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St. Louis Walk of Fame

HONOR

Established 1989 on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Maya Angelou
Poet
4-Apr-1928   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Henry Armstrong
Boxing
12-Dec-1912 22-Oct-1988 Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion
Josephine Baker
Dancer
3-Jun-1906 12-Apr-1975 Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
Yogi Berra
Baseball
12-May-1925   New York Yankee malapropist
Chuck Berry
Singer
18-Oct-1926   My Ding-A-Ling
Lou Brock
Baseball
18-Jun-1939   Stole 938 bases
Jack Buck
Journalist
21-Aug-1924 18-Jun-2002 Voice of the Cardinals
Grace Bumbry
Singer
4-Jan-1937   Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano
William S. Burroughs
Author
5-Feb-1914 2-Aug-1997 Naked Lunch
Kate Chopin
Novelist
8-Feb-1851 22-Aug-1904 The Awakening
William Clark
Explorer
1-Aug-1770 1-Sep-1838 Lewis and Clark expedition
William L. Clay
Politician
30-Apr-1931   Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001
Barry Commoner
Biologist
28-May-1917   Science and Survival
Arthur H. Compton
Physicist
10-Sep-1892 15-Mar-1962 Discovered the Compton Effect
Jimmy Connors
Tennis
2-Sep-1952   '70s, '80s tennis champ
Carl Cori
Scientist
5-Dec-1896 20-Oct-1984 Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Gerty Cori
Scientist
15-Aug-1896 26-Oct-1957 Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Bob Costas
TV Personality
22-Mar-1952   Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later
John Danforth
Politician
5-Sep-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
Miles Davis
Jazz Musician
26-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Dizzy Dean
Baseball
16-Jan-1910 17-Jul-1974 MVP in 1934, won two World Series
Dan Dierdorf
Football
29-Jun-1949   NFL Hall of Famer, commentator
Phyllis Diller
Comic
17-Jul-1917   The original female stand-up comic
Katherine Dunham
Dancer
22-Jun-1910 21-May-2006 Dunham School of Dance
Thomas Eagleton
Politician
4-Sep-1929 4-Mar-2007 US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87
Buddy Ebsen
Actor
2-Apr-1908 6-Jul-2003 Jed Clampett
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Stanley Elkin
Novelist
11-May-1930 31-May-1995 The Living End
Walker Evans
Photographer
3-Nov-1903 10-Apr-1975 Depression-era Photographer
Eugene Field
Journalist
2-Sep-1850 4-Nov-1895 A Little Book of Western Verse
Redd Foxx
Comic
9-Dec-1922 11-Oct-1991 Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son
Joe Garagiola
Baseball
12-Feb-1926   St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster
Dave Garroway
Talk Show Host
13-Jul-1913 21-Jul-1982 Host of Today, 1952-61
William H. Gass
Novelist
30-Jul-1924   The Tunnel
Bob Gibson
Baseball
9-Nov-1935   Two-time Cy Young Award winner
John Goodman
Actor
20-Jun-1952   King Ralph
Betty Grable
Actor
18-Dec-1916 2-Jul-1973 The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Dick Gregory
Activist
12-Oct-1932   Autobiography: NIGGER!
Robert Guillaume
Actor
30-Nov-1927   Benson
Al Hirschfeld
Artist
21-Jun-1903 20-Jan-2003 Pen and ink caricaturist
Rogers Hornsby
Baseball
27-Apr-1896 5-Jan-1963 The Raj
William Inge
Playwright
3-May-1913 10-Jun-1973 Come Back, Little Sheba
Scott Joplin
Musician
24-Nov-1868 1-Apr-1917 The King of Ragtime
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track and Field
3-Mar-1962   Track and Field medalist
Albert King
Guitarist
25-Apr-1923 21-Dec-1992 Blues electric guitarist
Kevin Kline
Actor
24-Oct-1947   A Fish Called Wanda
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator
4-Feb-1902 26-Aug-1974 Transatlantic soloist
Marsha Mason
Actor
3-Apr-1942   The Goodbye Girl
William Masters
Scientist
27-Dec-1915 16-Feb-2001 Human Sexual Response
Bill Mauldin
Cartoonist
29-Oct-1921 22-Jan-2003 WWII cartoonist, Willie and Joe
Virginia Mayo
Actor
30-Nov-1920 17-Jan-2005 South Sea Woman
Michael McDonald
Musician
12-Feb-1952   White pop/soul vocalist
David Merrick
Theatre Producer
27-Nov-1911 25-Apr-2000 Hello, Dolly!
Marianne Moore
Poet
15-Nov-1887 5-Feb-1972 Collected Poems
Agnes Moorehead
Actor
6-Dec-1900 30-Apr-1974 Endora on Bewitched
Stan Musial
Baseball
21-Nov-1920   St. Louis Cardinals
Nelly
Rapper
2-Nov-1974   Hot In Herre
Howard Nemerov
Poet
1-Mar-1920 5-Jul-1991 US Poet Laureate, 1987-88
Marlin Perkins
Zoologist
28-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1986 Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Mike Peters
Cartoonist
9-Oct-1943   Mother Goose and Grimm
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Joseph Pulitzer
Business
10-Apr-1847 29-Oct-1911 Established the Pulitzer Prize
Harold Ramis
Comic
21-Nov-1944   Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Branch Rickey
Baseball
20-Dec-1881 9-Dec-1965 Longtime Baseball GM
David Sanborn
Musician
30-Jul-1945   Saxophone player
Dred Scott
Victim
c. 1799 17-Sep-1858 Slave denied freedom by US Supreme Court
William T. Sherman
Military
8-Feb-1820 14-Feb-1891 Marched to the Sea
George Sisler
Baseball
24-Mar-1893 26-Mar-1973 Batted .420 in 1921
Leonard Slatkin
Conductor
1-Sep-1944   Music Director, Detroit Symphony
Ozzie Smith
Baseball
26-Dec-1954   Hall of Fame shortstop
Sara Teasdale
Poet
8-Aug-1884 29-Jan-1933 Strange Victory
Helen Traubel
Singer
16-Jun-1899 28-Jul-1972 Wagnerian soprano
Ike Turner
Musician
5-Nov-1931 12-Dec-2007 River Deep, Mountain High
Tina Turner
Singer
26-Nov-1939   What's Love Got to Do With It
Mona Van Duyn
Poet
9-May-1921 1-Dec-2004 To See, To Take
Dick Weber
Bowling
23-Dec-1929 13-Feb-2005 Professional bowler
Mary Wickes
Actor
13-Jun-1910 22-Oct-1995 Sister Act
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
26-Mar-1911 25-Feb-1983 The Glass Menagerie
Shelley Winters
Actor
18-Aug-1920 14-Jan-2006 Method actress and camp queen


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