This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of

Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ...

, Missouri, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Attending college in Columbia

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 This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Academic *George E. Bates (professor), George E. Bates (B.A., M.A.), Professor of Investment Management at the Harvard Business School; editor of the ''Har ...

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* James William Abert – soldier and explorer * Thomas M. Allen – clergyman * Benjamin Anderson – economist * Gary Anderson – football player * Judy Baker – politician * Simon Barrett – filmmaker *

Matt Bartle Matt Bartle (born February 20, 1965) is a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Missouri. He was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from David H. Hickman High School, and went on to get a Bachelor of Arts degree in eco ...

– politician *

Rob Benedict Robert Patrick Benedict (born September 21, 1970) is an American stage, film and television actor and writer. His 25 year career includes more than 70 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series ''Supe ...

– actor *

Duane Benton William Duane Benton (born September 8, 1950), known professionally as Duane Benton, is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Education Benton graduated from Northwestern University with ...

– judge * Rebecca Blank – educator; U.S. Secretary of Commerce * Philemon Bliss – judge * John William Boone – musician * Stratton D. Brooks – college president *

Fleda Brown Fleda Brown (born 1944 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American poet and author. She is also known as Fleda Brown Jackson. Biography Fleda Brown was born in Columbia, Missouri, and raised in Fayetteville, Arkansas. In 1978 she joined the Universi ...

– poet * Jessica Capshaw – actress * Russ Carnahan – politician * J'den Cox – Olympic freestyle wrestler * Kevin Croom – UFC Mixed Martial Artist * Jack D. Crouch – hotelier * Derek "Deke" Dickerson – musician

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* Carl Edwards – retired NASCAR driver * Jane Froman – singer; actress * Nicole Galloway – politician * Chuck Graham – politician *

Ken Griffin Ken Griffin (1914–1988) was a Western cowboy, leather worker, magician, and author. As a leatherworker, Griffin helped transition leathercraft from strictly a vocation to an accessible hobby through his work and teaching. As a magician, Griffin ...

– organist *

Eugene Jerome Hainer Eugene Jerome Hainer (August 16, 1851 – March 17, 1929) was an American Republican Party politician. Born in Pécs, Hungary in 1851, he immigrated to the United States with his parents settling in Columbia, Missouri, in 1854. He later moved ...

– Nebraska politician * Jeff Harris – politician * William Least Heat-Moon – writer * Martin Heinrich – U.S. Senator from New Mexico * Peter Hessler – journalist * Darwin Hindman – mayor of Columbia (1995–2010) *

Brett James Brett James Cornelius (born June 5, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville. James' compositions have been credited on 494 recordings by a wide variety of artists. Signed to Career Records ( ...

– singer * William Jewell – educator, second mayor of Columbia *

Leon W. Johnson General Leon William Johnson (13 September 1904 – 10 November 1997) was a United States Air Force general who was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields during World War II. A graduate of the United Sta ...

– Air Force General * Tyler Johnson – baseball pitcher * Daniel Webster Jones – Mormon pioneer * John Carleton Jones – president of the University of Missouri *

Lloyd E. Jones Lloyd E. Jones (June 17, 1889 – January 3, 1958) was a United States Army major general. A veteran of World War I, he was prominent during World War II as commander of the Alaska Defense Command's Amchitka Task Force and the 10th Mountain Divis ...

– United States Army major general * Kraig Kann – golf commentator * Henry Kirklin – horticulturalist, first black instructor at the University of Missouri * Sergei Kopeikin – astrophysicist *

E. Stanley Kroenke Enos Stanley Kroenke (; born July 29, 1947) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is the holding company of Arsenal F.C. of the Premier League and Arsenal W.F.C. of the WSL, the Los ...

– sports mogul * Ken Lay – chief executive, Enron * Grace Lee – radio and television personality * Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr. – linguist

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* Jeff Maggert – golfer * Howard Wight Marshall – professor, folk historian, fiddler * William Rainey Marshall – fifth Governor of Minnesota * Don Nardo – author *

John Neihardt John Gneisenau Neihardt (January 8, 1881 – November 3, 1973) was an American writer and poet, amateur historian and ethnographer. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, he became interested in the lives of those who had been ...

– poet * William L. Nelson – politician *

Korla Pandit Korla Pandit (September 16, 1921 – October 2, 1998), born John Roland Redd, was an American musician, composer, pianist, and organist. After moving to California in the late 1940s and getting involved in show business, Redd became known as "Kor ...

– musician * Carlos Pena Jr. – singer * Michael Porter Jr. – basketball player for

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...

* James S. Rollins – 19th-century politician *

Jesse M. Roper Jesse M. Roper (29 October 1851 – 31 March 1901) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. Biography Born at Glasgow, Missouri, Roper was appointed midshipman in June 1868 and graduated from the United States Na ...

– 19th-century naval officer * Charles Griffith Ross – press secretary for U.S. President Harry S. Truman * Felix Sabates –

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

Therese Sander Therese Sander (born November 22, 1948) is a Missouri farmer and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. She was born in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri–St. Loui ...

– farmer; politician * Max Schwabe – politician * Jon Scott – television journalist *

John F. Shafroth John Franklin Shafroth (June 9, 1854February 20, 1922) was an American politician who served as a representative, member of the United States Senate, and Governor of Colorado. Early life Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schoo ...

– Colorado politician * Clay Shirky – writer * Apollo M. O. Smith – aviation executive * William Smith – actor * William J. Stone – 28th Governor of Missouri

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Blake Tekotte Blake Aaron Tekotte (born May 24, 1987) is a former American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox. He completed his professional career in 2016 playing for the Lo ...

– baseball player *

Malcolm Thomas Malcolm Thomas may refer to: *Malcolm Thomas (basketball, born 1988), American professional basketball player *Malcolm Thomas (basketball, born 1963), American college basketball player *Malcolm Thomas (rugby union) (1929–2012), Welsh rugby player ...

– basketball player * Nischelle Turner – television personality *

Zbylut Twardowski Zbylut Twardowski is a Polish-American nephrologist, known for his pioneering work on dialysis. His patented dialysis machines and catheters are commonly found in hospitals and dialysis centers worldwide. Twardowski is associated with the Departmen ...

– nephrologist * Charlie Van Dyke – radio personality *

Andrew VanWyngarden Andrew Wells VanWyngarden (born February 1, 1983) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitar player and songwriter for the band MGMT, praised for (according to ''Interview Magazine'') "an uncanny knack for producing pop music that s ...

– musician * James "Bud" Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart * Sam Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart * Edwin Moss Watson – editor; publisher * Whitney Wegman-Wood – actress *

Norbert Wiener Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher i ...

– mathematician * Lisa Wilcox – actress * Roger B. Wilson – 52nd Governor of Missouri

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