List of people from Cloud County, Kansas explained

The following is a list of people from Cloud County, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have lived in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

Academics

May Louise Cowles, early advocate of teaching home economics
George Norlin, former president of the University of Colorado

Arts

Jim Garver, country music guitarist
Robert E. Pearson, filmmaker
Helen Talbot, film actress and pin-up girl
Patrice Wymore, film and stage actress

Athletes

Tom Brosius, track and field athlete
Keith Christensen, professional football player
George Dockins, major league baseball player
Bill Dotson, track and field athlete
Mike Gardner, college football coach
Larry Hartshorn, professional football player
Mike Kirkland, women's track & field coach
Tim McCarty, college football coach
Ernest C. Quigley, college football coach and major league baseball umpire
Harry Short, baseball player
Shanele Stires, professional basketball player
Elmer Stricklett, major league baseball player
Kaye Vaughan, professional football player

Clergy

Orval Butcher, founding pastor of Skyline Church
Most Reverend Charles Joseph Chaput, OFM Cap, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Right Rev. John Francis Cunningham, Bishop of Concordia
Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church
Constantine Scollen, missionary priest, resident 1896-1898

Journalists

Henry Buckingham, newspaper publisher
Avis Tucker, publisher

Politicians

Charles H. Blosser, namesake of Blosser Municipal Airport
Elaine Bowers, member of the Kansas Legislature
Napoleon Bonaparte Brown, politician and businessman
Frank Carlson, United States Senator, Representative, and Governor of Kansas
James Manney Hagaman, founder of Concordia, Kansas
Deanell Reece Tacha, retired United States federal judge
W. O. Woods, former Treasurer of the United States

Others

Boston Corbett, known as the man who shot John Wilkes Booth
Pop Hollinger, one of the first to begin collecting comic books for resale