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This is a list of people from Topeka, Kansas.

Academia

Warren Faidley (1957- ), meteorologist, storm chaser^[1]
Riley Gardner (1921-2007), psychologist^[2]
Wes Jackson (1936- ), environmentalist, The Land Institute^[3]
Sokoni Karanja (1940- ), child development expert^[4]
G. Warren Nutter (1923-1979), economist^[5]
Ruth Patrick (1907-2013), botanist, limnologist^[6]
Walton T. Roth (1939- ), psychiatrist and psychophysiological researcher^[7]
David Curtis Skaggs, Jr. (1937- ), historian^[8]
John Brooks Slaughter (1934-2023), electrical engineer, National Science Foundation director^[9]

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

Brandon Adams (1979- ), actor^[10]
Annette Bening (1958- ), actress^[11]
Gregg Binkley (1963- ), actor^[12]
Roscoe Born (1950-2020), actor^[13]
Jack Colvin (1934-2005), actor ^{[citation needed]}
Samuel M. Comer (1893-1974), set decorator^[14]
George Dickerson (1933-2015), actor, poet, writer^[15]
Jayne Houdyshell (1953- ), actress^[16]
Jeff Kready, Broadway actor^{[citation needed]}
Alix Lapri, actress
Ted North (1916-1975), actor
Sheila Ryan (1921-1975), actress^[17]
Travis Schuldt (1974- ), actor^{[citation needed]}
Lois Smith (1930- ), actress^[18]
Fay Tincher (1884-1983), actress^[19]

Journalism

Elizabeth Farnsworth (1943- ), broadcaster, filmmaker^[20]
Donald C. Thompson (1885-1947), war photographer, director, producer^[21]

Literature

Thomas Fox Averill (1949- ), novelist^[22]
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), poet^[23]
Irene Bennett Brown, American author of children's, young adult and adult fiction^[24]
Jeannette Eyerly (1908-2008), novelist, columnist^[25]
Janet Fox (1940-2009), fantasy and horror writer, poet^[26]
Jane Heap (1883-1964), editor, publisher^[27]
Ben Lerner (1979- ), poet^[28]
Karen Salyer McElmurray (1956- ), essayist, novelist^[29]
Eric McHenry (1972- ), poet^[30]
Frances Clarke Sayers (1897-1989), author, lecturer, librarian^[31]
Ed Skoog (1971- ), poet^[32]
Linda Spalding (1943- ), novelist, editor^[33]
Rex Stout (1886-1975), novelist^[34]
Max Yoho (1934-2017), author^[35]
Kevin Young (1970/1971- ), poet, author, Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture^[36]

Music

Phil Ehart (1950-), drummer, founding member of the band Kansas
Streamline Ewing (1917-2002), jazz trombonist^[37]
Aulsondro "Emcee N.I.C.E." Hamilton, musician, member of KansasCali, known for Crash soundtrack^[38]
Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969), jazz saxophonist^[39]
Dave Hope (1949- ), bass guitarist,^[40] former member of Kansas
Josh Kulick, former heavy metal drummer for Through The Eyes Of The Dead^{[citation needed]}
Katrina Leskanich (1960- ), singer (Katrina and the Waves)^{[citation needed]}
Kerry Livgren (1949- ), founding member of the bands Kansas and AD^{[citation needed]}
Andy McKee (1979- ), musician^{[citation needed]}
Kirke Mechem (1925- ), composer^[41]
Origin, metal band^{[citation needed]}
Kliph Scurlock (1973- ), drummer^{[citation needed]}
Jamshied Sharifi (1960- ), composer, musician^[42]
Kenny Starr (1952- ), country singer^[43]
Rich Williams (1950- ), guitarist,^[44] member of Kansas

Other visual arts

James Pringle Cook (1947- ), Western landscape painter
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), Harlem Renaissance artist^[45]
Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918-1999), architect^[46]
Peter Max Lawrence (1977- ), contemporary media artist^[47]

Business

Henry Bubb (1907-1989), president and chairman of Capitol Federal Savings Bank
Brad Garlinghouse (1971- ), business executive, investor^[48]
Cyrus K. Holliday (1826-1900), first president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; founder of Topeka township
John F. Kilmartin (1921-2004), retail executive^[49]

Crime

Alvin "Creepy" Karpis (1907-1979), kidnapper, murderer, robber^[50]
Amy Watkins (1973-1999), murder victim^[51]

Medicine

Karl Bowman (1888-1973), psychiatrist^[52]
Harriet Lerner (1944- ), clinical psychologist and author^[53]
Karl Menninger (1893-1990), psychiatrist^[54]
Roy W. Menninger (1926-2024), psychiatrist^[55]
William C. Menninger (1899-1966), psychiatrist^[56]
W. Walter Menninger (1931- ), psychiatrist^[57]
Karl Targownik (1915-1996), psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor^{[citation needed]}

Military

Wilder D. Baker (1890-1975), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral during World War II^[58]
Ronald Evans (1933-1990), astronaut^[59]
Harry D. Felt (1902-1992), U.S. Navy Admiral^[60]
Donald Hudson (1895-1967), World War I flying ace^[61]
Philip Johnston (1892-1978), U.S. Marine Corps code-talker^[62]
Frank E. Petersen (1932-2015), U.S. Marine Corps Lt. General^[63]

Politics

National

Linda Carol Brown (1943-2018), plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education^[64]
Oliver Brown (1918-1961), plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education^[65]
Arthur Capper (1865-1951), U.S. Senator from Kansas, 20th Governor of Kansas^[66]
Helen Chenoweth-Hage (1938-2006), U.S. Representative from Idaho^[67]
Albert M. Cole (1901-1994), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[68]
Sam A. Crow (1926-2022), U.S. federal judge^[69]
Charles Curtis (1860-1936), 31st Vice President of the United States^[70]
Harry W. Fraser (1884-1950), labor leader^[71]
David Archibald Harvey (1845-1916), U.S. House Delegate from Oklahoma Territory^[72]
Donald R. Heath (1894-1981), U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, Laos, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam^[73]
Zelma Henderson (1920-2008), plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education^[74]
Nancy Kassebaum (1932- ), U.S. Senator from Kansas^[75]
Alf Landon (1887-1987), 26th Governor of Kansas, 1936 Republican candidate for U.S. President^[76]
John Thomas Marten (1951- ), U.S. federal judge^[77]
John Martin (1833-1913), U.S. Senator from Kansas^[78]
Isabell Masters (1913-2011), perennial third-party candidate for U.S. president^[79]
Noah C. McFarland (1822-1897), Commissioner of the United States General Land Office^[80]
John G. Otis (1838-1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[81]
Brad Parscale (1976- ), campaign manager for Donald Trump^[82]
Nathan Phelps (1958- ), LGBT rights activist^[83]
Shirley Phelps-Roper (1957- ), lawyer, anti-LGBT political activist^[84]
John Ritchie (1817-1887), abolitionist^[85]
Pat Roberts (1936- ), U.S. Senator from Kansas^[86]
William R. Roy (1926-2014), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[87]
Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), U.S. Representative from Kansas and Ambassador to Mexico^[88]
John States Seybold (1897-1982), Governor of Panama Canal Zone^[89]
Jim Slattery (1948- ), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[90]
John L. Waller (1850-1907), U.S. Consul to Madagascar^[91]

State

John Alcala (1959- ), Kansas state legislator^[92]
Carol A. Beier (1958- ), Kansas Supreme Court Justice^[93]
Robert Coldsnow (1924-2014), Kansas state legislator^[94]
Robert E. Davis (1939-2010), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice^[95]
Ron Estes (1956- ), 39th Treasurer of Kansas^[96] and 4th Congressional District Representative, elected 2017.^[97]
Joan Finney (1925-2001), 42nd Governor of Kansas^[98]
Shanti Gandhi (1940- ), physician and legislator^[99]
A. C. Hamlin (1881-1912), Oklahoma state legislator^[100]
Alexander Miller Harvey (1867-1928), 15th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas^[101]
Anthony Hensley (1953- ), Kansas state legislator^[102]
Marla Luckert (1955- ), Kansas Supreme Court justice^[103]
Lutie Lytle (1875-1950), lawyer, 1st African-American woman admitted to Kansas bar^[104]
Kay McFarland (1935-2015), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice^[105]
Eric Rosen (1953- ), Kansas Supreme Court Justice^[106]
Caleb Stegall (1971- ), Kansas Supreme Court Justice^[107]
Jeff Stone (1961- ), Wisconsin state legislator^[108]
Clifford W. Trow (1929- ), Oregon state legislator^[109]
William C. Webb (1824-1898), Wisconsin and Kansas legislator^[110]
Jackie Winters (1937-2019), Oregon state legislator^[111]

Local

Jacob Alan Dickinson (1911-1971), Topeka Board of Education president, desegregation supporter^[112]

Religion

Lillian M. Mitchner (1862/64-1954), social reformer; President, Kansas State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Fred Phelps (1929-2014), leader of the Westboro Baptist Church^[113]
Charles Sheldon (1857-1946), minister, author^[114]

Sports

American football

Chris Beatty (1973- ), coach^[115]
Tom Dinkel (1956- ), linebacker^[116]
Forrestal Hickman (1993- ), offensive tackle^[117]
Teven Jenkins (1998- ), offensive tackle^[118]
Mike Lemon (1951- ), linebacker^[119]
Trey Lewis (1985- ), defensive tackle^[120]
Lamar Mady (1990- ), center^[121]
Larry McGinnis (1899-1948), guard^[122]
Jack Nason (1899-1977), tackle, wingback^[123]
John H. Outland (1871-1947), college football coach and namesake of Outland Trophy^[124]
John Parrella (1969- ), defensive tackle^[125]
Ryan Torain (1986- ), running back^[126]
Chuck Washington (1964- ), defensive back^[127]
Troy Wilson (1970- ), defensive end^[128]

Baseball

Aaron Crow (1986- ), pitcher^[129]
Rick DeHart (1970- ), pitcher^[130]
Bingo DeMoss (1889-1965), 2nd baseman, manager^[131]
Art Griggs (1884-1938), 1st baseman^[132]
Ross Grimsley (1950- ), pitcher^[133]
Clarence Heise (1907-1999), pitcher^[134]
Bernadine Maxwell (d. 1988), utility player^[135]
Larry Miller (1937-2018), pitcher^[136]
Dink Mothell (1897-1980), pitcher, utility player^[137]
Don O'Riley (1945-1997), pitcher^[138]
Scott Taylor (1966- ), pitcher^[139]
Mike Torrez (1946- ), pitcher^[140]

Basketball

Chris Babb (1990- ), shooting guard in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Leo Lyons (1987- ), power forward^[141]
Fred Slaughter (1941-2016), center, sports agent^[142]
Dean Smith (1931-2015), University of North Carolina and Basketball Hall of Fame coach^[143]
Mark Turgeon (1965- ), head basketball coach at University of Maryland; formerly coach at Texas A&M University^[144]
Kyle Weems (1989- ), small forward^[145]

Golf

Marilynn Smith (1929-2019), pro golfer and LPGA co-founder, member of World Golf Hall of Fame
Gary Woodland (1984- ), golfer^[146]

Racing

Fred Comer (1893-1928), race car driver^[147]
Louis Durant (1910-1972), race car driver^[148]
Bruce Hill (1949-2017), race car driver^[149]

Other

Bob Benoit (1954- ), pro bowler^[150]
Casey Converse (1957- ), U.S. Olympic swimmer, coach^[151]
Art Crews (1959- ), pro wrestler^[152]
Bob Davis (1945- ), sportscaster^[153]
Bill Disney (1932-2009), U.S. Olympic speed skater^[154]
Jack Disney (1930- ), U.S. Olympic cyclist^[155]
Melvin Douglas, Olympic wrestler, 1996 and 2000^[156] and World Championship gold medalist
Max Falkenstien (1924-2019), radio broadcaster^[157]
Margaret Thompson Murdock (1942- ), member of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, and first woman to win a medal in shooting at the Summer Olympics^[158]
Charles Nelson (1933- ), U.S. Olympic volleyball player^[159]
Anna Seaton (1964- ), U.S. Olympic rower^[160]

See also

List of lists of people from Kansas

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