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
*Oleta Adams – singer
*Amy Alcott – professional golfer; born in Kansas City
*M.A. Alford - multimedia artist
*Henry Wilson Allen - Western author and screenwriter
*Robert Altman – film director
*Raleigh DeGeer Amyx - collector of Olympic and Presidential memorabilia
*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
*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
*Jonathan Coachman – ESPN sportscaster, wrestling commentator, college basketball player
*Jennifer Jo Cobb –  NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver
*Robert Coldsnow - Kansas legislator and lawyer
*Evan S. Connell – author
*Chris Cooper – Oscar-winning actor
*John Coughlin – figure skater, 2011 U.S. pairs champion
*Joan Crawford – Oscar-winning actress
*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
*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
* Amelia Earhart - iconic aviator
*James E. Edmondson - Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
*Eminem – rapper
*Melissa Etheridge – singer
*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
*Jessica Harp – country music singer-songwriter, former member of The Wreckers 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 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
*Mabel Hite - vaudeville and musical comedy performer, father worked at Owl Drug Store
*Bob Holden -  53rd Governor of Missouri
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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*
*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
*Chely Wright – country music singer
*Katie Wright – actress married to Hank Azaria
*Jack Wyatt – host of ABC's *Confession* (1958–1959); Episcopalian priest

## Related pages
* List of people from Missouri

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