List of people from Garden City, Kansas
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The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Garden City, Kansas.
- Sanora Babb (1907–2005), novelist, journalist[1]
- Jeremy Hubbard (1972– ), news anchor[2]
- Frank Mantooth (1947–2004), jazz pianist, arranger[3]
- Fred Myton (1885–1955), screenwriter[4]
Law enforcement
- Alvin Dewey (1912–1987), special agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation[5]
Military
- Kendall Carl Campbell (1917–1942), U.S. Naval Reserve aviator[6]
Politics
National
- John Cotteral (1864–1933), U.S. federal judge[7]
- Clifford R. Hope (1893–1970), U.S. representative from Kansas[8]
- Richard Hopkins (1873–1943), U.S. federal judge[9]
- Dale Saffels (1921–2002), U.S. federal judge[10]
- William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), U.S. senator from Kansas[11]
State
- Don O. Concannon (1927–2013), candidate for governor in 1974
- Bob Lewis, member of the Kansas House of Representatives[12]
- Roy Romer (1928– ), 39th governor of Colorado[13]
- Jeff Whitham, former member of the Kansas House of Representatives
Local
- Webster Davis (1861–1923), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[14]
- Buffalo Jones (1844–1919), frontiersman, conservationist, co-founder of Garden City[15]
- Chuck Reed (1948– ), 64th mayor of San Jose, California[16]