Editing Independence, Missouri (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Phog Allen|Forrest "Phog" Allen]], [[University of Kansas|KU]] basketball coach, member of Hall of Fame; attended high school in Independence.
* [[John B. Arrington]], Utah state legislator.
* [[Rudy Bears]], professional mixed martial artist.
* [[George Caleb Bingham]], 19th century artist.
* [[James L. Boldridge]], celebrated African-American horse trainer 
* [[Jim Butcher]], [[New York Times Best Seller list|New York Times bestselling]] author.
* [[Teresa Carpenter]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist.
* [[Margaret Truman Daniel]], novelist, daughter of Harry and Bess Truman; born in Independence.
* [[Jim Eisenreich]], Major League Baseball player; lived in Independence.
* [[Fatal1ty]] (Jonathan Wendel), professional e-sports player.
* [[EJ Gaines]], football player for [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]] and NFL's [[Los Angeles Rams]].
* [[Marla Hanson]] (born June 18, 1961) American screenwriter, ex-model and victim of a slashing attack by two other men hired by her landlord in 1986.
* [[Paul Henning]], created TV series ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[Green Acres]]'', ''[[Petticoat Junction]]''; born in Independence.
* [[Sam Hildreth]], thoroughbred trainer; born in Independence.
* [[Daniel G. Hill]], sociology.
* [[Arliss Howard]], actor in films (''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'', ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'') and TV (''[[Rubicon (TV series)|Rubicon]]'', ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''); born in Independence.
* [[Jared Huffman]], Congressman (CA-2), Democrat, was born in Independence and graduated from William Chrisman High School there.
* [[Sharon Kinne]], serial killer.
* [[Betty Lennox]], former player for the [[WNBA]].
* [[David McCullough]], author and historian, lived in Independence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/12/garden/talking-history-with-david-mccullough-immersed-facts-better-imagine-harry-truman.html|title=TALKING HISTORY WITH: David McCullough; Immersed in Facts, The Better to Imagine Harry Truman's Life|date=August 12, 1992|work=The New York Times}}</ref> while writing and researching his [[Truman (book)|Pulitzer-winning biography]] of Harry Truman.
* [[Russ Morman]], [[Major League Baseball]] outfielder and first baseman, coach; born in Independence.
* [[John Noland]], black Confederate scout who served with Quantrill's Raiders, buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
* [[Ralph Peer]], record producer in [[List of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees|Country Music Hall of Fame]]; born in Independence.
* [[Austin Petersen]], 2016 presidential candidate.
* [[Chris Pitman]], [[Guns N' Roses]] keyboardist.
* [[Albert Pujols]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]] first baseman; attended high school in Independence.
* [[Ginger Rogers]], Academy Award-winning actress of musicals, dramas, and comedies; screen dancing partner of [[Fred Astaire]]; born in Independence.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2128%2C5738668 | title=Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars | work=The Milwaukee Sentinel | date=November 27, 1969 | access-date=May 22, 2015 | author=Wilson, Earl | pages=A33 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Charles E. Spahr]], CEO, [[Standard Oil of Ohio]].
* [[David Stover (racing driver)|David Stover]], [[NASCAR]] driver.
* [[Rick Sutcliffe]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher and TV commentator; born in Independence.
* [[Tech N9ne]] (Aaron Yates), rapper and [[Strange Music]] vice president.
* [[George M. Todd]], Confederate partisan ranger, buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
* [[Bess Truman]], 33rd [[First Lady of the United States]], was born in Independence.
* [[Harry S. Truman]], Vice President and [[33rd President of the United States]], was raised in Independence.
* [[Ron Wallace (singer)|Ron Wallace]], country music singer.
* [[Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear]], folk singers.
* [[Margaret Weis]], fantasy novelist.
* [[Cathay Williams]], female black Civil War soldier.
* [[Hiram Young]], self-freed slave turned wagon-building entrepreneur for the [[Oregon Trail]], "Kansas City's First Colored Man of Means".<ref name="Telegraph Means">{{cite news | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=February 28, 2016 | title=Hiram Young: Kansas City's First "Colored Man of Means" | first=Topher | last=Wilson | url=https://martincitytelegraph.com/2016/02/28/hiram-young-kansas-citys-first-colored-man-of-means/ | access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>