Famous Missourians
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Missouri or spent some important time in Missouri.
Maya Angelou, poet and novelist
Adam Archuleta, football player
Moses Austin, lead miner
Noah Beery, actor
Wallace Beery, actor
Kendrell Bell, football player
Emil Brown, baseball player
Isaac Bruce, football player
Marc Bulger, football player
William S. Burroughs, novelist
Chris Carpenter, baseball player
Kit Carson, explorer and lawman
John Danforth, U.S. senator
David DeJesus, baseball player
David Eckstein, baseball player
Jim Edmonds, baseball player
Marshall Faulk, football player
Anton Feuchtwanger, inventor of hot dogs
London Fletcher, football player
Vincent (Chin) Gigante, Mafia Oddfather
Tony Gonzalez, football player
Trent Green, football player
Zack Greinke, baseball player
Mark Grudzielanek, baseball player
Az-Zahir Hakim, football player
Dante Hall, football player
Ernest Hamwi, inventor of ice cream cone
Runelvys Hernandez, baseball player
Wild Bill Hickock, gunfighter and gambler
Priest Holmes, football player
Torry Holt, football player
Edwin Hubble, astronomer
Jason Isringhausen, baseball player
Steve Jackson, football player
Frank James, outlaw
Jesse James, outlaw
Derrick Johnson, football player
Larry Johnson, football player
Elizabeth Keckly, dress designer
Eddie Kennison, football player
Jose Lima, baseball player
Rush Limbaugh, radio talk show host and author
Scott Linehan, football coach
Leonard Little, football player
Jim Mabry, baseball player
Dexter McCleon, football player
Jill Jackson Miller, actress and composer of The Peace Song
Yadier Molina, baseball player
Matt Morris, baseball player
Mark Mulder, baseball player
Howard Nemerov, poet
Abraham Nunez, baseball player
Tom Nutten, football player
Orlando Pace, football player
Gino Pariani, soccer player
Brad Pitt, actor
Albert Pujols, baseball player
Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher
Tony Richardson, football player
Willie Roaf, football player
Nellie David Tayloe Ross, Wyoming governor and first woman governor in the U.S
Reggie Sanders, baseball player
Ryan Sims, football player
Jeff Suppan, baseball player
Patrick Surtain, football player
So Taguchi, baseball player
Derrick Thomas, football player
Adam Timmerman, football player
Harry S. Truman, U.S. president
Mark Twain, novelist and humorist
Lawrence Tynes, football player
Miyoshi Umeki, actress
Willard Duncan Vandiver, U.S. congressman
Larry Walker, baseball player
Kurt Warner, football player
Dwayne Washington, football player
James Webb, U.S. senator and secretary of
the navy
Matt Willig, football player
Grant Winstrom, football player
