• Source: List of people from Leavenworth, Kansas

This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Leavenworth, Kansas. For people whose only connection with the city is being incarcerated at one of the prisons in the city see List of inmates of United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, United States Disciplinary Barracks#Notable inmates or Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility#Notable inmates, and for people whose only connection to the city is through the University of Saint Mary, see University of Saint Mary#Notable people.




Academia



R. H. Barlow (1918-1951), anthropologist, writer
Francis Samuel Drake (1828-1885), historian.
Malcolm MacVicar (1829-1904), educator
Ernest Fox Nichols (1869-1924), physicist, president of Dartmouth College
Robert A. Scalapino (1919-2011), political scientist
Joseph Stayman (1817-1903), horticulturalist




Arts and entertainment






= Film, television, and theatre

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Hilda Clark (1872-1932), actress, model
Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), showman, frontiersman, scout
Pat McMahon (born 1933), actor, disc jockey
Fred Meyers (born 1983), actor
Donn B. Murphy (1930–2022), president of the National Theatre, theatrical advisor to the President of the United States
Brock Pemberton (1885-1950), theatrical director, producer, founder of the Tony Awards
Theresa Vail (born 1990), television host, Miss Kansas 2013
Richard Sanders actor, WKRP in Cincinnati




= Journalism

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Fred Lockley (1871-1958), columnist
James R. O'Neill (1833-1863), American Civil War correspondent and sketch artist
Elizabeth Vargas (born 1962), television news anchor




= Literature

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Yda Hillis Addis (born 1857), writer
Harold Coyle (born 1952), novelist
Bryan Penberthy (born 1976), poet




= Music

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Charles N. Daniels (1878-1943), composer, music executive
Melissa Etheridge (born 1961), singer-songwriter, guitarist
Gary Foster (born 1936), multi-instrumentalist
Randy Sparks (1933–2024), singer-songwriter
J. White Did It (born 1984), record producer, songwriter, and DJ




= Other visual arts

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Alfred Shea Addis (1832-1886), photographer
William Pratt Feth (1866-1959), architect
William Merrell Vories (1880-1964), architect, missionary




Business


Joseph W. Bettendorf (1864-1933), manufacturing executive
Marie Guiraud (1830-1909), rancher
Fred Harvey (1835–1901), restaurant entrepreneur
Ron Logan (born 1938), business executive
William Waddell (1807-1872), mail service entrepreneur, co-founder of the Pony Express
Herbert M. Woolf (1880-1964), department store executive, racehorse owner




Crime and law enforcement



Thomas A. Cullinan (1838-1904), lawman
Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876), lawman, gunfighter
George Henry Hoyt (1837-1877), lawman, Kansas Attorney General




Military


Donald Prentice Booth (1902-1993), U.S. Army Lieutenant General
George P. Buell (1833-1883), U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General, civil engineer
Herbert B. Crosby (1871-1936), U.S. Army major general who served as the Chief of Cavalry
John J. Davis (1909-1997), U.S. Army Lieutenant General
Billy Dixon (1850-1913), scout, buffalo hunter
Charles R. Jennison (1834-1884), U.S. Army Colonel, abolitionist, Kansas state legislator
Joseph E. Kuhn, commander of the 79th Division in World War I
Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834-1864), U.S. Army Brigadier General
David P. Muzzey (1838-1910), U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, lawyer
Herman Poggemeyer Jr. (1919-2007), U.S. Marine Corps Major General
David C. Schilling (1918-1956), U.S. Air Force Colonel, fighter ace
Richard J. Seitz (1918-2013), U.S. Army Lieutenant General
Persifor Frazer Smith (1798-1858), U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General, Military Governor of California




Politics






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Religion


Sherwood Eddy (1871–1963), evangelist, missionary
Louis Mary Fink (1834–1904), Roman Catholic Church prelate
Isidor Kalisch (1816–1886), rabbi, writer.
Michaelis Machol (1845–1912), rabbi
John Baptist Miège (1815–1884), Roman Catholic Church missionary
Paul Clarence Schulte (1890–1984), Roman Catholic Church prelate
Winfield Scott (1837–1910), Baptist minister
John Ward (1857–1929), Roman Catholic Church prelate




Sports






= Baseball

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Jake Beckley (1867–1918), baseball player
Chet Brewer (1907–1990), baseball player, scout, manager
Duff Cooley (1873–1937), outfielder
Johnny Hetki (born 1922), baseball player
Jack Killilay (1887–1968), baseball player
Walter McCoy (1923–2015), Negro leagues and Minor League Baseball player
Fred Raymer (1875–1957), baseball player




= Basketball

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Neil Dougherty (1961–2011), coach
Wayne Simien (born 1983), power forward




= Other sports

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Amy Hastings (born 1984), track and field athlete
Sean Malto (born 1989), skateboarder




See also


List of lists of people from Kansas
List of people from Leavenworth County, Kansas




References

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• Perang Dunia I
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• List of people from Leavenworth, Kansas
• List of people from Leavenworth County, Kansas
• Leavenworth, Kansas
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• Leavenworth County, Kansas
• Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth
• Fort Leavenworth
• List of people executed in Kansas
• Lists of people from Kansas
• Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth