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

*Phog Allen, basketball coach §
*Mike Amyx, mayor
*The Appleseed Cast Band
*Nachman Aronszajn, mathematician§ (see also Aronszajn tree)
*William H. Avery, politician §

B

*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

*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

*Bart D. Ehrman, scholar, author
*Paul Endacott, Hall of Fame basketball player
*Ronald Evans, NASA Astronaut "(Pathfinder to the Stars)". §

F

*Thomas Frank, author §

G

*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

*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, actress

J

*Bill James, baseball author §
*Steve Jeltz, former professional baseball player
*Patty Jenkins, film writer/director (Monster (movie))
*Don Johnson, actor §
*Kij Johnson, author

K

*Kenton Keith, diplomat §
*Phill Kline, politician §

L

*Alf Landon, politician §
*Jeffrey Lang, mathematician, author §
*Stanley Lombardo, professor, translator §

M

*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

*James Naismith, inventor of basketball §
*Jon Niccum, writer

O

Oreaganomics, band, famous for eating pistachios on stage

P

*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

*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 of The 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/scientist

T

*Deanell Reece Tacha, jurist §
*Jim Thorpe, athlete §
*Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the dwarf 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