 2024
philosopheruniversity teacher