Who is the most famous person from Kansas?

A state of just under three million people has produced a president, a president's general, a jazz revolution and the most famous missing person in the world. Rank them.

1. 1
   Dwight D. Eisenhower

   Commanded the Allied invasion of Europe, then served two terms as president; his library is in Abilene.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Amelia Earhart

   Born in Atchison in 1897, and the reason a Kansas river town has an aviation museum.
   942pts
3. 3
   Langston Hughes

   Grew up in Lawrence and became the defining poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
   692pts
4. 4
   Buster Keaton

   Born in Piqua, and the deadpan face of silent comedy's most dangerous stunts.
   538pts
5. 5
   Barry Sanders

   From Wichita, and still the running back other running backs name first.
   440pts
6. 6
   Melissa Etheridge

   From Leavenworth, with a Grammy and an Academy Award for original song.
   440pts
7. 7
   Hattie McDaniel

   Born in Wichita, and the first African American to win an Academy Award, in 1940.
   323pts
8. 8
   Walter Chrysler

   Grew up in Ellis working on railroad engines and founded the Chrysler Corporation in 1925.
   323pts
9. 9
   Wilt Chamberlain

   Played at the University of Kansas before scoring 100 points in a single NBA game.
   323pts
10. 10
    Gordon Parks

    The first Black photographer on the staff of Life, and the director of Shaft; born in Fort Scott.
    179pts
11. 11
    Charlie Parker

    Born in Kansas City, Kansas, and rebuilt jazz around bebop before he turned thirty.
    179pts