Editing Concordia, Kansas (section)

==Notable people==
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{{See also|Cloud_County_Community_College#Notable_alumni|l1=List of Cloud County Community College people}}
[[File:Frankcarlson(r-ks).jpg|thumb|Former Kansas Governor Frank Carlson was a longtime resident of Concordia.]]

===Academic===
* [[George Norlin]], former president of the [[University of Colorado]].

===Arts/Entertainment===
* [[Jim Garver]], guitarist for [[Garth Brooks]]
* [[Robert E. Pearson]], movie director
* [[Marilyn Schreffler]], American actress who provided voice-overs for several animated TV programs
* [[Helen Talbot]], motion picture actress and [[pin-up girl]].  Born Helen Darling in Concordia.
* ''The Sensational Showmen'', Rock show band from 1964 to 1968, inducted into Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2009.<ref name="KMHOF2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.ksmusichalloffame.org/inductees_part2.html#the_sensational_showmen|title=Kansas Music Hall of Fame: Inductees|website=www.ksmusichalloffame.org|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131005839/http://www.ksmusichalloffame.org/inductees_part2.html#the_sensational_showmen|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesensationalshowmen.blogspot.com|title=The Sensational Showmen|website=www.thesensationalshowmen.blogspot.com|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>

===Business/Politics===
* [[Charles H. Blosser]], local businessman and namesake of [[Blosser Municipal Airport]] in Concordia
* [[Napoleon Bonaparte Brown]], local businessman and philanthropist, namesake of the [[Brown Grand Theatre]] in Concordia
* [[Frank Carlson]], former [[United States Congress|congressman]], [[United States Senate|Senator]], and [[Governor of Kansas]]
* [[Deanell Reece Tacha]], chief judge of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit]]
* [[Clyde Short]], former chairman of the [[Kansas Democratic Party]]

===Religion===
* [[Charles J. Chaput]], [[archbishop]] of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
* [[John Francis Cunningham (bishop)|John Francis Cunningham]], Bishop of Concordia
* [[Jim Garlow]], pastor of [[Skyline Church]] in [[La Mesa, California]].
* [[Constantine Scollen]] famous missionary priest was resident from 1896 until 1898

===Sports===
* [[Tom Brosius]], track and field athlete
* [[Greg Brummett]], baseball player in 1990s, pitched for [[San Francisco Giants]] and [[Minnesota Twins]]; head baseball coach at [[Cloud County Community College]]
* [[Keith Christensen]], former NFL football player [[New Orleans Saints]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070519140926/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=NOR&yr=1969&lg=nfl New Orleans Saints 1969 Stats, History, Awards and More<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref>
* [[Billy Dewell]], former NFL football player [[Chicago Cardinals]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205140444/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DEWELBIL01 Billy Dewel Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com]}}</ref>
* [[Bill Dotson]], track and field athlete<ref name=KSHOF>{{cite web|url=http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/late-steve-anson-inducted-kansas-sports-hall-fame/|publisher=[[WIBW (AM)|WIBW News Now]]|access-date=June 8, 2016|date=June 8, 2016|title=The Late Steve Anson To Be Inducted Into The Kansas Sports Hall Of Fame|archive-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623154930/http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/late-steve-anson-inducted-kansas-sports-hall-fame/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mike Gardner (football coach)|Mike Gardner]], head football coach at [[Tabor College, Kansas|Tabor College]] and [[Malone University]]<ref>[http://www.malone.edu/5171 Malone College : January 27, 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105041306/http://www.malone.edu/5171 |date=January 5, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Larry Hartshorn]], former NFL football player [[Chicago Cardinals]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060917023739/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARTSLAR01 Larry Hartshorn Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref>
* [[Tim McCarty]], head football coach at East Central University
* [[Ernie Quigley]], professional basketball [[Official (basketball)|referee]] and [[Umpire (baseball)|umpire]] in [[Major League Baseball]]; member [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Harry Short (baseball)|Harry Short]], [[Texas League]] baseball player
* [[Shanele Stires]], former WNBA basketball player [[Minnesota Lynx]] and college basketball coach
* [[Kaye Vaughan]], former [[Canadian Football League]] and [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame player]] with [[Ottawa Rough Riders]], winner [[CFL's Outstanding Player Award|CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award]]<ref>[http://www.usd333.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/09/28/470a2939d72f8 Concordia Kansas Public Schools – Where Are They Now – Kaye Vaughn – Class of 1949<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104015823/http://www.usd333.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/09/28/470a2939d72f8 |date=2007-11-04 }}</ref>

===Other===
* [[Boston Corbett]], Union [[American Civil War]] soldier, famous for shooting [[John Wilkes Booth]], the man who assassinated [[Abraham Lincoln]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln32.html|title=Boston Corbett|website=rogerjnorton.com|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[Pop Hollinger]], one of the first [[comic book]] collectors of all time<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1t8g_yX1wcC&q=%2B%22concordia%2C+kansas%22+%2B%22fiction%22&pg=PA260|title=Of comics and men: a cultural history of American comic books|author1=Jean-Paul Gabilliet|access-date=April 26, 2011|page=260|isbn=978-1-60473-267-2|year=2010|publisher=University Press of Mississippi}}</ref>