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List of people from Garden City, Kansas

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The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Garden City, Kansas.

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Arts and entertainment

  • Sanora Babb (1907-2005), novelist, journalist
  • Jeremy Hubbard (1972- ), news anchor
  • Frank Mantooth (1947-2004), jazz pianist, arranger
  • Fred Myton (1885-1955), screenwriter

    • Law enforcement

  • Alvin Dewey (1912-1987), special agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation

    • Military

  • LTC John Raymond Walker, Jr., Infantry/US Army 1951-1978; 1947 graduate of Garden City High; saw combat in Korea 1952, South Vietnam 1968 and 1972
  • Kendall Carl Campbell (1917-1942), U.S. Naval Reserve aviator

    • National

  • John Cotteral (1864-1933), U.S. federal judge
  • Clifford R. Hope (1893-1970), U.S. Representative from Kansas
  • Richard Hopkins (1873-1943), U.S. federal judge
  • Dale Saffels (1921-2002), U.S. federal judge
  • William Howard Thompson (1871-1928), U.S. Senator from Kansas

    • State

  • Roy Romer (1928- ), 39th Governor of Colorado

    • Local

  • Webster Davis (1861-1923), Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Buffalo Jones (1844-1919), frontiersman, conservationist, co-founder of Garden City
  • Chuck Reed (1948- ), 64th Mayor of San Jose, California

    • American football

  • Thurman "Fum" McGraw (1927-2000), NFL defensive tackle
  • Hal Patterson (1932-2011), CFL wide receiver
  • John Zook (1947- ), NFL defensive end

    • Baseball

  • Gene Krug (1955- ), MLB pinch hitter
  • Todd Tichenor (1976- ), MLB umpire

    • Boxing

  • Victor Ortíz (1987- ), welterweight, actor
  • Brandon Rios (1986- ), lightweight

    • Other sports

  • Mark Fox (1969- ), basketball coach
  • Ray Watson (1898-1974), U.S. Olympic track and field athlete

    • References

    List of people from Garden City, Kansas Wikipedia
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