People
Category · 88 pages in the KS.City civic encyclopedia
The Kansas Citians who shaped the place.
- Andy Kirk — pendergast / jazz-era
- Andy Reid — modern
- Andy Rieger & Ryan Maybee — modern
- Arthur Bryant — wwii / postwar
- Arthur Pinkard — pendergast
- Bennie Moten — pendergast / jazz-era
- Big Joe Turner — pendergast / jazz-era / postwar
- Bill Rauschelbach — modern
- Bo Nelson — modern
- Bruce R. Watkins — civil-rights / modern
- Buck O'Neil — jazz-era / civil-rights / modern
- Calvin Trillin — postwar / modern
- Charles Lindbergh — modern
- Charlie Bryant — pendergast / wwii
- Charlie Parker — pendergast / jazz-era
- Christopher Elbow — modern
- Cindy Hoedel — modern
- Colby & Megan Garrelts — modern
- Colonel Thomas Swope — gilded-age
- Cool Papa Bell — pendergast / civil-rights
- Count Basie — pendergast / jazz-era
- Danny O'Neill — modern
- Doug Worgul — modern
- Eddie Durham — pendergast / jazz-era
- Edward Asner — postwar / modern
- Emanuel Cleaver II — modern
- Ewing Marion Kauffman — postwar / modern
- Fred Wolferman — pendergast
- Freedom Inc. — Black political organization
- Gary Berbiglia — modern
- George + Arzelia Gates — wwii / postwar
- George Brett — modern
- George Kessler — gilded-age
- Guy & Helen Stroud — postwar
- Hall Family Foundation
- Harry S. Truman — pendergast / WWII / postwar
- Hayward Spears — modern
- Henry Bloch — postwar / modern
- Henry Perry — pendergast
- J.C. Nichols — gilded-age / pendergast
- Jackie Robinson — wwii / civil-rights
- Janelle Monáe — singer / songwriter / actress
- Jasper Mirabile Jr. — modern
- Jay McShann — pendergast / jazz-era
- Jeff & Joy Stehney — modern
- Jimmy Rushing — pendergast / jazz-era / postwar
- John Calvin McCoy — pre-statehood / 1850s-1880s
- John Kander — Broadway composer
- John McDonald — modern
- John Wornall — 1850s-1880s
- Jonathan Justus — modern
- Joyce Hall — pendergast / postwar
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Kansas City Royals
- Kathy Quinn — modern
- Ken & Cindy McClain — modern
- L.C. Richardson — modern
- Lamar Hunt — postwar / modern
- Lester Young — pendergast / jazz-era
- Louis Curtiss — gilded-age
- Marilyn Maye — jazz / cabaret vocalist
- Mark & Marissa Gencarelli — modern
- Mary Atkins — gilded-age
- Mary Lou Williams — pendergast / jazz-era
- Nick & Leslie Goellner — modern
- Ollie Gates — modern
- Otis Boyd — modern
- Pat Metheny — jazz guitarist / composer
- Patrick Mahomes — modern
- Patrick Woolam — musician / guitarist / bandleader
- Pete Johnson — pendergast / jazz-era / postwar
- Quinton Lucas — modern
- R. Crosby Kemper Jr. — banking (UMB) / arts patronage / civic leadership
- Ray Lamar — modern
- Robert A. Long — gilded-age / pendergast
- Robert Altman — postwar / modern
- Rudy Bears — mixed martial artist / BJJ-MMA gym owner
- Satchel Paige — pendergast / postwar
- Tech N9ne — rapper / Strange Music co-founder
- The Bichelmeyer Family — modern
- The Carollo Family — modern
- The Greeting Committee — indie rock band
- Tom Pendergast — pendergast / gilded-age
- Walt Bodine — postwar / modern
- Walt Disney — pendergast
- Walter Page — pendergast / jazz-era
- William Rockhill Nelson — gilded-age
- William Volker — gilded-age / pendergast