Public figures

Politics and law

• Georgia Neese Clark, (1900-1995), first woman Treasurer of the United States, Richland, Kansas.
• Charles Curtis, (1860-1936), U.S. Senator and 31st Vice President of the United States, Topeka, Kansas.
• George Docking, (1904-1964), Governor, Clay Center, Kansas.
• Bob Dole, (born 1923), Senator, 1996 presidential candidate, Russell, Kansas.
• Dwight Eisenhower, (1890-1969), 34th President of the United States, Allied commander in World War II, raised in Abilene, Kansas.
• Joan Finney, (1925-2001), Governor, Topeka, Kansas.
• Marlin Fitzwater, (born 1942), Press Secretary for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, Abilene, Kansas.
• Robert Gates, (born 1943), former CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Wichita, Kansas.
• Robert L. Gernon, (1943-2005), Kansas Supreme Court Justice, Sabetha, Kansas.
• Dan Glickman, (born 1944), Secretary of Agriculture, President of the Motion Picture Association of America, Wichita, Kansas.
• Bill Graves, (born 1953), Governor, Salina, Kansas.
• Paul Ranous Greever, (1891-1943), Wyoming Congressman, Lansing, Kansas.
• Gary Hart, (born 1936), Colorado Senator, Ottawa, Kansas.
• Carl Hatch, (1889-1963), New Mexico Senator, Kirwin, Kansas.
• Ural Alexis Johnson, (1908-1997), diplomat and amabassador, Falun, Kansas.
• Nancy Kassebaum Baker, (born 1932), Senator, Topeka, Kansas.
• Alf Landon, (1887-1987), Governor, 1936 presidential candidate, Topeka, Kansas.
• Roger Noriega, (born 1959), United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Wichita, Kansas.
• Roy Romer, (born 1928), Colorado Governor, Garden City, Kansas.
• Susanna M. Salter, (1860-1961), Mayor of Argonia, Kansas, first woman mayor in the United States.
• Arlen Specter, (born 1930), Pennsylvania Senator, Russell, Kansas.
• Ron Wyden, (born 1949), Oregon Senator, Wichita, Kansas.

Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kansas