- List of people from Missouri
The following are people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in
Missouri .Military/War
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Ulysses S. Grant , Union Army General (Civil War )
*Sterling Price , Confederate General forMissouri State Guard
*Omar Bradley (1893–1981),World War II general last 5 star general
*John J. Pershing (1860–1948), soldier andGeneral of the Armies
* Arthur Lee Willard, (1870-1955), US Navy Admiral.
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John Ashcroft (born 1942), U.S. Attorney General (2001–2005)
*Ulysses S. Grant , U.S. President (1869-1877)
*John Claggett Danforth (born 1936), former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to the U.N.
* Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), U.S. Senator
*Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (born 1939), Current SeniorU.S. Senator of Missouri. At 33, Bond became the youngest Governor of Missouri
*Pete Wilson (born 1933), Former California Governor and Senator
*Bill Bradley (born 1943), U.S. Senator,Basketball Hall of Fame
*Jean Carnahan , The first Missouri woman to become a U.S. Senator
*Budd Dwyer (1939–1987),politician
*J. William Fulbright (1905–1995), U.S. Senator, established theFulbright Fellowships
*Richard Gephardt (born 1941), former Democratic leader in theU.S. House of Representatives and cadidate for president
*Claire McCaskill , the first woman elected U.S. senator from Missouri
*Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), first femalegovernor of aU.S. State
*Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rdPresident of the United States
*David King Udall (1851–1938), born in Missouri, served in Arizona Legislature
*Harold Volkmer (born 1931), served as AssistantAttorney General of Missouri, then served in U.S. House of Representatives
*Roy Blunt , former Republican speaker of the House, and majority whipEntertainment
Film/Theater
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Robert Altman (1925–2006), film director
*Scott Bakula (born 1954),actor
*Josephine Baker (1906–1975),dancer ,singer ,actress
*Wallace Beery (1885–1949)
*Linda Blair (born 1959), actress, famous for her role in "The Exorcist"
*Don Cheadle , (born 1964), actor
*Anthony Cistaro , actor
* Chris Cooper (born 1951), actor
*Robert Cummings (1908–1990), actor
*Don S. Davis (born 1942), actor
*Walt Disney (1901–1966), (born in Illinois, raised in Missouri)film producer , director,screenwriter ,voice actor andanimator
*Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), actor, musician. The voice of Jiminy Cricket.
*Jenna Fischer (born 1974), actress
*Phyllis Fraser (born 1915), actress, journalist, children's book publisher, wife ofBennett Cerf andRobert F. Wagner, Jr.
*Friz Freleng (1905–1995),film producer , director,screenwriter , andanimator
*Betty Garrett (born 1919), actress
*John Goodman (born 1952), actor
*Lucas Grabeel (born 1984), actor (High School Musical star, Ryan Evans)
*Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, singer andWorld War II pin-up girl
*Eddie Griffin (born 1968), actor, comedian
* James Gunn (born 1970), film director and screenwriter.
*Sean Gunn (born 1974), actor
*Jean Harlow (1911–1937), actress andsex symbol
*John Huston (1906–1987), film director
*Don Johnson (born 1949), film and television actor
*Andreas Katsulas (1946–2006), actor
*Kevin Kline (born 1947), actor
*John Milius (born 1944), screenwriter, director and producer
*Dan O'Bannon (born 1946), film director and screenwriter
*Geraldine Page (1924–1987), Academy Award and Emmy Award winning actress
*Brad Pitt (born 1963), actor (born inOklahoma , but raised in Missouri)
*William Powell (1892–1984), Academy Award-nominated actor (born inPennsylvania , but raised in Missouri)
*Vincent Price (1911–1993), actor
*Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress,dancer and partner withFred Astaire
*Craig Stevens (1918–2000), actor
*Kathleen Turner (born 1954), actress
*Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), actor
*Dennis Weaver (born 1924), actor
*Jane Wyman (born 1914), actress, former wife ofRonald Reagan
*David Koechner Comedians
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Cedric The Entertainer (born 1964)
*Redd Foxx (1922–1991),comedian , starred in "Sanford and Son
*Dick Gregory (born 1932), comedian,social activist Music
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Ahmad Alaadeen (born 1934),jazz saxophonist and composer
*Burt Bacharach (born 1928),pianist ,composer
*Chuck Berry (born 1926), rockmusician
*Grace Bumbry (born 1937),soprano
*Sarah Caldwell (born 1924),opera conductor
*Helen Cornelius (born 1941),country singer
*Sheryl Crow (born 1962),singer-songwriter
*Eminem (born 1972), rap musician
*Sara Evans ,Country music star
*Bob Ferguson (music) ,Country music songwriter and producer
*Bob James (born 1939 in Marshall, Missouri) award-winningsmooth jazz music ian
*Scott Joplin (1867–1917),ragtime musician andcomposer , (born inTexas but consideredSedalia, Missouri to be home base)
*Dan Landrum (born 1961),Hammer dulcimer player, featured instrumentalist withYanni
* Michael McDonald (born 1952),singer , formerDoobie Brothers frontman
*Pat Metheny (born 1954),jazz guitarist and musician
*Nelly (born 1974), rap musician, (born inTexas and raised in St. Louis)
* Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920–1955),jazz saxophonist and composer
*Basil Poledouris (born 1945),film soundtrack composer
*David Sanborn (born 1945 in Tampa, Florida and grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri), award-winningsmooth jazz music ian
*Trent Tomlinson (born Jul 3, 1975),singer-songwriter
*Rhonda Vincent , award-winningbluegrass music ian
*Porter Wagoner ,Grand Old Opry member andcountry music legend
*Bob Walkenhorst , founder and lead singer of alternative rock bandThe Rainmakers
*Wilco , rock band (formed in St. Louis)
*Tech N9ne , rapper (Kansas City)
*Kimberly Wyatt , singer/dancer pussycat dolls
*The Urge , rock band (formed inSt. Louis )
*Gravity Kills , rock band (formed in Jefferson City, MO)
*Story of the Year , rock band (formed in St. Louis)
*Louise Post , founder and lead singer/guitarist of alternative rock bandVeruca Salt
* David Cook (born 1982), 2008 American Idol winner fromBlue Springs, MO
*Ludo rock band (formed in St. Louis)Television/Radio
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Bob Barker (born 1923),television game show host
*Walter Cronkite (born 1916),television journalist
*Rush Limbaugh (born 1951),political commentator
*Marlin Perkins (1905–1986),zoologist and host of "Mutual of Omaha'sWild Kingdom Miss America/Miss USA
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Debbye Turner (born 1965),Miss America 1990
*Shandi Finnessey (born 1978),Miss USA 2004Athletics
*Forrest Clare
Phog Allen (1885-1974) American collegiate basketball coach
*Henry Armstrong (1912–1988), boxer, (born inMississippi but grew up in St. Louis)
*Yogi Berra (born 1925),catcher andmanager inMajor League Baseball and anAphorist
*Bill Bradley (born 1943),Basketball Hall of Fame r, U.S. Senator
*Harry Caray (1914–1998),baseball broadcaster
*Mort Cooper (1913–1958),baseball pitcher
*Walker Cooper (1915–1991),baseball catcher and coach
*Joe Crede (born 1978),baseball third baseman
*Dwight F. Davis (1879–1945),Tennis player, Founder of the Davis Cup
*Carl Edwards (born 1979),NASCAR driver
*Ryan Howard (born 1979),Baseball player
*Glen Jacobs (Born 1967)professional wrestler and actor.
*Ben A. Jones (1882–1961),thoroughbred horse trainer
*Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (1906–2001), thoroughbred horse trainer
*Jamie McMurray ,NASCAR driver
*Stan Musial (born 1920),Baseball Player
*Randy Orton (born 1980),Professional Wrestler
*Kareem Rush , NBA champion with the L.A. Lakers
*Mike Rucker Defensive End Carolina Panthers
*Kenny Schrader ,NASCAR driver
*Casey Stengel (c. 1890 – 1975),Baseball Hall of Fame r
*Payne Stewart (1957–1999), golfer
*Rusty Wallace ,NASCAR driver
*Kenny Wallace ,NASCAR driver
*Mike Wallace ,NASCAR driver
*Justin Gage , NFL wide receiver for theChicago Bears andtennesee Titans
*Justin Smith , Defensive End for theBengals and 4th overal pick in the2001 NFL Draft
*Brad Smith, NFL Wide Receiver for theNew York Jets
* Luke Snyder(1982) Professional Bull Rider
* Matt Bohon(1983) Professional Bull Rider
*Matthew Korklan (born 1983)Professional wrestlerBusiness
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Bill Lear (1902–1978), founder ofLear Jet
* J. C. Penney (1875–1971),businessman andentrepreneur
*Ken Lay (1942–2006), chairman and CEO ofEnron
*John Q. Hammons , hotel enterprizer
*Sam Walton founder ofWal-Mart
*Jack C. Taylor (born 1923), founder ofEnterprise Rent-A-Car , billionaire philanthropist
*James Smith McDonnell (1899-1980) Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (later McDonnell Douglas), philanthropist
*Adolphus Busch (1839-1913) Founder of Anheuser-Busch (the world's largest brewer)Art/Literature/Journalism
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Maya Angelou (born 1928),author andpoet
* Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), painter
*George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879)artist (born inVirginia but moved to centralMissouri )
*William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), author
*Samuel Clemens (1835–1910), "Mark Twain ",humorist ,writer andlecturer
*Lester Dent (1904–1959),author Doc Savage novels
*T. S. Eliot (1888–1965),poet ,dramatist andliterary critic
*Eugene Field (1850–1895), writer and poet
*William Least Heat-Moon (born 1940),travel writer
*Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988),science fiction author
*Langston Hughes (1902–1967),African-American poet,novelist andplaywright
*Donald Judd (1928-1994),artist
*Dennis L. McKiernan (born 1932), author
*Marianne Moore (1887–1972), poet and writer
*Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), journalist (fromHungary ), known for creating "St. Louis Post-Dispatch " and the prestigiousPulitzer Prize
*Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926),artist
*Kimora Lee Simmons
*Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), poet
*Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957),writer and author of the book "Little House on the Prairie "
*Tennessee Williams (1911–1983),playwright (born inMississippi but grew up in St. Louis)cience and medicine
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George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – 1943), botanist
*Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987),Inventor
*Edwin Hubble (1889–1953),astronomer
*Virginia Eshelman Johnson (born 1925) psychology researcher
*Jack Kilby (1923–2005), inventor of theintegrated circuit
*William Howell Masters (1915–2001), Gynecologist
*Lewis Stadler (1896–1954) A.K.A., L.J. Stadler. Maize geneticist
*Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917),physician and founder of osteopathic medicineAviation/Aeronautics
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Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974),aviator first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, (born inDetroit, Michigan but lived in St. Louis)Infamous Missourians
James-Younger Gang *
Frank James (1843–1915),outlaw
*Jesse James (1847–1882), outlaw
*Cole Younger (1844–1916), outlaw
*John Younger , outlaw
*Bob Younger , outlaw
*Jim Younger , outlaw
*Bob Ford, outlaw (gunned down Jesse James)Famous Missourians
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Dred Scott , litigant in the famousDred Scott Decision
*Helen Andelin (born 1920),author Fascinating Womanhood
*Calamity Jane (c. 1852 – 1903), Indian fighter andfrontier swoman]
*Dale Carnegie (1888–1955), public andmotivational speaker
*George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – 1943), botanist
*Max Factor (1877–1935), cosmetologist, make-upartist andcosmetics giant
*Mary Ranken Jordan (1869–1962),philanthropist and community advocate
*Emmett Kelly (1898–1979),clown
*Phyllis Schlafly (born 1924), conservative political activist and author
*Raleigh Shaver (1872–1937) Farmer andphilanthropist
*Rajiv Tarigopula (born 1992),Scripps National Spelling Bee finalist 2003-06, placed 4th in two consecutive years;National Vocabulary Championship finalist 2008
*George Thampy (born 1987),Scripps National Spelling Bee champion 2000, staff member 2006
*Roy Wilkins (1901–1981),civil rights activistee also
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Missouri Wall of Fame
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