List of people from Lawrence, Kansas facts for kids

This article lists many interesting people who were born in or have lived in Lawrence, Kansas. These are people who have done amazing things in different fields, like music, sports, science, and writing. You might recognize some of their names!

A

• The Appleseed Cast, a cool band
• Karole Armitage, a talented choreographer who creates dance routines

B

• Martha Bablitch, a judge
• Leo Beuerman, a pencil salesman who was the subject of a short film nominated for an Academy Award
• Amani Bledsoe, a professional football player
• David Booth, an entrepreneur (someone who starts businesses)
• Corinne Brinkerhoff, a television producer and writer
• Erin Brockovich, an environmental activist who helps protect our planet
• George Brown, a politician
• William Burroughs, an author
• Sarah Buxton, a singer

C

• Dorothy Canfield Fisher, an author
• Danny Carey, a musician and the drummer for the band Tool
• Judge Louis Carpenter, a judge and lawyer who lived during the Lawrence Massacre in 1863
• Cattle Annie, a famous bandit born in Lawrence in 1882
• Paul Coker Jr., an illustrator for Mad Magazine and Rankin-Bass (known for animated TV specials)

D

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

E

• Bart D. Ehrman, a scholar and author
• Loren Eiseley, an anthropologist (someone who studies human societies) and author
• Michael S. Engel, a scholar who studies ancient life (paleontologist) and insects (entomologist)
• Ronald Evans, a NASA astronaut who traveled to space

F

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

G

• Robert L. Gernon, a jurist (a legal expert or judge)
• The Get Up Kids, a rock band
• Edward C. Gleed, a U.S. Army Air Force officer who was part of the famous Tuskegee Airmen

H

• John Hadl, a well-known NCAA and NFL football quarterback, honored in the College Football Hall of Fame
• William A. Harris, a U.S. Senator
• Herk Harvey, an actor, director, producer, and writer
• John G. Haskell, an architect who designed many buildings in Lawrence, including parts of the Kansas State Capitol
• Bobby Henrich, an MLB (Major League Baseball) player
• Stan Herd, a unique artist who creates art using crops in fields
• Ralph Houk, an MLB pitcher and manager
• Henry Salem Hubbell, an American Impressionist painter
• Isaac F. Hughes, a City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California
• Langston Hughes, a famous poet and author
• Kelley Hunt, a blues singer, pianist, and songwriter

J

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

K

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

L

• Jon Lemmon, a footballer (soccer player)

M

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

N

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

O

• Marcus Oliveria, a boxer

P

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

R

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

S

• Paschal Salisbury, the first African-American Dominican priest
• Kliph Scurlock, the drummer for the band The Flaming Lips
• Stanley Sheldon, a bass player for the musician Peter Frampton
• Stephen Six, a former Attorney General of Kansas
• Split Lip Rayfield, a band
• Sri Srinivasan, a U.S. Federal Judge
• William A. Starrett, a builder who helped construct the famous Empire State Building
• Robby Steinhardt, a violinist and vocalist for the band Kansas

T

• Solon O. Thacher, a judge and politician

W

• John Allen Wakefield, a political and military leader
• George Walker, an African-American vaudeville actor
• Donald Worster, an environmental historian and author
• Henry Wright, a planner and architect

Y

• Jeff Yagher, an 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