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​Famous Salinan's

Famous Salinan's

Salina has been home to many who made five space shuttle famous and near-famous sons flights. and daughters. They include:

​Mary Ann Bickerdyke
A Civil War nurse who was known as "Mother Bickerdyke." She later operated a hotel in Salina.

Thomas Braniff
An aviation pioneer who founded Braniff Airlines in 1928.

Bert Convy
A TV game-show host. Convy also was a baseball player for the Salina Blue Jays, a Class A minor league team.

Thomas Craven
An art critic who wrote for American Mercury and the New York Times in the first half of the 20th century.

Bill Graves
President and CEO of American Trucking Associations, is a former two-term Kansas governor and also served two terms as Kansas Secretary
of State.

Paul Harvey
The late news commentator, is a former Salina radio station manager.

Steve Hawley
An astronaut who made five space shuttle flights.

H.D. Lee
An entrepreneur whose businesses included Lee Jeans.

Glenn L. Martin
An aviation pioneer who founded Martin-Marietta Corp. A Kansas Wesleyan University alumnus, Martin Stadium at KWU is named for
him.

George Murdock
A character actor who has appeared in movies and television since the 1960s. Newman His best-known roles include the internal affairs investigator on "Barney Miller" and a Starfleet admiral on "Star Trek: The Next Generation. "

​Terence Newman
A Salina Central graduate and Kansas State University All-American in 2002. Newman is a member of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League

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  • Cemeteries & Graves
    • Headstone Directory (Saline County)
    • Graves of Saline County Pioneers >
      • Decoration of 1923
    • Gypsum Hill Cemetery History :1967
  • History
    • Cyclopedia of Kansas History
    • The Way We Were
    • Salina Has An Interesting History
    • ​Famous Salinan's
    • Luke Fisher Parsons
    • Family Bible Records
  • Tree Climber Archive
  • Records
    • Indexes >
      • 1884 Saline Co. Atlas Index
      • 1903 Saline Co. Atlas Index
      • 1920 Saline Co. Atlas Index
      • Audrey Ruch Collection
      • Biographies, SA, MP, MN, DK Co.
      • Blomberg Index
      • Bogart Lifetime Collection >
        • Births, Volumes A – K, Last Names A – Z, ~1974 – 1993
        • Births, Volumes L – Z, Last Names A – Z, ~1974 – 1993
        • Marriages including Engagements and Weddings
        • Obituaries
        • Funeral Cards
      • Court Records
      • Deaths & Interments
      • Faelber Collection - Obituaries
      • Immanuel Lutheran Church Funerals
      • Marriages in Salina County
      • Western Union 1943-45
    • Citizenship >
      • Citizen Applications 1886 -1906
      • Saline County Naturalization Records after 1906
    • School Records Page >
      • Early School Records, Saline County, Kansas
      • Alumni of Salina High School
      • 1895 8th Grade Exam
      • Normal College
    • Mortality Records >
      • 1870 Mortality Schedule
      • 1880 Mortality Schedule
      • Coroners Record
      • Obituary Central
    • Military Records >
      • Cavalry Company 1863
      • Roll of Captain AH. Boss
      • Spanish American War Roster
      • WWI Draft Registration
    • Other Records >
      • Judy Lilly's Columns
      • Township Assessments
      • Census Index 1865 Saline County, Kansas
      • Saline County Post Offices
      • Probate Judges
      • Cereal Malt Beverage Dealers in the City of Salina, Kansas
      • St. Joseph's Catholic Church
    • Other Counties Records >
      • Dickinson County Records
      • Ellsworth County Records
      • Ottawa County Records
  • Pioneers and Settlers
    • SALINE COUNTY OLD SETTLERS WITH DATE OF COMING TO COUNTY
    • Saline County Kansas Old Settlers and Pioneers with year of arrival
    • Pioneers Registered at Booth in Kenwood Park, Salina, Kansas during Fair, September 1930
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