#1Famous people · Lee's Summit
20 famous people were born in Lee's Summit, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the American jazz musician Pat Metheny, with articles in 40 languages. The American athletics competitor KC Lightfoot ranks second, ahead of Matt Tegenkamp. 13 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Over 139 years of births, the list goes from William S. Cowherd (1860) to KC Lightfoot (1999).
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Pat Metheny
in 40 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
William S. Cowherd
Youngest
1999
KC Lightfoot
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Lee's Summit’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lee's Summit’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 9 births in the decade.
SportsMusicNotablePolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lee's Summit is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Lee's Summit
Counted by languages, Pat Metheny is ahead of KC Lightfoot and Matt Tegenkamp: 40, 11 and 9.
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Everyone else born in Lee's Summit
17 more, 14 of them athletes.
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Nearby, Independence has the most on record, with 51.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lee's Summit and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (11)
- Pat Metheny: badosa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Tegenkamp: http://www.runnerspace.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Rosenthal: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mandy Laddish: Dɐ, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Cowherd: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Harrison: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Addisyn Merrick: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chase Coffman: Atlanta_Falcons_players_at_NGAGA_2013.jpg: Georgia National Guard derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Boehm: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ginger Rogers: Studio publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Asner: Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons