List of Famous people born in Olathe, United States of America
Emily Sander
Emily Irene Sander was an 18-year-old student at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, United States, who was reported missing on November 23, 2007 and found dead six days later. Her disappearance was widely covered in the mainstream news media. Israel Mireles was named as a suspect; he was arrested in Mexico and in February 2010 found guilty of her murder.
Isaiah Simmons
Isaiah Simmons is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Cardinals eighth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft. While at Clemson, Simmons was noted for his positional versatility as he played at linebacker, defensive end, cornerback, and safety.
Charles Rogers
Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s he was publicized as "America's Boy Friend".
Adam Jamal Craig
Adam Jamal Craig is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Special Agent Dominic Vail in NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of NCIS. He owns a small IT company named HyperHerd Inc.
Larry Parks
Samuel Lawrence "Larry" Klausman Parks was an American stage and movie actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing, before it was virtually ended when he admitted to having once been a member of a Communist Party cell, which led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios. His best known role was Al Jolson, whom he portrayed in two films: The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949).
Herbert S. Hadley
Herbert Spencer Hadley was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, he was Missouri Attorney General from 1905 to 1909 and in 1908 was elected the 32nd Governor of Missouri, serving one term from 1909 to 1913. As Attorney General, he successfully prosecuted Standard Oil Company for violating Missouri antitrust law. Entering the 1912 Republican convention, the Roosevelt and Taft forces seemed evenly matched, and a compromise candidate seemed possible. President Taft was willing to compromise with Hadley as presidential nominee; TR said no.