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
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

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

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

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

 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

Related pages
 List of people from Missouri

Columbia