List of people from Garden City, Kansas

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

Arts and entertainment

• Sanora Babb (1907–2005), novelist, journalist
• Jeremy Hubbard (1972– ), news anchor
• Frank Mantooth (1947–2004), jazz pianist, arranger
• Fred Myton (1885–1955), screenwriter

Law enforcement

• Alvin Dewey (1912–1987), special agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation

Military

• Kendall Carl Campbell (1917–1942), U.S. Naval Reserve aviator

Politics

National

• John Cotteral (1864–1933), U.S. federal judge
• Clifford R. Hope (1893–1970), U.S. representative from Kansas
• Richard Hopkins (1873–1943), U.S. federal judge
• Dale Saffels (1921–2002), U.S. federal judge
• William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), U.S. senator from Kansas

State

• Don O. Concannon (1927–2013), candidate for governor in 1974
• Bob Lewis, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Roy Romer (1928– ), 39th governor of Colorado
• Jeff Whitham, former member of the Kansas House of Representatives

Local

• Webster Davis (1861–1923), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
• Buffalo Jones (1844–1919), frontiersman, conservationist, co-founder of Garden City
• Chuck Reed (1948– ), 64th mayor of San Jose, California

Sports

American football

• Thurman "Fum" McGraw (1927–2000), NFL defensive tackle
• Hal Patterson (1932–2011), CFL wide receiver
• John Zook (1947–2020), NFL defensive end

Baseball

• Gene Krug (1955– ), MLB pinch hitter
• Harry Short (1878–1954), Texas League stolen base leader 1907
• Todd Tichenor (1976– ), MLB umpire

Boxing

• Victor Ortíz (1987– ), welterweight, actor
• Brandon Rios (1986– ), lightweight

Other sports

• Mark Fox (1969– ), basketball coach
• Ray Watson (1898–1974), U.S. Olympic track and field athlete

Other

• Joe Exotic (1963– ), former zoo operator, convicted felon, and politician
• Charles "Buffalo" Jones (1844–1919), cowboy and naturalist
• Julian Morgenstern (1881–1976), rabbi and Hebrew Union College professor and president

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