List of people from Topeka, Kansas

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This is a list of people from Topeka, Kansas .

Academia

See also: List of Washburn University alumni

• Warren Faidley (1957- ), meteorologist, storm chaser ^[1]
• Riley Gardner (1921-2007), psychologist ^[2]
• Wes Jackson (1936- ), environmentalist, The Land Institute ^[3]
• Sokoni Karanja (1940- ), child development expert ^[4]
• G. Warren Nutter (1923-1979), economist ^[5]
• Ruth Patrick (1907-2013), botanist, limnologist ^[6]
• Walton T. Roth (1939- ), psychiatrist and psychophysiological researcher ^[7]
• David Curtis Skaggs, Jr. (1937- ), historian ^[8]
• John Brooks Slaughter (1934-2023), electrical engineer, National Science Foundation director ^[9]

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Brandon Adams (1979- ), actor ^[10]
• Annette Bening (1958- ), actress ^[11]
• Gregg Binkley (1963- ), actor ^[12]
• Roscoe Born (1950-2020), actor ^[13]
• Jack Colvin (1934-2005), actor ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Samuel M. Comer (1893-1974), set decorator ^[14]
• George Dickerson (1933-2015), actor, poet, writer ^[15]
• Jayne Houdyshell (1953- ), actress ^[16]
• Jeff Kready, Broadway actor^{[ citation needed ]}
• Alix Lapri, actress
• Ted North (1916-1975), actor
• Sheila Ryan (1921-1975), actress ^[17]
• Travis Schuldt (1974- ), actor^{[ citation needed ]}
• Lois Smith (1930- ), actress ^[18]
• Fay Tincher (1884-1983), actress ^[19]

Journalism

• Elizabeth Farnsworth (1943- ), broadcaster, filmmaker ^[20]
• Donald C. Thompson (1885-1947), war photographer, director, producer ^[21]

Literature

• Thomas Fox Averill (1949- ), novelist ^[22]
• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), poet ^[23]
• Irene Bennett Brown, American author of children's, young adult and adult fiction ^[24]
• Jeannette Eyerly (1908-2008), novelist, columnist ^[25]
• Janet Fox (1940-2009), fantasy and horror writer, poet ^[26]
• Jane Heap (1883-1964), editor, publisher ^[27]
• Ben Lerner (1979- ), poet ^[28]
• Karen Salyer McElmurray (1956- ), essayist, novelist ^[29]
• Eric McHenry (1972- ), poet ^[30]
• Frances Clarke Sayers (1897-1989), author, lecturer, librarian ^[31]
• Ed Skoog (1971- ), poet ^[32]
• Linda Spalding (1943- ), novelist, editor ^[33]
• Rex Stout (1886-1975), novelist ^[34]
• Max Yoho (1934-2017), author ^[35]
• Kevin Young (1970/1971- ), poet, author, Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ^[36]

Music

• Phil Ehart (1950-), drummer, founding member of the band Kansas
• Streamline Ewing (1917-2002), jazz trombonist ^[37]
• Aulsondro "Emcee N.I.C.E." Hamilton, musician, member of KansasCali, known for Crash soundtrack ^[38]
• Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969), jazz saxophonist ^[39]
• Dave Hope (1949- ), bass guitarist, ^[40] former member of Kansas
• Josh Kulick, former heavy metal drummer for Through The Eyes Of The Dead ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Katrina Leskanich (1960- ), singer (Katrina and the Waves)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kerry Livgren (1949- ), founding member of the bands Kansas and AD ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Andy McKee (1979- ), musician^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kirke Mechem (1925- ), composer ^[41]
• Origin, metal band^{[ citation needed ]}
• Kliph Scurlock (1973- ), drummer^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jamshied Sharifi (1960- ), composer, musician ^[42]
• Kenny Starr (1952- ), country singer ^[43]
• Rich Williams (1950- ), guitarist, ^[44] member of Kansas

Other visual arts

• James Pringle Cook (1947- ), Western landscape painter
• Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), Harlem Renaissance artist ^[45]
• Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918-1999), architect ^[46]
• Peter Max Lawrence (1977- ), contemporary media artist ^[47]

Business

• Henry Bubb (1907-1989), president and chairman of Capitol Federal Savings Bank
• Brad Garlinghouse (1971- ), business executive, investor ^[48]
• Cyrus K. Holliday (1826-1900), first president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; founder of Topeka township
• John F. Kilmartin (1921-2004), retail executive ^[49]

Crime

• Alvin "Creepy" Karpis (1907-1979), kidnapper, murderer, robber ^[50]
• Amy Watkins (1973-1999), murder victim ^[51]

Medicine

• Karl Bowman (1888-1973), psychiatrist ^[52]
• Harriet Lerner (1944- ), clinical psychologist and author ^[53]
• Karl Menninger (1893-1990), psychiatrist ^[54]
• Roy W. Menninger (1926-2024), psychiatrist ^[55]
• William C. Menninger (1899-1966), psychiatrist ^[56]
• W. Walter Menninger (1931- ), psychiatrist ^[57]
• Karl Targownik (1915-1996), psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor^{[ citation needed ]}

Military

• Wilder D. Baker (1890-1975), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral during World War II ^[58]
• Ronald Evans (1933-1990), astronaut ^[59]
• Harry D. Felt (1902-1992), U.S. Navy Admiral ^[60]
• Donald Hudson (1895-1967), World War I flying ace ^[61]
• Philip Johnston (1892-1978), U.S. Marine Corps code-talker ^[62]
• Frank E. Petersen (1932-2015), U.S. Marine Corps Lt. General ^[63]

Politics

National

• Linda Carol Brown (1943-2018), plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education ^[64]
• Oliver Brown (1918-1961), plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education ^[65]
• Arthur Capper (1865-1951), U.S. Senator from Kansas, 20th Governor of Kansas ^[66]
• Helen Chenoweth-Hage (1938-2006), U.S. Representative from Idaho ^[67]
• Albert M. Cole (1901-1994), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[68]
• Sam A. Crow (1926-2022), U.S. federal judge ^[69]
• Charles Curtis (1860-1936), 31st Vice President of the United States ^[70]
• Harry W. Fraser (1884-1950), labor leader ^[71]
• David Archibald Harvey (1845-1916), U.S. House Delegate from Oklahoma Territory ^[72]
• Donald R. Heath (1894-1981), U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, Laos, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam ^[73]
• Zelma Henderson (1920-2008), plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education ^[74]
• Nancy Kassebaum (1932- ), U.S. Senator from Kansas ^[75]
• Alf Landon (1887-1987), 26th Governor of Kansas, 1936 Republican candidate for U.S. President ^[76]
• John Thomas Marten (1951- ), U.S. federal judge ^[77]
• John Martin (1833-1913), U.S. Senator from Kansas ^[78]
• Isabell Masters (1913-2011), perennial third-party candidate for U.S. president ^[79]
• Noah C. McFarland (1822-1897), Commissioner of the United States General Land Office ^[80]
• John G. Otis (1838-1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[81]
• Brad Parscale (1976- ), campaign manager for Donald Trump ^[82]
• Megan Phelps-Roper (b. 1986), political activist and former member and dissident of the Westboro Baptist Church
• Nathan Phelps (1958- ), LGBT rights activist ^[83]
• Shirley Phelps-Roper (1957- ), lawyer, anti-LGBT political activist ^[84]
• John Ritchie (1817-1887), abolitionist ^[85]
• Pat Roberts (1936- ), U.S. Senator from Kansas ^[86]
• William R. Roy (1926-2014), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[87]
• Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), U.S. Representative from Kansas and Ambassador to Mexico ^[88]
• John States Seybold (1897-1982), Governor of Panama Canal Zone ^[89]
• Jim Slattery (1948- ), U.S. Representative from Kansas ^[90]
• John L. Waller (1850-1907), U.S. Consul to Madagascar ^[91]

State

See also: List of Governors of Kansas, List of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court, List of current Kansas state representatives, and List of current Kansas state senators

• John Alcala (1959- ), Kansas state legislator ^[92]
• Carol A. Beier (1958- ), Kansas Supreme Court Justice ^[93]
• Robert Coldsnow (1924-2014), Kansas state legislator ^[94]
• Robert E. Davis (1939-2010), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice ^[95]
• Ron Estes (1956- ), 39th Treasurer of Kansas ^[96] and 4th Congressional District Representative, elected 2017. ^[97]
• Joan Finney (1925-2001), 42nd Governor of Kansas ^[98]
• Shanti Gandhi (1940- ), physician and legislator ^[99]
• A. C. Hamlin (1881-1912), Oklahoma state legislator ^[100]
• Alexander Miller Harvey (1867-1928), 15th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas ^[101]
• Anthony Hensley (1953- ), Kansas state legislator ^[102]
• Marla Luckert (1955- ), Kansas Supreme Court justice ^[103]
• Lutie Lytle (1875-1950), lawyer, 1st African-American woman admitted to Kansas bar ^[104]
• Kay McFarland (1935-2015), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice ^[105]
• Eric Rosen (1953- ), Kansas Supreme Court Justice ^[106]
• Caleb Stegall (1971- ), Kansas Supreme Court Justice ^[107]
• Jeff Stone (1961- ), Wisconsin state legislator ^[108]
• Clifford W. Trow (1929- ), Oregon state legislator ^[109]
• William C. Webb (1824-1898), Wisconsin and Kansas legislator ^[110]
• Jackie Winters (1937-2019), Oregon state legislator ^[111]

Local

See also: List of mayors of Topeka, Kansas

• Jacob Alan Dickinson (1911-1971), Topeka Board of Education president, desegregation supporter ^[112]

Religion

• Lillian M. Mitchner (1862/64-1954), social reformer; President, Kansas State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
• Fred Phelps (1929-2014), leader of the Westboro Baptist Church ^[113]
• Charles Sheldon (1857-1946), minister, author ^[114]

Sports

American football

See also: List of Washburn Ichabods head football coaches

• Chris Beatty (1973- ), coach ^[115]
• Tom Dinkel (1956- ), linebacker ^[116]
• Forrestal Hickman (1993- ), offensive tackle ^[117]
• Teven Jenkins (1998- ), offensive tackle ^[118]
• Mike Lemon (1951- ), linebacker ^[119]
• Trey Lewis (1985- ), defensive tackle ^[120]
• Lamar Mady (1990- ), center ^[121]
• Larry McGinnis (1899-1948), guard ^[122]
• Jack Nason (1899-1977), tackle, wingback ^[123]
• John H. Outland (1871-1947), college football coach and namesake of Outland Trophy ^[124]
• John Parrella (1969- ), defensive tackle ^[125]
• Ryan Torain (1986- ), running back ^[126]
• Chuck Washington (1964- ), defensive back ^[127]
• Troy Wilson (1970- ), defensive end ^[128]

Baseball

• Aaron Crow (1986- ), pitcher ^[129]
• Rick DeHart (1970- ), pitcher ^[130]
• Bingo DeMoss (1889-1965), 2nd baseman, manager ^[131]
• Art Griggs (1884-1938), 1st baseman ^[132]
• Ross Grimsley (1950- ), pitcher ^[133]
• Clarence Heise (1907-1999), pitcher ^[134]
• Bernadine Maxwell (d. 1988), utility player ^[135]
• Larry Miller (1937-2018), pitcher ^[136]
• Dink Mothell (1897-1980), pitcher, utility player ^[137]
• Don O'Riley (1945-1997), pitcher ^[138]
• Scott Taylor (1966- ), pitcher ^[139]
• Mike Torrez (1946- ), pitcher ^[140]

Basketball

• Chris Babb (1990- ), shooting guard in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Leo Lyons (1987- ), power forward ^[141]
• Fred Slaughter (1941-2016), center, sports agent ^[142]
• Dean Smith (1931-2015), University of North Carolina and Basketball Hall of Fame coach ^[143]
• Mark Turgeon (1965- ), head basketball coach at University of Maryland; formerly coach at Texas A&M University ^[144]
• Kyle Weems (1989- ), small forward ^[145]

Golf

• Marilynn Smith (1929-2019), pro golfer and LPGA co-founder, member of World Golf Hall of Fame
• Gary Woodland (1984- ), golfer ^[146]

Racing

• Fred Comer (1893-1928), race car driver ^[147]
• Louis Durant (1910-1972), race car driver ^[148]
• Bruce Hill (1949-2017), race car driver ^[149]

Other

• Bob Benoit (1954- ), pro bowler ^[150]
• Casey Converse (1957- ), U.S. Olympic swimmer, coach ^[151]
• Art Crews (1959- ), pro wrestler ^[152]
• Bob Davis (1945- ), sportscaster ^[153]
• Bill Disney (1932-2009), U.S. Olympic speed skater ^[154]
• Jack Disney (1930- ), U.S. Olympic cyclist ^[155]
• Melvin Douglas, Olympic wrestler, 1996 and 2000 ^[156] and World Championship gold medalist
• Max Falkenstien (1924-2019), radio broadcaster ^[157]
• Margaret Thompson Murdock (1942- ), member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, and first woman to win a medal in shooting at the Summer Olympics ^[158]
• Charles Nelson (1933- ), U.S. Olympic volleyball player ^[159]
• Anna Seaton (1964- ), U.S. Olympic rower ^[160]

See also

• Biography portal
• Kansas portal

• List of lists of people from Kansas

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