List of people from St. Joseph, Missouri explained
This is a list of notable people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of St. Joseph, Missouri.
- Don Alt (1916–1988), Iowa state representative and businessman; born in St. Joseph.[1]
- Charles S. L. Baker (1859–1926), African American businessman and inventor, lived in St. Joseph.
- Kay Barnes (b. 1938), mayor of Kansas City 1999–2007
- Stephen Nikola Bartulica (b. 1970), Croatian politician, MEP for Croatia (since 2024)
- Dwayne Blakley (b. 1979), football player, born in St. Joseph.[2]
- Ryan Bradley (b. 1983), figure skater
- Norbert Brodine, cinematographer
- Byron Browne, baseball player
- Charles Francis Buddy, bishop, attended Christian Brothers School (now George Bode Middle School)
- Rob Calloway, boxer
- Harold F. Cherniss, historian of ancient Greece and Plato scholar at Princeton
- Orson L. Crandall, Naval Officer, Navy Master Diver, Medal of Honor recipient[3]
- Walter Cronkite, iconic television journalist, born in St. Joseph; his father was a dentist there
- Paul Crouch, founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network
- Katherine Kennicott Davis, composer of "The Little Drummer Boy"
- Eminem, rapper and songwriter, born in St. Joseph
- Eugene Field, popular poet in his day, worked for the St. Joseph Gazette and wrote a famous poem about Lover's Lane, St. Joseph
- Harold K. Forsen, Nuclear physicist
- Ralph D. Foster, broadcasting pioneer
- Betty Garrett, actress, known for On the Town and Laverne & Shirley, born in St. Joseph
- Elijah Gates, State Treasurer of Missouri
- Anthony Glise, guitarist
- Jody Hamilton, wrestler
- Larry Hamilton, wrestler
- Fred Harman, artist, drew the Red Ryder cartoons and worked with Walt Disney, born in St. Joseph and worked at Artcrafts Engraving Company in St. Joseph
- Coleman Hawkins, jazz saxophonist[4]
- Shere Hite, sex educator
- Edie Huggins, television journalist[5]
- Bela M. Hughes (1817–1903), pioneer, born in Kentucky, was in the 1850s and 1860s a prominent St. Joseph lawyer[6]
- William Hyde (1836–1898), journalist
- Lucie Fulton Isaacs, writer, philanthropist, suffragist
- Jesse James, iconic outlaw, murdered in St. Joseph
- Kagney Linn Karter, porn actress
- Henry Krug, founded Krug Packing Company, the Saint Joseph Stockyards, the German-American Bank, The Hotel Robidoux, gave Krug Park to the City
- Brian McDonald, writer[7]
- Jeff Morris, actor, known for The Blues Brothers, born in St. Joseph
- Timothy Omundson, actor
- Mary Alicia Owen, Missouri folklorist
- Isaac Parker, judge
- Travis Partridge, football player
- Forrest E. Peden, decorated World War II soldier
- Benjamin F. Peery, physicist, astronomer and professor, and the second African American person to earn a doctorate in astronomy
- Tom Pendergast, political boss
- Seraphine Eppstein Pisko, executive secretary of the Denver Jewish Hospital
- Frank Posegate, mayor of St. Joseph
- LeRoy Prinz, choreographer and film director
- Arthur Pryor, trombonist
- Randy Railsback, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Sid Rogell, Hollywood producer
- Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman elected governor of a U.S. state; governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927[8]
- Martin Rucker, football player
- Martin T. Rucker, politician
- Mike Rucker, football player
- Jay Sarno, hotel mogul, founder of Caesars Palace
- Bill Snyder, Kansas State football coach
- Eddie Timanus, Jeopardy! champion, won five times in 1999 despite being blind
- Steve Walsh, musician of band Kansas
- Ruth Warrick, actress, known for Citizen Kane and All My Children, born in St. Joseph
- James H. Webb, U.S. Senator from Virginia, born in St. Joseph
- Silas Woodson (1819–1896), 21st Governor of Missouri, born in Kentucky, was in the 19th century a prominent St. Joseph lawyer[6]
- Huston Wyeth, industrialist
- Jane Wyman, Oscar–winning actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan, born in St. Joseph
- Delmer J. Yoakum (1915–1996), artist
- Olive Young, born in St. Joseph; actress and blues singer; was silent–films movie star in China but typecasting hurt her in Hollywood.
Notes and References
- 'Don D. Alt,' The Des Moines Register, August 31, 1988, pg.7M
- Web site: Dwayne Blakley . databaseFootball.com . September 29, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120530083954/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BLAKLDWA01 . May 30, 2012 .
- Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command . February 17, 2022.
- http://www.biography.com/people/coleman-hawkins-9331743 Coleman Hawkins Biography
- News: Melissa . Dribben . Edie Huggins 1935-2008: A versatile, dogged, endearing NBC10 face . . 2008-07-30 . 2008-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080801223548/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/obituaries/20080730_A_versatile__dogged__endearing_NBC10_face.html . 2008-08-01 . dead .
- Book: Christensen. Lawrence O.. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Foley. William E.. Kramer. Gary R.. Winn. Kenneth H.. 1999. University of Missouri Press. 9780826212221. Columbia, MO. 813.
- Web site: Interview with Brian McDonald, part 1 . Adelaide Screenwriter. 31 January 2014.
- Web site: Wyoming Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross . National Governors Association . October 14, 2013.
