List of people from Kansas City, Missouri
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This is a list of people who were born or lived a significant part of their lives in Kansas City, Missouri or the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
- Bud Abell - linebacker in the American Football League; born in Kansas City[1]
- Oleta Adams – singer
- Amy Alcott – professional golfer; born in Kansas City[2]
- M.A. Alford - multimedia artist
- Henry Wilson Allen - Western author and screenwriter
- Robert Altman – film director[3]
- Raleigh DeGeer Amyx - collector of Olympic and Presidential memorabilia[4]
- Nate Archibald – basketball player with Kansas City Kings
- Stewart Ashby, Jr. - rapper
- Brooke Ashley – adult actress and Miss Teen Kansas City runner-up
- Edward Asner – actor, born in Kansas City[5]
- Ashley Aull – 2006 Miss Kansas USA
- Burt Bacharach – pianist and composer
- Parrish Baker - cartoonist
- Kay Barnes – mayor of Kansas City 1999–2007
- H. Roe Bartle – mayor of Kansas City and namesake of Kansas City Chiefs
- Count Basie – jazz musician and bandleader
- Noah Beery – actor
- Wallace Beery – Oscar-winning actor
- Thomas Hart Benton – artist
- Richard L. Berkley – politician, former mayor
- Ken Berry - baseball player
- Danni Boatwright - Survivor: Guatemala winner; Miss Kansas
- George Brett – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Diane Brewster - actress
- Walter Brown – blues musician
- Sylvia Browne – psychic and medium
- Melvin Calhoun - rapper
- John D. Carmack – game programmer
- Joe Carter – baseball player with Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays, lives in the city
- Don Cheadle – actor, Hotel Rwanda, Ocean's Eleven, Crash
- Andrea Ciliberti – 2005 Miss Missouri USA
- Anthony Civella - mobster
- Emanuel Cleaver – politician, U.S. Representative for Fifth District in Missouri[6]
- Jonathan Coachman – ESPN sportscaster, wrestling commentator, college basketball player[7]
- Jennifer Jo Cobb – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver
- Robert Coldsnow - Kansas legislator and lawyer
- Evan S. Connell – author[8]
- Chris Cooper – Oscar-winning actor[9]
- John Coughlin – figure skater, 2011 U.S. pairs champion
- Joan Crawford – Oscar-winning actress[10]
- Walter Cronkite – CBS television journalist, news anchor
- Len Dawson – Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Pro Football Hall of Famer, broadcaster, KMBC sports director
- Marcus Denmon - NBA player
- Bob Dernier - MLB outfielder
- Walt Disney – film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator[11]
- James T. Draper, Jr. - president of Southern Baptist Convention 1982-1984; pastor of Red Bridge Baptist Church in Kansas City 1965-1970
- Carol Duboc – singer, composer, arranger, and actress[12]
- Amelia Earhart - iconic aviator
- James E. Edmondson - Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
- Eminem – rapper
- Melissa Etheridge – singer[13]
- Harris Faulkner - newscaster
- Scott Foley – actor
- Lisa Forbes - Miss Kansas and Miss Earth USA 2007
- William P. Foster - band director
- Thomas Frank – writer, editor
- Josh Freeman - NFL quarterback
- Matt Freije – NBA player
- Friz Freleng – film producer, director, animator, and cartoonist
- Caroline Glaser - The Voice contestant
- Trent Green – NFL quarterback
- Maurice Greene - sprinter, gold-medalist Olympian in track and field
- Masten Gregory – auto racing
- Eddie Griffin – comedian and actor, Deuce Bigalow, Undercover Brother
- Karolyn Grimes – actress, Zu-Zu in the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life, lived in town for many years
- Donald J. Hall, Sr. – businessman
- Joyce Hall – businessman, founder of Hallmark Cards
- Leon Harden – football player for Green Bay Packers
- Jean Harlow – actress[14]
- Jessica Harp – country music singer-songwriter, former member of The Wreckers with Michelle Branch[15]
- Thomas Hayward - leading tenor of Metropolitan Opera
- Robert A. Heinlein – science fiction author; his stories are frequently set in or reference Kansas City
- Ernest Hemingway – iconic novelist and short story author
- Shauntay Henderson – FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, convicted criminal
- Paul Henning – writer, producer of The Beverly Hillbillies TV series
- Opal Hill - golfer and LPGA co-founder
- Jerry Hines – Emmy Award-winning photographer, voted cutest baby of Kansas City 1975
- Ralph F. Hirschmann (1922–2009) - biochemist who led synthesis of first enzyme[16]
- Mabel Hite - vaudeville and musical comedy performer, father worked at Owl Drug Store
- Bob Holden - 53rd Governor of Missouri[17]
- Priest Holmes – professional football player for Kansas City Chiefs
- Dick Howser – baseball player and manager of Kansas City Royals
- Dorothy B. Hughes - novelist
- Jim Humphreys – prominent Texas rancher
- Lamar Hunt – owner and founder of Kansas City Chiefs
- Ub Iwerks – animator and cartoonist[18]
- Pete Johnson – blues and jazz pianist
- Elaine Joyce - actress
- John Kander - composer
- Ewing Kauffman – pharmaceutical magnate, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner
- Ellie Kemper - actress, The Office
- Vern Kennedy - baseball pitcher
- Bill Kenney – politician, ex-Chiefs player
- Edward Kerr – actor, Above Suspicion, Confessions of a Sexist Pig, The Astronaut's Wife
- Craig Kilborn – actor, sportscaster, talk show host
- Philip Klutznick - U.S. Secretary of Commerce to President Jimmy Carter
- Evalyn Knapp - actress
- Krizz Kaliko (born Samuel Watson, Jr.) - rapper
- Sarah Lancaster – actress
- Frank Sherman Land - Freemason and founder of Order of DeMolay, international organization for young men
- William Least Heat-Moon – author
- Muna Lee - 3 time Track and Field Olympic finalist
- Jeff Leiding – football player
- Lesa Lewis – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Suzanne Lieurance – freelance writer
- Ryan Lilja – NFL player for Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School graduate
- Bill Maas – NFL player
- Arthur Mag – lawyer, legal counsel to Harry S. Truman
- Sean Malto - professional skateboarder
- Amanda Marsh – first winner of The Bachelor
- Denny Matthews – sportscaster, author
- John Mayberry, Jr. – baseball outfielder with Philadelphia Phillies
- Claire McCaskill – politician and senator
- Edie McClurg – actress
- Courtney McCool – athlete and Olympian
- Glenn McGee – bioethicist and philosopher
- Phil McGraw – psychologist and talk show host, lived in the area as a teen
- Hal McRae – baseball player and manager with Kansas City Royals
- Jay McShann – blues musician
- Pat Metheny – jazz guitarist
- Frederick H. Michaelis – U.S. Navy Admiral
- Janelle Monae – singer
- Wendy Moniz – actress
- Julia Montgomery - actress in Revenge of the Nerds and One Life to Live
- Dennis Moore – Congressman, politician
- Logan Morrison - baseball player
- Paul Morrison – politician
- Tommy Morrison – heavyweight boxer
- Bennie Moten – pianist, bandleader
- Mancow Muller – radio personality
- Richard B. Myers – United States Air Force General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil – professional baseball player for Negro American League with Kansas City Monarchs
- Jesse Clyde Nichols – developer of commercial and residential real estate
- William F. Nolan – author
- Satchel Paige – baseball pitcher
- Charlie Parker - jazz saxophonist and composer
- Gordon Parks – screenwriter, director, actor, photographer
- Jamie Paulin-Ramirez – American Muslim convert arrested in Jihad Jane plot to kill a Danish artist
- Rodney Peete – NFL quarterback, Fox Sports TV host
- Tom Pernice, Jr. – professional golfer[19]
- Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author
- Joe Posnanski - sports writer, author
- Albert Pujols – baseball player, lives in Kansas City, plays for Los Angeles Angels
- Joe Randa – baseball player
- Rob Riggle - actor and comedian
- Bullet Rogan – baseball player
- Ginger Rogers - dancer, Academy Award-winning actress, Broadway performer
- Paul Rudd – actor, Clueless, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969) - Los Angeles City Council member
- Brandon Rush – NBA player
- Kareem Rush – NBA player
- Pierre Russell - basketball player
- Ray Sadecki - Major League Baseball pitcher
- Lori Saunders - actress, Petticoat Junction
- Rachel Saunders – 2005 Miss Kansas USA
- Melana Scantlin – Miss Missouri USA and Average Joe star, co-host of World Series of Blackjack
- Wes Scantlin – lead singer and rhythm guitarist of rock band Puddle of Mudd, cousin of Melana Scantlin[20]
- Ted Shawn - modern dance pioneer
- Columbus Short - choreographer, actor, singer
- Sam Simmons – former NFL and Arena Football League player
- Crystal Smith – model
- Jack Sock - professional tennis player
- Kate Spade – fashion designer
- Alexis Spight – gospel musician
- Darren Sproles - NFL running back
- Casey Stengel – baseball player and Hall of Fame manager
Darrell Stuckey - NFL - San Diego Chargers
- Jason Sudeikis - actor, Saturday Night Live
- Mike Sweeney – baseball player with Oakland Athletics
- Justin Swift – football player with NFL's Detroit Lions
- Myra Taylor – blues singer, solo career and member of The Wild Women of Kansas City
- Tech N9ne, born Aaron Yates - rapper and record label president
- Tony Temple – Cleveland Browns football player, leading rusher (281 yards) in Cotton Bowl Classic for Missouri Tigers
- Derrick Thomas – football player for Kansas City Chiefs
- Bobb'e J. Thompson – child actor
- Virgil Thomson– Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
- Calvin Trillin – food writer, journalist, humorist
- Marion A. Trozzolo – businessman, River Quay
- Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United States (from Independence, Missouri)
- Lisa Tucker – writer
- Big Joe Turner – blues singer
- Henry Clay Van Noy – owner of Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company (today known as HMSHost)
- Janie Wagstaff – 1992 olympic swimmer
- Dee Wallace – actress, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Earl Watson – basketball player
- Orla Watson - inventor[21]
- Tom Watson – professional golfer, twice Masters champion, five-time British Open winner, World Golf Hall of Fame
- Ben Webster – jazz saxophonist
- Jason Whitlock – sports journalist
- Charles Wheeler - Kansas City Mayor
- Frank White – professional baseball player
- Dianne Wiest – two-time Oscar-winning actress
- Jason Wiles – actor, played Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli in TV series Third Watch[22]
- Barry Winchell – Private First Class, murdered by a fellow soldier for his sexual orientation
- Smoky Joe Wood – a.k.a. The Kansas Cyclone; professional baseball player for Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians[23]
- Chely Wright – country music singer[24]
- Katie Wright – actress[25] married to Hank Azaria
- Jack Wyatt – host of ABC's Confession (1958–1959); Episcopalian priest
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Bud Abell". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Amy alcott". Jewish Women’s Archive. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Altman". IMDb. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ Shields, Todd (January 25, 1997). "Super Bowl Rings Now in Hands of Collector". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ↑ "Edward Asner Biography (1929-)". Film Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ "CLEAVER, Emanuel, II, (1944 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Jonathan Coachman". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Evan S. Connell". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Chris Cooper". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Crawford". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Walt Disney". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Carol Duboc". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Melissa Etheridge". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Jean Harlow". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Jessica Harp". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Hevesi, Dennis "Ralph F. Hirschmann, Leading Scientist on Early Enzyme Research, Dies at 87", The New York Times, July 18, 2009. Accessed July 19, 2009.
- ↑ "Missouri Governor Robert L. Holden". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Ub Iwerks". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Tom Pernice Jr". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Wes Scantlin". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Jeanne Sklar. "Technology, Invention, and Innovation collections". Amhistory.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ "Jason Wiles". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Smoky Joe Wood". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Chely Wright". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Katie Wright". IMDb. Retrieved October 30, 2012.