Biographical Records

Notable People from Missouri

2,622 notable figures born in Missouri, showing page 9 of 53, ranked by historical prominence.

Frederick Semple
American tennis player (1872–1927)
1872 – 1927
golfertennis player
George Ovey
George Ovey
actor (1870-1951)
1870 – 1951
film actoractor
Benjamin Spradley
boxer
1879 – 2000
boxer
Arthur Yancey Wear
American tennis player (1880-1918)
1880 – 1918
tennis player
Simeon Price
Amateur golfer (1882–1945)
1882 – 1945
golfer
Earl Hurd
Earl Hurd
American animator and film director (1880–1940)
1880 – 1940
story artistfilm directorcartoonist
Anne Bauchens
Anne Bauchens
American film editor (1882-1967)
1882 – 1967
film editorassistant director
James C. Marshall
James C. Marshall
US Army general and engineer
1897 – 1977
military personnelpolitician
Clyde De Vinna
Clyde De Vinna
cinematographer (1890-1953)
1890 – 1953
cinematographer
Errett Lobban Cord
Errett Lobban Cord
Founder of the Cord Corporation (1894-1974)
1894 – 1974
inventorentrepreneurpolitician
Lloyd Whitlock
Lloyd Whitlock
American actor (1891–1966)
1891 – 1965
actor
Oliver T. Marsh
American cinematographer (1893-1941)
1892 – 1941
cinematographer
Lewis R. Foster
Lewis R. Foster
screenwriter, director, producer, television composer (1898-1974)
1898 – 1974
film screenwriterdirectorfilm producer
Cal Hubbard
Cal Hubbard
American football player and coach, baseball umpire (1900–1977)
1900 – 1977
American football playerathletics competitorbaseball player
Robert Everard Woodson
American botanist (1904–1963)
1904 – 1963
explorerbotanistcurator
Harlow Rothert
Harlow Rothert
American shot putter (1908-1997)
1908 – 1997
athletics competitorbasketball player
Carl Eckart
Carl Eckart
American physicist (1902-1973)
1902 – 1973
university teacherphysicist
Charles McGinnis
American pole vaulter (1906–1995)
1906 – 1995
athletics competitor
Connee Boswell
Connee Boswell
American musician (1907–1976)
1907 – 1976
cellistjazz musicianmusic arranger
William Rose
William Rose
American screenwriter (1914-1987)
1914 – 1987
screenwriter
George Mackey
George Mackey
American mathematician (1916–2006)
1916 – 2006
topologistuniversity teachermathematician
Milt Buckner
Milt Buckner
American jazz pianist and organist (1915–1977)
1915 – 1977
jazz musicianmusicianpianist
Robert C. Tucker
Sovietologist (1918–2010)
1918 – 2010
university teacherpolitical scientistpedagogue
Marshall Hall
Marshall Hall
American mathematician (1910-1990)
1910 – 1990
university teachermathematician
Verna Fields
Verna Fields
American film editor and entertainment industry executive (1918-1982)
1918 – 1982
film editorsound editoraudio technician
Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger (1918–1995)
1918 – 1995
jazz pianistjazz musicianmusic arranger
Hall Bartlett
American filmmaker (1922-1993)
1922 – 1993
film actordirectorfilm producer
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky
American country music singer
1925 – 2011
country musiciansongwritermusician
Ramon Bieri
American actor (1929-2001)
1929 – 2001
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Robert Louis Dressler
American botanist (1927-2019)
1927 – 2019
scientific collectorbotanical collectorbotanist
Barbara Sinatra
Barbara Sinatra
American model, showgirl, and socialite; wife of Zeppo Marx and Frank Sinatra (1927-2017)
1927 – 2017
modelshowgirlsocialite
Billy Cook
Billy Cook
American mass murderer (1928-1952)
1928 – 1952
spree killercriminalserial killer
Gloria Hemingway
Gloria Hemingway
American physician (1931-2001)
1931 – 2001
physician
Ike Skelton
Ike Skelton
American politician (1931-2013)
1931 – 2013
politicianlawyer
Danielle Bunten Berry
American game designer and programmer (1949-1998)
1949 – 1998
computer scientistengineer
Robert Rayford
American teenager who died in 1969, thought to be the first death from AIDS in North America
1953 – 1969
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus C. Dodge
American politician (1812-1883)
1812 – 1883
diplomatpolitician
Levi Ankeny
Levi Ankeny
American politician (1844-1921)
1844 – 1921
politician
John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth
American politician (1854-1922)
1854 – 1922
juristgovernorpolitician
Tom Horn
Tom Horn
American outlaw
1860 – 1903
army scoutcontract killerdetective
James F. Hinkle
James F. Hinkle
American politician (1864-1951)
1862 – 1951
governorpoliticianmayor
Ella Ewing
Ella Ewing
Tallest female of her era (1872–1913)
1872 – 1913
circus performersideshow performer
Malin Craig
Malin Craig
American politician (1875-1945)
1875 – 1945
military officer
Joseph I. France
Joseph I. France
American politician (1873-1939)
1873 – 1939
politicianphysician
Roscoe C. Patterson
Roscoe C. Patterson
American politician (1876–1954)
1876 – 1954
politicianlawyer
DeWitt Clarke Jennings
DeWitt Clarke Jennings
American actor
1871 – 1937
film actorstage actor
Arthur Willard Pryor
Arthur Willard Pryor
American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band (1870–1942)
1870 – 1942
bandleadertrombonistconductor
Nelson McDowell
Nelson McDowell
American actor (1870-1947)
1870 – 1947
film actoractor
Stuart Stickney
Amateur golfer (1877–1932)
1877 – 1932
golfer
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