- List of People from Springfield, Missouri
This is a list of notable people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of
Springfield, Missouri and its surroundingmetropolitan area .Politics
*
John Ashcroft , former U.S. Attorney General
*Matt Blunt , Governor of Missouri
*Roy Blunt , U.S. House Minority Whip
*Sempronius H. Boyd , U.S. Representative and Ambassador to SiamArts, Literature, Humanities and Entertainment
*
Bob Barker , former host ofThe Price is Right
*Aaron Buerge , "The Bachelor" in 2002
* Kim Crosby, Broadway performer
*William Garwood , actor
*Lucas Grabeel , actor
*Jay Kenneth Johnson , actor
*King's X , musical group
*Robin Luke , musician
*Ozark Mountain Daredevils , musical group
*Brad Pitt , Actor
*Tony Tost , Poet
*Kathleen Turner , actress
*Robert Westenberg , Broadway performer
*Lou Whitney , musician, record producer
*Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin , musical group
*Sara Groves , Christian Contemporary recording artist.
*Brenda Lee , Singer (moved to Springfield in 1956 at age 11)
*John Goodman , Actor (Born in Afton, MO and attended Missouri State University)ports
*
Josh Kinney , First Springfield Cardinal (AA) to make the St. Louis Cardinals major league roster.
*Larry Nemmers , NFL referee.
*Payne Stewart , professional golfer.
*Jack Jewsbury , MLS player for the Kansas City Wizards.
*Lori Endicott , 1996 olympic volleyball player.
*Jackie Stiles , NCAA All-Time Leading Scorer in womens basketball.
*Scott Bailes , former American League pitcher in the 1980's and 1990's. Now the color commentator for the Springfield Cardinals baseball franchise.
*Ryan Howard , current MLB player, 2005 NL Rookie of the year, 2006 Home Run Derby Champion, 2006 NL Most Valuable Player
*Stan Musial , Hall of Fame baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, played for the original Springfield Cardinals minor leauge baseball team in the late 1930's.
* Steve Rogers, Former MLB starting pitcher with Montréal Expos. Remembered as most successful pitcher in Montreal Expos history.Business
*
John Q. Hammons ,Hammons Hotels founder
* David Glass - Former CEO of Wal-Mart and owner of the Kansas City Royals
* Roy E. Winegardner, Cofounder ofWinegardner and Hammons , and former President and then Chairman ofHoliday Inn Hotels, now a division ofInterContinental Hotels Group .
* Johnny Morris - Owner and Creator of Bass Pro Shop, headquartered in SpringfieldCriminals and Persons of Ill Repute
*
John Gotti , Mafioso (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, died in Springfield in 2002)
*Timothy McVeigh , bomber and antigovernment conspirator (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, prior to his 2001 execution)
*Ramzi Yousef , 1993 World Trade Center bomber (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners)
*Robert Franklin Stroud , Birdman of Alcatraz (incarcerated at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, died in Springfield in 1963)
*Christopher Ryan King , notoriouscon man and swindler, [http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/moneylaundering012207.htm] [http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_109182202.html] [http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2007/king.ple.htm] was born in Springfield in 1974 and graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1992.
*Dugan Corsolini , serial child molester and murderer. Corsolini's ritualistic rapes and mutilations shocked Springfield and the Ozarks during the summer of1985 until he was apprehended inNovember of that year.Other
*
Jimmie Angel , aviator, discoverer ofAngel Falls , highest free-falling waterfall in the world
* Janet Kavandi, astronaut
*J. Alan Groves , Biblical Hebrew scholar, editor of Groves-Wheeler Hebrew morphology
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.