List of people from Harvey County, Kansas
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The following is a list of people from Harvey 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.
- Errett Bishop, mathematician
- John Keeny, president of Louisiana Tech University from 1908 to 1926
- Ruth Emma Mitten, Harvey County superintendent of schools
Athletics
- Monty Beisel, professional football player
- Tony Clark, professional baseball player
- Andy Dirks, professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers; competed in the 2012 World Series
- Harold E. Foster, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Brian Moorman, professional football player for the Buffalo Bills
- Dustin Richardson, professional baseball player
- Jim Roper, NASCAR driver
- Adolph Rupp, one of the most successful college basketball coaches in the history of American college basketball and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Otto D. Unruh, college football coach credited with inventing the "T-Wing" offense
- Mike Wellman, professional football player
Arts
- Tom Adair, songwriter, composer and screenwriter
- Reed Crandall, comic book artist
- Milburn Stone, television actor
Business
- Jacob A. Schowalter, Kansas farmer and business owner whose estate formed the basis of the Schowalter Foundation
- Lyle Yost, founder of Hesston Corporation
Health and medicine
- John M. Janzen, leading figure on issues of health, illness, and healing in Southern and Central Africa
Journalism
- Jeremy Hubbard, television news anchor
Military
- Elizabeth P. Hoisington, United States Army officer, one of the first women to attain the rank of Brigadier General
