Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, the Air Capital, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. It is located in South Central Kansas, and is the county seat of Sedgwick County{{GR|6}}. As of the 2003 Census, the city had a total population of 360,715. The Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which encompasses Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, and Sumner counties has a 2003 population of 582,781 persons residing in 245,159 households.

Notable Natives

• Kirstie Alley, actress
• Robert Ballard, marine geologist
• Judy Bell, golfer
• Antoine Carr, basketball star
• Clyde Cessna, industrialist
• Robert M. Gates, former Director U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
• Dan Glickman, former US Congressman, Secretary of Agriculture, and current President of the MPAA
• Bob Helms, industrialist
• Stan Kenton, jazz musician
• Bill Koch, America's Cup winner
• Charles Koch, industrialist
• Don Johnson, actor
• William Lear, industrialist
• Jim Lehrer, TV host
• Hattie McDaniel, actress
• Vera Miles, actress
• Roger Noriega, Ambassador to the Organization of American States
• Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior
• Susan Page, journalist
• Jeff Probst, TV host
• Dennis Rader, the BTK Strangler
• Jim Ryun, Olympic medalist
• Barry Sanders, football star
• Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Memorial Prize winner
• Leon van Speybroeck, X-Ray astronomer
• Lloyd Stearman, industrialist
• Deb Stover, author
• John Cameron Swayze, announcer
• Darnell Valentine, basketball star
• Joe Walsh, musician
• Lynette Woodard, basketball star