List of people from Kansas
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People from the state of Kansas who have achieved fame or note include:
- Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th President of the United States, Allied commander in World War II, raised in Abilene, Kansas (but born in Texas).
- Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize winner in Economics born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
- Jack S. Kilby, Nobel Prize winner in Physics born and raised in Great Bend, Kansas.
- Jesse Unruh, California politician, born and raised in Newton, Kansas.
- Bob Dole (born 1923), politician, Senator, Presidential Candidate, Russell, Kansas.
- Alf Landon, Governor, Presidential Candidate, Topeka, Kansas.
- Marlin Fitzwater Press Secretary, for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, Abilene, Kansas.
- Satanta, Chief of the Kiowa tribe, Western Kansas.
- Gordon Parks (born 1912), film director, born and raised in Fort Scott, Kansas.
- Dennis Hopper (born 1936), actor, born in Dodge City, Kansas.
- Kirstie Alley (born 1955), actress, Wichita, Kansas.
- Don Johnson (born 1959), actor, born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
- Hugh Beaumont (1909 - 1982) actor, Lawrence, Kansas.
- Loren Entz, western artist, Whitewater, Kansas.
- Blackbear Bosin, (1921-1980), native American artist, Wichita, Kansas.
- Steven Stucky, (1949-), Pulitzer Prize 2005 in music, Hutchinson, Kansas.
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967), writer and poet, Topeka, Kansas.
- Barry Sanders (born 1968), Pro Football Hall of Famer, Wichita, Kansas.
- Jess Willard (1881-1968), Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
- Steve Hawley, Astronaut, Salina, Kansas.
- Ron Evans, Astronaut, Topeka, Kansas.
- Frederick N. Funston (11 September 1865 - 19 February 1917) Major General, Medal of Honor, Iola, Kansas
- Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), aviator, Atchison, Kansas.
- Thomas Frank, author and editor.
- Dean Smith, men's college basketball coach, Topeka, Kansas.
- Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. Senator, Topeka, Kansas.
- Dan Glickman, former Secretary of Agriculture & current President of the Motion Picture Association of America, Wichita, Kansas.
- Adolph Rupp, men's college basketball coach, Halstead, Kansas.
- Jim Ryun, athlete and politician, Wichita, Kansas.
- Charles G. Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, Wichita, Kansas.
- David H. Koch, executive and politician, Wichita, Kansas.
- William Allen White, writer and editor, Emporia, Kansas.
- Dennis Moore, politician, Anthony, Kansas.
- Bill Kurtis, journalist, Independence, Kansas.