Mizzou has been home to such celebrities
- Christopher "Kit" Bond, U.S. Senator
- Sheryl Crow, musician
- Brad Pitt, actor
- Chris Cooper, actor
- George C. Scott, actor
- William Least Heat-Moon, author
- Thomas Eagleton, former U.S Senator
- Roger B. Wilson, lieutenant governor
- Mort Walker, cartoonist
- Kareem Rush, Basketball Player
- Keyon Dooling, Basketball
Player
- Anthony Peeler, Basketball
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