This article is a list of notable people who were born in and/or have lived in Lawrence, Kansas . Alumni of University of Kansas or Haskell Indian Nations University, including athletes and coaches, that are not originally from Lawrence should not be included in this list, instead, they should be listed in List of University of Kansas people. This includes faculty and coaches who stayed in Lawrence after retirement.
Hoskins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Purnell is a name shared by:
Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.
Higginbotham is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Knox is a Scottish surname that originates from the Scottish Gaelic "cnoc", meaning a hillock or a hump or the Old English "cnocc", meaning a round-topped hill.
Edward Creston Gleed was an U.S. Army Air Force officer with the famed Buffalo Soldiers/9th Cavalry Regiment, 332nd Fighter Group’s operations officer, and combat fighter pilot with the 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was one of the more prominent members of Tuskegee Airmen's ninth-ever aviation cadet program, as well as one of 1,007 documented Tuskegee Airmen Pilots. His classmates included Robert B. Tresville, West Point's seventh African American graduate and the 100th Fighter Squadron's Commanding Officer.