The following are people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

Art and literature

Thomas Stearns Eliot by Lady Ottoline Morrell (1934)

Helen Andelin Helen Berry Andelin (May 22, 1920 – June 7, 2009) was the founder of the Fascinating Womanhood Movement, beginning with the women's marriage classes she taught in the early 1960s. Controversial among feminists for its advice toward women's fulf ...

(1920–2009), author of ''

Fascinating Womanhood ''Fascinating Womanhood'' is a book written by Helen Andelin and published in 1963. The book recently went into its sixth edition, published by Random House. 2,000,000 books were sold and is credited with starting a grassroots movement among wome ...

'' *

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...

(1928–2014), author and poet *

Thomas P. Barnett Thomas P. Barnett (February 11, 1870 – September 23, 1929), also known professionally as Tom Barnett and Tom P. Barnett, was an American architect and painter from St. Louis, Missouri. Barnett was nationally recognized for both his work in ar ...

(1870–1929), architect and impressionist painter * Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), painter *

George Caleb Bingham George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist, soldier and politician known in his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist". Initially a Whig Party (United States), Whig, he was elected as a delegate to the Missouri legisl ...

(1811–1879), artist (born in

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

but moved to central Missouri) *

Edward McKendree Bounds Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) prominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy. He is known for writing 11 books, nine of which ...

(1835–1913), author and theologian *

Mark Bowden Mark Robert Bowden (; born July 17, 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a national correspondent for ''The Atlantic''. He is best known for his book ''Black Hawk Down (book), Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War'' (1999) about th ...

(born 1951), author, journalist *

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

(1914–1997), author (''

Naked Lunch ''Naked Lunch'' (sometimes ''The Naked Lunch'') is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the narr ...

'') *

Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (, also ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminis ...

(1851–1904), author ('' The Awakening'') and early feminist * Guy Anthony De Marco (born 1963), author of

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ...

Lester Dent Lester Dent (October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959) was an American pulp-fiction writer, best known as the creator and main writer of the series of novels about the scientist and adventurer Doc Savage. The 159 Doc Savage novels that Dent wrote over ...

(1904–1959), author of

Doc Savage Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a doctor, scientist, adventurer, detective, and polymath who "rights w ...

novels * Michele Dunaway (born 1965), author of romantic novels *

Suzette Haden Elgin Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded t ...

(1936–2015), science-fiction author and

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

* T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), poet,

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and

literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

Mary Engelbreit Mary Engelbreit (born June 5, 1952) is an artist whose illustrations have been printed in books, cards and calendars. Biography She was born and lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Engelbreit attributes her beginnings in art to getting eyeglasses in ...

(born 1952), graphic artist, children's book illustrator * Michael Evans (1944–2005), photographer *

Eugene Field Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". Early life and education Field was born in St. Louis, Missour ...

(1850–1895), writer and poet *

Gillian Flynn Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer. She is known for writing the thriller and mystery novels, '' Sharp Objects'' (2006), '' Dark Places'' (2009), and '' Gone Girl'' (2012), which ar ...

(born 1971), novelist, television critic *

Martha Gellhorn Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. Gellhorn reported on virtually every major worl ...

(1908–1998), novelist,

travel writer The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature was Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. In the early modern period ...

and journalist *

Steve Gerber Stephen Ross Gerber (; September 20, 1947 – February 10, 2008) was an American comic book writer and creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck. Other works include ''Man-Thing'', ''Omega the Unknown,'' ''Marvel Spotlight:' ...

(1947–2008), comic book writer and co-creator of

Howard the Duck Howard the Duck is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. Howard the Duck first appeared in ''Adventure into F ...

* David L. Harrison (born 1937), children's author, poet, recipient of the Missourian Award (2006) *

William Least Heat-Moon William Least Heat-Moon (born William Lewis Trogdon August 27, 1939) is an American travel writer and historian of English, Irish, and Osage ancestry. He is the author of several books which chronicle unusual journeys through the United States, ...

(born 1939), author *

Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accu ...

(1907–1988), science fiction author *

Frederick Hibbard Frederick Cleveland Hibbard (June 15, 1881 – December 12, 1950) was an American sculptor based in Chicago. Hibbard is best remembered for his Civil War memorials, produced to commemorate both the Union and Confederate causes. Born and raised i ...

(1881–1950), sculptor known for his works of famous 19th-century figures *

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hug ...

(1902–1967), African-American poet, novelist and playwright *

William W. Johnstone William Wallace Johnstone (October 28, 1938 – February 8, 2004) was an American author most known for his western, horror and survivalist novels. Life and career Early life Born and raised in southern Missouri, Johnstone was the youngest ...

(1938–2004), author of western, horror and survivalist novels *

Donald Judd Donald Clarence Judd (June 3, 1928February 12, 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism (a term he nonetheless stridently disavowed).Tate Modern websit"Tate Modern Past Exhibitions Donald Judd" Retrieved on February 19, 2009. In ...

(1928–1994), artist *

Jim Lee Jim Lee (Korean 이용철; born August 11, 1964) is a Korean American comic-book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. He is currently the Publisher and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics. In recognition of his work, Lee has received a Harvey ...

(born 1964), comic book artist and writer *

David Limbaugh David Scott Limbaugh (born December 11, 1952) is a conservative American political commentator and author who has also worked as a professor and as a lawyer. He is the younger brother of talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Life and career Limbaugh w ...

(born 1952), columnist, author, political commentator *

Bernarr Macfadden Bernarr Macfadden (born Bernard Adolphus McFadden, August 16, 1868 – October 12, 1955) was an American proponent of physical culture, a combination of bodybuilding with nutritional and health theories. He founded the long-running magazine pub ...

(1868–1955), founder of

Macfadden Publications Macfadden Communications Group is a publisher of business magazines. It has a historical link with a company started in 1898 by Bernarr Macfadden that was one of the largest magazine publishers of the twentieth century. History Macfadden Publ ...

, bodybuilding advocate * Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), pastel artist *

Dennis L. McKiernan Dennis Lester McKiernan (born April 4, 1932) is an American writer best known for his high fantasy '' The Iron Tower''. His genres include high fantasy (set in various fictitious worlds), science fiction, horror fiction, and crime fiction. His p ...

(born 1932), author *

Marianne Moore Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Early life Moore was born in Kirkwood, ...

(1887–1972), poet and writer *

Archie Musick Archie Leroy Musick (1902–1978) was an American painter. He studied under Thomas Hart Benton, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, and Boardman Robinson. Early life and family Archie Musick was born on January 19, 1902, in Kirksville, Missouri, to par ...

(1902–1978), painter and illustrator, associated with the Regionalist movement * John R. Musick (1849–1901), author and poet, known for the ''Columbian Historical'' novels *

Ruth Ann Musick Ruth Ann Musick (September 17, 1897 – July 2, 1974) was an American writer and folklorist specializing in West Virginia. She was the sister of artist Archie Musick and niece of writer John R. Musick. Biography Youth and education Born in Kirks ...

(1897–1974), author and

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

* H. Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962), author, theologian *

Reinhold Niebuhr Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Niebuhr was one of America ...

(1892–1971), author, theologian, political commentator * Isabel Richey (1858–1910), writer, poet * John Ross (born 1957), author *

Charles Marion Russell Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, an ...

(1864–1926), artist *

Clay Shirky Clay Shirky (born 1964) is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies and journalism. In 2017 he was appointed Vice Provost of Educational Technologies of New York University (NYU), aft ...

(born 1964), writer, consultant, lecturer, author of ''

Here Comes Everybody Here Comes Everybody may refer to: * ''Here Comes Everybody'' (album), by Spacey Jane, 2022 * ''Here Comes Everybody'' (book), by Clay Shirky, 2008 * ''Here Comes Everybody'', a 1925 reprint of the novel ''Finnegans Wake'' * ''Here Comes Everybod ...

'' *

Kimora Lee Simmons Kimora Lee Simmons (née Perkins) is an American model, business woman, fashion designer, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, TV personality, philanthropist and author. Early life Kimora Lee Perkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Stephen M. ...

(born 1975), fashion model, author, actress * Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911), poet, lyricist, writer *

Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914. In 1918 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her ...

(1884–1933), poet *

Kay Thompson Kay Thompson (born Catherine Louise Fink; November 9, 1909''"In the St. Louis Registry of Births, in the volume covering the period July 1909 – January 1910, on page 85, is the following entry: "Catherine Louise Fink, November 9, 1909."''

(1909–1998), creator of '' Eloise'' children's books *
Ernest Trova Ernest Tino Trova (February 19, 1927 – March 8, 2009) was a self-trained American surrealist and pop art painter and sculptor. Best known for his signature image and figure series, ''The Falling Man'', Trova considered his entire output a ...
(1927–2009), sculptor, surrealist and pop art painter best known for ''The Falling Man'' *
Margaret Truman Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008) was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the only child of President Harry S. Truman a ...
(1924–2008), novelist and non-fiction author *
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
(1835–1910), born Samuel Clemens, iconic humorist, author and creator of
Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884). He is 12 ...
and
Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and ''Tom Sawyer, Dete ...
*
Rosa Kershaw Walker Rosa Kershaw Walker (, Kershaw; after first marriage, Turnbull; after second marriage, Walker; literary initials, R. K. Walker; 1840s – May 7, 1909) was an American author, journalist, and newspaper editor of the long nineteenth century. She was ...
(1840s-1909), author, journalist, newspaper editor *
Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the ''Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...
(1867–1957), writer and author of '' Little House'' series *
Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...
(1911–1983), playwright (born in
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
, grew up in
St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
) *
Bertha M. Wilson Bertha M. Wilson (pen name, B. M. Wilson; August 14, 1874 – 1936) was an American dramatist, critic, and dramatic actress, who earned a reputation throughout the Central United States. She leased some of her monologues, sketches, drills, and p ...
(1874–1936), dramatist * Daniel Woodrell (born 1953), author of
crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

Sportspeople

Auto racing
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Paul Dana Paul Dana (; April 15, 1975 – March 26, 2006) was an American racing driver in the IndyCar Series. Early life Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dana graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before becoming a race ...
(1975–2006),
IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of ...
driver *
Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane (August 19, 1925 – December 11, 2015) was a NASCAR Grand National Series driver from Eldon, Missouri. He participated part-time in the 1951 and 1954 to 1964 seasons, capturing four wins, all in his own car. Two of Dane's wins came dur ...
(1925–2015), NASCAR driver *
Russ Dugger Russell Dugger (born January 12, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver who has competed in both the NASCAR Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series. Racing career Dugger was a world-class R/C driver before he began competing in ...
(born 1975), NASCAR driver,
Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
*
Carl Edwards Carl Michael Edwards II (born August 15, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. Prior to that, he drove the No. 9 ...
(born 1979), NASCAR driver, 2007
NASCAR Busch Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
champion *
James Ince James Ince (born November 24, 1970) is an American NASCAR crew chief (auto racing), crew chief. He served as crew chief for various teams such as Roush Fenway Racing, Roush Racing, Tyler Jet Motorsports, Ginn Racing, MB2 Motorsports, and MBV Raci ...
(born c. 1969), NASCAR crew chief * Justin Jennings (born 1992), NASCAR driver * Cody Lane (born 1996), NASCAR driver,
Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
*
Justin Marks Justin Marks (born March 25, 1981) is an American racing driver, entrepreneur, and current owner of Trackhouse Racing Team in the NASCAR Cup Series. He last competed in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 93 for Meyer Shank R ...
(born 1981), NASCAR driver *
Jamie McMurray James Christopher McMurray (born June 3, 1976), nicknamed Jamie Mac, is an American former professional stock car racing driver and currently an analyst for ''Fox NASCAR''. He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series on a full-time basis from 2003 to 2018 b ...
(born 1976), NASCAR driver,
Daytona 500 The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three ...
winner * Larry Phillips (1942–2004), NASCAR driver * Tony Roper (1964–2000), NASCAR driver *
Ken Schrader Kenneth Schrader (born May 29, 1955) is an American professional racing driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while also competing part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Trac ...
(born 1955), NASCAR driver *
Dorsey Schroeder Dorsey Schroeder (born February 5, 1953) is an American race car driver. Since August 2015, he has served as Race Director for the Pirelli World Challenge series and since 2018 Race Director for the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli SCCA Pro Ra ...
(born 1953), retired NASCAR driver,
Speed Channel Speed was an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that was owned by the Fox Sports Media Group division of 21st Century Fox. The network was dedicated to motorsports programming, including auto racing, as well as aut ...
color analyst *
Ramo Stott Ramo Stott (April 6, 1934 – August 19, 2021) was an American stock car racing driver from Keokuk, Iowa. He competed in NASCAR Winston Cup, USAC stock car, and ARCA. He was a 2011 inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. Career ...
(born 1934), retired NASCAR driver *
Chrissy Wallace Chrissy Wallace (born May 15, 1988) is an American stock car racing driver. She is the daughter of NASCAR driver Mike Wallace (racing driver), Mike Wallace, niece of Rusty Wallace and Kenny Wallace, cousin of Steve Wallace (racing driver), Steve ...
(born 1988), NASCAR driver *
Kenny Wallace Kenneth Lee Wallace (born August 23, 1963) is an American race car driver and former reporter for Fox NASCAR. He retired from NASCAR in 2015 after driving in the national series since 1988. In a career spanning twenty-five years in NASCAR, Wallace ...
(born 1963), NASCAR driver, broadcaster *
Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
(born 1959), NASCAR driver *
Rusty Wallace Russell William "Rusty" Wallace Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is an American former NASCAR racing driver. He has won the 1984 NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year and the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. Over the course of his successful care ...
(born 1956), NASCAR driver, 1989 NASCAR
Winston Cup The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, ...
champion

Baseball
;A–M *
Bob Allison William Robert Allison (July 11, 1934 – April 9, 1995) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball from to . Allison attended the University of Kansas for ...
(1934–1995), MLB outfielder, 3-time All-Star *
Jake Arrieta Jacob Joseph Arrieta (born March 6, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Diego Padres. Arrieta played college ...
(born 1986),
Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...
pitcher,
Cy Young Award The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall ...
winner *
Alan Ashby Alan Dean Ashby (born July 8, 1951) is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and current radio and television sports commentator. A switch hitter, he played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, ...
(born 1951), MLB catcher, commentator * George Baker (1857–1915), MLB
catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...
*
Jake Beckley Jacob Peter Beckley (August 4, 1867 – June 25, 1918), nicknamed "Eagle Eye", was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Pittsburgh Burghers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New Yo ...
(1867–1919), infielder in
Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
* James "Cool Papa" Bell (1903–1991), Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder *
Yogi Berra Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of Manager (baseball), manager and Coach (baseball), coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball ...
(1925–2015), Hall of Fame catcher,
manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...
,
aphorist An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: ''aphorismos'', denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Aphorisms are often handed down by trad ...
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Ken Berry Kenneth Ronald Berry (November 3, 1933 – December 1, 2018) was an American actor, dancer, and singer. Berry starred on the television series ''F Troop'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' and ''Mama's Family''. He also appea ...
(born 1941), MLB outfielder *
Brian Boehringer Brian Edward Boehringer (born January 8, 1969) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He won the 1996 World Series with the New York Yankees over the Atlanta Braves. Early life and career He is a 1987 graduate of Northwest High School in Ho ...
(born 1969),
MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
*
Clete Boyer Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer (February 9, 1937 – June 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–57 ...
(1937–2007), MLB
third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...
, 2-time World Series winner *
Ken Boyer Kenton Lloyd "Ken" Boyer (May 20, 1931 – September 7, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman, coach and manager who played with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers for 15 ...
(1931–1982), MLB third baseman, 11-time All-Star, coach and manager *
Jack Brennan John Vincent Brennan (born August 16, 1937) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer and former political aide.http://www.providence.edu/library/archives/brennan/rppc_msbrennan.html He is best known as being U.S. President Richard Nixon's p ...
(1862–1914), MLB catcher *
Harry Bright Harry James Bright (September 22, 1929 – March 13, 2000) was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman and utility player in Major League Baseball over all or parts of eight seasons, from to , for the Pittsburgh Pirates, W ...
(1929–2000), MLB infielder *
Mark Buehrle Mark Alan Buehrle (; born March 23, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Chicago White Sox, playing twelve seasons for the team and winning the World S ...
(born 1979), MLB pitcher, 5-time All-Star * Bobby Byrne (1884–1964), MLB infielder *
Scott Carroll Scott Alexander Carroll (born September 24, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. Early career Carroll attended Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri, ...
(born 1984), MLB
relief pitcher In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed because of fatigue (medical), fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection (sports), ejection, or for other strategic ...
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Nate Colbert Nathan Colbert Jr. (April 9, 1946 – January 5, 2023) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1966 to 1976, most prominently as a member of the newly formed San Diego Padre ...
(born 1946), MLB first baseman, 3-time All-Star *
David Cone David Brian Cone (born January 2, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, and current color commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network and WPIX as well as for ESPN on Sunday Night Baseball.Cy Young-winning MLB pitcher *
Joe Crede Joseph Taylor Crede (pronounced CREE-dee, born April 26, 1978) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (2000–2008) and the Minnesota Twins (2009). Crede was drafted ...
(born 1978), MLB third baseman *
Bob Dernier Robert Eugene Dernier (born January 5, 1957), also known as "Bobby", is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, in the 1980s. The fleet-afoo ...
(born 1957), MLB outfielder *
Ross Detwiler Ross Emery Detwiler (born March 6, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2007 MLB draft and made his MLB debut late that season. He ...
(born 1986), MLB relief pitcher *
Blake DeWitt Blake Robert DeWitt (born August 20, 1985) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. High school As a sen ...
(born 1985), MLB infielder * John Donaldson (1891–1970),
Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
pitcher *
Scott Elbert Timothy Scott Elbert (born August 13, 1985) is a former Professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A former first round draft pick, his career had been hampered by various arm injuries. H ...
(born 1985), MLB relief pitcher * A. J. Ellis (born 1981), catcher for
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park. The franc ...
*
Hoot Evers Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers (February 8, 1921 – January 25, 1991) was an American baseball outfielder, scout, coach, and executive. Evers played professional baseball from 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1956, including 12 seasons in Major League Bas ...
(1921–1991), MLB outfielder, 2-time All-Star *
David Freese David Richard Freese (born April 28, 1983) is an American former professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his MLB career with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he was a key player during the 2011 postseason, batting . ...
(born 1983), MLB
third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...
, 2011
World Series MVP The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series, which is the final round of the MLB postseason. The aw ...
with St. Louis Cardinals * Gabe Gabler (1930–2014),
MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
player *
Joe Garagiola, Sr. Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. (February 12, 1926 – March 23, 2016) was an American professional baseball catcher, later an announcer and television host, popular for his colorful personality. Garagiola played nine seasons in Major League Basebal ...
(1926–2016), MLB catcher, broadcaster, television personality * Jeff Gray (born 1981), MLB pitcher *
Charlie Grimm Charles John Grimm (August 28, 1898 – November 15, 1983), nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman, most notably for the Chicago Cubs; he was also a ...
(1898–1993), MLB player and manager * Dick Hall (born 1930), MLB pitcher, 2-time World Series winner *
Lucas Harrell Lucas William Bradley Harrell (born June 3, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, and Toronto Blue Jays. ...
(born 1985),
starting pitcher In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pit ...
for
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...
*
Tom Henke Thomas Anthony Henke (born December 21, 1957), nicknamed "the Terminator", is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared closers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, pitching for the Texas Rangers ...
(born 1957), two-time All-Star pitcher *
Bobby Hofman Robert George Hofman (October 5, 1925 – April 5, 1994) was an American infielder, catcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hofman threw and batted right-handed, and stood 5'11" (180 cm) tall and weighed ...
(1925–1994), MLB outfielder *
Solly Hofman Arthur Frederick "Solly" Hofman (October 29, 1882 – March 10, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1903 to 1916. He played the majority of his 1,194 games in the outfield. His nickname was "Circus Solly". Some attribute this ...
(1882–1956), MLB outfielder * Al Hollingsworth (1908–1996), MLB pitcher *
Ken Holtzman Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from through , most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs for whom he pitche ...
(born 1945), two-time All-Star baseball pitcher * Tommy Hottovy (born 1981), MLB relief pitcher *
Elston Howard Elston Gene Howard (February 23, 1929 – December 14, 1980) was an American professional baseball player who was a catcher and a left fielder. During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball from 1948 t ...
(1929–1980),
Negro league The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
and MLB catcher, 12-time All-Star, six World Series titles *
Ryan Howard Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979), nicknamed "the Big Piece", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Howard spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, from to . He is ...
(born 1979), MLB
first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ...
, 3-time All-Star *
Carl Hubbell Carl Owen Hubbell (June 22, 1903 – November 21, 1988), nicknamed "the Meal Ticket" and "King Carl", was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained o ...
(1903–1988),
Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
pitcher, 2-time NL MVP *
Eric Hurley Eric William Hurley (born September 17, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers in 2008. Career High school Hurley attended Samuel W. Wolfson High School in Jack ...
(born 1985), MLB pitcher *
Ron Hunt Ronald Kenneth Hunt (born February 23, 1941) is a former professional baseball second baseman. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1974 for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos and ...
(born 1941), MLB infielder, 2-time All-Star *
Vern Kennedy Lloyd Vernon Kennedy (March 20, 1907 – January 28, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinna ...
(1907–1993), MLB pitcher * Bob Keppel (born 1982), MLB pitcher *
Charlie Kerfeld Charles Patrick Kerfeld (born September 28, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher. He grew up in Carson City, Nevada. Charlie played baseball for the Carson City High Senators. After he entered major league baseball, almost ...
(born 1963), MLB relief pitcher, primarily with
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...
*
Johnny Kling Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant ...
(1875–1947), MLB catcher, 2-time World Series winner *
Darold Knowles Darold Duane Knowles (born December 9, 1941) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through , most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecu ...
(born 1941), MLB pitcher, first to pitch in all seven games of a World Series *
Ron Kulpa Ronald Clarence Kulpa (born October 5, 1968) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears uniform number 46. Umpiring career Kulpa's professional umpiring career began in 1992 and he advanced to the Pacific Coast League in 1998. Kulpa ...
(born 1968), umpire *
Tito Landrum Terry Lee Landrum (born October 25, 1954) is a former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily as an outfielder from 1980 to 1988. Biography Landrum was born in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from Highlan ...
(born 1954), MLB outfielder *
Tommy Layne Thomas Kevin Layne (born November 2, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He previously pitched for the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Amateur career Layne attended Fort ...
(born 1984), MLB relief pitcher *
Sam LeCure Samuel Rohrer LeCure (born May 4, 1984) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He attended Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri and the University of Texas. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinna ...
(born 1984), MLB pitcher *
Dale Long Richard Dale Long (February 6, 1926 – January 27, 1991) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Washington Senators between ...
(1926–1991), MLB outfielder *
Jerry Lumpe Jerry Dean Lumpe ( ; June 2, 1933 – August 15, 2014) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He had a 12-season career in Major League Baseball, primarily as a second baseman, for the New York Yankees (1956–1959), Kansas City ...
(1933–2014), MLB infielder *
Shaun Marcum Shaun Michal Marcum (born December 14, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, and Cleveland Indians. In 2015, he became the ...
(born 1981), MLB pitcher * Jay Marshall (born 1983), MLB pitcher *
Bake McBride Arnold Ray McBride (born February 3, 1949), nicknamed "Shake 'n Bake" and "The Callaway Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, a ...
(born 1949), MLB outfielder, 1974 Rookie of Year *
Paul Menhart Paul Gerard Menhart (born March 25, 1969) is an American baseball pitching coach for the West Virginia Power of the Atlantic League and former Major League Baseball player. He attended Western Carolina University and was a pitcher for three team ...
(born 1969), MLB pitcher and pitching coach * Bob Miller (1939–1993), MLB pitcher, 3-time World Series winner *
Zach Miner Zachary Charles Miner (born March 12, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for ...
(born 1982), relief pitcher for
Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West division. The team joined the American League ...
*
Logan Morrison Justis Logan Morrison (born August 25, 1987), nicknamed "LoMo", is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder for the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Basebal ...
(born 1987),
outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...
for
Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. Since its inception ...
*
Carl Morton Carl Wendle Morton (January 18, 1944 – April 12, 1983) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from through for the Montreal Expos and the Atlanta Braves. Morton was named the ...
(1944–1983), MLB pitcher, 1970 Rookie of Year *
Bill Mueller William Richard Mueller ( ; born March 17, 1971) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Mueller's MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants (1996–2000, 2002), Chic ...
(born 1971), MLB infielder, 2003 AL batting champ *
Don Mueller Donald Frederick Mueller (April 14, 1927 – December 28, 2011) was a professional baseball player who played mainly as a right fielder in Major League Baseball for 12 seasons from 1948 until 1959. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and ...
(1927–2011), MLB infielder, 2-time All-Star *
Stan Musial Stanley Frank Musial (; born Stanislaw Franciszek Musial; November 21, 1920 – January 19, 2013), nicknamed "Stan the Man", was an American baseball outfielder and first baseman. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consis ...
(1920–2013), MLB Hall of Famer, played entire career for St. Louis Cardinals ;N–Z *
Dave Nicholson David Lawrence Nicholson (August 29, 1939 – February 25, 2023) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles ( and ), Chicago White Sox (–), Houston Astros () and Atlanta Brav ...
(born 1939), MLB outfielder *
Al Nipper Albert Samuel Nipper (born April 2, 1959) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. A right-handed pitcher, he appeared in 144 Major League games over seven seasons for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. ...
(born 1959),
MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
pitcher and scout *
Darren Oliver Darren Christopher Oliver (born October 6, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He is a second generation major league player, as his father Bob Oliver played in the major leagues for nine seasons between 1967 and 1975. E ...
(born 1970), MLB relief pitcher *
Mickey O'Neil George Michael Jakob O'Neil (April 12, 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri – April 8, 1964), was a professional baseball player who played catcher from 1919 to 1927. O'Neil was coaching third base for the Brooklyn Robins when Babe Herman "doubled int ...
(1900–1964), MLB catcher *
Mickey Owen Arnold Malcolm "Mickey" Owen (April 4, 1916 – July 13, 2005) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played as a catcher for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brookly ...
(1916–2005), MLB catcher, 4-time All-Star *
Josh Outman Joshua Stephen Outman (born September 14, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics (2008-2009, 2011), Colorado Rockies (2012-2013), Cleveland Indians (2014), ...
(born 1984), MLB pitcher *
Barney Pelty Barney Pelty (September 10, 1880 – May 24, 1939), was an American Major League Baseball pitcher known as "the Yiddish Curver" because he was one of the first Jewish baseball players in the American League. he is in the top-ten for his career o ...
(1880–1939), MLB pitcher * David Phelps (born 1986), starting pitcher for
Miami Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park. The franc ...
*
Albert Pujols José Alberto Pujols Alcántara () (); born January 16, 1980) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball first baseman, designated hitter and third baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "The Machine", ...
(born 1980), MLB first baseman with
Los Angeles Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...
, 10-time All-Star *
Pete Reiser Harold Patrick Reiser (March 17, 1919 – October 25, 1981), nicknamed "Pistol Pete", was an American professional baseball outfielder and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), during the 1940s and early 1950s. While known primarily f ...
(1919–1981), MLB outfielder, 3-time All-Star * Steve Rogers (born 1949), MLB pitcher, 5-time All-Star *
Trevor Rosenthal Trevor Jordan Rosenthal (born May 29, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and S ...
(born 1990), pitcher for
St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...
*
Bob Scheffing Robert Boden Scheffing (August 11, 1913 – October 26, 1985) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and front-office executive. Nicknamed "Grumpy", the native of Overland, Missouri, is most often identified with the Chicago ...
(1913–1985), MLB player and manager *
Max Scherzer Maxwell Martin Scherzer (born July 27, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, and L ...
(born 1984), starting pitcher for
Washington Nationals The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C.. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. From 2005 to 2007, the team played in RFK Stadiu ...
*
Art Shamsky Arthur Louis Shamsky (nicknamed "Sham" and "Smasher"; born October 14, 1941) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from 1965 to 1972 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Chicago ...
(born 1941), MLB outfielder and
Israel Baseball League The Israel Baseball League (IBL; Hebrew: ליגת הבייסבול הישראלית, ''Ligat ha-Beisbol ha-Israelit'') was a six-team professional baseball league in Israel. The first game was played on June 24, 2007. League structure The six ...
manager *
Mike Shannon Thomas Michael Shannon (born July 15, 1939) is an American former professional baseball infielder / outfielder who spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the St. Louis Cardinals (–). Shannon worked as a Cardinals radio ...
(born 1939), MLB player and sportscaster for
St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...
, 2-time World Series winner *
Sonny Siebert Wilfred Charles "Sonny" Siebert (born January 14, 1937) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966, against the Washingto ...
(born 1937), MLB pitcher, 2-time All-Star *
Dave Silvestri David Joseph Silvestri (born September 29, 1967) is a former infielder in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1999. He also played for the United States baseball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Playing career Silvestri attended the University o ...
(born 1967), MLB infielder *
Shae Simmons Shae Austin Simmons (born September 3, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Seattle Mariners. Career Simmons attended Scott City High School in Scott City, ...
(born 1990), MLB pitcher *
Roy Smalley Jr. Roy Frederick Smalley Jr. (June 9, 1926 – October 22, 2011) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. From 1948 through 1958, Smalley played for the Chicago Cubs (1948–1953), Milwaukee Braves (1953–69), Milwaukee Braves (1954) and Philad ...
(1926–2011), MLB infielder *
Al Smith Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. The son of an Irish-American mother and a C ...
(1928–2002), MLB outfielder *
Paul Splittorff Paul William Splittorff Jr. (; October 8, 1946 – May 25, 2011) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Roya ...
(1946–2011), pitcher for
Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...
, broadcaster *
Casey Stengel Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York ...
(c. 1890–1975),
Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...
manager *
Mel Stottlemyre Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr. (November 13, 1941 – January 13, 2019) was an American professional baseball pitcher and Coach (baseball)#Pitching coach, pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, all for the New York Yanke ...
(1941–2019), MLB pitcher, 5-time All-Star, pitching coach *
Rick Sutcliffe Richard Lee Sutcliffe (born June 21, 1956), nicknamed "The Red Baron", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1976 and ...
(born 1956), MLB pitcher, 3-time All-Star, TV commentator *
Nick Tepesch Nicholas James Tepesch (born October 12, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays. Career Amateur Tepe ...
(born 1988), MLB pitcher *
Jacob Turner Jacob Edward Turner (born May 21, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Washington Nationals. He also played in ...
(born 1991), MLB pitcher *
Scott Van Slyke Scott Tyler Van Slyke (born July 24, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman who is a free agent. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and for the Doosan Bears of the KBO Leagu ...
(born 1986), outfielder,
Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...
; son of
Andy Van Slyke Andrew James Van Slyke (born December 21, 1960) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. Career Van Slyke earned All-American honors in baseball as a senior at New Hartford Central High school in New Hartford, New York. ...
*
Luke Voit Louis Linwood Voit III (born February 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals. Voi ...
(born 1991), MLB first baseman *
Earl Weaver Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television broadcaster. After playing in minor league baseball, he retired without playing in Major League Baseball (MLB). He be ...
(1930–2013),
Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...
for
Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
*
Mack Wheat McKinley Davis Wheat (June 9, 1893 – August 14, 1979), was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1915 to 1921. From 1915 to 1919, he was a teammate of his brother, Zack Wheat Zachariah Davis Wheat (May 23, 1888 – March 11, 1972), nickna ...
(1893–1979), MLB catcher with
Brooklyn Robins The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, Californi ...
and
Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...
*
Zack Wheat Zachariah Davis Wheat (May 23, 1888 – March 11, 1972), nicknamed "Buck", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder from 1909 to 1927, most notably as a member of the Brooklyn Do ...
(1888–1972), MLB Hall of Fame left fielder for
Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
,
Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ...
; brother of Mack Wheat *
Dick Williams Richard Hirschfeld Williams (May 7, 1929 – July 7, 2011) was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front-office consultant in Major League Baseball. Known especially as a hard-driving, sharp-tongued manager from 1967 to 1 ...
(1929–2011), MLB player and Hall of Fame manager *
Lefty Williams Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams (March 9, 1893 – November 4, 1959) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is probably best known for his involvement in the 1919 World Series fix, known as the Black Sox Scandal. Career Willia ...
(1893–1959), MLB pitcher *
Smoky Joe Wood Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood (October 25, 1889 – July 27, 1985) was an American professional baseball player for 14 years. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1915, where he was primarily a pitcher, and for the Cleveland Indi ...
(1889–1995), MLB pitcher, 3-time World Series winner *
Glenn Wright Forest Glenn Wright (February 6, 1901 – April 6, 1984) was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball from 1924 through 1935 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Robins / Dodgers, and Chicago White Sox. C ...
(1901–1984), MLB infielder for
1925 World Series The 1925 World Series was the championship series of the 1925 Major League Baseball season. A best-of-seven playoff, it was played between the National League (NL) pennant winner Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Senators. The Pirates def ...
champion
Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

Basketball
* Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen (1885–1974), Hall of Fame college basketball coach *
OG Anunoby Ogugua "O.G." Anunoby Jr. (born 17 July 1997) is a British professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. Early life Ogugua Anunoby Jr. ...
(born 1997), small forward for
Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...
*
Bradley Beal Bradley Emmanuel Beal Sr. (born June 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators before being selected by ...
(born 1993),
NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
player for the
Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...
*
Bill Bradley William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination f ...
(born 1943),
Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pre ...
r,
U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...
*
Alec Burks Alec Burks (born July 20, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Utah Jazz as the 12th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Burks primarily ...
(born 1991),
shooting guard The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's m ...
for
Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...
* Chris Carr (born 1974), shooting guard for six NBA teams *
Napheesa Collier Napheesa Collier (born September 23, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). After playing college basketball for the UConn Huskies women's basketball, Uni ...
(born 1996), WNBA player and Olympic gold medalist *
Ben Hansbrough Ben Hansbrough (born December 23, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player and a former assistant coach for Western Kentucky University. He resigned from WKU on October 16, 2017. He is the younger brother of former NBA player T ...
(born 1987),
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Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...
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Tyler Hansbrough Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for seven seasons, as well ...
(born 1985), NBA player and international player, NCAA champion at North Carolina *
Josh Harrellson Josh Douglas Harrellson (born February 12, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Fukushima Firebonds of the Japanese B.League. Standing , he played Center (basketball), center for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky ...
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New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...
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Larry Hughes Larry Darnell Hughes Sr. (born January 23, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. Hughes played for eight different teams during his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Hughes attended Saint Louis U ...
(born 1979), shooting guard for eight NBA teams * David Lee (born 1983),
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Tyronn Lue Tyronn Jamar Lue (pronounced ''Ta-RON LEW''; born May 3, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as t ...
(born 1977), NBA player, head coach of
Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...
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Patrick McCaw Patrick Andrew McCaw (born October 25, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels and earned second-team all-conference honors in t ...
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Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...
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Dan Pippin Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American basketball player who played for the University of Missouri. He later captained the American basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympics that won the gold medal in Helsinki ...
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Brandon Rush Brandon Leray Rush (born July 7, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted in the first round of the 2008 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, before being traded to the Indiana Pacers on draft day, after pl ...
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Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...
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Kareem Rush Kareem Lamar Rush (born October 30, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. Rush's younger brother, Brandon, last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, while older brother JaRon played college basketball for UCLA. College ca ...
(born 1980), shooting guard for
L.A. Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...
* Scott Sims (born 1955),
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Norm Stewart Norman Eugene Stewart (born January 20, 1935) is a retired American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Northern Iowa (then known as State College of Iowa) from 1961 to 1967, but is best known for his career with the Univers ...
(born 1935), pro basketball player, longtime Mizzou coach,
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Jayson Tatum Jayson Christopher Tatum Sr. (; born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri, he played college baske ...
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Duke Blue Devils The Duke Blue Devils are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Associatio ...
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David Thirdkill David Thirdkill (born April 12, 1960) is an American retired basketball player. He played in the NBA, and was the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. NBA career He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round (15th overall) of th ...
(born 1960), NBA basketball player, 1993
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Anthony Tolliver Anthony Lamar Tolliver (born June 1, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays, and played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 11 different franchis ...
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Alex Tyus Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he al ...
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Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

Football
* Maurice Alexander (born 1991),
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St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994. The arri ...
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Steve Atwater Stephen Dennis Atwater (born October 28, 1966) is an American former professional football player who spent most of his career playing free safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Atwater and Dennis Smith made up a ...
(born 1966), safety for the
Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...
and New York Jets *Allen Barbre (born 1984), offensive guard for Philadelphia Eagles *Tim Barnes (American football), Tim Barnes (born 1988), Center (gridiron football), center for
St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994. The arri ...
*David Bass (American football), David Bass (born 1990), defensive end for Chicago Bears *Justin Britt (born 1991), offensive tackle for Seattle Seahawks *Jason Brookins (born 1976), running back, Baltimore Ravens *Colin Brown (American football), Colin Brown (born 1985), offensive tackle for Buffalo Bills *Jairus Byrd (born 1986), free safety for New Orleans Saints *Paul Christman (1918–1970), quarterback, College Football Hall of Fame; sportscaster *Adrian Clayborn (born 1988), defensive end for Atlanta Falcons *Chase Coffman (born 1986), tight end for Atlanta Falcons *Jalen Collins (born 1993), cornerback for Atlanta Falcons *Maliek Collins (born 1995), defensive tackle for Dallas Cowboys *Dan Connolly (American football), Dan Connolly (born 1982), offensive lineman for New England Patriots *Jimmy Conzelman (1898–1970), former NFL Halfback (American football), halfback and coach, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame *Dan Dierdorf (born 1949), offensive tackle in Pro Football Hall of Fame, sportscaster *Herb Donaldson (American football player), Herb Donaldson (born 1985), running back for Dallas Cowboys *Robert Douglas (American football), Robert Douglas (born 1982), NFL Fullback (gridiron football), fullback *Kony Ealy (born 1991), defensive end for Carolina Panthers *Ezekiel Elliott (born 1995), NFL running back for Dallas Cowboys *Lenvil Elliott (1951–2008), NFL running back * Don Faurot (1902–1995), College Football Hall of Fame coach, inventor of Split-T formation *Brian Folkerts (born 1990), center for Carolina Panthers *Josh Freeman (born 1988), NFL quarterback *Blaine Gabbert (born 1989), quarterback for Arizona Cardinals *Justin Gage (born 1981), wide receiver for Tennessee Titans *E. J. Gaines (born 1992), cornerback for St. Louis Rams *Tony Galbreath (born 1954), NFL running back *Markus Golden (born 1991), NFL Linebacker#Outside Linebacker, outside linebacker *Conrad Goode (born 1962), NFL offensive lineman *Mark Herzlich (born 1987), linebacker for New York Giants *Cal Hubbard (1900–1977), only person in both National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame *Brandon Joyce (1984–2010), offensive lineman, Canadian football, CFL and National Football League, NFL *Terry Joyce (1954–2011), college College Football All-America Team, All-American, NFL punter *Howard Kindig (born 1941), defensive end, 10-year NFL career *Ryan Lilja (born 1981), guard (American football), guard for Kansas City Chiefs *Brandon Lloyd (born 1981), wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers *Jeremy Maclin (born 1988), wide receiver for Kansas City Chiefs *Marvin McNutt (born 1989), wide receiver for Philadelphia Eagles *Eric Moore (offensive lineman), Eric Moore (born 1965), NFL guard (American football), guard *William Moore (American football), William Moore (born 1985), Safety (American and Canadian football position), safety for Atlanta Falcons *C. J. Mosley (defensive lineman), C. J. Mosley (born 1983), defensive tackle for Miami Dolphins *Eddie Moss, special teams for St. Louis Cardinals *Jim Musick (1910–1992), running back, Washington Redskins, Boston Redskins *Neil Rackers (born 1976), placekicker for Houston Texans *Shane Ray (born 1993), Linebacker, outside linebacker for
Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...
*Sheldon Richardson (born 1990), defensive end for New York Jets *Gijon Robinson (born 1984), tight end for Indianapolis Colts *Martin Rucker (American football), Martin Rucker (born 1985), tight end for Dallas Cowboys *Mike Rucker (born 1975), defensive end for Carolina Panthers *Aldon Smith (born 1989), linebacker for Oakland Raiders *Justin Smith (defensive end), Justin Smith (born 1979), defensive end for San Francisco 49ers *Bill Snyder (born 1939), Current Kansas State University head coach and College Football Hall of Fame *Donald Stephenson (born 1988), offensive tackle for Kansas City Chiefs *Roger Wehrli (born 1947), Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame cornerback with St. Louis Cardinals (NFL, 1960–1987), St. Louis Cardinals *James Wilder Sr. (born 1958), 10-year NFL running back *Brandon Williams (defensive tackle), Brandon Williams (born 1989), nose tackle for Baltimore Ravens *Gregg Williams (born 1958), NFL coach, defensive coordinator *Sylvester Williams (American football), Sylvester Williams (born 1988), Tackle (gridiron football position), nose tackle for
Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...
*Kellen Winslow (born 1957), Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame tight end with San Diego Chargers

Golf
*Amy Alcott (born 1956), professional golfer, World Golf Hall of Fame *Brandel Chamblee (born 1962), PGA Tour golfer *Jay Haas (born 1953), PGA Tour golfer *Hale Irwin (born 1945), golfer; oldest person (45) to win US Open (1990) *Jeff Maggert (born 1964), PGA Tour golfer *Tom Pernice Jr. (born 1959), PGA Tour golfer *Judy Rankin (born 1945), professional golfer, World Golf Hall of Fame *Johnny Revolta (1911–1991), winner of 1935 PGA Championship *Cathy Reynolds (born 1957), LPGA Tour golfer *Horton Smith (1908–1963), winner of first Masters, World Golf Hall of Fame *Payne Stewart (1957–1999), golfer, 2-time US Open champion *Tom Watson (golfer), Tom Watson (born 1949), 8-time major champion, 1990 Ryder Cup captain, World Golf Hall of Fame *Larry Ziegler (born 1939), PGA Tour golfer

Ice hockey
*Ben Bishop (born 1986), National Hockey League, NHL Dallas Stars *Chris Wideman (born 1990), NHL Ottawa Senators *Michael Davies (ice hockey), Michael Davies (born 1986), AHL Chicago Wolves *Cam Janssen (born 1984), EIHL Nottingham Panthers *Luke Kunin (born 1997), NHL hockey player *Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), NHL Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, New York Rangers *Patrick Maroon (born 1988), National Hockey League, NHL Tampa Bay Lightning *Mike McKenna (ice hockey), Mike McKenna (born 1983), American Hockey League, AHL Portland Pirates *Paul Stastny (born 1985), NHL St. Louis Blues *Travis Turnbull (born 1986), DEL Düsseldorfer EG *Joe Vitale (ice hockey), Joe Vitale (born 1985), NHL Arizona Coyotes *Landon Wilson (born 1975), AHL Texas Stars

Professional wrestling
* Freddie Blassie (1918–2003), wrestler and manager *Bob Brown (wrestler), "Bulldog" Bob Brown (1938–1997), wrestler and Booker (professional wrestling), booker *Bob Geigel (1924–2014), retired wrestler, promoter, and former NWA President *Kane (wrestler), Glenn Jacobs (born 1967), ring name "Kane"; also an actor *Rufus R. Jones (1933–1993), NWA wrestler and businessman *Evan Bourne, Matthew Korklan (born 1983), ring names "Matt Sydal" and "Evan Bourne" *Sam Muchnick (1905–1998), founder of St. Louis Wrestling Club and co-founder of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) *Trevor Murdoch (born 1978), WWE tag team champion *Matt Murphy (wrestler), Matt Murphy (born 1979), wrestler and author *Barry Orton, wrestler *Bob Orton Jr., "Cowboy" Bob Orton (born 1950), wrestler and member of WWE Hall of Fame; father of Randy Orton *Randy Orton (born 1980), third-generation pro wrestler *Harley Race (1943–2019), 8-time NWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Champion; member of the WWE Hall of Fameand Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame *Butch Reed (1954–2021), NWA and WCW Tag Team Champion *Lou Thesz (1916–2002), superstar of professional wrestling's "Golden Age"

Miscellaneous sports
* Virgil Akins (1928–2011), welterweight boxing champion * Devon Alexander (born 1987), boxer, World Boxing Council, WBC and International Boxing Federation, IBF Light Welterweight champion * Henry Armstrong (1912–1988), boxer (born in
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
but grew up in St. Louis) * Butch Buchholz (born 1940), International Tennis Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame tennis player * Christian Cantwell (born 1980), Olympian, world champion shot putter *John Coughlin (figure skater), John Coughlin (1985–2019), figure skater, committed suicide * J'den Cox (born 1995), Olympic Games, Olympic Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler * Michael Chandler (born 1986), Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC fighter * Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born 1968), IFBB pro bodybuilder * Dwight F. Davis (1879–1945), tennis player, founder of the Davis Cup * Daryl Doran (born 1963), professional soccer player * Lori Endicott (born 1967), volleyball player and Olympian * Doris Hart (1925–2015), Hall of Fame tennis player, winner of six Grand Slam singles titles * Sammie Henson (born 1971), Olympic silver medalist and world champion in freestyle wrestling * Bud Houser (1901–1994), three-time Olympic gold medalist in shot put and discus * Jack Jewsbury (born 1981), Major League Soccer player (Portland Timbers) * Ben A. Jones (1882–1961), thoroughbred horse trainer * Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (1906–2001), thoroughbred horse trainer * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), IFBB professional bodybuilder * Conn McCreary (1921–1979), Hall of Fame jockey, winner of 1944 and 1951 Kentucky Derby * Chuck McKinley (1941–1986), International Tennis Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame tennis player, 1963 Wimbledon champion * Josh Prenot (born 1995), swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (200m breaststroke), NCAA champion (400m individual medley), and American record holder (200m breaststroke) * DeAnna Price (born 1993), record holder in hammer throw, competed at two Olympic Summer Games * Becky Sauerbrunn (born 1985), National Women's Soccer League and USWNT player (FC Kansas City); Defender of the Year 2013, 2014; 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup winner * Helen Stephens (1918–1994), two-time gold medalist in track and field at 1936 Summer Olympics * Scott Touzinsky (born 1982), volleyball player and coach * Jacarra Winchester (born 1992), Olympic freestyle wrestler, world champion in 2019 * Alex White (fighter), Alex White (born 1988), mixed martial artist

Aviation and aerospace
* Thomas Akers (born 1953), scientist and NASA astronaut on four Space Shuttle missions * Bill Lear (1902–1978), founder of Lear Jet * Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), aviator, first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight in 1927 (born in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan but lived in St. Louis) * James Smith McDonnell (1899–1980), founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (later McDonnell Douglas)

Business
* William Henry Ashley (1778–1838), founder of Rocky Mountain Fur Company, politician * Charles S. L. Baker (1859–1926), African-American businessman and inventor * Henry W. Bloch (1922–2019), co-founder of H&R Block tax services * Richard Bloch (1926–2004), co-founder of H&R Block tax services * Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), founder of Anheuser-Busch (the world's largest brewer) * Gussie Busch, August "Gussie" Busch (1899–1989), owned Anheuser-Busch (the world's largest brewer), and
St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...
baseball team * Jim Crane, businessman, owner of the
Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...
* William H. Danforth (1870–1955), founder of Nestlé Purina, Ralston Purina Company * John Doerr (born 1951), venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers * James Buchanan Eads (1820–1887), civil engineer and inventor * Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames (1907–1978), designer and architect * David Glass (businessman), David Glass (1935–2020), former president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Wal-Mart, owner of
Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...
baseball team * Joyce Hall (1891–1982), founder of Hallmark Cards * William Preston Hall (1864–1932), circus empresario and animal broker * Howard R. Hughes, Sr. (1869–1924), oil drill bit and tool inventor; father of Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire * George M. Keller (1923–2008), chairman of Standard Oil Company of California in the 1980s * R. Crosby Kemper Jr. (1927–2014), chairman emeritus UMB Financial Corporation, philanthropist * William Thornton Kemper, Sr. (1866–1938), patriarch of Kemper family railroad and banking empire which included Commerce Bancshares and UMB Financial Corporation, United Missouri Bank * Ewing Kauffman (1916–1993), pharmaceutical magnate, philanthropist and founder of the
Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...
baseball team * Stan Kroenke (born 1947), owner of Kroenke Sports Enterprises * Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche (born 1954), former head of Enron International * N. O. Nelson (1844–1922), founder of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Company * Thomas F. O'Neil, chairman of RKO General Studios, brought movies to television * J. C. Penney (person), J. C. Penney (1875–1971), businessman and entrepreneur * Rex Sinquefield (born 1944), financial executive who created Standard & Poor's first index fund, supporter of conservative political causes * John Sperling (1921–2014), businessman and founder of the University of Phoenix * Gerard Swope (1872–1957), president of General Electric * Jack C. Taylor (1922–2016), founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, billionaire philanthropist * Sam Walton (1918–1992), founder of Wal-Mart * Robert E. Wood (1879–1969), vice-president of Sears Roebuck

Criminals and outlaws
*Anthony Brancato (1913–1951), freelance Mafia gunman, half of "The Two Tonys" portrayed in the movie ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'' * Ray and Faye Copeland (1914–1993, 1921–2003), serial killers, oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States *Egan's Rats, early crime family in St. Louis **Leo Vincent Brothers (1899–1950), low-level member; later moved to Chicago and became part of Al Capone's organization **Fred Burke (1893–1940), gunman for Egan's Rats; suspected of participating in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre **William Colbeck (gangster), William "Dint" Colbeck (1890–1943), assumed leadership of Egan's Rats after the assassination of Willie Egan **Walter Costello (1889–1917), bodyguard to Willie Egan, killer of Harry Dunn **Harry "Cherries" Dunn (1892–1916) **Thomas Egan (gangster), Thomas Egan (1874–1919), organizer of Egan's Rats **William Egan (gangster), Willie Egan (1884–1921), brother and right-hand man of gang founder Tom Egan; led the gang after Tom's death **Max Greenberg (1883–1933), one of the few Jewish members of the mostly Irish Egan gang; associate/friend of Meyer Lansky **Frank Hackethal (1891–1954), robber and resort owner/money launderer for Egan's Rats **Thomas Kinney, Thomas "Snake" Kinney (1868–1912), Missouri State Senate, Missouri State Senator and co-founder of Egan's Rats **David "Chippy" Robinson (1897–1967), bank robber and enforcer for Egan's Rats **William "Skippy" Rohan (1871–1916) * Roy Gardner (bank robber), Roy Gardner (1884–1940), arms smuggler and notorious 1920s bank robber * Tom Horn (1860–1903), Old West lawman, army scout, outlaw and assassin * Kansas City crime family **Charles Binaggio (1909–1950), killed along with Charles Gargotta at the First Ward Democratic Club in downtown Kansas City **Anthony Brancato (1913–1951) **William Cammisano, William "Willie Rat" Cammisano (1914–1995), enforcer for the K.C. mob **Charles Carrollo (1902–1979), led the Kansas City mob after Johnny Lazia's assassination **Anthony Civella (1930–2006), led the K.C. crime family in the 1980s and 1990s; son of Carl Civella and nephew of Nicholas Civella **Carl Civella, Carl "Cork" Civella (1910–1994), brother of Nicholas Civella and a top lieutenant in the crime family; father of Anthony Civella **Nicholas Civella (1912–1983), led the Kansas City crime family from the 1950s through the 1970s **Carl "Tuffy" DeLuna (1927–2008), underboss of the Kansas City crime family; brother-in-law of Anthony Civella **Pretty Boy Floyd, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd (1904–1934), took part in the Kansas City Massacre, Union Station Massacre **Charles Gargotta, Charles "Mad Dog" Gargotta (1900–1950), top enforcer of the KC crime family **Anthony Gizzo (1902–1953), led Kansas City crime family in the early 1950s **John Lazia (1896–1934), leader of the Kansas City crime family in the 1920s and early 1930s * Kenneth Lay (1942–2006), chairman and CEO of Enron, convicted of securities fraud * Little Britches (outlaw), Little Britches (1879 – year of death unknown), female bandit associated with Cattle Annie and the Bill Doolin, Doolin gang * James Earl Ray (1928–1998), Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.; escapee from the Missouri State Penitentiary *James-Younger Gang: **Frank James (1843–1915), outlaw **Jesse James (1847–1882), outlaw **Cole Younger (1844–1916), outlaw **John Younger (1851–1874), outlaw **Bob Younger (1853–1899), outlaw **Jim Younger (1848–1902), outlaw **Robert Ford (outlaw), Bob Ford (1862–1892), outlaw who gunned down Jesse James *Tom Pendergast (1873–1945), long-time political boss of Kansas City and western Missouri; responsible for the political rise of Harry S. Truman; imprisoned for tax evasion *Belle Starr (1848–1889), female outlaw of the Old West *St. Louis crime family **Anthony Giordano (1914–1980), leader of the St. Louis crime family in the 1960s and 1970s **Matthew Trupiano (1938–1997), nephew of Anthony Giordano, crime family boss in the 1980s **John Vitale (mobster), John Vitale (1909–1982), crime family boss in the early 1980s

Entertainment

Film, television and theater
;A–C * Goodman Ace (1899–1982), television writer, radio host and comedian * Jane Ace (1897–1974), radio actress and host * Zoë Akins (1886–1958), Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, poet * Robert Altman (1925–2006), film director, ''M*A*S*H (film), M*A*S*H'', ''Nashville (film), Nashville'', ''Gosford Park'' * Ed Asner (1929–2021), Emmy Award-winning actor, ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Lou Grant (TV series), Lou Grant''; ''Up (2009 film), Up'', ''Elf (film), Elf'' * Scott Bakula (born 1954), actor, ''Quantum Leap'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''NCIS: New Orleans'' * Josephine Baker (1906–1975), dancer, singer, actress * Tisha Terrasini Banker (born 1973), actress * Ryan Michelle Bathe (born 1976), actress, ''Boston Legal'', ''Army Wives'', ''Retired at 35'' * Anne Bauchens (1882–1967), Oscar-winning film editor * John Beal (actor), John Beal (1909–1997), actor, ''Les Misérables (1935 film), Les Misérables'', ''Alimony (1949 film), Alimony'' * Gerry Becker (born 1951), actor * Noah Beery (1882–1946), actor, ''The Mark of Zorro (1920 film), The Mark of Zorro'' * Wallace Beery (1885–1949), Oscar-winning actor, ''The Champ (1931 film), The Champ'', ''Min and Bill'', ''Viva Villa!'' * Rob Benedict (born 1970), actor, ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'', ''Head Case'', ''Threshold (TV series), Threshold'' * Bob Bergen (born 1964), voice actor * Fred Berry (1951–2003), actor, ''What's Happening!!'' * Linda Blair (born 1959), actress, ''The Exorcist (film), The Exorcist'', ''Airport 1975'' * Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, screenwriter, ''Designing Women'', ''Evening Shade'' * Matt Bomer (born 1977), actor, ''White Collar (TV series), White Collar'' * Johnny Yong Bosch (born 1976), singer, Eyeshine (band), Eyeshine; actor, ''Trigun'', ''Power Rangers'' * Jeff Branson (born 1977), actor * Diane Brewster (1931–1991), actress * Brent Briscoe (born 1961), actor, ''Yes Man (film), Yes Man'', ''National Treasure: Book of Secrets'', ''Spider-Man 2'' * Kent Broadhurst (born 1940), actor * Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979), actor, ''Petticoat Junction'' * Norbert Leo Butz (born 1967), Tony Award-winning stage actor * Christy Cabanne (1888–1950), director, ''Jane Eyre (1934 film), Jane Eyre'' * Jessica Capshaw (born 1976), actress, ''The Practice'' * Morris Carnovsky (1897–1992), actor, ''Edge of Darkness (1943 film), Edge of Darkness'', ''Dead Reckoning'' * Don Cheadle (born 1964), actor, ''Hotel Rwanda'', ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'', ''Boogie Nights'', ''Ocean's Eleven'', ''The Rat Pack (film), The Rat Pack'' * Marguerite Churchill (1910–2000), actress, ''The Big Trail'', ''The Walking Dead (1936 film), The Walking Dead'' * Anthony Cistaro (born 1963), actor, ''Charmed'', ''Witchblade'' * Sarah Clarke (born 1972), actress, Nina Myers on ''24 (TV series), 24'' * Andy Cohen (television personality), Andy Cohen (born 1968), author, producer, and television personality, ''Watch What Happens Live'' * Lynn Cohen (1933–2020), actress, ''Law & Order'', ''Sex and the City'' * Frank Converse (born 1938), actor, ''Movin' On (TV series), Movin' On'', ''N.Y.P.D. (TV series), N.Y.P.D.'' * Bert Convy (1933–1991), actor and TV personality, ''Semi-Tough'' * Chris Cooper (born 1951), Oscar-winning actor, ''Lonesome Dove (miniseries), Lonesome Dove'', ''The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'', ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'', ''Breach (2007 film), Breach'' * Joan Crawford (1905–1977), Oscar-winning actress, ''Mildred Pierce (film), Mildred Pierce'', ''The Women (1939 film), The Women'', ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' * Greg Cromer (born 1971), actor * Robert Cummings (1908–1990), actor, ''Kings Row'', ''Saboteur (film), Saboteur'', ''Love That Bob'', ''Dial M for Murder'' ;D–G * Erin Daniels (born 1973), actress, ''The L Word'' * Nathan Darrow (born 1976), actor, ''House of Cards (U.S. TV series), House of Cards'' * Don S. Davis (1942–2008), actor, ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Twin Peaks'' * Kurt Deutsch, actor, ''Models Inc.'' * Walt Disney (1901–1966), iconic film and television producer, studio mogul, director, screenwriter, voice actor and animator *Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, television producer * Dale Dye (born 1944), actor, ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''Mission: Impossible (film), Mission: Impossible'', ''Band of Brothers (TV miniseries), Band of Brothers'' * Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), actor, musician; the voice of Jiminy Cricket * Frank Faylen (1905–1985), actor, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', ''Detective Story (1951 film), Detective Story'', ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Dobie Gillis'' * Hala Finley (born 2009), actress * Jenna Fischer (born 1974), actress, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', ''Hall Pass'', ''Blades of Glory'' (born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, grew up in St. Louis) * Henderson Forsythe (1917–2006), actor, ''As the World Turns'' * James Franciscus (1934–1991), actor, ''Mr. Novak'', ''Naked City (TV series), Naked City'', ''Marooned (1969 film), Marooned'', ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' * Phyllis Fraser (1915–2006), actress, journalist, children's book publisher, wife of Bennett Cerf and Robert F. Wagner Jr. * Friz Freleng (1905–1995), film producer, director, screenwriter, and animator, ''Looney Tunes'', ''Merrie Melodies'' * Bob Gale (born 1951), screenwriter, the Back to the Future trilogy, ''Back to the Future'' trilogy * Betty Garrett (1919–2011), actress, ''On the Town (film), On the Town'', ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film), Take Me Out to the Ball Game'', ''Laverne & Shirley'' * Heather Goldenhersh (born 1973), actress, ''The Class (TV series), The Class'', ''School of Rock'' * John Goodman (born 1952), actor, ''Monsters, Inc.'', ''Roseanne (TV series), Roseanne'', ''The Babe'', ''Barton Fink'', ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', ''The Big Lebowski'' * Lucas Grabeel (born 1984), actor, ''High School Musical'', ''Milk'' * Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, singer and World War II pin-up girl, ''Moon Over Miami (film), Moon Over Miami'', ''How to Marry a Millionaire'' *Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), actor, musician, ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'', ''October Road (TV series), October Road'', ''How to Make It in America'' * Dabbs Greer (1917–2007), actor, ''Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Little House on the Prairie'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Green Mile (film), The Green Mile'' * Eddie Griffin (born 1968), actor, comedian, ''Undercover Brother'', ''Norbit'' * Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), director, producer * Robert Guillaume (1927–2017), actor, ''Benson (TV series), Benson'', ''Soap (TV series), Soap'', ''The Lion King'', ''Sports Night'' * James Gunn (filmmaker), James Gunn (born 1970), film director and screenwriter * Moses Gunn (1929–1993), actor, ''Father Murphy'', ''The Cowboys (TV series), The Cowboys'', ''Shaft (1971 film), Shaft'', ''Ragtime (film), Ragtime'', ''Heartbreak Ridge'' * Sean Gunn (born 1974), actor, ''Gilmore Girls'', ''October Road (TV series), October Road'' ;H–M * Jon Hamm (born 1971), actor, ''Mad Men'', ''The Town (2010 film), The Town'', ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Baby Driver'' * Tess Harper (born 1950), actress, Breaking Bad, No Country for Old Men, Crimes of the Heart * Jean Harlow (1911–1937), actress and sex symbol * George Hearn (born 1934), actor, primarily Broadway theatre, Broadway and musical theatre * George Hickenlooper (1965–2010), documentary filmmaker, ''Hearts of Darkness'', ''Dogtown (film), Dogtown'' * Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), actor, filmmaker, artist, ''Easy Rider'', ''Apocalypse Now'', ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'', ''Hoosiers (film), Hoosiers'' * Arliss Howard (born 1954), actor, writer and director, ''Full Metal Jacket'', ''Wilder Napalm'', ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'' * Rupert Hughes (1872–1956), film director, composer; uncle of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes * John Huston (1906–1987), actor and Oscar-winning film director, ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'', ''Key Largo (film), Key Largo'', ''The African Queen (film), The African Queen'' * Don Johnson (born 1949), actor, ''Miami Vice'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Guilty as Sin'', ''Tin Cup'', ''Django Unchained'' * Jay Kenneth Johnson, Jay Johnson (born 1977), actor, ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' * Janet Jones (born 1961), actress, dancer, wife of hockey's Wayne Gretzky * Neal Jones (born 1960), actor, ''Dirty Dancing'', ''G.I. Jane'' * Brenda Joyce (actress), Brenda Joyce (1917–2009), actress, ''Little Tokyo, U.S.A.'', ''Tarzan'' movies in the 1940s * Andreas Katsulas (1946–2006), actor, ''Babylon 5'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * Ellie Kemper (born 1980), actress, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' * Edward Kerr (born 1966), actor, ''seaQuest DSV'', ''What I Like About You (TV series), What I Like About You'' * Lincoln Kilpatrick (1932–2004), actor * Kevin Kline (born 1947), Oscar-winning actor, ''Sophie's Choice (film), Sophie's Choice'', ''The Big Chill (film), The Big Chill'', ''A Fish Called Wanda'', ''Last Vegas'' * Evalyn Knapp (1906–1981), actress, ''The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial), Perils of Pauline'', ''In Old Santa Fe'' * David Koechner (born 1962), actor and comedian, ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Anchorman (film), Anchorman'' * Laura La Plante (1904–1996), actress in silent films * Kasi Lemmons (born 1961), actress and director, ''Eve's Bayou'', ''Talk to Me (2007 film), Talk to Me'' * Angela Lindvall (born 1979), actress * Mark Linn-Baker (born 1954), actor, ''My Favorite Year'', Larry Appleton on ''Perfect Strangers (U.S. TV series), Perfect Strangers'' * Robert Lowery (actor), Robert Lowery (1913–1971), actor, Batman in 1940s Batman and Robin (serial), serial * Marsha Mason (born 1942), actress, ''Sibs'', ''The Goodbye Girl'', ''Only When I Laugh (film), Only When I Laugh'', ''Chapter Two (film), Chapter Two'', ''Frasier'' * Michael Massee (1952–2016), actor, ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''Seven (1995 film), Seven'', ''The Crow (1994 film), The Crow'' * Wendell Mayes (1919–1992), screenwriter, ''The Spirit of St. Louis (film), The Spirit of St. Louis'', ''North to Alaska'', ''Von Ryan's Express'' * Virginia Mayo (1920–2005), actress, ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', ''White Heat'', ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' * Edie McClurg (born 1951), actress, ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''7th Heaven (TV series), 7th Heaven'' * Frank McGrath (actor), Frank McGrath (1903–1967), actor, ''Wagon Train'' * Steve McQueen (1930–1980), actor, ''The Sand Pebbles (film), The Sand Pebbles'', ''The Great Escape (film), The Great Escape'', ''The Towering Inferno'', ''Bullitt'' * John Milius (born 1944), screenwriter, director, producer, ''Red Dawn'', ''The Hunt for Red October (film), The Hunt for Red October'', ''Conan the Barbarian (1982 film), Conan the Barbarian'' * Wendy Moniz (born 1969), actress, ''The Guardian (TV series), The Guardian'', ''Guiding Light'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Betrayal (TV series), Betrayal'' * Mircea Monroe, actress, model, ''Cellular (film), Cellular'', ''Episodes (TV series), Episodes'' ;N–Z * Dustin Nguyen (born 1962), actor, ''21 Jump Street'', ''V.I.P. (American TV series), V.I.P.'' * Kathleen Nolan (born 1933), actress, ''The Real McCoys'' * Eva Novak (1898–1988), actress of the silent film era, ''The King of the Kitchen'' * Jane Novak (1896–1990), actress of the silent film era, ''Treat 'Em Rough (1919 film), Treat'Em Rough'', ''Redskin (film), Redskin'' * Dan O'Bannon (1946–2009), film director and screenwriter, ''Heavy Metal (film), Heavy Metal'', ''Dark Star (film), Dark Star'', ''Total Recall (1990 film), Total Recall'' * Denis O'Hare (born 1962), actor, ''Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Brothers & Sisters'', ''Sweet Charity'', ''True Blood'' * Kevin O'Morrison (1916–2016), actor and playwright * Timothy Omundson (born 1969), actor, ''Psych'', ''Judging Amy'' * Diana Ossana, screenwriter, ''Brokeback Mountain'', ''Pretty Boy Floyd'' * Geraldine Page (1924–1987), Oscar-winning actress, ''Summer and Smoke (film), Summer and Smoke'', ''Sweet Bird of Youth'', ''The Trip to Bountiful'' * Carlos PenaVega (born 1989), actor, singer, and dancer, ''Big Time Rush'' * Evan Peters (born 1987), actor, ''American Horror Story'', ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion'', ''Kick-Ass (film), Kick-Ass'' * Julie Piekarski (born 1963), actress, ''The Facts of Life (TV series), The Facts of Life'' * Brad Pitt (born 1963), actor and producer, ''Thelma & Louise'', ''12 Monkeys (film), 12 Monkeys'', ''Seven (1995 film), Seven'', ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'', ''World War Z (film), World War Z'' * William Powell (1892–1984), actor, ''The Thin Man'', ''Life with Father'', ''My Man Godfrey'', ''Mister Roberts (1955 film), Mister Roberts'' * Vincent Price (1911–1993), actor, ''Laura (1944 film), Laura'', ''House of Wax (1953 film), House of Wax'', ''The Fly (1958 film), The Fly'', ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'', ''Edward Scissorhands'' * Sally Rand (1904–1979), Erotic dancing, burlesque dancer, actress * Doris Roberts (1925–2016), actress, ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' * Leonard Roberts (born 1972), actor, ''Heroes (U.S. TV series), Heroes'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series), Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), Oscar-winning actress, dance partner of Fred Astaire * Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor, comedian, writer, and producer, ''I Love You, Man'', ''Ant-Man (film), Ant-Man'' * Sol Smith Russell (1848–1902), 19th-century stage actor * Jacqueline Scott (1931–2020), actress, ''Charley Varrick'' * Martha Scott (1912–2003), actress, ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'', ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'' * Sara Shane (1928–2022), actress, ''Magnificent Obsession (1954 film), Magnificent Obsession'', ''The King and Four Queens'', ''Tarzan's Greatest Adventure'' * Phyllis Smith (born 1951), actress, ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'' * Kelly Stables (born 1978), actress, ''The Exes'', ''W.I.T.C.H. (TV series), W.I.T.C.H.'', ''Two and a Half Men'' * Craig Stevens (actor), Craig Stevens (1918–2000), actor, ''State Trooper (TV series), State Trooper'', ''Peter Gunn'' * Christian Stolte (born 1962), actor, ''Prison Break'' * Skyler Stone (born 1979), actor, ''Raising Hope'', ''The Island (2005 film), The Island'' * Eric Stonestreet (born 1971), actor, ''Modern Family'' * Betty Thomas (born 1948), actress and director, ''Hill Street Blues'', ''The Brady Bunch Movie'', ''Dr. Dolittle (film), Dr. Dolittle'', ''Private Parts (1997 film), Private Parts'' *
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(1909–1998), actress, ''Funny Face'' * Sidney Toler (1874–1947), actor, Charlie Chan films * William Traylor (1930–1989), actor, ''Fletch (film), Fletch''; founder of The Loft Studio/acting school * Kathleen Turner (born 1954), actress, ''Body Heat'', ''Romancing the Stone'', ''Prizzi's Honor'', ''Serial Mom'' * Stephen Barker Turner (born 1968), actor * Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), actor, ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'', ''Diagnosis: Murder'' * Jerry Van Dyke (1931–2018), actor, ''Coach (TV series), Coach'', ''McLintock!'', ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film), The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' * Jack Wagner (actor), Jack Wagner (born 1959), actor/singer ''Melrose Place'', ''General Hospital'' * Virgil Ward (1911–2004), professional fisherman and host of ''Championship Fishing'' * Ruth Warrick (1916–2005), actress, ''Citizen Kane'', ''All My Children'' * Dennis Weaver (1924–2006), actor, ''Gunsmoke'', ''McCloud (TV series), McCloud'' * William White (actor), William White (1921–1985), actor, producer and director * Mary Wickes (1910–1995), actress, ''White Christmas (film), White Christmas'', ''Sister Act'' * Dianne Wiest (born 1948), 2-time Oscar-winning actress * Jason Wiles (born 1970), actor, ''Third Watch'', ''Persons Unknown (TV series), Persons Unknown'' * Mykelti Williamson (born 1960), actor, ''Forrest Gump'', ''Fences (film), Fences'' * Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937 – March 24, 2011), playwright, director, Lemon Sky, Redwood Curtain, Hallmark Hall of Fame * Shelley Winters (1920–2006), 2-time Oscar-winning actress * Jane Wyman (1917–2007), Oscar-winning actress; former wife of Ronald Reagan

Comedians
* Cedric The Entertainer (born 1964), actor, comedian * Jo Firestone, actress, comedian, writer * Redd Foxx (1922–1991), comedian, starred in ''Sanford and Son'' * Dick Gregory (1932–2017), comedian, social activist * Craig Kilborn (born 1962), comedian, actor, former talk show host * Kathleen Madigan (born 1965), comedian * Kevin Nealon (born 1953), actor, comedian * Randy and Jason Sklar (born 1972), identi*cal twin comedians, hosts of ESPN Classic's ''Cheap Seats (TV series), Cheap Seats'' * Guy Torry (born 1969), actor, comedian * Joe Torry (born 1965), actor, comedian

Cartoonists
* Ralph Barton (1891–1931), cartoonist * George Booth (cartoonist), George Booth (1926–2022), cartoonist for ''The New Yorker'' * Lee Falk (1911–1999), cartoonist, ''The Phantom'', ''Mandrake the Magician'' * Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003), caricaturist and cartoonist known for drawing celebrities * Fred Lasswell (1916–2001), cartoonist, ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'' * Glenn McCoy (born 1965), cartoonist, ''The Duplex'', ''The Flying McCoys'' * George McManus (1884–1954), cartoonist, ''Maggie and Jiggs'' * Mike Peters (cartoonist), Mike Peters (born 1943), cartoonist, ''Mother Goose & Grimm'' * Dan Piraro (born 1958), cartoonist, ''Bizarro'' * Mort Walker (1923–2018), cartoonist, ''Beetle Bailey''

Magicians and mentalists
* Morgan Strebler (born 1976), magician and mentalist; Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas award-winning performer

Music

Bluegrass and country
* Lennie Aleshire (1890–1987), country-bluegrass pioneer and vaudeville act * Connie Cato (born 1955), country music singer * Shirley Collie Nelson (1931–2010), American country music and rockabilly singer, yodeler, guitarist and songwriter * Helen Cornelius (born 1941), country singer best known for duets with Jim Ed Brown * Rusty Draper (1923–2003), country and rockabilly singer/guitarist * The Duke of Paducah (1901–1986), Grand Ole Opry comedian and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame * Sara Evans (born 1971), country music star * Tyler Farr, country music singer * Narvel Felts, (born 1938), country music singer * Bob Ferguson (music), Bob Ferguson (1927–2001), country music songwriter and producer * Teea Goans, American country music singer * John Hartford (1937–2001), country and bluegrass music composer and performer * Jan Howard (1929–2020), country music singer and member of the Grand Ole Opry * Ferlin Husky (1925–2011), singer and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, former member of the Grand Ole Opry * Brett James, country music singer-songwriter and record producer * Chris Janson, (born 1986), American country music singer-songwriter * The Kendalls, Grammy-winning country duo from the 1970s and 1980s * Speck Rhodes, (1915–2000), country music comedian and entertainer * Tom Shapiro, country music songwriter and record producer * Jack Shook (1910–1986), American guitarist and a Grand Ole Opry star * Tim Spencer (singer), Tim Spencer, (1908–1974), American singer-songwriter, actor, member of the Original Sons of the Pioneers, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame * Tate Stevens, country music singer and 2012 winner of ''The X Factor'' * Wynn Stewart (1934–1985), country music singer, progenitor of the Bakersfield sound * Billy Swan (born 1942), American country singer-songwriter * Trent Tomlinson (born 1975), country singer-songwriter * Leroy Van Dyke (born 1929), country singer best known for "The Auctioneer" and "Walk On By (Leroy Van Dyke song), Walk on By", former member of the Grand Ole Opry * Darrin Vincent (born 1970), half of the Grammy Award, Grammy-nominated bluegrass group Dailey & Vincent; record producer * Rhonda Vincent (born 1962), bluegrass music, bluegrass singer and musician, seven-time International Bluegrass Music Association, IMBA Female Vocalist of the Year * Porter Wagoner (1927–2007), country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member. Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame * Jerry Wallace (1928–2008), American country and pop singer * Dallas Wayne, Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and on-air radio personality for Sirius Satellite Radio * Speedy West, (1923–2003), American pedal steel guitarist and record producer * Onie Wheeler (1921–1984), country and bluegrass musician * Leona Williams (born 1943), American country music singer * Chely Wright (born 1970), American country music singer and activist * Billy Yates (singer), Billy Yates (born 1963), American country music artist and songwriter * Reggie Young (1936–2019), American session musician

Jazz
* Oleta Adams (born 1953), soul, jazz and gospel singer * Ahmad Alaadeen (1934–2010), jazz saxophonist and composer * Norman Brown (guitarist), Norman Brown (born 1970), smooth jazz musician * Jimmy Forrest (musician), Jimmy Forrest (1920–1980), jazz tenor saxophonist * Grant Green (1935–1979), jazz guitarist * Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969), jazz tenor saxophonist * Bob James (musician), Bob James (born 1939), smooth jazz musician * Scott Joplin (1867–1917), ragtime musician and composer * Pat Metheny (born 1954), jazz guitarist and musician * Lennie Niehaus (1929–2020), alto saxophonist, arranger, and composer * Charlie Parker, Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920–1955), jazz saxophonist and composer * David Sanborn (born 1945), smooth jazz musician * Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), Dixieland jazz and ragtime composer and bandleader * Bob Brookmeyer (1929-2011), valve trombonist and composer * Clark Terry (1920–2015), swing music, swing and bebop trumpet and flugelhorn player

Rhythm & blues, pop, rap and hip-hop
* Akon (born 1977), rhythm and blues musician, music producer * Fontella Bass (1940–2012), singer best known for 1965 hit ''Rescue Me (Fontella Bass song), Rescue Me'' * Chingy (born 1980), Hip hop music, rapper, actor * Eminem (born 1972), rapping, rap musician (grew up partly in St. Joseph) * Nelly (born 1974), rap musician (born in Texas and raised in St. Louis) * David Peaston (1957–2012), R&B and Gospel music, Gospel singer * St. Lunatics, hip hop music, hip hop, best known for collaborations with Nelly * Tech N9ne (born 1971), rapper * Kimberly Wyatt, singer and dancer, Pussycat Dolls * SZA (born 1989), American singer-songwriter, born in St. Louis

Rock & roll
* Chuck Berry (1926–2017), guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter, pioneer of rock & roll, in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame * The Bottle Rockets (formed 1992), rock music, rock, alt-country, roots rock * T Bone Burnett (born 1948), musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer * Cavo, hard rock band (formed in St. Louis) * David Cook (singer), David Cook (born 1982), 2008 ''American Idol'' winner from Blue Springs, Missouri, Blue Springs * Sheryl Crow (born 1962), Grammy-winning singer-songwriter * Gravity Kills, industrial rock band, formed in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City * Johnnie Johnson (musician), Johnnie Johnson (1924–2005), early rock & roll and blues piano player; member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame * King's X, hard rock, progressive metal band, formed in Springfield, Missouri, Springfield * Michael McDonald (singer), Michael McDonald (born 1952), singer, former Doobie Brothers frontman * Missouri (band), Missouri, band known for classic rock song "Movin' On", formed in Kansas City * Ozark Mountain Daredevils, rock band known for the hits "Jackie Blue" and "If You Wanna Get To Heaven", formed in Springfield, Missouri, Springfield * Louise Post, founder, lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band Veruca Salt (band), Veruca Salt * Puddle of Mudd, rock band, formed in Kansas City * The Rainmakers (band), The Rainmakers, rock band, formed in Kansas City * Jay Reatard (1980–2010), garage punk musician, born in Lilbourn, Missouri, Lilbourn * Wes Scantlin (born 1972), lead singer and guitarist of post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd * Shooting Star (band), Shooting Star, 1970s and 1980s rock band, from Kansas City * Story of the Year, emo rock band, formed in St. Louis * The Urge, rock band, formed in St. Louis * Bob Walkenhorst, founder and lead singer of alternative rock band The Rainmakers (band), The Rainmakers * Story of the Year, rock band, formed in St. Louis * Steve Walsh (musician), Steve Walsh (born 1951), lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist for the progressive rock group Kansas (band), Kansas and Streets (band), Streets

Other music
* Doris Akers (1923–1995), gospel music singer and composer * Martha Bass (1921–1998), gospel singer with Clara Ward Singers and solo career * Burt Bacharach (born 1928), pianist, composer * Neal E. Boyd (1975–2018), opera vocalist, winner of 2008 ''America's Got Talent'' competition * Grace Bumbry (born 1937), opera soprano * Sarah Caldwell (1924–2006), opera conductor * Sara Groves (born 1972), Contemporary Christian Music, Contemporary Christian singer, record producer, author * Dan Landrum (born 1961), hammer dulcimer player, featured instrumentalist with Yanni * Basil Poledouris (1945–2006), film soundtrack composer * H. Owen Reed (1910–2014), composer and conductor * Willie Mae Ford Smith (1904–1994), Gospel singer * Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), composer and critic * Helen Traubel (1899–1972), opera vocalist * Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, winner of ''America's Got Talent'' America's Got Talent (season 11), season 11

Radio and television
* Bob Barker (born 1923), television game show host * Jim Bohannon (born 1944), radio talk show host * Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021), radio talk show host * Dana Loesch (born 1978), radio talk show host and television host at TheBlaze * Melanie Morgan (born 1956), radio personality with KSFO in San Francisco * Erich Muller, Erich "Mancow" Muller (born 1966), radio and TV personality, ''Mancow's Morning Madhouse'' * Marlin Perkins (1905–1986), zoologist and host of ''Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom'' * April Scott (born 1979), model, ''Deal or No Deal'' and SOAPnet's ''Soap Talk'' * Scott Shannon (born 1947), disc jockey for many radio stations across the country, hosted radio show ''America's Greatest Hits'' * Chris Stigall (born 1977), talk radio personality for Philadelphia's WPHT

Beauty pageant titleholders
* Debbye Turner (born 1965), Miss America 1990 * Shandi Finnessey (born 1978), Miss USA 2004

Journalism
* Jabari Asim (born 1962), author, journalist * Bob Broeg (1918–2005), St. Louis sportswriter * Joe Buck (born 1969), sportscaster for Fox Sports (USA), Fox Sports * Harry Caray (1914–1998), Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster * Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), television journalist * Walker Evans (1903–1975), photojournalist best known for photos taken during the Great Depression * Clay Felker (1925–2008), editor, journalist, founder of New York (magazine), ''New York'' magazine *
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catcher, baseball broadcaster, and television host (''Today (NBC Program), The Today Show'') * Dave Garroway (1913–1982), first host of NBC's ''Today'' show * Jane Grant (1892–1972), journalist, co-founder of ''The New Yorker'' * Michael Kim (television anchor), Michael Kim (born 1964), sports broadcaster for ESPN * Carol Platt Liebau, attorney, Advocacy journalism, political analyst and Social conservatism, social conservative commentator * Mary Margaret McBride (1899–1976), female radio pioneer * Joe McGuff (1926–2006), Kansas City sportswriter * Dan McLaughlin (born 1974), sportscaster for Fox Sports Midwest * Russ Mitchell (born 1960), TV journalist, ''CBS Evening News'' * Lisa Myers (born 1951), TV journalist, ''NBC Nightly News'' * Stone Phillips (born 1954), TV journalist, ''Dateline NBC'' * Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), Hungarian journalist, creator of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and the Pulitzer Prize * Howard Rushmore (1913–1958), journalist for ''The Daily Worker'', ''New York Journal-American'' and ''Confidential (magazine), Confidential'' magazine * Elaine Viets, St. Louis columnist and author

Military
* William T. Anderson (1838–1864), a.k.a. "Bloody Bill" Anderson; Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War, Civil War * Charles D. Barger (1892–1936), earned the Medal of Honor in World War I * John L. Barkley (1895–1966), earned the Medal of Honor in World War I * Frederick Benteen (1834–1898), best known for the role under George Armstrong Custer, George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn * Omar Bradley (1893–1981), World War II general, from Clark, Missouri * Robert Coontz (1864–1935), US Navy Admiral, former Chief of Naval Operations * John V. Cox (born 1930), United States Marine Corps Major General; flew over 200 combat missions during the Vietnam War * Enoch Crowder (1859–1932), US Army General and reformer of the military justice system * Duke Cunningham, Randall "Duke" Cunningham, only United States Navy, U.S. Navy Flying ace, Ace in the Vietnam War; later a U.S. Congressman from California * James Phillip Fleming (born 1943), the United States Air Force, USAF pilot; awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War * John C. Frémont (1813–1890), Western explorer; American Civil War, Union Civil War general; first History of the United States Republican Party, Republican candidate for U.S. President * Frederick Dent Grant (1850–1912), U.S. Army major general and diplomat; son of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant * Martin E. Green (1815–1863), Confederate Army brigadier general; killed at Siege of Vicksburg * John McNeil (1813–1891), Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War; known as "The Butcher of Palmyra" * Wayne E. Meyer (1926–2009), U.S. Navy rear admiral; "father of the Aegis weapons system" * David Moore (Military), David Moore (1817–1893), Mexican–American War officer and Union Civil War Brigadier General * Edward O'Hare (1914–1943), "Butch" O'Hare, U.S. Navy Medal of Honor recipient, namesake of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport * John Henry Parker (General), John Henry Parker (1866–1942), "Gatling Gun Parker"; a hero in the Spanish–American War; only U.S. soldier to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (United States), Distinguished Service Cross four times in World War I * Floyd B. Parks (1911–1942), the United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine aviator who earned the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions leading Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during the Battle of Midway * John J. Pershing (1860–1948), soldier, General of the Armies; born in Laclede, Missouri * Sterling Price, Confederate States Army, General of the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War, Civil War * William Quantrill (1837–1865), Confederate guerrilla leader (Quantrill's Raiders) in the Civil War * John H. Quick (1870–1922), U.S. Marine awarded the Medal of Honor in the Spanish–American War, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Navy Cross in World War I * James E. Rieger (1874–1951), Colonel Missouri National Guard; awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France), Croix de Guerre in World War I * Roscoe Robinson, U.S. Army General * Jared Schmitz, USMC Lance Cpl.; one of 13 of the last military members to be killed in the War on Terror extraction from Afghanistan * Maxwell D. Taylor (1901–1987), U.S. Army general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * Stephen W. Thompson (1894–1977), first U.S. military pilot to ever shoot down an enemy in aerial combat (1918) * Harry H. Vaughan (1893–1981), United States Army Reserve, U.S. Army Reserve general, Aide-de-camp, Aide to the President of the United States from 1945 to 1953 * George Allison Whiteman (1919–1941), first United States Army Air Corps pilot killed in World War II; awarded the Silver Star posthumously for after being shot down in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor * Arthur L. Willard (1870–1935), United States Navy Vice Admiral, winner of Navy Cross, French Legion of Honour, and Belgian Order of Leopold (Belgium), Order of Leopold; first man to plant the American flag on Cuban soil in the Spanish–American War

Public office
;A–K * Orland K. Armstrong (1893–1987), United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative, journalist and social activist * John Ashcroft (born 1942), governor of Missouri (1985–1993),
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from Missouri (1995–2001), United States Attorney General (2001–2005) *Rex Barnett (born 1938), politician, and former officer of the Missouri State Highway Patrol * Thomas Hart Benton (senator), Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), U.S. Senator * Richard P. Bland (1835–1899), U.S. Representative for 23 years, Democratic candidate for U.S. president in 1896 * Roy Blunt (born 1950), seven-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district; Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives, House Minority Whip,
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* Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (born 1939), governor, U.S. Senator of Missouri * Leonard Boswell (1934–2018), U.S. Representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district *
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(born 1943), U.S. Senator for New Jersey, Basketball Hall of Fame, NBA Hall of Famer; born and reared in Missouri * Karilyn Brown (born c. 1947), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Pulaski County, Arkansas, Pulaski County; born in Cape Girardeau * Clarence Cannon (1879–1964), United States Congressional Delegations from Missouri, U.S. Representative 1923–1964, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, House Appropriations Committee chairman * Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897–1968), U.S. Representative, US Ambassador to Sierra Leone; father of Governor Mel Carnahan * Jean Carnahan (born 1933), first Missouri woman to become a U.S. Senator, matriarch of List of United States political families, Carnahan political family * Mel Carnahan (1924–2000), governor, posthumous U.S. Senator (died in plane crash three weeks before he was elected), patriarch of List of United States political families, Carnahan political family * Robin Carnahan (born 1961), Missouri Secretary of State * Russ Carnahan (born 1958), U.S. House of Representatives * Francis M. Cockrell (1834–1915) U.S. Senator and general in the Confederate States Army * Steven Chu (born 1948), U.S. Secretary of Energy * John Danforth (born 1936), U.S. Senator and United States Ambassador to the United Nations * Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007), U.S. Senator from Missouri (1968–1987); 1972 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Vice Presidential nominee * Josh Earnest (born 1977), White House Press Secretary to President Barack Obama * David R. Francis (1850–1927), United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1896–1897), U.S. Ambassador to Russia (1916–1917) * J. William Fulbright (1905–1995), U.S. Senator, established the Fulbright Fellowships * Dick Gephardt (born 1941), U.S. Representative from Missouri's 3rd congressional district (1977–2005); Democratic Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Majority Leader (1989–1995); candidate for the Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2004, Democratic nomination for president in the 2004 election * Michael Gerson (born 1964), chief speechwriter for George W. Bush (2001–2006) * Ulysses S. Grant, (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States * Michael Harrington (1928–1989), founder Democratic Socialists of America * George Hearst (1820–1891), U.S. Senator for California (1887–1891) * Martin Heinrich (born 1971), former Congressman and current U.S. Senator from New Mexico * Arthur M. Hyde (1877–1947), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture 1929–33, Governor of Missouri 1921–25 * Alphonso Jackson (born 1945), 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development * James L. Jones, James Jones (born 1943), U.S. National Security Advisor under Barack Obama and retired United States Marine Corps, USMC 4-star rank, four-star general * Tim Kaine (born 1958), former Governor of Virginia, Governor and current List of United States Senators from Virginia, U.S. Senator from Virginia since 2013; 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States, vice president under Hillary Clinton ;L–Z * Jerry Litton (1937–1976), two-term U.S. Representative; Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 1976; killed in plane crash before general election * Breckinridge Long (1881–1958), U.S. Ambassador to Italy and Assistant United States Secretary of State under President Franklin D. Roosevelt * Claire McCaskill, State Auditor of Missouri (1999–2007); U.S. Senator (2007–2019); first woman elected U.S. senator from Missouri * James Benton Parsons (1911–1993), federal judge * Clarke Reed (born 1928), Mississippi Republican state chairman, 1966 to 1976; instrumental in the nomination of Gerald R. Ford Jr. at the 1976 Republican National Convention; reared in Caruthersville, Missouri, and attended the University of Missouri * Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), governor of Wyoming (1925–1927); director of the United States Mint (1933–1953); List of female state governors in the United States, first woman to serve as a state governor * Mel Sembler (born 1930), U.S. Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005) and Australia (1989–1993) * Jeanne Shaheen (born 1947), U.S. Senator for New Hampshire * Ike Skelton (1931–2013), United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman for the Missouri 4th District (1977–2011), chairman United States House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House Armed Services Committee * Stuart Symington, first United States Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Secretary and U.S. Senator from Missouri * Larry Thompson (born 1945), United States Deputy Attorney General under George W. Bush * Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), vice president and 33rd President of the United States * George Turner (U.S. politician), George Turner (1850–1932), U.S. Senator and international arbitrator * David King Udall (1851–1938), served in Arizona Territory, Arizona Legislature, progenitor of the List of United States political families, Udall political family * Harold Volkmer (1931–2011), 20-year member of United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives for northeast Missouri * Jim Webb (born 1946), U.S. Senator for
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and United States Secretary of the Navy * Charles A. Williams Jr. (born 1950), Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy (2020-2021), U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, Ret. (2005) * Pete Wilson (born 1933), mayor of San Diego, California, San Diego, List of Governors of California, 36th Governor of California, U.S. Senator (1983–1991) * Robert Coldwell Wood (1923–2005), United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Lyndon B. Johnson

Science and medicine
* Augie Auer (1940–2007), atmospheric scientist and meteorologist * William F. Baker (engineer), William F. Baker (born 1953), structural engineer * Jean Bartik (1924–2011), early computer programmer and designer * Gordon Bell (born 1934), computer engineer and microcomputer pioneer * Herbert Blumer (1900–1987), sociologist, developer of symbolic interactionism * Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927), scientist and priest * George Washington Carver (c. 1864–1943), Botany, botanist * Steven Chu (born 1948), Nobel Laureate in Physics, U.S. Secretary of Energy * Robert H. Dicke (1916–1997), astronomer and physicist * Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987), inventor * David F. Duncan (born 1947), psychologist and epidemiologist * James P. Eisenstein (born 1952), physicist * Meta Given (1888–1981), home economist scientist, dietician, author * Edward T. Hall (1914–2009), anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher * Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), astronomer * Mark Johnson (philosopher), Mark Johnson (born 1949), philosopher * John Johnson (astronomer) (born 1977), astronomer and physicist * Virginia Eshelman Johnson (1925–2013), psychology researcher * Jack Kilby (1923–2005), inventor of the integrated circuit, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize winner * Roger D. Kornberg, Roger Kornberg (born 1947), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize winner * Harry Hamilton Laughlin, Harry Laughlin (1880–1943), Eugenics, eugenicist * J. C. R. Licklider (1915–1990), psychologist, computer scientist * Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891–1974), chemist * Ernest Manheim (1900–2002), sociologist * William Howell Masters (1915–2001), gynecologist * Orval Hobart Mowrer (1907–1982), psychologist * Michael Rosbash (born 1944), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * Keith Schwab (born 1968), physicist * Richard Smalley (1943–2005), Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, discovered buckminsterfullerene * Harlow Shapley (1885–1972), astronomer * William Jasper Spillman (1863–1931), plant geneticist, a founder of agricultural economics * Lewis Stadler (1896–1954), aka L.J. Stadler, maize geneticist * Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917), physician and founder of Osteopathic medicine in the United States, osteopathic medicine * Thomas H. Stix (1924–2001), plasma physicist * Norbert Wiener (1894–1964), mathematician

Miscellaneous famous Missourians
* William Becknell (1787–1856), soldier, businessman, founder of the Santa Fe Trail * Johnny Behan (1844–1912), sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral * Susan Blow (1843–1916), educator, "the mother of kindergarten" * Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), author who claimed to be a Mediumship, medium and to have psychic abilities * Nelle G. Burger (1869–1957), president for 34 years of the Missouri State Woman's Christian Temperance Union * Calamity Jane (c. 1852–1903), Native Americans in the United States, Indian fighter and frontierswoman * Alfred Caldwell (1903–1998), architect * Dale Carnegie (1888–1955), public and motivational speaker * Mike Caro (born 1944), professional poker player * James E. Cofer (born 1949), president of Missouri State University, 2010–2011; professor of business at MSU * Brad Daugherty (poker player), Brad Daugherty (born 1951), professional poker player * Moses Dickson (1824–1901), African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of the secret organization the Knights of Liberty * Matt Dillahunty (born 1969), public speaker, internet personality, Atheism, atheist activist * Timothy M. Dolan (born 1950), Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop of New York * Ella Ewing (1872–1913), "The Missouri Giantess", world's tallest woman (of her era) * Hugh Ferriss (1889–1962), delineator and architect * Julia Greeley (c. 1833–1918), ex-slave, Roman Catholic candidate for canonization * Bobby Greenlease (1947–1953), kidnap-murder victim in case that drew national attention * Phoebe Hearst (1842–1919), philanthropist, feminist and suffragist * Raelynn Hillhouse, national security and intelligence community analyst, Cold War smuggler, spy novelist * Helen Viola Jackson (1919–2020); last living wife of a Civil War Veteran * Frances C. Jenkins (1826–1915), evangelist, Quaker minister, and social reformer * Mary Ranken Jordan (1869–1962), philanthropist and community advocate * Terry Karl (born 1947), professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University * Emmett Kelly (1898–1979), circus clown * Karlie Kloss (born 1992), model and ballet dancer * Alice Moyer Wing (1866–1937), American writer and suffragist * Carrie Nation (1846–1911), advocate for the temperance movement * Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), author, illustrator and creator of the Kewpie doll * Walter J. Ong (1912–2003), Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest, cultural and religious historian and philosopher * Phyllis Schlafly (1924–2016), conservative political activist and author * Dred Scott, slave and litigant in U.S. Supreme Court Dred Scott decision * George Thampy (born 1987), Scripps National Spelling Bee champion 2000, staff member 2006 * Conrad Tillard (born 1964), politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and activist * Faye Wattleton (born 1943), feminist activist * Brian Wesbury (born 1958), economist * Halbert White (1950–2012), economics professor at University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego * Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), civil rights activist

See also
* Hall of Famous Missourians#Inductees, List of Hall of Famous Missourians inductees * List of Missouri suffragists * List of people from Columbia, Missouri * List of people from Kansas City, Missouri * List of people from Sedalia, Missouri * List of people from Springfield, Missouri * List of people from St. Joseph, Missouri * List of people from St. Louis * Lists of Americans * Missouri Wall of Fame

References
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