List of people from Dodge City, Kansas
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The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Dodge City, Kansas.
Arts and entertainment
Film, television, and theatre
- Madge Blake (1899-1969), actress
- Tyce Bune (1958- ), pornographic actor[1]
- Eddie Foy, Sr. (1856-1928), actor, comedian, dancer[2]
- Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), actor[3]
- David A.R. White (1970- ), actor[4]
Music
- Chris Estes (1971- ), bass guitarist[5]
- James King (1925-2005), opera singer[6]
Other visual arts
- Billy Al Bengston (1934- ), artist, sculptor[7]
Crime and law enforcement
- Clay Allison (1840-1887), gunfighter[8]
- Charlie Bassett (1847-1896), lawman[9]
- Chalkley Beeson (1848-1912), businessman, lawman[8]
- Big Nose Kate (1850-1940), companion of Doc Holliday[10]
- William L. Brooks (1832-1874), lawman, outlaw[11]
- Shotgun John Collins (1851-1922), gunfighter
- James Earp (1841-1926), lawman, saloon keeper[12]
- Virgil Earp (1843-1905), lawman[13]
- Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), lawman[9]
- Dora Hand (1844-1878), dance hall singer, murder victim[14]
- Doc Holliday (1851-1887), gambler, gunfighter[15]
- James H. "Dog" Kelley (1833-1912), mayor of Dodge City from 1877 to 1881, founder of Kelly Opera House, briefly supervised law-enforcement career of Wyatt Earp[16]
- Frank Loving (1860-1882), gambler, gunfighter[17]
- Bat Masterson (1853-1921), lawman, sports journalist[18]
- Ed Masterson (1852-1878), lawman[18]
- James Masterson (1855-1895), lawman[9]
- Mysterious Dave Mather (1851-1886), gunfighter, lawman[19]
- Levi Richardson (1851-1879), buffalo hunter, gunfighter[17]
- Luke Short (1854-1893), gunfighter[20]
- Charlie Siringo (1855-1928), detective, author[8]
- Libby Thompson (1855-1953), dancer, prostitute[21]
- Bill Tilghman (1854-1924), lawman[9]
- Texas Jack Vermillion (1842-1911), gunfighter[22]
- John Joshua Webb (1847-1882), gunfighter, outlaw[23]
Military
- John E. Gingrich (1897-1960), U.S. Navy Admiral[24]
Politics
National
- Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), U.S. Representative from Ohio[25]
- Edmond H. Madison (1865-1911), U.S. Representative from Kansas[26]
- Pat Roberts (1936- ), U.S. Senator from Kansas[27]
State
- Fred Hall (1916-1970), 33rd Governor of Kansas[28]
- Robert Dean Hunter (1928- ), member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1986 to 2007; first Republican to represent Abilene, Texas, since Reconstruction; vice-president emeritus of Abilene Christian University[29]
- Robert M. Wright (1840-1915), one of the founders of Dodge City; member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1875 to 1883; one-term mayor of Dodge City[30]
Religion
- David Ricken (1952- ), Roman Catholic bishop[31]
Sports
- Robert Delpino (1965- ), football player[32]
- Sean James (1969- ), football player, model
- Nat Love (1854-1921), rodeo cowboy[33]
- Sputnik Monroe (1928-2006), pro wrestler[34]
- Lance Nichols (1939- ), baseball player, manager[35][36]
Fiction
- Matt Dillon, fictional U.S. Marshal of Dodge City featured on both the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke
See also
References
- ↑ "Tyce Bune". Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ↑ "Eddie Foy - Biography". IMDB. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ "Dennis Hopper - Biography". IMDB. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ "David A. R. White - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Chris Estes". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Associated Press (2005-11-22). "Opera tenor James King dies at age 80". USA Today. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Billy Al Bengston papers, circa 1940s-1989, (bulk 1968-1988)". Archives of American Art. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- 1 2 3 Myers, Roger (2002). "The True Story of Clay Allison and Wyatt Earp". Ford County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- 1 2 3 4 Kloppenborg, David (2002). "The Lawmen of Dodge City and Ford County, Kansas". Ford County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Laughead, Jr., George (2006). ""Big Nose" Kate Elder". Ford County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ O'Neal, Bill (1979). Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 47.
- ↑ Griffith, John (2001-01-01). "James Cooksey Earp". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Paul, Jan S.; Carlisle, Gene (Feb 2002). "Frontier Lawman Virgil Earp". Wild West. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Susan Leiser Silva and Lee A. Silva, "The Killing of Dora Hand", October 1, 2009". historynet.com; originally in Wild West Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Holliday Tanner, Karen (1998). "John Henry "Doc" Holliday, D.D.S.". Ford County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Jim Kelley, Dodge Pioneer, Is Dead", Dodge City Daily Globe, September 10, 1912, p. 1
- 1 2 Myers, Roger (2003). "Dodge City Shootout: The Deaths of Levi Richardson and Frank Loving". Ford County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- 1 2 Laughead, Jr., George (2006). "W. B. "Bat" Masterson, Dodge City Lawman". Ford County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Dave (Mysterious Dave) Mather". Kansas Memory. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Citizens of Dodge City to Governor George W. Glick". Kansas Memory. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Weiser, Kathy (Mar 2008). "Texas Madam Squirrel Tooth Alice". Legends of America. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Weiser, Kathy (Mar 2010). ""Texas Jack" Vermillion - Old West Gunfighter". Legends of America. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ Patterson, Richard (1985). Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West. Boulder: Johnson Publishing Company. p. 120.
- ↑ Who's Who in America 31. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1960–1961. p. 1083.
- ↑ "LAMISON, Charles Nelson, (1826 - 1896)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "MADISON, Edmond Haggard, (1865 - 1911)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Biography". United States Senator for Kansas Pat Roberts. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Fred Hall". Kansapedia. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Republican lands in House as Senate race goes to runoff: Republican Robert Hunter won with 50.8 percent of the vote ...", Austin American Statesman, August 10, 1986
- ↑ "George Laughhead, Robert M. Wright (1840-1915), Dodge City, Kansas: Town President, founder, pioneer, September 23, 2009". kansashistory.us. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Most Reverend David L. Ricken, Bishop of Green Bay". Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Players - Robert Delpino". National Football League. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Nat Love". Kansapedia. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ↑ "Sputnik Monroe Biography". Georgia Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ Smith, Ron (April 23, 1972). "Lance Nichols: Expos' Manager Shows 'Em How To Do It". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Strachan, Al (May 13, 1974). "Renko goes route as Expos top Cards Saturday". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
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