List of people from Hutchinson, Kansas

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

Academia

 * Jane Smisor Bastien (1936–2018), music teacher and author
 * Dale L. Boger (1953– ), organic chemist
 * L. H. Hausam (1870–1941), president of the Hausam School of Penmanship and founder of Great Western Business and Normal College
 * William Lee Miller (1926–2012), historian, political ethics professor
 * Erik N. Rasmussen (1957– ), atmospheric scientist and tornado expert
 * Fred Soper (1893–1977), epidemiologist
 * Howard Swearer (1932–1991), educator
 * Pat Woodrum (1941– ), librarian

Fashion

 * Julie Woodson (1950– ), model

Film, television, and theatre

 * Kay Alden (1946– ), screenwriter
 * Mitch Brian (1961– ), screenwriter
 * Aneta Corsaut (1933–1995), actress
 * Racquel Darrian (1968– ), pornographic actress
 * Lucinda Dickey (1960– ), actress, dancer
 * Richard Thorpe (1896–1991), film director

Journalism

 * Michael Grant (1951– ), journalist
 * Fred Kaplan (1954– ), author, journalist
 * James B. Steele (1943– ), author, journalist
 * Caitlin Doornbos (1992– ), journalist

Literature

 * Scott Heim (1966– ), novelist
 * Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995), science fiction writer, novelist
 * William Mark Simmons (1953– ), broadcaster, novelist
 * William Stafford (1914–1993), poet, pacifist

Music

 * James Avery (1937–2009), conductor, pianist
 * Jock Bartley, guitarist
 * Steven Stucky (1949–2016), composer
 * Murry Wilson (1917–1973), record producer, songwriter. Father to three Beach Boys performers.

Other visual arts

 * Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952), artist
 * John Newsom (1970– ), painter

Business

 * James Barnett (1986– ), entrepreneur, activist
 * David Dillon (1951– ),, former CEO of Kroger, great-grandson of J.S. Dillon who founded Dillons
 * Hal Prewitt (1954– ), technology entrepreneur, inventor, race car driver, artist, photographer

Crime

 * Edward J. Adams (1887–1921), bank robber

Military

 * Robert S. Lucas (1930–2016), U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
 * Alexander Pearson Jr., U.S. Army First Lieutenant
 * Fay B. Prickett, U.S. Army major general

National

 * Leland Barrows (1906–1988), U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon and Togo
 * Wesley E. Brown (1907–2012), U.S. federal judge
 * William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 * Ralph Easley (1856–1939), political activist
 * Martha Keys (1930– ), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 * Richard T. Morrison (1967– ), U.S. tax court judge
 * Scott W. Stucky (1948– ), U.S. appeals court judge
 * Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 * Kevin Yoder (1976– ), U.S. Representative from Kansas

State

 * Terry Bruce (1975– ), Kansas legislator
 * Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), 21st Governor of New Mexico
 * John F. Hayes (1919–2010), Kansas legislator
 * Walter A. Huxman (1887–1972), 27th Governor of Kansas, U.S. federal judge
 * Dick Kraus (1937–2019), Massachusetts legislator
 * Jay La Suer (1940– ), California legislator
 * B. Robert Lewis (1931–1979), Minnesota state legislator and veterinarian
 * William Yoast Morgan (1866–1932), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
 * Michael O'Neal (1951– ), Kansas legislator

Local

 * Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), attorney; business manager of The Hutchinson News; Hutchinson school board, city council and school board for Los Angeles, California

American football

 * Geneo Grissom (1992– ), defensive lineman
 * Ben Heeney, linebacker
 * Ken Huff (1953– ), offensive lineman
 * Buck Pierce (1981– ), quarterback
 * Pat Ryan (1955– ), quarterback
 * Tommy Thompson (1916–1989), quarterback

Baseball

 * Jack Banta (1925–2006), pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball


 * Joyce Barnes (1925–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Andy Dirks (1986– ), outfielder with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball

Basketball

 * Jamie Carey (1981– ), Former WNBA guard for the Connecticut Sun

Gymnast

 * Dallas Bixler (1910–1990), Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast

Fictional residents

 * Sam "Squid" Dullard, character on Rocket Power, moves to fictional California town featured in the show in the first episode, revealed in a later episode that he's from Hutchinson