Editing Joplin, Missouri (section)

==Notable people==
[[Image:Schifferdecker Home.jpg|thumb|right|1890 Schifferdecker Home in Joplin, 2010]]
[[Image:Scottish Rite Cathedral in Joplin.jpg|thumb|right|Scottish Rite Cathedral in Joplin, 2010]]
[[Image:Joplin-historic-district.jpg|thumb|right|Historic district at 5th and Main in Joplin, 2010]]
* [[Alamo Christian Foundation|Tony Alamo]], religious evangelist and polygamist
* [[John Whitby Allen]], photographer and model railroading pioneer
* [[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]], actor
* [[Emily Newell Blair]], writer, suffragist, national Democratic Party political leader, a founder of the League of Women Voters and feminist
* [[Betty Brewer]], actress
* [[Norma Lee Clark]], author, private secretary to [[Woody Allen]]
* [[Billy Cook (criminal)|Billy Cook]], spree killer
* [[Robert Cummings]], actor, star of films and television's ''[[The Bob Cummings Show]]''
* [[Pauline Donnan]], opera singer
* [[Christofer Drew]], musician
* [[Scott Elbert]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Glen Glenn (singer)|Glen Glenn]], singer
* [[Jane Grant]], co-founder of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine
* [[Langston Hughes]], poet and writer, for whom Langston Hughes Broadway in Joplin is named
* [[Hale Irwin]], golfer, three-time U.S. Open champion<ref name="Hale Irwin Biography from Hale Irwin Official Website Reference">{{cite web |title=Hale Irwin Biography |url=https://www.haleirwin.com/refresh/templates/about.php?id=14 |website=Hale Irwin Official Website |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[H. Dale Jackson]], Baptist minister and ethicist, lived in Joplin with his wife when they were newly married in 1949
* [[Jack Jewsbury]], former player and captain of the [[Portland Timbers]] of [[Major League Soccer]]<ref name="Joplin native Jack Jewsbury playing 13th season in Major League Soccer by The Joplin Grove Reference">{{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Jim |title=Joplin native Jack Jewsbury playing 13th season in Major League Soccer |url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_sports/joplin-native-jack-jewsbury-playing-13th-season-in-major-league-soccer/article_5de4eb15-efd4-58cb-afff-6f4a4f71df9f.html |access-date=9 August 2021 |agency=The Joplin Globe |publisher=The Joplin Grove |date=June 15, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Alonzo May]], economist
* [[Tito Landrum]], baseball player
* [[Charles McCord]], retired broadcaster and writer for the [[Imus in the Morning]] radio program
* [[Jamie McMurray]], [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[Charles McPherson (musician)|Charles McPherson]], jazz musician
* [[Elva Miller]], singer<ref name="Elva Miller Dana Country Man Reference">{{cite web |title=Elva Miller on Dana Country Man |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/elva/elva.html |website=Dana Country Man |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Victor J. Miller]], 33rd [[Mayor of St. Louis]]
* [[Lisa Myers]], broadcast journalist<ref name="Lisa Myers: IMDB, Internet Movie Database Reference">{{cite web |title=Lisa Myers: IMDB |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0616783/bio |website=IMDb; Internet Movie Database |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[J. Eddie Peck]], actor, was raised in Joplin, graduated from Parkwood High School
* [[Charles Plumb (cartoonist)|Charles Plumb]], cartoonist of the syndicated ''[[Ella Cinders]]'' [[comic strip]]
* [[Carl Pomerance]], mathematician
* [[Darrell Porter]], baseball player, World Series champion and 4-time All-Star
* [[Vance Powell]], [[Grammy]] winning record producer.
* [[Mel Purcell]], tennis player
* [[Ron Richard]], Missouri Senate President Pro Tempore, State House Speaker, and Mayor of Joplin
* [[Lane Roberts]], Missouri State Representative and Chief of the Joplin Police Department
* [[Pattiann Rogers]], poet<ref name="Pattiann Rogers Poet Out Loud Reference">{{cite web |title=Pattiann Rogers |url=https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poet/pattiann-rogers/ |website=Poet Out Loud |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Wayne Shanklin]], music producer and songwriter
* [[Frank Shellenback]], baseball pitcher in [[Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame]]
* [[Pauline Starke]], silent-film actress
* [[Gabby Street]], manager of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]; adopted Joplin as his hometown
* [[William Tobin (journalist)|William Tobin]], journalist<ref name="seatimes">{{cite news |first=Mary|last=Pemberton|title=Journalist William J. Tobin dies at age 81 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009015931_apakobittobin.html|work=[[Seattle Times]]|agency=Associated Press|date=April 9, 2009 |access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Weaver]], actor, star of films and television's ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' and ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]''<ref name="Dennis Weaver Missour Legends Reference">{{cite web |title=Dennis Weaver |url=https://missourilegends.com/artists/arts-and-entertainment/dennis-weaver/ |website=Missouri Legends |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Travis Webb]], racing driver
* [[Percy Wenrich]], composer
* [[Bill White (Missouri politician)|Bill White]], Missouri State Senator and State Representative
* [[Grant Wistrom]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[defensive end]], Super Bowl champion with [[St. Louis Rams]]
* [[Grace Steele Woodward]], writer and historian
* [[Frank L. Yale]], Colonel, cofounder of the Joplin Stock Exchange