• Source: List of people from Emporia, Kansas

This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Emporia, Kansas.




Academia



Frank A. Beach (1911–1988), ethologist
Richard Grant Hiskey (1929–2016), chemist
Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867–1937), entomologist, evolutionary biologist
Samuel Martin (1924–2009), linguist
Carl Salser (1921–2006), author, businessman, educator
Arthur Samuel (1901–1990), computer scientist




Arts and entertainment






= Film, television, and theatre

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Harry Cheshire (1891–1968), actor
R. Lee Ermey (1944–2018), former U.S. Marine drill instructor, television host, and actor
Thelma Hill (1906–1938), silent-film comedian
Q (1996 or 1997), drag performer competing on season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
James Still (1959– ), playwright




= Journalism

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William Allen White (1868–1944), author and newspaper editor
William Lindsay White (1900–1973), author, newspaper editor, CBS war correspondent, Reader's Digest roving editor




= Literature

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Jacob M. Appel (1973– ), novelist (Einstein's Beach House)
Don Coldsmith (1926–2009), novelist
Denise Low (1949– ), poet
Keith Waldrop (1932–2023), poet, translator




= Music

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Marvin Ash (1914–1974), jazz pianist
Roy Burns (1935–2018), drummer
Melora Creager (1966– ), cellist, singer-songwriter
Kelley Hunt, blues pianist, singer-songwriter
Cady Groves (1989–2020)
Brian Leeds (1991–), electronic musician




= Other visual arts

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Wendell Castle (1932– 2018), furniture artist
Evan Lindquist (1936–2023), artist, printmaker, Arkansas artist laureate
Albert Murray (1906–1992), portrait painter
Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, painter




Business


David Green (1941– ), founder of Hobby Lobby
George Webb Slaughter (1811–1895), cattle breeder and drover, Baptist minister




Crime and law enforcement


Mark Essex (1949–1973), mass murderer




Military


William F. Cloud (1825–1905), U.S. Army Colonel
Grant F. Timmerman (1919–1944), U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient




Politics






= National

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William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
Rose Conway, personal secretary to President Harry S. Truman
Elmer O. Leatherwood (1872–1929), U.S. Representative from Utah
Preston B. Plumb (1837–1891), U.S. Senator from Kansas, co-founder of Emporia
Edward Herbert Rees (1886–1969), U.S. Representative from Kansas




= State

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Jim Barnett (1955– ), Kansas state legislator
Samuel J. Crawford (1835–1913), 3rd Governor of Kansas
Don Hill (1944– ), Kansas state legislator
Jeff Longbine (1962– ), Kansas state legislator
Peggy Mast (1948– ), Kansas state legislator
Richard Proehl (1944– ), Kansas state legislator
Roy Wilford Riegle (1896–1988), Kansas state legislator




Religion


Warren Parrish (1803–1877), early Mormon leader, Baptist minister




Sports


Clint Bowyer (1979– ), NASCAR driver
Jim Everett (1963– ), quarterback
Daniel Gallemore (1985– ), mixed martial artist
J. L. Lewis (1960–2019), professional golfer
John Lohmeyer (1951– ), defensive lineman
Ray Pierce (1897–1963), baseball pitcher
Paul Samson (1905–1982), U.S. Olympic swimmer, water polo player
Dean Smith (1931–2015), former North Carolina basketball coach, member of College Basketball Hall of Fame




See also


Lists of people from Kansas
List of people from Lyon County, Kansas




References

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