List of people from Lawrence, Kansas

This is a list of notable natives and residents who were born or spent important time in the 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
• Thomas Barber, pioneer §
• Nancy Kassebaum Baker, politician §
• Hugh Beaumont, actor
• Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
• George L. Brown, politician
• Larry Brown, basketball coach §
• William S. Burroughs, author §
• Sarah Buxton (singer), singer

C

• Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author
• Danny Carey, musician, drummer for Tool §
• Judge Louis Carpenter, Judge & Lawyer - murdered in the Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863. §
• Abigail Chalmers- Hufflepuff
• Wilt Chamberlain, Hall of Fame basketball player §

D

• Robert Day, author of The Last Cattle Drive §
• George Docking, politician §
• Robert Docking, politician §
• Bob Dole, politician §

E

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

F

• Thomas Frank, author §
• Marci Fransisco, politician

G

• Robert L. Gernon, jurist §
• James Grauerholz, author, bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs
• James Gunn, author §

H

• Kevin Harlan, NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer §
• Frank Harris, author §
• William A. Harris, U.S. Senator
• Herk Harvey, actor, motion picture director, producer, and 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, New York Yankees manager
• Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence for four years and in Los Angeles, California, for two years
• Langston Hughes, poet and author §
• Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §

J

• Bill James, baseball author §
• Steve Jeltz, former professional baseball player
• Patty Jenkins, film writer/director (Monster (2003 film))
• Allard Jongman, professor, author
• Kij Johnson, author
• Stephen T. Johnson, artist

K

• Marziah Karch, writer §
• Kenton Keith, diplomat §
• Phill Kline, politician §

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
• Chris McKitterick, professor, author §
• 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 §

P

• Sara Paretsky, author §
• Paw, rock band
• Paul Pierce, professional basketball player (Celtics) §
• 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§
• Frank Sherwood Rowland, co-winner, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry§
• Lois Ruby, author §
• Paul Rudd, actor §
• Jim Ryun, athlete, politician §

S

• Gale Sayers, NFL player §
• Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips
• Kathleen Sebelius, politician §
• Bill Self, basketball coach §
• Joan Sereno, professor, author
• Simran Sethi, journalist §
• Roger Shimomura, artist §
• Wayne Simien, former professional basketball player §
• Stephen Six, Attorney General of Kansas
• Gareth-Michael Skarka, writer §
• Gary Mark Smith, artist/author
• Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize winning economist §
• Split Lip Rayfield, band
• Robby Steinhardt, violinist/vocalist with the band "Kansas"

T

• Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
• Elden Tefft, artist, founder of the International Sculpture Center
• 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, Head football coach of KU
• David Wetzel, musician §
• Lance Williams, computer graphics guru
• Roy Williams, basketball coach §
• Kevin Willmott, filmmaker
• Sam Winchester, fictional main character of Supernatural
• Dean Winchester, fictional main character of Supernatural
• Donald Worster, Pulitzer Prize nominated environmental historian, author

Y

• Jeff Yagher
• Jill Yetman