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List of people from Lawrence, Kansas
For people who were born/raised in Lawrence, Kansas, and for people who lived in Lawrence for a long time.
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- Martha Bablitch, judge
- Nancy Baker, politician §
- Thomas Barber, pioneer §
- Hugh Beaumont, actor
- Leo Beuerman, pencil salesman, subject of a 1969 short film nominated for an Academy Award
- David Booth, entrepreneur
- Corinne Brinkerhoff, television producer and writer
- Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
- George Brown, politician
- Larry Brown, basketball coach §
- R. C. Buford, basketball general manager
- William Burroughs, author §
- Sarah Buxton, singer
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- 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]
- Wilt Chamberlain, Hall of Fame basketball player §
- Paul Coker Jr., illustrator, Mad Magazine and Rankin-Bass
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- John Hadl, NCAA and NFL football quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame
- Kevin Harlan, NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer §
- Frank Harris, author §
- 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, Major League Baseball player
- Stan Herd, crop artist §
- Kirk Hinrich, professional basketball player (Chicago Bulls) §
- Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
- Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California §
- Langston Hughes, poet and author §
- Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §
- Kelley Hunt, blues singer, pianist, songwriter
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- Deane Waldo Malott, university president §
- Danny Manning, professional basketball player §
- Mates of State, rock band
- Mark Maxey, filmmaker §
- David McClain, university president
- Elmer McCollum, scientist
- Charles D. Michener, scientist §
- Minus Story, band §
- Dennis Moore, politician §
- Laura Moriarty, novelist §
- Jason Moss, musician
- Alan Mulally, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation §
- Franklin David Murphy, university president §
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- Rob Riggle, actor, comedian §
- Charles L. Robinson, first governor of Kansas §
- Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, writer, historian, First Lady of Kansas §
- Aaron Rosenberg, writer §
- Frank Sherwood Rowland, co-winner, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry §
- Lois Ruby, author §
- Paul Rudd, actor §
- Jim Ryun, athlete, politician §
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- Gale Sayers, NFL running back, Hall of Famer §
- Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips §
- Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services §
- Bill Self, basketball coach of KU §
- Simran Sethi, journalist §
- Stanley Sheldon, bass player for Peter Frampton §
- Roger Shimomura, artist §
- Wayne Simien, professional basketball player §
- Stephen Six, Attorney General of Kansas
- Gary Mark Smith, artist, author §
- Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize–winning economist §
- Split Lip Rayfield, band §
- William A. Starrett, builder and architect of skyscrapers, notably the Empire State Building.
- Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas
- Walter R. Stubbs, 18th governor of Kansas §[2]
- Jason Sudeikis, actor
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