The People of Missouri - The United States of America (original) (raw)

| Josephine Baker | St. Louis | 1906-1975 | Entertainer | | | ------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------- | ---------------------------------- | | | Thomas Hart Benton | Neosho | 1889-1975 | Painter | | | Omar Nelson Bradley | Clark | 1893-1981 | Soldier | | | Dale Carnegie | Maryville | 1888-1935 | Author, teacher of public speaking | | | George Washington Carver | Near Diamond Grove | 1864?-1943 | Agronomist, chemist | | | Winston Churchill | St. Louis | 1871-1947 | Novelist | | | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) | Florida | 1835-1910 | Humorist, author | | | Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. | St. Joseph | 1916- | Journalist, commentator | | | Ginger Rogers (Virginia McMath) | Independence | 1911-1995 | Actress, dancer | | | Thomas Stearns (T. S.) Eliot | St. Louis | 1888-1965 | Poet, critic | | | Eugene Field | St. Louis | 1850-1895 | Author, poet | | | James Langston Hughes | Joplin | 1902-1967 | Author | | | James Cash Penney | Hamilton | 1875-1971 | Merchant | | | John Joseph Pershing | Laclede | 1860-1948 | Soldier | | | Harry S. Truman | Lamar | 1884-1972 | U.S. President | |

Source: The World Almanac of the U.S.A. by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.