List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

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

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

Academia

Jane Smisor Bastien (1936–2018), music teacher and author
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 (1949–2016), composer^[24]
Murry Wilson (1917–1973), record producer, songwriter. Father to three Beach Boys performers.^[25]

Other visual arts

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

Business

James Barnett (1986– ), entrepreneur, activist^{[citation needed]}
David Dillon (1951– ), , former CEO of Kroger, great-grandson of J.S. Dillon who founded Dillons^[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 (1930–2016), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral^[31]
Alexander Pearson Jr., U.S. Army First Lieutenant ^{[citation needed]}
Fay B. Prickett, U.S. Army major general^[32]

Politics

National

Leland Barrows (1906–1988), U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and Togo^[33]
Wesley E. Brown (1907–2012), U.S. federal judge^[34]
William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[35]
Ralph Easley (1856–1939), political activist^[36]
Martha Keys (1930– ), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[37]
Richard T. Morrison (1967– ), U.S. tax court judge^[38]
Scott W. Stucky (1948– ), U.S. appeals court judge^[39]
Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[40]
Kevin Yoder (1976– ), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[41]

State

Terry Bruce (1975– ), Kansas legislator^[42]
Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), 21st Governor of New Mexico^[43]
John F. Hayes (1919–2010), Kansas legislator^[44]
Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972), 27th Governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge^[45]
Dick Kraus (1937–2019), Massachusetts legislator^[46]
Jay La Suer (1940– ), California legislator^[47]
B. Robert Lewis (1931–1979), Minnesota state legislator and veterinarian^[48]
William Yoast Morgan (1866–1932), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas^[49]
Michael O'Neal (1951– ), Kansas legislator^[50]

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

Sports

American football

Geneo Grissom (1992– ), defensive lineman^[51]
Ben Heeney, linebacker
Ken Huff (1953– ), offensive lineman^[52]
Buck Pierce (1981– ), quarterback^[53]
Pat Ryan (1955– ), quarterback^[54]
Tommy Thompson (1916–1989), quarterback^[55]

Baseball

Jack Banta (1925–2006), pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball^[56]

Joyce Barnes (1925–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player^[57]
Andy Dirks (1986– ), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball^[58]

Basketball

Jamie Carey (1981– ), Former WNBA guard for the Connecticut Sun^[59]

Gymnast

Dallas Bixler (1910–1990), Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast

Fictional residents

Sam "Squid" Dullard, character on Rocket Power, moves to fictional California town featured in the show in the first episode, revealed in a later episode that he's from Hutchinson^[60]

See also

Lists of people from Kansas

References

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