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List of people from Emporia, Kansas

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This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Emporia, Kansas.

Contents

Academia

  • Frank A. Beach (1911-1988), ethologist
  • Richard Grant Hiskey (1929-2016 ), chemist
  • Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937), entomologist, evolutionary biologist
  • Samuel Martin (1924-2009), linguist
  • Carl Salser (1921-2006), author, businessman, educator
  • Arthur Samuel (1901-1990), computer scientist

    • Film, television, and theatre

  • Harry Cheshire (1891-1968), actor
  • R. Lee Ermey (1944- ), former U.S. Marine drill instructor, television host, and actor
  • Thelma Hill (1906-1938), silent-film comedian
  • James Still (1959- ), playwright

    • Journalism

  • William Allen White (1868-1944), author and newspaper editor
  • William Lindsay White (1900-1973), author, newspaper editor, CBS war correspondent, Reader's Digest roving editor

    • Literature

  • Jacob M. Appel (1973- ), novelist (Einstein's Beach House)
  • Don Coldsmith (1926-2009), novelist
  • Denise Low (1949- ), poet
  • Keith Waldrop (1932- ), poet, translator

    • Music

  • Marvin Ash (1914-1974), jazz pianist
  • Roy Burns (1935- ), drummer
  • Melora Creager (1966- ), cellist, singer-songwriter
  • Kelley Hunt, blues pianist, singer-songwriter

    • Other visual arts

  • Wendell Castle (1932- ), furniture artist
  • Evan Lindquist (1936- ), artist, printmaker, Arkansas artist laureate
  • Albert Murray (1906-1992), portrait painter
  • Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908-1974), cartoonist, illustrator, painter

    • Business

  • David Green (1941- ), founder of Hobby Lobby
  • George Webb Slaughter (1811-1895), cattle breeder and drover, Baptist minister

    • Crime and law enforcement

  • Mark Essex (1949-1973), mass murderer

    • Military

  • William F. Cloud (1825-1905), U.S. Army Colonel
  • Grant F. Timmerman (1919-1944), U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient

    • National

  • William Ripley Brown (1840-1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
  • Chad Johnson (1967- ), attorney, political activist
  • Elmer O. Leatherwood (1872-1929), U.S. Representative from Utah
  • Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), U.S. Senator from Kansas, co-founder of Emporia
  • Edward Herbert Rees (1886-1969), U.S. Representative from Kansas

    • State

  • Jim Barnett (1955- ), Kansas state legislator
  • Samuel J. Crawford (1835-1913), 3rd Governor of Kansas
  • Don Hill (1944- ), Kansas state legislator
  • Jeff Longbine, Kansas state legislator
  • Peggy Mast, Kansas state legislator
  • Richard Proehl (1944- ), Kansas state legislator
  • Roy Wilford Riegle (1896-1988), Kansas state legislator

    • Religion

  • Warren Parrish (1803-1877), early Mormon leader, Baptist minister

    • American football

  • Jim Everett (1963- ), quarterback
  • John Lohmeyer (1951- ), defensive lineman

    • Other

  • Clint Bowyer (1979- ), NASCAR driver
  • Daniel Gallemore (1985- ), mixed martial artist
  • J. L. Lewis (1960- ), professional golfer
  • Ray Pierce (1897-1963), baseball pitcher
  • Paul Samson (1905-1982), U.S. Olympic swimmer, water polo player
  • Dean Smith (1931-2015), former North Carolina basketball coach, member of College Basketball Hall of Fame

    • References

    List of people from Emporia, Kansas Wikipedia
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