- Missouri Wall of Fame
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The Missouri Wall of Fame is a 500-foot span of flood wall in downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri, covered with a mural depicting 45 famous people who were born in the state or achieved fame while living there.
Those depicted on the wall include:
Person Missouri Connection Origin of Fame Burt Bacharach Kansas City pianist and composer Josephine Baker St. Louis singer and dancer Thomas Hart Benton (painter) Neosho painter, painted mural at Missouri State Capitol Thomas Hart Benton (senator) St. Louis five term (1821-1851) United States Senator Yogi Berra St. Louis Hall of Fame catcher with the New York Yankees George Caleb Bingham St. Louis artist Susan Elizabeth Blow St. Louis founder of the first public kindergarten Omar Bradley Clark United States Army general in World War II, last person to hold the rank of 5-star general George Brett Kansas City Hall of Fame third baseman with the Kansas City Royals Lou Brock St. Louis Hall of Fame outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals, former all-time leader in stolen bases Jack Buck St. Louis long-time St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster August Busch, Jr. St. Louis developed Anheuser-Busch into the world's largest brewery, also owned the St. Louis Cardinals Calamity Jane Princeton frontierswoman and scout, friend of Wild Bill Hickok Dale Carnegie Maryville writer and researcher, best known for the book How to Win Friends and Influence People George Washington Carver Diamond inventor and researcher Kate Chopin St. Louis author Walter Cronkite St. Joseph long-time CBS evening news anchor T. S. Eliot St. Louis poet, dramatist, and literary critic Don Faurot Columbia former University of Missouri head football coach Eugene Field St. Louis author Redd Foxx St. Louis comedian, star of NBC hit show Sanford and Son Joe Garagiola St. Louis Hall of Fame baseball player and baseball sportscaster Linda M. Godwin Jackson scientist and NASA astronaut Betty Grable St. Louis actress, singer, dancer Jean Harlow Kansas City actress Langston Hughes Joplin poet, novelist, and social activist John Huston Nevada actor and film director Jesse and Frank James Kearney outlaws Scott Joplin Sedalia composer and musician Rush Limbaugh Cape Girardeau radio personality, acknowledged creator of the political radio talk-show format Stan Musial St. Louis Hall of Fame outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals Marie Elizabeth Oliver Cape Girardeau creator of the Missouri state flag Rose O'Neill Taney County illustrator and creator of the Kewpie character James Cash Penney Hamilton retailer and founder of J.C. Penney Marlin Perkins Carthage host of Wild Kingdom John J. Pershing Laclede United States Army general during World War I Vincent Price St. Louis actor known for his work in horror films Joseph Pulitzer St. Louis newspaper publisher and creator of the Pulitzer Prize Ginger Rogers Independence dancer Tom Sawyer Mississippi River fictional character portrayed in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Dred Scott St. Louis slave, plaintiff in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case Jess Stacy Bird's Point swing pianist Harry S. Truman Independence 33rd President of the United States and the only Missourian to hold the office Porter Wagoner West Plains country musician Laura Ingalls Wilder Mansfield author of the famous Little House series Tennessee Williams Columbus playwright Categories:- History of Missouri
- Lists of people by U.S. state
- American paintings
- Murals
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