Editing Excelsior Springs, Missouri (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Hilary A. Bush]], (1905–1966) Democratic Party politician who was Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor in the 1940s and 1950s and 37th Lieutenant Governor from 1961 to 1965.<ref>{{cite news|title=Unknown title|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51165557/|newspaper=[[The Kansas City Times]]|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=August 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804042846/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/648312302/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[James Benton Grant]] (1848–1911), 3rd [[Governor of Colorado]] from 1883 to 1885, died in Excelsior Springs.
* [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]] (1917–2009), actress, born in Excelsior Springs, best known as playing "[[Jane Porter (Tarzan)|Jane]]" in five [[Tarzan]] movies between 1945 and 1949.
* [[Donald Judd]] (1928–1994), visual artist, born in Excelsior Springs.
* [[Shaun Marcum]], (born 1981), [[Major League Baseball]] starting pitcher; raised in Excelsior Springs, he participated in high school baseball, football and wrestling.
* [[Tim Spehr]], (born 1966), former catcher for the [[Montreal Expos]] and the [[Kansas City Royals]].
* [[Lyle Waggoner]], (1935–2020), actor, sculptor, cast member of ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'' and ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', raised in Excelsior Springs. 
* [[Gregg Williams]] (born 1958), [[American football|football]] coach, Interim head coach and defensive coordinator of NFL's [[Cleveland Browns]]; born in Excelsior Springs, he started at [[quarterback]] on football team from 1973 to 1975 and also played high school baseball and basketball.