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Academia

* June Helm (1924-2004), anthropologist * John E. Hodge (1914-1996), chemist *

Bart Kosko Bart Andrew Kosko (born February 7, 1960) is an American writer and professor of electrical engineering and law at the University of Southern California (USC). He is a researcher and popularizer of fuzzy logic, neural networks, and noise, and the ...

(1960- ), engineering professor, writer *

Richard Rhodes Richard Lee Rhodes (born July 4, 1937) is an American historian, journalist, and author of both fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' The Making of the Atomic Bomb'' (1986), and most recently, ''Energy: A Human History ...

(1937- ), historian *

Frederic Wakeman Frederic Evans Wakeman Jr. ( zh, c=魏斐德, p=Wèi Fěidé; December 12, 1937 – September 14, 2006) was an American scholar of East Asian history and Professor of History at University of California, Berkeley. He served as president of the A ...

(1937-2006), historian,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

scholar

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theater

* S. Torriano Berry (1958- ), film director * Trai Byers (1983- ), actor * Webster Campbell (1893-1972), actor, director, screenwriter * Al Christy (1918-1995), actor, TV announcer * Earl Cole (1971- ), TV show host, media personality, winner of '' Survivor: Fiji'' * Daniel L. Fapp (1904-1986), cinematographer (''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

'') * Scott Foley (1972- ), actor ('' Scrubs'', ''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college. It aired from January 20, 19 ...

'', ''

House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...

'', and ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

'') *

Everett McGill Charles Everett McGill III (born on October 21, 1945) is an American retired actor, who rose to prominence for his portrayal of a caveman in '' Quest for Fire'' (1981). He went on to have prominent roles in the films ''Dune'' (1984), ''Silver ...

(1945- ), actor *

Marcy McGuire Marilyn Jeanne McGuire (February 22, 1926 – August 7, 2021) was an American actress and contralto singer who was active in the 1940s. Life and career McGuire was born on February 22, 1926, to James Joseph McGuire, a film projectionist and Anno ...

(1926–2021), actress * Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, actress (''

Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The series revolves around two brothers: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic P ...

'' and '' Marvel Heroes'') * Brendon Miller (1976- ), pornographic actor * John Quade (1938-2009), actor * Shanna Reed (1955- ), actress, dancer *

Angus Scrimm Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy; August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016) was an American actor, author, and journalist, known for his portrayal of the Tall Man in the 1979 horror film '' Phantasm'' and its sequels. Early life Scrimm was born ...

(1926-2016), actor, author * Columbus Short (1982- ), actor * Eric Stonestreet (1971- ), actor (''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American television sitcom, created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, that aired on ABC for 11 seasons from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. The series follows the lives of three diverse but interrelated fa ...

'') *

Jason Sudeikis Daniel Jason Sudeikis ( ; born September 18, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. In the 1990s, he began his career in improv comedy and performed with ComedySportz, iO Chicago (Improv Olympic), and The Second City. I ...

(1975- ), actor * Terri Treas (1957- ), actress, screenwriter * Vicki Trickett (1938–2021), actress * Matt Vogel (1970- ), puppeteer (

The Muppets The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an surreal humor, absurdist, slapstick, burlesque, and self-referential humor, self-referential style of Musical theatre, musical Variety show, variety-sketch comedy. Cre ...

and

Kermit the Frog Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created in 1955 and originally performed by Jim Henson. An anthropomorphic green frog, Kermit is the pragmatic everyman protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably as the showrunner and host o ...

) *

Lyle Waggoner Lyle Wesley Waggoner ( ; April 13, 1935 – March 17, 2020) was an American actor, sculptor, presenter, travel trailer salesman and model, known for his work on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' from 1967 to 1974 and for playing the role of Steve Trevor ...

(1935–2020), actor, sculptor *

Dee Wallace Deanna Wallace (née Bowers), also known as Dee Wallace Stone (born December 14, 1948), is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Mary Taylor in the 1982 Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster science-fiction film ''E.T. the E ...

(1948- ), actress *

Tuc Watkins Charles Curtis "Tuc" Watkins III (born September 2, 1966) is an American actor, known for his roles as David Vickers on ''One Life to Live'', Mr. Burns in ''The Mummy (1999 film), The Mummy'', Bob Hunter (Desperate Housewives), Bob Hunter on ''Des ...

(1966- ), actor (''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...

'' and ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, for a tota ...

'')

Journalism

* Audrey Cooper (1977- ), journalist * Bill Downs (1914-1978), broadcast journalist, war correspondent * Mark Pittman (1957-2009), financial journalist

Literature

* Jason Aaron (1973- ),

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

writer (''

Thor Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred g ...

'', '' Ghost Rider'', ''

Wolverine The wolverine ( , ; ''Gulo gulo''), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species, member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The w ...

'', and '' Punisher Max'') * Julius Lester (1939-2018), writer, professor, photographer

Music

* William Adam (1917-2013), trumpeter, professor *

James Bracken James C. Bracken (May 23, 1909 – February 20, 1972) was an American songwriter and the co-founder and co-owner of Vee-Jay Records with his wife Vivian and her brother, Calvin Carter. Life Bracken was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Kansas Cit ...

(1909-1972), songwriter, producer * Ada Brown (1890-1950), singer * Earl Carruthers (1910-1971), saxophonist * Danny Cox (1942- ), singer-songwriter * Dan Crary (1939- ), flatpick guitarist * Nathan Davis (1937–2018), saxophonist * Herschel Evans (1909-1939), saxophonist * William P. Foster (1919-2010), marching band director * Piney Gir (1974- ), singer * Nora Holt (1895-1974), singer, composer, critic * Charles L. Johnson (1876-1950), ragtime composer * Carmell Jones (1936-1996), trumpet player * Ron Jones (1954- ), composer *

Gene McDaniels Eugene Booker McDaniels (February 12, 1935 – July 29, 2011) was an American singer, producer and songwriter. He had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s, reaching number three on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart wit ...

(1935-2011), singer-songwriter *

Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe Robinson ( ; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and is the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award. ...

(1985- ), singer-songwriter, composer, actress ("

We Are Young "We Are Young" is a song recorded by American pop rock band Fun, featuring American singer Janelle Monáe. It is the third track on the group's second studio album, '' Some Nights'' (2012). The song was released on September 20, 2011, as th ...

" and ''

Hidden Figures ''Hidden Figures'' is a 2016 American Biographical film, biographical Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction Hidden Figures (boo ...

'') *

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of beb ...

(1920-1955), jazz saxophonist and composer *

James Scott James Scott may refer to: Entertainment * James Scott (composer) (1885–1938), African-American ragtime composer * James Scott (director) (born 1941), British filmmaker * James Scott (actor) (born 1979), British television actor * James Scott (Sh ...

(1885-1938), ragtime composer * Vigalantee, rapper and activist * Jack Washington (1910-1964), saxophonist * Bobby Watson (1953- ), saxophonist * J. White Did It (1984- ), record producer * Marva Whitney (1944-2012), singer * Eladio Carrión (1994- ), singer, rapper, songwriter

Other visual arts

* Grant Bond (1974- ), cartoonist, writer *

Ed Dwight Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, retired test pilot, and astronaut. Enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1953, he earned a commission as a lieutenant in 1955. In 1961, at the direction of Presiden ...

(1933- ), sculptor

Business

* Paul Revere Braniff (1897-1954), airline entrepreneur * Jack Gentry (1923-2006), engineer, manufacturing entrepreneur * Lewis Hill (1919-1957), public radio entrepreneur * Eldridge Lovelace (1913-2008), urban planner * Kevin Warren Sloan (1957- ), landscape architect, urban planner and writer *

Charles E. Spahr Charles Eugene Spahr (October 8, 1913 – April 7, 2009) was the youngest person to be appointed President of Sohio (Standard Oil of Ohio). He was then appointed as CEO of Sohio from 1959 to 1977, and was instrumental in the building of the Alaska ...

(1913-2009), oil company executive * Cheryl Womack (1950- ), trucking insurance executive

Crime

Richard Hickock Richard Eugene Hickock (June 6, 1931 – April 14, 1965) was one of two ex-convicts convicted of Clutter family murders, murdering four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in ...

(1931-1965), mass murderer * James Hogue (1959- ), con artist * Marc Sappington (1978- ), spree killer

Medicine

* Paul Randall Harrington (1911-1980), orthopedic surgeon, designer of the Harrington Rod

Military

* William N. Alsbrook Sr. (January 31, 1916 - January 5, 1998), inventor and

Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Fighter Group, 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of th ...

CAF Rise Above. “William Noel Alsbrook.” https://cafriseabove.org/william-noel-alsbrook/ * Roscoe Cartwright, first African American Field Artilleryman promoted to Brigadier General * Roy M. Davenport (1909-1987),

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ...

Rear Admiral * Charles Arthur Tabberer (1915-1942),

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Distinguished Flying Cross recipient

Politics

National

* Monti Belot (1943- ), U.S. federal judge * George H. Clay (1911-1995), president of the

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexic ...

* William Hinson Cole (1837-1886),

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

from

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

Harry Darby Harry Darby (January 23, 1895January 17, 1987) was an American politician from Kansas. Life and career Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Darby graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, and served in the ...

(1895-1987),

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the ...

from Kansas * Ben Fernandez (1925-2000), U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay * Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. (1948- ), U.S. federal judge * Newell A. George (1904-1992),

from Kansas * John R. Goodin (1836-1885),

from Kansas * Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943),

from Kansas * Edward C. Little (1858-1924),

from Kansas * Arthur Johnson Mellott (1888-1957), U.S. federal judge * Orrin Larrabee Miller (1856-1926),

from Kansas * Carlos Murguia (1957- ), U.S. federal judge * Mary H. Murguia (1960- ), U.S. federal judge * Mason S. Peters (1844-1914),

from Kansas * Errett P. Scrivner (1898-1978),

from Kansas *

Wint Smith Wint Smith (October 7, 1892 – April 27, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1947 to 1961. Biography Early life and political career Born in Mankato, Kansas, Smith at ...

(1892-1976),

from Kansas * Joseph Taggart (1867-1938),

from Kansas * Kathryn Hoefer Vratil (1949- ), U.S. federal judge

State

* Edward F. Arn (1906-1998), 32nd Governor of Kansas * Carol A. Beier (1958- ),

Kansas Supreme Court The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as t ...

justice * Tom Burroughs (1954- ), Kansas state legislator * James H. DeCoursey, Jr. (1932- ), 36th

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas The lieutenant governor of Kansas is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of Kansas state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the o ...

* David Haley (1958- ), Kansas state legislator * Broderick Henderson (1957- ), Kansas state legislator * Wilkins P. Horton (1889-1950), Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina * Phill Kline (1959- ), Kansas state legislator, former Attorney General of Kansas *

Mark Martin Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959), nicknamed "the Kid", is an American former stock car racing driver. He most notably drove the No. 6 Ford Motor Company, Ford for Roush Racing for the majority of his career. From 1989 to 2009, Martin wo ...

(1968- ),

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

state legislator,

Secretary of State of Arkansas The Arkansas Secretary of State is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. State of Arkansas. The current Secretary of State is Republican Cole Jester who was appointed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders after John Thurston be ...

* Joseph Pierron (1947- ),

Kansas Court of Appeals Kansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named a ...

judge * Mary Rogeness (1941- ),

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

state legislator * Robert Eldridge Seiler (1912-1998),

Missouri Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Missouri (SCOMO) is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820 and is located at 207 West High Street in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constitutio ...

chief justice * Chris Steineger (1964- ), Kansas state legislator * John Strick (1921-2009), Kansas state legislator *

Charles Warren Sir Charles Warren (7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927) was a British Army officer of the Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his military ...

(1927-2019),

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

state legislatorSarah Sharp (1986)
Charles H. Warren, From the California Assembly to the Council on Environmental Quality, 1962-1979: The Evolution of an Environmentalist.
Oral history interviews conducted in July 1983 and January 1984. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library,

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, 1986. * Valdenia Winn (1950- ), Kansas state legislator

Local

* Charles Dail (1909-1968), 27th

mayor of San Diego The mayor of the City of San Diego is the official head and chief executive officer of the U.S. city of San Diego, California. The mayor has the duty to enforce and execute the laws enacted by the San Diego City Council, the legislative branch. ...

* Theresa Sparks (1949- ),

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

politician

Religion

* James P. deWolfe (1896-1966), fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island * Joseph Patrick Dougherty (1905-1970),

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

clergyman

Sports

American football

* Jackie Cline (1960- ), defensive lineman *

Lyron Cobbins Lyron Duryea Cobbins (born September 17, 1974) is a former professional American football linebacker. After going to Wyandotte High School, Cobbins attended the University of Notre Dame, and in his senior year was named Third-team All American. ...

(1974- ), linebacker * Maliek Collins (1995- ), defensive tackle *

Harry Colon Harry Lee Colon (born February 14, 1969) is an American former professional football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football at Missouri, Colon was selected by the New England Patriots in the eighth r ...

(1969- ), cornerback, safety *

Ray Evans Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter best known for being a half of a composing-songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, specializing himself in writing lyrics for film songs. On music Livingston ...

(1922-1999), halfback * Eric Guliford (1969- ), wide receiver * Floyd Harrawood (1929-2003), tackle * Mark Haynes (1958- ), cornerback * David Jaynes (1952- ), quarterback * Reggie Jones (1971- ), wide receiver * Zvonimir Kvaternik (1918-1994), guard * Bill Olds (1951- ), running back * Darrell Stuckey (1987- ), safety * Justin Swift (1975- ), tight end * Spencer Thomas (1951- ), safety * Steve Towle (1953- ), linebacker * David Verser (1958- ), wide receiver * Cooper Beebe (2001 -), offensive tackle

Baseball

* Neil Allen (1958- ), pitcher, pitching coach * Joe Bowman (1910-1990), pitcher * Gilly Campbell (1908-1973), catcher *

Jim Clark James Clark (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British racing driver from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from to . Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the ...

(1947-2019), outfielder *

David Clyde David Eugene Clyde (born April 22, 1955) is an American former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five seasons with the Texas Rangers (1973–1975) and Cleveland Indians (1978–1979). He is noted for his once promising ...

(1955- ), pitcher * Alan Cockrell (1962- ), outfielder, hitting coach * Pat Collins (1896-1960), catcher * Robert Dodd (1973- ), pitcher * Mike Dupree (1953- ), pitcher * Paul Edmondson (1943-1970), pitcher * Seth Greisinger (1975- ), starting pitcher * Sherman Jones (1935-2007), pitcher, Kansas state legislator * Bob Kammeyer (1950-2003), pitcher * Paul Penson (1931-2006), pitcher * John Peters (1893-1932), catcher *

Steve Renko Steve Renko, Jr. (born December 10, 1944) is a former American right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Montreal Expos (1969–1976), Chicago Cubs (1976–1977), Chicago White Sox (1977), Oakland Athletics (1978), Boston Re ...

(1944- ), pitcher * Bullet Rogan (1893-1967), outfielder, pitcher * Ray Sadecki (1940-2014), pitcher * David Segui (1966- ), 1st baseman * Kite Thomas (1923-1995), outfielder * Cotton Tierney (1894-1953), 2nd baseman * Leo Wells (1917-2006), shortstop, 3rd baseman * Jimmy Whelan (1890-1929), pinch hitter

Basketball

* Lucius Allen (1947- ), point guard * Nate Bowie (1986- ), point guard * Larry Comley (1939-2006), guard * Larry Drew (1958- ), guard * Rich Dumas (1945-1991), guard * Ron Franz (1945–2022), small forward * Paul Graham (1951- ), coach * Leonard Gray (1951-2006), power forward *

Harold Hunter __NOTOC__ Harold Atkins Hunter (April 2, 1974 – February 17, 2006) was an American professional skateboarder and actor. He played the role of Harold in Larry Clark's 1995 film '' Kids''. Career Hunter was born in New York City and grew up i ...

(1926-2013), coach *

Warren Jabali Warren Jabali (born Warren Edward Armstrong; August 29, 1946 – July 13, 2012) was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1968 to 1975. Early career Jabali changed his name whi ...

(1946-2012), point guard, shooting guard *

Leo Lyons Leo David William Lyons (born 30 November 1943) is an English musician, who was most known as the bassist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Biography Leo Lyons was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in November 1943 and became a profes ...

(1987- ), power forward * John McLendon (1915-1999), coach * Pierre Russell (1949-1995), shooting guard * Jackie Stiles (1978- ), shooting guard *

Earl Watson Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player, who serves as an assistant coach for the San Diego Toreros. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a four-year ...

(1979- ), point guard and

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

coach * Bus Whitehead (1928-2010), center, power forward

Golf

* Bruce Lietzke (1951-2018), golfer * Jug McSpaden (1908-1996), golfer

Pro wrestling

Bob Orton Robert Keith Orton Sr. (July 21, 1925 – July 16, 2006) was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. The patriarch of the Orton wrestling family, his two sons Bob Orton Jr. and Barry Orton, and grandson Randy Orton, have all wr ...

(1929-2006), pro wrestler * Bob Orton, Jr. (1950- ), pro wrestler

Racing

* Jennifer Jo Cobb (1973- ), race car driver *

Jeff Emig Cam Jeffrey Emig (born December 1, 1970) is an American former professional motocross racer. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1988 to 1999. He was one of the top American motocross racers of the 1990s. During his motorcycle r ...

(1970- ), motocross racer * Eddie Hearne (1887-1955), race car driver * Billy Winn (1905-1938), race car driver

Track and field

* Maurice Greene (1974- ), U.S. Olympic track and field athlete * Cliff Wiley (1955- ), track and field athlete

Other

* Bryan Goebel (1961- ), pro bowler *

LeBaron Hollimon LeBaron Hollimon (born August 13, 1969) is an American soccer coach who is currently on the staff of FC Wichita. Hollimon serves as the Director of Coaching for the FC Wichita Academy and also coaches with the men's USL League Two and women's ...

(1969- ), soccer forward *

Nick Plott Nicolas Plott (born August 11, 1984), known by his alias Tasteless, is an American esports commentator. He moved to Seoul, Seoul, Korea in 2007 to give commentary to esports competitions. He has provided commentary for multiple ''StarCraft (vide ...

(1983- ), eSports commentator * Matt Stutzman (1982- ), archer * Kelvin Tiller (1990- ), mixed martial artist

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Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...

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