List of people from Kansas

People from the state of Kansas who have achieved fame or note include:

• Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize winner in Economics born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
• Jack S. Kilby, Nobel Prize winner in Physics born and raised in Great Bend, Kansas.
• Jesse Unruh[?], California politician, born and raised in Newton, Kansas.
• Bob Dole, politician, Senator, Presidential Candidate, Russell, Kansas.
• Alf Landon, Governor, Presidential Candidate, Topeka, Kansas.
• Marlin Fitzwater[?] Press Secretary, for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, Abilene, Kansas.
• Satanta[?], Chief of the Kiowa tribe[?], Western Kansas.
• Gordon Parks[?], film director, born and raised in Fort Scott, Kansas.
• Dennis Hopper, actor, born in Dodge City, Kansas.
• Kirstie Alley[?], Actress, Wichita, Kansas.
• Don Johnson, actor, born and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
• Loren Entz[?], western artist, Whitewater, Kansas.
• Blackbear Bosin, native American artist, Wichita, Kansas.
• Langston Hughes, writer and poet, Topeka, Kansas.
• Barry Sanders, football player, Wichita, Kansas.
• Jess Willard[?], Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
• Steve Hawley[?], Astronaut, Salina, Kansas.
• Ron Evans[?], Astronaut, Topeka, Kansas.
• Amelia Earhart, aviator, Atchison, Kansas.