Aviators and astronauts Clyde Vernon Cessna, (1879-1954), aviator and aircraft designer, Rago, Kansas. Walter Herschel Beech, (1891-1950), aviator and aircraft designer, Wichita, Kansas. Amelia Earhart, (1897-1937), aviator, Atchison, Kansas. Joe Engle, (born 1932), astronaut, Chapman, Kansas. Ron Evans, (1933-1990), astronaut, Topeka, Kansas. Daniel Forbes, (1920-1948), U.S. Army Aircorp photoreconnaissance pilot, Carbondale, Kansas. Steve Hawley, (born 1951), astronaut, Salina, Kansas. Lloyd Carlton Stearman, (1898-1975), aviator and aircraft designer, Wellsville, Kansas. Businessmen and inventors
Philip Anschutz, (born 1939), billionaire investor, Russell, Kansas. Dan and Frank Carney, (Dan born 1931, Frank born 1938), founders of Pizza Hut, Wichita, Kansas. Walter Chrysler, (1875-1940), founder of Chrysler Corporation, Wamego, Kansas. James Harbord, (1866-1947), President and Chairman of Board of RCA, Manhattan, Kansas. Charles G. Koch, (born 1935), CEO of Koch Industries, Wichita, Kansas. David H. Koch, (born 1940), executive and politician, Wichita, Kansas. Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kansas
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