List of people from St. Louis, Missouri
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This is a list of famous residents of St. Louis or St. Louis County, Missouri. The dates in parenthesis signify lifespan, not necessarily dates of actual residence in the city.
- Akon (Aliaune Thiam) (1974 –), hip hop and R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer
- Raleigh DeGeer Amyx (1938 –) collector of Olympic and Presidential memorabilia[1]
- Maya Angelou (1928 –), poet, playwright, memoirist (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), actress
- Eberhard Anheuser (1805–1880), businessman, owner of the company that would later become the Anheuser-Busch Company
- Noah Antwiler (1980 –), Internet comedian (The Spoony Experiment)
- Henry Armstrong (1912–1988), professional boxer, world Welterweight champion 1938 - 1940
- Josephine Baker (1906–1975), dancer, singer, actress, Légion d'Honneur appointee, civil rights activist
- Scott Bakula (1954 –), actor (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise)
- James F. Ballard (1851–1931), pharmaceutical entrepreneur, and art collector
- Thomas P. Barnett (1870–1929), architect and impressionist painter
- Fontella Bass (1940 –), soul and R&B singer ("Rescue Me")
- Cool Papa Bell (1903–1991), Negro League baseball player, Hall of Fame member
- Graham Bensinger, sports journalist for ESPN Radio
- Sally Benson, Author
- Yogi Berra (1925–), Major League Baseball player (New York Yankees 1946 - 1963), manager, and coach, Hall of Fame member
- Chuck Berry (1926 –), rock musician and composer (Johnny B. Goode)
- Fred Berry (1951–2003), actor (What's Happening!!)
- Joe Besser (1907–1988), actor, comedian, member of The Three Stooges
- Linda Blair (1959 –), actress (The Exorcist)
- Susan Blow (1843–1916), educator, opened the first successful public kindergarten in the United States
- Kit Bond (1939–) U.S Senator from Missouri
- Daniel Boone (1734–1820), explorer, hunter, soldier, businessman, politician
- Evan Bourne (1983- ), WWE professional wrestler
- Lou Brock (1939 –), Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals 1964 - 1979), Hall of Fame member
- Shirley Brown (1947 –), soul/R&B singer ("Woman to Woman")
- Jack Buck (1924–2002), sportscaster, St. Louis Cardinals' lead announcer 1969 - 2002
- Joe Buck (1969 –), sportscaster, football and baseball announcer for Fox, son of Jack Buck
- Mark Buehrle (1979 –), Major League Baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox 2000–present)
- Grace Bumbry (1937 –), opera singer
- T-Bone Burnett (1948 –), rock and country performer, composer, and producer
- William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), novelist, social critic, and spoken-word performer, grandson of the inventor
- William Seward Burroughs I (1855–1898), inventor of an adding machine, founder of the Burroughs Corporation, grandfather of the novelist
- Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), cofounder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser
- Adolphus Busch III (1891–1946), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, son of August Anheuser Busch, Sr.
- August Anheuser Busch, Sr. (1865–1934), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, son of Adolphus Busch
- Gussie Busch (August Anheuser Busch, Jr.) (1899–1989), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader, philanthropist
- August Busch III (1937 –), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader
- August Busch IV (1964 –), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader
- Norbert Leo Butz (1967 –), Tony Award-winning actor
- Thomas Cahill (1864–1951), athlete, coach, businessman; one of the founding fathers of American soccer (football)
- Kate Capshaw (1953 –), actress (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), wife of Steven Spielberg
- Chip Caray (1965 - ), sportscaster for the Chicago Cubs (1998–2004), the Atlanta Braves and Fox
- Harry Caray (1914–1998), sportscaster, lead announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–1969) and Chicago Cubs (1981–1997)
- Skip Caray (1939–2008), sportscaster, announcer for the Atlanta Braves (1976–2008)
- Nell Carter (1948–2003), Tony Award-winning singer and actress (Ain't Misbehavin')
- Lori Chalupny (1984 –), US Women's National Soccer Team Member
- Cedric the Entertainer (1964 –), comedian/ actor
- C. J. Cherryh (1942 –), science-fiction novelist
- Chingy (Howard Bailey, Jr.) (1980 –), hip-hop recording artist and actor
- Kate Chopin (1851–1904), novelist (The Awakening)
- Bill Chott (1969 –), comedian and actor (The Ringer, Saturday Night Live, Wizards of Waverly Place)
- Auguste Chouteau (1740–1829), co-founder of St. Louis, urban planner, businessman, civic leader
- David Clarenbach (1953 –), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Patrick Clark Television Reporter and Host
- William Clark (1770–1838), explorer, government administrator
- Sarah Clarke (1972 –), actress (24)
- Andy Cohen (1968 –). Television executive at Bravo network. Considered one of the first openly gay talk-show hosts.
- Barry Commoner (1917 –), biologist, college professor, eco-socialist, and presidential candidate
- Arthur Compton (1892–1962), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1927
- Jimmy Connors (1952 –), professional tennis player, 5-time U.S. Open winner in men's singles
- Bert Convy (1933–1991), actor and game-show host
- Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896–1984); Gerty Cori (1896–1957), biochemists, joint Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947
- Bob Costas (1952 –), sportscaster, talk-show host
- Bryan Cox (1968 –), National Football League linebacker 1991 - 2002
- Jim Cox (1920 –), professional football player
- Lavell Crawford (1968 –), stand-up comedian, actor
- John Danforth (1936 –), statesman, diplomat, attorney, civic leader, U.S. Senator 1977–1995
- William H. Danforth (1870–1956), founder of the Ralston Purina Company; grandfather of John Danforth and William H. "Bill" Danforth
- William H. "Bill" Danforth (1926 –), physician, professor of medicine, and chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis 1971–1995
- Billy Davis, Jr. (1940 –), R&B/soul singer, member of The 5th Dimension
- Dwight F. Davis (1879–1945), athlete, government administrator
- Miles Davis (1926–1991), musician
- Dizzy Dean (1910–1974), athlete, broadcaster
- Dan Dierdorf (1949 –), athlete, broadcaster
- Phyllis Diller (1917 –), comedian
- Thom Donovan (1974 –), musician (Lapush)
- Jack Dorsey (1976 –), software architect and businessperson, creator of Twitter
- Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), dancer
- Tim Dunigan (1955 –), actor
- James Eads (1820–1887), engineer
- Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007), statesman, attorney, civic leader
- Charles Eames (1907–1978), designer, filmmaker
- Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), actor
- William Edenborn (1848–1926), industrialist and inventor
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), poet (Nobel Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom), critic
- William Greenleaf Eliot (1811–1887), educator, medical reformer, civil rights activist, grandfather of T. S. Eliot
- Stanley Elkin (1930–1995), author
- Preston Elliot, radio personality, Preston and Steve on WMMR in Philadelphia
- Mary Engelbreit (1952 –), artist
- Walker Evans (1903–1975), photographer
- Max Factor (1904–1996), cosmetics maker
- Lee Falk (1911–1999), comic strip creator
- Eugene Field (1850–1895), author
- Shandi Finnessey (1978 –), host, Miss USA 2004
- Jenna Fischer (1974 –), actress
- Ellen Foley (1951 –), singer, actress
- Richard Fortus (1966-) musician/guitarist, Guns N' Roses, Psychedelic Furs, Honky Toast, Love Spit Love, Pale Divine / The Eyes
- Redd Foxx (1922–1991), comedian, actor
- James Franciscus (1934–1991), actor (Mr. Novak, Longstreet)
- Mary Frann (1943–1998), actress
- Jonathan Franzen (1959 –), author
- David Freese(1983-), St.Louis Cardinals Baseball player
- Bob Gale (1951 –), screenwriter, film producer
- Pud Galvin (1856–1902), Major League Baseball player[2]
- Joe Garagiola (1926 –), athlete, broadcaster
- Dave Garroway (1913–1982), broadcaster
- William H. Gass (1924 –), author, critic
- Martha Gellhorn, author and journalist; third wife of Ernest Hemingway
- Richard Gephardt (1941 –), politician
- Steve Gerber (1947–2008), comic-book writer, co-creator of Howard the Duck
- Frances Ginsberg (1955–2010), opera singer
- David Giuntoli (1981 –), actor
- John Goodman (1952 –), actor
- Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress
- Grant Green (1935–1979), jazz guitarist
- Trent Green, athlete
- Dick Gregory (1932 –), comedian, civil rights activist
- Charles Guenther, poet, translator, newspaper critic
- Robert Guillaume (1927 –), Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor
- James Gunn, screenwriter, director
- Sean Gunn, actor
- Moses Gunn, actor
- Laurell K. Hamilton, author
- Jon Hamm (1971 –), actor, 2008 Golden Globe winner for Best Actor, for Mad Men
- Sally Hampton (1958 –), writer, producer
- John Hartford (1937–2001), musician (Grammys)
- Donny Hathaway (1945–1979), Grammy-winning, singer, songwriter, producer, composer (Atlantic Records)
- Pat Healy, mixed martial arts fighter
- Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz saxophonist, composer
- George E. Hibbard (1924–1991), art collector, advocate for Tibetan Independence
- George Hickenlooper, filmmaker
- Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003), artist
- Robert A. Holekamp (1848–1922), businessman and apiarist
- Ken Holtzman (1945 –), major league baseball 2-time All-Star pitcher
- A.E. Hotchner (1920 –), author, editor, philanthropist
- Ryan Howard (1979 –), 2005 NL Rookie of the Year, 2006 National League MVP and 3-time All-Star first baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
- Huey (Lawrence Franks, Jr.) (1988 –), rapper
- Larry Hughes, athlete, Chicago Bulls
- Chuck T. Harmon aka Chuck Harmony, Los Angeles-based music producer. Has produced Mary J. Blige, Celine Dion, Fantasia, Rihanna, etc.
- Glenn Jacobs (1967 –), professional wrestler, ring name Kane
- Cam Janssen, professional ice hockey player
- Ella Jenkins, musician
- Jibbs (Jovan Campbell) (1990 –), rapper
- J-Kwon (Jerrell Jones) (1986 –), rapper
- Johnnie Johnson, musician (1924–2005)
- Justine Joli, adult actress
- Scott Joplin, songwriter (Pulitzer Prize), musician, "King of Ragtime"
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee, athlete, educator
- Sean James, athlete, noted best father in Missouri (1978-
- Stan Kann (1924–2008), musician, entertainer
- Ben Kasica (1984- –), Musician
- Andreas Katsulas (1946–2006), actor
- David Kaufman (1969 –), character actor and voice actor (Danny Phantom)
- Jim Kekeris (1923 –), National Football League player
- Dorothea Kent (1916–1990), film actress
- Joseph J. Kelley Sr. (1903-1985), Real Estate Developer, Civic Leader[3]
- Dickie Kerr (1893–1963), baseball pitcher
- Albert King (1923–1992), musician
- Silver King (1868–1938), Major League Baseball player[2]
- Kevin Kline (1947 –), Academy Award-winning actor
- Karlie Kloss (1992 –), model
- Matthew Korklan also known as WWE wrestler Evan Bourne
- Pierre Laclede (1758–1849), urban planner (co-founder of St. Louis), businessman, government administrator, civic leader
- Pat LaFontaine (1965 –), NHL hockey player
- Oliver Lake (1942 –), jazz saxophonist, composer
- Christopher Largen (1969 –), author, filmmaker, journalist, activist
- David Lee (1983 –), NBA basketball player
- Jim Lee (1964 –), comic book artist, writer and publisher
- Murphy Lee, rapper
- Tod Leiweke, (1960 –), sports executive
- Maggie LePique (1964 –), jazz radio host, Los Angeles, California
- Stacey Levine, fiction writer, journalist
- Jenifer Lewis, (1957–), actress
- Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), adventurer, pilot, soldier, author
- Theodore Link (1850–1923), architect
- Sonny Liston (1932–1970), heavyweight champion boxer
- Vicki Mabrey (1956 –), broadcast Journalist
- Ed Macauley, athlete
- Jeremy Maclin (1988 –), athlete, American football wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
- James S. Marshall, Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Peter Martin (1970 –), jazz pianist
- Marsha Mason, actress
- Masters and Johnson, medical researchers and therapists, authors
- Stan Masters (1922–2005), American realism artist
- Ron Mathis (1958-1980), former Major League baseball player
- Bill Mauldin (1921–2003), cartoonist (Pulitzer Prizes)
- Morton D. May, philanthropist, community leader, art collector, chairman of May Department Stores
- Virginia Mayo, actress
- Larissa Meek (1978 –), Miss Missouri 2001
- Joyce Meyer (1943 –), religious preacher and speaker
- Emmett McAuliffe, lawyer and talk show host
- Jimmy McCracklin (1921 –), pianist, vocalist and songwriter
- Michael McDonald, singer (Grammys)
- Robert McFerrin, Sr., classical singer, father of Bobby McFerrin
- Robert McHenry, encyclopedist and author
- George McManus, creator of the comic strip Bringing Up Father
- Javier Mendoza, singer-songwriter and composer
- David Merrick, theatrical producer (Tony Awards)
- Jay Miller, athlete
- Russ Mitchell (1960 –), journalist and television news anchor
- Taylor Momsen, actress, singer-songwriter
- Archie Moore, athlete
- Marianne Moore, poet (Pulitzer Prize), essayist, translator
- Agnes Moorehead, actress
- Bill Mueller, baseball Player
- Nick Murphy, NFL punter 2002-2005
- Stan Musial, baseball Hall of Fame player for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Nelly (Cornell Haynes, Jr.) (1974 –), rapper, singer and actor
- Howard Nemerov, (1920–1991), poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), author, critic
- Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese American actor
- Rich Niemann (1946 –), athlete
- Frank Nuderscher (1880–1959), American Impressionist painter
- Dan O'Bannon, screenwriter, director
- Gyo Obata, architect
- Franklin W. Olin (1860–1951), industrialist, philanthropist
- Walter J. Ong, scholar
- "Cowboy" Bob Orton, professional wrestler
- Josh Outman, Major League Baseball player (Oakland Athletics)
- Akilah Oliver(1961–2011), renowned poet, author, professor
- John Pankow (1954 –), actor (Beverly Hills Cop, Mad About You)
- King Parsons (1949 –), professional wrestler
- Marlin Perkins (1905–1986), zoologist, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster
- Evan Peters (1987 –), actor ("American Horror Story)
- Mike Peters, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and comic strip artist
- Julie Piekarski (1963 –), Mouseketeer, actress
- Emil Preetorius (1827–1905), journalist
- Vincent Price (1911–1993), actor
- Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), publisher, philanthropist, creator of the Pulitzer Prize
- Neil Rackers (1976 –), athlete, placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals
- Harold Ramis (1944 –), author, director, actor
- Peter H. Raven (1936 –), botanist, academic administrator, civic leader
- Hank Raymonds (1924–2010), coached the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1977 to 1983; he also was Athletic Director at Marquette from 1977 to 1987
- Tim Ream, Major League Soccer defender for the New York Red Bulls
- Wallace Reid (1891–1923), actor, early cinema sex symbol
- Hadley Richardson (1891–1979), first wife of Ernest Hemingway
- Branch Rickey (1881–1965), business executive
- Lance Robertson (1965–), musician and host of children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba! (as DJ Lance Rock)
- Harry Rogers (1950 –), professional basketball player
- Irma S. Rombauer (1877–1962), author
- William Roth (1963–), actor, founder and producing director St. Louis Actors' Studio
- Jean Rouverol (1916 –), author, actress and screenwriter; blacklisted in the 1950s
- Jack Rowe (1856–1911), major league baseball player[2]
- Charles M. Russell (1864–1926), artist, storyteller
- Doris Roberts (1930 –), actress
- John S. Samuel, U.S. Air Force Major General
- David Sanborn, musician (Grammys)
- Edward Saxon, film producer (The Silence of the Lambs)
- Max Scherzer, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
- Phyllis Schlafly, socially conservative Republican author, broadcaster, and political organizer
- Zander Schloss, musician (bassist for the Circle Jerks and The Weirdos), actor
- Red Schoendienst, Hall of Fame second baseman, coach, and manager for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Dred Scott (1799–1858) & Harriet Scott (1815–1860), civil rights activists
- Mike Shannon, (1939 –), affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals for 50 years, as a player (1962–1970), in the front office, and, since 1972, as a radio and TV announcer
- Art Shamsky, former Major League Baseball outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager
- Henry Shaw (1800–1889), botanist, philanthropist, businessman, author
- William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), soldier (Commander, United States Army)
- Frank Simek, soccer player with Sheffield Wednesday. Also a USA International.
- Kimora Lee Simmons (1975 –), former model and mogul
- Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Grammys)
- Jane Smiley (1949 –), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- Nikko Smith, singer, former American Idol contestant, son of Ozzie Smith
- Ozzie Smith, Hall of Fame shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Willie Mae Ford Smith, singer
- Leon Spinks, former world champion boxer
- Michael Spinks, former world champion boxer
- Corey Spinks, former world champion boxer
- Paul Stastny, professional hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche
- Yan Stastny, professional hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
- Harry Steinfeldt, Major League Baseball player[2]
- Edward Steinhardt (1961 –) American poet and author
- Willie Sudhoff, Major League Baseball player[2]
- James W. Symington, U.S. Representative, statesman, attorney
- Jim Talent (1956 –), politician
- Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), poet (Pulitzer Prize)
- Clark Terry, musician
- George Thampy (1987-), 2000 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
- Kay Thompson, singer, songwriter, author
- Gina Tognoni (1973 –), actress
- Henry Townsend, musician
- Helen Traubel, classical and popular singer
- Quincy Troupe, poet, editor, journalist
- Ernest Trova, artist
- Truth Hurts (Shari Watson) (1971 –), R&B singer
- Orrin Tucker (1911 –), bandleader
- Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990, TV journalist
- Ike Turner (1931–2007), singer, musician, music industry administrator (influential talent scout)
- Tina Turner, singer (Grammys), actor
- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835–1910), author
- Taylor Twellman (1980 –), professional soccer player
- Kenny Wallace (1963 –), NASCAR driver
- Mike Wallace (1959 –), NASCAR driver
- Rusty Wallace (1956 –), former NASCAR champion driver
- Steve Wallace (1987 –), NASCAR driver
- Trey Waltke (1955 –), former tennis player, won 1 ATP title in 1980 and reached 2 other finals
- Maxine Waters (1938 –), politician
- Earl Weaver (1930 –), baseball player and manager
- Dick Weber (1929–2005), professional bowler
- Dave Weckl (1960 –), musician drummer
- Annie Wersching (1977 –) actress best known for her role as FBI special agent Renee Walker on the American television series 24.
- Jo-Jo White (1946 –), basketball player
- Verner Moore White (1863–1923), artist
- Marissa Whitley, Miss Teen USA 2001
- Mary Wickes (1910–1995), actress
- Violet Wilkey (1903–1976), actress
- Tennessee Williams, aka Thomas Lanier (1911–1983), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
- Ike Willis (1957? –), musician
- Angela Winbush (1955 –), R&B/soul singer and songwriter
- Matt Winer, sports journalist (KSDK-TV, ESPN)
- Trey Wingo (1955 –), sports journalist (KSDK-TV, ESPN)
- Kellen Winslow (1957 –), NFL football player, hall of famer
- Shelley Winters (1920–2006), Academy Award-winning actress
- Edwin E. Woodman, Wisconsin State Senator
- Harriett Woods (1927–2007), politician, two-time Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Missouri, and a former Lieutenant Governor
- Dan Wool, musician, film soundtrack composer with the group Pray for Rain
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