List of people from Pittsburg, Kansas

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

For a list of people associated specifically with the following Pittsburg-based institutions (e.g. university alumni and staff):

• Pittsburg State University - see List of Pittsburg State University people.

Academia

• Dale R. Corson (1914-2012), physicist^[1]
• Samuel Martin (1924-2009), linguist^[2]
• Vance Randolph (1892-1980), folklorist^[3]

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Hugh Gillin (1925-2004), actor^[4]
• Roy Glenn (1914-1971), actor^[5]

Journalism

• Rick Atkinson (1952- ), newspaper journalist, military historian^[6]
• Paul White (1902-1955), broadcast journalist^[7]
• Brian Williams (1959- ), news anchor^[8]

Literature

• Harold Bell Wright (1872-1944), essayist, novelist, playwright^[9]
• Gary Zukav (1942- ), spiritualist, self-help writer^[10]

Music

• Lee Allen (1927-1994), saxophonist^[11]

Other visual arts

• Waylande Gregory (1905-1971), sculptor^[12]
• Russell Myers (1938- ), cartoonist^[13]
• Scot Sothern (1949- ), photographer^[14]

Business

• William N. Deramus III (1915-1989), railroad executive^[15]
• Alexander Howat (1876-1945), coal miner, trade union leader^[16]
• Kenneth A. Spencer (1902-1960), chemical entrepreneur^[17]

Crime

• Dennis "BTK" Rader (1945- ), serial killer^[18]

Military

• Jack William Wintle (1908-1942), U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Navy Cross recipient^[19]

Politics

National

• Philip P. Campbell (1862-1941), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[20]
• John C. Coughenour (1941- ), U.S. federal judge^[21]
• Ronald Earl Longstaff (1941- ), U.S. federal judge^[22]
• Edward White Patterson (1895-1940), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[23]

State

• Donald L. Allegrucci (1936-2014), Kansas Supreme Court justice^[24]
• Terry Calloway (1954- ), Kansas state legislator^[25]
• Arthur C. Mellette (1842-1896), 1st Governor of South Dakota^[26]
• Julie Menghini (1964- ), Kansas state legislator^[27]
• Robert H. Trent (1936-2012), Wyoming state legislator^[28]

Religion

• Ronald Michael Gilmore (1942- ), Roman Catholic prelate^[29]

Sports

American football

• Brad Franchione (1974- ), coach^[30]
• Dale Hall (1924-1996), coach^[31]
• Dylan Meier (1984-2010), quarterback^[32]
• Kerry Meier (1986- ), wide receiver^[33]
• Shad Meier (1978- ), tight end^[34]
• Steve Quinn (1946- ), center^[35]
• Kevin Verdugo (1968- ), coach^[36]

Baseball

• P.J. Forbes (1967- ), infielder^[37]
• Don Gutteridge (1912-2008), 2nd & 3rd baseman, coach, manager^[38]
• Ray Mueller (1912-1994), catcher^[39]
• Bill Russell (1948- ), shortstop, coach, manager^[40]
• Roy Sanders (1894-1963), pitcher^[41]

Other

• Ralph "Wild Red" Berry (1906-1973), pro wrestler^[42]
• John Lair, Special Olympics powerlifting coach ^[43]
• Ed Nealy (1960- ), basketball forward^[44]

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

References

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