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Wichita, KS
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.wichitagov.org/ Population:
344284 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1863 County:
Sedgwick County Incorporated as a city in 1870. SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Kirstie Alley |
Actor |
12-Jan-1951 |
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Rebecca from Cheers |
| Robert C. Bonner |
Government |
29-Jan-1942 |
|
Commissioner, US Customs Service, 2001-05 |
| Christopher Connelly |
Actor |
8-Sep-1941 |
7-Dec-1988 |
Norman Harrington on Peyton Place |
| Betty Dodson |
Author |
24-Aug-1929 |
|
Sex for One |
| Robert M. Gates |
Government |
25-Sep-1943 |
|
US Secretary of Defense |
| Dan Glickman |
Politician |
24-Nov-1944 |
|
Former Congressman, President of the MPAA |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Edward A. Kangas |
Business |
22-May-1944 |
|
CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000 |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
19-Feb-1912 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Charles G. Koch |
Philanthropist |
1-Nov-1935 |
|
Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir |
| David H. Koch |
Business |
3-May-1940 |
|
Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir |
| David L. Kyle |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Chairman of ONEOK |
| Jim Lehrer |
Journalist |
19-May-1934 |
|
Lehrer News Hour on PBS |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy on Gone with the Wind |
| Rick Mears |
Auto Racing |
3-Dec-1951 |
|
Four-time Indy 500 winner |
| Gale A. Norton |
Government |
11-Mar-1954 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior |
| Mark Parkinson |
Politician |
24-Jun-1957 |
|
Lt. Governor of Kansas |
| Jeff Probst |
Game Show Host |
4-Nov-1961 |
|
Survivor |
| Dennis Rader |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
|
BTK serial killer |
| Jim Ryun |
Politician |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Congressman, Kansas 2nd |
| Barry Sanders |
Football |
16-Jul-1968 |
|
Detroit Lions running back |
| Gale Sayers |
Football |
30-May-1943 |
|
Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71 |
| Vernon L. Smith |
Economist |
1-Jan-1927 |
|
Experimental economics |
| Arlen Specter |
Politician |
12-Feb-1930 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania |
| Joe Walsh |
Musician |
20-Nov-1947 |
|
Life's Been Good To Me |
| C. Howard Wilkins, Jr. |
Business |
1938 |
|
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1989-92 |
| Ron Wyden |
Politician |
3-May-1949 |
|
US Senator from Oregon |
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