List of people from Columbia, Missouri
This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of Columbia, Missouri, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Attending college in Columbia[change | change source]
Many people have lived in Columbia temporarily, while attending one of the city's institutions of higher education; such people are not included in this list. For lists of people who attended college in Columbia see:
- List of Columbia College alumni
- List of Stephens College alumni
- List of University of Missouri alumni
A–D[change | change source]
- James William Abert – soldier and explorer
- Thomas M. Allen – clergyman
- Benjamin Anderson – economist
- Gary Anderson – football player
- Judy Baker – politician
- Matt Bartle – politician
- Rob Benedict – actor
- William Duane Benton – judge
- Rebecca Blank – educator; U.S. Secretary of Commerce
- Philemon Bliss – judge
- John William Boone – musician
- Stratton D. Brooks – college president
- Fleda Brown – poet
- Jessica Capshaw – actress
- Russ Carnahan – politician
- Jack D. Crouch – hotelier; father of Jack Dyer Crouch, II
- Derek "Deke" Dickerson – musician
E–L[change | change source]
- Carl Edwards – NASCAR driver
- Sara Evans – country singer
- Jane Froman – poet; performance artist
- Nicole Galloway – politician
- Chuck Graham – politician
- Ken Griffin – organist
- Eugene Jerome Hainer – Nebraska politician
- Jeff Harris – politician
- Peter Hessler – journalist
- Darwin Hindman – mayor of Columbia (1995–2010)
- Jon Hamm – actor; appeared in the television series Mad Men
- Brett James – singer
- William Jewell – educator
- Leon W. Johnson – second mayor of Columbia
- Tyler Johnson – baseball pitcher
- Daniel Webster Jones – Mormon pioneer
- Kraig Kann – golf commentator
- E. Stanley Kroenke – sports mogul
- Ken Lay – chief executive, Enron
- Grace Lee – radio and television personality
- Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr. – linguist
M–S[change | change source]
- Jeff Maggert – professional golfer
- William Rainey Marshall – fifth Governor of Minnesota
- Tom McVea – politician
- William L. Nelson – politician
- John Neihardt – poet
- Don Nardo – author
- Michael Paul Oman-Reagan – artist
- Carlos Pena Jr. – singer
- James S. Rollins – 19th-century politician
- Jesse M. Roper – 19th-century naval officer
- Charles Griffith Ross – press secretary for U.S. President Harry S. Truman
- Felix Sabates – philanthropist
- Therese Sander – farmer; politician
- Max Schwabe – politician
- Jon Scott – television journalist
- John F. Shafroth – Colorado politician
- Clay Shirky – writer
- Apollo M. O. Smith – aviation executive
- William Smith – actor
- William J. Stone – 28th Governor of Missouri
T–Z[change | change source]
- Blake Tekotte – baseball player
- Malcolm Thomas – professional basketball player
- Nischelle Turner – television personality
- Zbylut Twardowski – nephrologist
- Charlie Van Dyke – radio personality
- Andrew VanWyngarden – musician
- James "Bud" Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart
- Sam Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart
- Edwin Moss Watson – editor; publisher
- David Wax – member, rock band David Wax Museum
- Norbert Wiener – mathematician
- Lisa Wilcox – actress
- Roger B. Wilson – 52nd Governor of Missouri