Established 1989 on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Maya Angelou |
Poet |
4-Apr-1928 |
|
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| Henry Armstrong |
Boxing |
12-Dec-1912 |
22-Oct-1988 |
Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| Yogi Berra |
Baseball |
12-May-1925 |
|
New York Yankee malapropist |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| Lou Brock |
Baseball |
18-Jun-1939 |
|
Stole 938 bases |
| Jack Buck |
Journalist |
21-Aug-1924 |
18-Jun-2002 |
Voice of the Cardinals |
| Grace Bumbry |
Singer |
4-Jan-1937 |
|
Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Kate Chopin |
Novelist |
8-Feb-1851 |
22-Aug-1904 |
The Awakening |
| William Clark |
Explorer |
1-Aug-1770 |
1-Sep-1838 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| William L. Clay |
Politician |
30-Apr-1931 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001 |
| Barry Commoner |
Biologist |
28-May-1917 |
|
Science and Survival |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| Jimmy Connors |
Tennis |
2-Sep-1952 |
|
'70s, '80s tennis champ |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1957 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Bob Costas |
TV Personality |
22-Mar-1952 |
|
Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later |
| John Danforth |
Politician |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2004 |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
26-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Dizzy Dean |
Baseball |
16-Jan-1910 |
17-Jul-1974 |
MVP in 1934, won two World Series |
| Dan Dierdorf |
Football |
29-Jun-1949 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer, commentator |
| Phyllis Diller |
Comic |
17-Jul-1917 |
|
The original female stand-up comic |
| Katherine Dunham |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1910 |
21-May-2006 |
Dunham School of Dance |
| Thomas Eagleton |
Politician |
4-Sep-1929 |
4-Mar-2007 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 |
| Buddy Ebsen |
Actor |
2-Apr-1908 |
6-Jul-2003 |
Jed Clampett |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
Author of "The Waste Land" |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| Walker Evans |
Photographer |
3-Nov-1903 |
10-Apr-1975 |
Depression-era Photographer |
| 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 |
| Joe Garagiola |
Baseball |
12-Feb-1926 |
|
St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster |
| Dave Garroway |
Talk Show Host |
13-Jul-1913 |
21-Jul-1982 |
Host of Today, 1952-61 |
| William H. Gass |
Novelist |
30-Jul-1924 |
|
The Tunnel |
| Bob Gibson |
Baseball |
9-Nov-1935 |
|
Two-time Cy Young Award winner |
| John Goodman |
Actor |
20-Jun-1952 |
|
King Ralph |
| Betty Grable |
Actor |
18-Dec-1916 |
2-Jul-1973 |
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1822 |
23-Jul-1885 |
Eighteenth President of the United States |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
Autobiography: NIGGER! |
| Robert Guillaume |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
|
Benson |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| Rogers Hornsby |
Baseball |
27-Apr-1896 |
5-Jan-1963 |
The Raj |
| William Inge |
Playwright |
3-May-1913 |
10-Jun-1973 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Scott Joplin |
Musician |
24-Nov-1868 |
1-Apr-1917 |
The King of Ragtime |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Track and Field |
3-Mar-1962 |
|
Track and Field medalist |
| Albert King |
Guitarist |
25-Apr-1923 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Blues electric guitarist |
| Kevin Kline |
Actor |
24-Oct-1947 |
|
A Fish Called Wanda |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| Marsha Mason |
Actor |
3-Apr-1942 |
|
The Goodbye Girl |
| William Masters |
Scientist |
27-Dec-1915 |
16-Feb-2001 |
Human Sexual Response |
| Bill Mauldin |
Cartoonist |
29-Oct-1921 |
22-Jan-2003 |
WWII cartoonist, Willie and Joe |
| Virginia Mayo |
Actor |
30-Nov-1920 |
17-Jan-2005 |
South Sea Woman |
| Michael McDonald |
Musician |
12-Feb-1952 |
|
White pop/soul vocalist |
| David Merrick |
Theatre Producer |
27-Nov-1911 |
25-Apr-2000 |
Hello, Dolly! |
| Marianne Moore |
Poet |
15-Nov-1887 |
5-Feb-1972 |
Collected Poems |
| Agnes Moorehead |
Actor |
6-Dec-1900 |
30-Apr-1974 |
Endora on Bewitched |
| Stan Musial |
Baseball |
21-Nov-1920 |
|
St. Louis Cardinals |
| Nelly |
Rapper |
2-Nov-1974 |
|
Hot In Herre |
| Howard Nemerov |
Poet |
1-Mar-1920 |
5-Jul-1991 |
US Poet Laureate, 1987-88 |
| Marlin Perkins |
Zoologist |
28-Mar-1905 |
14-Jun-1986 |
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom |
| Mike Peters |
Cartoonist |
9-Oct-1943 |
|
Mother Goose and Grimm |
| Vincent Price |
Actor |
27-May-1911 |
25-Oct-1993 |
Master of the macabre |
| Joseph Pulitzer |
Business |
10-Apr-1847 |
29-Oct-1911 |
Established the Pulitzer Prize |
| Harold Ramis |
Comic |
21-Nov-1944 |
|
Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters |
| Branch Rickey |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1881 |
9-Dec-1965 |
Longtime Baseball GM |
| David Sanborn |
Musician |
30-Jul-1945 |
|
Saxophone player |
| Dred Scott |
Victim |
c. 1799 |
17-Sep-1858 |
Slave denied freedom by US Supreme Court |
| William T. Sherman |
Military |
8-Feb-1820 |
14-Feb-1891 |
Marched to the Sea |
| George Sisler |
Baseball |
24-Mar-1893 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Batted .420 in 1921 |
| Leonard Slatkin |
Conductor |
1-Sep-1944 |
|
Music Director, Detroit Symphony |
| Ozzie Smith |
Baseball |
26-Dec-1954 |
|
Hall of Fame shortstop |
| Sara Teasdale |
Poet |
8-Aug-1884 |
29-Jan-1933 |
Strange Victory |
| Helen Traubel |
Singer |
16-Jun-1899 |
28-Jul-1972 |
Wagnerian soprano |
| Ike Turner |
Musician |
5-Nov-1931 |
12-Dec-2007 |
River Deep, Mountain High |
| Tina Turner |
Singer |
26-Nov-1939 |
|
What's Love Got to Do With It |
| Mona Van Duyn |
Poet |
9-May-1921 |
1-Dec-2004 |
To See, To Take |
| Dick Weber |
Bowling |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-Feb-2005 |
Professional bowler |
| Mary Wickes |
Actor |
13-Jun-1910 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Sister Act |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
| Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
