People from the state of
Kansas who have achieved fame or note include:
- Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize winner in Economics born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
- Jack S. Kilby, Nobel Prize winner in Physics born and raised in Great Bend, Kansas.
- Jesse Unruh[?], California politician, born and raised in Newton, Kansas.
- Bob Dole, politician, Senator, Presidential Candidate, Russell, Kansas.
- Alf Landon, Governor, Presidential Candidate, Topeka, Kansas.
- Marlin Fitzwater[?] Press Secretary, for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, Abilene, Kansas.
- Satanta[?], Chief of the Kiowa tribe[?], Western Kansas.
- Gordon Parks[?], film director, born and raised in Fort Scott, Kansas.
- Dennis Hopper, actor, born in Dodge City, Kansas.
- Kirstie Alley[?], Actress, Wichita, Kansas.
- Don Johnson, actor, born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
- Loren Entz[?], western artist, Whitewater, Kansas.
- Blackbear Bosin, native American artist, Wichita, Kansas.
- Langston Hughes, writer and poet, Topeka, Kansas.
- Barry Sanders, football player, Wichita, Kansas.
- Jess Willard[?], Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
- Steve Hawley[?], Astronaut, Salina, Kansas.
- Ron Evans[?], Astronaut, Topeka, Kansas.
- Amelia Earhart, aviator, Atchison, Kansas.