| A | B |
| Jesse James | outlaw with Robin Hood Reputation |
| George Washington Carver | Scientist (300 uses for the peanut) |
| Thomas Hart Benton | Painter (Murals in State Capital and Truman Library |
| Langston Hughes | Poet who wrote about African American life |
| Harry S. Truman | The only former President from Missouri |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder | Author of pioneer life books |
| Mark Twain | A famous writer, who wrote Tom Sawyer |
| Charles Lindbergh | First person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Eugene Field | children's poet, Little Boy Blue |
| George Caleb Bingham | a painter of frontier scenes |
| Walt Disney | cartoonist |
| Cole Younger | outlaw buried in Lee's Summit |