List of Famous people born in Missouri, United States of America

Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.

Bobb’e Jacques Thompson is an American actor, dancer, rapper, and comedian. He is known for playing Tracy Jr. on 30 Rock; his role as child trickster Stanley on That's So Raven and its 1st spin-off Cory in the House; playing Ronnie Shields in Role Models; the role of Jimmy Mitchell on the short-lived NBC series The Tracy Morgan Show, which lasted for one season from 2003 to 2004; his appearance in commercials for the PlayStation Portable as Marcus Rivers; and for being the host of his own television series Bobb'e Says, which aired on the Cartoon Network block CN Real, before choosing to opt out of a second season to do more films. Thompson also had a recurring role on the hit series Tyler Perry's House of Payne. As a five year old, he performed Bow Wow's song "Bow Wow ", on a show hosted by Steve Harvey. The video of this has been uploaded on YouTube and has over 3 million views. In 2011, he had a supporting role as M.J. Williams on Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse. He is currently a cast member on MTV's Wild 'n Out.

Wesley Bolin was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 15th governor of Arizona between 1977 and 1978. His five months in office mark the shortest term in office for any Arizona governor. Prior to ascending to the Governorship, Bolin was the longest serving Secretary of State of Arizona, where he served for 28 years.

John Raymond Gaydos is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Jefferson City.

Theodore Ralph Kulongoski is an American politician, judge and lawyer who served as the 36th Governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and also served as the state Insurance Commissioner. He was the Attorney General of Oregon from 1993 to 1997 and an Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1997 to 2001. Kulongoski has served in all three branches of the Oregon state government.

Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. was an American film and television actor.

Theresa Cliff-Ryan is a road cyclist from the United States. She participated at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships and 2011 UCI Road World Championships.

John Frederick Milius is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was a writer for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian, and Red Dawn. He later served as the co-creator of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning HBO series Rome.

Ernest Tino Trova was a self-trained American surrealist and pop art painter and sculptor. Best known for his signature image and figure series, The Falling Man, Trova considered his entire output a single "work in progress." Trova used classic American comic character toys in some of his pieces because he admired their surrealism. Many of Trova's sculptures are cast in unusual white bronze. He began as a painter, progressing through three-dimensional constructions to his mature medium, sculpture. Trova's gift of forty of his works led to the opening of St. Louis County, Missouri's Laumeier Sculpture Park.

Joel Bennett Clark, better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.