Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Notable People

Notable People

  • William F. Barnes
    (1917 – 2009)
    Former head football coach for UCLA

  • Dale Dye
    (born 1944)
    Actor and retired U.S. Marine

  • Linda M. Godwin
    (born 1952)
    Scientist and former NASA astronaut

  • Chic Hecht
    (1928 – 2006)
    Former U.S. Senator from Nevada

  • Rush Limbaugh
    (born 1951)
    Radio talk show host and political commentator

  • Mark Littell
    (born 1953)
    Former professional baseball pitcher

  • Jess Stacy
    (1904 – 1995)
    Jazz pianist

  • William S. Stone
    (1910 - 1968)
    Former Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy

  • William F. Barnes, UCLA Coach and Alamo Scouts
  • Joseph Cable, a Medal of Honor recipient during the American Indian Wars
  • Shirley Crites (1934-1990), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Dale Dye, actor
  • Linda Godwin, astronaut, born in Cape Girardeau, though her hometown is nearby Jackson, Missouri
  • Chic Hecht, US Senator from Nevada
  • Andrew Conway Ivy, (1893–1978), president of the American Physiological Society (1939–41)
  • Terry Jones (b. 1951) pastor of Dove World Outreach Center who burned a Qur'an in 2011
  • The Limbaugh family, including brothers and political commentators Rush Limbaugh and David Limbaugh
  • Mark Littell, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals)
  • Jess Stacy, Jazz pianist with Benny Goodman was raised in Cape Girardeau
  • General William Sebastian Stone was born in Cape Girardeau
  • Billy Swan, singer who had a #1 hit song named "I Can Help" in 1974.
  • Terry Teachout, writer
  • Tony Spinner, guitarist and singer
  • AJ Ellis, catcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, born in Cape Girardeau
  • Andrew Wayne Chandler, up-and-coming amateur comedian.

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