List of people from Prairie Village, Kansas
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This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Prairie Village, Kansas.
Film, television, and theatre
- Sandahl Bergman (1951– ), actress, dancer, stuntwoman[1]
- Eric Darnell (1961– ), director, screenwriter, voice actor[2]
- Chuck Norris (1940–2026), actor, martial artist, producer[3]
Journalism
- Joe McGuff (1926–2006), Kansas City Star sportswriter and editor[4]
- Ramesh Ponnuru (1974– ), columnist, pundit[5]
Literature
- Jason Aaron (1973– ), comic book writer[6]
Music
- Joyce DiDonato (1969– ), mezzo-soprano opera singer[7]
- Abe Ismert, Eli Ismert, and Henry Ismert of the metal band Hammerhedd[8]
Business
- John Carmack (1970– ), computer programmer, co-founder of id Software[citation needed]
- Donald Fehr (1948– ), sports union executive[9]
- Robert S. Kaplan (1957– ), President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- David Wittig (1955– ), energy executive[10]
Crime
- Debora Green (1951– ), convicted murderer[11]
Politics
National
- Larry Winn (1919–2017), U.S. Representative from Kansas[12]
State
- Robert Bennett (1927–2000), 39th Governor of Kansas (1975–1979)[13]
- Marci Francisco (1950– ), Kansas state legislator[14]
- Jim Roth (1968– ), Oklahoma politician[15]
Science
- Dan Connolly (born 1967), computer scientist
- Laura Stiles (born 1986), aerospace engineer