List of people from Lawrence, Kansas explained
This article is a list of notable people who were born in and/or have lived in Lawrence, Kansas. Alumni of University of Kansas or Haskell Indian Nations University, including athletes and coaches, that are not originally from Lawrence should not be included in this list, instead, they should be listed in List of University of Kansas people. This includes faculty and coaches who stayed in Lawrence after retirement.
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- Martha Bablitch, judge
- Beatrice Belkin, soprano
- Leo Beuerman, pencil salesman, subject of a 1969 short film nominated for an Academy Award
- Amani Bledsoe, professional football player
- David Booth, entrepreneur
- Corinne Brinkerhoff, television producer and writer
- Erin Brockovich, environmental activist
- George Brown, politician
- William Burroughs, author
- Sarah Buxton, singer
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- John Hadl, NCAA and NFL football quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame
- Zach Hadel, co-creator of Smiling Friends (show)
- William A. Harris, U.S. Senator
- Herk Harvey, actor, director, producer, writer
- John G. Haskell, architect of numerous Lawrence buildings as well as the Kansas State Capitol
- Bobby Henrich, MLB player
- Stan Herd, crop artist
- Ralph Houk, MLB pitcher and manager
- Henry Salem Hubbell, American Impressionist painter
- Isaac F. Hughes, City Council member in Lawrence and in Los Angeles, California
- Langston Hughes, poet and author
- Kelley Hunt, blues singer, pianist, songwriter
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- Deane Waldo Malott, university president
- Danny Manning, professional basketball player, college basketball coach
- Mates of State, rock band
- Mark Maxey, filmmaker
- David McClain, university president
- Elmer McCollum, scientist
- Minus Story, band
- Na Mira, artist
- Bryce Montes de Oca, Baseball player for the New York Mets
- Jason Moss, musician
- Alan Mulally, business executive, CEO of Ford Motor Corporation
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Notes and References
- Web site: Cattle Annie & Little Britches, taken from Lee Paul . Ranchdivaoutfitters.com . December 27, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120117175134/http://www.ranchdivaoutfitters.com/cattleannielittlebritches.html . January 17, 2012 .
- CAF Rise Above. "Edward Creston Gleed."https://cafriseabove.org/edward-creston-gleed/
- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. "Edward C. Gleed Flying Jacket." Published May 04, 2015 https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196715/edward-c-gleed-flying-jacket/
- Black Then. "EDWARD CRESTON GLEED: BUFFALO SOLDIER TO TUSKEGEE AIRMAN." JAE JONES. OCTOBER 12, 2018. https://blackthen.com/edward-creston-gleed-buffalo-soldier-tuskegee-airman/
- Staff. "Col. W. A. Starrett, Noted Builder, Dead, Was Coordinating Official of Extensive Realty, Finance and Construction Enterprises. Put Up The Empire State Erected Steel-Framed Structures in Japan for Withstanding Earthquakes – Active in War., The New York Times, March 27, 1932. Accessed March 25, 2023. "Colonel Starrett was born in Lawrence, Kan., on June 14, 1877, a son of the Rev. William A. and Helen Eken Starrett."
- Hensley, J.J., "Prequiem Dream", The Pitch, April 12, 2001.