List of people from Pittsburg, Kansas

Academia

• Dale R. Corson, physicist
• Samuel Martin, linguist
• Vance Randolph, folklorist

Arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• Hugh Gillin, actor
• Roy Glenn, actor

Journalism

• Rick Atkinson, newspaper journalist, military historian
• Paul White, broadcast journalist
• Brian Williams, news anchor

Literature

• Harold Bell Wright, essayist, novelist, playwright
• Gary Zukav, spiritualist, self-help writer

Music

• Lee Allen, saxophonist

Other visual arts

• Waylande Gregory, sculptor
• Alan Larkin, artist
• Russell Myers, cartoonist
• Scot Sothern, photographer
• John Tewell, photographer
• Ann Woodward, radio actress, showgirl, and socialite

Business

• William N. Deramus III, railroad executive
• Alexander Howat, coal miner, trade union leader
• Kenneth A. Spencer, chemical entrepreneur

Crime

• Dennis Rader, serial killer

Military

• Jack William Wintle, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Navy Cross recipient

Politics

National

• Philip P. Campbell, U.S. Representative from Kansas
• John C. Coughenour, U.S. federal judge
• Ronald Earl Longstaff, U.S. federal judge
• Edward White Patterson, U.S. Representative from Kansas

State

• Donald L. Allegrucci, Kansas Supreme Court justice
• Terry Calloway, Kansas state legislator
• Jacob LaTurner, Kansas State Treasurer-designate
• Arthur C. Mellette, 1st Governor of South Dakota
• Julie Menghini, Kansas state legislator
• Robert H. Trent, Wyoming state legislator

Religion

• Ronald Michael Gilmore, Roman Catholic prelate

Sports

American football

• Brad Franchione, coach
• Dale Hall, coach
• Dylan Meier, quarterback
• Kerry Meier, wide receiver
• Shad Meier, tight end
• Steve Quinn, center
• Kevin Verdugo, coach

Baseball

• P. J. Forbes, infielder
• Don Gutteridge, second and third baseman, coach, manager
• Ray Mueller, catcher
• Bill Russell, shortstop, coach, manager
• Roy Sanders, pitcher

Other

• Ralph "Wild Red" Berry, pro wrestler
• Ed Nealy, basketball forward