Hall of Famous Missourians
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The Hall of Famous Missourians is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, in the third-floor rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol. The group of bronze busts depicts prominent Missourians honored for their achievements and contributions to the state. Inductees are selected by the Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. As of 2012 there are 39 inductees. The busts are created by three Missouri sculptors, Sabra Tull Meyer, E. Spencer Schubert, and William J. Williams.
[edit] Inductees
- John Ashcroft (1942- ), U.S. Attorney General and Senator (2006)
- David Rice Atchison (1807-1886), U.S. Senator, President pro-tempore of the Senate (1991)
- Josephine Baker (1906-1975), entertainer and civil rights activist (1995)
- Bob Barker (1923- ), television personality (2007)
- Tom Bass (1859-1934), horse trainer (1999)
- Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), painter and muralist (1985)
- George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), painter (2010)
- Susan Elizabeth Blow (1843-1916), educator (1983)
- Omar Bradley (1893-1981), WWII military commander (1992)
- Jack Buck (1924-2002), sportscaster (2006)
- Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), author and educator (2006)
- George Washington Carver (1864-1943), scientist, botanist and educator (1983)
- Champ Clark (1850-1921), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2000)
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009), broadcast journalist (1999)
- Walt Disney (1901-1966), film and animation innovator (1993)
- Alexander Doniphan (1808-1887), state legislator and militia leader (2008)
- Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852), missionary and educator (2006)
- Betty Grable (1916-1973), actress (2009)
- Scott Joplin (1868-1917), ragtime composer and pianist (1992)
- Joyce C. Hall (1891-1982), businessman (1995)
- Warren E. Hearnes (1923-2009), former Missouri governor (2010)
- Edwin Hubble (1889-1953), astronomer (2003)
- Lamar Hunt (1932-2006), sportsman (2008)
- Ewing Kauffman (1916-1993), businessman and sportsman (1997)
- Emmett Kelly (1898-1979), circus performer and clown (1996)
- James Smith McDonnell (1899-1980), businessman (2010)
- Stan Musial (1920 - ), baseball player (2000)
- Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), pastor, author and political activist (1996)
- John Neihardt (1881-1973), poet and philosopher
- Buck O'Neil (1911-2006), baseball player (2012)
- Charlie Parker (1920-1955), jazz saxophonist and composer (1994)
- James Cash Penney (1875-1971), businessman (1994)
- Marlin Perkins (1905-1986), zoologist (2004)
- John J. Pershing (1860-1948), WWI military commander (1995)
- Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), dancer and actress
- Sacajawea (1788-1812), interpreter and guide (1993)
- Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), U.S. President (1991)
- Mark Twain (1835-1910), author and humorist (1982)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), author (1993)
