List of people from Emporia, Kansas

This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Emporia, Kansas.

Academia

• Frank A. Beach (1911–1988), ethologist
• Richard Grant Hiskey (1929–2016), chemist
• Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867–1937), entomologist, evolutionary biologist
• Samuel Martin (1924–2009), linguist
• Carl Salser (1921–2006), author, businessman, educator
• Arthur Samuel (1901–1990), computer scientist

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Harry Cheshire (1891–1968), actor
• R. Lee Ermey (1944–2018), former U.S. Marine drill instructor, television host, and actor
• Thelma Hill (1906–1938), silent-film comedian
• Q (1996 or 1997), drag performer competing on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
• James Still (1959– ), playwright

Journalism

• William Allen White (1868–1944), author and newspaper editor
• William Lindsay White (1900–1973), author, newspaper editor, CBS war correspondent, Reader's Digest roving editor

Literature

• Jacob M. Appel (1973– ), novelist (Einstein's Beach House)
• Don Coldsmith (1926–2009), novelist
• Denise Low (1949– ), poet
• Keith Waldrop (1932–2023), poet, translator

Music

• Marvin Ash (1914–1974), jazz pianist
• Roy Burns (1935–2018), drummer
• Melora Creager (1966– ), cellist, singer-songwriter
• Kelley Hunt, blues pianist, singer-songwriter
• Cady Groves (1989–2020)
• Brian Leeds (1991–), electronic musician

Other visual arts

• Wendell Castle (1932– 2018), furniture artist
• Evan Lindquist (1936–2023), artist, printmaker, Arkansas artist laureate
• Albert Murray (1906–1992), portrait painter
• Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, painter

Business

• David Green (1941– ), founder of Hobby Lobby
• George Webb Slaughter (1811–1895), cattle breeder and drover, Baptist minister

Crime and law enforcement

• Mark Essex (1949–1973), mass murderer

Military

• William F. Cloud (1825–1905), U.S. Army Colonel
• Grant F. Timmerman (1919–1944), U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient

Politics

National

• William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
• Rose Conway, personal secretary to President Harry S. Truman
• Elmer O. Leatherwood (1872–1929), U.S. Representative from Utah
• Preston B. Plumb (1837–1891), U.S. Senator from Kansas, co-founder of Emporia
• Edward Herbert Rees (1886–1969), U.S. Representative from Kansas

State

• Jim Barnett (1955– ), Kansas state legislator
• Samuel J. Crawford (1835–1913), 3rd Governor of Kansas
• Don Hill (1944– ), Kansas state legislator
• Jeff Longbine (1962– ), Kansas state legislator
• Peggy Mast (1948– ), Kansas state legislator
• Richard Proehl (1944– ), Kansas state legislator
• Roy Wilford Riegle (1896–1988), Kansas state legislator

Religion

• Warren Parrish (1803–1877), early Mormon leader, Baptist minister

Sports

• Clint Bowyer (1979– ), NASCAR driver
• Jim Everett (1963– ), quarterback
• Daniel Gallemore (1985– ), mixed martial artist
• J. L. Lewis (1960–2019), professional golfer
• John Lohmeyer (1951– ), defensive lineman
• Ray Pierce (1897–1963), baseball pitcher
• Paul Samson (1905–1982), U.S. Olympic swimmer, water polo player
• Dean Smith (1931–2015), former North Carolina basketball coach, member of College Basketball Hall of Fame

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas
• List of people from Lyon County, Kansas

References