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 City of Lawrence, Kansas. Important or widely-recognized persons are listed in bold. Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Phog Allen, basketball coach §
• Mike Amyx, mayor
• The Appleseed Cast Band
• William H. Avery, politician §

[edit] B

• Thomas Barber, pioneer §
• Nancy Kassebaum Baker, politician §
• Hugh Beaumont, actor
• Black Label, punk rock band
• Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
• George Brown, politician
• William S. Burroughs, author §

[edit] C

• Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author
• Wilt Chamberlain, Hall of Fame basketball player §

[edit] D

• George Docking, politician §
• Robert Docking, politician §
• Bob Dole, politician §

[edit] E

• Bart D. Ehrman, scholar, author
• Paul Endacott, Hall of Fame basketball player
• Ronald Evans, NASA Astronaut (Pathfinder to the Stars). §

[edit] F

• Thomas Frank, author §
• Frogpond, rock band

[edit] G

• Robert L. Gernon, jurist §
• James Gunn, author §

[edit] H

• Kevin Harlan, NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer §
• Herk Harvey, actor, motion picture director, producer, and writer §
• Ralph Houk, New York Yankees manager
• Langston Hughes, poet and author §
• Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §
• Lydia Hull, actress

[edit] J

• Bill James, baseball author §
• Steve Jeltz, former professional baseball player
• Patty Jenkins, film writer/director (Monster (movie))
• Don Johnson, actor §
• Kij Johnson, author

[edit] K

• Kenton Keith, diplomat §
• Phill Kline, politician §
• Alf Landon, politician §
• Stanley Lombardo, professor, translator §

[edit] M

• Deane Waldo Malott, university president §
• Danny Manning, professional basketball player §
• Mates of State, rock band
• David McClain, university president
• Brian McClendon, VP of Engineering for Google Earth
• Elmer McCollum, scientist
• Chuck Mead, musician and songwriter (BR-549)
• Charles D. Michener, scientist §
• Mortal Micronotz, punk rock band
• Paul Mirecki, educator and scholar §
• Dennis Moore, politician §
• Franklin David Murphy, university president §

[edit] N

• James Naismith, inventor of basketball §
• Matthew Nyquist, creator and co-host of the Internet radio show The Game Show

[edit] O

• Jeremy Osbern, filmmaker

[edit] P

• Sara Paretsky, author §
• Mandy Patinkin, actor §
• Paw, rock band
• Paul Pierce, professional basketball player (Celtics) §
• William Cyrus Pollard, historian §
• Maurice Prather, motion picture and still photographer and film director §
• Matthew Pryor, musician (The Get Up Kids)

[edit] R

• Andrew Rolston, author, filmmaker, playwright, songwriter, and guitar player for Permanents.
• Graham Rolston, author, politician
• Paul Rudd, actor §
• Jim Ryun, athlete, politician §
• Tyler Richardson, co-host of Game Show, self-styled pimp

[edit] S

• Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips
• Kathleen Sebelius, politician §
• Roger Shimomura, artist §
• Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize winning economist §

[edit] T

• Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
• Jim Thorpe, athlete §
• Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the dwarf planet Pluto §
• Mimi Thebo, author

[edit] W

• George Walker, African-American vaudeville actor
• David Wetzel, musician §
• Lance Williams, computer graphics guru
• Roy Williams, basketball coach §
• Kevin Wilmont, filmmaker
• Shaw Wilson, musician and songwriter (BR-549)