REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES.

At the Kansas Historical Society, our vision is to enrich people’s lives by connecting them to the past. The story of Kansas is the story of its people. If it weren’t for the people, there would be no story to tell. In the coming months, we’ll be introducing you to a variety of people from Kansas history. You may have heard of some. Others will be new to you, as will their stories. We invite you to take a moment to get to know the people of Kansas history…and their stories.

Trading Cards

John Brown

Billboards

William Allen White

Bookmarks

James Naismith

Videos

KSHS Faces

Or browse by name through these people in Kansas history.

  • Olive Ann Mellor Beech
  • "Mother" Mary Ann Bickerdyke
  • Blackbear Bosin
  • Gwendolyn Brooks
  • John Brown
  • Oliver Brown
  • McKinley Burnett
  • George Washington Carver
  • Clyde Cessna
  • Mabel Chase
  • Walter P. Chrysler
  • Harry Walter Colmery
  • Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
  • Samuel Crumbine
  • Teresa Cuevas
  • Glenn Cunningham
  • John Steuart Curry
  • Charles Curtis
  • John Denny
  • Annie L. Diggs
  • Peggy Hull Deuell
  • Aaron Douglas
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Dwight David Eisenhower
  • Ron Evans
  • Frederick Funston
  • Dionisio Campos Garcia
  • Georgia Neese Gray
  • Minnie Grinstead
  • Annie and Moses Grinter
  • Emanuel and Marcet Haldeman-Julius
  • Fred Harvey
  • Takeru Higuchi
  • Langston Hughes
  • William Inge
  • Eva Jessye
  • Martin and Osa Johnson
  • Jack Kilby
  • James Lane
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • H. D. Lee
  • Mary Elizabeth Lease
  • Julia Lovejoy
  • Lutie Lytle
  • Hattie McDaniel
  • Karl Menninger
  • Oscar Micheaux
  • James Naismith
  • Carry A. Nation
  • Clarina Nichols
  • Mitsugi Ohno
  • Charlie Parker
  • Gordon Parks
  • Charles and Sara Robinson
  • Susanna Salter
  • Sven Birger Sandzén
  • Satanta
  • Charles Sheldon
  • Jerry Simpson
  • Benjamin Singleton
  • William Stafford
  • Russell and Clara Stover
  • Uhsah Taka
  • Lucy Hobbs Taylor
  • Jim Thorpe
  • Lucinda Todd
  • Clyde Tombaugh
  • William Allen White
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Mamie Williams

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