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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- 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 §
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- 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 §
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- 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"
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- 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
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