Biographical Records

Notable People from Missouri

2,622 notable figures born in Missouri, showing page 18 of 53, ranked by historical prominence.

Chester Starr
American historian (1914-1999)
1914 – 1999
university teacherhistorian
Henry Jameson
American soccer player (1883-1938)
1883 – 1938
association football player
Raymond Lawler
American soccer player (1888-1946)
1888 – 1946
association football player
Beulah Poynter
Beulah Poynter
American actor, writer and playwright
1883 – 1960
noveliststage actorplaywright
Felix Slatkin
American conductor (1915–1963)
1915 – 1963
conductor
Tom Whitlock
American songwriter (1954–2023)
1954 – 2023
songwriter
Samuel W. Arnold
Samuel W. Arnold
American politician (1879-1961)
1879 – 1961
retail workerschool superintendentbureaucrat
Larry Winn
Larry Winn
American politician (1919-2017)
1919 – 2017
politician
Owen Bush
Owen Bush
American actor (1921-2001)
1921 – 2001
television actoractor
Alfred H. Clifford
American mathematician (1908-1992)
1908 – 1992
university teachermathematician
Lottie Briscoe
Lottie Briscoe
American actress (1883-1950)
1883 – 1950
stage actoractor
Harvey Phillips
American tubist (1929–2010)
1929 – 2010
music educatormusician
Fred Harman
American comic strip artist (1902-1982)
1902 – 1982
draftspersonpainterartist
Walker Edmiston
American radio, television and voice actor
1925 – 2007
radio drama actortelevision actorvoice actor
Charles Luckman
American architect
1909 – 1999
architect
Hugh S. Fowler
American film editor (1912-1975)
1912 – 1975
film editor
Bob Munden
Bob Munden
World-renowned exhibition shooter with all types of firearms, and "The Fastest Man with a Gun who Ever Lived."
1942 – 2012
sport shooter
Ermine Cowles Case
American paleontologist (1871–1953)
1871 – 1953
earth scientistuniversity teacherpaleontologist
Smoky Joe Wood
Smoky Joe Wood
Baseball player and coach (1889-1985)
1889 – 1985
baseball player
Sarah Brady
Sarah Brady
American activist
1942 – 2015
activist
Francis MacNutt
Francis MacNutt
American priest (1925-2020)
1925 – 2020
converttheologianuniversity teacher
Evan S. Connell
American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist (1924-2013)
1924 – 2013
novelistaircraft pilotbiographer
Dick Williams
Dick Williams
American baseball manager (1929-2011)
1929 – 2011
baseball player
Grace La Rue
Grace La Rue
American actress and singer (1882–1956)
1880 – 1956
Ziegfeld girlstage actorsinger
Sonny Myers
Sonny Myers
American professional wrestler
1924 – 2007
professional wrestleramateur wrestler
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
American explorer (1862–1933)
1862 – 1933
meteorologisttravelerexplorer
Paul Henning
American producer and writer (1911–2005)
1911 – 2005
film producersongwritertelevision producer
Lorraine Krueger
Lorraine Krueger
actor (1918-2003)
1918 – 2003
film actoractor
Arch Hall, Sr.
Arch Hall, Sr.
American actor (1908–1978)
1908 – 1978
manufacturerfilm actorfilm producer
Billie Moore
Billie Moore
American basketball coach
1943 – 2022
basketball coachbasketball player
Paulette Jiles
Paulette Jiles
Canadian writer
1943 – 2025
novelistpoetwriter
Lee Winfield
Lee Winfield
American basketball player-coach (1947-2011)
1947 – 2011
basketball coachbasketball player
Chuck Baird
American actor
1947 – 2012
artist
Helen Boyce
Helen Boyce
American actress (1918-1997)
1918 – 1997
film actoractor
Howard Sachar
Professor Emeritus of History and International Affairs, George Washington University (1928-2018)
1928 – 2018
university teacherhistorianwriter
Lloyd Espenschied
American electrical engineer (1889–1986)
1889 – 1986
engineer
Herman Keiser
professional golfer (1914–2003)
1914 – 2003
golfer
Rusty Draper
Rusty Draper
American country and pop singer (1923–2003)
1923 – 2003
radio personalitysongwritermusician
Francis Doyle Gleeson
He was the last Vicar Apostolic of Alaska and the first Bishop of Fairbanks
1895 – 1983
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.
Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.
American politician (1926-1992)
1926 – 1992
politicianlawyer
Joseph W. McClurg
Joseph W. McClurg
Union Army officer, politician (1818-1900)
1818 – 1900
governorcoloneljurist
Robert P. McCulloch
American entrepreneur and city founder (1911-1977)
1911 – 1977
inventorentrepreneur
Michael Evans
Michael Evans
American photographer (1944-2005)
1944 – 2005
journalistphotojournalistphotographer
Henry Bellamann
American writer (1882–1945)
1882 – 1945
music journalistmusic educatornovelist
Percy Heath
American screenwriter and dramatist (1884–1933)
1884 – 1933
journalistplaywrightscreenwriter
Curtis Counce
American musician (1926–1963)
1926 – 1963
jazz musicianmusician
Edward M. Irwin
Edward M. Irwin
American politician
1869 – 1933
politician
Percy Wenrich
Percy Wenrich
American composer of ragtime and popular music (1887–1952)
1887 – 1952
keyboardistmusiciancomposer
Buzz Barton
American actor (1913-1980)
1913 – 1980
film actoractor
Edgar Alwin Payne
Edgar Alwin Payne
American artist (1883-1947)
1882 – 1947
painter
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