List of people from Lawrence, Kansas

For people who were born/raised in Lawrence, Kansas, and for people who lived in Lawrence for a long time.

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

B
Martha Bablitch, judge
Nancy Baker, politician §
Thomas Barber, pioneer §
Hugh Beaumont, actor
Leo Beuerman, pencil salesman, subject of a 1969 short film nominated for an Academy Award
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
 Mike Finnigan, musician §
 Thomas Frank, author §

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 §
Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §
Kelley Hunt, blues singer, pianist, songwriter

J
Bill James, baseball statistician and author §
Steve Jeltz, professional baseball player §
Patty Jenkins, film writer and director
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 §
Jon Lemmon, footballer 
Stanley Lombardo, professor, translator §

M
Deane Waldo Malott, university president §
Danny Manning, professional basketball player §
Mates of State, rock band
Mark Maxey, filmmaker §
David McClain, university president
Elmer McCollum, scientist
Charles D. Michener, scientist §
Minus Story, band §
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 §
William A. Starrett, builder and architect of skyscrapers, notably the Empire State Building.
Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas
Walter R. Stubbs, 18th governor of Kansas §
Jason Sudeikis, actor

T
Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
Solon O. Thacher, judge and politician §
Mimi Thebo, Carnegie-nominated children's author §
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
 Dean Winchester, character on Supernatural TV series
 Sam Winchester, character on Supernatural TV series

Related pages
 List of lists of people from Kansas
 List of University of Kansas people
 List of Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians head football coaches
 List of Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches

References

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