List of people from Emporia, Kansas

This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Emporia, Kansas.

Academia

• Frank A. Beach (1911-1988), ethologist^[1]
• Richard Grant Hiskey (1929-2016 ), chemist^[2]
• Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937), entomologist, evolutionary biologist^[3]
• Samuel Martin (1924-2009), linguist^[4]
• Carl Salser (1921-2006), author, businessman, educator^[5]
• Arthur Samuel (1901-1990), computer scientist^[6]

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Harry Cheshire (1891-1968), actor^[7]
• R. Lee Ermey (1944- ), former U.S. Marine drill instructor, television host, and actor^[8]
• Thelma Hill (1906-1938), silent-film comedian^[9]
• James Still (1959- ), playwright^[10]

Journalism

• William Allen White (1868-1944), author and newspaper editor^[11]
• William Lindsay White (1900-1973), author, newspaper editor, CBS war correspondent, Reader's Digest roving editor^[12]

Literature

• Jacob M. Appel (1973- ), novelist (Einstein's Beach House)^[13]
• Don Coldsmith (1926-2009), novelist^[14]
• Denise Low (1949- ), poet^[15]
• Keith Waldrop (1932- ), poet, translator^[16]

Music

• Marvin Ash (1914-1974), jazz pianist^[17]
• Roy Burns (1935- ), drummer^[18]
• Melora Creager (1966- ), cellist, singer-songwriter^[19]
• Kelley Hunt, blues pianist, singer-songwriter^[20]

Other visual arts

• Wendell Castle (1932- ), furniture artist^[21]
• Evan Lindquist (1936- ), artist, printmaker, Arkansas artist laureate^[22]
• Albert Murray (1906-1992), portrait painter^[23]
• Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908-1974), cartoonist, illustrator, painter^[24]

Business

• David Green (1941- ), founder of Hobby Lobby^[25]
• George Webb Slaughter (1811-1895), cattle breeder and drover, Baptist minister^[26]

Crime and law enforcement

• Mark Essex (1949-1973), mass murderer^[27]

Military

• William F. Cloud (1825-1905), U.S. Army Colonel^[28]
• Grant F. Timmerman (1919-1944), U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient^[29]

Politics

National

• William Ripley Brown (1840-1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[30]
• Chad Johnson (1967- ), attorney, political activist^[31]
• Elmer O. Leatherwood (1872-1929), U.S. Representative from Utah^[32]
• Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), U.S. Senator from Kansas, co-founder of Emporia^[33]
• Edward Herbert Rees (1886-1969), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[34]

State

• Jim Barnett (1955- ), Kansas state legislator^[35]
• Samuel J. Crawford (1835-1913), 3rd Governor of Kansas^[36]
• Don Hill (1944- ), Kansas state legislator^[37]
• Jeff Longbine, Kansas state legislator^[38]
• Peggy Mast, Kansas state legislator^[39]
• Richard Proehl (1944- ), Kansas state legislator^[40]
• Roy Wilford Riegle (1896-1988), Kansas state legislator^[41]

Religion

• Warren Parrish (1803-1877), early Mormon leader, Baptist minister^[42]

Sports

American football

• Jim Everett (1963- ), quarterback^[43]
• John Lohmeyer (1951- ), defensive lineman^[44]

Other

• Clint Bowyer (1979- ), NASCAR driver^[45]
• Daniel Gallemore (1985- ), mixed martial artist^[46]
• J. L. Lewis (1960- ), professional golfer^[47]
• Ray Pierce (1897-1963), baseball pitcher^[48]
• Paul Samson (1905-1982), U.S. Olympic swimmer, water polo player^[49]
• Dean Smith (1931-2015), former North Carolina basketball coach, member of College Basketball Hall of Fame^[50]

See also

• List of lists of people from Kansas
• List of people from Lyon County, Kansas

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