Previous Kansan of the Year
(Names in Blue, link to additional content)
1986 - George E. Nettles, Jr., Pittsburg
1985 - Gordon Parks, Fort Scott
1984 - Bernard W. Rodgers, Fairview
1983 - Mrs. Olive White Garvey, Wichita
1982 - Carl Nordstrom, Topeka
1981 - Joe H. Engle, Chapman
1980 - Keith G. Sebelius, Norton
1979 - Daphyne Smith Cauble, Wichita
1978 - G.W. Tomanek, Hays
1977 - Emerson D. Yoder, Denton
1976 - J. Rex Duwe, Lucas
1975 - Nyle Miller, Topeka
1974 - Edward W. McNally, Pittsburg
1973 - Lyle E. Yost, Hesston
1972 - Robert L. Brock, Topeka
1971 - Ray E. Dillon Sr., Hutchinson
1970 - Dwane L. Wallace, Wichita
1969 - Charles B. Rogers, Ellsworth
1968 - Hugh F. Edwards, Hamilton
1967 - Debbie Barnes, Moran
1966 - Jim Ryun, Wichita
1965 - Debbie Bryant, Overland Park
1964 - Laurin W. Jones, Dodge City
1963 - Mrs. O.L. Koger, Topeka
1962 - Rees H. Hughes, Pittsburg
1961 - Harry Darby, Kansas City
1960 - Maurice E. Fager, Topeka
1959 - R.A. Clymer, El Dorado
1958 - Mrs. Frank Boyd, Mankato
1957 - Mrs. Olive Ann Beech, Wichita
1956 - Karl A. Menninger, Topeka
1955 - Arthur D. Weber, Manhattan
2019 - Dale Dennis, Topeka
2018 - Don Landoll, Marysville
2018 - Dr. Lisa Stehno-Bittel, Kansas City, MO
2018 - Governor Bill Graves, VA
2018 - Lon Frahm, Colby
2017 - Philip F. Anschutz, Russell
2016 - James D. Latham, Arlington, TX
2016 - Gale Sayers, Elkhart, IN
2015 - Dr. Jim Hoy, Emporia *Video
2014 - Dayton Moore, Leawood
2013 - No Award Given
2012 - Dick Davidson, Bonita Springs, FL
2012 - Marilyn Maye, Overland Park
2011 - Harold Stones, Topeka
2010 - Deanell Reece Tacha, Lawrence
2009 - Robert M. Gates, Skagit County, WA
2008 - Delano E. Lewis, Las Cruces, NM
2007 - Jim Richardson, Lindsborg
2006 - Max Falkenstein, Lawrence
2005 - Martina McBride, Nashville, TN
2004 - Lynette Woodard, Wichita
2003 - Bob Dole, Russell
2002 - Jack St. Clair Kilby, Dallas, TX
2001 - Ross Beach, Hays
2000 - Dean Smith, Chappel Hill, NC
1999 - Shirley Knight, Goessel
1998 - Pat Roberts, Dodge City
1996 - Robert Sudlow, Lawrence
1995 - Stan Herd, Lawrence
1994 - Samuel Ramey, Colby
1993 - John Brooks Slaughter, Topeka
1992 - Stephen A. Hawley, Salina
1991 - Marynell Reece, Scandia
1990 - Jordan Haines, Wichita
1989 - Bob Billings, Lawrence
1988 - Marianna K. Beach, Hays
1987 - Fred C. Bramlage, Junction City
The Most Outstanding Kansans of the Past 100 Years (2017 Awards)
Olive Ann and Walter Beech
The Honorable Robert J. Dole
The Honorable Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gordon Parks
William Allen White