List of Famous people born in Missouri, United States of America
Evan Bourne
Matthew Joseph Korklan, better known by the ring name Matt Sydal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Mary Wickes
Mary Wickes was an American film and television actress. She often played supporting roles as prim, professional women, secretaries, nurses, nuns, and housekeepers, who made sarcastic quips when the leading characters fell short of her high standards.
Homer Drew
Homer Walter Drew Jr. is an American former college basketball coach and administrator who coached at Washington State, LSU, Bethel College, Indiana-South Bend, and Valparaiso who retired from college basketball in 2011 with 640 career wins, which ranked him sixth amongst all Division I coaches at the time of his retirement. Drew was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
Sam Coonrod
Samuel Timothy Coonrod is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the fifth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft and made his MLB debut with them in 2019.
Betty Grable
Elizabeth “Betty” Ruth Grable was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she reigned in the Quigley Poll's Top 10 box office stars. The U.S. Treasury Department in 1946 and 1947 listed her as the highest-salaried American woman; she earned more than $3 million during her career.
Pete Weber
Peter David Weber is an American bowler on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour and a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Weber is one of the sport's most active players and is known for his maverick, chirpy and rebellious personality. He is also known for being incredibly versatile; his high backswing and the side rotation he puts on the bowling ball helps him control numerous oil conditions. Weber is featured in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen. He has won 37 titles on the PBA Tour, including ten major championships, and another eleven titles on the PBA50 Tour. He is one of only two bowlers in history to have amassed 100 total PBA titles. Weber has won bowling's U.S. Open a record five times, and has also won the PBA Senior U.S. Open twice. He is a two-time PBA50 Player of the Year.
Sharon Kinne
Sharon Elizabeth Kinne, also known as Jeanette Pugliese and in Mexico as La Pistolera, is an American alleged multiple murderer who is the subject of the longest currently outstanding arrest warrant for murder in the history of Kansas City, Missouri; and one of the longest outstanding felony warrants in American history.
Dolores Michaels
Dolores Rae Michaels was an American actress.
Tunde Adebimpe
Babatunde Omoroga Adebimpe is an American musician, singer-songwriter, actor, director, and visual artist best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio.
Laurence C. Jones
Laurence Clifton Jones, was the founder and long-time president of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, Mississippi. A noted educational innovator, Jones spent his adult life supporting the educational advancement of rural African-American students in the segregated South.