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.