– food writer, journalist, humorist Marion A. Trozzolo – businessman, River Quay Harry S. Truman – 33rd President of the United States (from Independence, Missouri) Lisa Tucker – writer Big Joe Turner – blues singer V Henry Clay Van Noy – owner of Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company (today known as HMSHost) Grace VanderWaal – singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, and season 11 winner of NBC's America's Got Talent W Janie Wagstaff – 1992 olympic swimmer Dee Wallace – actress, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Earl Watson – basketball player Orla Watson – inventor Tom Watson – professional golfer, twice Masters champion, five-time British Open winner, World Golf Hall of Fame Ben Webster – jazz saxophonist Jason Whitlock – sports journalist Charles Wheeler – Kansas City Mayor Frank White – professional baseball player Dianne Wiest – two-time Oscar-winning actress Chuck Wild – recording artist, songwriter and composer Jason Wiles – actor, played Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli in TV series Third Watch Barry Winchell – Private First Class, murdered by a fellow soldier for his sexual orientation Smoky Joe Wood – a.k.a. The Kansas Cyclone; professional baseball player for Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians Doug Worgul – journalist and author of the novel Thin Blue Smoke Chely Wright – country music singer Katie Wright – actress; married to Hank Azaria Jack Wyatt – host of ABC's Confession (1958–1959); Episcopalian priest See also List of people from Missouri List of people from Kansas City, Kansas References Kansas City Kansas City#