List of people from Dickinson County, Kansas

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower considered Abilene to be his hometown.

Joe Engle grew up in Chapman and is the only astronaut to manually fly the Space Shuttle through reentry and landing.

The following is a list of people from Dickinson County, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

Eisenhower family

• Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States and five-star general^[1][2]
• Earl D. Eisenhower
• Edgar N. Eisenhower
• Milton S. Eisenhower

Old West

This section is reserved for notable people from the American Old West

• Phil Coe, gambler
• John Hardin, gunfighter
• Wild Bill Hickok, lawman
• Joseph McCoy, cattle baron
• Tom "Bear River" Smith, lawman
• Ben Thompson, gunfighter
• Libby Thompson, prostitute and dance hall girl^[3][4]

Infamous residents

• Terry Nichols, accomplice in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Politicians

• Joseph Burton, U.S. Senator from Kansas^[5]
• Edward Little, U.S. Representative from Kansas^[6]
• Kenneth McLeod, Canadian politician
• Frank Parent, California court judge^[7]
• Seymour Stedman, lawyer and Socialist candidate for Vice-President of the United States

Clergy

• Bruce Blake, Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• John Eastwood, World War II US Army Air Corps chaplain, was stationed at Herington Army Airfield
• Emil Kapaun, Roman Catholic priest and Servant of God, United States Army chaplain, and Medal of Honor recipient

Academia

• C. Olin Ball, food scientist, inventor^[8]
• Deane Malott, university administrator^[9]

Arts and entertainment

• Harry Beaumont, director and silent film actor
• Frankie Burke, actor
• Henry Poor, artist and architect

Athletics

• Ralph Faulkner, Olympic fencer
• Robert Rubel, college football coach
• Hy Vandenberg, Major League Baseball pitcher^[10]

Journalists

• Steve Doocy, journalist, author^[11]
• Oscar Stauffer, founder of Stauffer Communications

Military

• Joseph Engle, Space Shuttle astronaut
• Everett Stewart, World War II flying ace^[12]

Others

• Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Ronald Reagan and George Bush
• Gregory Frazier, former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the United States
• Ebby Halliday, centenarian and successful realtor
• Pop Hollinger, pioneer of the market for comic book collection and restoration

See also

• Lists of people from Kansas

References

1. "Abilene Years". Eisenhower Presidential Center. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
2. "President Dwight D. Eisenhower". Internet Accuracy Project. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
3. Gray, Jim. "Abilene History". Kansas Cattle Towns. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
4. Weiser, Kathy (2008). "Old West Legends - Texas Madam Squirrel Tooth Alice". Legends of America. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
5. "Burton, Joseph Ralph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
6. "Little, Edward Campbell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
7. F. D. Parent, Retired City Judge, Dies at 81: Inglewood Man, Who Served on Bench 28 Years, Coached Eisenhower in High School., Los Angeles Times, 1960-06-20, p. B1.
8. Pehanich, Mike (2003-09-10). "Hail to the innovators". Food Engineering. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
9. "President Emeritus Malott dies at 98". Cornell Chronicle. 1996-09-19. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
10. "Hy Vandenberg Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
11. "Five Minutes with FOX & Friends". Fox News Channel. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
12. Hatch, Gardner N.; Winter, Frank H. (1993), P-51 Mustang, Nashville: Turner Publishing Company, p. 135.