List of people from Kansas City

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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.

• Sergio D. Acosta - Filmmaker
• Oleta Adams – singer
• Ashley Aull – 2006 Miss Kansas USA
• Robert Altman – film director
• Nate Archibald– basketball player with the Kansas City Kings
• Brooke Ashley – adult actress and a former Miss Teen Kansas City runner up
• Ed Asner – actor
• Burt Bacharach – pianist and composer
• H. Roe Bartle – former mayor of Kansas City and namesake of the Kansas City Chiefs
• Count Basie – jazz musician
• Kay Barnes– former mayor of Kansas City 1999-2007
• Richard L. Berkley – politician, former mayor
• Noah Beery – actor
• Wallace Beery – actor
• Thomas Hart Benton – artist
• Danni Boatwright– ESPN host, Survivor: Guatemala winner, and former Miss Kansas USA
• George Brett – professional baseball player
• Walter Brown– Blues Musician
• Sylvia Browne – psychic and medium
• Joe Carter – famous Baseball player with the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays, lives in town
• Don Cheadle – actor Hotel Rwanda, Ocean's Eleven, Crash
• Eminem – rapper
• Emanuel Cleaver – politician, current member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Fifth District in the state of Missouri
• Andrea Ciliberti – 2005 Miss Missouri USA
• Earl Cole – Survivor: Fiji winner
• Evan S. Connell – author
• David Cook – American Idol 7 winner
• Chris Cooper – actor
• Jennifer Jo Cobb– Nascar Bush series driver
• Michael J. Cox – author
• Walter Cronkite – journalist, television news anchor
• Joan Crawford – actress
• Len Dawson– Kansas City Chiefs pro football hall of fame Quarterback and announcer and KMBC sports director
• Marisol Deluna – fashion designer, received a BFA degree from the Kansas City Art Institute
• Walt Disney – film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator
• Melissa Etheridge – singer
• Scott Foley – actor
• Lisa Forbes – ex Miss Kansas USA and was in The Bachelor in Paris -- eliminated in the first round
• Thomas Frank – writer, editor
• Friz Freleng – film producer, director, animator, and cartoonist
• Matt Freije – NBA player
• Mark Funkhouser – mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
• Trent Green – Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback
• Maurice Greene – Olympic athlete
• 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
• Jean Harlow – actress
• Jessica Harp– Country Music Singer and now member of the The Wreckers with Michelle Branch
• Jim Humphreys – prominent Texas rancher
• William Least Heat-Moon– author
• Robert A. Heinlein – science fiction author
• Paul Henning – writer of The Beverly Hillbillies TV series, producer
• Ernest Hemingway – novelist and short story author
• Priest Holmes – professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Dick Howser– former manager of the Kansas City Royals
• Lamar Hunt – college football player and sports promoter; late owner and founder of the Kansas City Chiefs
• Ub Iwerks – animator and cartoonist
• Pete Johnson – jazz pianist
• Ewing Kauffman – American pharmaceutical magnate, philanthropist, and Major League Baseball owner.
• Bill Kenney– politician ex-Kansas City Chiefs player
• Craig Kilborn– actor Talk Show host
• Phill Kline – politician
• Tara Knott – Olympian
• Sarah Lancaster – actress
• Suzanne Lieurance – freelance writer
• Rush Limbaugh – conservative radio talk show host
• Michael T. Lynch – author, freelance writer
• Bill Maas – ex NFL player
• Amanda Marsh– first winner of The Bachelor
• Claire McCaskill– politician senator
• Edie McClurg– actress
• Hal McRae– baseball player and manager with Kansas City Royals
• Courtney McCool – olympian
• Phil McGraw – psychologist and talk show host, lived in area as teen
• Jay McShann – Blues musician
• Denny Matthews – sportscaster, author
• Pat Metheny – jazz guitarist
• Dennis Moore– Senator politician
• Paul Morrison – politician
• Tommy Morrison – Boxer
• Mancow Muller – radio host
• Mike Murphy – radio talk show host
• 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 the Negro American League with the Kansas City Monarchs
• Jesse Clyde Nichols – businessman, developer of commercial and residential real estate
• William F. Nolan – author
• Gordon Parks– writer director actor photographer
• Satchel Paige – Legendary baseball player
• Charlie Parker – jazz saxophonist
• H.O. Peet – industrialist founder of Colgate-Palmolive
• Rodney Peete – ex-NFL player and now Fox Sports tv host
• Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author
• Albert Pujols – baseball player who lives in Kansas City and plays for St. Louis Cardinals
• Joe Randa – professional Baseball player
• Bullet Rogan – professional baseball player
• Paul Rudd – actor in such films as Clueless, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Kareem Rush – NBA player
• Rachel Saunders – 2005 Miss Kansas USA
• Melana Scantlin– former Miss Missouri USA and Average Joe star and also cohost of the World Series of Blackjack
• Crystal Smith – former playmate
• Sam Simmons– NFL player with Steelers
• Kate Spade – Fashion designer
• Casey Stengel – professional baseball player
• Dee Wallace-Stone – actress, mother in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Mike Sweeney – baseball player with Oakland Athletics
• Justin Swift– Detroit Lions NFL Football player
• Tony Temple– Cleveland Browns football player, leading rusher (281 yards) in Cotton Bowl while playing for the Missouri Tigers.
• Virgil Thomson– Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
• Lisa Tucker (author) – writer
• Derrick Thomas – professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Bobb'e J. Thompson – American child actor
• Calvin Trillin – journalist, humorist, and novelist
• Marion A. Trozzolo – businessman, River Quay
• Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United States (Independence, Missouri)
• Big Joe Turner – blues singer
• Henry Clay Van Noy – businessman, owner of the Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company (today known as HMSHost)
• Matt Vogel – Muppets Performer and Sesame Street Muppeteer
• Amy Wagstaff – 1992 olympic swimmer
• Earl Watson– Basketball player
• Tom Watson – professional golfer
• Dianne Wiest – actress
• Jason Whitlock – sports journalist for the The Kansas City Star and former ESPN Contributor
• Charles Wheeler (politician) Former Kansas City Mayor
• Frank White – former professional baseball player
• Chely Wright – Country Music singer
• Katie Wright – actress
• Smokey Joe Wood – professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians
• Jonathan Coachman – wrestling commentator & former college basketball player