List of people from Dodge City, Kansas

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Dodge City, Kansas.

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Madge Blake (1899–1969), actress
• Eddie Foy, Sr. (1856–1928), actor, comedian, dancer
• Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), actor

Music

• Chris Estes (1971–), bass guitarist
• James King (1925–2005), opera singer

Other visual arts

• Billy Al Bengston (1934–2022), artist, sculptor

Crime and law enforcement

• Clay Allison (1840–1887), gunfighter
• Charlie Bassett (1847–1896), lawman
• Chalkley Beeson (1848–1912), businessman, lawman
• Big Nose Kate (1850–1940), companion of Doc Holliday
• William L. Brooks (1832–1874), lawman, outlaw
• Shotgun John Collins (1851–1922), gunfighter
• James Earp (1841–1926), lawman, saloon keeper
• Virgil Earp (1843–1905), lawman
• Wyatt Earp (1848–1929), lawman
• Dora Hand (1844–1878), dance hall singer, murder victim
• Doc Holliday (1851–1887), gambler, gunfighter
• James H. "Dog" Kelley (1833–1912), mayor of Dodge City 1877–1881, founder of Kelly Opera House, briefly supervised law-enforcement career of Wyatt Earp
• Frank Loving (1860–1882), gambler, gunfighter
• Bat Masterson (1853–1921), lawman, sports journalist
• Ed Masterson (1852–1878), lawman
• James Masterson (1855–1895), lawman
• Mysterious Dave Mather (1851–1886), gunfighter, lawman
• Levi Richardson (1851–1879), buffalo hunter, gunfighter
• Mary Lou Robinson (1926–2019), United States District Court judge
• Luke Short (1854–1893), gunfighter
• Charlie Siringo (1855–1928), detective, author
• Libby Thompson (1855–1953), dancer, prostitute
• Bill Tilghman (1854–1924), lawman
• Texas Jack Vermillion (1842–1911), gunfighter
• John Joshua Webb (1847–1882), gunfighter, outlaw

Military

• John E. Gingrich (1897–1960), U.S. Navy admiral

Politics

National

• Charles N. Lamison (1826–1896), U.S. representative from Ohio
• Edmond H. Madison (1865–1911), U.S. representative from Kansas
• Pat Roberts (1936–), U.S. senator from Kansas

State

• Fred Hall (1916–1970), 33rd governor of Kansas
• Robert Dean Hunter (1928–2023), member of the Texas House of Representatives 1986–2007; first Republican to represent Abilene, Texas, since Reconstruction; vice-president emeritus of Abilene Christian University
• Robert M. Wright (1840–1915), one of the founders of Dodge City; member of the Kansas House of Representatives 1875–1883; one-term mayor of Dodge City

Religion

• David Ricken (1952–), Roman Catholic bishop

Sports

• Robert Delpino (1965–), football player
• Travis Goff (1979–), current athletic director at the University of Kansas
• Sean James (1969–), football player, model
• Nat Love (1854–1921), rodeo cowboy
• Bill Miller (1912–2008), Olympic gold medalist 1932
• Sputnik Monroe (1928–2006), pro wrestler
• Lance Nichols (1939–2024), baseball player, manager

Fiction

• Matt Dillon, fictional U.S. marshal of Dodge City featured on both the radio and television versions of Gunsmoke

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

References