List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

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The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in the American city of Hutchinson, Kansas.

For a list of individuals affiliated with Hutchinson Community College, located in Hays, see List of Hutchinson Community College people.

Academia

L. H. Hausam was president of the Hausam School of Penmanship and resided in Hutchinson.

• Dale L. Boger (1953- ), organic chemist^[1]
• L. H. Hausam (1870-1941), president of the Hausam School of Penmanship^[2] and founder of Great Western Business and Normal College^[3]
• William Lee Miller (1926-2012), historian, political ethics professor^[4]
• Erik N. Rasmussen (1957- ), atmospheric scientist and tornado expert^[5]
• Fred Soper (1893-1977), epidemiologist^[6]
• Howard Swearer (1932-1991), educator^[7]
• Pat Woodrum (1941- ), librarian^[8]

Arts and entertainment

Fashion

• Julie Woodson (1950- ), model^[9]

Film, television, and theatre

• Kay Alden (1946- ), screenwriter^[10]
• Mitch Brian (1961- ), screenwriter^[11]
• Aneta Corsaut (1933-1995), actress^[12]
• Racquel Darrian (1968- ), pornographic actress
• Lucinda Dickey (1960- ), actress, dancer^[13]
• Richard Thorpe (1896-1991), film director^[14]

Journalism

• Michael Grant (1951- ), journalist^[15]
• Fred Kaplan (1954- ), author, journalist^[16]
• James B. Steele (1943- ), author, journalist^[17]

Literature

• Scott Heim (1966- ), novelist^[18]
• Margaret St. Clair (1911-1995), science fiction writer, novelist^[19]
• William Mark Simmons (1953- ), broadcaster, novelist^[20]
• William Stafford (1914-1993), poet, pacifist^[21]

Music

• James Avery (1937-2009), conductor, pianist^[22]
• Jock Bartley, guitarist^[23]
• Steven Stucky (1949- ), composer^[24]
• Murry Wilson (1917-1973), record producer, songwriter^[25]

Other visual arts

• Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), artist^[26]
• John Newsom (1970- ), painter^[27]

Business

• James Barnett (1986- ), entrepreneur, activist
• David Dillon (1951- ), business executive^[28]
• Hal Prewitt (1954- ), technology entrepreneur, inventor, race car driver, artist, photographer^[29]

Crime

• Edward J. Adams (1887-1921), bank robber^[30]

Military

• Robert S. Lucas (1930- ), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral^[31]
• Alexander Pearson, Jr. (1895-1924), U.S. Army aviator

Politics

National

• Leland Barrows (1906-1988), U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and Togo^[32]
• Wesley E. Brown (1907-2012), U.S. federal judge^[33]
• William R. Brown (1840-1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[34]
• Ralph Easley (1856-1939), political activist^[35]
• Martha Keys (1930- ), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[36]
• Richard T. Morrison (1967- ), U.S. tax court judge^[37]
• Scott W. Stucky (1948- ), U.S. appeals court judge^[38]
• Jasper N. Tincher (1878-1951), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[39]
• Kevin Yoder (1976- ), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[40]

State

• Terry Bruce (1975- ), Kansas legislator^[41]
• Jack M. Campbell (1916-1999), 21st Governor of New Mexico^[42]
• John F. Hayes (1919-2010), Kansas legislator^[43]
• Walter A. Huxman (1887-1972), 27th Governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge^[44]
• Dick Kraus (1937- ), Massachusetts legislator^[45]
• Jay La Suer (1940- ), California legislator^[46]
• William Yoast Morgan (1866-1932), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas^[47]
• Michael O'Neal (1951- ), Kansas legislator^[48]

Local

• Robert L. Burns (1876-1955), attorney; business manager of The Hutchinson News; Hutchinson school board, city council and school board for Los Angeles, California; Burns Park in Los Angeles is named in his honor

Sports

American football

• Geneo Grissom (1992- ), defensive lineman^[49]
• Ken Huff (1953- ), offensive lineman^[50]
• Buck Pierce (1981- ), quarterback^[51]
• Pat Ryan (1955- ), quarterback^[52]
• Tommy Thompson (1916-1989), quarterback^[53]

Baseball

• Jack Banta (1925-2006), pitcher^[54]
• Andy Dirks (1986- ), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball^[55]

Other sports

• Jamie Carey (1981- ), basketball guard^[56]

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

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