List of people from McPherson County, Kansas

The following is a list of people from McPherson County, Kansas. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

Academic

John Frykman, Lutheran minister and psychotherapist specializing in brief therapy
Kevin Honeycutt, the creator of "Artsnacks" learning community and international keynote speaker on technology, education and cyber-bullying prevention
Wendell Johnson, psychologist, actor and author; was a proponent of General Semantics
Stanford Lehmberg, historian
Emory Lindquist, president of Bethany College and Wichita State University
Harvey Harlow Nininger, meteorite collector, self-taught meteorologist, educator; considered by many today to be the "father of modern meteoritics"
David Nyvall, Swedish immigrant to the United States and church leader; helped shape the Evangelical Covenant Church and establish North Park University in Chicago^[1]

Arts

Chris Arpad, solo steel pannist, entertainer, musician, Scottish Highland drummer
Bruce Conner, artist of multiple mediums
Harrison Keller, violinist and music educator^[2]
Robert Leaf, composer
Bruce Montgomery, entertainer
John W. Peterson, composer
John Pfeiffer, classical recording producer
Birger Sandzen, artist
Gordon Young, composer

Crime

Duane Earl Pope, convicted murderer

Politics

Jim Francisco, Kansas Lieutenant Governor
Dick Nichols, US Representative

Sports

See also List of Bethany Terrible Swedes head football coaches and List of McPherson Bulldogs head football coaches

Montee Ball, running back for the Denver Broncos
Jonathan Coachman, sports commentator for ESPN
Marlies Gipson, professional basketball player
Kent Kessinger, college football head coach at Ottawa University
Ted Kessinger, member of College Football Hall of Fame^[3]
Laurie Koehn, professional basketball player
Del Lundgren, major league baseball pitcher
Stewart Stover, linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
Brad Underwood, college basketball head coach at Illinois

Others

Pop Hollinger, one of the first to begin collecting comic books for resale, went to college and played football at McPherson College^[4]

References

^ Past Presidents of North Park (North Park University)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984, page 1178
^ ESPN.com "College Football". ESPN. May 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ "1st Comic Collector/Dealer: Pop Hollinger". Retrieved August 30, 2012.