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List of people from Kansas City, Kansas

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

Contents

Academia

  • June Helm (1924-2004), anthropologist
  • John E. Hodge (1914-1996), chemist
  • Bart Kosko (1960- ), engineering professor, writer
  • Richard Rhodes (1937- ), historian
  • Frederic Wakeman (1937-2006), historian, China scholar

    • Journalism

  • Audrey Cooper (1977- ), journalist
  • Bill Downs (1914-1978), broadcast journalist, war correspondent
  • Mark Pittman (1957-2009), financial journalist

    • Literature

  • Jason Aaron (1973- ), comic book writer
  • Julius Lester (1939- ), writer, professor, photographer

    • Other visual arts

  • Grant Bond (1974- ), cartoonist, writer
  • Ed Dwight (1933- ), sculptor

    • Business

  • Paul Revere Braniff (1897-1954), airline entrepreneur
  • Jack Gentry (1923-2006), engineer, manufacturing entrepreneur
  • Lewis Hill (1919-1957), public radio entrepreneur
  • Eldridge Lovelace (1913-2008), urban planner
  • Charles E. Spahr (1913-2009), oil company executive
  • Cheryl Womack (1950- ), trucking insurance executive

    • Crime

  • Richard Hickock (1931-1965), mass murderer
  • James Hogue (1959- ), con artist
  • Marc Sappington (1978- ), spree killer

    • Medicine

  • Paul Randall Harrington (1911-1980), orthopedic surgeon, designer of the Harrington Rod

    • Military

  • Roy M. Davenport (1909-1987), U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
  • Charles Arthur Tabberer (1915-1942), U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade, Distinguished Flying Cross recipient

    • Local

  • Charles Dail (1909-1968), 27th Mayor of San Diego
  • Theresa Sparks (1949- ), San Francisco politician

    • Religion

  • James P. deWolfe (1896-1966), fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
  • Joseph Patrick Dougherty (1905-1970), Roman Catholic clergyman

    • Golf

  • Bruce Lietzke (1951- ), golfer
  • Jug McSpaden (1908-1996), golfer

    • Pro wrestling

  • Bob Orton (1929-2006), pro wrestler
  • Bob Orton, Jr. (1950- ), pro wrestler

    • Racing

  • Jennifer Jo Cobb (1973- ), race car driver
  • Jeff Emig (1970- ), motocross racer
  • Eddie Hearne (1887-1955), race car driver
  • Billy Winn (1905-1938), race car driver

    • Track and field

  • Maurice Greene (1974- ), U.S. Olympic track and field athlete
  • Cliff Wiley (1955- ), track and field athlete

    • Other

  • Bryan Goebel (1961- ), pro bowler
  • LeBaron Hollimon (1969- ), soccer forward
  • Nick Plott (1983- ), eSports commentator
  • Matt Stutzman (1982- ), archer
  • Kelvin Tiller (1990- ), mixed martial artist

    • References

    List of people from Kansas City, Kansas Wikipedia
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