Famous Residents
- Forrest "Phog" Allen - KU Basketball Coach
- Rudy Bears, professional mixed martial artist
- George Caleb Bingham - famous 19th century American artist
- Jim Butcher, New York Times Best Selling author
- Teresa Carpenter, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of Harry and Bess Truman
- Jim Eisenreich, retired Major League Baseball veteran.
- Paul Henning, Created The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction
- Arliss Howard, actor in the movie Full Metal Jacket and on the TV shows Rubicon and Medium
- Betty Lennox, WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks
- Bob Lewis, former member and co-founder of Devo
- Russ Morman, Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman, coach
- Albert Pujols, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman
- Ginger Rogers, Academy Award–winning actress of musicals, dramas, and comedies. Silver screen dancing partner of Fred Astaire
- Charles E. Spahr, CEO, Standard Oil of Ohio
- David Stover, NASCAR driver
- Rick Sutcliffe, retired Major League Baseball veteran and sports announcer
- Bess Truman, 33rd First Lady of the United States
- Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
- Margaret Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn.
- Fatal1ty (Johnathan Wendel), professional e-sports player
- Tech N9ne (Aaron Yates), rapper and Strange Music vice president.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“Up through the lubber crust of Wales
I rocketed to astonish
The flashing needle rock of squatters,
The criers of Shabby and Shorten,
The famous stitch droppers.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)