The list of people from Kansas City, Missouri is for native-born and past residents.

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...

is the central city of the

Kansas City metropolitan area The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...

. People only from Kansas are at

List of people from Kansas City, Kansas The list of people from Kansas City, Kansas includes those who were born in or have lived in the city. People from the Missouri side should not be included and should be instead listed at List of people from Kansas City, Missouri unless they've l ...

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Bud Abell Harry Everett "Bud" Abell (born December 21, 1940) is a former American football linebacker in the American Football League (AFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at the University of Missouri. Early years Abell was born ...

– linebacker in the American Football League; born in Kansas City *

Oleta Adams Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears's international chart-topping album ''The Seeds of Love'' (1989). Her ...

– singer * Amy Alcott (born 1956) – Hall of Fame professional golfer; born in Kansas City * M.A. Alford – multimedia artist *

Henry Wilson Allen Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry ...

– Western author and screenwriter *

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

– film director *

Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Raleigh DeGeer Amyx (June 14, 1938 – June 30, 2019) was an American collector of Presidential, Americana, military, sports, NASA, and Olympic artifacts, including gold, silver and bronze winners medals presented to athletes. Early life, educat ...

– collector of Olympic and Presidential memorabilia * Ernest Appy – composer and cellist * Stewart Ashby Jr. – rapper * Edward Asner – actor, born in Kansas City *

Ashley Aull The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1992, the state joined the Va ...

– 2006 Miss Kansas USA * AY Young – musical artist, born in Kansas City

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Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...

– pianist and composer *

Parrish Baker Parrish may refer to: Places in the United States * Parrish, Alabama * Parrish, Florida * Parrish, Illinois, a town destroyed in 1925 by the infamous Tri-State Tornado * Parrish, Wisconsin, a town * Parrish (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporate ...

– cartoonist *

Joy Bang Joy Bang (born June 15, 1945 as Joy Wener) is a former American actress best known for her film appearances in the early 1970s. Early life Bang was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was adopted at one month old. She was raised in New York City, ...

– actress born in Kansas City *

Kay Barnes Kay Waldo Barnes (born March 30, 1938) is a former American politician and two-term Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, and the first woman to be elected to the office. She was the Democratic nominee for map of the United State ...

– mayor of

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

1999–2007 *

H. Roe Bartle Harold Roe Bennett Sturdyvant Bartle (June 25, 1901 – May 9, 1974), better known as H. Roe Bartle, was an American businessman, philanthropist, executive, and professional public speaker who served two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. ...

– 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 Richard L. Berkley (born Richard L. Berkowitz; June 29, 1931) is an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1979 to 1991. Berkley received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Master's de ...

– politician, former mayor *

Ken Berry Kenneth Ronald Berry (November 3, 1933 – December 1, 2018) was an American actor, dancer, and singer. Berry starred on the television series ''F Troop'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' and ''Mama's Family''. He also appea ...

– baseball player *

Danni Boatwright Danni Boatwright Wiegmann (born Danielle E. Boatwright; July 13, 1975) is an American actress, TV host, sports journalist, model and beauty queen who won $1,000,000 on '' Survivor: Guatemala'', the eleventh season of the reality television show ' ...

– '' Survivor: Guatemala'' winner;

Miss Kansas The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the US state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions. Ayanna Hensley of Dodge City was crowned Miss Kansas 2 ...

Johnny Yong Bosch Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer, and martial artist. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger i ...

– actor, martial artist, voice actor, and musician * Connee Boswell – singer * Diane Brewster – actress *

Beau Brinkley Beau Michael Brinkley (born January 25, 1990) is an American football long snapper for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri. College career Brinkley played college football at the ...

– long snapper for the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

* Bob Brookmeyer – jazz musician, composer, and bandleader * Elizabeth Broun –

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and director of the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

* Walter Brown –

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

musician * Sylvia Browne – psychic and medium

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Emanuel Cleaver official photo (cropped)

Chris Cooper at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

* Melvin Calhoun – rapper * Danny Carey – drummer for rock band Tool *

John D. Carmack John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is an American computer programmer and video game developer. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games ''Commander Keen'', ''Wolfenstein 3D'', ''Doo ...

– game programmer * Joe Carter – baseball player with Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays, lives in the city known for winning the 1993 World Series on a walk-off 3 run home run. * Vincent O. Carter – writer * Don Cheadle – actor, ''

Hotel Rwanda ''Hotel Rwanda'' is a 2004 drama film directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay co-written by George and Keir Pearson, and stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana. Based on the Rw ...

'', '' Ocean's Eleven'', '' Crash'' *

Anthony Civella Anthony Thomas "Tony Ripe" Civella (February 17, 1930 – February 16, 2006) was an American mobster who was head of the Kansas City crime family. Anthony was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His criminal record started in 1952. As a young man, ...

– mobster *

Emanuel Cleaver Emanuel Cleaver II (born October 26, 1944) is a United Methodist pastor and American politician who has represented in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005. Cleaver represents a district that includes the southern three-fourths of Kans ...

– politician, U.S. Representative for Fifth District in Missouri *

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

– singer-songwriter with The Byrds * Jonathan Coachman – ESPN sportscaster, wrestling commentator, college basketball player * Jennifer Jo Cobb – NASCAR

Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...

driver * Robert Coldsnow – Kansas legislator and lawyer * Vinson Cole – operatic tenor *

David Cone David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and WPIX as well as for ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball.Major League Baseball pitcher *

Evan S. Connell Evan Shelby Connell Jr. (August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013) was a U.S. novelist, short-story writer, essayist and author of epic historical works. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr. In 2009, Connell was nominated for the M ...

– author *

Chris Cooper Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. He has appeared in several major Hollywood films, including '' American Beauty'' (1999), ''October Sky'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), ''Seabiscuit'' (2003), '' Cap ...

– Oscar-winning actor * John Coughlin – figure skater, 2011 U.S. pairs champion * Joan Crawford – Oscar-winning actor * Walter Cronkite – CBS television journalist, news anchor

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Marcus Denmon Marcus Edward Denmon II (born March 20, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League. He played for the University of Missouri. He was taken 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2012 NBA dr ...

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NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

player *

Bob Dernier Robert Eugene Dernier (born January 5, 1957), also known as "Bobby", is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, in the 1980s. The fleet-afoo ...

– MLB outfielder * DeLos F. DeTar – scientist * Walt Disney – film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator *

Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff Sophia Julieta Dominguez-Heithoff (born March 13, 2000) is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2017. She is the second entrant from Missouri to win the title after Marissa Whitley won Miss Teen USA 2001. ...

– model and Miss Teen USA 2017 *

James T. Draper Jr. James Thomas "Jimmy" Draper Jr. (born October 10, 1935) was president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1982 to 1984. He signed the ''Manhattan Declaration'' in 2009. See also *List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people *Sout ...

– president of the

Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The wor ...

1982–1984; pastor of Red Bridge Baptist Church in Kansas City 1965–1970 *

Carol Duboc Carol Duboc is a singer and composer. She has co-written several hit songs, including "Precious", sung by Chanté Moore, which was certified gold in 1994 and reached No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart in 1993; "That Boy" by Jade (plat ...

– singer, composer, arranger, and actress

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James E. Edmondson James E. Edmondson (born March 7, 1945) is a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Court's District 7 seat by Governor Brad Henry in 2003. Early life Edmondson graduated from Central High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma, b ...

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Oklahoma Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is a court of appeal for non-criminal cases, one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and leads the judiciary of Oklahoma, the judicial branch of the government of Oklahoma.

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Harris Faulkner Harris Kimberley Faulkner (born October 13, 1965) is an American newscaster and television host who joined Fox News Channel in 2005. She anchors ''The Faulkner Focus'', a daily daytime show, and hosts '' Outnumbered''. Additionally, she hosts he ...

– newscaster *

Samantha Fish Samantha Fish (born January 30, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Kansas City, Missouri. While often cited as a blues artist, Fish's albums and live shows feature multiple genres, including rock, country, funk, bluegr ...

– musician *

Scott Foley Scott Kellerman Foley (born July 15, 1972) is an American actor and director. Foley is known for roles in television shows such as ''The Unit'', '' Scrubs'', '' Felicity'', and ''Scandal'', and in films such as '' Scream 3''. He has als ...

– actor * Lisa Forbes –

and Miss Earth USA 2007 *

William P. Foster William Patrick Foster (August 25, 1919 – August 28, 2010), also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to his retirement in 1998. His ...

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band director A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the di ...

* Thomas Frank – writer, editor *

Josh Freeman Joshua Tyler Freeman (born January 13, 1988) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Kansas State University, and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Freeman became th ...

– NFL quarterback *

Matt Freije Matthew Wayne Freije (born October 2, 1981) is a Lebanese/ American former professional basketball player. Freije attended Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kansas before attending Vanderbilt University where he was an All-SEC p ...

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Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

– film producer, director, animator, and

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

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Caroline Glaser The fourth season of the American reality talent show '' The Voice'' premiered on March 25, 2013, on NBC and was hosted by Carson Daly, while Christina Milian returned as the social media correspondent. Coaches Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton ret ...

– '' 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 ''Undercover Brother'' is a 2002 American satirical spy action comedy blaxploitation film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Eddie Griffin. The screenplay by John Ridley and Michael McCullers is based on the Internet animated series creat ...

'' * Karolyn Grimes – actress, Zu-Zu in the

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...

classic '' It's a Wonderful Life'', lived in town for many years

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Donald J. Hall, Sr. Donald Joyce Hall (born July 9, 1928) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman and majority shareholder of Hallmark Cards, the world's largest greeting card manufacturer and one of the world's largest privately held companies. Ha ...

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Joyce Hall Joyce Clyde Hall (August 29, 1891 – October 29, 1982), better known as J. C. Hall, was an American businessman and the founder of Hallmark Cards. Early life Joyce Clyde Hall was born on August 29, 1891, in David City, Nebraska, to Nancy "Nann ...

– businessman, founder of Hallmark Cards *

Leon Harden Leon Maurice Harden Jr. (August 17, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri – June 24, 2017) was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played at the University of Texas at El Paso. Harden was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in ...

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player for

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

* Jean Harlow – actress * Jessica Harp – country music singer-songwriter, former member of

The Wreckers The Wreckers were an American country music duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album '' Stand Still, Look Pretty'', which produ ...

with Michelle Branch * 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 The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...

co-founder * Jerry Hines – Emmy Award-winning photographer, voted cutest baby of Kansas City 1975 *

Ralph F. Hirschmann Ralph Franz Hirschmann (May 6, 1922 – June 20, 2009) was a German American chemist who led a team that was responsible for the first organic synthesis of an enzyme, a ribonuclease. Early life and education Born on May 6, 1922, in Fürth, h ...

(1922–2009) –

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

who led synthesis of first enzyme *

Mabel Hite Mabel Hite (May 30, 1883 – October 22, 1912) was a vaudeville comedian and musical comedy actress. Life and career Hite was born in Ashland, Kentucky May 30, 1883, the daughter of Lewis and Elsie Hite. Her family relocated to Pocatello, Ida ...

– vaudeville and musical comedy performer, father worked at Owl Drug Store *

Clara Cleghorn Hoffman Clara Cleghorn Hoffman (January 18, 1831 – February 13, 1908) was an Temperance movement in the United States, American temperance activist. She was a lecturer within the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Hoffman was born in Ne ...

(1831–1908) – temperance activist * Bob Holden – 53rd Governor of Missouri *

Dorothy B. Hughes Dorothy B. Hughes (August 10, 1904 May 6, 1993) was an American crime writer, literary critic, and historian. Hughes wrote fourteen crime and detective novels, primarily in the hardboiled and noir styles, and is best known for the novels ''In ...

– novelist * Jane Dee Hull – 20th Governor of Arizona *

Jim Humphreys Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim' ...

– prominent Texas rancher

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* Sean Ingram – musician and entrepreneur * Ub Iwerks – animator and

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and jazz pianist * Elaine Joyce – actress

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Tim Kaine, official 113th Congress photo portrait

* Tim Kaine – former Governor and current U.S. Senator from Virginia;

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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 The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner *

Ellie Kemper Elizabeth Claire Kemper (born May 2, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She has been nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Satellite Awards, and seven Scre ...

– actress, '' The Office'', ''

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' is an American streaming television sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, starring Ellie Kemper in the title role. It premiered on March 6, 2015, on Netflix and ran for four seasons, ending on January 25, 20 ...

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Vern Kennedy Lloyd Vernon Kennedy (March 20, 1907 – January 28, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinna ...

– baseball pitcher * Bill Kenney – politician, ex- Chiefs player * Edward Kerr – actor, '' Above Suspicion'', ''

Confessions of a Sexist Pig ''Confessions of a Sexist Pig'' is a 1998 American independent romantic comedy starring Edward Kerr and Traylor Howard. It was directed and written by Sandy Tung. It won Best Feature Film at the New Orleans International Film Festival, and the We ...

'', '' The Astronaut's Wife'' * Craig Kilborn – actor, sportscaster, talk show host *

Philip Klutznick Philip Morris Klutznick (July 9, 1907 – August 14, 1999) was a U.S. administrator who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 9, 1980 to January 19, 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He was a prominent leader of several Jewish organ ...

– U.S. Secretary of Commerce to President Jimmy Carter * Evalyn Knapp – actress * Dianna Kelly – Marconi Award winning Monk & Kelly Show Formerly of Star 102

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* Sarah Lancaster – actress * Frank Sherman Land –

Freemason Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

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 Jeffrey James Leiding (October 28, 1961 – July 13, 2014) was an American football linebacker who played two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth round of the ...

– football player *

Lesa Lewis Lesa Lewis (born March 9, 1967) is an American professional female bodybuilder, nicknamed "Amazon". Early life Lesa Lewis was born in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in a family with three brothers and three sisters. She ran track, play ...

– IFBB professional bodybuilder *

Ryan Lilja Ryan Matthew Lilja (born October 15, 1981) is a former American football center and guard. He played college football at Kansas State, and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004, and later played with them from 201 ...

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NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

player for

Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...

and Kansas City Chiefs, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School graduate *

Tyronn Lue Tyronn Jamar Lue (pronounced ''Ta-RON LEW''; born May 3, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as t ...

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player and current head coach of the

Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...

Raytown Senior High School Raytown Senior High School is a high school located in Raytown, Missouri. The school was established in 1914. The enrollment of Raytown High School currently stands at 1503 students. The school, located in downtown Raytown, underwent two years of r ...

Betty Lynn Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn (August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021) was an American actress. She played Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's girlfriend, on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. During the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in many films, including ...

– actress best known for playing Thelma Lou on '' The Andy Griffith Show''

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* Bill Maas –

player * Arthur Mag – lawyer, legal counsel to

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...

* Sean Malto – professional skateboarder *

Amanda Marsh The Bachelor was the first season of ABC reality television series '' The Bachelor''. The show featured 31-year-old Alex Michel, a Harvard educated management consultant from Charlottesville, Virginia. The season premiered on March 25, 2002, an ...

– first winner of '' The Bachelor'' *

Denny Matthews Denny Matthews (born November 14, 1942) is an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals since the team's inception in . Early history Matthews grew up in Bloomington, Illinoi ...

– sportscaster, author *

John Mayberry Jr. John Claiborn Mayberry Jr. (born December 21, 1983), is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets. Mayberry played hi ...

– baseball outfielder with

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

* Claire McCaskill – politician and

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

* Edie McClurg – actress *

Courtney McCool Courtney Lynn McCool-Griffeth (born April 1, 1988) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was coached by Al and Armine Fong of Great American Gymnastic Express. From 2007–2010, McCool competed f ...

– athlete and Olympian *

Glenn McGee Glenn E. McGee (1967- ) is the Dean of Admissions at Salem College and Professor of health sciences at Salem College. He has been noted for his work on reproductive technology and genetics and for advancing a theory of pragmatic bioethics, as well ...

– bioethicist and philosopher * Katherine McNamara – actress, '' Shadowhunters'' * Jay McShann –

musician * Pat Metheny – jazz guitarist *

Frederick H. Michaelis Frederick Hayes Michaelis (March 4, 1917 – August 13, 1992) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Personal life Michaelis was born on March 4, 1917, in Kansas City, Missouri ...

– U.S. Navy Admiral *

Sue Miller Sue Miller (born November 29, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer who has written a number of best-selling novels. Biography Born in Chicago, Miller was preoccupied with her duties as a single mother, leaving little time to write ...

– breast cancer activist * Janelle Monáe – singer *

Wendy Moniz Wendy Moniz (born January 19, 1969) is an American television actress. Her roles include Dinah Marler in the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'', as Rachel McCabe in ''Nash Bridges'', and as Louisa Archer in ''The Guardian''. From 2013 to 2014, Moni ...

– actress *Jonathan Monk – Marconi Award winning Monk & Kelly show Formerly of Star 102 * Julia Montgomery – actress in '' Revenge of the Nerds'' and ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...

'' * Dennis Moore –

Congressman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalen ...

, politician *

Logan Morrison Justis Logan Morrison (born August 25, 1987), nicknamed "LoMo", is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder for the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Basebal ...

– baseball player * Paul Morrison – politician * Tommy Morrison – heavyweight boxer * Bennie Moten – pianist, bandleader * Mancow Muller – radio personality *

Richard B. Myers Richard Bowman Myers (born March 1, 1942) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force who served as the 15th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United Stat ...

– U.S. Air Force General and former

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: app ...

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* Rob Neyer – sportswriter * Danielle Nicole – blues and soul musician *

Jesse Clyde Nichols Jesse Clyde "J. C." Nichols (August 23, 1880 - February 16, 1950) was an American developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, and a student at the University of Kansas and Harvard Unive ...

– developer of commercial and residential real estate *

William F. Nolan William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres.Jason V. Brock, "Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan" i ...

– author

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Buck O'Neil John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was a first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first Africa ...

– 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 Mark Patton (born September 22, 1959) is an American interior designer and actor. Beginning his professional acting career in 1982, Patton is perhaps best known for his feature film roles as Joe Qualley in the dramatic film '' Come Back to the ...

– actor * Jamie Paulin-Ramirez – American Muslim convert arrested in

Jihad Jane Colleen Renée LaRose (born June 5, 1963), also known as Jihad Jane and Fatima LaRose, is an American citizen who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years for terrorism-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder and providing material s ...

plot to kill a Danish artist *

Rodney Peete Rodney Peete (born March 16, 1966) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and Carolina Panthers. He played ...

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quarterback, Fox Sports TV host * Tom Pendergast – political boss *

Tom Pernice Jr. Thomas Charles Pernice Jr. (born September 5, 1959) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He previously played on the PGA Tour, where he won two tournaments. Pernice was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attende ...

– professional golfer * Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author *

Joe Posnanski Joe Posnanski (; nicknamed "Poz" and "Joe Po"; born January 8, 1967) is an American sports journalist. A former senior columnist for ''Sports Illustrated'' (where he wrote the blog Curiously Long Posts) and columnist for ''The Kansas City Star'', ...

– sports writer, author * William Powell – actor * The Pruitt Twins – (identical twin brothers, Miles Pruitt and Milas Pruitt), blues musicians

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* Joe Randa – baseball player * Rudy Reyes – actor and former U.S. Marine Sargent * Bullet Rogan – baseball player * Ginger Rogers – dancer, Academy Award-winning actress, Broadway performer * Michael Rosbash – geneticist at Brandeis University,

Nobel Nobel often refers to: *Nobel Prize, awarded annually since 1901, from the bequest of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel Nobel may also refer to: Companies *AkzoNobel, the result of the merger between Akzo and Nobel Industries in 1994 *Branobel, or ...

Laureate *

Karl L. Rundberg Karl L. Rundberg (30 January 1899 – 2 April 1969) was an American businessman and politician. He was notable as a Los Angeles City Council member between 1957 and 1965. He was convicted of accepting a bribe in 1967 when a member of the city's H ...

(1899–1969) – Los Angeles City Council member * Brandon Rush –

player *

Kareem Rush Kareem Lamar Rush (born October 30, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. Rush's younger brother, Brandon, last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, while older brother JaRon played college basketball for UCLA. College ca ...

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player *

Pierre Russell Pierre Russell (December 13, 1949 – June 12, 1995) was an American basketball player. Biography Russell was born Pierre Angelo Russell on December 13, 1949, in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended Wyandotte High School. Career Russell played two ...

– basketball player

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* Ray Sadecki – Major League Baseball pitcher *

Lori Saunders Lori Saunders (born Linda Marie Hines October 4, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American film and television actress, probably best known for her role as Bobbie Jo Bradley in the television series ''Petticoat Junction'' (1965–1970 ...

– actress, '' Petticoat Junction'' * Rachel Saunders – 2005 Miss Kansas USA *

Melana Scantlin Melana Scantlin (born December 4, 1977 Gladstone, Missouri) is an American entertainment journalist, sports journalist and former Miss Missouri USA, and reality TV star who also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. In college, sh ...

–

Miss Missouri USA The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of st ...

and

Average Joe The terms average Joe, ordinary Joe, Joe Sixpack, Joe Lunchbucket, Joe Snuffy, Joe Blow, Joe Schmo (for males) and ordinary Jane, average Jane, and plain Jane (for females), are used primarily in North America to refer to a completely average p ...

star, co-host of '' World Series of Blackjack'' *

Wes Scantlin Wesley Reid Scantlin (born June 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and only constant member of rock band Puddle of Mudd. He was named one of the "Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocali ...

– lead singer and rhythm guitarist of rock band Puddle of Mudd, cousin of Melana Scantlin *

Nick Schnebelen Nicholas Robert Schnebelen (born September 30, 1978) is an American blues rock musician from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He has toured with Buddahead and was an original member of Trampled Under Foot. Schnebelen became a solo artist ...

– blues rock musician *

Ted Shawn Ted Shawn (born Edwin Myers Shawn; October 21, 1891 – January 9, 1972) was a male pioneer of American modern dance. He created the Denishawn School together with his wife Ruth St. Denis. After their separation he created the all-male company Te ...

– modern dance pioneer * Columbus Short – choreographer, actor, singer * Sam Simmons – former

and Arena Football League player *

Crystal Smith __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1971. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Liv Lindeland (born 7 December 1945, Norway) is a Norwegian model and actress. She is ...

– model * Jack Sock – professional tennis player * Alberto Sordi – Italian actor (honorary citizen) * Kate Spade – fashion designer * Alexis Spight –

gospel music Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music, and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is com ...

ian * Casey Stengel – baseball player and Hall of Fame manager * Michael Stevens – educator and Internet celebrity *

George Strohmeyer George Ferdinand Strohmeyer, Jr. (January 27, 1924 – January 12, 1992) was an American football player who played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Hornets. He enrolled at Texas A&M U ...

–

player * Justin Swift – football player with

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

T

* Myra Taylor – blues singer, solo career and member of the Wild Women of Kansas * Tech N9ne (Aaron D. Yates) – rapper *

Bobb'e J. Thompson Bobb'e Jacques Thompson (born February 28, 1996) is an American actor, rapper and comedian. Career Thompson is known for playing Tracy Jr. on ''30 Rock''; his role as child trickster Stanley on ''That's So Raven'' and its first spin-off ''Cor ...

– child actor * Virgil Thomson –

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning composer * Calvin Trillin – food writer, journalist, humorist *

Marion A. Trozzolo Marion A. Trozzolo (1925 – June 30, 1992) was an innovator, inventor, entrepreneur, and professor of business at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the first manufacturer of teflon coated cookware in the United States, an ...

– businessman, River Quay *

–

33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...

(from Independence, Missouri) * Lisa Tucker – writer *

Big Joe Turner Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American singer from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." His greatest fame was due to ...

–

singer

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Henry Clay Van Noy Henry Clay Van Noy (April 20, 1881 – November 28, 1938) was a prominent Kansas City, Missouri, businessman and was the last surviving member of the legendary Van Noy Brothers of Kansas City - brothers who founded the company which a century later ...

– owner of

Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company The Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company, known today as HMSHost, was a business founded by the Van Noy Brothers of Kansas City, Missouri, which developed at the beginning of the twentieth century to provide services to travelers aboard passenger ...

(today known as HMSHost) * Grace VanderWaal – singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, and

season 11 A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pol ...

winner of NBC's ''

America's Got Talent ''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distribut ...

W

Janie Wagstaff Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Wagstaff (born July 22, 1974) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. Wagstaff was born in Kansas City, Missouri.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports Janie Wagstaff. Retrieved April 10, 2012. Wa ...

– 1992 olympic swimmer *

Dee Wallace Deanna Wallace (née Bowers; born December 14, 1948), also known as Dee Wallace Stone, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Taylor, the mother in the 1982 blockbuster film ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''. She is ...

– actress, ''

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (or simply ''E.T.'') is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott, a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, d ...

'' * Earl Watson – basketball player * Orla Watson – inventor * Tom Watson –

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

, twice Masters champion, five-time British Open winner, World Golf Hall of Fame * Ben Webster – jazz saxophonist *

Jason Whitlock Jason Lee Whitlock (born April 27, 1967) is an American sports journalist, columnist, and podcaster. He hosts a program for the media company Blaze Media, where he hosts the show ''Fearless with Jason Whitlock''. Whitlock is a former columnist ...

– sports journalist * Charles Wheeler –

Mayor * Frank White – professional baseball player * Dianne Wiest – two-time Oscar-winning actress *

Chuck Wild Chuck Wild (born September 22, 1946, in Kansas City) is a keyboardist, composer, producer, recording artist and Emmy Award-nominated songwriter best known for his series of relaxation music albums using the artist name and imprint Liquid Mind® ...

– recording artist, songwriter and composer * Jason Wiles – actor, played

Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli ''Third Watch'' is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 and followed the lives of an ensemble cast of characters portraying police officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and firefighter ...

in TV series '' Third Watch'' *

Barry Winchell On July 6, 1999, Barry Winchell, a 21-year old infantry soldier in the United States Army, was murdered while he slept, outside of his barracks by fellow soldier Calvin Glover for dating a transgender woman, Calpernia Addams, after a physical alt ...

–

Private First Class Private first class (french: Soldat de 1 classe; es, Soldado de primera) is a military rank held by junior enlisted personnel in a number of armed forces. French speaking countries In France and other French speaking countries, the rank (; ) ...

, murdered by a fellow soldier for his sexual orientation *

Smoky Joe Wood Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood (October 25, 1889 – July 27, 1985) was an American professional baseball player for 14 years. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1915, where he was primarily a pitcher, and for the Cleveland Indi ...

– a.k.a. The Kansas Cyclone; professional baseball player for Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians *

Doug Worgul Doug Worgul (born September 13, 1953) is an American writer and editor living in Kansas City. Early life and education Raised in Battle Creek and Lansing, Michigan, Worgul is the oldest of three siblings. He graduated from J.W. Sexton High ...

– journalist and author of the novel Thin Blue Smoke * Chely Wright – country music singer *

Katie Wright Kathryn Wright Azaria (born December 25, 1971) is an American therapist and retired actress. Career Wright began her acting career in two episodes of ''The Wonder Years'' and later had leading roles in several network television films, in additi ...

– actress; married to Hank Azaria * Jack Wyatt – host of

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

's '' Confession'' (1958–1959);

Episcopalian Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the l ...

priest

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