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Oscar Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker and most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century.

The following is a list of notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Great Bend, Kansas.

Academia

Joan Bondurant (1918–2006), political scientist, spy
Jack Kilby (1923–2005), co-inventor of integrated circuit (IC), 2000 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
Steve Kufeld (1939–1997), astronomer, inventor

Arts and entertainment

Karrin Allyson (1963– ), jazz singer, pianist
Nicholas Barton (1983– ), filmmaker
Bruce Helander (1947– ), artist
Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951), author, film director
Roy Stryker (1893–1975), photographer, economist

Politics

Jim Denning (1956–), Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate
Joseph W. Henkle, Sr. (1906–1983), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
Roger Marshall (1960– ), U.S. Representative from Kansas; U.S Senator from Kansas
Jerry Moran (1954– ), U.S. Senator from Kansas

Sports

American football

Steve Crosby (1950– ), running back, coach
Damian Johnson (1962– ), offensive lineman
Monte Robbins (1964– ), punter

Baseball

John R. Keennan (1940–2015), longtime baseball scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers club
Ted Welch (1892–1943), pitcher

Other sports

Steve Gotsche (1961– ), golfer
John Keller (1928–2000), 1952 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball player

See also

Lists of people from Kansas

References

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