- Source: List of people from Cowley County, Kansas
The following is a list of people from Cowley County, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.
The arts
Darren E. Burrows, actor
Terry C. Johnston, author
Brad Long, actor who played "Buddy" #5 in the film Hoosiers
Nila Mack, former Director of Children's Programs for CBS
Billy Mize, musician
Susie Owens, Playboy Playmate
Eugene Pallette, silent film actor
Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood, musician
Sara Sothern, stage actress
Gordon Young, composer
Athletics
See also List of Southwestern Moundbuilders head football coaches
Ferrell Anderson, Major League Baseball catcher
Vic Baltzell, linebacker for the Boston Redskins in 1935
Bob Brannum, professional basketball player
Charles E. Burr, jockey
Harold Corbin, 1932 Summer Olympics fencer
Darren Daulton, Major League Baseball catcher
Ira Davenport, US Olympic Athlete, 1912
Dennis Franchione, college football coach
Jim Helmer, elected to the NAIA Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001
Lionel Hollins, NBA basketball coach
Art Kahler, only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same time: head basketball coach at Brown University and football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jerry Kill, current head football coach for University of Minnesota
Mike Kirkland, women's track coach; undefeated at the conference level since named head coach in 1992
Dick Metz, professional golfer
Les Miller, American football player
Jack Mitchell, college football coach
Bennie Owen, college football coach
Clare Patterson, Major League Baseball outfielder
Steve Sidwell, American football player
Celebrity
Francis Lenn Taylor, father of Elizabeth Taylor
Military
General Dean C. Strother, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
Politics
Tom Bolack, 20th Governor of New Mexico
Robert Docking, 38th Governor of Kansas
Greta Goodwin, Kansas politician
Delano Lewis, former US Ambassador to South Africa
George Thomas McDermott, US federal judge
Betty Roberts, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Religion
Bruce P. Blake, Bishop of the United Methodist Church
Science
Robert A. Alberty, biophysical chemist
Fictional
Mary Ann Summers, traveler on a "three-hour tour" who was lost at sea on Gilligan's Island
See also
Lists of people from Kansas