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Infamous people and Fictional People from Kansas

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Real Estate Agent with ERA High Pointe Realty

Infamous persons

  • Edward J. Adams, (1887-1921), bank robber and murderer, Hutchinson, Kansas.
  • Mark Essex, (1949-1973), mass murderer, Emporia, Kansas.
  • Jake and Ralph Fleagle, bank robbers and murderers, Marienthal, Kansas
  • George Newcomb, (1866-1895), member of Bill Doolin's Wild Bunch, Fort Scott, Kansas.
  • Dennis Rader, (born 1945), serial killer known as "BTK", Wichita, Kansas.

Fictional Persons

  • Gray Anderson, mayor, Jericho, Kansas
  • Dennis the Menace, (1951), neighborhood terror, Wichita, Kansas.
  • Matt Dillon, (1949), Fictional marshall, Dodge City, Kansas.
  • Samuel Dullard, character on Rocket Power, Hutchinson, Kansas
  • Dorothy Gale, (1900), fictional Little Girl from Kansas who is transported to the Land of Oz by a tornado, with her dog Toto.
  • Gil Hamilton, (c.2083), futuristic detective, Topeka, Kansas.
  • Johnny Kaw, (1955), mythical Kansas settler, Manhattan, Kansas.
  • Clark Kent, (1938), adopted child of Jonathan and Martha Kent of Smallville, Kansas, better known as Superman, born on Krypton.
  • Colleen McMurphy, lead character from China Beach, from a "small town" in Kansas
  • Jack B. Quick, (1999), boy genious, Queerwater Creek, Kansas.
  • Amanda Rogers, (born 2351), fictional character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Topeka, Kansas.

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

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Kelvi Cunningham, Realtor, ABR

G&A Real Estate, Inc.

Cell (785)341-6806

Kelvi@GandARealEstate.com

www.GandARealEstate.com

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Mobile Austin Notary
Apostille/Authentication/Embassy Legalization, Notary Public, Loan Signing Agent & Process Server Services - Austin, TX
www.mobileaustinnotary.com

Wow I didn't realize that so many famous people came from Kansas.Butterfly

Dec 03, 2008 11:13 AM
Paul Franciskato
Asset Brokering Services - Junction City, KS

Interesting!  I didn't know the characters of Dennis the Menace and Clark Kent were based in Kansas!

Jul 18, 2010 02:22 PM