This article is a list of notable people who were born in and/or have lived in Lawrence, Kansas. Alumni of University of Kansas or Haskell Indian Nations University, including athletes and coaches, who are not originally from Lawrence should not be included in this list, instead, they should be listed in List of University of Kansas people. This includes faculty and coaches who stayed in Lawrence after retirement.
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- Martha Bablitch, judge
- Beatrice Belkin, soprano
- Leo Beuerman, pencil salesman, subject of a 1969 short film nominated for an Academy Award
- Amani Bledsoe, professional football player
- David Booth, entrepreneur
- Ronald T. Borchardt, pharmaceutical chemist
- Corinne Brinkerhoff, television producer and writer
- Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
- George Brown, politician
- William Burroughs, author
- Sarah Buxton, singer
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- John Hadl, NCAA and NFL football quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame
- Zach Hadel, co-creator of Smiling Friends
- William A. Harris, U.S. senator
- Herk Harvey, actor, director, producer, writer
- John G. Haskell, architect of numerous Lawrence buildings as well as the Kansas State Capitol
- Bobby Henrich, MLB player
- Stan Herd, crop artist
- Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
- Henry Salem Hubbell, Impressionist painter
- Isaac F. Hughes, city council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California
- Langston Hughes, poet and author
- Kelley Hunt, blues singer, pianist, songwriter
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- Deane Waldo Malott, university president
- Danny Manning, professional basketball player, college basketball coach
- Mates of State, rock band
- Mark Maxey, filmmaker
- David McClain, university president
- Elmer McCollum, scientist
- Minus Story, band
- Na Mira, artist
- Bryce Montes de Oca, baseball player for the New York Mets
- Jason Moss, musician
- Alan Mulally, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation
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- Paschal Salisbury, first African-American Dominican priest
- Kliph Scurlock, drummer of The Flaming Lips
- Stanley Sheldon, bass player for Peter Frampton
- Stephen Six, attorney general of Kansas
- Gary Mark Smith, street photographer, author
- Split Lip Rayfield, band
- Sri Srinivasan, U.S. federal judge
- William A. Starrett (1877âÂÂ1932), builder who constructed the Empire State Building
- Robby Steinhardt, violinist, vocalist with band Kansas
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