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List of people from Pittsburg, Kansas

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

Contents

Academia

  • Dale R. Corson (1914-2012), physicist
  • Samuel Martin (1924-2009), linguist
  • Vance Randolph (1892-1980), folklorist

    • Film, television, and theatre

  • Hugh Gillin (1925-2004), actor
  • Roy Glenn (1914-1971), actor

    • Journalism

  • Rick Atkinson (1952- ), newspaper journalist, military historian
  • Paul White (1902-1955), broadcast journalist
  • Brian Williams (1959- ), news anchor

    • Literature

  • Harold Bell Wright (1872-1944), essayist, novelist, playwright
  • Gary Zukav (1942- ), spiritualist, self-help writer
  • John L. Gallion (1957- ), Author of novel "Twist of Fate"

    • Music

  • Lee Allen (1927-1994), saxophonist

    • Other visual arts

  • Waylande Gregory (1905-1971), sculptor
  • Russell Myers (1938- ), cartoonist
  • Scot Sothern (1949- ), photographer

    • Business

  • William N. Deramus III (1915-1989), railroad executive
  • Alexander Howat (1876-1945), coal miner, trade union leader
  • Kenneth A. Spencer (1902-1960), chemical entrepreneur

    • Crime

  • Dennis "BTK" Rader (1945- ), serial killer

    • Military

  • Jack William Wintle (1908-1942), U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Navy Cross recipient

    • National

  • Philip P. Campbell (1862-1941), U.S. Representative from Kansas
  • John C. Coughenour (1941- ), U.S. federal judge
  • Ronald Earl Longstaff (1941- ), U.S. federal judge
  • Edward White Patterson (1895-1940), U.S. Representative from Kansas

    • State

  • Donald L. Allegrucci (1936-2014), Kansas Supreme Court justice
  • Terry Calloway (1954- ), Kansas state legislator
  • Arthur C. Mellette (1842-1896), 1st Governor of South Dakota
  • Julie Menghini (1964- ), Kansas state legislator
  • Robert H. Trent (1936-2012), Wyoming state legislator

    • Religion

  • Ronald Michael Gilmore (1942- ), Roman Catholic prelate

    • American football

  • Brad Franchione (1974- ), coach
  • Dale Hall (1924-1996), coach
  • Dylan Meier (1984-2010), quarterback
  • Kerry Meier (1986- ), wide receiver
  • Shad Meier (1978- ), tight end
  • Steve Quinn (1946- ), center
  • Kevin Verdugo (1968- ), coach

    • Baseball

  • P.J. Forbes (1967- ), infielder
  • Don Gutteridge (1912-2008), 2nd & 3rd baseman, coach, manager
  • Ray Mueller (1912-1994), catcher
  • Bill Russell (1948- ), shortstop, coach, manager
  • Roy Sanders (1894-1963), pitcher

    • Other

  • Ralph "Wild Red" Berry (1906-1973), pro wrestler
  • John Lair, Special Olympics powerlifting coach
  • Ed Nealy (1960- ), basketball forward

    • References

    List of people from Pittsburg, Kansas Wikipedia
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