# List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Hutchinson, Kansas.

## Academia

* Jane Smisor Bastien (1936–2018), music teacher and author
* Dale L. Boger (born 1953), organic chemist
* L. H. Hausam (1870–1941), president of the Hausam School of Penmanship and founder of Great Western Business and Normal College
* William Lee Miller (1926–2012), historian, political ethics professor
* Erik N. Rasmussen (born 1957), atmospheric scientist and tornado expert
* Fred Soper (1893–1977), epidemiologist
* Howard Swearer (1932–1991), educator
* Pat Woodrum (born 1941), librarian

## Arts and entertainment
### Fashion

* Julie Woodson (born 1950), model

### Film, television, and theatre

* Kay Alden (born 1946), screenwriter
* Mitch Brian (born 1961), screenwriter
* Aneta Corsaut (1933–1995), actress
* Racquel Darrian (born 1968), pornographic actress
* Lucinda Dickey (born 1960), actress, dancer
* Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), film director

### Journalism

* Michael Grant (born 1951), journalist
* Fred Kaplan (born 1954), author, journalist
* James B. Steele (born 1943), author, journalist

### Literature

* Scott Heim (born 1966), novelist
* Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995), science fiction writer, novelist
* William Mark Simmons (born 1953), broadcaster, novelist
* William Stafford (1914–1993), poet, pacifist

### Music

* James Avery (1937–2009), conductor, pianist
* Jock Bartley, guitarist
* Steven Stucky (1949–2016), composer
* Murry Wilson (1917–1973), record producer, songwriter. Father to three Beach Boys performers.
* Jeff Russell, guitarist of Signals Midwest

### Other visual arts

* Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), artist
* John Newsom (born 1970), painter

## Business

* James Barnett (born 1986), entrepreneur, activist
* David Dillon (born 1951), former CEO of Kroger, great-grandson of J.S. Dillon who founded Dillons
* Hal Prewitt (born 1954), technology entrepreneur, inventor, race car driver, artist, photographer

## Crime

* Edward J. Adams (1887–1921), bank robber

## Military

* Robert S. Lucas (1930–2016), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
* Alexander Pearson Jr., U.S. Army First Lieutenant
* Fay B. Prickett, U.S. Army major general

## Politics
### National

* Leland Barrows (1906–1988), U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and Togo
* Wesley E. Brown (1907–2012), U.S. federal judge
* William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
* Ralph Easley (1856–1939), political activist
* Martha Keys (born 1930), U.S. Representative from Kansas
* Richard T. Morrison (born 1967), U.S. tax court judge
* Scott W. Stucky (born 1948), U.S. appeals court judge
* Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), U.S. Representative from Kansas
* Kevin Yoder (born 1976), U.S. Representative from Kansas

### State

* Terry Bruce (born 1975), Kansas legislator
* Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), 21st Governor of New Mexico
* John F. Hayes (1919–2010), Kansas legislator
* Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972), 27th Governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge
* Dick Kraus (1937–2019), Massachusetts legislator
* Jay La Suer (born 1940), California legislator
* B. Robert Lewis (1931–1979), Minnesota state legislator and veterinarian
* William Yoast Morgan (1866–1932), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
* Michael O'Neal (born 1951), Kansas legislator

### Local

* Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), attorney; business manager of The Hutchinson News; Hutchinson school board, city council and school board for Los Angeles, California

## Sports
### American football

* Geneo Grissom (born 1992), defensive lineman
* Ben Heeney, linebacker
* Ken Huff (born 1953), offensive lineman
* Buck Pierce (born 1981), quarterback
* Pat Ryan (born 1955), quarterback
* Tommy Thompson (1916–1989), quarterback

### Baseball

* Jack Banta (1925–2006), pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball
* Joyce Barnes (1925–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Andy Dirks (born 1986), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball

### Basketball

* Jamie Carey (born 1981), Former WNBA guard for the Connecticut Sun

### Gymnast

* Dallas Bixler (1910–1990), Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast

## Fictional residents

* Sam "Squid" Dullard, character on Rocket Power, moves to fictional California town featured in the show in the first episode, revealed in a later episode that he's from Hutchinson