Who is the most famous person in Missouri?

Answer 1

Famous Missourians:

Burt Bacharach songwriter, Kansas City

Josephine Baker singer, dancer, Saint Louis

Yogi Berra Baseball player, Saint Louis

Thomas Hart Benton painter, Neosho

William Burroughs writer, Saint Louis Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane) frontierswoman, Princeton

George Washington Carver educator, agricultural chemist, Diamond Grove

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) author, Florida

Walter Cronkite TV newscaster, Saint Joseph

T. S. Eliot poet, Saint Louis Eugene Fieldauthor, poet, Saint Louis

Redd Foxx actor, comedian, Saint Louis

John Goodman actor, Affton

Betty Grable actress, Saint Louis

Dick Gregory comic, activist, Saint Louis

Jean Harlow actress, Kansas City

William Lear aviation inventor, Hannibal

Rush Limbaugh communicator, Cape Girardeau

John Huston film director, Nevada

Jesse James outlaw, Centerville

Geraldine Page actress, Kirksville

James C. Penney merchant, Hamilton

Marlin Perkins TV host, zoo director, Carthage

Vincent Price actor, Saint Louis

Ginger Rogers dancer, actress, Independence

Sara Teasdale poet, Saint Louis

Harry S. Truman U.S. president, Lamar

Mark Twain author, Florida

Dick Van Dyke actor, West Plains

Dennis Weaver actor, Joplin

Answer 2

The most famous athelete that comes from Missouri is by far Sachtel Paige. He was born in the year 1906 in Kansas City.

Paige, known for his amazing display of pitch quality (his curve is literally unmatched) and his stunning duo of velocity and control, Paige pitched in the minor leagues before he was let into the majors in 1948. He also helped in breaking baseball's color barrier.

By the time he joined the majors, he was 42 years old and his pitches didn't have the same movement they did in his younger days.

The years he pitched in the major leagues, his record barely stood above .500. However, he was selected to an All-Star game, and became the first Negro inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1971. He passed away 11 years later in 1982. He's still considered one of the best pitchers in history. And he is Missouri born

Answer 3

David Freese, Ryan Howard, and Yogi Berra