List of people from Junction City, Kansas

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

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Iva Kitchell (1908–1983), comedian, dancer
• John Cameron Mitchell (1963– ), actor, playwright, screenwriter, director
• Rockne Tarkington (1931–2015), actor
• Kevin Willmott (1959– ), film director, screenwriter

Journalism

• Peggy Hull (1889–1967), journalist

Literature

• Velina Hasu Houston (1957– ), playwright, poet, essayist

Music

• Marvin Ash (1914–1974), jazz pianist

Other visual arts

• Marion Manley (1893–1984), architect
• Fred Otnes (1925–2015), illustrator, painter
• Mary Rockwell Hook (1877–1978), architect
• Renee Stout (1958– ), assemblage artist

Business

• Marillyn Hewson (1953– ), aerospace and defense executive
• Amanda Jones (1835–1914), entrepreneur, inventor

Crime

Law enforcement

• Thomas A. Cullinan (1838–1904), city marshal, lawman

Military

• John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), U.S. Army colonel, military superintendent of railroads
• Michael P. C. Carns (1937–2023), U.S. Air Force general
• Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. (1884–1941), U.S. Army major general
• Walter D. Ehlers (1921–2014), U.S. Army 2nd lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient
• John C. H. Lee (1887–1958), U.S. Army lieutenant general
• John A. Seitz (1908–1987), U.S. Army brigadier general
• Richard J. Seitz (1918–2013), U.S. Army lieutenant general

Politics

National

• John Alexander Anderson (1834–1892), U.S. representative from Kansas
• John Davis (1826–1901), U.S. representative from Kansas
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th president of the United States, general of the Army

State

• Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970), 17th governor of Wyoming

Sports

American football

• Mark Dennis (1965– ), offensive tackle
• Ron Prince (1969– ), coach

Baseball

• Joey Devine (1983– ), relief pitcher
• George Giles (1909–1992), first baseman
• Bob Horner (1957– ), first and third baseman
• John Wells (1922–1993), pitcher

Other

• Steve Henson (1968– ), basketball point guard, coach
• Bobby Lashley (1976– ), mixed martial artist, pro wrestler
• James C. Wofford (1944– ), equestrian
• Isiah Young (1990– ), U.S. Olympic track and field sprinter

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

References