Biographical Records
Notable People from Missouri
2,622 notable figures born in Missouri, showing page 13 of 53, ranked by historical prominence.
Dallas Willard
1935 – 2013
religious writernon-fiction writerphilosopher
Edward H. Moore
1871 – 1950
rancherfarmerpolitician
Carr Neel
1873 – 1949
tennis player
Don Gillis
1912 – 1978
classical composermusicologistconductor
Doris Akers
1923 – 1995
recording artistmusic arrangerchoir director
Tex Rickard
1870 – 1929
boxing promotersports promoter
Kate Toncray
1867 – 1927
film actoractor
Lucy Delaney
1830 – 1890
slavewriter
L. Patrick Gray
1916 – 2005
military officerpolitician
Robert Guthrie
1916 – 1995
microbiologistphysician
Gerard Swope
1872 – 1957
entrepreneur
Frank Schreiner
1879 – 1937
water polo player
Charles J. Hughes Jr.
1853 – 1911
university teacherpoliticianlawyer
Teddy Infuhr
1936 – 2007
film actoractor
Sally Todd
1934 – 2022
film actorPlayboy Playmateactor
Sally Benson
1897 – 1972
short story writerwriterscreenwriter
Elmer Keith
1899 – 1984
inventorwriter
Sally Long
1901 – 1987
film actorstage actordancer
Jane Ace
1900 – 1974
actor
Dixie Kid
1883 – 1934
boxer
Arthur Stone
1883 – 1940
actor
Paul Crouch
1934 – 2013
journalist
Frank L. Houx
1854 – 1941
governorpoliticianmayor
Lloyd C. Stark
1886 – 1972
military officergovernorpolitician
Bill Lear
1902 – 1978
military flight engineerinventorengineer
Mike Todorovich
1923 – 2000
basketball playerbasketball coach
Lewis V. Bogy
1813 – 1877
politicianlawyer
Clarence Andrew Cannon
1879 – 1964
Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representativesparliamentarianclerk
Harold Lee Volkmer
1931 – 2011
prosecutorjuristpolitician
Henry Heitfeld
1859 – 1938
politician
Earl Weaver
1930 – 2013
baseball player
Harry Tate
1886 – 1954
association football player
Smith W. Brookhart
1869 – 1944
politicianlawyer
Harold Ashby
1925 – 2003
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
Mickey Carroll
1919 – 2009
film actoractor
Maurice King
1934 – 2007
basketball player
Richard Steere
1909 – 2001
fencer
Kermit Beahan
1918 – 1989
air force officeraircraft pilot
James S. Green
1817 – 1870
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Leon C. Phillips
1890 – 1958
juristgovernorpolitician
Mattie Edwards Hewitt
1869 – 1956
photographer
Patricia Farr
1913 – 1948
film actoractor
Neal E. Boyd
1975 – 2018
opera singer
Phyllis Fraser
1916 – 2006
film actorchildren's writerpublisher
Bobby Rhine
1976 – 2011
association football player
Ralph Barton
1891 – 1931
caricaturistfilm directorcartoonist
Paul Albert Zipfel
1935 – 2019
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Kate Field
1838 – 1896
magazine writerlecturerjournalist
Lillian Harman
1869 – 1929
activistwriter
Leonor Sullivan
1902 – 1988
politician