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List of people from Lawrence, Kansas

This is a list of notable natives and residents who were born or spent important time in the American city of Lawrence, Kansas. Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.

Contents

A

  • Phog Allen, basketball coach §
  • The Appleseed Cast, band
  • Karole Armitage, choreographer §
  • Nachman Aronszajn, mathematician § (see also Aronszajn tree)
  • William H. Avery, politician §

    • B

  • Martha Bablitch, judge
  • Nancy Baker, politician §
  • Thomas Barber, pioneer §
  • Hugh Beaumont, actor
  • David Booth, entrepreneur
  • Corinne Brinkerhoff, television producer and writer
  • Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
  • George Brown, politician
  • Larry Brown, basketball coach §
  • R. C. Buford, basketball general manager
  • William Burroughs, author §
  • Sarah Buxton, singer

    • C

  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author
  • Danny Carey, musician, drummer for Tool
  • Judge Louis Carpenter, judge and lawyer, murdered in Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863 §
  • Cattle Annie, bandit born in Lawrence in 1882
  • Wilt Chamberlain, Hall of Fame basketball player §
  • Paul Coker Jr., illustrator, Mad Magazine and Rankin-Bass

    • D

  • George Docking, politician §
  • Robert Docking, politician §
  • Bob Dole, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate §

    • E

  • Bart D. Ehrman, scholar, author
  • Loren Eiseley, anthropologist, author §
  • Paul Endacott, Hall of Fame basketball player
  • Michael S. Engel, scholar, paleontologist, entomologist §
  • Ronald Evans, NASA astronaut (Pathfinder to the Stars) §

    • F

  • Thomas Frank, author §
  • Mike Finnigan musician §

    • G

  • Robert L. Gernon, jurist §
  • The Get Up Kids, rock band
  • James Grauerholz, author, bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs §
  • James Gunn, author §

    • H

  • John Hadl, NCAA and NFL football quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame
  • Kevin Harlan, NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer §
  • Frank Harris, author §
  • William A. Harris, U.S. Senator
  • Herk Harvey, actor, director, producer, writer §
  • John G. Haskell, architect of numerous Lawrence buildings as well as the Kansas State Capitol §
  • Bobby Henrich, Major League Baseball player
  • Stan Herd, crop artist §
  • Kirk Hinrich, professional basketball player (Chicago Bulls) §
  • Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
  • Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California §
  • Langston Hughes, poet and author §
  • Kelley Hunt, Blues singer, pianist, song writer
  • Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §

    • J

  • Bill James, baseball statistician and author §
  • Steve Jeltz, professional baseball player §
  • Patty Jenkins, film writer and director (Monster)
  • Kij Johnson, author §

    • K

  • Tom Keegan, sportswriter §
  • Kenton Keith, diplomat §
  • George Edward Kimball III, poet (Beat), editor, sports writer §
  • Phill Kline, politician §
  • Maggie Koerth-Baker, science journalist and blogger §

    • L

  • Alf Landon, politician §
  • James Henry Lane, politician and Union general, leader of the Jayhawkers §
  • Stanley Lombardo, professor, translator §

    • M

  • Deane Waldo Malott, university president §
  • Danny Manning, professional basketball player §
  • Mates of State, rock band
  • David McClain, university president
  • Elmer McCollum, scientist
  • Chuck Mead, musician and songwriter (BR5-49)
  • Charles D. Michener, scientist §
  • Minus Story, band §
  • Paul Mirecki, educator and scholar §
  • Dennis Moore, politician §
  • Laura Moriarty, novelist §
  • Jason Moss, musician
  • Alan Mulally, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation §
  • Franklin David Murphy, university president §

    • N

  • James Naismith, inventor of basketball §
  • Bill Nieder, track and field athlete (shot put), won silver medal at 1956 Summer Olympics and gold in 1960 Summer Olympics, set three shot put world records

    • P

  • Sara Paretsky, novelist §
  • Paw, rock band
  • Paul Pierce, professional basketball player §
  • Scot Pollard, professional basketball player §
  • Ryan Pope, musician (The Get Up Kids)
  • Maurice Prather, motion picture and still photographer and film director §
  • Matthew Pryor, musician (The Get Up Kids)

    • R

  • Rob Riggle, actor, comedian §
  • Charles L. Robinson, first governor of Kansas §
  • Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, writer, historian, First Lady of Kansas §
  • Aaron Rosenberg, writer §
  • Frank Sherwood Rowland, co-winner, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry §
  • Lois Ruby, author §
  • Paul Rudd, actor §
  • Jim Ryun, athlete, politician §

    • S

  • Gale Sayers, NFL running back, Hall of Famer §
  • Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips §
  • Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services §
  • Bill Self, basketball coach of KU §
  • Simran Sethi, journalist §
  • Stanley Sheldon, bass player for Peter Frampton §
  • Roger Shimomura, artist §
  • Wayne Simien, professional basketball player §
  • Stephen Six, Attorney General of Kansas
  • Gary Mark Smith, artist, author §
  • Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize–winning economist §
  • Split Lip Rayfield, band §
  • Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas
  • Walter R. Stubbs, 18th Governor of Kansas §

    • T

  • Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
  • Mimi Thebo, Carnegie-nominated children's author §
  • Solon O. Thacher, judge and politician §
  • Jim Thorpe, athlete §
  • Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the dwarf planet Pluto §

    • W

  • John Allen Wakefield, political and military leader §
  • George Walker, African-American vaudeville actor
  • Charlie Weis, football coach at the University of Kansas §
  • David Wetzel, musician §
  • Lance Williams, computer graphics researcher
  • Roy Williams, basketball coach §
  • Kevin Willmott, filmmaker §
  • Donald Worster, environmental historian, author

    • Y

  • Jeff Yagher, actor

    • Fiction

  • Sam Winchester, character on Supernatural TV series
  • Dean Winchester, character on Supernatural TV series

    • References

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