St. Louis
St. Louis ranks 51st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dublin, Melbourne, and Naples. Memorable people born in St. Louis include T. S. Eliot, Josephine Baker, and Chuck Berry. Memorable people who died in St. Louis include Edward Adelbert Doisy, William Clark, and Étienne Cabet. St. Louis has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and athletes. St. Louis is located in United States.
St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area is the 20th-largest in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2003, St. Louis was the birth place of 175 globally memorable people, including T. S. Eliot, Josephine Baker, and Chuck Berry. Additionaly, 38 globally memorable people have passed away in St. Louis including Edward Adelbert Doisy, William Clark, and Étienne Cabet.
People Born in St. Louis
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T. S. Eliot
WRITER
1888 - 1965
HPI: 87.25
Rank: 110
Josephine Baker
DANCER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 89
Chuck Berry
MUSICIAN
1926 - 2017
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 129
William S. Burroughs
WRITER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 92
Maya Angelou
WRITER
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 93
Roger D. Kornberg
CHEMIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 73
Kevin Kline
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 169
Marilyn vos Savant
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 74
James Gunn
FILM DIRECTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 38
Timothy M. Dolan
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 3
Vincent Price
ACTOR
1911 - 1993
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 94
Shelley Winters
ACTOR
1920 - 2006
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 70
People Deceased in St. Louis
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Edward Adelbert Doisy
CHEMIST
1893 - 1986
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 10
William Clark
EXPLORER
1770 - 1838
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 18
Étienne Cabet
PHILOSOPHER
1788 - 1856
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 34
Dred Scott
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1858
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 20
Howard H. Aiken
ENGINEER
1900 - 1973
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 15
Kit Bond
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2025
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 3
Joseph Erlanger
PHYSICIAN
1874 - 1965
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 12
Charles Eames
ARCHITECT
1907 - 1978
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 9
Kate Chopin
WRITER
1850 - 1904
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 6
Helen Stephens
ATHLETE
1918 - 1994
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 11
Oliver Kirk
BOXER
1884 - 1960
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 30
William R. Orthwein
BUSINESSPERSON
1881 - 1955
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 24
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day St. Louis were actors (53), politicians (14), athletes (14), musicians (12), and basketball players (12), while most who died were politicians (5), athletes (4), soccer players (4), explorers (2), and physicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in St. Louis, including Kevin Kline, Linda Blair, and Scott Bakula. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day St. Louis, including Kevin Kline, Vincent Price, and Shelley Winters.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in St. Louis since 1700.
