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List of people from St. Louis

This is a list of famous residents of St. Louis or St. Louis County, Missouri. The dates in parentheses signify lifespan, not necessarily dates of actual residence in the city.

A

  • Janet Adair (c. 1892–1938), vaudeville and musical comedy performer
  • Brooke Adams (born 1984), professional wrestler, best known as Brooke Tessmacher
  • Akon (born 1973), real name Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, musician
  • Matt Alber (born 1975), singer-songwriter, musician[1]
  • Wilhelm Albers, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
  • Devon Alexander (born 1987), professional boxer, IBF welterweight world champion
  • Raleigh DeGeer Amyx (born 1938), collector of Olympic and Presidential memorabilia[2]
  • Maya Angelou (1928–2014), poet, playwright, memoirist (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
  • Eberhard Anheuser (1805–1880), businessman, owner of company that would become Anheuser-Busch
  • Donald K. Anton (born 1960), Chair of International Law at Griffith University
  • Henry Armstrong (1912–1988), professional boxer, welterweight champion 1938–1940
  • Dick Ault (1925–2007), track and field athlete

B

Yogi Berra
  • Josephine Baker (1906–1975), dancer, singer, actress, Légion d'Honneur appointee, civil rights activist
  • Scott Bakula (born 1954), actor (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise)
  • James F. Ballard (1851–1931), pharmaceutical entrepreneur, and art collector
  • Thomas P. Barnett (1870–1929), architect and impressionist painter
  • Fontella Bass (1940–2012), soul and R&B singer ("Rescue Me")
  • Bradley Beal (born 1993), guard for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association
  • Cool Papa Bell (1903–1991), Negro league baseball player, Hall of Fame member
  • Robert Benecke (1835–1903), early photographer
  • Graham Bensinger (born 1986), sports journalist for ESPN Radio
  • Sally Benson (1897–1972), author whose short stories became the book, then movie, Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Yogi Berra (1925–2015), Major League Baseball player (New York Yankees 1946–1963), manager, coach, Hall of Famer
  • Chuck Berry (1926–2017), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician and composer ("Johnny B. Goode")
  • Fred Berry (1951–2003), actor (What's Happening!!)
  • Joe Besser (1907–1988), actor, comedian, member of The Three Stooges
  • Alan Best (1906–1953), Illinois state representative
  • Jud Birza (born 1989), model, winner of Survivor: Nicaragua
  • Linda Blair (born 1959), actress (The Exorcist)
  • Fred Blassie , 1918-2003 professional wrestler
  • Sean Blakemore, actor, Shawn Butler on ABC's General Hospital
  • Susan Blow (1843–1916), educator, opened first successful public kindergarten in the U.S.
  • Kit Bond (born 1939), U.S Senator from Missouri
  • Daniel Boone (1734–1820), explorer, hunter, soldier, businessman, politician
  • Evan Bourne (born 1983), WWE professional wrestler
  • Dylan Brady, musician
  • Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927), Catholic priest and scientist
  • Christine Brewer (born 1955), Grammy Award winner, soprano
  • Lottie Briscoe (1883–1950), stage and silent film actress
  • Lou Brock (born 1939), Major League Baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals 1964–1979), Hall of Famer
  • Shirley Brown (born 1947), soul/R&B singer ("Woman to Woman")
  • Sterling K. Brown (born 1976), actor
  • Steve Brown (born 1962), darts player
  • Butch Buchholz (born 1940), Hall of Fame tennis player
  • Jack Buck (1924–2002), Hall of Fame sportscaster, St. Louis Cardinals' announcer 1969–2002
  • Joe Buck (born 1969), sportscaster, football and baseball announcer for Fox, son of Jack Buck
  • Mark Buehrle (born 1979), Major League Baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays)
  • Grace Bumbry (born 1937), opera singer
  • T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), rock and country performer, composer, and producer
  • William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), novelist, social critic, spoken-word performer; grandson of inventor William Seward Burroughs I
  • William Seward Burroughs I (1855–1898), inventor of the adding machine, founder of Burroughs Corporation; grandfather of novelist William S. Burroughs
  • Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with father-in-law Eberhard Anheuser
  • Adolphus Busch III (1891–1946), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch; son of August Anheuser Busch, Sr.
  • August Anheuser Busch, Sr. (1865–1934), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch; son of Adolphus Busch
  • Gussie Busch (August Anheuser Busch, Jr.) (1899–1989), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader, philanthropist
  • August Busch III (born 1937), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader
  • August Busch IV (born 1964), president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, civic leader
  • Norbert Leo Butz (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor
  • Jim Byrnes (born 1948), actor and musician (Wiseguy, Highlander: The Series)

C

D

E

F

G

  • Bob Gale (born 1951), screenwriter, film producer
  • Alberta Gallatin (1861–1948), stage and screen actress, raised in St. Louis
  • Pud Galvin (1856–1902), Major League Baseball player[4]
  • Joe Garagiola (1926–2016), baseball player, sportscaster, television personality, author
  • Jan Garavaglia (born 1956), Chief Medical Examiner of the District 9 Morgue in Orlando, Florida; television personality
  • Dave Garroway (1913–1982), television personality, first host of NBC's Today Show
  • William H. Gass (born 1924), author, critic
  • Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998), author and journalist; third wife of Ernest Hemingway
  • Richard Gephardt (born 1941), politician
  • Steve Gerber (1947–2008), comic-book writer, co-creator of Howard the Duck
  • Frances Ginsberg (1955–2010), opera singer
  • David Giuntoli (born 1981), actor
  • Martin Goldsmith (born 1952), music writer and radio personality
  • John Goodman (born 1952), actor
  • Harry Goz (1932–2003), actor, Sealab 2021
  • Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress
  • Grant Green (1935–1979), jazz guitarist
  • Trent Green, football player
  • Frank S. Greene, Semiconductor researcher and technologist
  • Dick Gregory (1932–2017), author, comedian, civil rights
  • Kim Gruenenfelder, author
  • Charles Guenther (1920–2008), poet, translator, newspaper critic
  • Robert Guillaume (1927-2017), Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor
  • James Gunn (born 1966), screenwriter, director
  • Sean Gunn (born 1974), actor
  • Moses Gunn (1929–1993), actor
  • Virginia Gibson (1925–2013), dancer, singer, actress

H

  • Emily Hahn (1905–1997), journalist, author
  • Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963), author
  • Jon Hamm (born 1971), Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award award-winning actor, Mad Men
  • Henry Hampton (1940–1998), film producer, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954–1965) and Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads (1965–1980s)
  • Sally Hampton (born 1958), writer, producer
  • Harry Hanebrink (born 1927) Major League Baseball player. Milwaukee Braves (1953, 1957–1958)
  • Chuck T. Harmon (born 1979), aka Chuck Harmony, music producer for Mary J. Blige, Celine Dion, Fantasia, Rihanna
  • Doris Hart (1925–2015), Hall of Fame tennis player, two-time U.S. Open champion
  • John Hartford (1937–2001), musician, Grammy Award winner
  • Culver Hastedt (1883–1966), runner, gold medal winner at 1904 Summer Olympics
  • Donny Hathaway (1945–1979), Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, producer, composer
  • Pat Healy (born 1983), mixed martial arts fighter
  • Bob Heil (born 1940), sound and radio engineer
  • Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz saxophonist, composer
  • George E. Hibbard (1924–1991), art collector, advocate for Tibetan Independence
  • George Hickenlooper (1963–2010), filmmaker
  • Paul John Hilbert (1949-2001), member of the Texas House of Representatives[5]
  • Malcolm Hill (born 1995), American player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
  • Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003), artist and cartoonist
  • Bobby Hofman (1925–1994), Major League Baseball player
  • Solly Hofman (1882–1956), Major League Baseball player
  • Erin Marie Hogan (born 1985), actress and activist
  • Robert A. Holekamp (1848–1922), businessman and apiarist
  • August Holtz (1871–1938), United States Navy sailor, Medal of honor recipient
  • Ken Holtzman (born 1945), baseball pitcher
  • A. E. Hotchner (born 1920), author, editor, philanthropist
  • Elston Howard (1929–1980), baseball player, first black player for New York Yankees
  • Ryan Howard (born 1979), baseball player, 2005 NL Rookie of the Year, 2006 National League MVP and All-Star first baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
  • Huey (born 1988), real name Lawrence Franks, Jr., rapper
  • Larry Hughes (born 1979), basketball player, Chicago Bulls

I

J

  • Sean James (born 1978), athlete
  • Cam Janssen (born 1984), ice hockey player
  • Ella Jenkins (born 1924), musician
  • Jibbs (born 1990), real name Jovan Campbell, rapper
  • J-Kwon (born 1986), real name Jerrell Jones, rapper
  • Jeremiah Johnson, blues musician[7]
  • Johnnie Johnson (1924–2005), musician
  • Scott Joplin (1867/1868–1917), songwriter (Pulitzer Prize), musician, "King of Ragtime"
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born 1962), Olympic gold-medalist track & field athlete; educator; sister of Olympic athlete Al Joyner; sister-in-law of Florence "Flo Jo" Griffith-Joyner
  • Judith McNaught, novelist

K

  • Kane (born 1967), real name Glenn Jacobs, professional wrestler
  • Stan Kann (1924–2008), musician, entertainer
  • Terry Karl (born 1947), professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University
  • Bruce Karsh (born 1955), lawyer and investor
  • Ben Kasica (born 1984), musician
  • Andreas Katsulas (1946–2006), actor (Babylon 5)
  • David Kaufman (born 1969), character actor and voice actor (Danny Phantom)
  • Jim Kekeris (born 1923), NFL player
  • Ellie Kemper (born 1980), actress
  • Dorothea Kent (1916–1990), film actress
  • Dickie Kerr (1893–1963), baseball pitcher
  • Al Kerth (1952-2002), public relations professional
  • Imrat Khan (born 1935), Indian classical musician
  • Albert King (1923–1992), musician
  • Silver King (1868–1938), Major League Baseball player[4]
  • Audrey Kissel (1926–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Kevin Kline (born 1947), Academy Award-winning actor
  • Karlie Kloss (born 1992), model
  • Kyle O'Reilly (born 1987), real name Kyle Greenwood, professional wrestler

L

  • Pierre Laclede (1729–1778), urban planner; co-founder of St. Louis; government administrator; civic leader
  • Pokey Lafarge (born 1983), musician and singer
  • Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), NHL hockey player
  • Elizabeth Laime (born 1979), podcaster, writer
  • Oliver Lake (born 1942), jazz saxophonist, composer
  • Christopher Largen (born 1969), author, filmmaker, journalist, activist
  • Jeannie Leavitt (born c. 1967), the United States Air Force's first female fighter pilot[8]
  • David Lee (born 1983), NBA basketball player
  • Murphy Lee (1979), rapper
  • Tod Leiweke (born 1960), sports executive
  • Maggie LePique (born 1964), jazz radio host
  • Laura Les, musician
  • Stacey Levine, fiction writer, journalist
  • Jenifer Lewis (born 1957), actress
  • Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), adventurer, pilot, soldier, author
  • Linda Lingle (born 1953), former Governor of Hawaii
  • Theodore Link (1850–1923), architect
  • Sonny Liston (1932–1970), heavyweight champion boxer
  • John Long (born 1950), blues musician[9]
  • Taylor Louderman (born 1990), Broadway actress

M

Mary Meachum, abolitionist and Underground Railroad leader
  • Vicki Mabrey (born 1956), broadcast journalist
  • Ed Macauley (1928–2011), Hall of Fame basketball player
  • Jeremy Maclin (born 1988), football wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens)
  • Justin Marks (born 1981), NASCAR driver
  • Patrick Maroon (born 1988), ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues
  • James S. Marshall, Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • Cuonzo Martin (born 1971), basketball coach for the University of Missouri
  • Peter Martin (born 1970), jazz pianist
  • Marguerite Martyn (1878–1948), journalist and artist
  • Mary Meachum (1801–1869), abolitionist
  • John Berry Meachum (1789–1854), founder of the oldest black church in Missouri.
    Marguerite Martyn, Kajiwara Photo, Notable women of St. Louis, 1914
  • Marsha Mason (born 1942), Golden Globe Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actress
  • Masters and Johnson, medical researchers and therapists, authors
  • Stan Masters (1922–2005), American realism artist
  • Ron Mathis (born 1958), Major League baseball player
  • Bill Mauldin (1921–2003), cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Morton D. May (1914–1983), philanthropist, community leader, art collector, chairman of May Department Stores
  • Virginia Mayo (1920–2005), born Virginia Clara Jones, actress
  • Emmett McAuliffe, lawyer and talk show host
  • Jimmy McCracklin (born 1921), pianist, vocalist and songwriter
  • Michael McDonald (born 1952), singer, Grammy Award winner, lead vocalist on The Doobie Brothers
  • Robert McFerrin, Sr. (1921–2006), classical singer, father of Bobby McFerrin
  • Robert McHenry (born 1945), encyclopedist and author
  • Jim McKelvey (born 1965), computer science engineer, co-founder of Square, a mobile payments company
  • Mike McKenna (born 1983), NHL player for the Philadelphia Flyers
  • Chuck McKinley (1941–1986), Hall of Fame tennis player, 1963 Wimbledon champion
  • Ben McLemore (born 1993), basketball player
  • George McManus (1884–1954), creator of comic strip Bringing Up Father
  • Larissa Meek (born 1978), Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997, Miss Missouri 2001, creative director at BGT Partners
  • David Merrick (1911–2000), theatrical producer (Tony Awards)
  • Metro Boomin (born 1993), record producer, songwriter and DJ
  • Joyce Meyer (born 1943), religious preacher and speaker
  • Bob Miller (1939–1993), MLB pitcher, StL Cardinals, graduated from Beaumont High School
  • Jay Miller (1943–1991), basketball player
  • Marvin Miller (1913–1985), actor
  • David Miller (born 1961), darts player
  • George A. Mitchell (1824–1878), founder of Cadillac, Michigan
  • Russ Mitchell (born 1960), journalist and television news anchor
  • Marie Moentmann (1900-1974), child survivor of industrial accident, wearer of prosthetic device
  • Taylor Momsen (born 1993), singer-songwriter, model, actress
  • Archie Moore (1916–1998), boxer, world light-heavyweight champion
  • Marianne Moore (1887–1972), poet (Pulitzer Prize), essayist, translator
  • Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actress
  • Thomas Morse (born 1968), composer
  • Bill Mueller (born 1971), baseball player and coach, St Louis Cardinals
  • Nick Murphy (born 1979), NFL punter 2002–2005
  • Stan Musial (1920–2013), Hall of Fame baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals

N

  • Nelly (born 1974), real name Cornell Haynes, Jr., rapper, singer and actor
  • Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), author, critic
  • Eric P. Newman (1911–2017), numismatist
  • Dustin Nguyen (born 1962), Vietnamese American actor
  • Rich Niemann (born 1946), athlete
  • Frank Nuderscher (1880–1959), American Impressionist painter

O

  • Dan O'Bannon (1946–2009), screenwriter, director
  • Gyo Obata (born 1923), architect
  • Anne-Marie O'Connor, journalist, author
  • St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903–1977), real name James Burke Oden, blues musician
  • Franklin W. Olin (1860–1951), industrialist, philanthropist
  • Angel Olsen (born 1987), folk and indie rock musician
  • Walter J. Ong (1912–2003), scholar
  • Barry Orton (born 1958), former professional wrestler
  • "Cowboy" Bob Orton (born 1950), former professional wrestler
  • Randy Orton (born 1980), professional wrestler
  • Josh Outman (born 1984), Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics

P

R

S

  • John S. Samuel (1913–2002), U.S. Air Force Major General
  • Claire Saffitz, Chef and personality on Bon Appétit magazine's YouTube channel[10]
  • David Sanborn (born 1945), musician, Grammy Award winner
  • Becky Sauerbrunn (born 1985), soccer player
  • Edward Saxon (born 1956), film producer (The Silence of the Lambs)
  • Max Scherzer (born 1984), MLB pitcher
  • Phyllis Schlafly (1924–2016), socially conservative Republican author, broadcaster, and political organizer
  • Zander Schloss (born 1961), bassist for the Circle Jerks and The Weirdos; actor
  • Red Schoendienst (born in 1923, in Germantown, Illinois), Hall of Fame second baseman, coach, manager for St. Louis Cardinals
  • Chris Schuler (born 1987), professional soccer player for Real Salt Lake
  • Dred Scott (1799–1858) and Harriet Scott (1815–1860), civil rights activists
  • Robert Sexton, music video and virtual reality director, and former musician
  • Art Shamsky (born 1941), Major League Baseball outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager
  • Mike Shannon (born 1939), affiliated with St. Louis Cardinals for over 50 years, as a player (1962–1970), in front office, and, since 1972, radio and TV announcer
  • Scott Shannon (born 1947), a radio disk jockey hosting WCBS-FM in New York City.
  • Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), president of Shapleigh Hardware Company and early pioneer of St. Louis
  • Henry Shaw (1800–1889), botanist, philanthropist, businessman, author
  • Rick Shaw (1938–2017), disc jockey, radio and television personality (WQAM, WAXY, WMXJ, WLBW), born in East St. Louis
  • William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), soldier; commander of United States Army
  • Roberta Sherwood (1913–1999), singer and actress
  • Sherman Silber, physician and infertility specialist
  • Frank Simek (born 1984), soccer player with Sheffield Wednesday, also USA International
  • Kimora Lee Simmons (born 1975), model and mogul
  • Leonard Slatkin (born 1944), conductor, Grammy Award winner
  • Slayyyter (born 1996), pop musician
  • Jane Smiley (born 1949), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
  • Nikko Smith (born 1982), singer, American Idol contestant; son of Ozzie Smith
  • Ozzie Smith (born 1954), Hall of Fame shortstop for St. Louis Cardinals
  • Phyllis Smith (born 1952), actress on NBC's The Office and Disney's movie Inside Out
  • Willie Mae Ford Smith (1904–1994), singer
  • Philip Sneed, singer, musician (Story Of The Year, Greek Fire), writer, radio personality
  • Solar Trance, Rock band
  • Cory Spinks (born 1978), world champion boxer
  • Leon Spinks (born 1953), world champion boxer
  • Michael Spinks (born 1956), world champion boxer
  • Max C. Starkloff (1858-1942), St. Louis Health Commissioner who introduced social distancing during the 1918 flu pandemic
  • Paul Stastny (born 1985), hockey player for St. Louis Blues
  • Yan Stastny (born 1982), hockey player for St. Louis Blues
  • Harry Steinfeldt (1877–1914), Major League Baseball player[4]
  • Edward Steinhardt (born 1961), poet and author
  • Chuck Stone (born 1924), journalist, educator and civil rights activist
  • Stevie Stone (born 1981), rapper, born in Columbia, raised in St. Louis, signed to Kansas City-based Strange Music
  • Willie Sudhoff (1874–1917), Major League Baseball player[4]
  • Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983), blues musician
  • James W. Symington (born 1927), U.S. Representative, statesman, attorney
  • SZA (born 1990), real name Solana Rowe, singer-songwriter, TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) record label
  • Smino (born 1991), real name Christopher Smith Jr, rapper, singer, songwriter, Zero Fatigue record label

T

Tina Turner
Alex Tyus
  • Jim Talent (born 1956), politician
  • Jayson Tatum (born 1998), guard for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association
  • Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), poet (Pulitzer Prize)
  • Clark Terry (1920–2015), jazz musician
  • George Thampy (born 1987), 2000 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
  • Lou Thesz (1916–2002), professional wrestler
  • David Thirdkill (born 1960), NBA basketball player; 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
  • Todd Thomas (born 1961), fashion designer
  • Kay Thompson (1909–1998), singer, songwriter, author of Eloise books
  • Cap Tilles (1865–1951), race track magnate, philanthropist, founder of Tilles Park
  • Gina Tognoni (born 1973), actress
  • Guy Torry (born 1969), actor and comedian
  • Joe Torry (born 1965), actor and comedian
  • Henry Townsend (1909–2006), musician
  • Toya (born 1983), real name LaToya Rodriguez, R&B singer
  • Helen Traubel (1899–1972), classical and popular singer
  • Quincy Troupe (born 1939), poet, editor, journalist
  • Ernest Trova (1927–2009), artist
  • Ross H. Trower (1922–2014), Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy
  • Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd U.S. President
  • Truth Hurts (born 1971), real name Shari Watson, R&B singer
  • Orrin Tucker (born 1911), bandleader
  • Debbye Turner (born 1965), Miss America 1990, TV journalist
  • Ike Turner (1931–2007), singer, musician, agent and production administrator
  • Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), fashion designer
  • Tina Turner (born 1939), real name Anna Mae Bullock, Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, pop-culture icon
  • Taylor Twellman (born 1980), professional soccer player
  • Alex Tyus (born 1988), American-Israeli professional basketball player, also plays for Israeli national basketball team[11][12]

U

V

  • Mark Valenti, screenwriter and novelist
  • Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), poet (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the United States), editor
  • George Van Haltren (1866–1945), Major League Baseball player[4]
  • Andrew Volpe, guitarist and lead singer of the St. Louis-based band Ludo
  • Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946), columnist, known for having the world's highest IQ

W

  • Jack Wagner (born 1959), actor
  • Caroline Holme Walker (1863-1955), composer
  • Kenny Wallace (born 1963), NASCAR driver
  • Mike Wallace (born 1959), NASCAR driver
  • Rusty Wallace (born 1956), NASCAR champion driver
  • Steve Wallace (born 1987), NASCAR driver
  • Trey Waltke (born 1955), tennis player, won ATP title in 1980
  • Maxine Waters (born 1938), politician
  • Leroy H. Watson (1893-1975), U.S. Army major general
  • Earl Weaver (1930–2013), Hall of Fame baseball manager
  • Dick Weber (1929–2005), professional bowler
  • Harry Weber (born 1942), sculptor
  • William H. Webster (1924), former director of the FBI and CIA, Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
  • Dave Weckl (born 1960), musician, drummer
  • Annie Wersching (born 1977), actress, played Renee Walker on TV series 24
  • Jo Jo White (1946–2018), basketball player
  • Joseph T. White (1961–1985), United States Army soldier who defected to North Korea on August 28, 1982
  • Verner Moore White (1863–1923), artist
  • Marissa Whitley, Miss Teen USA 2001
  • Mary Wickes (1910–1995), actress
  • Chris Wideman (born 1990), NHL player
  • Bill Wilkerson (1945–2017), sports announcer and radio personality (KMOX)
  • Violet Wilkey (1903–1976), actress
  • Melvin Williams (born 1979), NFL player
  • Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), real name Thomas Lanier, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
  • Mykelti Williamson (born 1957), actor, played Bubba Blue in 1994 film Forrest Gump
  • Ike Willis (born c. 1957), musician
  • Angela Winbush (born 1955), R&B/soul singer, songwriter
  • Devon Windsor (born 1994), model
  • Trey Wingo (born 1955), sports journalist (KSDK-TV, ESPN)
  • Kellen Winslow (born 1957), NFL football player, Hall of Famer
  • Shelley Winters (1920–2006), Academy Award-winning actress
  • Edwin E. Woodman (1838–1912), Wisconsin State Senator
  • Harriett Woods (1927–2007), politician; two-time Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Missouri; former Lieutenant Governor
  • Dan Wool, musician, composer with group Pray for Rain

X-Y-Z

  • Clyde X (1931–2009), leader in the Nation of Islam
  • Zlatko Ćosić (born 1972), artist and filmmaker

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