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The list of people from Kansas City, Missouri is for native-born and past residents. Kansas City, Missouri is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area. People from Kansas City, Kansas are at List of people from Kansas City, Kansas.
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Bud Abell – linebacker in the American Football League; born in Kansas City
Oleta Adams – singer
Amy Alcott (born 1956) – Hall of Fame 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
Ernest Appy – composer and cellist
Sagir Arce – soccer player
Stewart Ashby Jr. – rapper
Edward Asner – actor, born in Kansas City
Ashley Aull – 2006 Miss Kansas USA
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Burt Bacharach – pianist and composer
Joy Bang – actress, born in Kansas City
Kay Barnes – mayor of Kansas City 1999–2007
Hector Barreto Sr. – activist and entrepreneur
H. Roe Bartle – mayor of Kansas City and namesake of Kansas City Chiefs
Lucas Bartlett – soccer player
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
George Brett – baseball player, third baseman
Diane Brewster – actress
Beau Brinkley – long snapper for the Atlanta Falcons
Bob Brookmeyer – jazz musician, composer, and bandleader
Elizabeth Broun – art historian and director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Walter Brown – blues musician
Sylvia Browne – psychic and medium
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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
Vincent O. Carter – writer
Don Cheadle – actor, Hotel Rwanda, Ocean's Eleven, Crash
Anthony Civella – mobster
Emanuel Cleaver – politician, U.S. Representative for Fifth District in Missouri
Gene Clark – singer-songwriter with The Byrds
Jonathan Coachman – ESPN sportscaster, wrestling commentator, college basketball player
Jennifer Jo Cobb – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver
Robert Coldsnow – Kansas legislator and lawyer
Vinson Cole – operatic tenor
David Cone – Major League Baseball pitcher
Evan S. Connell – author
Chris Cooper – 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 – NBA player
Bob Dernier – MLB outfielder
DeLos F. DeTar – scientist
Walt Disney – film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator
Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff – model and Miss Teen USA 2017
James T. Draper Jr. – president of the Southern Baptist Convention 1982–1984; pastor of Red Bridge Baptist Church in Kansas City 1965–1970
Carol Duboc – singer, composer, arranger, and actress
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James E. Edmondson – Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
Robert Ellis – physicist
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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
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Heidi Gardner – actress, comedian, and writer
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
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Donald J. Hall, Sr. – businessman
Joyce Hall – businessman, founder of Hallmark Cards
Jennie Hanna - missionary worker and co-founder of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church, U.S
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
Clara Cleghorn Hoffman (1831–1908) – temperance activist
Bob Holden – 53rd Governor of Missouri
Dorothy B. Hughes – novelist
Jane Dee Hull – 20th Governor of Arizona
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Sean Ingram – musician and entrepreneur
Ub Iwerks – animator and cartoonist
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Bo Jackson – football and baseball player
Pete Johnson – blues and jazz pianist
Elaine Joyce – actress
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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
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
John Klein – soccer player for MLS club St. Louis City
Philip Klutznick – U.S. Secretary of Commerce to President Jimmy Carter
Evalyn Knapp – actress
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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
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Bill Maas – NFL player
Arthur Mag – lawyer, legal counsel to Harry S. Truman
Sean Malto – professional skateboarder
Amanda Marsh – first winner of The Bachelor
Oliver T. Marsh – cinematographer
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
Charles McCormick, singer and bass player, member of the Kansas City R&B band Bloodstone
Glenn McGee – bioethicist and philosopher
Katherine McNamara – actress, Shadowhunters
Jay McShann – blues musician
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
Richard B. Myers – U.S. Air Force general and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Rob Neyer – sportswriter
Danielle Nicole – blues and soul musician
Jesse Clyde Nichols – developer of commercial and residential real estate
William F. Nolan – author
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Buck O'Neil – baseball player, scout, and coach; first African-American coach in the MLB; helped establish the Negro League Hall of Fame
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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
Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author
Joe Posnanski – sports writer, author
William Powell – actor
The Pruitt Twins – identical twin brothers, Millus David Pruett [sic] and Myles Pennington Pruett, blues musicians
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Joe Randa – baseball player
Rudy Reyes – actor and former U.S. Marine sergeant
Bullet Rogan – baseball player
Ginger Rogers – dancer, Academy Award-winning actress, Broadway performer
Michael Rosbash – geneticist at Brandeis University, Nobel Laureate
Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969) – Los Angeles City Council member
Brandon Rush – NBA player
Kareem Rush – NBA player
Pierre Russell – basketball player
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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
Nick Schnebelen – blues rock musician
Josh Shapiro – Governor of Pennsylvania
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
Alberto Sordi – Italian actor (honorary citizen)
Kate Spade – fashion designer
Nancy Speir – children's book illustrator
Alexis Spight – gospel musician
Casey Stengel – baseball player and Hall of Fame manager
Michael Stevens – YouTuber, educator, public speaker, creator and host of Mind Field
Eric Stonestreet – actor
George Strohmeyer – football player
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 – 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
Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United States (from Independence, Missouri)
Lisa Tucker – writer
Big Joe Turner – blues singer
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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
Dorothy Vaughan - mathematician and human computer at NASA
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Janie Wagstaff – 1992 olympic swimmer
Mabel Wagnalls – pianist, writer, philanthropist
Dee Wallace – actress, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Ish Wainright (born 1994) - American-Ugandan basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
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
Charles Wheeler – Kansas City Mayor
Frank White – professional baseball player
Jason Whitlock – sports journalist
Dianne Wiest – two-time Oscar-winning actress
Chuck Wild – recording artist, songwriter and composer
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
Doug Worgul – journalist and author of the novel Thin Blue Smoke
Chely Wright – country music singer
Katie Wright – actress; married to Hank Azaria
See also
List of people from Missouri
List of people from Kansas City, Kansas
References
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