| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
| Arlene Ackerman | 
Educator | 
10-Jan-1947 | 
2-Feb-2013 | 
School superintendent of San Francisco | 
| Akon | 
Singer | 
16-Apr-1973 | 
  | 
Trouble | 
| Leona Anderson | 
Actor | 
3-Apr-1885 | 
25-Dec-1973 | 
House on Haunted Hill | 
| Maya Angelou | 
Poet | 
4-Apr-1928 | 
28-May-2014 | 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 
| Harry Babbitt | 
Musician | 
2-Nov-1913 | 
9-Apr-2004 | 
Voice of Woody Woodpecker | 
| Josephine Baker | 
Dancer | 
3-Jun-1906 | 
12-Apr-1975 | 
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy | 
| Scott Bakula | 
Actor | 
9-Oct-1954 | 
  | 
Quantum Leap | 
| Gordon L. Baum | 
Activist | 
1940 | 
  | 
Council of Conservative Citizens | 
| Andrew N. Baur | 
Business | 
25-Apr-1944 | 
20-Feb-2011 | 
Southwest Bank of St. Louis | 
| John M. Berra | 
Business | 
c. 1948 | 
  | 
EVP at Emerson Electric | 
| Yogi Berra | 
Baseball | 
12-May-1925 | 
22-Sep-2015 | 
New York Yankee malapropist | 
| Chuck Berry | 
Singer | 
18-Oct-1926 | 
  | 
My Ding-A-Ling | 
| Fred Berry | 
Actor | 
13-Mar-1951 | 
21-Oct-2003 | 
Rerun on What's Happening!! | 
| Joe Besser | 
Actor | 
12-Aug-1907 | 
1-Mar-1988 | 
The Three Stooges | 
| John H. Biggs | 
Business | 
19-Jul-1936 | 
  | 
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002 | 
| Linda Blair | 
Actor | 
22-Jan-1959 | 
  | 
Head spins in Exorcist | 
| Eugene Carson Blake | 
Religion | 
7-Nov-1906 | 
31-Jul-1985 | 
General Secretary, World Council of Churches, 1966-74 | 
| Barbara Bodine | 
Diplomat | 
1948 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1997-2001 | 
| Paul H. Boeker | 
Diplomat | 
2-May-1938 | 
29-Mar-2003 | 
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87 | 
| Kit Bond | 
Politician | 
6-Mar-1939 | 
  | 
US Senator from Missouri, 1987-2011 | 
| Mark Bowden | 
Journalist | 
17-Jul-1951 | 
  | 
Black Hawk Down | 
| Nancy Boyda | 
Politician | 
2-Aug-1955 | 
  | 
Congresswoman from Kansas, 2007-09 | 
| Stephen Brauer | 
Business | 
1945 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Belgium, 2001-03 | 
| Grace Bumbry | 
Singer | 
4-Jan-1937 | 
  | 
Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano | 
| T-Bone Burnett | 
Musician | 
14-Jan-1948 | 
  | 
Blues/country producer and performer | 
| William S. Burroughs | 
Author | 
5-Feb-1914 | 
2-Aug-1997 | 
Naked Lunch | 
| Nelson Burton, Jr. | 
Bowling | 
5-Jun-1942 | 
  | 
Professional bowler | 
| August Busch IV | 
Business | 
c. 1965 | 
  | 
CEO of Anheuser-Busch | 
| August Busch III | 
Business | 
6-Jun-1937 | 
  | 
Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002 | 
| Jim Byrnes | 
Actor | 
22-Sep-1948 | 
  | 
Lifeguard on Wiseguy | 
| Christy Cabanne | 
Film Director | 
16-Apr-1888 | 
15-Oct-1950 | 
The Mummy's Hand | 
| Joe Camp | 
Film Director | 
20-Apr-1939 | 
  | 
Benji | 
| Morris Carnovsky | 
Actor | 
5-Sep-1897 | 
1-Sep-1992 | 
Dead Reckoning | 
| Henry S. Caulfield | 
Politician | 
9-Dec-1873 | 
11-May-1966 | 
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33 | 
| C. J. Cherryh | 
Author | 
1-Sep-1942 | 
  | 
Cyteen and Downbelow Station | 
| Chingy | 
Musician | 
9-Mar-1980 | 
  | 
Right Thurr | 
| Kate Chopin | 
Novelist | 
8-Feb-1851 | 
22-Aug-1904 | 
The Awakening | 
| Steven Chu | 
Physicist | 
28-Feb-1948 | 
  | 
US Secretary of Energy, 2009-13 | 
| Winston Churchill | 
Novelist | 
10-Nov-1871 | 
12-Mar-1947 | 
Early 20th century American novelist | 
| Sarah Clarke | 
Actor | 
16-Feb-1972 | 
  | 
Nina Myers on 24 | 
| Lacy Clay | 
Politician | 
27-Jul-1956 | 
  | 
Congressman, Missouri 1st | 
| William L. Clay | 
Politician | 
30-Apr-1931 | 
  | 
Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001 | 
| John Cardinal Cody | 
Religion | 
24-Dec-1907 | 
25-Apr-1982 | 
Archbishop of Chicago, 1965-82 | 
| Andy Cohen | 
Film/TV Producer | 
2-Jun-1968 | 
  | 
EVP at Bravo, Watch What Happens: Live | 
| Bainbridge Colby | 
Government | 
22-Dec-1869 | 
11-Apr-1950 | 
US Secretary of State, 1920-21 | 
| Cardiss Collins | 
Politician | 
24-Sep-1931 | 
2-Feb-2013 | 
Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97 | 
| Frank Converse | 
Actor | 
22-May-1938 | 
  | 
Will Chandler on Movin' On | 
| Bert Convy | 
Game Show Host | 
23-Jul-1933 | 
15-Jul-1991 | 
Host of Tattletales TV game show | 
| Disco D | 
Music Producer | 
21-Sep-1980 | 
23-Jan-2007 | 
Ghetto-tech DJ | 
| John Danforth | 
Politician | 
5-Sep-1936 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to the UN, 2004 | 
| Erin Daniels | 
Actor | 
9-Oct-1973 | 
  | 
The L Word | 
| William O. DeWitt, Jr. | 
Business | 
31-Aug-1941 | 
  | 
Reynolds DeWitt & Co. | 
| Robert H. Dicke | 
Physicist | 
6-May-1916 | 
4-Mar-1997 | 
Dicke radiometer | 
| John Doerr | 
Business | 
29-Jun-1951 | 
  | 
Silicon Valley venture capitalist | 
| Timothy M. Dolan | 
Religion | 
6-Feb-1950 | 
  | 
Catholic Archbishop of New York | 
| Tom Dooley | 
Activist | 
17-Jan-1927 | 
18-Jan-1961 | 
Deliver Us from Evil | 
| Thomas Eagleton | 
Politician | 
4-Sep-1929 | 
4-Mar-2007 | 
US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 | 
| T. S. Eliot | 
Poet | 
26-Sep-1888 | 
4-Jan-1965 | 
Author of "The Waste Land" | 
| Bill Emerson | 
Politician | 
1-Jan-1938 | 
22-Jun-1996 | 
Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96 | 
| Thomas J. Engibous | 
Business | 
31-Jan-1953 | 
  | 
CEO of Texas Instruments, 1996-2004 | 
| Walker Evans | 
Photographer | 
3-Nov-1903 | 
10-Apr-1975 | 
Depression-era Photographer | 
| Frank Faylen | 
Actor | 
8-Dec-1905 | 
2-Aug-1985 | 
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | 
| Eugene Field | 
Journalist | 
2-Sep-1850 | 
4-Nov-1895 | 
A Little Book of Western Verse | 
| Redd Foxx | 
Comic | 
9-Dec-1922 | 
11-Oct-1991 | 
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son | 
| Mary Frann | 
Actor | 
27-Feb-1943 | 
23-Sep-1998 | 
Joanna Loudon on Newhart | 
| Phyllis Fraser | 
Socialite | 
22-Jun-1911 | 
24-Nov-2006 | 
Wife of Bennett Cerf | 
| Joe Garagiola | 
Baseball | 
12-Feb-1926 | 
23-Mar-2016 | 
St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster | 
| Martha Gellhorn | 
Journalist | 
8-Nov-1908 | 
15-Feb-1998 | 
War correspondent | 
| W. H. Krome George | 
Business | 
27-Mar-1918 | 
6-Sep-2004 | 
Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83 | 
| Dick Gephardt | 
Politician | 
31-Jan-1941 | 
  | 
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 | 
| Asim Ghafoor | 
Government | 
11-Dec-1969 | 
  | 
Controversial Muslim attorney | 
| Virginia Gibson | 
Actor | 
9-Apr-1928 | 
25-Apr-2013 | 
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 
| Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. | 
Government | 
15-Oct-1947 | 
  | 
IRS Commissioner, 1989-92 | 
| John Goodman | 
Actor | 
20-Jun-1952 | 
  | 
King Ralph | 
| Ronald M. Gould | 
Judge | 
17-Oct-1946 | 
  | 
9th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Harry Goz | 
Actor | 
16-Feb-1932 | 
6-Sep-2003 | 
Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021 | 
| Betty Grable | 
Actor | 
18-Dec-1916 | 
2-Jul-1973 | 
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs | 
| Wilton Graff | 
Actor | 
13-Aug-1903 | 
13-Jan-1969 | 
Bloodlust! | 
| Julia Grant | 
First Lady | 
26-Jan-1826 | 
14-Dec-1902 | 
Wife of US President Ulysses Grant | 
| L. Patrick Gray | 
Government | 
18-Jul-1916 | 
6-Jul-2005 | 
Acting FBI Director, 1972-73 | 
| Gerald Greenwald | 
Business | 
11-Sep-1935 | 
  | 
CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 | 
| Dick Gregory | 
Activist | 
12-Oct-1932 | 
  | 
Autobiography: NIGGER! | 
| Raymond W. Gruender | 
Judge | 
5-Jul-1963 | 
  | 
8th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Robert Guillaume | 
Actor | 
30-Nov-1927 | 
  | 
Benson | 
| James Gunn | 
Screenwriter | 
5-Aug-1970 | 
  | 
Guardians of the Galaxy | 
| Moses Gunn | 
Actor | 
2-Oct-1929 | 
16-Dec-1993 | 
Bumpy Jonas in Shaft | 
| Sean Gunn | 
Actor | 
22-May-1974 | 
  | 
Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls | 
| Daniel Hamburg | 
Politician | 
6-Oct-1948 | 
  | 
Congressman from California, 1993-95 | 
| Jon Hamm | 
Actor | 
10-Mar-1971 | 
  | 
Don Draper on Mad Men | 
| Michael Harrington | 
Activist | 
24-Feb-1928 | 
31-Jul-1989 | 
The Other America | 
| Steven Hatfill | 
Scientist | 
24-Oct-1953 | 
  | 
US biowarfare researcher | 
| George Hearn | 
Actor | 
18-Jun-1934 | 
  | 
Broadway musical actor | 
| Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. | 
Politician | 
25-Jun-1903 | 
13-Sep-1960 | 
US Senator from Missouri, 1951-60 | 
| George Hickenlooper | 
Film Director | 
25-May-1963 | 
29-Oct-2010 | 
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | 
| Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter | 
Military | 
8-May-1897 | 
18-Jun-1982 | 
CIA Director, 1947-50 | 
| Al Hirschfeld | 
Artist | 
21-Jun-1903 | 
20-Jan-2003 | 
Pen and ink caricaturist | 
| Ryan Howard | 
Baseball | 
19-Nov-1979 | 
  | 
First Baseman, Philadelphia Phillies | 
| J-Kwon | 
Rapper | 
1986 | 
  | 
Tipsy | 
| Justine Joli | 
Pornstar | 
16-Jul-1980 | 
  | 
Carnival Sluts and Circus Dicks | 
| James G. Kaiser | 
Business | 
c. 1944 | 
  | 
Former Corning executive | 
| Andreas Katsulas | 
Actor | 
18-May-1946 | 
13-Feb-2006 | 
G'Kar on Babylon 5 | 
| Frank Keating | 
Politician | 
10-Feb-1944 | 
  | 
Governor of Oklahoma, 1995-2003 | 
| Kevin Kline | 
Actor | 
24-Oct-1947 | 
  | 
A Fish Called Wanda | 
| James L. Koley | 
Attorney | 
26-Aug-1930 | 
  | 
Koley Jessen LP | 
| Roger D. Kornberg | 
Scientist | 
24-Apr-1947 | 
  | 
Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription | 
| Ted Kulongoski | 
Politician | 
5-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of Oregon, 2003-11 | 
| Bob Kurland | 
Basketball | 
23-Dec-1924 | 
29-Sep-2013 | 
First 7 ft. tall basketball star | 
| Pat LaFontaine | 
Hockey | 
22-Feb-1965 | 
  | 
NHL Hall of Famer | 
| Kasi Lemmons | 
Actor | 
24-Feb-1961 | 
  | 
Eve's Bayou | 
| Linda Lingle | 
Politician | 
4-Jun-1953 | 
  | 
Governor of Hawaii, 2002-10 | 
| Mark Linn-Baker | 
Actor | 
17-Jun-1954 | 
  | 
Larry on Perfect Strangers | 
| Breckinridge Long | 
Diplomat | 
16-May-1881 | 
26-Sep-1958 | 
US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36 | 
| Kennett Love | 
Journalist | 
17-Aug-1924 | 
13-May-2013 | 
Suez: The Twice-Fought War | 
| Kyle Lowder | 
Actor | 
27-Aug-1980 | 
  | 
The Bold and the Beautiful | 
| Vicki Mabrey | 
Journalist | 
c. 1956 | 
  | 
60 Minutes II | 
| Steven J. Malcolm | 
Business | 
1948 | 
  | 
CEO of Williams Companies | 
| Kevin Mansell | 
Business | 
c. 1952 | 
  | 
President of Kohl's | 
| Joshua Micah Marshall | 
Pundit | 
15-Feb-1969 | 
  | 
Talking Points Memo | 
| Helen Martin | 
Actor | 
23-Jul-1909 | 
25-Mar-2000 | 
Pearl Shay on 227 | 
| William McChesney Martin | 
Economist | 
17-Dec-1906 | 
29-Jul-1998 | 
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 | 
| Marsha Mason | 
Actor | 
3-Apr-1942 | 
  | 
The Goodbye Girl | 
| Virginia Mayo | 
Actor | 
30-Nov-1920 | 
17-Jan-2005 | 
South Sea Woman | 
| Michael McDonald | 
Musician | 
12-Feb-1952 | 
  | 
White pop/soul vocalist | 
| Donald F. McHenry | 
Diplomat | 
13-Oct-1936 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to the UN, 1979-81 | 
| George R. Merrell | 
Diplomat | 
13-Jul-1898 | 
1962 | 
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1951-52 | 
| David Merrick | 
Theatre Producer | 
27-Nov-1911 | 
25-Apr-2000 | 
Hello, Dolly! | 
| Penelope Milford | 
Actor | 
23-Mar-1948 | 
  | 
Blood Link | 
| John Milius | 
Film Director | 
11-Apr-1944 | 
  | 
Conan the Barbarian | 
| Marvin Miller | 
Actor | 
18-Jul-1913 | 
8-Feb-1985 | 
Michael Anthony on The Millionaire | 
| Taylor Momsen | 
Actor | 
26-Jul-1993 | 
  | 
Gossip Girl | 
| James C. Momtazee | 
Business | 
c. 1972 | 
  | 
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts | 
| Paul Elmer More | 
Scholar | 
12-Dec-1864 | 
9-Mar-1937 | 
Shelburne Essays | 
| Edward A. Mueller | 
Business | 
c. 1947 | 
  | 
CEO of Qwest | 
| Joseph F. Naumann | 
Religion | 
4-Jun-1949 | 
  | 
Catholic Archbishop of Kansas City | 
| Robert D. Nesen | 
Diplomat | 
22-Jan-1918 | 
14-Nov-2005 | 
US Ambassador to Australia, 1981-85 | 
| Randy Neugebauer | 
Politician | 
24-Dec-1949 | 
  | 
Congressman, Texas 19th | 
| Kathleen Nolan | 
Actor | 
27-Sep-1933 | 
  | 
President, Screen Actors Guild, 1975-79 | 
| Paul A. Novelly | 
Business | 
1943 | 
  | 
CEO of Apex Oil | 
| Dan O'Bannon | 
Screenwriter | 
30-Sep-1946 | 
17-Dec-2009 | 
Alien, Total Recall | 
| Wally O'Dell | 
Business | 
c. 1945 | 
  | 
CEO of Diebold, 1999-2005 | 
| Barbara O'Neil | 
Actor | 
17-Jul-1910 | 
3-Sep-1980 | 
Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind | 
| Paul O'Neill | 
Government | 
4-Dec-1935 | 
  | 
US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02 | 
| Robert Endicott Osgood | 
Historian | 
14-Aug-1921 | 
28-Dec-1986 | 
Limited War | 
| Korla Pandit | 
Musician | 
16-Sep-1921 | 
2-Oct-1998 | 
Hynoptic exotic | 
| John Pankow | 
Actor | 
28-Apr-1954 | 
  | 
Ira on Mad About You | 
| James B. Peake | 
Government | 
18-Jun-1944 | 
  | 
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs | 
| David Peaston | 
Singer | 
13-Mar-1957 | 
1-Feb-2012 | 
Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right | 
| Jack Peltason | 
Educator | 
29-Aug-1923 | 
21-Mar-2015 | 
President, University of California, 1992-95 | 
| Evan Peters | 
Actor | 
20-Jan-1987 | 
  | 
Tate Langdon on American Horror Story | 
| Mike Peters | 
Cartoonist | 
9-Oct-1943 | 
  | 
Mother Goose and Grimm | 
| Harry Mark Petrakis | 
Novelist | 
5-Jun-1923 | 
  | 
Lion at My Heart | 
| Barney Phillips | 
Actor | 
20-Oct-1913 | 
17-Aug-1982 | 
Character actor | 
| Joseph A. Pichler | 
Business | 
2-Oct-1939 | 
  | 
CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003 | 
| Laura La Plante | 
Actor | 
1-Nov-1904 | 
14-Oct-1996 | 
The Cat and the Canary | 
| Louise Post | 
Musician | 
7-Dec-1966 | 
  | 
Frontwoman for Veruca Salt | 
| David B. Price, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1946 | 
  | 
BF Goodrich Performance Materials | 
| Vincent Price | 
Actor | 
27-May-1911 | 
25-Oct-1993 | 
Master of the macabre | 
| David Rasche | 
Actor | 
7-Aug-1944 | 
  | 
Sledge Hammer! | 
| Ola Ray | 
Actor | 
26-Aug-1960 | 
  | 
With Michael Jackson in Thriller, Playmate | 
| Wallace Reid | 
Actor | 
15-Apr-1891 | 
18-Jan-1923 | 
Silent film actor and director | 
| Johnny Revolta | 
Golf | 
5-Apr-1911 | 
3-Mar-1991 | 
Winner, 1935 PGA Championship | 
| Doris Roberts | 
Actor | 
4-Nov-1925 | 
17-Apr-2016 | 
Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond | 
| Shabbir Safdar | 
Activist | 
c. 1965 | 
  | 
Internet PR guru | 
| Steven B. Sample | 
Educator | 
29-Nov-1940 | 
29-Mar-2016 | 
President, University of Southern California, 1991-2010 | 
| Phyllis Schlafly | 
Activist | 
15-Aug-1924 | 
5-Sep-2016 | 
Opponent of women's liberation | 
| Zander Schloss | 
Bassist | 
7-Aug-1961 | 
  | 
Circle Jerks bassist, Kevin in Repo Man | 
| Matt Schulze | 
Actor | 
3-Jul-1972 | 
  | 
Fast Five | 
| Michael M. Sears | 
Business | 
16-Jul-1947 | 
  | 
CFO of Boeing, 2000-03 | 
| Brent Sexton | 
Actor | 
23-Jul-1953 | 
  | 
Stan Larsen on The Killing | 
| Kimora Lee Simmons | 
Fashion Designer | 
4-May-1975 | 
  | 
Fabulosity | 
| Billy Sims | 
Football | 
18-Sep-1955 | 
  | 
Detroit Lions RB | 
| Leon Spinks | 
Boxing | 
11-Jul-1953 | 
  | 
Olympic boxing champion | 
| Michael Spinks | 
Boxing | 
13-Jul-1956 | 
  | 
World Heavyweight Champion 1985-88 | 
| Kelly Stables | 
Actor | 
26-Jan-1978 | 
  | 
Eden on The Exes | 
| Laura Denvir Stith | 
Judge | 
30-Oct-1953 | 
  | 
Missouri Chief Justice | 
| Frank Sully | 
Actor | 
17-Jun-1908 | 
17-Dec-1975 | 
Character actor | 
| Louis B. Susman | 
Diplomat | 
19-Nov-1937 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to the UK | 
| Todd Susman | 
Actor | 
17-Jan-1947 | 
  | 
Officer Shifflett on Newhart | 
| Jim Talent | 
Politician | 
18-Oct-1956 | 
  | 
US Senator from Missouri, 2002-07 | 
| Sara Teasdale | 
Poet | 
8-Aug-1884 | 
29-Jan-1933 | 
Strange Victory | 
| Betty Thomas | 
Film Director | 
27-Jul-1948 | 
  | 
Lucy Bates on Hill Street Blues | 
| Cal Tjader | 
Jazz Musician | 
16-Jul-1925 | 
5-May-1982 | 
Latin-jazz bandleader | 
| Donald J. Tomnitz | 
Business | 
1948 | 
  | 
CEO of D. R. Horton | 
| Guy Torry | 
Actor | 
5-Jan-1969 | 
  | 
Funny Money | 
| Joe Torry | 
Actor | 
12-Aug-1965 | 
  | 
Poetic Justice | 
| Helen Traubel | 
Singer | 
16-Jun-1899 | 
28-Jul-1972 | 
Wagnerian soprano | 
| Mary Treen | 
Actor | 
27-Mar-1907 | 
29-Jul-1989 | 
It's A Wonderful Life | 
| Bessie Potter Vonnoh | 
Sculptor | 
17-Aug-1872 | 
8-Mar-1955 | 
American sculptor in bronze | 
| Marilyn vos Savant | 
Columnist | 
11-Aug-1946 | 
  | 
IQ 228, writes for Parade | 
| Ann L. Wagner | 
Diplomat | 
13-Sep-1962 | 
  | 
US Congresswoman, Missouri 2nd | 
| Maxine Waters | 
Politician | 
15-Aug-1938 | 
  | 
Congresswoman, California 35th | 
| Faye Wattleton | 
Activist | 
8-Jul-1943 | 
  | 
President, Planned Parenthood, 1978-92 | 
| Earl Weaver | 
Baseball | 
14-Aug-1930 | 
19-Jan-2013 | 
Cantankerous Orioles Manager | 
| William Webster | 
Government | 
6-Mar-1924 | 
  | 
FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91 | 
| Jo Jo White | 
Basketball | 
16-Nov-1946 | 
  | 
Boston Celtics, 1969-79 | 
| Wendy Whoppers | 
Pornstar | 
13-Aug-1968 | 
  | 
80HHH-21-34, 38E-21-34 post reduction | 
| Mary Wickes | 
Actor | 
13-Jun-1910 | 
22-Oct-1995 | 
Sister Act | 
| John Wiese | 
Musician | 
18-Apr-1977 | 
  | 
Power noise musician | 
| Mykelti Williamson | 
Actor | 
4-Mar-1960 | 
  | 
Bubba in Forrest Gump | 
| Margaret Bush Wilson | 
Activist | 
30-Jan-1919 | 
11-Aug-2009 | 
NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 | 
| Shelley Winters | 
Actor | 
18-Aug-1920 | 
14-Jan-2006 | 
Method actress and camp queen | 
| Louis Wolfson | 
Business | 
28-Jan-1912 | 
30-Dec-2007 | 
Business criminal, horse breeder | 
| Peter H. Wood | 
Historian | 
1-May-1943 | 
  | 
Black Majority | 
| Nicholas Worth | 
Actor | 
4-Sep-1938 | 
7-May-2007 | 
Don't Answer the Phone! | 
| Kristeen Young | 
Musician | 
c. 1975 | 
  | 
Intense and talented indie rock chick | 
| Robert A. Young III | 
Politician | 
27-Nov-1923 | 
17-Oct-2007 | 
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-87 | 
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
| Howard Aiken | 
Physicist | 
8-Mar-1900 | 
14-Mar-1973 | 
Designer of early computers | 
| Cool Papa Bell | 
Baseball | 
17-May-1903 | 
7-Mar-1991 | 
Negro Leagues star | 
| Jim Bottomley | 
Baseball | 
23-Apr-1900 | 
11-Dec-1959 | 
St. Louis Cardinal, Hall-of-Famer | 
| Jack Buck | 
Sports Journalist | 
21-Aug-1924 | 
18-Jun-2002 | 
Voice of the Cardinals | 
| Henry S. Caulfield | 
Politician | 
9-Dec-1873 | 
11-May-1966 | 
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33 | 
| Kate Chopin | 
Novelist | 
8-Feb-1851 | 
22-Aug-1904 | 
The Awakening | 
| William Clark | 
Explorer | 
1-Aug-1770 | 
1-Sep-1838 | 
Lewis and Clark expedition | 
| Norman Jay Colman | 
Government | 
16-May-1827 | 
3-Nov-1911 | 
First US Secretary of Agriculture | 
| Gerty Cori | 
Scientist | 
15-Aug-1896 | 
26-Oct-1957 | 
Catalytic conversion of glycogen | 
| Edward A. Doisy | 
Scientist | 
3-Nov-1893 | 
23-Oct-1986 | 
Chemical structure of Vitamin K | 
| Forrest C. Donnell | 
Politician | 
20-Aug-1884 | 
3-Mar-1980 | 
Governor and Senator from Missouri | 
| Stanley Elkin | 
Novelist | 
11-May-1930 | 
31-May-1995 | 
The Living End | 
| Joseph Erlanger | 
Scientist | 
5-Jan-1874 | 
5-Dec-1965 | 
Nerve conduction | 
| Frederick D. Gardner | 
Politician | 
6-Nov-1869 | 
18-Dec-1933 | 
Governor of Missouri, 1917-21 | 
| Patrick Gilmore | 
Composer | 
25-Dec-1829 | 
24-Sep-1892 | 
The Father of The American Band | 
| Edward A. Hannegan | 
Politician | 
25-Jun-1807 | 
25-Feb-1859 | 
US Senator, committed suicide | 
| Jack H. Hexter | 
Historian | 
25-May-1910 | 
8-Dec-1996 | 
On Historians | 
| Frederick W. Lehmann | 
Attorney | 
28-Feb-1853 | 
12-Sep-1931 | 
US Solicitor General, 1910-12 | 
| James S. McDonnell | 
Business | 
9-Apr-1899 | 
22-Aug-1980 | 
Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co. | 
| Charles Nagel | 
Government | 
9-Aug-1849 | 
5-Jan-1940 | 
US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13 | 
| John W. Noble | 
Government | 
26-Oct-1831 | 
22-Mar-1912 | 
US Secretary of the Interior, 1889-93 | 
| Walter J. Ong | 
Scholar | 
30-Nov-1912 | 
12-Aug-2003 | 
Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word | 
| Lynn Patrick | 
Hockey | 
3-Feb-1912 | 
26-Jan-1980 | 
Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM | 
| David Peaston | 
Singer | 
13-Mar-1957 | 
1-Feb-2012 | 
Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right | 
| Jennings Randolph | 
Politician | 
8-Mar-1902 | 
8-May-1998 | 
US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85 | 
| Thomas Caute Reynolds | 
Politician | 
11-Oct-1821 | 
30-Mar-1887 | 
Missouri governor, committed suicide | 
| Dred Scott | 
Victim | 
c. 1799 | 
17-Sep-1858 | 
Slave denied freedom by US Supreme Court | 
| Sidney Souers | 
Government | 
30-Mar-1892 | 
14-Jan-1973 | 
CIA Director, 1946 | 
| John H. Stelle | 
Politician | 
10-Aug-1891 | 
5-Jul-1962 | 
Governor of Illinois, 1940-41 | 
| Dick Weber | 
Bowling | 
23-Dec-1929 | 
13-Feb-2005 | 
Professional bowler | 
| Murray L. Weidenbaum | 
Economist | 
10-Feb-1927 | 
20-Mar-2014 | 
Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82 | 
| Bud Wilkinson | 
Football | 
23-Apr-1916 | 
9-Feb-1994 | 
Sooners Head Coach, 1947-63 | 
| Margaret Bush Wilson | 
Activist | 
30-Jan-1919 | 
11-Aug-2009 | 
NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 |