List of people from Franklin County, Kansas

The following is a list of people from Franklin County, Kansas. The area includes the cities of Ottawa, Wellsville, Pomona, and other cities rural areas in the county. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

Arts

Don Harrison, former anchor of CNN Headline News
Stanley Sheldon, bass guitar player
Chely Wright, country music star and songwriter

Athletics

Bill Grigsby, former sportscaster for the Kansas City Chiefs
Steve Grogan, New England Patriots quarterback, 1975-1990
Kent Kessinger, head football coach of Ottawa Braves
Lou McEvoy, Major League Baseball pitcher, New York Yankees
Wade Moore, head football coach Kansas State University, 1901 season
Jeremy Petty, ARCA Remax Series driver
Arthur Schabinger, football and basketball player and coach, credited (although disputed) with throwing the first forward pass in college football history
Willie Ramsdell, Major League baseball pitcher

Business

Paul Helms, executive in the baking industry; sports philanthropist

Clergy

Jacob L. Beilhart, founder and leader of a communitarian group known as the Spirit Fruit Society
John and Edith Kilbuck, Moravian missionaries in southwestern Alaska in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Jotham Meeker, missionary and printer who printed over sixty publications in Native American languages

Politics

Aldamar Elder, member of Kansas House of Representatives
Peter Percival Elder, sixth Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
Gary Hart, former presidential candidate
Kevin Jones, member of Kansas House of Representatives
Jerry Voorhis, member of United States House of Representatives from California

Technology

Steven Hawley, Space Shuttle astronaut
Lloyd Stearman, aviator and aircraft designer
John G. Thompson, mathematician, winner of 1992 Wolf Prize and 2008 Abel Prize

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