List of People from Springfield, Missouri
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This is a list of notable people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Springfield, Missouri and its surrounding metropolitan area.
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[edit] Politics
- John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General
- Matt Blunt, Governor of Missouri
- Roy Blunt, U.S. House Minority Whip
- Sempronius H. Boyd, U.S. Representative and Ambassador to Siam
[edit] Arts, Literature, Humanities and Entertainment
- Bob Barker, former host of The Price is Right
- Aaron Buerge, "The Bachelor" in 2002
- Kim Crosby, Broadway performer
- William Garwood, actor
- Lucas Grabeel, actor
- Jay Kenneth Johnson, actor
- King's X, musical group
- Robin Luke, musician
- Ozark Mountain Daredevils, musical group
- Brad Pitt, actor
- Tony Tost, poet
- Kathleen Turner, actress
- Robert Westenberg, Broadway performer
- Lou Whitney, musician, record producer
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, musical group
- Sara Groves, Christian Contemporary recording artist.
- Brenda Lee, Singer (moved to Springfield in 1956 at age 11)
[edit] Sports
- Josh Kinney, First Springfield Cardinal (AA) to make the St. Louis Cardinals major league roster.
- Larry Nemmers, NFL referee.
- Payne Stewart, professional golfer.
- Jack Jewsbury, MLS player for the Kansas City Wizards.
- Lori Endicott, 1996 olympic volleyball player.
- Jackie Stiles, NCAA All-Time Leading Scorer in womens basketball.
- Ryan Howard, current MLB player, 2005 NL Rookie of the year, 2006 Home Run Derby Champion, 2006 NL Most Valuable Player
- Steve Rogers, Former MLB starting pitcher with Montréal Expos. Remembered as most successful pitcher in Montreal Expos history.
[edit] Business
- John Q. Hammons, Hammons Hotels founder
- David Glass - Former CEO of Wal-Mart and owner of the Kansas City Royals
- Roy E. Winegardner, Cofounder of Winegardner and Hammons, and former President and then Chairman of Holiday Inn Hotels, now a division of InterContinental Hotels Group.
[edit] Criminals and Persons of Ill Repute
- John Gotti, Mafioso (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, died in Springfield in 2002)
- Timothy McVeigh, bomber and antigovernment conspirator (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, prior to his 2001 execution)
- Ramzi Yousef, 1993 World Trade Center bomber (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners)
- Robert Franklin Stroud, Birdman of Alcatraz (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, died in Springfield in 1963)
- Christopher Ryan King, notorious con-man and swindler,[1][2][3] was born in Springfield in 1974 and graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1992.
[edit] Other
- Jimmie Angel, aviator, discoverer of Angel Falls, highest free-falling waterfall in the world
- Janet Kavandi, astronaut
- J. Alan Groves, Biblical Hebrew scholar, editor of Groves-Wheeler Hebrew morphology
