List of people from Emporia, Kansas

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

Academia

See also: List of Emporia State University people and List of Flint Hills Technical College people

• Frank A. Beach (1911–1988), ethologist ^[1]
• Richard Grant Hiskey (1929–2016), chemist ^[2]
• Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867–1937), entomologist, evolutionary biologist ^[3]
• Samuel Martin (1924–2009), linguist ^[4]
• Carl Salser (1921–2006), author, businessman, educator ^[5]
• Arthur Samuel (1901–1990), computer scientist ^[6]

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Harry Cheshire (1891–1968), actor ^[7]
• R. Lee Ermey (1944–2018), former U.S. Marine drill instructor, television host, and actor ^[8]
• Thelma Hill (1906–1938), silent-film comedian ^[9]
• Q (1996 or 1997), drag performer competing on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race .
• James Still (1959– ), playwright ^[10]

Journalism

• William Allen White (1868–1944), author and newspaper editor ^[11]
• William Lindsay White (1900–1973), author, newspaper editor, CBS war correspondent, Reader's Digest roving editor ^[12]

Literature

• Jacob M. Appel (1973– ), novelist ( Einstein's Beach House ) ^[13]
• Don Coldsmith (1926–2009), novelist ^[14]
• Denise Low (1949– ), poet ^[15]
• Keith Waldrop (1932–2023), poet, translator ^[16]

Music

• Marvin Ash (1914–1974), jazz pianist ^[17]
• Roy Burns (1935–2018), drummer ^[18]
• Melora Creager (1966– ), cellist, singer-songwriter ^[19]
• Kelley Hunt, blues pianist, singer-songwriter ^[20]
• Cady Groves (1989–2020)
• Brian Leeds (1991–), electronic musician

Other visual arts

• Wendell Castle (1932– 2018), furniture artist ^[21]
• Evan Lindquist (1936–2023), artist, printmaker, Arkansas artist laureate ^[22]
• Albert Murray (1906–1992), portrait painter ^[23]
• Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, painter ^[24]

Business

• David Green (1941– ), founder of Hobby Lobby ^[25]
• George Webb Slaughter (1811–1895), cattle breeder and drover, Baptist minister ^[26]

Crime and law enforcement

• Mark Essex (1949–1973), mass murderer ^[27]

Military

• William F. Cloud (1825–1905), U.S. Army Colonel ^[28]
• Grant F. Timmerman (1919–1944), U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient ^[29]

Politics

National

• William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[30]
• Rose Conway, personal secretary to President Harry S. Truman
• Elmer O. Leatherwood (1872–1929), U.S. Representative from Utah ^[31]
• Preston B. Plumb (1837–1891), U.S. Senator from Kansas, co-founder of Emporia ^[32]
• Edward Herbert Rees (1886–1969), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[33]

State

• Jim Barnett (1955– ), Kansas state legislator ^[34]
• Samuel J. Crawford (1835–1913), 3rd Governor of Kansas ^[35]
• Don Hill (1944– ), Kansas state legislator ^[36]
• Jeff Longbine (1962– ), Kansas state legislator ^[37]
• Peggy Mast (1948– ), Kansas state legislator ^[38]
• Richard Proehl (1944– ), Kansas state legislator ^[39]
• Roy Wilford Riegle (1896–1988), Kansas state legislator ^[40]

Religion

• Warren Parrish (1803–1877), early Mormon leader, Baptist minister ^[41]

Sports

• Clint Bowyer (1979– ), NASCAR driver ^[42]
• Jim Everett (1963– ), quarterback ^[43]
• Daniel Gallemore (1985– ), mixed martial artist ^[44]
• J. L. Lewis (1960–2019), professional golfer ^[45]
• John Lohmeyer (1951– ), defensive lineman ^[46]
• Ray Pierce (1897–1963), baseball pitcher ^[47]
• Paul Samson (1905–1982), U.S. Olympic swimmer, water polo player ^[48]
• Dean Smith (1931–2015), former North Carolina basketball coach, member of College Basketball Hall of Fame ^[49]

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas
• List of people from Lyon County, Kansas

References

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