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Born in St. Louis

St. Louis is the second-largest city in Missouri and principal city of the 20th largest metro area in the U.S. The city is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and hosted the Summer Olympics in 1904. The city's most notable sight is the Gateway Arch. Try to name these famous people, who are born in St. Louis.
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Author, "The Awakening"
1851
Kate Chopin
Considered one of the 20th century's major poets and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1948
1888
T. S. Eliot
American-born French dancer and actress, iconic image of the Roaring Twenties, supporter of the French Resistance and civil rights activist
1906
Josephine Baker
Founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car
1922
Jack C. Taylor
Tennis player and second woman to win a Career Grand Slam
1925
Doris Hart
Hall of Fame catcher who played for the New York Yankees, who later worked as manager and coach for the Yankees and Mets
1925
Yogi Berra
Singer and rock and roll pioneer, "Johnny B. Goode" "Roll Over Beethoven"
1926
Chuck Berry
Poet and civil rights activist, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
1928
Maya Angelou
Secretary of the Treasury from 2001 to 2002
1935
Paul H. O'Neill
Chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals
1941
William DeWitt Jr.
Comic book writer and creator of "Howard the Duck"
1947
Steve Gerber
Actor, "A Fish Called Wanda" "Wild Wild West" "Sophie's Choice"
1947
Kevin Kline
Biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA
1947
Roger D. Kornberg
Nobel Prize winning physicist and Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2013
1948
Steven Chu
Actor, "Forrest Gump" "Heat" "Ali" "Fences"
1957
Mykelti Williamson
Actress, known for her role as Regan MacNeil in "The Exorcist"
1959
Linda Blair
Director, "Guardians of the Galaxy" "The Suicide Squad"
1966
James Gunn
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Principal owner of the Arizona Cardinals
1969
Michael Bidwill
Actor, "Mad Men" "The Town" "Baby Driver"
1971
Jon Hamm
Senegalese-American singer, "Smack That" "Lonely"
1973
Akon
Governor of Missouri from 2017 to 2018, allegations of sexual assault and campaign finance impropriety led to his resignation
1974
Eric Greitens
Actor, "This Is Us" "Black Panther" "Waves"
1976
Sterling K. Brown
Co-founder and former CEO of Twitter
1976
Jack Dorsey
Actress, known for her roles as Renee Walker in "24" and Julia Brasher in "Bosch", she died from cancer at the age of 45
1977
Annie Wersching
Soccer player and captain of the U.S. women's national team
1985
Becky Sauerbrunn
Soccer player who plays for Fulham and the U.S. national team
1987
Tim Ream
Actor, "X-Men" "American Horror Story" "Dahmer"
1987
Evan Peters
Singer, "All the Stars" "What Lovers Do" "Good Days"
1989
SZA
Actress, known for her role as Jenny Humphrey in "Gossip Girl"
1993
Taylor Momsen
Shooting guard who plays for the Washington Wizards
1993
Bradley Beal
Small forward who plays for the Boston Celtics
1998
Jayson Tatum
Running back who plays for the Los Angeles Rams
2000
Kyren Williams
Wide receiver who plays for the Detroit Lions
2001
Jameson Williams
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