List of people from Lawrence, Kansas
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This is a list of notable natives and residents who were born or spent important time in the City
of Lawrence, Kansas
. Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.
Urban area
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of Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
. Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.
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- Phog AllenPhog AllenForrest Clare "Phog" Allen was an American basketball and baseball player, coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and osteopathic physician...
, basketball coach § - The Appleseed CastThe Appleseed CastThe Appleseed Cast is an American emo/post-rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, composed of singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci , guitarist Aaron Pillar, bassist Nathan Whitman and drummer John Momberg...
Band - Karole ArmitageKarole ArmitageKarole Armitage is an American dancer and choreographer currently based in New York City. She is Artistic Director of Armitage Gone! Dance, a contemporary ballet company that performs several times annually in New York City as well as touring internationally...
choreographer - Nachman Aronszajn, mathematician § (see also Aronszajn treeAronszajn treeIn set theory, an Aronszajn tree is an uncountable tree with no uncountable branches and no uncountable levels. For example, every Suslin tree is an Aronszajn tree...
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- William H. AveryWilliam H. Avery (politician)William Henry Avery was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 37th Governor of Kansas from 1965 until 1967.-Life and career:...
, politician §
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- Martha BablitchMartha Bablitch-Biography:Babltich was born on October 28, 1944 in Lawrence, Kansas. Her mother, Maxine, also had a career in law. Bablitch grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan and moved to Wisconsin to attend Lawrence University. She later graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She was married to...
, judge - Thomas BarberThomas BarberThomas Barber is the name of:* Thomas P. Barber , English-born American architect* Tom Barber, artist and illustrator*Sir Thomas Barber, 3rd Baronet of the Barber Baronets*Sir Thomas Barber, 4th Baronet of the Barber Baronets...
, pioneer § - Nancy Kassebaum BakerNancy Kassebaum BakerNancy Landon Kassebaum Baker represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president...
, politician § - Hugh BeaumontHugh Beaumont (actor)Eugene Hugh Beaumont was an American actor and television director. He was also licensed to preach by the Methodist church...
, actor - Erin BrockovichErin BrockovichErin Brockovich-Ellis is an American legal clerk and environmental activist who, despite the lack of a formal law school education, or any legal education, was instrumental in constructing a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California in 1993...
, environmental activist - George L. BrownGeorge L. BrownGeorge Leslie Brown was an American politician. He served in the Colorado Senate from 1955 to 1974 and as Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1975 to 1979. He was also a Sr. Vice President with Grumman Corporation. During World War II, he served as a Tuskegee Airman...
, politician - Larry BrownLarry Brown (basketball)Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats....
, basketball coach § - William S. BurroughsWilliam S. BurroughsWilliam Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th...
, author § - Sarah Buxton (singer)Sarah Buxton (Singer)Sarah Buxton is an American country music artist, formerly signed to the independent Lyric Street Records...
, singer
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- Dorothy Canfield FisherDorothy Canfield FisherDorothy Canfield Fisher was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States...
, author - Danny CareyDanny CareyDaniel Edwin "Danny" Carey is an American drummer best known for his work in American Grammy Award-winning rock band Tool...
, musician, drummer for Tool § - Judge Louis CarpenterJudge Louis CarpenterLouis Carpenter was a Judge in Douglas County, Kansas and was the highest ranking civic member of the town of Lawrence to be murdered by Quantrill's raiders during the Lawrence Massacre.-Douglas County Kansas:...
, Judge & Lawyer - murdered in the Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863. § - Abigail Chalmers- Hufflepuff
- Wilt ChamberlainWilt ChamberlainWilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; he also played for the Harlem Globetrotters prior to playing in the NBA...
, Hall of Fame basketball player §
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- Robert Day, author of The Last Cattle Drive §
- George DockingGeorge DockingGeorge Docking was the 35th Governor of Kansas, .Docking was elected to two terms as governor, but failed to win against Republican candidate John Anderson, Jr. in part because of his stance on the death penalty. He was known to say "I just don't like killing people." Was a delegate to the 1960...
, politician § - Robert DockingRobert DockingRobert Blackwell Docking, , was the 38th Governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Docking attended public school in Lawrence, Kansas, before attending the University of Kansas, and served in the Air Force during World War II...
, politician § - Bob DoleBob DoleRobert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...
, politician §
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- Loren EiseleyLoren EiseleyLoren Eiseley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. During this period he received more than 36 honorary degrees and was a fellow of many distinguished professional societies...
, anthropologist, author - Bart D. EhrmanBart D. EhrmanBart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
, scholar, author - Paul EndacottPaul EndacottPaul Endacott was a well-known collegiate basketball player in the 1920s. The Lawrence, Kansas native attended University of Kansas from 1919 to 1923. Playing under Hall of Fame coach Phog Allen, Endacott led Kansas to consecutive Helms Foundation national championships in 1922 and 1923. In 1923...
, Hall of Fame basketball player - Ronald EvansRonald EvansRonald Ellwin Evans, Jr. was a NASA astronaut and one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. He also served as a captain in the United States Navy....
, NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
AstronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
(Pathfinder to the Stars). §
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- Robert L. GernonRobert L. GernonRobert Lawrence Gernon was born in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas.He was a 1966 KU B-School major who studied law at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas graduating in 1969....
, jurist § - James GrauerholzJames GrauerholzJames Grauerholz is a writer and editor. He is most famous as the bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs. He was born in Kansas and attended the University of Kansas for a year before dropping out and traveling to New York City...
, author, bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs - James GunnJames Gunn (author)- Further reading :James E. Gunn The Listeners, BenBella Books, ISBN 1-932100-12-1 -External links:*...
, author §
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- Kevin HarlanKevin HarlanKevin Harlan is an American television sports announcer. The son of former Green Bay Packers executive Bob Harlan, he currently broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS. Harlan is also a play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT...
, NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer § - Frank HarrisFrank HarrisFrank Harris was a Irish-born, naturalized-American author, editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day...
, author § - William A. HarrisWilliam A. Harris (Kansas)William Alexander Harris was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas.-Early life and education:...
, U.S. Senator - Herk HarveyHerk HarveyHarold Arnold "Herk" Harvey was an American film director, actor, and film producer.-Early life:Harvey was born in Windsor, Colorado, the son of Everett and Minnie R. Prewitt Harvey. He grew up in Fort Collins and was a graduate of Fort Collins High School before serving in the U.S...
, actor, motion picture director, producer, and writer § - John G. HaskellJohn G. HaskellJohn Gideon Haskell is an architect who designed portions of the Kansas State Capitol and other public buildings in the state....
, architect of numerous Lawrence buildings as well as the Kansas State CapitolKansas State CapitolThe Kansas State Capitol, known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of Kansas. It is located in the city of Topeka which has served as the capital of Kansas since it became a state in 1861...
§ - Bobby HenrichBobby HenrichRobert Edward Henrich , in Lawrence, Kansas is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He played parts of three seasons, from until , for the Cincinnati Redlegs...
, Major League baseball player - Stan HerdStan HerdStan Herd, American Crop artist creates images, or Earthworks, on large areas of land, especially in Kansas. His work is sometimes called Living sculpture. He plots his designs and then executes them by planting, mowing, and sometimes burning, or plowing the land. Two of Herd's first Kansas...
, crop artist - Kirk HinrichKirk HinrichKirk James Hinrich is an American professional basketball player, currently a guard for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He has also been a member of the USA National Team....
, professional basketball player (Chicago BullsChicago BullsThe Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...
) § - Ralph HoukRalph HoukRalph George Houk , nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball...
, New York Yankees manager - Isaac F. HughesIsaac F. HughesNot to be confused with William M. Hughes, council member in 1927 to 1929.Isaac F. Hughes, known as I.F. Hughes, was a miller, a grocer and a businessman who was the first representative of Los Angeles City Council District 3 after a new city charter went into effect in 1925...
, City Council member in Lawrence for four years and in Los Angeles, California, for two years - Langston HughesLangston HughesJames Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance...
, poet and author § - Jane Dee (Bowersock) HullJane Dee HullJane Dee Hull was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona, the first female Republican governor of the state, and the first woman to be elected to the position.-Biography:...
, politician §
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- Bill JamesBill JamesGeorge William “Bill” James is a baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics...
, baseball author § - Steve JeltzSteve JeltzLarry Steven Jeltz is a former professional baseball player. He played in parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals...
, former professional baseball player - Patty JenkinsPatty JenkinsPatricia Lea "Patty" Jenkins is an American film director and writer. She grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and attended the AFI Conservatory. She graduated from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1993. The most famous film she has directed to date is Monster, a docudrama about...
, film writer/director (Monster (2003 film)) - Allard Jongman, professor, author
- Kij JohnsonKij JohnsonKij Johnson is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, and content manager working on the Microsoft Reader...
, author - Stephen T. Johnson, artist
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- Marziah Karch, writer §
- Kenton KeithKenton KeithKenton Jermaine Keith is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders as an undrafted free agent in 2003...
, diplomat § - Phill KlinePhill KlinePhillip D. "Phill" Kline is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7,...
, politician §
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- Deane Waldo MalottDeane Waldo MalottDeane Waldo Malott was an American academic and administrator.The son of a banker, Malott was born in Abilene, Kansas and went on to study at the University of Kansas. While at school there, he wrote for the University Daily Kansan and was a brother in the Beta Theta Pi fraternity...
, university president § - Danny ManningDanny ManningDaniel Ricardo "Danny" Manning is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas Jayhawks. Manning won the National Championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player, and...
, professional basketball player § - Mates of StateMates of StateMates of State are an American indie pop duo, active since 1997. The group is composed of the husband-and-wife team of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel .Over the course of the band's fourteen year career, they've released three EPs and six full-length, studio...
, rock band - David McClainDavid McClain (president)For the U.S. drummer, see Dave McClain .David McClain became president of the University of Hawaii System in March 2006.McClain served as vice president of academia for the system for a period of one year from 2003 to 2004...
, university president - Elmer McCollumElmer McCollumElmer Verner McCollum was an American biochemist known for his work on the influence of diet on health.-Life and education:McCollum was born on a farm near Fort Scott, Kansas, where he spent his first seventeen years...
, scientist - Chris McKitterick, professor, author §
- Chuck Mead, musician and songwriter (BR5-49BR5-49BR549 is an American country music band. Founded in 1993, the band originally comprised Gary Bennett , Don Herron , "Smilin'" Jay McDowell , Chuck Mead , and "Hawk" Shaw Wilson...
) - Charles D. Michener, scientist §
- Minus StoryMinus StoryMinus Story is an indie rock based in Lawrence, Kansas. The core members of the band met growing up in Boonville, Missouri and are known for their off-kilter, sunny melodies and quirky instrumentation that forms the "wall of crap" sound....
, band § - Paul MireckiPaul MireckiPaul Mirecki is Bible scholar and associate professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas and the faculty advisor for the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics student organization. He was chairman of the department until he stepped aside on December 7, 2005.Mirecki earned a Th.D...
, educator and scholar § - Dennis MooreDennis MooreDennis Moore is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
, politician § - Laura MoriartyLaura Moriarty (novelist)Laura Moriarty is an American novelist.-Life and work:Laura Moriarty was born in Honolulu in 1970. She earned a degree in social work before earning an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Kansas. She was the recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips...
, novelist § - Jason MossJason Moss (musician)Jason David Moss is an American musician, known for his work as the lead guitarist for the ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, of which he was a member from 1992 to 2010.-Early life:...
, musician - Alan MulallyAlan MulallyAlan Roger Mulally is an American engineer and business executive who is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company...
, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation - Franklin David MurphyFranklin David MurphyFranklin David Murphy was an American administrator, educator, and medical doctor. During his life, he served as Chancellor of the University of Kansas and Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles ....
, university president §
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- Sara ParetskySara ParetskySara Paretsky is a modern American author of detective fiction.-Life and career:Paretsky was born in Ames, Iowa and raised in Kansas, graduating from the University of Kansas with a degree in political science. She did community service work on the south side of Chicago in 1966 and returned in...
, author § - PawPaw (band)Paw is a hard rock band from Lawrence, Kansas that formed in 1990. The band, in its original line-up, consisted of Mark Hennessy , Grant Fitch , Charles Bryan , and Peter Fitch . To date, they have released 3 studio albums – Dragline, Death to Traitors, and Home Is a Strange Place...
, rock band - Paul PiercePaul PiercePaul Anthony Pierce , nicknamed The Truth, is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He earned First Team All-America honors in his junior year at Kansas, and has been a starter every season since being selected by the Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the...
, professional basketball player (Celtics) § - Scot PollardScot PollardScot L. Pollard is a retired American professional basketball player. In an eleven-year NBA career, he played for five teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Sacramento Kings and the Indiana Pacers...
, professional basketball player § - Ryan Pope, musician (The Get Up KidsThe Get Up KidsThe Get Up Kids are an American alternative rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music...
) - Maurice PratherMaurice PratherMaurice William Prather was an American motion picture and still photographer and film director. He was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Maurice J. Prather, a mechanic, cabinet maker, and woodworker, and Zora M. Prather, both of them born in Missouri. Young Maurice Jr...
, motion picture and still photographer and film director § - Matthew PryorMatthew PryorMatthew Pryor is an American musician who lives in Lawrence, Kansas. Pryor was in the band Secret Decoder Ring, and through playing shows in the Kansas City area, met the members of his future band, indie rock group The Get Up Kids, which was formed in 1995...
, musician (The Get Up KidsThe Get Up KidsThe Get Up Kids are an American alternative rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music...
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- Rob RiggleRob RiggleRobert Allen "Rob" Riggle, Jr. is an American actor, comedian and United States Marine Corps officer. He is best known for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2006–2008, as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2004–2005, and for his comedic roles in films such...
, actor, comedian§ - Frank Sherwood RowlandFrank Sherwood RowlandFrank Sherwood Rowland is an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research is in atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics....
, co-winner, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry§ - Lois RubyLois RubyLois Ruby is the author of several children's and young adult books, including some historical fiction. Her most notable works are the historical fiction novels Steal Away Home and The Secret of Laurel Oaks.-Personal life:...
, author § - Paul RuddPaul RuddPaul Stephen Rudd is an American actor and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My...
, actor § - Jim RyunJim RyunJames Ronald Ryun is an American former track athlete and politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the 2nd District in Kansas. In the 2006 election, Ryun was defeated by Democratic challenger Nancy Boyda...
, athlete, politician §
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- Gale SayersGale SayersGale Eugene Sayers also known as "The Kansas Comet", is a former professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears....
, NFL player § - Kliph ScurlockKliph ScurlockKliph Scurlock is an American musician. He is the drummer for the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips.He was born Clifton Thomas Scurlock in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Roger W. Scurlock and Linda Louise Rokey . His love of music was inspired by his mother...
, drummer of The Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What... - Kathleen SebeliusKathleen SebeliusKathleen Sebelius is an American politician currently serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the second female Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address, and chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors...
, politician § - Bill SelfBill SelfBill Self is an American college men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, where he led the Jayhawks to the 2008 NCAA national championship....
, basketball coach § - Joan Sereno, professor, author
- Simran SethiSimran SethiSimran Preeti Sethi is an Emmy award-winning Indian American journalist and associate professor at the University of Kansas.-Career:...
, journalist § - Roger ShimomuraRoger ShimomuraRoger Shimomura is an American artist and a retired professor at the University of Kansas. His works, showcased across the United States, address Asian American sociopolitical issues by the use of racist imagery.-Life:...
, artist § - Wayne SimienWayne SimienWayne Anthony Simien, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player, who last played with Spain's Cáceres Ciudad de Baloncesto. He was a member of the Miami Heat team that won the 2005–06 NBA championship.-High school career:Growing up, Simien was a University of Kansas fan due to his...
, former professional basketball player § - Stephen SixStephen SixStephen N. Six is an American attorney and former judge from Kansas who served as Kansas' 43rd Attorney General. He was nominated to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 9, 2011...
, Attorney General of Kansas - Gareth-Michael Skarka, writer §
- Gary Mark SmithGary Mark SmithGary Mark Smith is an American street photographer. Smith is noted for his empathetic and literal style of photography captured in extremely hazardous environments.-Early life and education:...
, artist/author - Vernon L. SmithVernon L. SmithVernon Lomax Smith is professor of economics at Chapman University's Argyros School of Business and Economics and School of Law in Orange, California, a research scholar at George Mason University Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, and a Fellow of the Mercatus Center, all in Arlington,...
, Nobel Prize winning economist § - Split Lip RayfieldSplit Lip RayfieldSplit Lip Rayfield is a vocal and acoustic instrumental group from Wichita, Kansas. Though they are sometimes classified as a bluegrass, alt-country or cowpunk band, their music draws on a wide array of influences.-History:...
, band - Robby SteinhardtRobby SteinhardtRobert Eugene Steinhardt is a rock violinist and singer best known for his work with the group Kansas, for which he was co-lead singer / "frontman" and emcee along with keyboardist Steve Walsh, from 1973–1982 and 1997–2006...
, violinist/vocalist with the band "Kansas"
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- Deanell Reece TachaDeanell Reece TachaDeanell Reece Tacha is a retired United States federal judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit....
, jurist § - Elden Tefft, artist, founder of the International Sculpture Center
- Jim ThorpeJim ThorpeJacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
, athlete § - Clyde TombaughClyde TombaughClyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper Belt, Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for serious scientific...
, discoverer of the dwarf planetDwarf planetA dwarf planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union , is a celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be spherical as a result of its own gravity but has not cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals and is not a satellite...
PlutoPlutoPluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...
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- John Allen WakefieldJohn Allen WakefieldJohn Allen Wakefield was an American historian, politician, soldier, physician, and lawyer.Born in Pendleton, South Carolina, Wakefield moved with his family to Tennessee, Kentucky, and then to Illinois, where they settled. During the War of 1812, Wakefield served in the Illinois militia as a scout...
, political and military leader - George WalkerGeorge Walker (vaudeville)George Walker was an African American vaudevillian. In 1893, in San Francisco, Walker met Bert Williams, who became his performing partner. Walker and Williams appeared in The Gold Bug , Clorindy , The Policy Player , Sons of Ham , In Dahomey , Abyssinia , and Bandanna Land...
, African-American vaudevilleVaudevilleVaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
actor - David WetzelDavid WetzelDavid Lazarus Wetzel is a member of the band Ghosty along with Andrew Connor, Jeff Ferrell, Mike Nolte, and Josh Adams. He also is a member of The Fairer Sex. Both are based in Lawrence, Kansas. He is primarily a keyboardist who occasionally contributes with vocals, guitar, and...
, musician § - Lance WilliamsLance WilliamsLance J. Williams is a prominent graphics researcher who made major contributions to texture map prefiltering, shadow rendering algorithms, facial animation, and antialiasing techniques...
, computer graphics guru - Roy WilliamsRoy Williams (coach)Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...
, basketball coach § - Kevin WillmottKevin WillmottKevin Willmott is a professor of film at the University of Kansas and a movie director known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America and Bunker Hill....
, filmmaker - Sam WinchesterSam WinchesterSamuel "Sam" Winchester is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of The CW Television Network's Supernatural along with his older brother Dean. He is portrayed by Jared Padalecki.-Background:...
, fictional main character of SupernaturalSupernaturalThe supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature... - Dean WinchesterDean WinchesterDean Winchester is a fictional character from The CW Television Network's Supernatural, portrayed by Jensen Ackles. He hunts demons, spirits and other supernatural creatures with his younger brother Sam.-Background:...
, fictional main character of SupernaturalSupernaturalThe supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature... - Donald WorsterDonald WorsterDonald Worster is the Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. He is considered one of the founders of, and leading figures in, the field of environmental history; and in 2009, he was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.-Education:Worster...
, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
nominated environmental historian, author