List of people from Cloud County, Kansas

Frank Carlson, Kansas politician and former Governor.

Boston Corbett was the Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He resided south of Concordia.

The following is a list of people from Cloud County, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Academics

• May Louise Cowles, early advocate of teaching home economics
• George Norlin, former president of the University of Colorado.

Arts

• Jim Garver, country music guitarist
• Robert E. Pearson, filmmaker
• Helen Talbot, film actress and pin-up girl
• Patrice Wymore, film and stage actress

Athletes

• Tom Brosius, track and field athlete
• Keith Christensen, professional football player
• George Dockins, major league baseball player
• Mike Gardner, college football coach
• Larry Hartshorn, professional football player
• Mike Kirkland (coach), women's track & field coach
• Tim McCarty, college football coach
• Ernest C. Quigley, college football coach and major league baseball umpire
• Jason Rees, major league baseball player
• Shanele Stires, professional basketball player
• Elmer Stricklett, major league baseball player
• Kaye Vaughan, professional football player

Clergy

• Orval Butcher, founding pastor of Skyline Church
• Most Reverend Charles Joseph Chaput, OFM Cap, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Right Rev. John Francis Cunningham, Bishop of Concordia
• Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church
• Constantine Scollen famous missionary priest was resident from 1896 until 1898

Journalists

• Henry Buckingham, newspaper publisher
• Avis Tucker, publisher

Politicians

• Charles H. Blosser, namesake of Blosser Municipal Airport
• Elaine Bowers, member Kansas Legislature
• Napoleon Bonaparte Brown, politician and businessman
• Frank Carlson, United States Senator, Representative, and Governor of Kansas
• Deanell Reece Tacha, retired United States federal judge
• W. O. Woods, former Treasurer of the United States
• James Manney Hagaman, founder of Concordia, Kansas

Others

• Boston Corbett, known as the man who shot John Wilkes Booth
• Pop Hollinger, one of the first to begin collecting comic books for resale

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

References

Municipalities and communities of Cloud County, Kansas, United States County seat: Concordia Cities Aurora Clyde Concordia Glasco Jamestown Miltonvale Simpson‡ Unincorporated communities Ames Hollis Huscher Macyville Rice Sibley St. Joseph Yuma Townships Arion Aurora Buffalo Center Colfax Elk Grant Lawrence Lincoln Lyon Meredith Nelson Oakland Shirley Sibley Creek Solomon Springs Starr Creek Summit Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties