List of Famous people born in Kansas, United States of America

June Bacon-Bercey

June Esther Griffin
First Name June
Last Name Bacon-Bercey
Born on October 23, 1932
Died on July 3, 2019 (aged 86)

June Esther Bacon-Bercey was an American international expert on weather and aviation who worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service and the Atomic Energy Commission.

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Henry K. Beecher

First Name Henry
Last Name Beecher
Born on February 4, 1904
Died on July 25, 1976 (aged 72)

Henry Knowles Beecher was a pioneering American anesthesiologist, medical ethicist, and investigator of the placebo effect at Harvard Medical School.

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Leanne Wong

First Name Leanne
Born on September 20, 2003 (age 22)

Leanne Ashley Wong is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States' women's national gymnastics team. She was the 2018 national Junior all-around champion. She was the 2019 American Cup champion and was a member of the team that won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games.

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Tracy Claeys

First Name Tracy
Last Name Claeys
Born on December 25, 1968 (age 57)

Tracy Lee Claeys is an American football coach. He is the linebackers coach at Virginia Tech, a position he has held since 2020. Claeys served as the head football coach at University of Minnesota from midway into the 2015 season thru the end of the 2016 season. Claeys served as an assistant for Jerry Kill for 21 years at Saginaw Valley State University, Emporia State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Northern Illinois University, and Minnesota—the last 16 as his defensive coordinator. From 2018 to 2019, Claeys was the defensive coordinator at Washington State University

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Walter Johnson

Walter Perry Johnson
First Name Walter
Last Name Johnson
Born on November 6, 1887
Died on December 10, 1946 (aged 59)

Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and of the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935.

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John C. H. Lee

First Name John
Last Name Lee
Born on August 1, 1887
Died on August 30, 1958 (aged 71)

John Clifford Hodges Lee was a career US Army engineer, who rose to the rank of lieutenant general and commanded the Communications Zone (ComZ) in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

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Tim Huelskamp

First Name Tim
Last Name Huelskamp
Born on November 11, 1968 (age 57)

Timothy Alan Huelskamp is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Huelskamp, a member of the Republican Party, was rated the least bipartisan member of the House during the 114th Congress by The Lugar Center - McCourt school Bipartisan Index. Prior to entering Congress, he represented the 38th district of the Kansas Senate from 1997 until 2011. Known for his strong social conservatism, Huelskamp was the chairman of the House Tea Party Caucus from February 2015 until the end of his term on January 3, 2017. He was succeeded by Roger Marshall, who defeated him in the 2016 Republican primary.

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Adrian Griffin

First Name Adrian
Last Name Griffin
Born on July 4, 1974 (age 51)
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Adrian Darnell Griffin is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA as a guard and small forward from 1999 to 2008. Griffin grew up in Wichita, Kansas and played collegiately at Seton Hall University.

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Tracy Britt Cool

First Name Tracy
Last Name Cool
Born on November 30, 1983 (age 42)

Tracy Britt Cool is an American business executive. On September 18, 2019, Cool announced that she is leaving Berkshire Hathaway to start her own investment firm that replicates Berkshire Hathaway's business model.

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Nick Hague

First Name Nick
Last Name Hague
Born on September 24, 1975 (age 50)

Tyler Nicklaus Hague is an American flight test engineer and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. Selected to be a flight engineer on the International Space Station, his first launch was on Soyuz MS-10, which aborted shortly after take-off on 11 October 2018. His second launch, on 14 March 2019, was successful, taking him and his fellow Soyuz MS-12 crew members to join ISS Expedition 59/60.

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