Editing Arkansas City, Kansas (section)

== Notable people ==
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{{See also|List of people from Cowley County, Kansas}}
{{See also|Cowley_Community_College#Notable_alumni|l1=List of Cowley County Community College people}}
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* [[Maurice E. Baringer]], Iowa State treasurer and state legislator
*[[Michael Bradford (academic)|Michael Bradford]], playwright and artistic director of the [[Connecticut Repertory Theatre]]
* [[Darren Daulton]], baseball player for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Florida Marlins]]
* [[Frank Marshall Davis|Frank Davis]], American journalist, poet, political and labor movement activist, born in Arkansas City
* [[Robert Docking]], Mayor of Arkansas City, Governor of Kansas, 1967–1975
* [[Robert James Eaton|Robert Eaton]], automobile businessman, grew up in Arkansas City
* [[Tim Elliott]], American Mixed Martial Artist, UFC.
* [[Lionel Hollins]], former NBA professional basketball player and former head coach of the [[Brooklyn Nets]]
* [[Richard E. Killblane|Richard Killblane]], author and military historian, born in Arkansas City and attended first two years of elementary school.
* [[Anna Larkin]], folk sculptor, lived in Arkansas City upon moving to the United States<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref>
* [[Delano Lewis]], former US ambassador to South Africa, born in Arkansas City.
* [[Morris Lolar]], [[American Football]] coach
* [[Nila Mack]], actress, writer and director, golden age radio program ''[[Let's Pretend]]''
* [[Dick Metz]], professional golfer, born in Arkansas City
* [[Les Miller (American football)|Leslie Miller]], former professional football player, born in Arkansas City
* [[Jack Mitchell (American football)|Jack Mitchell]], football head coach, [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]] and [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]], born in Arkansas City
* [[Billy Mize]], musician, born in Arkansas City
* [[Willie Oates]], philanthropist, social activist, and politician, born in Arkansas City
* [[Helen T. Parsons|Helen Parsons]], biochemist, born in Arkansas City
* [[Jim Sheets]], Republican politician in [[Arkansas]], former executive director of [[Kiwanis International]] Foundation
* [[Euclid James Sherwood|Euclid Sherwood]], commonly known as Motorhead Sherwood, vocalist and saxophonist for [[The Mothers of Invention]] during the band's early years
* [[Sara Sothern]], actress, mother of Elizabeth Taylor