List of Famous people born in Missouri, United States of America
Martin James Monti
Martin James Monti was a United States Army Air Forces pilot who defected to Nazi Germany in October 1944 and worked as a propagandist and writer. After the end of World War II, he was tried and sentenced for desertion; he was then pardoned but subsequently tried for treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Angelica Bridges
Angelica Bridges is an American actress, model, singer and dog-sitter. She was given a pictorial spread in Playboy magazine's November 2001 issue and featured as the issue's cover model.
Sarah Clarke
Sarah Clarke is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on 24, and also for her roles as Renée Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother, in the 2008 film Twilight, Erin McGuire on the short-lived TV show Trust Me, and CIA Agent Lena Smith on the USA Network show Covert Affairs. She recently starred as Eleanor Wish in Amazon Studios' police procedural drama Bosch.
Gina Tognoni
Gina Tognoni is an American actress, best known for her work with American daytime soap operas. Her most notable performances include Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live, Dinah Marler on Guiding Light and Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.
Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch is an American actor, musician, singer and martial artist. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise, which led to roles in some martial arts television and feature films. Bosch is located in Los Angeles and does most of his voice-over work at Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Animaze, New Generation Pictures, NYAV Post, Studiopolis and on some occasions travels to Dallas to record shows for Funimation.
Lisa Wilcox
Lisa Elizabeth Wilcox is an American actress, designer, and former model. She is best known for her role as Alice Johnson in Renny Harlin's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), a role she later reprised in Stephen Hopkins sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989). She subsequently appeared in the films Men Seeking Women (1997), Watchers Reborn (1998), and The Church (2018).
Walter Scott
Walter Simon Notheis, Jr., best remembered by his stage name of Walter Scott, was an American singer who fronted Bob Kuban and The In-Men, a St. Louis, Missouri-based rock 'n' roll band that had brief national popularity during the 1960s.
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Ashleigh Murray
Ashleigh Monique Murray is an American actress and singer. She portrayed Josie McCoy, the lead singer of the band Josie and the Pussycats, on the CW television series Riverdale. Murray reprised this role in the Riverdale spin-off series Katy Keene, which premiered on The CW in 2020.
Eddie Griffin
Edward Griffin is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Sherman in the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie, the title character in the 2002 comedy film Undercover Brother, and Tiberius Jefferson "T.J." Hicks in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). Griffin was ranked at number 62 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.