FAMOUS FOLKS BORN IN MISSOURI 2 Apr 99 ***************************************************************** ****************************************************************** File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Don Williams ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Unauthorized use for commercial ventures expressly prohibited. All information submitted to this project remains - to the extent the law allows - the property of the submitter who, by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** Harry S Truman President Lamar 1884-1972 Scott Joplin Musician George Washington Carver Botanist 1864-1943 Vincent Price Actor John Goodman Actor Samual Clemonds(Mark Twain) Author Lawrence (Yogi) Berra Baseball/Announcer St Louis 1925- Elston Howard Baseball St Louis 1929-1980 Carl Hubbell Baseball Carthage 1903- Charles (Casey) Stengel Baseball Kan City 1891-1975 Tom Watson Golf Kan City 1949- Earl Weaver Baseball St Louis 1930- Dick Williams Baseball St Louis 1929- Ed Asner Actor Kan City 1929- Burt Bacharac Singer Kan City 1929- Wallace Berry Actor Kan City 1886-1949 Thomas Benton Painter Neosho 1889-1975 Omar Bradley General Clark 1893-1981 Edgar Buchanan Actor Humansville 1903-1979 Grace Bumbry Soprano St Louis 1937- Walter Cronkite Newscaster St Joseph 1916- Robert Cummings Actor Joplin 1910- Thomas eliot Poet St Louis 1888-1965 Redd Foxx Actor/Comedian St Louis 1922- Joe Garagiola Baseball/Sportscaster St Louis 1926- Betty Grable Actress 1916-1973 Dick Gregory Comedian St Louis 1932- Al Hirschfeld Cartoonist(Albert) St Louis 1903- Langston Hughes Poet Joplin 1902-1967 John Huston Director Nevada 1906- Virginia Mayo Actress St Louis 1920- Geraldine Page Actress Kirksville 1924- James C Penny Dept Store Hamilton 1875-1971 John Pershing General Linn CO 1860-1948 Wallace Reed Actor St Louis 1891-1923 Martha Scott Actress Jamesport 1914- Maxwell Taylor Army Chief Staff Keytesville 1901- Sara Teasdale Poet St Louis 1884-1933 Helen Traubel Soprano St Louis 1903-1972 Kathleen Turner Actress Springfield 1956- Dick Van Dyke Actor West Plains 1925- Dennis Weaver Actor Joplin 1925- Roy Wilkins Civil Rights St Louis 1901-1981 Jane Wyman Actress St Joseph 1914- Julia Dent Grant's Wife 1826-1902 That's all for now - Don Williams