List of people from Leavenworth, Kansas
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This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Academia
See also: List of University of Saint Mary people
- R. H. Barlow (1918–1951), anthropologist, writer[1]
- Francis Samuel Drake (1828-1885), historian[2]
- Malcolm MacVicar (1829-1904), educator[3]
- Ernest Fox Nichols (1869–1924), physicist, president of Dartmouth College[4]
- Robert A. Scalapino (1919-2011), political scientist[5]
- Joseph Stayman (1817-1903), horticulturalist[6]
Arts and entertainment
Film, television, and theatre
- Hilda Clark (1872–1932), actress, model[7]
- Buffalo Bill Cody (1846–1917), showman, frontiersman, scout[8]
- Pat McMahon (born 1933), actor, disc jockey[9]
- Fred Meyers (born 1983), actor[10]
- Donn B. Murphy (born 1930), president of the National Theatre, theatrical advisor to the President of the United States[11]
- Brock Pemberton (1885–1950), theatrical director, producer, founder of the Tony Awards[12]
- Theresa Vail (born 1990), television host, Miss Kansas 2013[13]
Journalism
- Fred Lockley (1871-1958), columnist[14]
- Elizabeth Vargas (born 1962), television news anchor[15]
Literature
- Yda Hillis Addis (born 1857), writer[16]
- Harold Coyle (born 1952), novelist[17]
- Bryan Penberthy (born 1976), poet[18]
Music
- Charles N. Daniels (1878-1943), composer, music executive[19]
- Melissa Etheridge (born 1961), singer-songwriter, guitarist[20]
- Gary Foster (born 1936), multi-instrumentalist[21]
- Randy Sparks (born 1933), singer-songwriter[22]
Other visual arts
- Alfred Shea Addis (1832–1886), photographer[23]
- William Pratt Feth (1866–1959), architect[24]
- William Merrell Vories (1880–1964), architect, missionary[25]
Business
- Joseph W. Bettendorf (1864-1933), manufacturing executive[26]
- Marie Guiraud (1830–1909), rancher[27]
- Fred Harvey (1835–1901), restaurant entrepreneur[28]
- Ron Logan (born 1938), business executive[29]
- William Waddell (1807–1872), mail service entrepreneur, co-founder of the Pony Express[30]
- Herbert M. Woolf (1880-1964), department store executive, racehorse owner[31]
Crime and law enforcement
See also: United Disciplinary Barracks notable inmates and List of inmates of United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
- Thomas A. Cullinan (1838–1904), lawman[32]
- Wild Bill Hickok (1837–1876), lawman, gunfighter[33]
Military
- Donald Prentice Booth (1902-1993), U.S. Army Lieutenant General[34]
- George P. Buell (1833-1883), U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General, civil engineer[35]
- John J. Davis (1909–1997), U.S. Army Lieutenant General[36]
- Billy Dixon (1850–1913), scout, buffalo hunter[37]
- Charles R. Jennison (1834-1884), U.S. Army Colonel, abolitionist, Kansas state legislator[38]
- Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834–1864), U.S. Army Brigadier General[39]
- David P. Muzzey (1838-1910), U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, lawyer[40]
- David C. Schilling (1918–1956), U.S. Air Force Colonel, fighter ace[41]
- Richard J. Seitz (1918-2013), U.S. Army Lieutenant General[42]
- Persifor Frazer Smith (1798–1858), U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General, Military Governor of California[43]
Politics
National
- Daniel Read Anthony (1824–1904), abolitionist, publisher[44]
- Lucien Baker (1846–1907), U.S. Senator from Kansas[45]
- Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1889-1950), U.S. federal judge[46]
- William Patterson Borland (1867-1919), U.S. Representative from Missouri[47]
- William M. Boyle (1902-1961), Democratic Party activist[48]
- David Josiah Brewer (1837–1910), U.S. Supreme Court justice[49]
- Alexander Caldwell (1830–1917), U.S. Senator from Kansas[50]
- Robert Crozier (1827–1895), U.S. Senator from Kansas[51]
- Mark W. Delahay (1828-1879), U.S. federal judge[52]
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th President of the United States, General of the Army[53]
- Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826–1905), U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, U.S. Army Brevet Major General[54]
- Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829–1896), U.S. Representative from Ohio[55]
- Thomas Ewing III (1862-1942), Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office[56]
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898), U.S. Representative from Missouri[57]
- William Cather Hook (1857-1921), U.S. federal judge[58]
- Edward Jacobson (1891–1955), business associate of Harry Truman, advocate for the creation of Israel[59]
- Doug Lamborn (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Colorado[60]
- Charles Henry Langston (1817-1892), abolitionist, political activist[61]
- Cornelius Ambrose Logan (1832-1899), U.S. Ambassador to Chile, physician, writer[62]
- Walter Nelles (1883-1937), lawyer, pacifist, co-founder of National Civil Liberties Bureau[63]
- Marcus Junius Parrott (1828–1879), Kansas Territory delegate to U.S. Congress[64]
- Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901), U.S. Senator from Mississippi[65]
- James B. Rhoads (1928–2015), 5th Archivist of the United States[66]
- Edward T. Taylor (1858–1941), U.S. Representative from Colorado[67]
- Donald S. Voorhees (1916-1989), U.S. federal judge[68]
- Lewis Ledyard Weld (1833-1865), Colorado politician[69]
- Abel Carter Wilder (1828–1875), U.S. Representative from Kansas[70]
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (1834-1916), U.S. Representative from Missouri[71]
State
- George T. Anthony (1824–1896), 7th Governor of Kansas[72]
- Cassius McDonald Barnes (1845–1925), 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory[73]
- William A. Barstow (1813–1865), 3rd Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Army Brigadier General[74]
- John A. Burns (1909–1975), 2nd Governor of Hawaii[75]
- Thomas Carney (1824-1888), 2nd Governor of Kansas[76]
- Powell Clayton (1833–1914), 9th Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator from Arkansas[77]
- Robert E. Davis (1939–2010), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice[78]
- William Larimer, Jr. (1809–1875), Kansas state legislator, founder of Denver, Colorado[79]
- Andrew Nisbet, Jr. (1921–2013), Washington state legislator[80]
- Edward Stillings (1823-1890), Kansas state legislator, judge[81]
- Samuel Hanson Stone (1849-1909), Kentucky politician[82]
Religion
- Sherwood Eddy (1871–1963), evangelist, missionary[83]
- Louis Mary Fink (1834-1904), Roman Catholic Church prelate[84]
- Isidor Kalisch (1816–1886), rabbi, writer[85]
- John Baptist Miège (1815-1884), Roman Catholic Church missionary[84]
- Paul Clarence Schulte (1890-1984), Roman Catholic Church prelate[86]
- Winfield Scott (1837-1910), Baptist minister[87]
- John Ward (1857-1929), Roman Catholic Church prelate[88]
Sports
Baseball
- Jake Beckley (1867–1918), first baseman[89]
- Chet Brewer (1907–1990), pitcher, scout, manager[90]
- Duff Cooley (1873–1937), outfielder[91]
- Johnny Hetki (born 1922), pitcher[92]
- Jack Killilay (1887-1968), pitcher[93]
- Fred Raymer (1875-1957), infielder[94]
Basketball
- Neil Dougherty (1961–2011), coach[95]
- Wayne Simien (born 1983), power forward[96]
Other sports
- Amy Hastings (born 1984), track and field athlete[97]
- Sean Malto (born 1989), skateboarder[98]
See also
References
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