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List of people from Salina, Kansas

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List of people from Salina, Kansas

The following is a list of people from Salina, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people who have resided in Salina in the past and present and who currently have a Wikipedia article.

Contents

Academia

  • Alexander Brown Mackie (1894-1966), co-founder of Brown Mackie College
  • Kenneth S. Davis (1912-1999), historian
  • Steven Hawley (1951- ), astronaut, physics professor
  • Wes Jackson (1936- ), environmentalist, plant geneticist
  • Breon Mitchell (1942- ), literary translator, professor of Germanic studies

    • Film, television, and theatre

  • Dwight Frye (1899-1943), actor
  • Otto Hulett (1898-1983), actor
  • George Murdock (1930-2012), actor

    • Journalism

  • Thomas Craven (1888-1969), writer, critic, and art historian
  • Paul Harvey (1918-2009), radio broadcaster
  • Gene Wojciechowski, sports journalist, author

    • Music

  • Herbie Harper (1920-2012), jazz trombonist
  • Terry Kirkman (1939- ), singer/songwriter of The Association

    • Other visual arts

  • Evan Lindquist (1936- ), artist, printmaker, and Artist Laureate of the State of Arkansas

    • Business

  • Harry Lee, founder of the HD Lee Mercantile Company, inventor of Lee Jeans.
  • Matthew Rose (1959- ), railroad executive

    • Military

  • Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817-1901), American Civil War nurse

    • National

  • Joseph L. Bristow (1861-1944), U.S. Senator from Kansas
  • Marlin Fitzwater (1942- ), White House Press Secretary
  • Dean M. Gillespie (1884-1949), U.S. Representative from Colorado
  • Guy T. Helvering (1878-1946), U.S. Representative from Kansas
  • Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr. (1916-2013), United States federal judge
  • William A. Phillips (1824-1893), city founder, U.S. Representative from Kansas
  • Joseph Taggart (1867-1938), U.S. Representative from Kansas

    • State

  • John W. Carlin (1940- ), 40th Governor of Kansas
  • Neil Durrance (1956- ), Texas politician
  • Bill Graves (1953- ), 43rd Governor of Kansas
  • John F. Hayes (1919-2010), Kansas state legislator
  • Dan G. Johnson, Idaho state legislator
  • Lawton Nuss (1952- ), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice
  • Shane Schoeller (1971- ), Missouri state legislator

    • Local

  • Alan Jilka (1962- ), Salina politician

    • Religion

  • John Balthasar Brungardt (1958- ), Bishop in the Catholic Church
  • Frederick William Freking (1913-1998), Bishop in the Catholic Church

    • Sports

    See also List of Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes head football coaches

    American football

  • Terence Newman (1978- ), National Football League cornerback
  • Brent Venables (1970- ), University of Oklahoma football coach
  • Sheahon Zenger (1966- ), assistant coach, university sports administrator

    • Baseball

  • Bob Cain (1924-1997), pitcher
  • Luke French (1985- ), pitcher
  • Ryan Kohlmeier (1977- ), pitcher
  • Gene Mauch (1925-2005), infielder, manager
  • Pat Meares (1968- ), shortstop
  • Ernest C. Quigley (1880-1960), umpire
  • Bob Swift (1915-1966), manager

    • Basketball

  • Kurt Budke (1961-2011), women's college basketball coach
  • Howard Engleman (1919-2011), college basketball standout
  • Todd Jadlow, basketball player
  • Gene Johnson (1902-1989), assistant coach, 1932 USA Olympic basketball gold medal team

    • Other sports

  • Adrianna Franch (1990- ), soccer goalkeeper
  • Steve Fritz (1967- ), decathlete
  • Jeremy Petty (1982- ), auto racer

    • References

    List of people from Salina, Kansas Wikipedia
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