List of people from Hays, Kansas

This is a list of people from Hays, Kansas, United States.

Academia

• Maurice L. Albertson (1918-2009), civil engineer, professor, Peace Corps co-founder^[1]

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Robert Bogue (1964- ), actor^[2]
• Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), showman, frontiersman, scout^[3]
• Rebecca Staab (1961- ), actress^[4]

Folklore

• Elizabeth Polly ( -1867), the so-called "Blue Light Lady"^[5]

Journalism

• John L. Allen, Jr. (1965- ), reporter, editor, analyst^[6]
• Melissa McDermott, news anchor^[7]

Literature

• Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842-1933), writer^[8]

Music

• Rob Beckley (1975- ), musician^[9]
• Petrowitsch Bissing (1871-1961), violin instructor^[10]

Other visual arts

• Hart Wood (1880-1957), architect^[11]

Business

• Philip Anschutz (1939- ), business magnate^[12]

Crime and law enforcement

• Clay Allison (1840-1887), gunfighter^[13]
• Robert Courtney (1952- ), fraudster, pharmacist^[14]
• Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876), gunfighter, lawman^[15]

Military

• Calamity Jane (1852-1903), frontierswoman, scout^[15]
• George Custer (1839-1876), U.S. Army Bvt. Maj. General^[16]

Politics

National

• Jerry Moran (1954- ), U.S. Senator from Kansas^[17]
• Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (1894-1952), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[18]
• Frances Tilton Weaver (1904-2003), feminist legal pioneer^[19]

State

• Jeff Colyer (1960- ), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas^[20]
• Travis Couture-Lovelady, Kansas state legislator^[21]
• Eber Phelps (1951- ), Kansas state legislator^[22]

Sports

American football

• Tysyn Hartman (1989- ), safety^[23]
• Tony Leiker (1964- ), defensive end^[24]

Baseball

• Otto Denning (1912-1992), catcher, first baseman, manager^[25]
• Chief Hogsett (1903-2001), pitcher^[26]
• Willard Schmidt (1928-2007), pitcher^[27]

Basketball

• Ron Baker (1993- ), shooting guard^[28]
• Marlies Gipson (1987- ), forward^[29]

Other

• Dave Armstrong (1957- ), announcer^[30]
• Bob Davis (1945- ), sportscaster^[31]

See also

• List of people from Ellis County, Kansas
• List of Fort Hays State University people
• Lists of people from Kansas

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31. "Legendary Jayhawk voice Bob Davis elected to KAB Hall of Fame". University of Kansas Athletic Department. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2013.