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Famous People from Missouri
Missouri
Biographies, Famous People from Missouri
Alexander McGillivray
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Maya Angelou (1928 - ) Author of I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; born in St.
Louis.
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David Rice Atchison (1807 - 1886) A
Missouri native, held the office of president
of the United States for one day in 1849.
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Scott Bakula (1955 - ) Actor of
television’s “Quantum Leap”; born in St.
Louis.
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Yogi Berra (1925 - ) New York Yankee
catcher that won 10 World Series; born in St.
Louis.
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Chuck Berry (1926 - ) Singer known for
“Johnny B. Goode”; born in Wentzville.
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Susan Elizabeth Blow (1843 - 1916)
Teacher and founder of the nation’s first
public kindergarten in St. Louis; born in St.
Louis.
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Omar N. Bradley (1893 - 1981)
Commanded the 12th Army Group in World War II,
the largest American force ever united under
one man's command. Bradley served 69 years on
active duty in the Armed Forces, longer than
any other soldier in United States history;
born near Clark.
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Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835 -
1910) Author made famous with Tom Sawyer and
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; born in
Florida, MO.
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T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965) Nobel Prize
winning author of The Wasteland; born in St.
Louis.
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Jesse James (1847 - 1882) Famous
outlaw killed by one of his own gang; born in
Kearney.
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Rush Limbaugh (1951 - ) Radio and
television talk show host; born in Cape
Girardeau.
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James Cash Penney (1875 - 1971)
Founder of the J.C. Penney Company; born in
Hamilton
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Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) The 33rd
President of the United States; born in Lamar.
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Kathleen Turner (1954 - ) Actress
starring in Romancing the Stone; born in
Springfield.
- Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981) Leader of
the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP); born in St. Louis.
More Famous People of Missouri
- Robert Altman film director, Kansas
City
- Burt Bacharach songwriter, Kansas
City
- Josephine Baker singer, dancer,
Saint Louis
- Wallace Beery actor, Kansas City
- William Bent fur trader, pioneer,
Saint Louis
- Robert Russell Bennett composer,
Kansas City
- Thomas Hart Benton painter, Neosho
- Bill Bradley basketball player,
Crystal City
- Grace Bumbry soprano, Saint Louis
- William Burroughs writer, Saint
Louis
- Sarah Caldwell opera director,
conductor, Maryville
- Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane)
frontierswoman, Princeton
- Dale Carnegie teacher of public
speaking, Maryville
- George Washington Carver educator,
agricultural chemist, Diamond Grove
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
author, Florida
- Walter Cronkite TV newscaster,
Saint Joseph
- Robert Cummings actor, Joplin
- Jane Darwell actress, Palmyra
- Charles Stark Draper inventor,
Windsor
- Jeanne Eagels actress, Kansas City
- James Fergason inventor, Wakenda
- Eugene Field author, poet, Saint
Louis
- Redd Foxx actor, comedian, Saint
Louis
- James W. Fulbright senator, Sumner
- John Goodman actor, Affton
- Betty Grable actress, Saint Louis
- Dick Gregory comic, activist, Saint
Louis
- Jean Harlow actress, Kansas City
- Edwin Hubble astronomer, Marshfield
- Jack S. Kilby inventor, Jefferson
City
- James Langston Hughes poet, Joplin
- William Lear aviation inventor,
Hannibal
- John Huston film director, Nevada
- Bernarr MacFadden physical
culturist, Mill Springs
- Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess,
Paris
- Robert D. Maurer inventor, St.
Louis
- Marianne Moore poet, Saint Louis
- Geraldine Page actress, Kirksville
- Marlin Perkins TV host, zoo
director, Carthage
- John J. Pershing army leader,
pershing rifles, Linn County
- Vincent Price actor, Saint Louis
- Ginger Rogers dancer, actress,
Independence
- Charles M. Russell painter, artist
St. Louis
- Nellie Tayloe Ross first woman
elected governor of a state, Saint Joseph
- Ted Shawn dancer, choreographer,
Kansas City
- Casey Stengel baseball player,
Kansas City
- Gladys Swarthout soprano, Deepwater
- Sara Teasdale poet, Saint Louis
- Virgil Thomson composer, Kansas
City
- Dick Van Dyke actor, West Plains
- Dennis Weaver actor, Joplin
- Pearl White actress, Greenridge
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