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
Charles H. Zimmerman
1908 - 1996
military flight engineerengineer
Frederic Wakeman
1937 - 2006
sinologistpolitical scientisthistorian
Alice Stebbins Wells
1873 - 1957
oratorpolice officerhistorian
Stump Evans
1904 - 1928
jazz musiciansaxophonist
Mary McCarty
1923 - 1980
television actorstage actor
James Reeb
1927 - 1965
Unitarian pastortheologian
Sara Sothern
1895 - 1994
stage actoractor
Frank Luther
1905 - 1980
music executivemusiciansongwriter
Homer Hoch
1879 - 1949
politicianlawyerjudge
Carl Brewer
1957 - 2020
politician
Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy
1894 - 1952
politicianlawyer
John Mills Houston
1890 - 1975
politician
Lisa M. Montgomery
1968 - 2021
Maude Fulton
1881 - 1950
stage actoractorscreenwriter
Oran McPherson
1886 - 1949
politician
Billy Devore
1910 - 1985
Formula One driverengineer
Martin E. Trapp
1877 - 1951
governorjuristpolitician
Robert Ellsworth
1926 - 2011
diplomatmilitary officerjurist
Myron V. George
1900 - 1972
newspaper proprietorpolice officerpolitician
M. Frederick Hawthorne
1928 - 2021
university teacherchemist
Joe Tinker
1880 - 1948
baseball player
Ada Brown
1890 - 1950
singeractor
T. Claude Ryan
1898 - 1982
military flight engineeraircraft pilotengineer
Bob Price
1927 - 2004
rancherpolitician
Randolph Carpenter
1894 - 1956
politicianlawyer
Ron Kenoly
1944 - 2026
worship leadersongwritermusician
Bob Kinney
1920 - 1985
basketball player
Mark Essex
1949 - 1973
spree killer
Milburn G. Apt
1924 - 1956
military officer
Benny Bartlett
1924 - 1999
musicianactor
George Wettling
1907 - 1968
jazz musicianpainterdrummer
Kenneth Miller Adams
1897 - 1966
artistpainter
Karl C. King
1897 - 1974
politician
James C. Wofford
1944 - 2023
event rider
Jesse M. Unruh
1922 - 1987
politician
Samuel Martin
1924 - 2009
linguistuniversity teacher
Charles W. Ryder
1892 - 1960
military personnel
Merritt C. Mechem
1870 - 1946
prosecutorgovernorjurist
Harry Cheshire
1891 - 1968
television actoractor
James Earl Baumgartner
1943 - 2011
logicianuniversity teachermathematician
Edward F. Arn
1906 - 1998
juristgovernorpolitician
Bill Downs
1914 - 1978
journalist
Ida Moore
1882 - 1964
film actoractor
Bill Gulick
1916 - 2013
novelisthistorianwriter
Eugene D. O'Sullivan
1883 - 1968
politicianlawyer
John McLendon
1915 - 1999
basketball coachbasketball player
Edward Herbert Rees
1886 - 1969
politicianlawyer
Trixie Friganza
1870 - 1955
suffragistfilm actorstage actor
Lafayette Russell
1905 - 1978
American football playerfilm actoractor