List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

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L. H. Hausam was president of the Hausam School of Penmanship and resided in Hutchinson.

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

Academia

See also: List of Hutchinson Community College people

• Jane Smisor Bastien (1936–2018), music teacher and author
• Dale L. Boger (born 1953), organic chemist ^[1]
• L. H. Hausam (1870–1941), president of the Hausam School of Penmanship ^[2] and founder of Great Western Business and Normal College ^[3]
• William Lee Miller (1926–2012), historian, political ethics professor ^[4]
• Erik N. Rasmussen (born 1957), atmospheric scientist and tornado expert ^[5]
• Fred Soper (1893–1977), epidemiologist ^[6]
• Howard Swearer (1932–1991), educator ^[7]
• Pat Woodrum (born 1941), librarian ^[8]

Arts and entertainment

Margaret St. Clair, science fiction novelist

Fashion

• Julie Woodson (born 1950), model ^[9]

Film, television, and theatre

• Kay Alden (born 1946), screenwriter ^[10]
• Mitch Brian (born 1961), screenwriter ^[11]
• Aneta Corsaut (1933–1995), actress ^[12]
• Racquel Darrian (born 1968), pornographic actress
• Lucinda Dickey (born 1960), actress, dancer ^[13]
• Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), film director ^[14]

Journalism

• Michael Grant (born 1951), journalist ^[15]
• Fred Kaplan (born 1954), author, journalist ^[16]
• James B. Steele (born 1943), author, journalist ^[17]

Literature

• Scott Heim (born 1966), novelist ^[18]
• Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995), science fiction writer, novelist ^[19]
• William Mark Simmons (born 1953), broadcaster, novelist ^[20]
• William Stafford (1914–1993), poet, pacifist ^[21]

Music

• James Avery (1937–2009), conductor, pianist ^[22]
• Jock Bartley, guitarist ^[23]
• Steven Stucky (1949–2016), composer ^[24]
• Murry Wilson (1917–1973), record producer, songwriter. Father to three Beach Boys performers. ^[25]
• Jeff Russell, guitarist of Signals Midwest ^[26]

Other visual arts

• Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), artist ^[27]
• John Newsom (born 1970), painter ^[28]

Business

• James Barnett (born 1986), entrepreneur, activist^{[ citation needed ]}
• David Dillon (born 1951), former CEO of Kroger, great-grandson of J.S. Dillon who founded Dillons ^[29]
• Hal Prewitt (born 1954), technology entrepreneur, inventor, race car driver, artist, photographer ^[30]

Crime

• Edward J. Adams (1887–1921), bank robber ^[31]

Military

• Robert S. Lucas (1930–2016), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral ^[32]
• Alexander Pearson Jr., U.S. Army First Lieutenant ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Fay B. Prickett, U.S. Army major general ^[33]

Politics

National

• Leland Barrows (1906–1988), U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and Togo ^[34]
• Wesley E. Brown (1907–2012), U.S. federal judge ^[35]
• William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[36]
• Ralph Easley (1856–1939), political activist ^[37]
• Martha Keys (born 1930), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[38]
• Richard T. Morrison (born 1967), U.S. tax court judge ^[39]
• Scott W. Stucky (born 1948), U.S. appeals court judge ^[40]
• Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[41]
• Kevin Yoder (born 1976), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[42]

State

• Terry Bruce (born 1975), Kansas legislator ^[43]
• Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), 21st Governor of New Mexico ^[44]
• John F. Hayes (1919–2010), Kansas legislator ^[45]
• Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972), 27th Governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge ^[46]
• Dick Kraus (1937–2019), Massachusetts legislator ^[47]
• Jay La Suer (born 1940), California legislator ^[48]
• B. Robert Lewis (1931–1979), Minnesota state legislator and veterinarian ^[49]
• William Yoast Morgan (1866–1932), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas ^[50]
• Michael O'Neal (born 1951), Kansas legislator ^[51]

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 ^[52]
• Ben Heeney, linebacker
• Ken Huff (born 1953), offensive lineman ^[53]
• Buck Pierce (born 1981), quarterback ^[54]
• Pat Ryan (born 1955), quarterback ^[55]
• Tommy Thompson (1916–1989), quarterback ^[56]

Baseball

• Jack Banta (1925–2006), pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball ^[57]

• Joyce Barnes (1925–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player ^[58]
• Andy Dirks (born 1986), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball ^[59]

Basketball

• Jamie Carey (born 1981), Former WNBA guard for the Connecticut Sun ^[60]

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 ^[61]

See also

• Biography portal
• Kansas portal
• Lists portal

• Lists of people from Kansas

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