List of people from Lawrence, Kansas
This article is a list of notable people who were born in and/or have lived in Lawrence, Kansas. Alumni of University of Kansas, including athletes and coaches, that are not originally from Lawrence should not be included in this list; instead, they should be listed in List of University of Kansas people. Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.
A[]
- Phog Allen, basketball coach §
- The Appleseed Cast, band
- Karole Armitage, choreographer §
- Nachman Aronszajn, mathematician § (see also Aronszajn tree)
B[]
- Martha Bablitch, judge
- Leo Beuerman, pencil salesman, subject of a 1969 short film nominated for an Academy Award
- David Booth, entrepreneur
- Corinne Brinkerhoff, television producer and writer
- Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
- George Brown, politician
- Larry Brown, basketball coach §
- R. C. Buford, basketball general manager
- William Burroughs, author §
- Sarah Buxton, singer
C[]
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author
- Danny Carey, musician, drummer for Tool
- Judge Louis Carpenter, judge and lawyer, murdered in Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863 §
- Cattle Annie, bandit born in Lawrence in 1882[1]
- Wilt Chamberlain, Hall of Fame basketball player §
- Paul Coker Jr., illustrator, Mad Magazine and Rankin-Bass
D[]
- Karen Dalton, musician §
- George Docking, politician §
- Robert Docking, politician §
E[]
- Bart D. Ehrman, scholar, author
- Loren Eiseley, anthropologist, author §
- Paul Endacott, Hall of Fame basketball player
- Michael S. Engel, scholar, paleontologist, entomologist §
- Ronald Evans, NASA astronaut (Pathfinder to the Stars) §
F[]
- Mike Finnigan, musician §
- Marci Francisco, politician §
- Thomas Frank, author §
G[]
- Robert L. Gernon, jurist §
- The Get Up Kids, rock band
- Edward C. Gleed, U.S. Army Air Force officer with the famed Buffalo Soldiers/9th Cavalry Regiment (United States) and Tuskegee Airmen[2][3][4]
- James Grauerholz, author, bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs §
- James Gunn, author §
H[]
- John Hadl, NCAA and NFL football quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame
- Kevin Harlan, NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer §
- Frank Harris, author §
- William A. Harris, U.S. Senator
- Herk Harvey, actor, director, producer, writer §
- John G. Haskell, architect of numerous Lawrence buildings as well as the Kansas State Capitol §
- Bobby Henrich, MLB player
- Stan Herd, crop artist §
- Kirk Hinrich, professional basketball player (Chicago Bulls) §
- Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
- Henry Salem Hubbell, American Impressionist painter
- Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California §
- Langston Hughes, poet and author §
- Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §
- Kelley Hunt, blues singer, pianist, songwriter
J[]
- Bill James, baseball statistician and author §
- Steve Jeltz, professional baseball player §
- Patty Jenkins, film writer and director §
- Kij Johnson, author §
K[]
- Tom Keegan, sportswriter §
- Kenton Keith, diplomat §
- George Edward Kimball III, poet (Beat), editor, sports writer §
- Phill Kline, politician §
- Maggie Koerth-Baker, science journalist and blogger §
L[]
- Alf Landon, politician §
- James Henry Lane, politician and Union general, leader of the Jayhawkers §
- Jon Lemmon, footballer
- Stanley Lombardo, professor, translator §
M[]
- Deane Waldo Malott, university president §
- Danny Manning, professional basketball player §
- Mates of State, rock band
- Mark Maxey, filmmaker §
- David McClain, university president
- Elmer McCollum, scientist
- Charles D. Michener, scientist §
- Minus Story, band §
- Dennis Moore, politician §
- Laura Moriarty, novelist §
- Jason Moss, musician
- Alan Mulally, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation §
- Franklin David Murphy, university president §
N[]
- James Naismith, inventor of basketball §
- Bill Nieder, track and field athlete (shot put), won silver medal at 1956 Summer Olympics and gold in 1960 Summer Olympics, set three shot put world records
O[]
- Marcus Oliveria, boxer §
P[]
- Sara Paretsky, novelist §
- Paw, rock band
- Paul Pierce, professional basketball player §
- Scot Pollard, professional basketball player §
- Ryan Pope, musician (The Get Up Kids)
- Maurice Prather, motion picture and still photographer and film director §
- Matthew Pryor, musician (The Get Up Kids)
R[]
- Rob Riggle, actor, comedian §
- Charles L. Robinson, first governor of Kansas §
- Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, writer, historian, First Lady of Kansas §
- Aaron Rosenberg, writer §
- Frank Sherwood Rowland, co-winner, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry §
- Lois Ruby, author §
- Paul Rudd, actor §
- Jim Ryun, athlete, politician §
S[]
- Gale Sayers, NFL running back, Hall of Famer §
- Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips §
- Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services §
- Bill Self, basketball coach of KU §
- Simran Sethi, journalist §
- Stanley Sheldon, bass player for Peter Frampton §
- Roger Shimomura, artist §
- Wayne Simien, professional basketball player §
- Stephen Six, Attorney General of Kansas
- Gary Mark Smith, artist, author §
- Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize–winning economist §
- Split Lip Rayfield, band §
- Sri Srinivasan, U.S. Federal Judge §
- William A. Starrett, builder and architect of skyscrapers, notably the Empire State Building.
- Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas
- Walter R. Stubbs, 18th governor of Kansas §[5]
- Jason Sudeikis, actor
T[]
- Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
- Solon O. Thacher, judge and politician §
- Mimi Thebo, Carnegie-nominated children's author §
- Jim Thorpe, athlete §
- Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the dwarf planet Pluto §
W[]
- John Allen Wakefield, political and military leader §
- George Walker, African-American vaudeville actor
- Charlie Weis, football coach at the University of Kansas §
- Lance Williams, computer graphics researcher
- Roy Williams, basketball coach §
- Kevin Willmott, filmmaker §
- Donald Worster, environmental historian, author
- Henry Wright, planner and architect
Y[]
- Jeff Yagher, actor
See also[]
- List of lists of people from Kansas
- List of University of Kansas people
- List of Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians head football coaches
- List of Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches
References[]
- ^ "Cattle Annie & Little Britches, taken from Lee Paul". Ranchdivaoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ CAF Rise Above. "Edward Creston Gleed."https://cafriseabove.org/edward-creston-gleed/
- ^ The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Edward C. Gleed Flying Jacket." Published May 04, 2015 https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196715/edward-c-gleed-flying-jacket/
- ^ Black Then. "EDWARD CRESTON GLEED: BUFFALO SOLDIER TO TUSKEGEE AIRMAN." JAE JONES. OCTOBER 12, 2018. https://blackthen.com/edward-creston-gleed-buffalo-soldier-tuskegee-airman/
- ^ "Kansas Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
Further reading[]
Categories:
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- People from Lawrence, Kansas