Editing Lexington, Missouri (section)

==Notable people==
===Government===
* [[Thomas Peter Akers]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]], 1856–1857
* [[John P. Campbell Jr.]], lawyer, congressman, 1848–1852
* [[Thomas B. Catron]], US senator
* [[Mark L. De Motte]], lawyer, editor of the ''Lexington Register'', congressman
* [[Alexander Graves]], lawyer, congressman, 1883–1885
* [[Josh Hawley]], lawyer, Attorney General of Missouri, elected US senator in 2018
* [[Frank L. Houx]], lawyer, governor of Wyoming
* [[John Telemachus Johnson]], congressman
* [[Atterson W. Rucker]], lawyer, congressman
* [[Samuel Locke Sawyer]], Lawyer, congressman, 1879–1881
* [[Ike Skelton]], congressman, 1977–2011
* [[John Welborn (representative)|John Welborn]], lawyer, congressman, 1905–1907

===Business===
* [[William Hepburn Russell]], freighter, partner in [[Russell, Majors and Waddell]], founder of the [[Pony Express]]
* [[William C. Schwartz]], physicist, [[laser]] pioneer, founder of International Laser Systems
* [[William B. Waddell (Pony Express founder)|William B. Waddell]], freighter, partner in [[Russell, Majors and Waddell]], founder of the [[Pony Express]]
* [[James "Bud" Walton]], co-founder of [[Wal-Mart]]

===Athletics===
* [[Chris Banks (American football)|Chris Banks]], NFL football player for 1998 [[Super Bowl]] champion [[Denver Broncos]]
* [[Lenvil Elliott]], NFL football player
* [[Med Park]], NBA basketball player
* [[Ron Tabb]], professional long distance runner

===Military===
* [[Alexander William Doniphan]], lawyer, [[Mexican–American War]] hero
* [[William M. Hoge]], oversaw construction of the [[ALCAN Highway]] and directed capture of the [[Remagen Bridge]] in [[World War II]]
* [[Harold G. Schrier]], helped raise flag over [[Iwo Jima]]

===Arts and entertainment===
* [[James Lane Allen]], author
* [[Maude Fulton]], Broadway actress
* [[Randall Garrett]], Science Fiction & Fantasy author
* [[George Kriehn]], writer and lecturer on art
* [[Carl Stalling]], composer and arranger for the [[Bugs Bunny]] and other [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons from the 1930s through the 1950s

===Academia===
* [[John H. Little]], superintendent of [[Wentworth Military Academy]], 2002–2007
* [[James M. Sellers]], commandant, superintendent, and president of Wentworth Military Academy, 1920–1990
* [[James M. Sellers Jr.]], superintendent of Wentworth Military Academy, 1973–1990
* [[Ovid R. Sellers]], Old Testament scholar and archaeologist
* [[Sandford Sellers]], president of Wentworth Military Academy, 1880–1938
* [[William W. Sellers]], president of Wentworth Military Academy, 2008–2013
* [[Stephen G. Wentworth]], banker, founder of Wentworth Military Academy
* [[Lester B. Wikoff]], athletic director, treasurer, and superintendent of Wentworth Military Academy, 1915–1971

===Outlaws===
* [[Hoodoo Brown]], leader of the [[Dodge City Gang]] in [[Las Vegas, New Mexico]]
* [[Archie Clement]], notorious guerrilla outlaw, killed in Lexington in 1866
* [[John Newman Edwards]], publisher of the ''Lexington Expositor'', creator of the Jesse James legend
* [[Jesse James]], wounded while going to surrender in Lexington, 1865; committed second daylight bank robbery in Lexington, 1866

===Religion===
* [[Judith Craig]], [[bishop]] of the [[United Methodist Church]]
* [[Thomas Francis Lillis]], former [[Roman Catholic]] bishop