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45 Famous MissouriansTriva, Quotes and More on Famous Missourians for Students of All Ages WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 2019 We hope you learn a little about our great state of Missouri and these famous Missourians. This list is by no means all the famous Missourians, it’s not even the top 45, it’s just a good cross section. If there is a famous Missourian you would like to see in a future edition just let us know. Maya Angelou ................. page 2 George Washington Redd Foxx ..................... page 10 J.C. Penney ...................... page 4 Bob Barker ...................... page 2 Carver ..................... page 12 John Goodman .............. page 15 John Pershing .................. page 8 Yogi Berra ....................... page 2 Don Cheadle .................... page 4 Robert Calvin Hubbard ... page 16 Brad Pitt ......................... page 5 Chuck Berry ................... page 12 William Clark ................. page 10 Jesse James ................... page 11 Joseph Pulitzer .............. page 14 Linda Bloodworth- Pheobe Couzin ............... page 12 Don Johnson .................. page 15 Ginger Rogers .................. page 5 Thomason ................. page 3 Walter Cronkite ............... page 7 Meriwether Lewis .......... page 10 Harriet Robinson Scott ... page 16 Daniel Boone ................... page 3 Sheryl Crow ..................... page 7 Rush Limbaugh ............... page 8 Clarence Thomas .............. page 6 Omar Nelson Bradley ..... page 14 Walt Disney ..................... page 7 Joyce Meyer ..................... page 4 Tina Turner ...................... page 6 Molly Brown .................... page 3 Leo Drey ........................ page 14 Stan Musial ..................... page 5 Mark Twain ..................... page 6 John “Jack” Buck ............ page 11 Dick Van Dyke .................. page 9 Kevin Nealon ................. page 16 Sam Walton ..................... page 8 Dale Carnegie ................ page 13 Cedric the Entertainer .... page 15 Nelly ............................. page 11 Laura Ingalls Wilder ......... page 9 Ella Kate Ewing .............. page 13 Marie Watkins Oliver ..... page 12 Leona Williams ................ page 9 GASCONADE COUNTY REPUBLICAN ■ WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 2019 ■ PAGE 2B 45 Famous Missourians Bob Barker Maya Angelou Yogi Berra (born Robert William Barker) (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) (born Lawrence Peter Berra) Birthdate: Dec. 12, 1923 at Darrington, Wash. Birthdate: April 4, 1928 at St. Louis, Mo. Birthdate: May 12, 1925 at St. Louis, Mo. Best known for: Hosting CBS’s The Price is Right from 1972 to 2007. Died: May 28, 2014 at Winston-Salem, N.C. Died: Sept. 22, 2015 at West Caldwell, N.J. Interesting facts: Barker resigned as host of Miss Universe and Miss Best known for: Her autobiography titled “I Know Why The Caged Best known for: His “Yogi-isms” and being one of the best baseball USA pageants because officials refused to stop giving fur coats as Bird Sings” catchers in baseball history. awards. Interesting facts: Angelou received the nickname Maya from her Interesting facts: The name “Yogi” comes from a childhood friend Barker spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian brother Bailey who called her “my sister,” which who said a character in a movie Reservation in Mission, South Dakota and the came out as “Maya sister.” looked like Berra. U.S. Indian Census Rolls list him as an official She holds over 50 honorary degrees Berra left school after 8th member of the Sioux tribe. and was Reynolds Professor of grade to work and Quotes: “Nothing gives me quite so much joy American Studies at Wake Forest. play American Legion as when people tell me they’ve had their pets Quotes: “There is no greater agony baseball. spayed or neutered.” than bearing an untold story Quotes: “It ain’t over till “You can’t fool television viewers with dancing inside you.” it’s over.” girls and flashing lights.” “Success is liking yourself, liking what you “If you don’t know where you’re do, and liking how you do it.” going, you might wind up someplace else.” For 35 years Bob Barker was the host of The Price Is Right game Maya Angelou had a diverse career spanning five decades — first Yogi Berra was an American professional baseball player, manager show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime game show, it’s also as a singer and dancer, then as a journalist and civil rights activist, and and coach. Berra was a key player for the New York Yankees for 18 the longest-running game show in TV history. He also served the later as a memoirist, poet and screenwriter. years, during which he played in a record 14 World Series winning show’s executive producer since 1987. Named the most popular Angelou was born in St. Louis and lived there until the age an unprecedented 10. He also established records for catchers of his game show host of all time in a national poll, he received the Lifetime of three when she, along with her brother Bailey, went to live with era: he held the benchmark for most home runs hit by a catcher, most Achievement Award for Daytime Television in 1999. their paternal grandmother in Stamps, Ark. consecutive errorless games, and most consecutive chances handled. He made his motion picture debut in Universal Pictures’ Happy At the age of seven, Angelou moved back to St. Louis to live with Berra grew up in the Italian district of St. Louis where he Gilmore. He also played Mel Harris’ father in NBC’s Something So her mother where she was hurt very badly by her mother’s boyfriend. played softball, baseball, soccer, football and roller hockey. Right. Another honor came when one of the most historic sites in the Not long after telling her mother about it, the boyfriend was shot and He first played organized baseball with a YMCA team and later played history of television, Stage 33 at CBS Television City was re-dedicated killed. The thought that her voice caused the man’s death made her American Legion baseball. He batted left-handed and, like most as the Bob Barker Studio in ceremonies following the taping of the feel so bad that she didn’t speak for the next five years. catchers, threw right-handed. Berra acquired his famous nickname 5,000th episode of “The Price is Right.” Barker is the first performer to Angelou married a South African freedom fighter and for a time from a teammate who thought he looked like a Hindu yogi when he whom CBS has ever dedicated a stage. lived in Cairo where she was the editor of the Arab Observer. sat cross-legged as he waited to bat. Barker spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation During the 1960s, Angelou worked as a civil rights activist. Berra signed a contract with the American League (AL) New York in South Dakota. His family eventually moved to Springfield, She first worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and became the Yankees in 1942. After a season in the minor leagues, he served in Mo., where he attended high school and Drury College on a Northern coordinator for his organization, the Southern Christian the U.S. Navy during WWII and returned to minor-league baseball in basketball scholarship. WWII interrupted his studies and he joined Leadership Conference. Later, she helped Malcolm X to form the new 1946. He moved up to the New York Yankees toward the end of the the US Navy, becoming a fighter pilot, but the war ended before he Organization of African American Unity. 1946 season. Because Berra’s catching was initially erratic, he played was assigned to a seagoing squadron. In 1969, Maya published her first autobiography called “I Know mostly in the outfield until 1949, when he became the team’s regular Following his discharge Barker returned to Drury and took a job Why the Caged Bird Sings.” The book tells the story of her life up until catcher. He hit 20 or more home runs a season in 1949–58 and 1961, at a local radio station to help finance his studies. It was there he the age of seventeen. In the book, Maya captures the many struggles including a home run in his first World Series appearance. He was discovered that what he did best was to host audience participation she went through growing up as an African-American woman in the named the AL’s Most Valuable Player three times. Berra helped the shows. After graduating summa cum laude with a degree in mid-1900s. She also shows how she overcame these issues through Yankees win World Series titles and he caught in more series games economics, he went to work for a radio station in Palm Beach, Florida. character, books and words. than any other catcher. He also hit 12 World Series home runs. A year later he moved to Los Angeles, and within a week he was the With her book, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Angelou was After retiring as a player, Berra managed the Yankees in 1964, host of his own radio program, “The Bob Barker Show”. He made his one of the first African-American women to make the New York winning the pennant but losing the World Series. He then moved debut in 1956 on national television as the host of the popular The Times bestseller list. The book remained on the list for two years, across town to the National League (NL) New York Mets as a coach New Truth and Consequences. Barker hosted “Truth or Consequences” making Angelou an international star. She went on to write seven and team manager, winning the NL pennant in 1973. Thereafter he for 18 years. autobiographical works and her books remain on many school returned to the Yankees, serving as a coach. Berra was one of the few Barker has been twice named in the Guinness Book of World syllabuses. men to manage pennant winners in both leagues. He was elected to Records as television’s “Most Durable Performer,” at 3,524 shows, and Dr.