List of Famous people born in Missouri, United States of America
Al Hirschfeld
Albert Hirschfeld was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.
Mary Jo White
Mary Jo White is an American attorney who served as the 31st chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2013 to 2017. She was the first woman to be the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving from 1993 to 2002, and remains the only Senate-confirmed woman. On January 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated White to replace Elisse B. Walter as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She was confirmed by the Senate on April 8, 2013 and was sworn into office on April 10, 2013. In 2014, she was listed as the 73rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electrical engineer who took part in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on December 10, 2000. Kilby was also the co-inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer, for which he had the patents. He also had patents for seven other inventions.
Ma Barker
Kate Barker, better known as Ma Barker and sometimes known as Arizona Barker and Arrie Barker, was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker-Karpis gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwest gripped the American people and press. She traveled with her sons during their criminal careers.
Kevin Mahogany
Kevin Bryant Mahogany was an American jazz vocalist who became prominent in the 1990s. He was known for his scat singing, and his singing style has been compared with jazz singers Billy Eckstine, Joe Williams and Johnny Hartman.
Ken Flach
Kenneth Eliot Flach was a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Robert Seguso. Flach reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985.
Annalise Basso
Annalise Nicole Basso is an American actress and model. She currently stars in Snowpiercer (2020).
Jim Lowe
James Ellsworth Lowe was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit song, "The Green Door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, and was considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s.
Patrick Williams
Patrick Moody Williams was an American composer, arranger, and conductor who worked in many genres of music, and in film and television.
Jane Dee Hull
Jane Dee Hull was an American politician and educator. In 1997, she ascended to the office of governor of Arizona following the resignation of Fife Symington, becoming the state's 20th governor. Hull was elected in her own right the following year, and served until 2003. Hull was the first woman formally elected as Governor of Arizona, and the second woman to serve in the office after Rose Mofford. She was a member of the Republican Party.