•
Donald J. Hall, Sr. – businessman •
Joyce Hall – businessman, founder of
Hallmark Cards •
Jennie Hanna – missionary worker and co-founder of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. •
Leon Harden –
football player for
Green Bay Packers •
Jean Harlow – actress •
Jessica Harp –
country music singer-songwriter, former member of
The Wreckers with
Michelle Branch •
Rhonda Harper – surfer and surf coach •
Thomas Hayward – leading tenor of
Metropolitan Opera •
Caleb Hearon – comedian, writer, actor, and director •
Robert A. Heinlein – science fiction author; his stories are frequently set in or reference Kansas City •
Ernest Hemingway – iconic novelist and
short story author •
Shauntay Henderson – FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, convicted criminal •
Paul Henning – writer, producer of
The Beverly Hillbillies TV series •
Opal Hill – golfer and
LPGA co-founder •
Jerry Hines – Emmy Award-winning photographer, voted cutest baby of Kansas City 1975 •
Ralph F. Hirschmann (1922–2009) –
biochemist who led synthesis of first enzyme •
Mabel Hite – vaudeville and musical comedy performer, father worked at Owl Drug Store •
Clara Cleghorn Hoffman (1831–1908) – temperance activist •
Bob Holden – 53rd governor of Missouri •
Dorothy B. Hughes – novelist •
Jane Dee Hull – 20th
governor of Arizona ==I==