Maya Angelou (1928 - ) Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; born in St. Louis.
	David Rice Atchison (1807 - 1886) A Missouri native, held the office of president of the United States for one day in 1849.
	Scott Bakula (1955 - ) Actor of television’s “Quantum Leap”; born in St. Louis.
	Yogi Berra (1925 - ) New York Yankee catcher that won 10 World Series; born in St. Louis.
	Chuck Berry (1926 - ) Singer known for “Johnny B. Goode”; born in Wentzville.
	Susan Elizabeth Blow (1843 - 1916) Teacher and founder of the nation’s first public kindergarten in St. Louis; born in St. Louis.
	Omar N. Bradley (1893 - 1981) Commanded the 12th Army Group in World War II, the largest American force ever united under one man's command.  Bradley served 69 years on active duty in the Armed Forces, longer than any other soldier in United States history; born near Clark.
	Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835 - 1910) Author made famous with Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; born in Florida, MO.
	T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965) Nobel Prize winning author of The Wasteland; born in St. Louis.
	Jesse James (1847 - 1882) Famous outlaw killed by one of his own gang; born in Kearney.
	Rush Limbaugh (1951 - ) Radio and television talk show host; born in Cape Girardeau.
	James Cash Penney (1875 - 1971) Founder of the J.C. Penney Company; born in Hamilton
	Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) The 33rd President of the United States; born in Lamar.
	Kathleen Turner (1954 - ) Actress starring in Romancing the Stone; born in Springfield.
	Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981) Leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); born in St. Louis.

More Famous People of Missouri

	Robert Altman film director, Kansas City
	Burt Bacharach songwriter, Kansas City
	Josephine Baker singer, dancer, Saint Louis
	Wallace Beery actor, Kansas City
	William Bent fur trader, pioneer, Saint Louis
	Robert Russell Bennett composer, Kansas City
	Thomas Hart Benton painter, Neosho
	Bill Bradley basketball player, Crystal City
	Grace Bumbry soprano, Saint Louis
	William Burroughs writer, Saint Louis
	Sarah Caldwell opera director, conductor, Maryville
	Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane) frontierswoman, Princeton
	Dale Carnegie teacher of public speaking, Maryville
	George Washington Carver educator, agricultural chemist, Diamond Grove
	Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) author, Florida
	Walter Cronkite TV newscaster, Saint Joseph
	Robert Cummings actor, Joplin
	Jane Darwell actress, Palmyra
	Charles Stark Draper inventor, Windsor
	Jeanne Eagels actress, Kansas City
	James Fergason inventor, Wakenda
	Eugene Field author, poet, Saint Louis
	Redd Foxx actor, comedian, Saint Louis
	James W. Fulbright senator, Sumner
	John Goodman actor, Affton
	Betty Grable actress, Saint Louis
	Dick Gregory comic, activist, Saint Louis
	Jean Harlow actress, Kansas City
	Edwin Hubble astronomer, Marshfield
	Jack S. Kilby inventor, Jefferson City
	James Langston Hughes poet, Joplin
	William Lear aviation inventor, Hannibal
	John Huston film director, Nevada
	Bernarr MacFadden physical culturist, Mill Springs
	Mary Margaret McBride TV hostess, Paris
	Robert D. Maurer inventor, St. Louis
	Marianne Moore poet, Saint Louis
	Geraldine Page actress, Kirksville
	Marlin Perkins TV host, zoo director, Carthage
	John J. Pershing army leader, pershing rifles, Linn County
	Vincent Price actor, Saint Louis
	Ginger Rogers dancer, actress, Independence
	Charles M. Russell painter, artist St. Louis
	Nellie Tayloe Ross first woman elected governor of a state, Saint Joseph
	Ted Shawn dancer, choreographer, Kansas City
	Casey Stengel baseball player, Kansas City
	Gladys Swarthout soprano, Deepwater
	Sara Teasdale poet, Saint Louis
	Virgil Thomson composer, Kansas City
	Dick Van Dyke actor, West Plains
	Dennis Weaver actor, Joplin
	Pearl White actress, Greenridge