This is a list of notable people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of St. Joseph, Missouri. * Don Alt (1916–1988), Iowa state representative and businessman; born in St. Joseph. * Charles S.L. Baker (1859–1926), African American businessman and inventor, lived in St. Joseph. * Kay Barnes (b. 1938), mayor of Kansas City 1999–2007 * Dwayne Blakley (b. 1979), football player, born in St. Joseph. * Ryan Bradley (b. 1983), figure skater * Norbert Brodine, cinematographer * Byron Browne, baseball player * Charles Francis Buddy, bishop, attended Christian Brothers School * Rob Calloway, boxer * Harold F. Cherniss, historian of ancient Greece and Plato scholar at Princeton * Walter Cronkite, iconic television journalist, born in St. Joseph; his father