| A | B |
| Glenn Cunningham | World record holder and Olympic silver medalist. Favorite event was the mile. |
| William Allen White | Newspaper editor from Emporia, Kansas who was a progressive and fought the Ku Klux Klan. |
| Alf Landon | Ran against FDR and lost in the 1936 Presidential Election. |
| Charles Curtis | One of 2 people to run for president of the U.S. frVice-president of the U.S. under Herbert Hoover. He was also part Native-American. |
| Walter Johnson | A professional baseball player who is considered one of the best pitchers of all time. |
| Birger Sandzen | Famous artist who lived in Lindsborg, KS and created art under the New Deal Program. |
| John Steuart Curry | Famous artist who painted the murals in the state capitol. |
| Martin and Osa Johnson | Documentary filmmakers and adventurers. |
| Beech, Cessna, Stearman | Early automobile manufacturers and pioneers of aviation. |
| Amelia Earhart | Famous lady aviator who vanished in 1937 trying to fly around the world. |
| Lanston Hughes | A poet and author from Lawrence, KS who became part of Harlem Renaissance. |
| Arthur Capper | Topeka newspaperman who supported farmers and children. |