- John Anderson
John Anderson is a sports journalist from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a host of the ESPN TV program SportsCenter since June 1999. He lives in Southington, Connecticut. Anderson has a journalism degree from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He is active within the MU Alumni Association and can often be seen at Missouri Tigers sporting events. Anderson was the Grand Marshall at Missouri's 2002 Homecoming football game, …
- Kenny Hulshof
Kenneth C. "Kenny" Hulshof is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, currently representing (map) in the United States House of Representatives. Hulshof was born in Sikeston, Missouri and attended the University of Missouri. Hulshof earned his J.D. from the University of Mississippi Law School. Prior to serving in Congress, Hulshof worked in the public defender's office and as a special prosecutor for the Missouri attorney general's office.
- Sarah Steelman
Sarah Steelman (born May 3, 1958) is an American politician from Missouri. She was born in Jefferson City and educated in the Jefferson City public schools. In 2004 she was elected State Treasurer. She is a member of the Republican Party. Steelman's political career began with her election to the Missouri State Senate in 1998, representing Rolla, Missouri and surrounding counties.
- Brian Smith
Brian Smith is an American photographer. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his photographs of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games in the "Orange County Register". In 1988, he was again a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his photographs of Haiti in Turmoil for the "Miami Herald". His photograph of Greg Louganis hitting his head on the diving board at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games won top awards from World Press Photo, …
- Justin Smith
Justin Smith is an American football player who plays defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played high school football for Jefferson City High School and college football at the University of Missouri and was selected fourth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Bengals. In his first five seasons, he has totalled 312 tackles and 37 sacks. He started his 2006 season on a big note, by sacking Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Trent Green three times in the season opener.
- Sergei Kopeikin
Sergei Kopeikin is a USSR-born theoretical physicist presently living and working in the United States, where he holds the position of Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Missouri–Columbia (UMC). He specializes in the theoretical and experimental study of gravity and general relativity. He is also an expert in the field of the astronomical references frames and time metrology.
- Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson is an American college basketball coach, who was appointed as the head men's coach at the University of Missouri on March 26, 2006. As of the end of the 2005-2006 season, Anderson had finished his fourth year as the head coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At UAB, Anderson coached the Blazers three appearances in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament over four years, and one appearance in the National Invitation Tournament.
- Chase Daniel
Chase Daniel is an American football quarterback. He is currently in his sophomore year at the University of Missouri, where he is starting at quarterback for the Missouri Tigers. Daniel prepped at newly famed Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas, where the team won a 5A Division II state title in 2004 and runner up in 2003. After playing his sophomore year at wideout, Daniel was a two-year starter at QB, leading his team to a 31-1 record.
- Sam Graves
Samuel "Sam" Graves is a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, currently representing (map) in the United States House of Representatives. Graves was born in Tarkio, Missouri and he graduated from the University of Missouri. Graves was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1992 as a Republican and he was then elected to the Missouri State Senate in 1994. In 2000, Congresswoman Pat Danner suddenly retired due to breast cancer.
- David C. Geary
David C. Geary is a notable United States cognitive developmental psychologist with interests in mathematical learning and in evolution. He is currently a Curators’ Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri–Columbia.
- Henry Liu
Henry Liu is a retired American civil engineer and the president of Freight Pipeline Company (FPC). During Liu's earlier career he was a professor of civil engineering and the director of Capsule Pipeline Research Center, a state/industry university cooperative research center at University of Missouri–Columbia. After retirement, Liu founded FPC, the company which developed fly ash brick, a new type of building brick made from a waste by-product of coal power plants.
- Quin Snyder
Quin Snyder is the current head coach of the NBDL's Austin Toros. He is also the former head men's basketball coach of the University of Missouri. He is also a former assistant coach at his alma mater of Duke University. Snyder was also the son-in-law of legendary coach Larry Brown. He resigned during the 2006 season, although some believe he was forced out by athletic director Mike Alden.
- Mike Jones
Michael Anthony Jones is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. During his NFL career, which started in 1991 and ended after 2002, Jones played on three teams: the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, the St. Louis Rams, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jones attended college at the University of Missouri, where he originally played as a running back. He was converted to the linebacker position when he signed with the Raiders as a rookie free agent.
- Brad Smith
Bradley Alexander Smith, son of Phillip and Sherri Smith, is a former American college football player for the University of Missouri and currently plays for the New York Jets.
- Scott Cairns
Scott Cairns is an American poet, memoirist and essayist. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he was educated at Western Washington University, Hollins College, Bowling Green State University, and the University of Utah. He is currently Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Missouri. Cairns is the author of six collections of poetry, one collection of translations of Christian mystics, one spiritual memoir, …
- Doug Smith
Douglas ("Doug") Smith is an American former basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. Smith played in five NBA seasons, for the Mavericks and the Boston Celtics and averaged 8.8 ppg in his career. He played collegiately at the University of Missouri, where his number 34 is retired.
- Edgar Allen
Edgar Allen was an American anatomist and physiologist. He is known for the discovery of estrogen and his role in creating the field of endocrinology. Born on Cañon (Canyon) City, Colorado, Allen was educated at Brown University. After serving in World War I he worked at Washington University, until he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at the University of Missouri in 1923. Ten years later he was appointed to the chair at Yale University.
- Eugene Field
Eugene Field (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for poetry for children and for humorous essays. Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri. After the death of his mother he was raised by a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. Field attended Williams College in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, his father, Roswell Field, died when he was nineteen and he dropped out after eight months.
- Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon (April 11 1879 - May 12 1964) was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations. Born in Elsberry, Missouri, Cannon graduated from La Grange Junior College in Hannibal, Missouri in 1901, from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri in 1903, and from the law school of the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1908.
- Joe Maxwell
Joe Maxwell is an American politician. He served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995, in the Missouri State Senate from 1995 to 2000 and as Missouri's Lieutenant Governor from 2000 to 2005. He is a Democrat and is from Audrain County. He graduated from the University of Missouri.
- Jolie Justus
Jolie Justus (born February 24 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. A Democrat, she is a member of the Missouri State Senate, representing the state's 10th District in Kansas City. A lawyer by trade, she was raised in Branson, Missouri where she attended Branson High School. She then went on to earn degrees at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield and the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law.
- Mort Walker
Mort Walker is the dean and -- in some ways -- the curator of American cartoonists. Best known for his long-running strips "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi & Lois," Walker, 84, is also a bedrock member of the National Cartoonists Society, and he's the founder and energy behind the National Cartoon Museum. This is the third time I've had the pleasure of Mort's company over the last 20 years. I enjoy interviewing him because he says what's on his mind, and what's on his mind is never dull.
- Brad Bushman
Brad Bushman is a Professor at the University of Michigan with appointments in psychology, communication studies, and the Institute for Social Research. He has published extensively on the causes and consequences of human aggression. His studies have shown that venting anger actually increases aggression, and that violent video games can cause aggressive behavior. Along with Roy Baumeister, he demonstrated that it is narcissistic, not low self-esteem, …
- Mike Hall
Michael James Hall (born February 1982 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American sports broadcaster who was the featured on-air personality at ESPN's network devoted to college sports, ESPNU. ESPN's Pardon the Interruption reported during its "Happy Trails!" segment on April 27, 2007, that Hall was leaving ESPNU to move back to the Chicago area, where he would pursue other job opportunities.
- David R. Francis
David Rowland Francis (October 1, 1850 - January 15, 1927) was an American politician. He served in various positions including Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, and United States Secretary of the Interior. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Russia between 1916 and 1917, during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was a Democrat. Francis was born in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1850. He graduated from Washington University in St.
- Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash is an American-educated Iraqi scientist, dubbed Mrs. Anthrax by the U.S. government. Ammash was number 53 on the Pentagon's list of the 55 most wanted, the five of hearts in the deck of Most wanted Iraqi playing cards, and the only woman to be featured. U.S. officials allege that Ammash, who earned a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Missouri–Columbia, …
- James S. Rollins
James Sidney Rollins was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Missouri. Born in Richmond, Kentucky, Rollins completed preparatory studies, attended Centre College and graduated from the Indiana University in 1830. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834, commencing practice in Columbia, Missouri.
- Martin Frost
Jonas Martin Frost III (born January 1, 1942) is an American politician, who was the Democratic representative to the U.S. House of Representatives for the Texas 24th Congressional District from 1979 to 2005. He was married to U.S. Army Major General (Retired) Kathryn Frost until her death in 2006. Born in Glendale, California, Frost grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1964 with bachelor's degrees in journalism and history, …
- Jaber F. Gubrium
Jaber (Jay) F.Gubrium was appointed Chair of the University of Missouri Department of sociology in 2002. He previously has taught at Marquette University and the University of Florida, was a Fulbright scholar at Tampere University, Finland, in 1996, and has been a visiting professor at Tampere, at Lund University in Sweden, and at the Universities of Copenhagen and Odense in Denmark. His areas of specialization are aging and the life course, social interaction, identity, …
- Margaret Weis
Margaret Edith Weis is an extremely prolific fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the "Dragonlance" game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. She graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia and now lives in southern Wisconsin in a converted barn. Most recently, she has completed the third novel in the "Dragonvarld" trilogy for TOR, "Master of Dragons".
- Ben Askren
Ben Askren is an American amateur wrestler for the University of Missouri. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, his family moved to Wisconsin, where he won two state championships. In college, he wrestled in the 174 lb. weight class. He lost the NCAA championship match to Chris Pendleton in both 2004 and 2005 before winning it in 2006. He is known for his incredible pinning ability (he holds the single-season NCAA pin record and is on track to achieve the career record, …
- Wayne Brekhus
Wayne H. Brekhus is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He teaches a myriad of Sociology courses, mostly graduate level courses, though in recent years he has taught a number of introductory level courses. Brekhus is renowned at MU for his excentric behavior, humorous lectures, and brilliant teaching. In addition to teaching, Brekhus has also authored a book titled Peacocks, Chameleons, …
- Kareem Rush
Kareem Lamar Rush is an American professional basketball player positioned at shooting guard currently under contract with the Indiana Pacers. Rush entered the 2002 NBA Draft after his junior season at Missouri and was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 20th pick overall, despite being labeled as a late lottery pick prior to the pre-draft camp. The Raptors immediately traded his rights to the Los Angeles Lakers, …
- Charles Stark Draper
Charles Stark Draper, Sc.D. is often referred to as "the father of inertial navigation." Born in Windsor, Missouri, he attended the University of Missouri in 1917, Stanford University, California in 1919, and MIT in 1922. While at MIT, he earned an S.B. in electrochemical engineering in 1926, and an S.M. and Sc.D. in physics in 1928 and 1938 respectively. While at MIT, he founded the Instrumentation Laboratory in the 1930s, …
- Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction. Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier.
- Russ Mitchell
Russ Mitchell is the news anchor of "The Early Show" on CBS. He became the first official news anchor of the show in December 2006. He is also anchor of the Sunday edition of "CBS Evening News" and is the substitute anchor for Katie Couric on the weekday version of the CBS Evening News. On January 6 2007, he left the co-anchoring duties on The "Saturday Early Show", a position held since the show's launch in September 1997.
- Sarah French
Sarah Sutton French is a beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss America pageants. She was born in Dallas, Texas but grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is currently living in Columbia, Missouri. French won the Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in late 2003. It was her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant held in Palm Springs, California in August 2004.
- Chester Brewer
Chester L. Brewer was a college football coach. From 1903 to 1910, and from 1917 to 1919, he coached at Michigan State, where he compiled a 58-23-7 record, making him one of the school's most prolific coaches. From 1911 to 1913, he coached at Missouri, where he compiled a 14-8-2 record. In 1922, he coached at UC Davis, where he compiled a 3-4-2 record.
- Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson is an American television personality, cartoonist and educator. He is best known for having hosted the children's program "Gigglesnort Hotel". Information on Jackson's early life has been very difficult to find (he has not revealed a place or date of birth so far as can be determined, even the Internet Movie Database has no such information).
- Anthony Peeler
Anthony Eugene Peeler is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. Played High School ball at Paseo High School. In 1988, Peeler was drafted by Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers in the 41st round. After playing college basketball at the University of Missouri, Peeler was drafted 15th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1992 NBA Draft. Since being drafted, Peeler has also played for the then-Vancouver Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, …