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 Simon Barrett – filmmaker Matt Bartle – politician Rob Benedict – actor 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 J'den Cox – Olympic freestyle wrestler Kevin Croom – UFC mixed martial artist Jack D. Crouch – hotelier Derek "Deke" Dickerson – musician
E–L
Carl Edwards – retired NASCAR driver Jane Froman – singer; actress Nicole Galloway – politician Chuck Graham – politician Ken Griffin – organist Eugene Jerome Hainer – Nebraska politician Jeff Harris – politician William Least Heat-Moon – writer Martin Heinrich – U.S. senator from New Mexico Michelle Hendley – actress and YouTuber Peter Hessler – journalist Darwin Hindman – mayor of Columbia (1995–2010) Brett James – singer William Jewell – educator, second mayor of Columbia Leon W. Johnson – Air Force general Tyler Johnson – baseball pitcher Daniel Webster Jones – Mormon pioneer John Carleton Jones – president of the University of Missouri Lloyd E. Jones – United States Army major general Kraig Kann – golf commentator Henry Kirklin – horticulturalist, first black instructor at the University of Missouri Walt Koken (born 1946) – claw-hammer banjo player, fiddler, and singer Sergei Kopeikin – astrophysicist E. Stanley Kroenke – sports mogul Ken Lay – chief executive, Enron Grace Lee – radio and television personality Drew Lock – American football quarterback for Seattle Seahawks Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr. – linguist
M–S
Jeff Maggert – golfer Howard Wight Marshall – professor, folk historian, fiddler William Rainey Marshall – fifth governor of Minnesota Don Nardo – author John Neihardt – poet William L. Nelson – politician Korla Pandit – musician Carlos Pena Jr. – singer Jontay Porter – basketball player Michael Porter Jr. – basketball player for Denver Nuggets 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 Austin Ruse – political activist, author 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 – 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 Whitney Wegman-Wood – actress Norbert Wiener – mathematician Lisa Wilcox – actress Roger B. Wilson – 52nd governor of Missouri
See also
List of people from Missouri List of cemeteries in Boone County, Missouri
References