List of people from Lawrence, Kansas

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• The Appleseed Cast, band
• Karole Armitage, choreographer

B

• Martha Bablitch, judge
• Beatrice Belkin, soprano
• Leo Beuerman, pencil salesman, subject of a 1969 short film nominated for an Academy Award
• Amani Bledsoe, professional football player
• David Booth, entrepreneur
• Corinne Brinkerhoff, television producer and writer
• Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
• George Brown, politician
• William Burroughs, author
• Sarah Buxton, singer

C

• Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author
• Danny Carey, musician, drummer for Tool
• Judge Louis Carpenter, judge and lawyer, murdered in Lawrence Massacre on August 21, 1863
• Cattle Annie, bandit born in Lawrence in 1882^[1]
• Paul Coker Jr., illustrator, Mad Magazine and Rankin-Bass

D

• Karen Dalton, musician
• George Docking, politician
• Robert Docking, politician

E

• Bart D. Ehrman, scholar, author
• Loren Eiseley, anthropologist, author
• Michael S. Engel, scholar, paleontologist, entomologist
• Ronald Evans, NASA astronaut (Pathfinder to the Stars)

F

• Mike Finnigan, musician
• Marci Francisco, politician
• Thomas Frank, author

G

• Robert L. Gernon, jurist
• The Get Up Kids, rock band
• Edward C. Gleed, U.S. Army Air Force officer with the famed Buffalo Soldiers/9th Cavalry Regiment (United States) and Tuskegee Airmen^[2][3][4]

H

• John Hadl, NCAA and NFL football quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame
• Zach Hadel, co-creator of Smiling Friends (show)
• William A. Harris, U.S. Senator
• Herk Harvey, actor, director, producer, writer
• John G. Haskell, architect of numerous Lawrence buildings as well as the Kansas State Capitol
• Bobby Henrich, MLB player
• Stan Herd, crop artist
• Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
• Henry Salem Hubbell, American Impressionist painter
• Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California
• Langston Hughes, poet and author
• Kelley Hunt, blues singer, pianist, songwriter

J

• Bill James, baseball statistician and author
• Steve Jeltz, professional baseball player
• Patty Jenkins, film writer and director

K

• Tom Keegan, sportswriter
• Maggie Koerth-Baker, science journalist and blogger

L

• Jon Lemmon, footballer

M

• Deane Waldo Malott, university president
• Danny Manning, professional basketball player, college basketball coach
• Mates of State, rock band
• Mark Maxey, filmmaker
• David McClain, university president
• Elmer McCollum, scientist
• Minus Story, band
• Na Mira, artist
• Bryce Montes de Oca, Baseball player for the New York Mets
• Jason Moss, musician
• Alan Mulally, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation
• Mr._Beat, YouTuber

N

• Devin Neal, running back at the University of Kansas
• Bill Nieder, track and field athlete (shot put), won silver medal at 1956 Summer Olympics and gold in 1960 Summer Olympics, set three shot put world records

O

• Marcus Oliveria, boxer

P

• Sara Paretsky, novelist
• Paw, rock band
• Ryan Pope, musician (The Get Up Kids)
• Carl Adolph Preyer, music instructor and composer
• Matthew Pryor, musician (The Get Up Kids)

R

• Charles L. Robinson, first governor of Kansas
• Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, writer, historian, First Lady of Kansas

S

• Paschal Salisbury, first African-American Dominican priest
• Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips
• Stanley Sheldon, bass player for Peter Frampton
• Stephen Six, Attorney General of Kansas'
• Split Lip Rayfield, band
• Sri Srinivasan, U.S. Federal Judge
• William A. Starrett (1877–1932), builder who constructed the Empire State Building^[5]
• Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas

T

• Solon O. Thacher, judge and politician

W

• John Allen Wakefield, political and military leader
• George Walker, African-American vaudeville actor
• David Woodard, conductor^[6]
• Donald Worster, environmental historian, author
• Henry Wright, planner and architect

Y

• Jeff Yagher, actor

See also

• List of lists of people from Kansas
• List of University of Kansas people
• List of Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians head football coaches
• List of Kansas Jayhawks head football coaches

References

1. "Cattle Annie & Little Britches, taken from Lee Paul". Ranchdivaoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
2. CAF Rise Above. "Edward Creston Gleed."https://cafriseabove.org/edward-creston-gleed/
3. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Edward C. Gleed Flying Jacket." Published May 04, 2015 https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196715/edward-c-gleed-flying-jacket/
4. Black Then. "EDWARD CRESTON GLEED: BUFFALO SOLDIER TO TUSKEGEE AIRMAN." JAE JONES. OCTOBER 12, 2018. https://blackthen.com/edward-creston-gleed-buffalo-soldier-tuskegee-airman/
5. Staff. "Col. W. A. Starrett, Noted Builder, Dead, Was Coordinating Official of Extensive Realty, Finance and Construction Enterprises. Put Up The Empire State Erected Steel-Framed Structures in Japan for Withstanding Earthquakes – Active in War., The New York Times, March 27, 1932. Accessed March 25, 2023. "Colonel Starrett was born in Lawrence, Kan., on June 14, 1877, a son of the Rev. William A. and Helen Eken Starrett."
6. Hensley, J.J., "Prequiem Dream", The Pitch, April 12, 2001.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Kansas, including historical information about its counties and cities

See also: List of books about Douglas County, Kansas