List of people from Columbia, Missouri facts for kids
This is a list of famous people who were born in, lived in, or are strongly connected to Columbia, Missouri, a city in Missouri, United States.
People Who Attended College in Columbia
Many people come to Columbia to study at its colleges. This list focuses on people who have a stronger connection to the city, like being born there or living there for a long time, rather than just attending college temporarily.
A–D
- James William Abert – soldier and explorer
- Thomas M. Allen – clergyman (a religious leader)
- Benjamin Anderson – economist (someone who studies how money and resources work)
- Gary Anderson – football player
- Judy Baker – politician (someone who works in government)
- Simon Barrett – filmmaker (makes movies)
- Matt Bartle – politician
- Rob Benedict – actor
- Duane Benton – judge (works in a court of law)
- Rebecca Blank – educator and a former important government official (U.S. Secretary of Commerce)
- Philemon Bliss – judge
- John William Boone – musician
- Stratton D. Brooks – college president
- Fleda Brown – poet (writes poems)
- Jessica Capshaw – actress
- Russ Carnahan – politician
- J'den Cox – Olympic freestyle wrestler (a type of wrestling in the Olympics)
- Kevin Croom – mixed martial artist (fights in UFC)
- Jack D. Crouch – hotelier (owns or manages hotels)
- Derek "Deke" Dickerson – musician
E–L
- Carl Edwards – retired NASCAR driver
- Jane Froman – singer and actress
- Nicole Galloway – politician
- Chuck Graham – politician
- Ken Griffin – organist (plays the organ)
- Eugene Jerome Hainer – politician from Nebraska
- Jeff Harris – politician
- William Least Heat-Moon – writer
- Martin Heinrich – U.S. Senator from New Mexico (represents New Mexico in the U.S. government)
- Peter Hessler – journalist (writes for newspapers or magazines)
- Darwin Hindman – mayor of Columbia from 1995 to 2010
- Brett James – singer
- William Jewell – educator and the second mayor of Columbia
- Leon W. Johnson – Air Force General
- Tyler Johnson – baseball pitcher
- Daniel Webster Jones – Mormon pioneer (an early settler)
- John Carleton Jones – president of the University of Missouri
- Lloyd E. Jones – United States Army major general
- Kraig Kann – golf commentator (talks about golf on TV or radio)
- Henry Kirklin – horticulturalist (grows plants and gardens) and the first black instructor at the University of Missouri
- Sergei Kopeikin – astrophysicist (studies stars and space)
- E. Stanley Kroenke – sports mogul (owns many sports teams)
- Ken Lay – chief executive of Enron (a large company)
- Grace Lee – radio and television personality
- Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr. – linguist (studies languages)
M–S
- Jeff Maggert – golfer
- Howard Wight Marshall – professor, folk historian (studies history of ordinary people), and fiddler (plays the fiddle)
- William Rainey Marshall – fifth Governor of Minnesota (the leader of the state of Minnesota)
- Don Nardo – author (writes books)
- John Neihardt – poet
- William L. Nelson – politician
- Korla Pandit – musician
- Carlos Pena Jr. – singer
- Michael Porter Jr. – basketball player for the Denver Nuggets
- James S. Rollins – 19th-century politician
- Jesse M. Roper – 19th-century naval officer (worked in the navy)
- Charles Griffith Ross – press secretary for U.S. President Harry S. Truman (spoke for the President to the news)
- Felix Sabates – philanthropist (gives money to good causes)
- Therese Sander – farmer and politician
- Max Schwabe – politician
- Jon Scott – television journalist (reports news on TV)
- John F. Shafroth – politician from Colorado
- Clay Shirky – writer
- Apollo M. O. Smith – aviation executive (works in the airplane industry)
- 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 (a doctor who treats kidney diseases)
- Charlie Van Dyke – radio personality
- Andrew VanWyngarden – musician
- James "Bud" Walton – co-founder of Wal-Mart
- Sam Walton – co-founder of Wal-Mart
- Edwin Moss Watson – editor and publisher (works with books and magazines)
- Whitney Wegman-Wood – actress
- Norbert Wiener – mathematician (studies math)
- Lisa Wilcox – actress
- Roger B. Wilson – 52nd Governor of Missouri
See also
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