FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Kirstie Alley actress
• Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle actor
• Ed Asner actor

B

• Clarence Batchelor political cartoonist
• Annette Bening actress
• Gwendolyn Brooks poet
• Louise Brooks silent film actress
• Jim Brothers sculptor

C

• Walter Percy Chrysler automobile manufacturer
• Clark Clifford u.s. secretary of defense
• Glenn Cunningham olympian
• John Steuart Curry painter
• Charles Curtis former u.s. vice president

D

• Johnny Damon baseball player
• Bob Dole politician, war hero

E

• Amelia Mary Earhart aviator
• Milton Eisenhower educator
  (NOTE) His brother, Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, was born in Denison, Texas, though he was raised in Abilene, Kansas.
• Joe Engle astronaut
• Melissa Etheridge singer
• Ron Evans astronaut

G - I

• Maurice Greene athlete
• Steve Hawley astronaut
• Dennis Hopper actor
• William Inge playwright

J - L

• Don Johnson actor
• Walter Johnson baseball player
• Buster Keaton famous comedian from Kansas
• Emmett Kelly clown
• James Lehrer broadcast journalist

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