List of people from Manhattan, Kansas explained

This article is a list of notable people who were born in and/or have lived in Manhattan, Kansas. Alumni of local universities, including athletes and coaches, that are not originally from Manhattan should not be included in this list; instead, they should be listed in the alumni list article for each university.

Academics

• Helen Brockman, fashion design professor
• Stephen S. Chang, food scientist
• May Louise Cowles, early advocate of teaching home economics
• Kenneth S. Davis, historian and university professor, most renowned for his series of biographies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.^[1]
• Milton S. Eisenhower, former president of Kansas State University and brother to Dwight D. Eisenhower
• David Fairchild, botanist, explorer
• Philip Fox, astronomer
• Solon Toothaker Kimball, educator and anthropologist
• Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, cell biologist and neuroscientist
• Abby Lillian Marlatt, noted educator
• George A. Milliken, statistician
• Benjamin Franklin Mudge, geologist
• Merrill D. Peterson, historian
• Luraine Tansey, librarian who developed a universal slide classification scheme
• Virginia Trotter, education administrator
• Samuel Wendell Williston, scientist
• Robert A. Woodruff, space instrumentation scientist

Arts and entertainment

• Dawayne Bailey, composer, guitarist, and vocalist; formerly of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band and Chicago
• Bill Buzenberg, journalist, executive director of Center for Public Integrity, former vice-president of news at NPR
• Elizabeth Williams Champney, author
• Louis Chaudet, film director, writer
• Del Close, comedian
• Brian Doyle-Murray, actor, scriptwriter^[2]
• Bridget Everett, cabaret artist, comedian
• Jonathan Holden, first Poet Laureate of Kansas
• Lee Killough, author
• Charles Melton, actor and model
• Tom Oberheim, inventor of Oberheim synthesizer and DMX drum machine
• Mitsugi Ohno, glassblower
• Clementine Paddleford, food critic
• Cassandra Peterson, actress and model, best known as "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"
• A.J. Rathbun, renowned mixologist^[3]
• Damon Runyon, author
• Inger Stevens, Swedish-American movie and TV actress
• Eric Stonestreet, actor, notable for his Emmy-winning role on the ABC comedy Modern Family
• Laura Zabel, arts advocate

Athletics

See also List of Kansas State Wildcats head football coaches and List of Kansas State Wildcats in the NFL draft

• Bob Anderson, founder of Runner's World
• Jeremy Bates, quarterback coach for the Chicago Bears
• Tom Brosius, track and field athlete
• Jackie Carmichael (born 1990), basketball player
• Jim Colbert, professional golfer
• Bobby Douglass, former National Football League player
• Brian Giles, former Major League Baseball player
• Larry Hartshorn, NFL player for the Chicago Cardinals
• Tim Jankovich, college basketball coach
• Lon Kruger, college and professional basketball coach
• Scott Liebler, former Atlantic Championship racing driver
• Jon McGraw, NFL player for the New York Jets
• Travis Metcalf, professional baseball player
• Jordy Nelson, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
• Tim Norris, golf coach and former professional golfer
• Bert Pearson, NFL player for the Chicago Bears
• Vince Rafferty, NFL player
• Thomas Randolph, All-American football player
• Deb Richard, professional golfer
• Ann Roniger, American athlete, high jumper, pentathlete
• Bill Snyder, NCAA football head football coach at Kansas State University
• Gary Spani, Kansas City Chiefs franchise Hall of Fame

Military

• John Byers Anderson, military officer, businessman, president of the First National Bank of Manhattan
• Frank Coe, major general in United States Army
• James Harbord, military officer, businessman
• Richard Jaccard, United States Navy pilot
• Earl Woods, father of Tiger Woods

Politics

• John Alexander Anderson, U.S. Congressman
• John W. Carlin, 40th governor of Kansas
• Sydney Carlin, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Walter C. Dunton, member of the Kansas Territorial Legislature, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[4]
• Joan Finney, 42nd governor of Kansas
• Nehemiah Green, 4th governor of Kansas
• Tom Hawk, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Martha Keys, U.S. Congressperson
• Albert E. Mead, 5th governor of Washington
• Jerry Moran, member of the United States Senate
• Frank B. Morrison, 34th governor of Nebraska
• Susan Mosier, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Tom Phillips, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Roger Reitz, member of the Kansas Senate
• Fred Andrew Seaton, Senator for Nebraska and Secretary of the Interior
• Walter J. Stoessel, diplomat

Other

• Alice Stebbins Wells, first American-born policewoman in the U.S.

See also

• List of Kansas State University people
• Lists of people from Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: University Archives: Kenneth S. Davis Papers . English . November 21, 2008.
2. Web site: Bill Murray Coming to Manhattan (Kansas) . October 21, 2008 . https://archive.today/20120707140639/http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/01/articles/wacky-and-strange-but-true/bill-murray-coming-to-manhattan-kansas/ . July 7, 2012 . dead .
3. Web site: In Their Cups. The Harvard Common Press. December 6, 2010.
4. Book: Harman, Henry H. . 1901 . Proceedings of the Vermont Bar Association: Memorial Paper on Walter C. Dunton . 84–90 . Montpelier, VT . Argus and Patriot Printing House . .