The following is a list of people who were born in and/or have lived in the American city of Olathe, Kansas.
Academia
George Washington Carver (1860–1943), botanist, prominent African American leader J. Wayne Reitz (1908–1993), President of the University of Florida (1955–1967) Charles H. Zimmerman (1908–1996), aeronautical engineer
Arts and entertainment
Film, television, and theatre
Willie Aames (1960– ), actor
Jennifer Bertrand, interior designer, television show host
Adam Jamal Craig (1981– ), actor
Ashley Litton (1983– ), beauty queen
Michael McMillian (1978– ), actor
Larry Parks (1914–1975), actor
Chris Porter (1979– ), comedian
Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904–1999), actor
Journalism
C. L. Edson (1881–1975), newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet
Dan Ryckert (1984– ), journalist and author.
Music
Johnny Dare (1968– ), Kansas City radio personality
Charles Miller (1939–1980), musician
Rob Pope, member of emo band The Get Up Kids
Ryan Pope (1978– ), member of emo band The Get Up Kids
Richie Pratt (1943–2015), jazz drummer, professional football player
Jim Suptic (1977– ), member of emo band The Get Up Kids
Other visual arts
Grace Bilger (1907–2000), painter
Business
Jesse Clyde Nichols (1880–1950), real estate developer
Donald J. Tyson (1930–2011), food industry executive
Politics
National
Chauncey B. Little (1877–1952), U.S. Representative from Kansas
Edward C. Little (1858–1924), U.S. Representative from Kansas
James Kenneth Logan (1929– ), U.S. federal judge
Walter Lewis McVey Jr. (1922–2014), U.S. Representative from Kansas
Vince Snowbarger (1949– ), U.S. Representative from Kansas (1997–1999)
State
John Anderson Jr. (1917–2014), 36th Governor of Kansas (1961–1965) Keith Esau, Kansas state legislator Herbert S. Hadley (1872–1927), 32nd Governor of Missouri, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis George H. Hodges (1866–1947), 19th Governor of Kansas Julia Lynn (1957– ), Kansas state legislator Robert Montgomery, Kansas state legislator Robert Olson (1969– ), Kansas state legislator Mark Parkinson (1957– ), 45th Governor of Kansas (2009–2011) Ron Ryckman Jr., Kansas state legislator John St. John (1833–1916), 8th Governor of Kansas (1879–1883), Prohibition Party Presidential candidate (1884) Harold Sebring (1898–1968), Florida Supreme Court justice
Local
Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), 42nd Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Sports
American football
Arland Bruce III (1977– ), wide receiver for the BC Lions
Don Davis (1972– ), linebacker, coach
Bryan Shepherd (1991– ), cornerback
Isaiah Simmons (1998– ), linebacker
Darren Sproles (1983– ), running back
Baseball
John Means, Baltimore Orioles pitcher
Dan Glass (1959– ), Kansas City Royals president
Claude Hendrix (1889–1944), pitcher
Dummy Taylor (1875–1958), pitcher
Basketball
Manute Bol (1962–2010), NBA center (1985–1994) Willie Cauley-Stein (1993– ), center Danielle McCray (1987– ), forward
