Historic People of Kansas Index

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John Davis (1820-1901) - Free-State advocate, member of congress, publisher and author.
Kenneth Sydney Davis (1912-1999) - Writer, biographer, aide to Milton Eisenhower, received the Francis Parkman Prize for his biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
J. H. Defouri (1830-??) - Early Catholic priest and author.
George W. Deitzler (1826-1884) - Free-State advocate, soldier, and politician.
Mark W. Delahay (1817-1879) - Jurist, politician and Free-State advocate.
James William Denver (18??-1894) - Secretary and governor of the Territory of Kansas.
Anne Le Porte Diggs (1853-1916) - From Lawrence, Diggs was a journalist, state librarian, and supporter of Populism and Women's Suffrage.
Robert Docking (1925-1983) - 38th Governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975.
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (1923-Present) - From Russell, U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, vice presidential candidate in 1976, sought Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and 1988, and 1996 GOP presidential nominee.
Israel B. Donalson (1797-1895) - The first United States Marshal of Kansas Territory
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979) - From Topeka, Douglas was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Alva Lease Duckwall (1877-1937) - Originally from Ohio, the family moved to Kansas in 1898. In 1901 Duckwall purchased a Racket Store in Abilene. Along with brother, Wilbur, they soon founded Duckwall Brothers was founded, featuring everything needed for the home.
John Dunbar (1804-1857) - Clergyman, missionary to the Pawnee Indians, and first treasurer of Brown County, Kansas.

Amelia Earhart (1897- 1937?) - From Atchison, Earhart was the first woman granted a pilot's license by the National Aeronautics Association and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) - Wichita and Dodge City lawman.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) - From Abilene, Eisenhower was five-star U.S. Army General, Supreme Allied Commander of the European theater, and President of the United States.

Peter Percival Elder (1823-??) - Politician, Indian Agent and businessman, Elder was for many years intimately connected with Kansas affairs.
Rush Elmore (1819-1864) - One of the first Associate Justices ofKansas Territory.
Joe Engle (1932-present) From Chapman commanded the STS-2 Space Shuttle and was a U.S. Air Force colonel.
Ron Evans (1933-1990) - From Topeka, Evans was the commander of the pilot ship on Apollo 17.
Thomas Ewing, Jr (1829-1896) - Military officer, Free-State advocate and first Chief Justice of the State of Kansas

Alfred Fairfax (1840-??) - From Chautauqua County, Fairfax was a Civil War veteran and the first African American elected to a state egislature.
David W. Finney (1839-1916) - A farmer, miller and Kansas legislator.
Joan Finney (1925-2001) - First woman to serve as State Treasurer and first woman governor of Kansas. She was the 42nd Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995.
Ford County Pioneers
Frederick Funston (1865-1917) - From Iola, Funston was an adventurer, colonel of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Regiment, general in the regular U.S. army, and received Congressional Medal of Honor for action during Philippine Insurrection.
John Charles Fremont (1813-1890) - Was an explorer, military officer, and politician who led multiple surveying expeditions, known as Freemont's Expeditions, through the western territory of the United States, including Kansas.

Ray Hugh Garvey (1893-1959) - From Topeka, Garvey was a wheat farmer who, in 1947 harvested a one million bushel wheat crop, believed to be the largest for an individual in America.
William Gay (18??-1856) - Shawnee and Wyandot Indian agent in 1856, Gay became a victim of the pro-slavery partisans during the Kansas-Missouri Border War
John White Geary (1819-1873) - The third Territorial Governor of Kansas
Fry W. Giles (1819-1898) - Businessman, author and one of the founders of Topeka.
George W. Glick (1827-1911) - The ninth governor of Kansas.
National S. Goff - From Neosho Falls, Goff was one of the founders of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railway Company.
Isaac T. Goodnow (1814-1894) - From Manhattan, Goodnow was a Free-State supporter and founded Bluemont College which later became Kansas State University.
Grenville L. Gove (18??-1864) - Military Officer and Civil War casualty.
Edward Grafstrom (1862-1906) - A mechanical engineer for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, he gave his life while trying to save many who were stranded in the great flood at Topeka.
Jane Grant (1892-1972) - Born in Missouri and raised in Girard, Kansas, she co-founded The New York Times with her first husband Harold Ross.
Georgia Neese Clark Gray (1900-1995) - From Richland, she was the first woman to serve as U.S. Treasurer.
Nehemiah Green (1855-1890) - Fourth governor of the State ofKansas
Roy Farrell Greene (1873-1909) - Poet and humorist.
Zula Bennington "Peggy" Greene (1895-1988) - From Topeka, she was an author and columnist.
Minnie J. Grinstead (18??-1925) - From Seward County, she was one of the state's first female legislators.

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