List of people from Lawrence, Kansas
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This is a list of notable natives and residents who were born or spent important time in the American city of Lawrence, Kansas. Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.
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A
- Phog Allen, basketball coach §
- The Appleseed Cast, band
- Karole Armitage, choreographer §
- Nachman Aronszajn, mathematician § (see also Aronszajn tree)
- William H. Avery, politician §
B
- Martha Bablitch, judge
- Nancy Kassebaum Baker, politician §
- Thomas Barber, pioneer §
- Hugh Beaumont, actor
- David G. Booth, entrepreneur
- Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
- George L. Brown, politician
- Larry Brown, basketball coach §
- William S. 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
- George Docking, politician §
- Robert Docking, politician §
- Bob Dole, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate §
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
- Thomas Frank, author §
G
- Robert L. Gernon, jurist §
- The Get Up Kids, rock band
- 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, Major League Baseball player
- Stan Herd, crop artist §
- Kirk Hinrich, professional basketball player (Chicago Bulls) §
- Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
- Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California §
- Langston Hughes, poet and author §
- Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §
J
- Bill James, baseball statistician and author §
- Steve Jeltz, professional baseball player §
- Patty Jenkins, film writer and director (Monster)
- 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 §
- Stanley Lombardo, professor, translator §
M
- Deane Waldo Malott, university president §
- Danny Manning, professional basketball player §
- Mates of State, rock band
- David McClain, university president
- Elmer McCollum, scientist
- Chuck Mead, musician and songwriter (BR5-49)
- Charles D. Michener, scientist §
- Minus Story, band §
- Paul Mirecki, educator and scholar §
- 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
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 §
- Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas
- Walter R. Stubbs, 18th governor of Kansas §[2]
T
- Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
- 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 of KU §
- David Wetzel, musician §
- Lance Williams, computer graphics guru
- Roy Williams, basketball coach §
- Kevin Willmott, filmmaker §
- Donald Worster, environmental historian, author
- Dean Winchester, hunter
- Sam Winchester, hunter
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
