List of people from Garden City, Kansas

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Garden City, Kansas.

Arts and entertainment

 * Sanora Babb (1907–2005), novelist, journalist
 * Jeremy Hubbard (1972– ), news anchor
 * Frank Mantooth (1947–2004), jazz pianist, arranger
 * Fred Myton (1885–1955), screenwriter

Law enforcement

 * Alvin Dewey (1912–1987), special agent of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation

Military

 * Kendall Carl Campbell (1917–1942), U.S. Naval Reserve aviator

National

 * John Cotteral (1864–1933), U.S. federal judge
 * Clifford R. Hope (1893–1970), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 * Richard Hopkins (1873–1943), U.S. federal judge
 * Dale Saffels (1921–2002), U.S. federal judge
 * William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), U.S. Senator from Kansas

State

 * Don O. Concannon(1927–2013), Candidate for Governor in 1974
 * Bob Lewis, member of the Kansas House of Representatives
 * Roy Romer (1928– ), 39th Governor of Colorado
 * Jeff Whitham, former member of the Kansas House of Representatives.

Local

 * Webster Davis (1861–1923), Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
 * Buffalo Jones (1844–1919), frontiersman, conservationist, co-founder of Garden City
 * Chuck Reed (1948– ), 64th Mayor of San Jose, California

American football

 * Thurman "Fum" McGraw (1927–2000), NFL defensive tackle
 * Hal Patterson (1932–2011), CFL wide receiver
 * John Zook (1947–2020), NFL defensive end

Baseball

 * Gene Krug (1955– ), MLB pinch hitter
 * Harry Short (1878–1954), Texas League stolen base leader 1907
 * Todd Tichenor (1976– ), MLB umpire

Boxing

 * Victor Ortíz (1987– ), welterweight, actor
 * Brandon Rios (1986– ), lightweight

Other sports

 * Mark Fox (1969– ), basketball coach
 * Ray Watson (1898–1974), U.S. Olympic track and field athlete

Other

 * Joe Exotic (1963– ), former zoo operator, convicted felon, and politician
 * Charles "Buffalo" Jones (1844–1919), cowboy and naturalist
 * Julian Morgenstern (1881–1976), rabbi and Hebrew Union College professor and president