List of people from Kansas City, Missouri
The list of people from Kansas City, Missouri is of notable individuals who were born in or have lived in the city. Notable residents include these: cartoonists Walt Disney, Friz Freleng, and Ub Iwerks; musicians Count Basie, Melissa Etheridge, Eminem, and Tech N9ne; politicians Emanuel Cleaver and Tom Pendergast; actors Don Cheadle, Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd, and Jason Sudeikis; reporter Walter Cronkite; pilot Amelia Earhart; and writer Ernest Hemingway.
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- Bud Abell – linebacker in the American Football League; born in Kansas City[1]
- Oleta Adams – singer
- Amy Alcott (born 1956) – Hall of Fame 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]
- Stewart Ashby, Jr. – rapper
- Edward Asner – actor, born in Kansas City[5]
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- Burt Bacharach – pianist and composer
- Parrish Baker – cartoonist
- Joy Bang – actress born in Kansas City[6]
- Kay Barnes – mayor of Kansas City 1999–2007
- Thomas D. Barr (1931–2008) – prominent lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- 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
- Johnny Yong Bosch – actor, martial artist, voice actor, and musician
- Connee Boswell – singer
- Diane Brewster – actress
- Bob Brookmeyer – jazz musician, composer, and bandleader
- Walter Brown – blues musician
- Sylvia Browne – psychic and medium
- Clinton Sumner Burns – Greater Kansas City Business Hall of Fame laureate and civil engineer
C
- Melvin Calhoun – rapper
- Danny Carey – drummer for rock band Tool
- 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
- Anthony Civella – mobster
- Emanuel Cleaver – politician, U.S. Representative for Fifth District in Missouri[7]
- Gene Clark – singer-songwriter with The Byrds
- Jonathan Coachman – ESPN sportscaster, wrestling commentator, college basketball player[8]
- Jennifer Jo Cobb – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver
- Robert Coldsnow – Kansas legislator and lawyer
- Vinson Cole – operatic tenor
- Jalen Collins - NFL cornerback
- Evan S. Connell – author[9]
- Chris Cooper – Oscar-winning actor[10]
- John Coughlin – figure skater, 2011 U.S. pairs champion
- Joan Crawford – Oscar-winning actor[11]
- Walter Cronkite – CBS television journalist, news anchor
D
- Marcus Denmon – NBA player
- Bob Dernier – MLB outfielder
- Joyce DiDonato - opera singer
- Walt Disney – film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator[12]
- Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff – model and Miss Teen USA 2017
- James T. Draper, Jr. – president of Southern Baptist Convention 1982–1984; pastor of Red Bridge Baptist Church in Kansas City 1965–1970
- David Dreier – former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California and longest serving chairman of the House Rules Committee
- Carol Duboc – singer, composer, arranger, and actress[13]
E
- Amelia Earhart – iconic aviator born in Atchison, KS
- James E. Edmondson – Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
- Eminem (Marshall Mathers) – rapper and actor
- Melissa Etheridge – singer[14]
F
- Harris Faulkner – newscaster
- Samantha Fish – musician
- 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
G
- Heidi Gardner – comedian, and Saturday Night Live cast member
- Gene Gauntier – actress, scenarist, producer, pioneer of motion pictures
- Caroline Glaser – The Voice contestant
- 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
H
- Donald J. Hall, Sr. – businessman
- Joyce Hall – businessman, founder of Hallmark Cards
- Leon Harden – football player for Green Bay Packers
- Jean Harlow – actress[15]
- Jessica Harp – country music singer-songwriter, former member of The Wreckers with Michelle Branch[16]
- 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[17]
- Mabel Hite – vaudeville and musical comedy performer, father worked at Owl Drug Store
- Clara Cleghorn Hoffman (1831–1908) – temperance activist
- Bob Holden – 53rd Governor of Missouri[18]
- Dorothy B. Hughes – novelist
- Jane Dee Hull – 20th Governor of Arizona
I
- Sean Ingram – musician and entrepreneur[19]
- Lisa Irwin – infant missing since 2011[20][21]
- Ub Iwerks – animator and cartoonist[22]
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- Pete Johnson – blues and jazz pianist
- Elaine Joyce – actress
K
- Tim Kaine – former Governor and current U.S. Senator from Virginia; 2016 Democratic nominee for Vice president under Hillary Clinton
- Krizz Kaliko (born Samuel Watson, Jr.) – rapper
- Jason Kander – former Missouri Secretary of State
- John Kander – composer
- Ewing Kauffman – pharmaceutical magnate, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner
- Gerren Keith – television director Good Times, Diff'rent Strokes, 227
- Ellie Kemper – actress, The Office, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- 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
L
- Sarah Lancaster – actress
- Frank Sherman Land – Freemason and founder of Order of DeMolay, international organization for young men
- Barbara Lawrence – actress
- William Least Heat-Moon – author
- Muna Lee – three-time track and field Olympic finalist
- Jeff Leiding – football player
- Lesa Lewis – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Ryan Lilja – NFL player for Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School graduate
- Tyronn Lue – NBA player and current head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Raytown Senior High School
- Betty Lynn – actress best known for playing Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show
M
- 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
- Katherine McNamara – actress, Shadowhunters
- Jay McShann – blues musician
- Merrell Twins – YouTubers, actresses and musicians
- Pat Metheny – jazz guitarist
- Frederick H. Michaelis – U.S. Navy Admiral
- Sue Miller – breast cancer activist
- Janelle Monáe – 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
- Bob Munden – exhibition shooter and gunsmith[23]
- Ashleigh Murray – actress
- Richard B. Myers – U.S. Air Force General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
N
- Danielle Nicole – blues and soul musician
- Jesse Clyde Nichols – developer of commercial and residential real estate
- William F. Nolan – author
O
- Buck O'Neil – baseball player, scout, and coach; first African-American coach in the MLB; helped establish the Negro League Hall of Fame
P
- Satchel Paige – baseball pitcher
- Charlie Parker – jazz saxophonist and composer
- Gordon Parks – screenwriter, director, actor, photographer
- Mark Patton – actor
- 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 Pendergast – political boss
- Tom Pernice, Jr. – professional golfer[24]
- Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author
- Joe Posnanski – sports writer, author
- William Powell – actor
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R
- Joe Randa – baseball player
- Cathy Reynolds - professional golfer
- Rob Riggle – actor and comedian
- Bullet Rogan – baseball player
- Ginger Rogers – dancer, Academy Award-winning actress, Broadway performer
- Michael Rosbash – geneticist at Brandeis University, Nobel Laureate
- Paul Rudd – actor, Ant-Man, 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
S
- 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[25]
- Nick Schnebelen – blues rock musician[26]
- Landry Shamet - basketball player with the NBA's Brooklyn Nets
- Ted Shawn – modern dance pioneer
- Columbus Short – choreographer, actor, singer
- Josh Shapiro – Pennsylvania state attorney general
- Sam Simmons – former NFL and Arena Football League player
- Seth Sinovic – defender for hometown team Sporting Kansas City
- Aldon Smith – NFL outside linebacker
- Crystal Smith – model
- Jack Sock – professional tennis player
- Alberto Sordi – Italian actor (honorary citizen)
- Kate Spade – fashion designer
- Alexis Spight – gospel musician
- Darren Sproles – NFL running back
- Casey Stengel – baseball player and Hall of Fame manager
- Michael Stevens – educator and Internet celebrity
- George Strohmeyer – football player
- Darrell Stuckey – NFL player with the San Diego Chargers
- Jason Sudeikis – actor, Saturday Night Live
- Justin Swift – football player with NFL's Detroit Lions
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- Myra Taylor – blues singer, solo career and member of the Wild Women of Kansas
- Tech N9ne (Aaron D. Yates) – rapper
- Bobb'e J. Thompson – child actor
- Virgil Thomson – Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
- Calvin Trillin – food writer, journalist, humorist
- Marion A. Trozzolo – businessman, River Quay
- Lisa Tucker – writer
- Big Joe Turner – blues singer
V
- Henry Clay Van Noy – owner of Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company (today known as HMSHost)
- Grace VanderWaal – singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, and season 11 winner of NBC's America's Got Talent
W
- Janie Wagstaff – 1992 Olympic swimmer
- Dee Wallace – actress, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Earl Watson – basketball player
- Orla Watson – inventor[27]
- Tom Watson – professional golfer, twice Masters champion, five-time British Open winner, World Golf Hall of Fame
- Mary Watson Weaver - composer
- 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
- Chuck Wild – recording artist, songwriter and composer[28]
- Jason Wiles – actor, played Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli in TV series Third Watch[29]
- Rollin Williams – first African American professor at the University of Connecticut[30]
- Barry Winchell – Private First Class, murdered by a fellow soldier for his sexual orientation
- Larry Winn – former U.S. Congressman
- Smoky Joe Wood – a.k.a. The Kansas Cyclone; professional baseball player for Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians[31]
- Doug Worgul – journalist and author of the novel Thin Blue Smoke
- Chely Wright – country music singer[32]
- Katie Wright – actress;[33] married to Hank Azaria
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