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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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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