List of people from Great Bend, Kansas

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Oscar Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker and most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century.

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Great Bend, Kansas.

Academia

• Joan Bondurant (1918–2006), political scientist, spy ^[2]
• Jack Kilby (1923–2005), co-inventor of integrated circuit (IC), 2000 Nobel Prize laureate in physics ^[3]
• Steve Kufeld (1939–1997), astronomer, inventor ^[4]

Arts and entertainment

• Karrin Allyson (1963– ), jazz singer, pianist ^[5]
• Nicholas Barton (1983– ), filmmaker ^[6]
• Bruce Helander (1947– ), artist ^[7]
• Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951), author, film director ^[8]
• Roy Stryker (1893–1975), photographer, economist ^[9]

Politics

• Jim Denning (1956–), majority leader of the Kansas Senate
• Joseph W. Henkle, Sr. (1906–1983), lieutenant governor of Kansas ^[10]
• Roger Marshall (1960– ), U.S. representative from Kansas; U.S senator from Kansas ^[11]
• Jerry Moran (1954– ), U.S. senator from Kansas ^[12]

Sports

American football

• Steve Crosby (1950– ), running back, coach ^[13]
• Damian Johnson (1962– ), offensive lineman ^[14]
• Monte Robbins (1964– ), punter ^[15]

Baseball

• John R. Keennan (1940–2015), longtime baseball scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers club ^[16]
• Ted Welch (1892–1943), pitcher ^[17]

Other sports

• Steve Gotsche (1961– ), golfer ^[18]
• John Keller (1928–2000), 1952 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball player ^[19]

See also

• Biography portal
• Kansas portal
• Lists portal

• Lists of people from Kansas

References

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2. Squatriglia, Chuck (September 21, 2006). "Joan Bondurant--spy, authority on Gandhi". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved July 17, 2015.
3. "TI People - Jack Kilby". Texas Instruments . Retrieved May 22, 2011.
4. "Steven Grant Kufeld, 1939-1997" (PDF). Sky & Telescope. November 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
5. "Karrin Allyson Electronic Press Kit" (PDF). AMS Artists. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
6. "Great Bend Tribune". May 1, 2014.
7. "Biography". Bruce Helander . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
8. "NAACP History: Oscar Micheaux". National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
9. "The Photographers: Roy Stryker". Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
10. "Kansas Lieutenant Governors". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
11. Lowry, Brian (March 8, 2017). "Poor 'don't want health care,' Kansas congressman says, and the backlash begins". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
12. "Candidates - Jerry Moran". Election 2010 - AP Election Guide. National Public Radio . Retrieved May 22, 2011.
13. "Steve Crosby". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
14. "Damian Johnson". National Football League . Retrieved May 22, 2011.
15. "Entrepreneur Direct Speakers". Fort Hays State University. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
16. "Great Bend Tribune – John R. Keenan (1940–2015)". Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
17. "Ted Welch Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved May 22, 2011.
18. "Steve Gotsche Official Profile". PGA Tour . Retrieved February 25, 2012.
19. "John Keller". University of Kansas. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2011.