This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of Jefferson City, Missouri, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

Contents

• Arts & entertainment
• Business
• Education
• Government
• Religion
• Science
• Sports
• Other
• See also
• References

Arts & entertainment

• Janet Beecher, actress of stage and screen; born in Jefferson City
• Cedric the Entertainer (Cedric Kyle), actor/comedian; born in Jefferson City
• Deborah Digges (born Deborah Sugarbaker), poet; born in Jefferson City
• John Farris, author; born in Jefferson City
• Arthur Frommer, travel writer, publisher, consumer advocate, and the founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides; born in Jefferson City
• Chester Himes, author; born in Jefferson City
• Kent Jones, writer and radio personality; attended Jefferson City public schools
• Laura La Varnie, actress of the silent era; born in Jefferson City
• William Rose, screenwriter known for writing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ; born in Jefferson City
• Shaman's Harvest, hard rock band
• Charlie Weber, film and television actor, How to Get Away with Murder

Business

• John Opel, former president of IBM; attended Jefferson City public schools

Education

• Lorenzo Greene, Lincoln University faculty and civil rights pioneer ^[1]
• Josephine Silone Yates, professor and head of the natural science department at Lincoln University, first Black woman to hold a full professorship or head a science department in the U.S.

Government

• James T. Blair Jr., mayor of Jefferson City in 1947 and later governor of Missouri ^[2]
• Richard Everett Dorr, former U.S. federal judge; born in Jefferson City
• Patricia A. Goodrich, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; born in Jefferson City
• John A. Gordon, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency; born in Jefferson City
• James Kirkpatrick, former Missouri Secretary of State; former editor of the Jefferson City News-Tribune
• Stephen R. Leopold, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; born in Jefferson City
• Blaine Luetkemeyer, U.S. representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district; born in Jefferson City and graduated from Lincoln University
• Richard R. Nacy, former state treasurer of Missouri; born and raised in Jefferson City
• Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969), Los Angeles City Council member
• Rodney W. Sippel, United States federal judge; born in Jefferson City
• Sarah Steelman, former state treasurer of Missouri; born and raised in Jefferson City
• Carl M. Vogel, former member of the Missouri Senate; born and raised in Jefferson City
• Harold Volkmer, former member of the United States House of Representatives; born and raised in Jefferson City

Religion

• Charles Roman Koester, former American bishop of the Catholic Church; born in Jefferson City
• Reginald Heber Weller, Episcopal priest and bishop active in the ecumenism; born in Jefferson City

Science

• Brittany Friedman, sociologist; raised in Jefferson City and attended Jefferson City public schools
• Jack S. Kilby, Nobel Prize-winning inventor and physicist; born in Jefferson City
• William A. Massey, mathematician and operations researcher with expertise in queueing theory; born in Jefferson City
• P. David Polly, vertebrate paleontologist; born in Jefferson City
• David Sugarbaker, cancer surgeon most known for developing new surgical treatments of mesothelioma

Sports

• Mishael Abbott, race car driver; born in Jefferson City
• OG Anunoby, forward for the New York Knicks; raised from early childhood in Jefferson City and attended Jefferson City High School
• Charlie Brown, former NFL running back born in Jefferson City
• Christian Cantwell, 2009 shot put world champion, born in Jefferson City
• Joe Crede, major league baseball player, won 2005 World Series with Chicago White Sox; born in Jefferson City
• Napheesa Collier, WNBA player for the Minnesota Lynx and two-time Olympic gold medalist, born in Jefferson City
• John Daly, professional golfer on the PGA Tour
• Justin Gage, former football player for the Chicago Bears and the Tennessee Titans; attended Jefferson City public schools
• Tom Henke, major league baseball player, won 1992 World Series with Toronto Blue Jays, also pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals; lives in nearby Taos
• Dennis Higgins, former professional pitcher; born in Jefferson City
• Joe Jimenez, professional golfer best known for winning the 1978 PGA Seniors' Championship; was the club pro at the Jefferson City Country Club
• Sam LeCure, current major league baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds; born near Jefferson City
• Steve Martin, former football player; attended Jefferson City public schools
• Napoleon McCallum, former running back for the Los Angeles Raiders in the National Football League; born in Jefferson City
• Dennis Meyer, former Pittsburgh Steelers football player and coach; born in Jefferson City
• Paul Miller, basketball player; born in Jefferson City
• Maya Moore, former WNBA player for the Minnesota Lynx and Olympic gold medalist; born in Jefferson City and attended Jefferson City public schools
• Clint Robinson, professional first baseman with the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Steve Rogers, former starting pitcher for the Montreal Expos; born in Jefferson City
• Justin Smith, former football player with the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers; born and raised in Jefferson City
• Jamaal Tatum, former college basketball player for Southern Illinois Salukis; born and raised in Jefferson City
• Don Webb, former college and Professional Football defensive back
• Keith Weber, former quarterback and pitcher for the University of Missouri
• Sylvester Williams, defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions; attended Jefferson City High School

Other

• Alphonso Boone, pioneer who ran a trading post in Jefferson City
• Suzette Haden Elgin, linguist, inventor of Láadan; born in Jefferson City
• Lloyd L. Gaines, plaintiff in Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938), one of the most important court cases in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1930s; attended Lincoln University
• Harriet M. Waddy, military officer

See also

• List of people from Missouri

References