List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Academia

• Jane Smisor Bastien (1936–2018), music teacher and author
• Dale L. Boger (born 1953), organic chemist
• L. H. Hausam (1870–1941), president of the Hausam School of Penmanship and founder of Great Western Business and Normal College
• William Lee Miller (1926–2012), historian, political ethics professor
• Erik N. Rasmussen (born 1957), atmospheric scientist and tornado expert
• Fred Soper (1893–1977), epidemiologist
• Howard Swearer (1932–1991), educator
• Pat Woodrum (born 1941), librarian

Arts and entertainment

Fashion

• Julie Woodson (born 1950), model

Film, television, and theatre

• Kay Alden (born 1946), screenwriter
• Mitch Brian (born 1961), screenwriter
• Aneta Corsaut (1933–1995), actress
• Racquel Darrian (born 1968), pornographic actress
• Lucinda Dickey (born 1960), actress, dancer
• Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), film director

Journalism

• Michael Grant (born 1951), journalist
• Fred Kaplan (born 1954), author, journalist
• James B. Steele (born 1943), author, journalist

Literature

• Scott Heim (born 1966), novelist
• Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995), science fiction writer, novelist
• William Mark Simmons (born 1953), broadcaster, novelist
• William Stafford (1914–1993), poet, pacifist

Music

• James Avery (1937–2009), conductor, pianist
• Jock Bartley, guitarist
• Steven Stucky (1949–2016), composer
• Murry Wilson (1917–1973), record producer, songwriter; father of three Beach Boys performers

Other visual arts

• Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), artist
• John Newsom (born 1970), painter

Business

• James Barnett (born 1986), entrepreneur, activist
• David Dillon (born 1951), former CEO of Kroger, great-grandson of J.S. Dillon who founded Dillons
• Hal Prewitt (born 1954), technology entrepreneur, inventor, race car driver, artist, photographer

Crime

• Edward J. Adams (1887–1921), bank robber

Military

• Robert S. Lucas (1930–2016), U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral
• Alexander Pearson Jr., U.S. Army first lieutenant
• Fay B. Prickett, U.S. Army major general

Politics

National

• Leland Barrows (1906–1988), U.S. ambassador to Cameroon and Togo
• Wesley E. Brown (1907–2012), U.S. federal judge
• William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. representative from Kansas
• Ralph Easley (1856–1939), political activist
• Martha Keys (born 1930), U.S. representative from Kansas
• Richard T. Morrison (born 1967), U.S. tax court judge
• Scott W. Stucky (born 1948), U.S. appeals court judge
• Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), U.S. representative from Kansas
• Kevin Yoder (born 1976), U.S. representative from Kansas

State

• Terry Bruce (born 1975), Kansas legislator
• Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), 21st governor of New Mexico
• John F. Hayes (1919–2010), Kansas legislator
• Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972), 27th governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge
• Dick Kraus (1937–2019), Massachusetts legislator
• Jay La Suer (born 1940), California legislator
• B. Robert Lewis (1931–1979), Minnesota state legislator and veterinarian
• William Yoast Morgan (1866–1932), lieutenant governor of Kansas
• Michael O'Neal (born 1951), Kansas legislator

Local

• Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), attorney; business manager of The Hutchinson News; Hutchinson school board, city council and school board for Los Angeles, California

Sports

American football

• Geneo Grissom (born 1992), defensive lineman
• Ben Heeney, linebacker
• Ken Huff (born 1953), offensive lineman
• Buck Pierce (born 1981), quarterback
• Pat Ryan (born 1955), quarterback
• Tommy Thompson (1916–1989), quarterback

Baseball

• Jack Banta (1925–2006), pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball
• Joyce Barnes (1925–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Andy Dirks (born 1986), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball

Basketball

• Jamie Carey (born 1981), Former WNBA guard for the Connecticut Sun

Gymnastics

• Dallas Bixler (1910–1990), Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast

Fictional residents

• Sam "Squid" Dullard, character on Rocket Power, moves to fictional California town featured in the show in the first episode, revealed in a later episode that he's from Hutchinson

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

References