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From the Who2 database of 4,699 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
Altman, Robert
(
Kansas City
)
The director of
M*A*S*H
and
The Player
Angelou, Maya
(
St. Louis
)
The author of
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Baker, Josephine
(
St. Louis
)
The African-American singer and dancer who embraced Paris
Bakula, Scott
(
St. Louis
)
Star of TV's
Quantum Leap
and
Enterprise
Berra, Yogi
(
St. Louis
)
The Yankee catcher who said "It ain't over 'til it's over"
Berry, Chuck
(
St. Louis
)
Early rock legend who did "Johnny B. Goode"
Blair, Linda
(
St. Louis
)
The demon-possessed girl in the 1972 film
The Exorcist
Bradley, Bill
(
Crystal City
)
Democratic senator from New Jersey
Bradley, Omar
(
Clark
)
American general during World War II
Browne, Sylvia
(
Kansas City
)
The popular TV psychic with a 'spirit guide' known as Francine
Brown, Sterling K.
(
St. Louis
)
Chris Darden in 'The People vs. O.J.: American Crime Story'
Burnett, T Bone
(
St. Louis
)
Oscar-winning producer/songwriter for
Crazy Heart
Burroughs, William S.
(
St. Louis
)
The author of
Naked Lunch
Carver, George Washington
(
Diamond Grove
)
America's great peanut innovator
Cedric The Entertainer
(
Jefferson City
)
Eddie in the
Barbershop
movies
Cheadle, Don
(
Kansas City
)
Star of the 2004 film
Hotel Rwanda
Chingy
(
St. Louis
)
Rapper of the 2003 hit "Right Thurr"
Chopin, Kate
(
St. Louis
)
Author of
The Awakening
Chu, Steven
(
St. Louis
)
Secretary of Energy under Barack Obama
Comanche
The famous horse who survived Custer's Last Stand
Cronkite, Walter
(
St. Joseph
)
CBS TV's news anchor, 1962-81
Crow, Sheryl
(
Kennett
)
Singer of "All I Wanna Do"
Cruzan, Nancy
(
Carterville
)
The subject of
Cruzan v. Missouri
Eliot, T.S.
(
St. Louis
)
Author of
The Waste Land
Eminem
(
St. Joseph
)
Rapper of the hit "The Slim Shady LP"
Flynn, Gillian
(
Kansas City
)
The author of
Gone Girl
Freleng, Friz
(
Kansas City
)
The animator who did
The Pink Panther
cartoons
Goodman, John
(
St. Louis
)
The husband on TV's
Roseanne
Grable, Betty
(
St. Louis
)
Pinup queen of World War II
Grant, Julia Dent
(
St. Louis
)
The wife of President U.S. Grant
Hamm, Jon
(
St. Louis
)
The actor who played Don Draper on TV's
Mad Men
Hawkins, Coleman
(
St. Joseph
)
Tenor sax player who had the hit "Body and Soul"
Hearst, George
(
Franklin County
)
19th century American mining and publishing tycoon
Heinlein, Robert A.
(
Butler
)
The author of
Stranger in a Strange Land
Hirschfeld, Al
(
St. Louis
)
The longtime humorous caricaturist of Broadway stars
Hotchner, A.E.
(
St. Louis
)
The writer who befriended Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman
Hubble, Edwin
(
Marshfield
)
The astronomer the Hubble space telescope is named after
Hughes, Langston
(
Joplin
)
Author of
The Weary Blues
(1926)
Huston, John
(
Nevada
)
Director of
The Man Who Would Be King
James, Jesse (outlaw)
(
Centraville (now Kearney)
)
Famous desperado of the old American west
Johnson, Don
(
Flat Creek
)
The star of TV's
Miami Vice
and
Nash Bridges
Jones, James L.
(
Kansas City
)
Barack Obama's National Security Advisor, 2009-10
Limbaugh, Rush
(
Cape Girardeau
)
The host of radio's
Rush Limbaugh Show
Momsen, Taylor
(
St. Louis
)
Aspirational teen Jenny Humphrey on TV's
Gossip Girl
Moore, Marianne
(
Kirkwood
)
Tricorn hat-wearing modernist poet
Niebuhr, Reinhold
(
Wright City
)
Christian intellectual who wrote
Moral Man and Immoral Society
Pershing, John J.
(
Laclede
)
Commander of American armies in Europe during World War I
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart
(
St. Louis
)
The Republican woman who helped defeat the ERA in the 1970s
Roberts, Doris
(
St. Louis
)
Raymond's mom on the sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond'
Russell, Charles M.
(
St. Louis
)
American cowboy artist
Simmons, Kimora Lee
(
St. Louis
)
Russell Simmons's ex-wife and director of Baby Phat fashions
Thiam, Aliaune "Akon"
(
St. Louis
)
Senegalese-American singer of "Smack That"
Truman, Bess
(
Independence
)
President Harry S. Truman's wife
Truman, Harry S.
(
Lamar
)
President of the United States, 1945-53
Twain, Mark
(
Florida
)
The author of
Tom Sawyer
and
Huckleberry Finn
Van Dyke, Dick
(
West Plains
)
Star of TV's
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Watson, Tom
(
Kansas City
)
The golfer who beat Jack Nicklaus in the 1977 British Open
Webb, Jim
(
Saint Joseph
)
The Marine and Senate veteran who wrote
Fields of Fire
Williams, Maria P.
The first black woman to write and produce a movie, in 1923
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