Joint Chiefs of Staff Jonathan Monk- Marconi Award winning Monk & Kelly show Formerly of Star 102. N Rob Neyer – sportswriter Danielle Nicole – blues and soul musician Jesse Clyde Nichols – developer of commercial and residential real estate William F. Nolan – author O Buck O'Neil – baseball player, scout, and coach; first African-American coach in the MLB; helped establish the Negro League Hall of Fame P Satchel Paige – baseball pitcher Charlie Parker – jazz saxophonist and composer Gordon Parks – screenwriter, director, actor, photographer Mark Patton – actor Jamie Paulin-Ramirez – American Muslim convert arrested in Jihad Jane plot to kill a Danish artist Rodney Peete – NFL quarterback, Fox Sports TV host Tom Pendergast – political boss Tom Pernice Jr. – professional golfer Darrell Porter – professional baseball player, author Joe Posnanski – sports writer, author William Powell – actor The Pruitt Twins – (identical twin brothers, Miles Pruitt and Milas Pruitt), blues musicians R Joe Randa – baseball player Rudy Reyes – actor and former U.S. Marine Sargent Bullet Rogan – baseball player Ginger Rogers – dancer, Academy Award-winning actress, Broadway performer Michael Rosbash – geneticist at Brandeis University, Nobel Laureate Karl L. Rundberg (1899–1969) – Los Angeles City Council member Brandon Rush – NBA player Kareem Rush – NBA player Pierre Russell – basketball player S Ray Sadecki – Major League Baseball pitcher Lori Saunders – actress, Petticoat Junction Rachel Saunders – 2005 Miss Kansas USA Melana Scantlin – Miss Missouri USA and Average Joe star, co-host of World Series of Blackjack Wes Scantlin – lead singer and rhythm guitarist of rock band Puddle of Mudd, cousin of Melana Scantlin Nick Schnebelen – blues rock musician Ted Shawn – modern dance pioneer Columbus Short – choreographer, actor, singer Sam Simmons – former NFL and Arena Football League player Crystal Smith – model Jack Sock – professional tennis player Alberto Sordi – Italian actor (honorary citizen) Kate Spade – fashion designer Alexis Spight – gospel musician Casey Stengel – baseball player and Hall of Fame manager Michael Stevens – educator and Internet celebrity George Strohmeyer – football player Justin Swift – football player with NFL's Detroit Lions T Myra Taylor – blues singer, solo career and member of the Wild Women of Kansas Tech N9ne (Aaron D. Yates) – rapper Bobb'e J. Thompson – child actor Virgil Thomson – Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Calvin Trillin