List of Famous people born in Missouri, United States of America
Dominik Mysterio
Dominik Gutiérrez is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Dominik Mysterio.
Ember Moon
Adrienne Reese, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Ember Moon, where she performs on the NXT brand.
Bill Snyder
Billy Dean Snyder is a retired college football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1989 to 2005, and again from 2009 to 2018. Snyder initially retired from the position from 2006 to 2008, before being rehired. Snyder retired for the second time on December 2, 2018, and is serving as a special ambassador for the athletics department.
Clarence Earl Gideon
Clarence Earl Gideon was a poor drifter accused in a Florida state court of felony theft. His case resulted in the landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright, holding that a criminal defendant who cannot afford to hire a lawyer must be provided one at no cost.
C. T. Vivian
Cordy Tindell Vivian was an American minister, author, and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. Vivian resided in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded the C. T. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc. He was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page was an American actress. She earned acclaim for her work on Broadway as well as in major Hollywood films and television productions, garnering an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, and four nominations for the Tony Award.
Gloria Hemingway
Gloria Hemingway was an American physician and writer who was the third and youngest child of author Ernest Hemingway.
Douglas Pitt
Douglas Mitchell Pitt is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Republic of Tanzania, an appointment he has held since April 2010. Pitt is the founder of Care To Learn, a USA-based domestic charity that funds emergent health, hunger, and hygiene needs for children. His business career started with his founding ServiceWorld Computer Center in April 1991 which merged with TSI Global in July 2013. He acquired this company back in 2017, re-establishing it as Pitt Technology Group. Pitt is also the owner of Pitt Development Group, a firm that specializes in the development of medical office space. A large focus of his work is in East Africa doing water projects as a Board Member of WorldServe International.
Claire McCaskill
Claire Conner McCaskill is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007.
Burt Bacharach
Burt Freeman Bacharach is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who has composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach's songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists. As of 2014, he had written 73 US and 52 UK Top 40 hits. He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.