This article is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Leavenworth, Kansas . For people whose only connection with the city is being incarcerated at one of the prisons in the city see List of inmates of United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth , United States Disciplinary Barracks#Notable inmates or Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility#Notable inmates , and for people whose only connection to the city is through the University of Saint Mary, see University of Saint Mary#Notable people .
Arts and entertainment [ edit ]
Film, television, and theatre[ edit ]
Hilda Clark (1872-1932), actress, model[ 7]
Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917), showman, frontiersman, scout[ 8]
Pat McMahon (born 1933), actor, disc jockey[ 9]
Fred Meyers (born 1983), actor[ 10]
Donn B. Murphy (1930–2022), president of the National Theatre , theatrical advisor to the President of the United States [ 11]
Brock Pemberton (1885-1950), theatrical director, producer, founder of the Tony Awards [ 12]
Theresa Vail (born 1990), television host, Miss Kansas 2013[ 13]
Richard Sanders actor, WKRP in Cincinnati
Crime and law enforcement [ edit ]
Donald Prentice Booth (1902-1993), U.S. Army Lieutenant General[ 36]
George P. Buell (1833-1883), U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General, civil engineer[ 37]
Herbert B. Crosby (1871-1936), U.S. Army major general who served as the Chief of Cavalry[ 38]
John J. Davis (1909-1997), U.S. Army Lieutenant General
Billy Dixon (1850-1913), scout, buffalo hunter[ 39]
Charles R. Jennison (1834-1884), U.S. Army Colonel, abolitionist, Kansas state legislator[ 40]
Joseph E. Kuhn , commander of the 79th Division in World War I [ 41]
Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834-1864), U.S. Army Brigadier General[ 42]
David P. Muzzey (1838-1910), U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, lawyer[ 43]
Herman Poggemeyer Jr. (1919-2007), U.S. Marine Corps Major General[ 44]
David C. Schilling (1918-1956), U.S. Air Force Colonel, fighter ace[ 45]
Richard J. Seitz (1918-2013), U.S. Army Lieutenant General[ 46]
Persifor Frazer Smith (1798-1858), U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General, Military Governor of California[ 47]
Daniel Read Anthony (1824–1904), abolitionist, publisher[ 48]
Lucien Baker (1846–1907), U.S. Senator from Kansas[ 49]
Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1889–1950), U.S. federal judge[ 50]
William Patterson Borland (1867–1919), U.S. Representative from Missouri [ 51]
William M. Boyle (1902–1961), Democratic Party activist[ 52]
David Josiah Brewer (1837–1910), U.S. Supreme Court justice[ 53]
Alexander Caldwell (1830–1917), U.S. Senator from Kansas[ 54]
Robert Crozier (1827–1895), U.S. Senator from Kansas[ 55]
Mark W. Delahay (1828–1879), U.S. federal judge[ 56]
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th President of the United States , General of the Army [ 57]
Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826–1905), U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands , U.S. Army Brevet Major General[ 58]
Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829–1896), U.S. Representative from Ohio [ 59]
Thomas Ewing III (1862–1942), Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office [ 60]
Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839–1898), U.S. Representative from Missouri [ 61]
William Cather Hook (1857–1921), U.S. federal judge[ 62]
Edward Jacobson (1891–1955), business associate of Harry Truman , advocate for the creation of Israel [ 63]
Doug Lamborn (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Colorado [ 64]
Charles Henry Langston (1817–1892), abolitionist, political activist[ 65]
Cornelius Ambrose Logan (1832–1899), U.S. Ambassador to Chile , physician, writer[ 66]
Walter Nelles (1883–1937), lawyer, pacifist, co-founder of National Civil Liberties Bureau [ 67]
Marcus Junius Parrott (1828–1879), Kansas Territory delegate to U.S. Congress [ 68]
Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901), U.S. Senator from Mississippi [ 69]
James B. Rhoads (1928–2015), 5th Archivist of the United States [ 70]
Edward T. Taylor (1858–1941), U.S. Representative from Colorado [ 71]
Donald S. Voorhees (1916–1989), U.S. federal judge[ 72]
Lewis Ledyard Weld (1833–1865), Colorado politician[ 73]
Abel Carter Wilder (1828–1875), U.S. Representative from Kansas[ 74]
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (1834–1916), U.S. Representative from Missouri [ 75]
George T. Anthony (1824–1896), 7th Governor of Kansas [ 76]
Cassius McDonald Barnes (1845–1925), 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory [ 77]
William A. Barstow (1813–1865), 3rd Governor of Wisconsin , U.S. Army Brigadier General [ 78]
H.S. Broiles (1845–1913), 6th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas [ 79]
John A. Burns (1909–1975), 2nd Governor of Hawaii [ 80]
Thomas Carney (1824–1888), 2nd Governor of Kansas [ 81]
Powell Clayton (1833–1914), 9th Governor of Arkansas , U.S. Senator from Arkansas [ 82]
Robert E. Davis (1939–2010), Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice[ 83]
Hiram Griswold (1807–1881), member of the Ohio Senate and defense lawyer of John Brown [ 84]
William Larimer, Jr. (1809–1875), Kansas state legislator, founder of Denver, Colorado [ 85]
Andrew Nisbet, Jr. (1921–2013), Washington state legislator[ 86]
Edward Stillings (1823–1890), Kansas state legislator, judge[ 87]
Samuel Hanson Stone (1849–1909), Kentucky politician[ 88]
Sherwood Eddy (1871–1963), evangelist, missionary[ 89]
Louis Mary Fink (1834–1904), Roman Catholic Church prelate[ 90]
Isidor Kalisch (1816–1886), rabbi, writer.[ 91]
Michaelis Machol (1845–1912), rabbi[ 92]
John Baptist Miège (1815–1884), Roman Catholic Church missionary[ 90]
Paul Clarence Schulte (1890–1984), Roman Catholic Church prelate[ 93]
Winfield Scott (1837–1910), Baptist minister[ 94]
John Ward (1857–1929), Roman Catholic Church prelate[ 95]
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