List of people from Pittsburg, Kansas
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This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Pittsburg, Kansas.
- Dale R. Corson (1914–2012), physicist[1]
- Samuel Martin (1924–2009), linguist[2]
- Vance Randolph (1892–1980), folklorist[3]
Arts and entertainment
Film, television, and theatre
- Hugh Gillin (1925–2004), actor[4]
- Roy Glenn (1914–1971), actor[5]
- Marlin Perkins (1905-1986) Zoologist, longtime host of TV's Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Journalism
- Rick Atkinson (1952– ), newspaper journalist, military historian[6]
- Paul White (1902–1955), broadcast journalist[7]
- Brian Williams (1959– ), news anchor[8]
Literature
- Harold Bell Wright (1872–1944), essayist, novelist, playwright[9]
- Gary Zukav (1942– ), spiritualist, self-help writer[10]
Music
Other visual arts
- Waylande Gregory (1905–1971), sculptor[12]
- Alan Larkin (1953– ), artist[13]
- Russell Myers (1938– ), cartoonist[14]
- Scot Sothern (1949– ), photographer[15]
- John Tewell (1943–2025), photographer[16]
- Ann Woodward (1915–1975), radio actress, showgirl, and socialite
Business
- William N. Deramus III (1915–1989), railroad executive[17]
- Alexander Howat (1876–1945), coal miner, trade union leader[18]
- Kenneth A. Spencer (1902–1960), chemical entrepreneur[19]
Crime
- Paul Roland Jones, 20th-century American criminal associated with the Chicago Outfit.
- Dennis Rader (1945– ), serial killer[20]
Military
- Jack William Wintle (1908–1942), U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, Navy Cross recipient[21]
Politics
National
- Philip P. Campbell (1862–1941), U.S. representative from Kansas[22]
- John C. Coughenour (1941– ), U.S. federal judge[23]
- Ronald Earl Longstaff (1941– ), U.S. federal judge[24]
- Edward White Patterson (1895–1940), U.S. representative from Kansas[25]
State
- Donald L. Allegrucci (1936–2014), Kansas Supreme Court justice[26]
- Terry Calloway (1954– ), Kansas state legislator[27]
- Jacob LaTurner, Kansas state treasurer-designate[28]
- Arthur C. Mellette (1842–1896), 1st governor of South Dakota[29]
- Julie Menghini (1964– ), Kansas state legislator[30]
- Robert H. Trent (1936–2012), Wyoming state legislator[31]
Religion
- Ronald Michael Gilmore (1942– ), Roman Catholic prelate[32]