List of people from Lyon County, Kansas

The following is a list of people from Lyon 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.

List of people from Lyon County, Kansas

Academics

Frank A. Beach, ethologist, best known as co-author of the 1951 book Patterns of Sexual Behavior
Carl Salser, former Dean of the College of Education at Oregon State University

Arts and communication

Don Coldsmith, author of primarily Western fiction
Melora Creager, formerly cellist and lead singer and chief composer of the trio Rasputina^[1]
R. Lee Ermey, actor
Thelma Hill, silent film star
Evan Lindquist, artist, printmaker, and Artist Laureate of the State of Arkansas
Keith Waldrop, author
William Allen White, publisher
William Lindsay White, publisher

Athletics

American football

See also List of Emporia State Hornets head football coaches

Horace Botsford, college football coach 1901-1903
Henry Brock, college football coach
Harold Elliott, college football coach
Jim Everett, NFL quarterback
Homer Woodson Hargiss, college football coach
Lem Harkey, San Francisco 49ers
Fred Honhart, college football coach
Jerry Kill, college football coach
John Lamb, first coach of the Emporia State Hornets football team
Leon Lett, professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys
Manny Matsakis, college football coach
H. D. McChesney, college football coach
Paul Samson, American football
Owen Samuels, college football coach
Bob Seaman, college football coach; became head coach after Wichita State University football team plane crash
Norman Sterry, college football player
Fran Welch, college football coach
Dave Wiemers, college football coach
Fred Williams, college football coach

Auto racing

Clint Bowyer, NASCAR driver

Baseball

Ross Grimsley, baseball player

Basketball

Dean Smith, college basketball coach^[2]

Golf

J. L. Lewis, professional golfer

Clergy

Bob Mize, Bishop of Damaraland from 1960^[3]

Infamous

Mark Essex, spree killer who killed 9 people, including 5 police officers, and wounded 13 others in New Orleans on December 31, 1972 and January 7, 1973^[4]

Military

James Harbord, Lieutenant General in the United States Army
Grant F. Timmerman, U.S. Marine posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II

Politicians

Jim Barnett, politician
Don Hill, politician
Jeff Longbine, politician
Peggy Mast, Kansas politician^[5]
Bob Price, politician from Texas
Edward Herbert Rees, teacher and member of the United States House of Representatives
Roy Wilford Riegle, Probate Judge, Senate Member, Masonic Society Grand Master
Louise Porter, Kansas State Senator

Other

Alvin M. Johnston, test pilot
Maud Wagner, the first female tattoo artist in the U.S.

References

^ Creager, Melora. "Rasputina History". Rasputina. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007.
^ "Dean Smith Biography". Hall of Famers. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
^ Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated The Times Tuesday, Aug 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D
^ Moore, Leonard Nathaniel: Black rage in New Orleans - Police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina; Louisiana State University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780807135907
^ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Peggy Mast Biography

[1] Creager, Melora. "Rasputina History". Rasputina. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007.

[DSbio-2] "Dean Smith Biography". Hall of Famers. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006.

[3] Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated The Times Tuesday, Aug 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D

[4] Moore, Leonard Nathaniel: Black rage in New Orleans - Police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina; Louisiana State University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780807135907

[5] Project Vote Smart - Rep. Peggy Mast Biography

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