List of people from Lee's Summit, Missouri
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable Lee's Summiters (people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in Lee's Summit, Missouri).
- Freddie Williams II (born 1977), comic book artist[1]
Authors
- Terry Garrity (born 1934), author of the New York Times bestseller The Sensuous Woman[2]
- Dennis Hopeless, comic book writer[3]
- Richard Kyanka (1976–2021), creator of popular website Something Awful[4]
Entertainment
- Angela Lindvall (born 1979), model and actress
- Audrey Lindvall (1982–2006), model[5]
- Katherine McNamara (born 1995), actress[6]
- Vanessa Merrell (born 1996), YouTuber, actress, and musician[7]
- Veronica Merrell (born 1996), YouTuber and actress[7]
Musicians
- Mike Metheny (born 1949), jazz musician and journalist[8]
- Pat Metheny (born 1954), Grammy Award-winning jazz musician[8]
Politicians
- Paul Coverdell (1939–2000), United States senator from Georgia[9]
- William S. Cowherd (1860–1915), United States representative from Missouri and mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[10]
- Rick Roeber (born 1955), member of the Missouri House of Representatives expelled in a child abuse investigation[11]
- Sam B. Strother (1871–1929), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[12]
Scientists
- Robert K. Dixon, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, presidential adviser, and scientist[13]