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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.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

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
Henry Armstrong (1912 - 1988), professional boxer, world Welterweight champion 1938 - 1940

B

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
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!!)
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
Lou Brock (1939 - ), Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals 1964 - 1979), Hall of Fame member
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

C

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

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C. J. Cherryh (1942 - ), science-fiction novelist
Chingy (1980 - ), rapper
Kate Chopin (1851 - 1904), novelist (The Awakening)
Auguste Chouteau (1740 - 1829), co-founder of St. Louis, urban planner, businessman, civic leader
William Clark (1770 - 1838), explorer, government administrator
Sarah Clarke (1972 - ), actress (24)
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

D

John Danforth (1936–present), statesman, diplomat, attorney, civic leader
Billy Davis, Jr. (1940–present), R&B/soul singer, member of The Fifth Dimension
Dwight F. Davis (1879–1945), athlete, government administrator
Miles Davis (1926–1991), musician
Dizzy Dean (1910–1974), athlete, broadcaster
Dan Dierdorf (1949–present), athlete, broadcaster
Phyllis Diller (1917–present), comedian
Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), dancer
Tim Dunigan (1955–present), actor

E

James Eads (1820-1887): Engineer
Thomas Eagleton (1929-2007): Statesman, attorney, civic leader
Charles Eames (1907-1978): Designer, filmmaker
Buddy Ebsen (1908-2003): Actor
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965): Poet (Nobel Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom), critic
Rev. William Greenleaf Eliot (1811-1887): Educator, medical reformer, civil rights activist, grandfather of T. S. Eliot
Preston Elliot: Radio Personality, Preston and Steve on WMMR in Philadelphia
Stanley Elkin (1930-1995): Author
Mary Engelbreit (1952-present): Artist
Walker Evans (1903-1975): Photographer

F

Max Factor (1904-1996): cosmetics maker
Lee Falk (1911-1999): comic strip creator
Eugene Field (1850-1895): Author
Shandi Finnessey (1978-present): Host, former Miss USA 2004
Jenna Fischer (1974-present): Actress
Ellen Foley (1951-present): Singer, actress
Redd Foxx (1922-1991): Comedian, actor
Jonathan Franzen (1959-present): Author

G

Bob Gale (1951-present), screenwriter, film producer
Pud Galvin (1856-1902), Major League Baseball player¹
Joe Garagiola (1926-present), athlete, broadcaster
Dave Garroway (1913-1982), broadcaster
William H. Gass (1924-present), author, critic
Martha Gellhorn, author and journalist; third wife of Ernest Hemingway
Richard Gephardt (1941-present), politician
Steve Gerber (1947-2008), comic-book writer, co-creator of Howard the Duck
John Goodman (1952-present), actor
Betty Grable (1916-1973), actress
Grant Green (1935-1979), jazz guitarist
Trent Green, athlete
Dick Gregory (1932-present), comedian, civil rights activist
Robert Guillaume (1927-present), Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor
James Gunn, screenwriter, director
Sean Gunn, actor
Moses Gunn, actor
Walter F. Gunn, (1951-present), artist, writer, producer, founder and first director of the Sheldon Arts Foundation (Sheldon Concert Hall)

H

Laurell K. Hamilton: Author
Sally Hampton (1958-present) Writer Producer
John Hartford (1937-2001): Musician (Grammys)
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
A.E. Hotchner (1920-present): Author, editor, philanthropist
Ryan Howard Athlete, Philadelphia Phillies
Huey - rapper
Larry Hughes Athlete, Cleveland Cavaliers

I

William Inge (1913-1973): Author (Pulitzer Prize)
Halsey Ives (1847-1911), Museum and school founder and director, director of two world fairs' art exhibitions (Louisiana Purchase Exposition and World's Columbian Exposition

J

Glen Jacobs (born 1967), professional wrestler, ring name Kane
Cam Janssen: Professional ice hockey player
Ella Jenkins: Musician
Jibbs: Rapper
J-Kwon: Rapper
Jo-Jo White (1946-): Basketball Player
Johnnie Johnson: Musician (1924-2005)
Justine Joli: Adult Actress
Scott Joplin: Songwriter (Pulitzer Prize), musician
Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Athlete, educator

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K

Stan Kann: Musician, entertainer
Dickie Kerr: Baseball pitcher
Albert King: Musician
Silver King: major league baseball player¹
Kevin Kline: Academy Award-winning Actor
Kellen Winslow (1957-present): NFL football player, hall of famer

L

Oliver Lake (1942-) : Jazz saxophonist, composer
Pierre Laclede (1758-1849): Urban planner (co-founder of St. Louis), businessman, government administrator, civic leader
Pat LaFontaine (1965-) NHL hockey player
David Lee (1983-present): NBA basketball player
Maggie LePique (1964-) Jazz radio host; Los Angeles, California.
Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974): Adventurer, pilot, soldier, author
Theodore Link (1850-1923): Architect
Sonny Liston (1932-1970): Heavyweight Champion Boxer

M

Vicki Mabrey (1956-present): Broadcast Journalist
Ed Macauley: Athlete
Marsha Mason: Actress
Masters and Johnson: Medical researchers and therapists, authors
Bill Mauldin: Artist (Pulitzer Prizes)
Morton D. May: Philanthropist, community leader, art collector, chairman of May Department Stores
Virginia Mayo: Actress
Larissa Meek:(1978-present) Former Miss Missouri 2001
Joyce Meyer: (1943-present) Religious Preacher and Speaker
Emmett McAuliffe: Lawyer and talk show host.
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
David Merrick: Theatrical producer (Tony Awards)
Taylor Momsen: Actress
Sloane Momsen: Actress
Archie Moore: Athlete
Marianne Moore: Poet (Pulitzer Prize), essayist, translator
Agnes Moorehead: Actor
Murphy Lee: Rapper
Bill Mueller: Baseball Player
Stan Musial: Baseball Hall of Fame player for the St. Louis Cardinals

N

Nelly: rapper
Howard Nemerov: Poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), author, critic
Dustin Nguyen: Vietnamese American actor

O

Gyo Obata: Architect
Franklin W. Olin (1860-1951): Industrialist, philanthropist
Walter J. Ong: scholar
"Cowboy" Bob Orton: Professional Wrestler
Randy Orton: Professional Wrestler, Son of Bob Orton Jr.

P

Marlin Perkins (1905-1986): Broadcaster (Emmys), Zoologist
Mike Peters: Artist (Pulitzer Prize)
Julie Piekarski (1963-Present): Former Mouseketeer, Actress
Vincent Price (1911-1993): Actor
Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911): Publisher, philanthropist, creator of Pulitzer Prize

R

Neil Rackers (1976-present): Athlete, placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals
Harold Ramis: Author, director, actor
Peter Raven: Botanist, academic administrator, civic leader
Hadley Richardson (1891-1979): first wife of Ernest Hemingway
Branch Rickey: Business executive
Irma Rombauer: Author
Jack Rowe: major league baseball player¹
Charles M. Russell: Artist, storyteller

S

David Sanborn, musician (Grammys)
Edward Saxon, film producer (The Silence of the Lambs)
Max Scherzer, pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
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
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-present), former model and mogul
Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Grammys)
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
Paul Stastny, professional hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche
Yan Stastny, professional hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
Harry Steinfeldt, Major League Baseball player¹
Willie Sudhoff, Major League Baseball player¹
James W. Symington, U.S. Representative, statesman, attorney

T

Jim Talent (1956–present), politician
Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), poet (Pulitzer Prize)
Clark Terry, musician
Aliaune Thiam (Akon), rapper
Kay Thompson, singer, songwriter, author
Gina Tognoni (1973–present), actress
Henry Townsend, musician
Helen Traubel, classical and popular singer
Quincy Troupe, poet, editor, journalist
Ernest Trova, artist
Orrin Tucker (1911–present), 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, aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), author
Taylor Twellman (1980–present), professional soccer player

U

David King Udall (1851-1938): Politician

V

Mona Van Duyn, poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), editor
George Van Haltren, Major League Baseball player¹
Andrew Volpe, guitarist and lead singer of the St. Louis-based band Ludo

W

Kenny Wallace (1963–present), NASCAR driver
Mike Wallace (1959–present), NASCAR driver
Rusty Wallace (1956–present), former NASCAR champion driver
Steve Wallace (1987–present), NASCAR driver
Trey Waltke (1955–present), former tennis player, won 1 ATP title in 1980 and reached 2 other finals
Maxine Waters (1938–present), politician
Earl Weaver (1930–present), baseball player and manager
Dick Weber (1929–2005), professional bowler
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?–present), musician
Angela Winbush (1955–present), R&B/soul singer and songwriter
Shelley Winters (1920–2006), Academy Award-winning actress
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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References

1. ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Reichler, Joseph L., ed{{#ifeq|.|.||.}} (1979). The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th edition ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.

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