List of people from Cloud County, Kansas
The following is a list of people from Cloud County, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have lived in the county, either in cities or rural areas.
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Frank Carlson, Kansas politician and former governor
Boston Corbett was the Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He lived south of Concordia.
Academics
- May Louise Cowles, early advocate of teaching home economics
- George Norlin, former president of the University of Colorado
Arts
- Jim Garver, country music guitarist
- Robert E. Pearson, filmmaker
- Helen Talbot, film actress and pin-up girl
- Patrice Wymore, film and stage actress
Athletes
- Tom Brosius, track and field athlete
- Keith Christensen, professional football player
- George Dockins, major league baseball player
- Bill Dotson, track and field athlete
- Mike Gardner, college football coach
- Larry Hartshorn, professional football player
- Mike Kirkland, women's track & field coach
- Tim McCarty, college football coach
- Ernest C. Quigley, college football coach and major league baseball umpire
- Jason Rees, major league baseball player
- Harry Short, baseball player
- Shanele Stires, professional basketball player
- Elmer Stricklett, major league baseball player
- Kaye Vaughan, professional football player
Clergy
- Orval Butcher, founding pastor of Skyline Church
- Most Reverend Charles Joseph Chaput, OFM Cap, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Right Rev. John Francis Cunningham, Bishop of Concordia
- Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church
- Constantine Scollen, missionary priest, resident 1896-1898
Journalists
- Henry Buckingham, newspaper publisher
- Avis Tucker, publisher
Politicians
- Charles H. Blosser, namesake of Blosser Municipal Airport
- Elaine Bowers, member of the Kansas Legislature
- Napoleon Bonaparte Brown, politician and businessman
- Frank Carlson, United States Senator, Representative, and Governor of Kansas
- James Manney Hagaman, founder of Concordia, Kansas
- Deanell Reece Tacha, retired United States federal judge
- W. O. Woods, former Treasurer of the United States
Others
- Boston Corbett, known as the man who shot John Wilkes Booth
- Pop Hollinger, one of the first to begin collecting comic books for resale
See also
References
Municipalities and communities of Cloud County, Kansas, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Map of Kansas highlighting Cloud County | |
| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Townships | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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