List of Famous people born in Kansas, United States of America
Earl D. Eisenhower
Earl Dewey Eisenhower was an American electrical engineer and legislator, as well as the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Stanley Armour Dunham
Stanley Armour Dunham was the maternal grandfather of the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama. He and his wife Madelyn Payne Dunham raised Obama from the age of 10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sara Sothern
Sara Sothern was an American stage actress, and the mother of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Marilynn Smith
Marilynn Louise Smith was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won two major championships and 21 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Edgar Newton Eisenhower
Edgar Newton Eisenhower was an American lawyer and businessman, the older brother of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Bob Orton Jr.
Robert Keith Orton Jr., better known by the ring name "Cowboy" Bob Orton, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is the son of professional wrestler Bob Orton Sr., the brother of professional wrestler Barry Orton, and the father of professional wrestler Randy Orton. He is best known for his time in the WWF. He has also wrestled for several promotions in the United States, Japan, and other countries.
Chris Buck
Chris Buck is an American film director known for co-directing Tarzan (1999), Surf's Up (2007), Frozen (2013), which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2014, and Frozen II (2019). He also worked as a supervising animator on Pocahontas (1995) and Home on the Range (2004).
Nick Yankovic
Hale Hamilton
Hale Rice Hamilton was an American actor, writer and producer.
Kelli McCarty
Kelli Rachelle McCarty is an American actress, model, photographer, and former beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1991. She then placed in the top six at Miss Universe 1991, representing the United States. After ending her career in pageantry, McCarthy began an acting career and starred as Beth Wallace on the soap opera Passions (1999–2006). After Passions, McCarthy began acting as a pornographic actress, appearing in a number of softcore and hardcore films, receiving an exclusive contract with Vivid Entertainment that also gave her a say in the casting process of the scenes she was in.