List of people from St. Louis

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Brooke Adams (born 1984), professional wrestler, best known as Brooke Tessmacher

Akon (born 1973), real name Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, musician

Matt Alber (born 1975), singer-songwriter, musician

Wilhelm Albers, Wisconsin State Assemblyman

Devon Alexander (born 1987), professional boxer, IBF welterweight world champion

Raleigh DeGeer Amyx (born 1938), collector of Olympic and Presidential memorabilia

Maya Angelou (1928–2014), poet, playwright, memoirist (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)

Eberhard Anheuser (1805–1880), businessman, owner of company that would become Anheuser-Busch

Noah Antwiler (born 1980), Internet comedian (The Spoony Experiment)

Henry Armstrong (1912–1988), professional boxer, welterweight champion 1938–1940

Dick Ault (1925–2007), track and field athlete

B

Josephine Baker (1906–1975), dancer, singer, actress, Légion d'Honneur appointee, civil rights activist

Scott Bakula (born 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 (1940–2012), soul and R&B singer ("Rescue Me")

Bradley Beal (born 1993), guard for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association

Cool Papa Bell (1903–1991), Negro League baseball player, Hall of Fame member

Robert Benecke (1835–1903), early photographer

Graham Bensinger, sports journalist for ESPN Radio

Sally Benson, author whose short stories became the book, then movie Meet Me in St Louis

Yogi Berra (1925–2015), Major League Baseball player (New York Yankees 1946–1963), manager, coach, Hall of Famer

Chuck Berry (1926-2017), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 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

Jud Birza (born 1989), model, winner of Survivor: Nicaragua

Linda Blair (born 1959), actress (The Exorcist)

Sean Blakemore, actor, Shawn Butler on ABC's General Hospital

Susan Blow (1843–1916), educator, opened first successful public kindergarten in the U.S.

Kit Bond (born 1939), U.S Senator from Missouri

Daniel Boone (1734–1820), explorer, hunter, soldier, businessman, politician

Evan Bourne (born 1983), WWE professional wrestler

Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927), Catholic priest and scientist

Christine Brewer (born 1955), Grammy Award winner, soprano

Lottie Briscoe (1883–1950), stage and silent film actress

Lou Brock (born 1939), Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals 1964–1979), Hall of Famer

Shirley Brown (born 1947), soul/R&B singer ("Woman to Woman")

Sterling K. Brown (born 1976), actor

Evan Bourne, real name Matthew Korklan, WWE wrestler

Butch Buchholz (born 1940), Hall of Fame tennis player

Jack Buck (1924–2002), Hall of Fame sportscaster, St. Louis Cardinals' announcer 1969–2002

Joe Buck (born 1969), sportscaster, football and baseball announcer for Fox, son of Jack Buck

Mark Buehrle (born 1979), Major League Baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays)

Grace Bumbry (born 1937), opera singer

T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), rock and country performer, composer, and producer

William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), novelist, social critic, spoken-word performer; grandson of inventor William Seward Burroughs I

William Seward Burroughs I (1855–1898), inventor of the adding machine, founder of Burroughs Corporation; grandfather of novelist William S. Burroughs

Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with 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 (born 1937), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader

August Busch IV (born 1964), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader

Norbert Leo Butz (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor

Jim Byrnes (born 1948), actor and musician (Wiseguy, Highlander: The Series)

C

Thomas Cahill (1864–1951), athlete, coach, businessman; a founding father of American soccer

Haydee Campbell (d. 1921), kindergarten pioneer in St. Louis

Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), wife of Steven Spielberg

Chip Caray (born 1965), sportscaster for Chicago Cubs, 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')

Louis Cella (1866–1918), capitalist, real estate mogul, turfman, and political financier

Cedric the Entertainer (born 1964), comedian and actor

Lori Chalupny (born 1984), U.S. women's national soccer team member

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805–1866), explorer, guide, fur trader, military scout, mayor, and gold prospector, born to Sacagawea during the Lewis and Clark Expedition and raised in St. Louis by William Clark

C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), science-fiction novelist

Chingy (born 1980), real name Howard Bailey, Jr., hip-hop recording artist and actor

Kate Chopin (1851–1904), novelist (The Awakening)

Auguste Chouteau (1740–1829), co-founder of St. Louis, urban planner, businessman, civic leader

David Clarenbach (born 1953), member of Wisconsin State Assembly

Patrick Clark, television reporter and host

William Clark (1770–1838), explorer, government administrator

Sarah Clarke (born 1972), actress (24)

Mac Cody (born 1972), football player in NFL, CFL, AFL

Andy Cohen (born 1968), television executive and personality at Bravo network, one of the first openly gay talk-show hosts

Barry Commoner (born 1917), biologist, college professor, eco-socialist, and presidential candidate

Arthur Compton (1892–1962), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1927

Jimmy Connors (born 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 (born 1952), sportscaster, talk-show host

Bryan Cox (born 1968), NFL linebacker 1991–2002

Jim Cox (born 1920), professional football player

Lavell Crawford (born 1968), stand-up comedian, actor

Kalel Cullen (born 1989), YouTube personality, animal rights activist

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John Danforth (born 1936), statesman, diplomat, attorney, civic leader, U.S. Senator 1977–1995

William H. Danforth (1870–1956), founder of Ralston Purina Company; grandfather of John Danforth and William H. "Bill" Danforth

William H. "Bill" Danforth (born 1926), physician, professor of medicine, and chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis 1971–1995

Billy Davis, Jr. (born 1938), R&B and soul singer, member of The 5th Dimension

Dwight F. Davis (1879–1945), athlete, government administrator

Miles Davis (1926–1991), musician, winner of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Dizzy Dean (1910–1974), baseball pitcher, broadcaster

Dan Dierdorf (born 1949), football player, broadcaster

Phyllis Diller (1917–2012), comedian

L. John Doerr (born 1951), venture capitalist

Domino (born 1972), real name Shawn Antoine Ivy, rapper, born in St. Louis

Colin Donnell (born 1982), actor, Arrow

Thom Donovan (born 1974), musician (Lapush)

Jack Dorsey (born 1976), software architect and businessperson, creator of Twitter and Square

Bob Dotson (born 1946), broadcast journalist, NBC correspondent

Dora Doxey (1879–1921), accused of murder in 1909; found not guilty

Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), dancer

Tim Dunigan (born 1955), actor

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James Eads (1820–1887), engineer

Thomas Eagleton (1929–2007), statesman, attorney, civic leader

Charles Eames (1907–1978), designer, filmmaker

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

Mary Engelbreit (born 1952), artist

Walker Evans (1903–1975), photographer

Steve Ewing, singer/actor, The Urge

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Max Factor (1904–1996), cosmetics maker

Lee Falk (1911–1999), comic strip creator

Eugene Field (1850–1895), author

Curtis Finch, Jr. (born 1988), American Idol Season 12 contestant

Shandi Finnessey (born 1978), Miss USA 2004

Jenna Fischer (born 1974), actress

Jamar Fletcher (born 1979), professional football player

Jason Fletcher (born 1975), sports agent

Ellen Foley (born 1951), singer, actress

Richard Fortus (born 1966), musician, Guns N' Roses

Redd Foxx (1922–1991), comedian, actor

Malcolm Frager (1935–1991), concert pianist

James Franciscus (1934–1991), actor (Mr. Novak, Longstreet)

Mary Frann (1943–1998), actress (Newhart)

Jonathan Franzen (born 1959), author

David Freese (born 1983), baseball player

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Bob Gale (born 1951), screenwriter, film producer

Alberta Gallatin (1861–1948), stage and screen actress, raised in St. Louis

Pud Galvin (1856–1902), Major League Baseball player

Joe Garagiola (born 1926), baseball player, sportscaster, television personality, author

Jan Garavaglia (born 1956), Chief Medical Examiner of the District 9 Morgue in Orlando, Florida; television personality

Dave Garroway (1913–1982), television personality, first host of NBC's Today Show

William H. Gass (born 1924), author, critic

Martha Gellhorn, author and journalist; third wife of Ernest Hemingway

Richard Gephardt (born 1941), politician

Steve Gerber (1947–2008), comic-book writer, co-creator of Howard the Duck

Frances Ginsberg (1955–2010), opera singer

David Giuntoli (born 1981), actor

Martin Goldsmith (born 1952), music writer and radio personality

John Goodman (born 1952), actor

Harry Goz (1932–2003), actor, Sealab 2021

Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress

Grant Green (1935–1979), jazz guitarist

Trent Green, football player

Dick Gregory (born 1932), comedian, civil rights activist

Charles Guenther, poet, translator, newspaper critic

Robert Guillaume (born 1927), Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor

James Gunn, screenwriter, director

Sean Gunn, actor

Moses Gunn, actor

H

Emily Hahn (1905–1997), journalist, author

Laurell K. Hamilton, author

Jon Hamm (born 1971), Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award award-winning actor, Mad Men

Henry Hampton (1940–1998), film producer, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954–1965) and Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads (1965–1980s)

Sally Hampton (born 1958), writer, producer

Chuck T. Harmon aka Chuck Harmony, music producer for Mary J. Blige, Celine Dion, Fantasia, Rihanna

Doris Hart (1925-2015), Hall of Fame tennis player, two-time U.S. Open champion

John Hartford (1937–2001), musician, Grammy Award winner

Culver Hastedt (1883–1966), runner, gold medal winner at 1904 Summer Olympics

Donny Hathaway (1945–1979), Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, producer, composer

Pat Healy, mixed martial arts fighter

Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz saxophonist, composer

Jacob Henderson (born 1987), writer, theater director and producer, social justice speaker

George E. Hibbard (1924–1991), art collector, advocate for Tibetan Independence

George Hickenlooper, filmmaker

Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003), artist and cartoonist

Bobby Hofman (1925–1994), Major League Baseball player

Solly Hofman (1882–1956), Major League Baseball player

Erin Marie Hogan (born 1985), actress and activist

Robert A. Holekamp (1848–1922), businessman and apiarist

Ken Holtzman (born 1945), baseball pitcher

A.E. Hotchner (born 1920), author, editor, philanthropist

Elston Howard (1929–1980), baseball player, first black player for New York Yankees

Ryan Howard (born 1979), baseball player, 2005 NL Rookie of the Year, 2006 National League MVP and All-Star first baseman, Philadelphia Phillies

Huey (born 1988), real name Lawrence Franks, Jr., rapper

Larry Hughes, basketball player, Chicago Bulls

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Vedad Ibišević (born 1984), Bosnian soccer player

William Inge (1913–1973), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Ernie Isley (born 1952), songwriter, guitarist of soul and R&B group The Isley Brothers

Ronald Isley (born 1941), lead singer of The Isley Brothers; co-owns St. Louis-based Notifi Records

Halsey Ives (1847–1911), museum and school founder, director of two world-fair art exhibitions (Louisiana Purchase Exposition and World's Columbian Exposition)

J

Sean James (born 1978), athlete

Cam Janssen (born 1984), ice hockey player

Ella Jenkins (born 1924), musician

Jibbs (born 1990), real name Jovan Campbell, rapper

J-Kwon (born 1986), real name Jerrell Jones, rapper

Jeremiah Johnson, blues musician

Johnnie Johnson (1924–2005), musician

Justine Joli (born 1980), adult-film actress

Scott Joplin (1867/1868–1917), songwriter (Pulitzer Prize), musician, "King of Ragtime"

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born 1962), Olympic gold-medalist track & field athlete; educator; sister of Olympic athlete Al Joyner; sister-in-law of Florence "Flo Jo" Griffith-Joyner

K

Kane (born 1967), real name Glenn Jacobs, professional wrestler

Stan Kann (1924–2008), musician, entertainer

Bruce Karsh (born 1955), lawyer and investor

Ben Kasica (born 1984), musician

Andreas Katsulas (1946–2006), actor (Babylon 5)

David Kaufman (born 1969), character actor and voice actor (Danny Phantom)

Jim Kekeris (born 1923), NFL player

Ellie Kemper (born 1980), actress, The Office

Dorothea Kent (1916–1990), film actress

Dickie Kerr (1893–1963), baseball pitcher

Imrat Khan (born 1935), Indian classical musician

Albert King (1923–1992), musician

Silver King (1868–1938), Major League Baseball player

Kingsley (born 1990)

Kevin Kline (born 1947), Academy Award-winning actor

Karlie Kloss (born 1992), model

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Pierre Laclede (1729–1778), urban planner; co-founder of St. Louis; government administrator; civic leader

Pokey Lafarge (born 1983), musician and singer

Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), NHL hockey player

Joseph Lahti (born 1975), geography guru

Elizabeth Laime, podcaster, writer

Oliver Lake (born 1942), jazz saxophonist, composer

Christopher Largen (born 1969), author, filmmaker, journalist, activist

David Lee (born 1983), NBA basketball player

Murphy Lee, rapper

Tod Leiweke (born 1960), sports executive

Maggie LePique (born 1964), jazz radio host

Stacey Levine, fiction writer, journalist

Jenifer Lewis (born 1957), actress

Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), adventurer, pilot, soldier, author

Theodore Link (1850–1923), architect

Sonny Liston (1932–1970), heavyweight champion boxer

M

Vicki Mabrey (born 1956), broadcast journalist

Ed Macauley (1928–2011), Hall of Fame basketball player

Jeremy Maclin (born 1988), football wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs)

James S. Marshall, Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Peter Martin (born 1970), jazz pianist

Marsha Mason, Golden Globe Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actress

Masters and Johnson, medical researchers and therapists, authors

Stan Masters (1922–2005), American realism artist

Ron Mathis (born 1958), Major League baseball player

Bill Mauldin (1921–2003), cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize winner

Morton D. May, philanthropist, community leader, art collector, chairman of May Department Stores

Virginia Mayo (1920–2005), born Virginia Clara Jones, actress

Emmett McAuliffe, lawyer and talk show host

Jimmy McCracklin (born 1921), pianist, vocalist and songwriter

Michael McDonald, singer, Grammy Award winner

Robert McFerrin, Sr., classical singer, father of Bobby McFerrin

Robert McHenry, encyclopedist and author

Jim McKelvey (born 1965), computer science engineer, co-founder of Square, a mobile payments company

Chuck McKinley, Hall of Fame tennis player, 1963 Wimbledon champion

Ben McLemore (born 1993), basketball player

George McManus, creator of comic strip Bringing Up Father

Larissa Meek (born 1978), Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997, Miss Missouri 2001, creative director at BGT Partners

Javier Mendoza, singer-songwriter and composer

David Merrick, theatrical producer (Tony Awards)

Joyce Meyer (born 1943), religious preacher and speaker

Bob Miller (1939–1993), MLB pitcher, StL Cardinals, graduated from Beaumont High School

Jay Miller, basketball player

George A. Mitchell, founder of Cadillac, Michigan

Russ Mitchell (born 1960), journalist and television news anchor

Taylor Momsen, singer-songwriter, model, actress

Archie Moore, boxer, world light-heavyweight champion

Marianne Moore, poet (Pulitzer Prize), essayist, translator

Agnes Moorehead, Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actress

Bill Mueller, baseball player St Louis Cardinals

Nick Murphy, NFL punter 2002–2005

Stan Musial (1920–2013), Hall of Fame baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals

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Nelly (born 1974), real name Cornell Haynes, Jr., rapper, singer and actor

Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), author, critic

Eric P. Newman (born 1911), numismatist

Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese American actor

Rich Niemann (born 1946), athlete

Frank Nuderscher (1880–1959), American Impressionist painter

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Dan O'Bannon, screenwriter, director

Gyo Obata, architect

Anne-Marie O'Connor, journalist, author

St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903–1977), real name James Burke Oden, blues musician

Franklin W. Olin (1860–1951), industrialist, philanthropist

Angel Olsen (born 1987), folk and indie rock musician

Walter J. Ong, scholar

Barry Orton, former professional wrestler

"Cowboy" Bob Orton, former professional wrestler

Randy Orton, professional wrestler

Josh Outman, Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics

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David Packouz (born 1982), international arms dealer and subject of 2016 film Arms and the Dudes

Evan Peters (born 1987), actor

Ken Page (born 1954), actor, voice actor, cabaret singer

Lucia Pamela (1904–2002), musician, mother of Georgia Frontiere

John Pankow (born 1954), actor (Beverly Hills Cop, Mad About You)

King Parsons (born 1949), professional wrestler

Ann Peebles (born 1947), soul singer, songwriter

D.H. Peligro, real name born Darren Henley, drummer for Dead Kennedys and Red Hot Chili Peppers

Frank P. Pellegrino (1901–1975), businessman, philanthropist, chief executive officer of International Hat Company

Marlin Perkins (1905–1986), zoologist, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster

Evan Peters (born 1987), actor (American Horror Story)

Mike Peters, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and comic strip artist, creator of Mother Goose and Grimm

Stone Phillips (born 1954), television journalist

Julie Piekarski (born 1963), Mouseketeer, actress

Bill Porter (1931–2010), audio engineer

Louise Post (born 1966), musician (Veruca Salt)

Emil Preetorius (1827–1905), journalist

Vincent Price (1911–1993), actor (House of Wax, The Ten Commandments, The Fly, Edward Scissorhands)

Victor Proetz (1897–1966), architect, designer, author of poetry and verse

Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), publisher, philanthropist, creator of the Pulitzer Prize

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Neil Rackers (born 1976), athlete, placekicker for Arizona Cardinals

Harold Ramis (1944–2014), author, director, actor; graduated from Washington University (1966)

Judy Rankin (born 1945), professional golfer and TV commentator, World Golf Hall of Famer

David Rasche (born 1944), actor

Peter H. Raven (born 1936), botanist, academic administrator, civic leader

Hank Raymonds (1924–2010), coached Marquette University men's basketball 1977-83; athletic director 1977-87

Tim Ream, professional soccer player, defender for Bolton Wanderers of Football League Championship and United States men's national soccer team

Wallace Reid (1891–1923), actor, early cinema sex symbol

Steven Reigns (born 1975), poet, activist, educator

Hadley Richardson (1891–1979), first wife of Ernest Hemingway

Branch Rickey (1881–1965), baseball executive

Rob Riti (born 1976), football player

Doris Roberts (1925–2016), actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)

Leonard Roberts (born 1972), actor

Lance Robertson (born 1965), musician and host of children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba! (as DJ Lance Rock)

Harry Rogers (born 1950), professional basketball player

Mike Rodgers (born 1985), track and field sprinter

Irma S. Rombauer (1877–1962), author

Jean Rouverol (born 1916), author, actress and screenwriter; blacklisted in the 1950s

Jack Rowe (1856–1911), major league baseball player

Charles M. Russell (1864–1926), artist, storyteller

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John S. Samuel, U.S. Air Force Major General

David Sanborn, musician, Grammy Award winner

Becky Sauerbrunn, soccer player

Edward Saxon, film producer (The Silence of the Lambs)

Max Scherzer, MLB pitcher

Phyllis Schlafly, socially conservative Republican author, broadcaster, and political organizer

Zander Schloss, bassist for the Circle Jerks and The Weirdos; actor

Red Schoendienst (born in 1923 in Germantown, Illinois), Hall of Fame second baseman, coach, manager for St. Louis Cardinals

Chris Schuler, professional soccer player for Real Salt Lake

Dred Scott (1799–1858) and Harriet Scott (1815–1860), civil rights activists

Art Shamsky, Major League Baseball outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager

Mike Shannon (born 1939), affiliated with St. Louis Cardinals for over 50 years, as a player (1962–1970), in front office, and, since 1972, radio and TV announcer

Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), president of Shapleigh Hardware Company and early pioneer of St. Louis

Henry Shaw (1800–1889), botanist, philanthropist, businessman, author

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), soldier; commander of United States Army

Roberta Sherwood, singer and actress

Sherman Silber, physician and infertility specialist

Frank Simek, soccer player with Sheffield Wednesday, also USA International

Kimora Lee Simmons (born 1975), model and mogul

Leonard Slatkin, conductor, Grammy Award winner

Jane Smiley (born 1949), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Nikko Smith, singer, American Idol contestant; son of Ozzie Smith

Ozzie Smith, Hall of Fame shortstop for St. Louis Cardinals

Phyllis Smith, actress on NBC's The Office and Disney's movie Inside Out

Willie Mae Ford Smith, singer

Philip Sneed, singer, musician (Story Of The Year, Greek Fire), writer, radio personality

Corey Spinks, world champion boxer

Leon Spinks, world champion boxer

Michael Spinks, world champion boxer

Paul Stastny, hockey player for St. Louis Blues

Yan Stastny, hockey player for St. Louis Blues

Harry Steinfeldt, Major League Baseball player

Edward Steinhardt (born 1961), poet and author

Chuck Stone (born 1924), journalist, educator and civil rights activist

Stevie Stone, rapper, born in Columbia, raised in St. Louis, signed to Kansas City-based Strange Music

Willie Sudhoff, Major League Baseball player

Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983), blues musician

James W. Symington, U.S. Representative, statesman, attorney

SZA (born 1990), real name Solana Rowe, singer-songwriter, TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) record label

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Jim Talent (born 1956), politician

Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), poet (Pulitzer Prize)

Clark Terry, musician

George Thampy (born 1987), 2000 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion

Lou Thesz, professional wrestler

Kay Thompson (1909–1998), singer, songwriter, author of Eloise books

Cap Tilles (1865–1951), race track magnate, philanthropist, founder of Tilles Park

Gina Tognoni (born 1973), actress

Guy Torry (born 1969), actor and comedian

Joe Torry (born 1965), actor and comedian

Henry Townsend, musician

Toya (born 1983), real name LaToya Rodriguez, R&B singer

Helen Traubel, classical and popular singer

Quincy Troupe, poet, editor, journalist

Ernest Trova, artist

Ross H. Trower, Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd U.S. President

Truth Hurts (born 1971), real name Shari Watson, R&B singer

Orrin Tucker (born 1911), bandleader

Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990, TV journalist

Ike Turner (1931–2007), singer, musician, agent and production administrator

Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), fashion designer

Tina Turner, real name Anna Mae Bullock, Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, pop-culture icon

Taylor Twellman (born 1980), professional soccer player

Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for Israeli national basketball team

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David King Udall (1851–1938), politician

V

Mark Valenti, screenwriter and novelist

Mona Van Duyn, poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), editor

George Van Haltren, Major League Baseball player

Andrew Volpe, guitarist and lead singer of the St. Louis-based band Ludo

Marilyn vos Savant, columnist, known for having the world's highest IQ

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Jack Wagner, actor

Kenny Wallace (born 1963), NASCAR driver

Mike Wallace (born 1959), NASCAR driver

Rusty Wallace (born 1956), NASCAR champion driver

Steve Wallace (born 1987), NASCAR driver

Trey Waltke (born 1955), tennis player, won ATP title in 1980

Maxine Waters (born 1938), politician

Earl Weaver (1930–2013), Hall of Fame baseball manager

Dick Weber (1929–2005), professional bowler

Harry Weber (born 1942), sculptor

Dave Weckl (born 1960), musician, drummer

Robert Weinbach (born 1937) award winning film producer, screenplay author

Annie Wersching (born 1977), actress, played Renee Walker on TV series 24

Jo Jo White (born 1946), basketball player

Verner Moore White (1863–1923), artist

Marissa Whitley, Miss Teen USA 2001

Mary Wickes (1910–1995), actress

Chris Wideman (born 1990), NHL player

Violet Wilkey (1903–1976), actress

Melvin Williams (born 1979), NFL player

Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), real name Thomas Lanier, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Mykelti Williamson (born 1957), actor, played Bubba Blue in 1994 film Forrest Gump

Ike Willis (born c. 1957), musician

Angela Winbush (born 1955), R&B/soul singer, songwriter

Devon Windsor (born 1994), model

Trey Wingo (born 1955), sports journalist (KSDK-TV, ESPN)

Kellen Winslow (born 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; former Lieutenant Governor

Dan Wool, musician, composer with group Pray for Rain

Robert M. Wright, farmer near St. Louis, state representative from Dodge City

X-Y-Z

Clyde X (1931–2009), leader in the Nation of Islam