Although there is some dispute about the date and place of her birth, most sources state…
Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. Her…
Rupert Hughes, a versatile popular writer, was born in Lancaster, Missouri, on January 31,…
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman, born in Concordia, Missouri, on May 9, 1907, became…
Of British, Quaker, and Huguenot heritage, William Rockhill Nelson was born five miles west…
Jack Oakie was long considered one of the screen’s most notorious scene-stealers. He had a…
Geraldine Page was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on November 22, 1924, to Leon Elwin Page,…
Nathaniel Patten Jr. could be characterized as Missouri’s quintessential pioneer country…
William Horatio Powell was the epitome of the suave, urbane leading man throughout his…
Emil Preetorius was a German-language journalist in St. Louis. Born in Alzey, Rheinhessen,…