- List of people from Lawrence, Kansas
This is a list of notable natives and residents who were born or spent important time in the City of
Lawrence, Kansas . Persons not born in Lawrence are marked with §.A
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Phog Allen , basketball coach §
*Mike Amyx , mayor
*The Appleseed Cast Band
*Nachman Aronszajn , mathematician§ (see alsoAronszajn tree )
*William H. Avery, politician §B
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Steve Ballew , student and snipe theatre member §
*Thomas Barber , pioneer §
*Nancy Kassebaum Baker , politician §
*Hugh Beaumont, actor
*Erin Brockovich , environmental activist
*George L. Brown , politician
*William S. Burroughs , author §C
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher , author
*Danny Carey , musician, drummer for Tool
*Wilt Chamberlain , Hall of Fame basketball player §D
*Robert Day, author of "The Last Cattle Drive" §
*George Docking , politician §
*Robert Docking , politician §
*Bob Dole , politician §E
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Bart D. Ehrman , scholar, author
*Paul Endacott , Hall of Fame basketball player
*Ronald Evans ,NASA Astronaut "(Pathfinder to the Stars)". §F
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Thomas Frank , author §G
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Cedric A. Gardner , US Navy Intelligence Professional§
*Robert L. Gernon , jurist §
*James Grauerholz , author, adopted son of author William S. Burroughs §
*James Gunn, author §H
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Kevin Harlan , NFL and NCAA college basketball television announcer §
*Frank Harris , author §
*William A. Harris, U.S. Senator
*Herk Harvey , actor, motion picture director, producer, and writer §
*Bobby Henrich , Major League baseball player
*Boog Highberger , Student and Snipe Theatre member §
*Kirk Hinrich , Professional Basketball player(Chicago Bulls)
*Ralph Houk , New York Yankees manager
*Langston Hughes , poet and author §
*Jane Dee (Bowersock) Hull, politician §
*Lydia Hull , actressJ
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Bill James , baseball author §
*Steve Jeltz , former professional baseball player
*Patty Jenkins , film writer/director (Monster (movie) )
*Don Johnson , actor §
*Kij Johnson , authorK
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Kenton Keith , diplomat §
*Phill Kline , politician §L
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Alf Landon , politician §
*Jeffrey Lang , mathematician, author §
*Stanley Lombardo , professor, translator §M
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Deane Waldo Malott , university president §
*Danny Manning , professional basketball player §
*Josh Mars , student and snipe theatre founder §
*Mates of State , rock band
*David McClain, university president
*Brian McClendon , VP of Engineering for
*Elmer McCollum , scientist
*Chuck Mead , musician and songwriter (BR5-49 )
*Charles D. Michener , scientist §
*Paul Mirecki , educator and scholar §
*Dennis Moore , politician §
*Franklin David Murphy , university president §N
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James Naismith , inventor of basketball §
*Jon Niccum , writerO
Oreaganomics , band, famous for eating pistachios on stageP
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Sara Paretsky , author §
*Mandy Patinkin , actor §
*Paw, rock band
*Paul Pierce , professional basketball player (Celtics) §
*William Cyrus Pollard , historian §
*Scot Pollard , professional basketball player §
*Maurice Prather , motion picture and still photographer and film director §
*Matthew Pryor , musician (The Get Up Kids )R
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Rob Riggle , actor, comedian§
*Frank Sherwood Rowland , co-winner, 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry§
*Paul Rudd , actor §
*Jim Ryun , athlete, politician §*
Gale Sayers , NFL player §
*Kliph Scurlock , drummer ofThe Flaming Lips
*Kathleen Sebelius , politician §
*Roger Shimomura , artist §
*Stephen Six , Attorney General of Kansas
*Vernon L. Smith , Nobel Prize winning economist §
*Robby Steinhardt , violinist/vocalist with the band "Kansas"
*Robert D. Streepy , artist/scientistT
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Deanell Reece Tacha , jurist §
*Jim Thorpe , athlete §
*Clyde Tombaugh , discoverer of thedwarf planet Pluto §W
*George Walker, African-American
vaudeville actor
*Joe Wessels , student and Asshole of the Moth 4 time winner.
*David Wetzel , musician §
*Lance Williams , computer graphics guru
*Roy Williams, basketball coach §
*Kevin Willmott , filmmaker
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