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• John Calhoun (1806-1859) - The first surveyor-general of Kansas and a pro-slavery partisan.

• George Campbell (1848-??) - Lawyer, author, and politician.

• Jacob Cantrell (18?-1856) - An early settler of Douglas County , Cantreel was killed by pro-slavery advocates.

• Arthur Capper (1865-1951) - Publisher, governor, and U.S. Senator.

• Frank Carlson (1893-1987) - From Concordia, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and as governor.

• Frank Carney (1938-present) - Along with brother, Dan, established the first Pizaa Hut Restaurant in Wichita, Kansas after borrowing $600 from their mother. Two years later they franchised their first Pizza Hut restaurant in Topeka.

• Thomas Carney (1828-1888) -  A businessman in Leavenworth, Carney became the second governor of the State of Kansas.

• Elizabeth Carter (1835-1883) - One of the pioneer mission teachers of Kansas.

• George Washington Carver (1864-1943) - An agricultural scientist, Carver mortgaged his Kansas homestead to go to college.

• Pedro De Castaneda - A chronicler of the Coronado Expedition to Quivira.

• Sterling G. Cato (??-1867?) - A pro-slavery advocate and Associate Justice of the Territory of Kansas.

• Clyde Cessna ( 1879-1954) - Airplane manufacturer from Wichita.

• Charles Joseph Chaput (1944-present) - From Concordia, and of of French-Canadian and Potawatomi heritage, he was the first American Indian to lead an American diocese.

• Mabel Chase ( 1876-1962) - First female sheriff in Kansas.

• Nick Chiles - Editor of longest-running African American newspaper in the nation, the Plaindealer, established in Topeka in 1899.

• Walter Percy Chrysler ( 1875-1940) - Born in Wamego and raised in Ellis, Chrysler was machinist, railroad man, automotive industry executive, and founder of the Chrysler Corporation.

• George Washington Clarke - A pro-slavery border ruffian, Clarke was involved in a number of Bleeding Kansas skirmishes before he was finally driven from the state permanently in 1858.

• Sidney Clarke (1831-1909) - One of the early members of Congress from Kansas and a Free-State advocate.

• Clark Clifford (1906-1998) - From Fort Scott, Clifford served as special counsel to President Truman, and later as Secretary of Defense.

• Nellie Cline - From William F. Cloud (1825-1905) - Soldier and Indian fighter in Kansas, Could County is named in his honor.

• William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) - Raised in Leavenworth, Cody was a Pony Express rider, buffalo hunter, soldier, scout, and "Wild West Show" promoter.

• Don Coldsmith ( 1926-present) - Physician, professor, and author of several western fiction books and articles.

• William Elsey Connelley (1855-1930) - Historian, author and businessman.

• Martin Franklin Conway ( 1827-1882) - From Leavenworth, Conway was the first U.S. Congressman to represent Kansas.

• Thomas R. Boston Corbett ( 1832-??) - From Concordia, Corbett is credited with shooting John Wilkes Booth.

• Richard Cordley (1829-1904) - Author and minister, Cordley was present at the Lawrence Massacre and lived to write about it.

• George A. Crawford (1827-1891) - Lawyer, journalist and founder of Fort Scott, Kansas.

• Samuel J. Crawford (1835-1913) - Lawyer, soldier and third governor of the State of Kansas.

• Samuel J. Crumbine ( 1862-1954) - From Dodge City, Crumbine served as Secretary of the State Board of Health and led public health campaigns against the use of common drinking cups, the roller towel, and the fly.

• John Steuart Curry 1897-1946) - From Jefferson County, artist was a painter whose career spanned from 1924 until his death. He was noted for his paintings depicting life Kansas. Along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, he was hailed as one of the three great painters of American Regionalism of the first half of the twentieth century.

• Charles Curtis (1860-1939) - Of Kanza Indian descent, Curtis served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and as Vice President of the United States