Hall of Famous Missourians

Sidney Rollins (April 19, 1812 – January 9, 1888) was a nineteenth-century Missouri politician and lawyer. He helped establish the University of Missouri, led the successful effort to get it located in...

Guitar (August 31, 1825 – March 13, 1908) was a general in the Union Missouri State Militia during the American Civil War. He was noted for his successful campaign against Joseph C. Porter and John A. ...

Robert Anson Heinlein ( July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988 ) was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial aut...

was elected in April 1849 as the mayor of St. Louis, for a term of one year.[citation needed]Within a month of being elected, the Great Fire of 1849 in St. Louis occurred. On May 17, 1849, a small fire...