List of people from Wichita, Kansas
This is a list of notable persons who were born in and/or have lived in the American city of Wichita, Kansas.
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.
Lists
Academia
Arts and entertainment
Fashion
Film, television and theatre
- Kirstie Alley, actress[5]
- Annette Bening, actress[6]
- Louise Brooks, actress[7]
- Darren E. Burrows, actor
- Christopher Connelly, actor[8]
- Al Corley, actor, singer[9]
- Lorianne Crook, radio and TV host, producer, writer
- Julie Cypher, film director[10]
- Ruby Dandridge, actress[11]
- John Duncan, artist[12]
- Tamara Feldman, actress[13]
- Alan Fudge, actor[14]
- Jonathan Glickman, film producer[15]
- Laurel Goodwin, actress[16]
- Colton Haynes, actor
- Don Johnson, actor[17]
- Jeffrey L. Kimball, cinematographer
- Hattie McDaniel, actress[18]
- Vera Miles, actress[19]
- Jeff Probst, TV talk and reality show host[20]
- Danny Roew, film director[21]
- Kendall Schmidt, actor[22]
- Cynthia Sikes, actress[23]
- Barbara Sinatra, model, showgirl[24]
- Taryn Southern, actress, comedian, singer[25]
- John Cameron Swayze, game show panelist, spokesperson[26]
Literature
- Mik Everett, Southern Gothic novelist[27]
- Michael McClure, Beat poet, playwright, novelist[28]
- Antonya Nelson, novelist, short story writer[29]
- Janet Peery, novelist, short story writer[30]
- Scott Phillips, novelist[31]
- Earl Thompson, novelist[32]
- Clare Vanderpool, Newbery Medal-winning children's author[33]
Music
- Terry Allen, country singer, visual artist[34]
- Matt Alber, singer-songwriter
- Jay Bentley, bass guitarist[35]
- Freddie Brooks, blues harmonica player, singer-songwriter[36]
- Les C. Copeland, composer, pianist
- Gordon Goodwin, composer, pianist, saxophonist[37]
- Stan Kenton, composer, jazz pianist[38]
- Rich Mullins, Christian music singer-songwriter[39]
- William M. Runyan, Christian composer who wrote Great is Thy Faithfulness
- Mark Shelton, heavy metal musician (Manilla Road)
- Phil Stacey, singer[40]
- Joe Walsh, rock guitarist, singer-songwriter[41]
- XV (Donavan Johnson), rapper[42]
Visual arts
Business
- Walter Herschel Beech, aviator, industrialist[48]
- Olive Ann Beech, U.S. aviation pioneer and businesswoman
- Dan and Frank Carney, businessmen, founders of Pizza Hut[49]
- Clyde Cessna, aviation industrialist[50]
- Bill Koch, businessman, sailor[51]
- Charles G. Koch, business magnate[52]
- David H. Koch, business magnate[53]
- Bill Lear, aviation industrialist, inventor[54]
- Dwane L. Wallace, aircraft designer, former CEO and chairman of Cessna Aircraft[55]
- C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., Pizza Hut executive and franchisee, Republican fundraiser, and United States Ambassador to the Netherlands[56]
- Lloyd Stearman, engineer, aviation industrialist[57]
Crime and law enforcement
Journalism
Medicine
Military
Politics
- Sheila Bair, Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[70]
- James Franklin Battin, U.S. Representative from Montana[71]
- Richard Ely Bird, U.S. Representative from Kansas[72]
- Robert C. Bonner, U.S. federal judge[73]
- Betty Dodson, sexologist, political activist[74]
- Ann Dunham, mother of President Barack Obama[75]
- David M. Ebel, U.S. federal judge[76]
- Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense[77]
- Dan Glickman, U.S. Representative from Kansas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture[78]
- Harry L. Gordon, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio[79]
- Roger Noriega, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS[80]
- Gale Norton, U.S. Secretary of the Interior[81]
- Leslie Osterman, State Representative from Wichita since 2011[82]
- Rebecca Petty, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and advocate of child crime victims; born in Wichita, resides in Rogers, Arkansas[83]
- Jim Ryun, U.S. Representative from Kansas, Former Olympic athlete[84]
- Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania[85]
- Dale Swenson, State Representative from Wichita, 2001 to 2011
Sports
American football
- David Arkin, Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle[86]
- Tony Barker, NFL linebacker[87]
- Mark Bell, NFL defensive end[88]
- Mike Bell, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end[89]
- Russ Bolinger, NFL offensive lineman[90]
- Arthur Brown, NFL Linebacker[91]
- Bryce Brown, NFL Running Back[92]
- Don Calhoun, NFL running back[93]
- Mark Duckens, NFL defensive end, tackle[94]
- Ron Faurot, New York Jets defensive end[95]
- Ted Gilmore, wide receivers coach[96]
- Kelly Gregg, NFL nose tackle[97]
- Allen Lyday, NFL defensive back[98]
- Lawrence Pete, Detroit Lions nose tackle[99]
- Bruce McCray, Chicago Bears defensive back
- Barry Sanders, Detroit Lions running back, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee[100]
- Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears running back, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee[101]
- Kamerion Wimbley, NFL defensive end[102]
Baseball
Basketball
- C. J. Bruton, National Basketball League basketball player[110]
- Antoine Carr, NBA power forward, center[111]
- Greg Dreiling, NBA center, scout[112]
- Maurice Evans, NBA shooting guard, small forward[113]
- Taj Gray, University of Oklahoma basketball player[114]
- Adrian Griffin, NBA guard, small forward[115]
- Darnell Valentine, NBA point guard[116]
- Lynette Woodard, 1984 Olympic U.S. basketball player, Harlem Globetrotter, WNBA guard[117]
Other sports
See also
- List of lists of people from Kansas
References
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