The following is a list of people from Harvey County,

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. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

Academics

Errett Bishop Errett Albert Bishop (July 14, 1928 – April 14, 1983) was an Americans, American mathematician known for his work on analysis. He expanded constructive analysis in his 1967 ''Foundations of Constructive Analysis'', where he Mathematical proof, p ...

, mathematician *

John Keeny John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

, president of

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from 1908 to 1926

Athletics

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Monty Beisel Monty Gene Beisel (; born August 20, 1978) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas State. Beisel also played for the New ...

, professional

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player *

Tony Clark Anthony Christopher Clark (born June 15, 1972) is an American professional baseball player and executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1995 to 2009 and is the sixth executive director of the Major League Baseball P ...

, professional baseball player * Andy Dirks, professional baseball player for the

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; competed in the 2012 World Series *

Harold E. Foster Harold E. "Bud" Foster, (May 30, 1906 – July 16, 1996) was an American basketball player and coach. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Foster prepped at Mason City, Iowa and went on to play at the University of Wi ...

, member of the

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* Brian Moorman, professional football player for the

Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...

* Dustin Richardson, professional baseball player * Jim Roper, NASCAR driver * Adolph Rupp, one of the most successful college basketball coaches in the history of American college basketball and member of the

* Otto D. Unruh,

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coach credited with inventing the "T-Wing" offense *

Mike Wellman Michael J. Wellman (born July 15, 1956) is a former American football center. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected in the third round of the 1979 National Football League (NFL) Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He la ...

, professional football player

Arts

* Tom Adair, songwriter, composer and screenwriter *

Reed Crandall Reed Leonard Crandall (February 22, 1917 – September 13, 1982) Reed Crandall
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, comic book artist *

Milburn Stone Hugh Milburn Stone (July 5, 1904 – June 12, 1980) was an American actor, best known for his role as "Doc" (Dr. Galen Adams) on the CBS Western series ''Gunsmoke''. Early life Stone was born in Burrton, Kansas, to Herbert Stone and the forme ...

, television actor

Business

Jacob A. Schowalter Jacob Abraham Schowalter (August 25, 1879 – March 10, 1953) was a Kansas farmer, business owner and General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite philanthropist whose estate formed the basis of the Schowalter Foundation. Schowalter was born in ...

, Kansas farmer and business owner whose estate formed the basis of the

Schowalter Foundation The Schowalter Foundation is a Kansas-based Mennonite philanthropic foundation formed in 1954 from the estate of Jacob A. Schowalter of Newton, Kansas. Initially funded with an estate of $1,157,000, the foundation's assets reached $10,298,000 in ...

* Lyle Yost, founder of Hesston Corporation

Health and medicine

John M. Janzen John M. Janzen is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. born on October 28, 1937. He has been a leading figure on issues of health, illness, and healing in Southern and Central Africa since the 1960s ...

, leading figure on issues of health, illness, and healing in Southern and Central Africa

Journalism

* Jeremy Hubbard, television news anchor

Military

Elizabeth P. Hoisington Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington (November 3, 1918 – August 21, 2007) was a United States Army officer who was one of the first two women to attain the rank of brigadier general. Early life Born in Newton, Kansas, on November 3, 1918, Elizabeth Ho ...

, United States Army officer, one of the first women to attain the rank of Brigadier General

Politics and law

Rita Crocker Clements Rita Crocker Clements (October 30, 1931 – January 6, 2018) was an American Republican Party organizer, an activist in historic preservation, and a First Lady of the U.S. state of Texas. Early life She was born in Newton, Kansas, on October ...

, former First Lady of Texas * John Mills Houston, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1935 to 1943 *

Howard J. McMurray Howard Johnstone McMurray (March 3, 1901 – August 14, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, educator, and businessman.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1944,' Biographical Sketch of Howard J. McMurray, pg. 23 Born near Mount Hope, Kansas, in Ha ...

, United States Representative from Wisconsin *

Kimberly J. Mueller Kimberly Jo Mueller (born September 17, 1957) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, in the Sacramento division. She is the first female district judge to serve in th ...

, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California *

Errett P. Scrivner Errett Power Scrivner (March 20, 1898 – May 5, 1978) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born in Newton, Kansas, Scrivner attended grade schools and was graduated from Manual Training High ...

, United States Representative from Kansas * Jesse M. Unruh, "Big Daddy Unruh," Democratic politician * John C. Yoder, Kansas and West Virginia state judge; West Virginia state senator

References

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