On this page you’ll find news and updates on celebrities from Missouri unrelated to reality shows.
* Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to a California group trying to keep gay marriage legal in the state.
* Sheryl Crow was one of 60 who participated in this weekend’s Stand Up to Cancer event. The fundraiser was aired on ABC, NBC and CBS. The singer, a native of Kennet, battled breast cancer in 2006.
Celebrities Born or Raised in Missouri
Actor – David Koechner
Writer – Maya Angelou
Director – Robert Altman
Actor – Brad Pitt
Singer – Sheryl Crow
Actress – Sarah Clarke
Actor – Kyle Lowder
Actress – Taylor Momsen
Actor – Lucas Grabeel
Actor – Scott Bakula
Singer – Nelly
Rap Artist – Eminem
MLB Player – Yogi Berra
Singer – Chuck Berry
Actress – Kathleen Turner
Author – Mark Twain
U.S. President – Harry S. Truman
Country Singer – Sara Evans
Basketball Player – Bill Bradley
Race Car Driver – Carl Edwards
Inventor – George Washington Carver
Journalist – Walter Cronkite
Actor – Don Cheadle
Actor – Chris Cooper
Actor – John Goodman
Actress – Betty Grable
Actor – Eddie Griffin
Race Car Drivers – Jamie McMurray
Writer/Director – James Gunn
Actress – Jean Harlow
Actor – Don Johnson
Actor – Kevin Kline
Actor – Vincent Price
Actress/Dancer – Ginger Rogers
Actor/Comedian – Dick Van Dyke
Comedian – Cedric The Entertainer
Actor – Redd Foxx
Writer – Robert A. Heinlein
Designer/Model – Kimora Lee Simmons
Performer – Calamity Jane
Race Car Driver – Rusty Wallace
Race Car Driver – Kenny Wallace
Outlaw – Jesse James
Political Talk Radio Host – Rush Limbaugh
Writer – T.S. Eliot
Actress – Linda Blair
