List of people from St. Louis

This is a list of famous residents of St. Louis or St. Louis County, Missouri. The dates in parentheses signify lifespan, not necessarily dates of actual residence in the city.
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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
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
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Josephine Baker (1906-1975), dancer, singer, actress, Legion 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")
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 (born 1925), Major League Baseball player (New York Yankees 1946-1963), manager, coach, Hall of Famer
Chuck Berry (born 1926), 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 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")
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 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
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Thomas Cahill (1864-1951), athlete, coach, businessman; a founding father of American soccer
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
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), science-fiction novelist
Chingy (born 1980), real name Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper 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 1940), 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
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
Preston Elliot, radio personality, Preston and Steve on WMMR in Philadelphia
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
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
Taylor Geisse, Octomom
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
John Goodman (born 1952), actor
Harry Goz (1932-2003), actor, Sealab 2021
Betty Grable (1916-1973), actress
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), Civil War general and 18th President of the United States
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
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Laurell K. Hamilton, author
Jon Hamm (born 1971), Golden Globe 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 (born 1925), 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
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
Robert A. Holekamp (1848-1922), businessman and apiarist
Ken Holtzman (born 1945), baseball pitcher
A. E. Hotchner (born 1920), author, editor, philanthropist
Elston Howard, 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 (1987-2020), real name Lawrence Franks, Jr. , rapper
Larry Hughes, basketball player, Chicago Bulls
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Vedad Ibisevic (born 1984), Bosnian soccer player
William Inge (1913-1973), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Ernie Isley, songwriter, guitarist of soul and R&B group The Isley Brothers
Ronald Isley, 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)
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Sean James (born 1978), athlete
Cam Janssen, ice hockey player
Ella Jenkins, musician
J-Kwon (born 1986), real name Jerrell Jones, rapper
Johnnie Johnson (1924-2005), musician
Justine Joli, adult-film actress
Scott Joplin, songwriter (Pulitzer Prize), musician, "King of Ragtime"
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic gold-medalist track & field athlete; educator; sister of Olympic athlete Al Joyner; sister-in-law of *
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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
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
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
Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), NHL hockey player
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
Jim Lee (born 1964), comic book artist, writer and publisher
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
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Vicki Mabrey (born 1956), broadcast journalist
Ed Macauley, Hall of Fame basketball player
Al MacInnis (born 1963), Hall of Fame defenseman and VP of Hockey Operations for (St. Louis Blues)
Jeremy Maclin (born 1988), football wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
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 (1958-1980), 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, 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
Jay Miller, basketball player
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
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
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
St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977), real name James Burke Oden, blues musician
Franklin W. Olin (1860-1951), industrialist, philanthropist
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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Ken Page (born 1954), actor, voice actor, cabaret singer
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
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
Chris Pronger (born 1974), hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers)
Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), publisher, philanthropist, creator of the Pulitzer Prize
Ashley Purdy (born 1984), bassist of Black Veil Brides
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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
Hadley Richardson (1891-1979), first wife of Ernest Hemingway
Branch Rickey (1881-1965), baseball executive
Rob Riti (born 1976), football player
Doris Roberts (born 1930), actress best known for Everybody Loves Raymond
Leonard Roberts (born 1972), actor
Lance Robertson, musician and actor best known as host DJ Lance Rock of the children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba!