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    Alexander Majors
    1814 - 1900
    Alexander Majors

    Categories: People

    Annie Chambers
    1842 - 1935
    Annie Chambers

    Categories: People, River Market

    Barney Allis
    1896 - 1962
    Barney Allis

    Categories: Downtown, People

    Bat Masterson
    1853 - 1921
    Bat Masterson

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    Bennie Moten
    1894-1935
    Bennie Moten

    Categories: 18th & Vine, Culture, Jazz, People

    Bérénice Choteau
    1801 - 1880
    Bérénice Choteau

    Categories: People

    Betty Lynn
    1926 -
    Betty Lynn

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    Bloody Bill Anderson
    1840 - 1864
    Bloody Bill Anderson

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    Buster Smith
    1904-1991
    Buster Smith

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    Carrie Nation
    1846 - 1911
    Carrie Nation

    Categories: People

    Carrie Westlake Whitney
    1853 - 1934
    Carrie Westlake Whitney

    Categories: People

    Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd
    1904 - 1934
    Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd

    Categories: People

    Charles Lindbergh
    1902 - 1974
    Charles Lindbergh

    Categories: Crossroads, People

    Charlie Parker
    1920 - 1955
    Charlie Parker

    Categories: 18th & Vine, People

    Chester Arthur Franklin
    1880 - 1955
    Chester Arthur Franklin

    Categories: People

    Chris Cooper
    1951 -
    Chris Cooper

    Categories: People

    Count Basie
    1904 - 1984
    Count Basie

    Categories: 18th & Vine, People

    Dee Wallace Stone
    1949 -
    dee wallace stone

    Categories: People

    Dennis Hopper
    1936-2010
    Dennis Hopper

    Categories: People

    Don Cheadle
    1964 -
    Don Cheadle

    Categories: People

    Dr. Phil McGraw
    1950 -
    Dr. Phil McGraw

    Categories: People

    Edie McClurg
    1951 -
    Edie McClurg

    Categories: People

    Edward Asner
    1929 -
    Edward Asner

    Categories: People

    Marshal Mathers
    1972 -
    Eminem

    Categories: People

    Eric Stonestreet
    1971 -
    Eric Stonestreet

    Categories: People

    Ernest Hemingway
    1899 - 1961
    Ernest Hemingway

    Categories: People

    Euday Bowman
    1887-1949
    Euday Bowman

    Categories: People

    Famous and Infamous at the Union Depot
    Famous & Infamous visitors at the old Union Depot

    Categories: Featured Content, Featured Write-ups, People, Tours, West Bottoms

    Father Bernard Donnelly
    1810 – 1880
    Father Bernard Donnelly

    Categories: People, Quality Hill, West Bottoms

    Fathers of Kansas City
    Fathers of Our City

    Categories: Culture, Featured Write-ups, People

    Forrest "Phog" Allen
    1885 - 1974
    Forrest “Phog” Allen

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    Whizzo The Clown
    1916 – 1987
    Frank O. Wiziarde (Whizzo the Clown)

    Categories: Culture, People

    George Muehlebach
    1833 - 1905
    George Muehlebach

    Categories: Downtown, People, Westport

    H. Roe Bartle
    1901 - 1974
    H. Roe Bartle

    Categories: People

    Hank Bauer
    1922 - 2007
    Hank Bauer

    Categories: People

    Harry Truman
    1884 - 1972
    Harry S. Truman

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    Henry Perry
    1875 - 1940
    Henry Perry

    Categories: Featured Write-ups, People

    Hiram Young
    Hiram Young

    Categories: People

    J.C. Nichols
    (1880 - 1950)
    J.C. Nichols

    Categories: 1920, Country Club Plaza, Culture, People

    Jackie Robinson
    1919 - 1972
    Jackie Robinson

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    James Naismith
    1861-1939
    James Naismith

    Categories: Culture, People, Sports

    Janelle Monáe
    1985 -
    Janelle Monáe

    Categories: Featured Write-ups, People

    Jean Harlow
    1911 - 1937
    Jean Harlow

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    Jesse James
    1847 - 1882
    Jesse James

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    Joe Herndon
    Joe Herndon

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    Doc Holliday
    1851 - 1887
    John Henry “Doc” Holliday

    Categories: People

    John McCoy
    1811 - 1889
    John McCoy

    Categories: People, Westport

    Johnny Lazia
    1887-1934
    Johnny Lazia

    Categories: Columbus Park, People, River Market

    Joseph Smith
    1805 - 1844
    Joseph Smith

    Categories: People

    Joyce C. Hall
    1891 - 1982
    Joyce C. Hall

    Categories: People

    Julia Lee
    (1902 - 1958)
    Julia Lee

    Categories: Jazz, People

    Kevin Mahogany
    1958 -
    Kevin Mahogany

    Categories: People

    Lafayette Alonzo Tillman
    1858-1914
    Lafayette Tillman

    Categories: People

    Lamon Vernon Harkness
    1850 - 1915
    Lamon Vernon (L.V.) Harkness

    Categories: People

    Lucile H. Bluford
    1911 - 2003
    Lucile H. Bluford

    Categories: People

    Mabel Hite
    1880 - 1912
    Mabel Hite

    Categories: People

    "Calamity Jane"
    1856 - 1903
    Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Canary (Cannary)

    Categories: People

    Mary Atkins
    1836 - 1911
    Mary Atkins

    Categories: Country Club Plaza, People, Westport

    Mary Colter
    (1869-1958)
    Mary Colter: Madame Architect Extraordinaire

    Categories: Crown Center, Downtown, Featured Write-ups, People

    Mary McElroy
    1841 - 1917
    Mary McElroy

    Categories: People

    Mattie Rhodes
    1871 - 1890
    Mattie Rhodes

    Categories: People, Westside

    Maurice Greene
    1974 -
    Maurice Greene

    Categories: People

    Octave Chanute
    1832 - 1910
    Octave Chanute

    Categories: People, West Bottoms

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    Paul Rudd
    1969 -
    Paul Rudd

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    Robert Altman
    Robert Altman
    1925 - 2006
    Robert Altman

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    Andrew "Rube" Foster
    1879-1930
    Rube Foster

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    Sally Rand
    1904 - 1979
    Sally Rand

    Categories: People

    Leroy “Satchel” Paige
    1906 - 1982
    Satchel Paige

    Categories: People

    Tech N9ne
    1971 -
    Tech N9ne: aka Techa Nina, the “Kansas City King,” or just plain Aaron Yates

    Categories: People

    Thomas Hart Benton
    1889 - 1975
    Thomas Hart Benton

    Categories: People

    Tom Pendergast
    1873 - 1945
    Tom Pendergast

    Categories: People, West Bottoms

    Walt Disney
    1901 - 1966
    Walt Disney

    Categories: People

    Walter Cronkite
    1916 - 2009
    Walter Cronkite

    Categories: People

    Walter Page
    1900-1957
    Walter Page

    Categories: People

    Walter S. Dickey
    1862 - 1931
    Walter S. Dickey

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    Wild Bill Hickok
    1837 - 1876
    Wild Bill Hickok

    Categories: People

    William Quantrill
    1837-1865
    William Quantrill

    Categories: People

    William Rockhill Nelson
    1841 - 1915
    William Rockhill Nelson

    Categories: People

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