Biographical Records

Notable People from Missouri

2,622 notable figures born in Missouri, showing page 10 of 53, ranked by historical prominence.

Edgar Lewis
Edgar Lewis
American actor, film director and screenwriter ( -1938)
1875 - 1938
film actorfilm producerfilm director
William Stickney
Amateur golfer (1879–1944)
1879 - 1944
golfer
Harry Holman
Harry Holman
actor
1872 - 1947
film actorstage actoractor
Joseph Jackson
American sports shooter
1880 - 1960
sport shooter
John E. Miller
John E. Miller
American politician (1888-1981)
1888 - 1981
prosecutorjuristpolitician
Henry F. Phillips
American businessman (1889–1958)
1889 - 1958
business executiveinventorbusinessperson
William T. Passmore
American lacrosse player (1882-1955)
1882 - 1955
lacrosse player
George Passmore
American lacrosse player (1889–1952)
1889 - 1952
lacrosse player
Breckinridge Long
Breckinridge Long
American diplomat (1881-1958)
1881 - 1958
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
James O. McKinsey
James O. McKinsey
founder of McKinsey & Company (1889–1937)
1889 - 1937
manageruniversity teachercertified public accountant
Lester R. Ford
American mathematician
1886 - 1967
university teachermathematician
Vester Pegg
American actor (1889-1951)
1889 - 1951
circus performercowboyactor
Wilbur Sweatman
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician (1882–1961)
1882 - 1961
saxophonistjazz musicianbandleader
Phog Allen
American football and basketball coach (1885–1974)
1885 - 1974
American football coachbaseball playerbasketball player
Benjamin Anderson
Benjamin Anderson
American economist (1886-1949)
1886 - 1949
university teacherbankereconomist
Laura Sawyer
Laura Sawyer
actress (1885-1970)
1885 - 1970
film actoractor
Elmer Holt
Elmer Holt
American politician (1884-1945)
1884 - 1945
politician
Forrest C. Donnell
Forrest C. Donnell
American politician (1884–1980)
1884 - 1980
juristgovernorpolitician
Carl Edward Bailey
Carl Edward Bailey
Arkansas politician (1894-1948)
1894 - 1948
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Jane Grant
Jane Grant
American journalist (1892–1972)
1892 - 1972
journalist
James P. Kem
James P. Kem
American politician (1890-1965)
1890 - 1965
politicianlawyer
Ben Hardaway
American story artist and voice actor (1895-1957)
1895 - 1957
film actorstory artistvoice actor
F. Richard Jones
F. Richard Jones
American film director and producer (1893-1930)
1893 - 1930
directorfilm producerfilm director
Del Andrews
Del Andrews
Hollywood writer and director (1894-1942)
1894 - 1942
film producerfilm directorcinematographer
Slim Whitaker
Slim Whitaker
actor (1893-1960)
1893 - 1960
actor
Howard Kinsey
Howard Kinsey
US tennis player (1899–1966)
1899 - 1966
tennis player
Carl Hubbell
Carl Hubbell
American baseball player
1903 - 1988
baseball player
Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell
American musician (1906–1969)
1906 - 1969
recording artistjazz musicianmusician
Mildred Esther Mathias
American botanist, horticulturalist, botanical collector and university teacher (1906-1995)
1906 - 1995
scientific collectorbotanisthorticulturist
Philip Klutznick
Philip Klutznick
American politician (1907–1999)
1907 - 1999
real estate developerphilanthropistinvestor
Edward Pawley
Edward Pawley
American actor (1901-1988)
1901 - 1988
film actorstage actoractor
Frank Sully
Frank Sully
American actor (1908-1975)
1908 - 1975
television actoractor
Henry Iba
American basketball player and coach (1904–1993)
1904 - 1993
basketball coachbasketball player
William C. Mellor
American cinematographer (1903-1963)
1903 - 1963
cinematographer
Julia Lee
American blues and dirty blues musician (1902–1958)
1902 - 1958
musicianpianistsinger
James Brooks
James Brooks
American painter (1906-1992)
1906 - 1992
lithographerpainterteacher
Oliver Horn
American water polo player (1901-1960)
1901 - 1960
water polo player
Derelys Perdue
Derelys Perdue
American actress (1902-1989)
1902 - 1989
danceractor
Velma Middleton
Velma Middleton
American singer (1917–1961)
1917 - 1961
jazz singerjazz musicianmusician
Otto Schmitt
American scientist (1913–1998)
1913 - 1998
biophysicistuniversity teacherbiologist
Melvin Kranzberg
Melvin Kranzberg
American historian (1917–1995)
1917 - 1995
historian of technologyuniversity teacherhistorian
Henderson Forsythe
American actor (1917-2006)
1917 - 2006
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Jane Hadley Barkley
Jane Hadley Barkley
Second Lady of the United States from 1949 to 1953
1911 - 1964
politician
Constance Reid
American writer (1918–2010)
1918 - 2010
historian of mathematicsbiographerauthor
William Ching
William Ching
American actor (1913-1989)
1913 - 1989
television actorsingeractor
David Sharpe
stunt performer (1910-1980)
1910 - 1980
film actorstunt performeractor
Winston Miller
actor, screenwriter (1910-1994)
1910 - 1994
film produceractorscreenwriter
Charles Caldwell Ryrie
Dispensationalist theologian (1925–2016)
1925 - 2016
visiting docentnon-fiction writeruniversity teacher
Betsy Ancker-Johnson
American physicist (1927-2020)
1927 - 2020
inventorphysicist
Dale Dehaven Myers
Dale Dehaven Myers
Deputy Administrator of NASA
1922 - 2015
military flight engineerengineer
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