List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

File:L. H. Hausam.png was president of the Hausam School of Penmanship and resided in Hutchinson.]]

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Academia

{{see also|Hutchinson_Community_College#Notable_alumni|l1 = List of Hutchinson Community College people}}

Jane Smisor Bastien (1936–2018), music teacher and author
Dale L. Boger (born 1953), organic chemist{{cite news | last = Roderick | first = Kristen | title = Hutch High grad elected to science academy | newspaper = The Hutchinson News | date = 2014-05-03 | url = http://www.hutchnews.com/lifestyle/community/hutch-high-grad-elected-to-science-academy/article_768399b4-4409-59c1-a866-f454f066793b.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
L. H. Hausam (1870–1941), president of the Hausam School of Penmanship{{cite book|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/h3/hausam_l_h.html|volume=III|title=Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc.|publisher=Standard Pub. Co.|location=Chicago|year=1912|accessdate=March 10, 2013|quote=L. H. Hausam, president of the Hausam School of Penmanship, Hutchinson, Kan., was born in St. Charles, Mo., June 14, 1870|first=Frank W.|last=Blackmar|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422083117/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/h3/hausam_l_h.html|archivedate=April 22, 2005|df=mdy-all}} and founder of Great Western Business and Normal College{{Cite web|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/cloud/1903/concordia3.shtml |publisher=Kansas Skyways |work=Biographical history of Cloud County, Kansas |title=THE GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS AND NORMAL COLLEGE |accessdate=November 23, 2010 |first=E.F. |last=Hollibaugh |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014035120/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/cloud/1903/concordia3.shtml |archivedate=October 14, 2012 }}
William Lee Miller (1926–2012), historian, political ethics professor{{cite news | last = Fox | first = Margalit | title = William Lee Miller, Scholar on Abraham Lincoln, Is Dead at 86 | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 2012-06-05 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/william-lee-miller-lincoln-scholar-dies-at-86.html?_r=0 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Erik N. Rasmussen (born 1957), atmospheric scientist and tornado expert{{cite web | title = Erik Rasmussen named outstanding young scientist | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | date = 1997-10-29 | url = http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/pr97/oct97/noaa97-r512.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083041/http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/pr97/oct97/noaa97-r512.html | archivedate = September 24, 2015 | df = mdy-all }}
Fred Soper (1893–1977), epidemiologist{{cite web | title = Biographical Information | work = The Fred L. Soper Papers | publisher = National Library of Medicine | url = https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/VV/p-nid/76 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Howard Swearer (1932–1991), educator{{cite encyclopedia | title = Swearer, Howard R. | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia Brunoniana | publisher = Brown University | url = http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=S0510 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Pat Woodrum (born 1941), librarian{{cite web | title = Pat Woodrum, 1993 Inductee | publisher = Oklahoma State University | url = http://old.library.okstate.edu/oralhistory/owhof/woodrum.htm | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

Arts and entertainment

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=Fashion=

Julie Woodson (born 1950), model{{IMDb name|id=0940872 |name=Julie Woodson }}. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

=Film, television, and theatre=

Kay Alden (born 1946), screenwriter{{cite news | last = Warren | first = James | title = Restless Writer Keeps Tv Soap In Full Lather | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | date = 1988-12-01 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/12/01/restless-writer-keeps-tv-soap-in-full-lather/ | access-date = 2015-12-01}}
Mitch Brian (born 1961), screenwriter{{cite web | last = Kendall | first = Justin | title = The Pitch Questionnaire with filmmaker Mitch Brian | date = 2012-08-15 | publisher = The Pitch | url = http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2012/08/15/the-pitch-questionnaire-with-filmmaker-mitch-brian | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Aneta Corsaut (1933–1995), actress{{IMDb name|id=0181080 |name=Aneta Corsaut }}. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
Racquel Darrian (born 1968), pornographic actress
Lucinda Dickey (born 1960), actress, dancer{{IMDb name|id=0225466 |name=Lucinda Dickey }}. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), film director{{IMDb name|id=0861703 |name=Richard Thorpe }}. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

=Journalism=

Michael Grant (born 1951), journalist{{IMDb name|id=2908225 |name=Michael Grant }}. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
Fred Kaplan (born 1954), author, journalist{{cite news | last = Hanks | first = Kathy | title = Teacher passed on love of literature | newspaper = The Hutchinson News | date = 2014-12-07 | url = http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/teacher-passed-on-love-of-literature/article_d46c4ed7-e056-589a-beea-72db0bad4579.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
James B. Steele (born 1943), author, journalist{{cite web | title = About Us | publisher = Bartlett & Steele | url = http://www.barlettandsteele.com/about.php | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

=Literature=

Scott Heim (born 1966), novelist{{IMDb name|id=1721077 |name=Scott Heim }}. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995), science fiction writer, novelist{{cite encyclopedia | title = St. Clair, Margaret | encyclopedia = The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | url = http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/st_clair_margaret | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
William Mark Simmons (born 1953), broadcaster, novelist{{cite news | last = Charlene | first = Scott | title = Kansas authors offer guidance to other writers | newspaper = Dodge City Daily Globe | date = 2008-10-07 | url = http://www.dodgeglobe.com/article/20081007/NEWS/310079993 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
William Stafford (1914–1993), poet, pacifist{{cite web | title = William Stafford | work = Kansapedia | publisher = Kansas Historical Society | url = https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/william-stafford/16768 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

===Music===

James Avery (1937–2009), conductor, pianist{{cite web | title = James Avery | website = AllMusic | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-avery-mn0003109678 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Jock Bartley, guitarist{{cite web | title = Jock Bartley | publisher = Firefall | url = http://www.firefallofficial.com/jock-bartley/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151129023631/http://www.firefallofficial.com/jock-bartley | url-status = usurped | archive-date = November 29, 2015 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Steven Stucky (1949–2016), composer{{cite web | title = Steven Stucky | publisher = Baylor University School of Music | url = http://www.baylor.edu/music/index.php?id=863507 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Murry Wilson (1917–1973), record producer, songwriter. Father to three Beach Boys performers.{{cite web | title = Good Vibrations | publisher = Kansas Public Radio | date = 2012-02-17 | url = http://kansaspublicradio.org/blog/kpr-staff/good-vibrations-february-17-2012 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Jeff Russell, guitarist of Signals Midwest {{cite web | title = signals Midwest | publisher = bandcamp | url = https://signalsmidwest.bandcamp.com/ | accessdate = 2025-02-27}}

=Other visual arts=

Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), artist{{Cite web|url = http://www.askart.com/askart/d/charles_stafford_duncan/charles_stafford_duncan.aspx|title = Charles Stafford Duncan (1892 - 1952)|date = |accessdate = November 8, 2014|website = Ask Art|publisher = |last = |first = }}
John Newsom (born 1970), painter{{cite web | title = John Newsom | publisher = Marc Straus | url = http://www.marcstraus.com/artists/john-newsom/ | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

Business

James Barnett (born 1986), entrepreneur, activist{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
David Dillon (born 1951), former CEO of Kroger, great-grandson of J.S. Dillon who founded Dillons{{cite news | last = Caproni | first = Erin | title = With aw-shucks farewell visit, former Kroger CEO Dillon brings career full circle | newspaper = Cincinnati Business Courier | date = 2014-12-26 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2014/12/with-aw-shucksfarewell-visit-former-kroger-ceo.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Hal Prewitt (born 1954), technology entrepreneur, inventor, race car driver, artist, photographer{{cite web | title = Hal Prewitt | publisher = Driver Database | url = https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/hal-prewitt/ | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

Crime

Edward J. Adams (1887–1921), bank robber{{cite web | title = Eddie Adams - Killer of the Prohibition Era | publisher = Legends of America | url = http://www.legendsofamerica.com/20th-eddieadams.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

Military

Robert S. Lucas (1930–2016), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral{{cite web | title = Rear Admiral Robert S. Lucas | publisher = U.S. Coast Guard | url = https://www.uscg.mil/history/people/Flags/LucasRBio.pdf | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Alexander Pearson Jr., U.S. Army First Lieutenant {{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
Fay B. Prickett, U.S. Army major general{{cite magazine |last=Roberts |first=Francis J. |date=December 1983 |title=Death Notice, Fay B. Prickett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MT8xAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA118 |magazine=Assembly |location=West Point, NY |publisher=Association of Graduates, USMA |pages=118–119 |via=Google Books}}

Politics

=National=

Leland Barrows (1906–1988), U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and Togo{{cite news | title = Envoy and Wife Visit Lawrence | newspaper = Lawrence Journal-World | date = 1962-08-01 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19620801&id=ET4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5347,2212465&hl=en | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Wesley E. Brown (1907–2012), U.S. federal judge{{cite web | title = Brown, Wesley Ernest | work = Biographical Directory of Federal Judges | url = http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=289&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na | publisher = Federal Judicial Center | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas{{cite web | title = Brown, William Ripley (1840-1916) | work = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher = U.S. Congress | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000951 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Ralph Easley (1856–1939), political activist{{cite book | last = Cyphers | first = Christopher J. | title = The National Civic Federation and the Making of a New Liberalism, 1900-1915 | date = 2002 | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | location = Santa Barbara, California | isbn = 0275973271}}
Martha Keys (born 1930), U.S. Representative from Kansas{{cite web | title = Keys, Martha Elizabeth (1930- ) | work = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher = U.S. Congress | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000162 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Richard T. Morrison (born 1967), U.S. tax court judge{{cite web | title = Judge Richard T. Morrison | publisher = U.S. Tax Court | url = https://www.ustaxcourt.gov/judges/morrison.htm | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Scott W. Stucky (born 1948), U.S. appeals court judge{{cite web | title = Scott Stucky Biography | publisher = American Bar Association | url = http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/litigation/materials/2014_aba_annual/speakers/stucky_scott.authcheckdam.pdf | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), U.S. Representative from Kansas{{cite web | title = Tincher, Jasper Napoleon (1878-1951) | work = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher = U.S. Congress | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000282 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Kevin Yoder (born 1976), U.S. Representative from Kansas{{cite web | title = Yoder, Kevin (1976- ) | work = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | publisher = U.S. Congress | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000063 | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

=State=

Terry Bruce (born 1975), Kansas legislator{{cite web | title = Terry Bruce's Biography | publisher = Vote Smart | url = http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/34605/terry-bruce#.Vl4gGnarSXI | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), 21st Governor of New Mexico{{cite news | last = Ravo | first = Nick | title = Jack Campbell, 82, New Mexico Leader From 1963 to 1967 | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 1999-06-18 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/18/us/jack-campbell-82-new-mexico-leader-from-1963-to-1967.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
John F. Hayes (1919–2010), Kansas legislator{{cite news|title=John F. Hayes [obituary] |newspaper=The Hutchinson News |date=2010-01-15 |url=http://www.hutchnews.com/Obituaries/hayes2010-01-15T20-53-59 |accessdate=2015-12-01 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609003455/http://www.hutchnews.com/Obituaries/hayes2010-01-15T20-53-59 |archivedate=June 9, 2011 }}
Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972), 27th Governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge{{cite web | title = Huxman, Walter August | work = Biographical Directory of Federal Judges | url = http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1139&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na | publisher = Federal Judicial Center | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Dick Kraus (1937–2019), Massachusetts legislator{{Citation |last=Barnstable Patriot| title = Wanda Myrtle Kraus, 86 | page=Obituaries | publisher=Barnstable Patriot| location = Barnstable, MA | year = 2000}}
Jay La Suer (born 1940), California legislator{{cite web | title = Full Biography for Jay La Suer | publisher = League of Women Voters of California | url = http://www.smartvoter.org/2000/11/07/ca/state/vote/lasuer_j/bio.html | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
B. Robert Lewis (1931–1979), Minnesota state legislator and veterinarian[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=10374 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-B. Robert Lewis, Sr.]
William Yoast Morgan (1866–1932), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas{{cite web | title = Kansas Lieutenant Governors | publisher = Kansas Historical Society | url = https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-lieutenant-governors/10998#morgan | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}
Michael O'Neal (born 1951), Kansas legislator{{cite web | title = Michael O'Neal's Biography | publisher = Vote Smart | url = http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/7009/michael-oneal#.Vl4fmnarSXI | accessdate = 2015-12-01}}

=Local=

Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), attorney; business manager of The Hutchinson News; Hutchinson school board, city council and school board for Los Angeles, California

Sports

=American football=

Geneo Grissom (born 1992), defensive lineman{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208409636|title = Geneo Grissom - 2014 - Football}}
Ben Heeney, linebacker
Ken Huff (born 1953), offensive lineman{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HuffKe20.htm|title= Ken Huff|publisher= Pro-Football-Reference.Com |accessdate= October 30, 2012}}
Buck Pierce (born 1981), quarterback{{cite web|url=http://www.bluebombers.com/roster/show/id/3653 |title=Buck Pierce |publisher=Official Website of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |accessdate=October 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017202101/http://www.bluebombers.com/roster/show/id/3653 |archivedate=October 17, 2012 }}
Pat Ryan (born 1955), quarterback{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyanPa00.htm|title=Pat Ryan|publisher= Pro-Football-Reference.Com |accessdate= October 30, 2012}}
Tommy Thompson (1916–1989), quarterback{{cite web|url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/ThomTo21.htm|title= Thomas Pryor Thompson|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.Com|accessdate= October 30, 2012}}

=Baseball=

Jack Banta (1925–2006), pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bantaja01|title= Jack Banta Stats

|publisher= Baseball Almanac|accessdate= October 30, 2012}}

Joyce Barnes (1925–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/profiles/mccoy-joyce-barnes/539 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website]. Retrieved on March 29, 2017.
Andy Dirks (born 1986), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=dirksan01|title= Andy Dirks Stats