Miscellaneous Famous Missourians
- Helen Andelin (born 1920), author Fascinating Womanhood
- William Becknell (1787-1856), soldier, businessman, founder of the Santa Fe Trail.
- Susan Blow (1843–1916), Educator, "Mother of Kindergarten"
- Calamity Jane (c. 1852–1903), Indian fighter and frontierswoman
- Dale Carnegie (1888–1955), public and motivational speaker
- Timothy M. Dolan (born 1950), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of New York
- Ella Ewing (1872–1913), "The Missouri Giantess", Worlds tallest woman (of her era)
- Bobby Greenlease (1947-1953), kidnap-murder victim in case that drew national attention.
- Mary Ranken Jordan (1869–1962), philanthropist and community advocate
- Emmett Kelly (1898–1979), clown
- Karlie Kloss (born 1992), Model and ballet dancer
- Carrie Nation (1846–1911), advocate for the temperance movement
- Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), author, illustrator & creator of the Kewpie doll
- Phyllis Schlafly (born 1924), conservative political activist and author
- Dred Scott, slave and litigant in the U.S. Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision
- George Thampy (born 1987), Scripps National Spelling Bee champion 2000, staff member 2006
- Faye Wattleton (born 1943), feminist activist
- Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), civil rights activist
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