Editing Abilene, Kansas (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official Presidential portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
{{see also|List of people from Dickinson County, Kansas}}
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Old West figures who lived in Abilene during its period as a cowtown included [[Wild Bill Hickok]], cattle baron [[Joseph McCoy]], gambler [[Phil Coe]], marshal [[Thomas J. Smith|Tom "Bear River" Smith]], gunfighters [[Pat Desmond]], [[John Wesley Hardin]], and [[Ben Thompson (lawman)|Ben Thompson]], and Thompson's sister-in-law [[Libby Thompson|Libby]], a prostitute and dance hall girl.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gray |first=Jim |title=Abilene History |publisher=Kansas Cattle Towns |url=http://www.kansascattletowns.org/abilene/abilene_history.html |access-date=2011-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323023053/http://www.kansascattletowns.org/abilene/abilene_history.html |archive-date=2012-03-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Weiser | first = Kathy | title = Old West Legends - Texas Madam Squirrel Tooth Alice | publisher = Legends of America | year = 2008 | url = http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-squirreltooth.html | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref> 
[[President of the United States]] and [[General of the Army (United States)|five-star general]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] grew up in Abilene as did his brothers [[Edgar N. Eisenhower|Edgar]], [[Earl D. Eisenhower|Earl]], and [[Milton S. Eisenhower|Milton]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Abilene Years | publisher = [[Eisenhower Presidential Center]] | url = https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/All_About_Ike/Early%20Years/Early_Years.html# | access-date = 2011-04-23 | archive-date = 2011-06-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614220337/http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/All_About_Ike/Early%20Years/Early_Years.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = President Dwight D. Eisenhower | publisher = Internet Accuracy Project | url = http://accuracyproject.org/cbe-Eisenhower,DwightD..html | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref> Eisenhower is buried in Abilene, along with his wife [[Mamie Eisenhower|Mamie]] and their eldest son Doud, on the grounds of his presidential library.<ref>{{cite web | title = Final Post | publisher = [[Eisenhower Presidential Center]] | url = https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/All_About_Ike/Final%20Years/Final%20Years.html | access-date = 2011-04-23 | archive-date = 2011-06-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614220429/http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/All_About_Ike/Final%20Years/Final%20Years.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Other notable individuals who have lived in Abilene include these:
*[[C. Olin Ball]], food scientist, inventor<ref>{{cite web | last = Pehanich | first = Mike | title = Hail to the innovators | publisher = Food Engineering | date = 2003-09-10 | url = http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/CDA/Archives/52b0bc2fd62f8010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____ | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Harry Beaumont]], Oscar-nominated film director<ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to the American Musical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbBz3C4Gr0EC&pg=PA54 |last=Hischak |first=Thomas |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780195335330 |page=54 |year=2008}}</ref>
*[[Joseph R. Burton|Joseph Burton]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from Kansas<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Burton, Joseph Ralph | dictionary = [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001154 | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Steve Doocy]], journalist, author<ref>{{cite web | title = Five Minutes with FOX & Friends | publisher = [[Fox News Channel]] | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,89351,00.html | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Joe Engle]], pilot and NASA Astronaut<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/science/space/joe-engle-dead.html|title=Joe Engle, Trailblazer as Test Pilot and an Astronaut, Dies at 91|website=The New York Times|author-first1=Richard|author-last1=Sandomir|year=2024|access-date=28 February 2025|url-status=live|url-access=limited|archive-date=2 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202214425/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/science/space/joe-engle-dead.html}}</ref>
*[[Marlin Fitzwater]], former Press Secretary of Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Steven V. |author-link=Steven V. Roberts |title=MAN IN THE NEWS: MAX MARLIN FITZWATER; The Face Is Familiar Max Marlin Fitzwater |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/29/us/man-in-the-news-max-marlin-fitzwater-the-face-is-familiar-max-marlin-fitzwater.html |date=29 November 1988 |access-date=21 May 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=6 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
*[[Edward C. Little|Edward Little]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Kansas<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Little, Edward Campbell | dictionary = [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000349 | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Deane Waldo Malott|Deane Malott]], university administrator<ref>{{cite news|title=President Emeritus Malott dies at 98 |newspaper=[[Cornell Chronicle]] |date=1996-09-19 |url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/9.19.96/Malott_obit.html |access-date=2011-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514093811/http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/9.19.96/Malott_obit.html |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Frank D. Parent|Frank Parent]], California court judge<ref>{{citation | title = F. D. Parent, Retired City Judge, Dies at 81: Inglewood Man, Who Served on Bench 28 Years, Coached Eisenhower in High School. | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | page = B1 | date = 1960-06-20}}</ref>
*[[Mike Racy]], commissioner for [[Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association|MIAA]], previously vice president for [[NCAA]]{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
*[[Everett W. Stewart|Everett Stewart]], World War II [[flying ace]]<ref>{{citation | last1 = Hatch | first1 = Gardner N. | last2 = Winter | first2 = Frank H. | title = P-51 Mustang | publisher = [[Turner Publishing Company]] | year = 1993 | location = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] | page = 135}}</ref>
*[[Hy Vandenberg]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher<ref>{{cite web | title = Hy Vandenberg Statistics and History | website = [[Baseball-Reference.com]] | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vandehy01.shtml | access-date = 2011-04-23}}</ref>
*[[Cody Whitehair]], center for the [[Chicago Bears]] and [[Las Vegas Raiders]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksn.com/sports/chicago-bears-release-abilene-native-cody-whitehair-report/|title=Chicago Bears release Abilene native Cody Whitehair|author-first1=Daniel|author-last1=Fair|website=KSN|publisher=Nexstar Media Group, Inc.|date=15 February 2024|access-date=28 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224154101/https://www.ksn.com/sports/chicago-bears-release-abilene-native-cody-whitehair-report/|archive-date=24 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>