George Washington Carver
Discover more famous Missourians on the Some Famous Missourians website developed by the Missouri Secretary of State Office: https://www.sos.mo.gov/Kids/history/famousmissourians
Joe Penny - Founder of Pennytown Historic Site
In 1871, Joe Penny purchased land in Saline County, Missouri. Pennytown was the largest African American group of former slaves and freemen in Missouri.
photo ca 1890s. Town founder Joe Penny stands center. Photo courtesy Josephine Lawrence Collection.
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Famous Missourians by Field
Discover more Famous Missourians on the Historic Missourians website developed by The State Historical Society of Missouri: https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/index.html
Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Thomas Hart Benton - Cradling Wheat (1938)
T.S. Eliot
Mark Twain
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910): TopicU.S. novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).
Ewing Kauffman
Ulysses S. Grant
Although he was born in Ohio, he spent much of his life in Missouri.
Charles Lindbergh
Scott Joplin & Harry S. Truman
Discover more famous Missourians on the Hall of Famous Missourians website developed by the Missouri House of Representatives: http://www.house.mo.gov/famous.aspx
George Washington Carver
Carl Edwards
Famous Missourians by Field
Sheryl Crow
Sara Evans
Brad Pitt
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Scott Joplin
Walt Disney
- Walt Disney (1901 - 1966): TopicUS film producer, animator, and pioneer of family entertainment, whose career spanned the development of the motion picture medium, and opened Disneyland, his first theme park.
Rush Limbaugh
Bob Barker
Although, he was born in Washington, Bob Barker spent most of his childhood growing up near Springfield, Missouri.