Editing Cape Girardeau, Missouri (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Southeast Missouri State University#Notable alumni|l1=List of Southeast Missouri State University notable people}} <!-- Please put college students in this list instead of the city article -->
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File:Bill Barnes - Southern Campus 1960.jpg|[[William F. Barnes]]<br />(1917–2009)<br />Former head football coach for UCLA
File:Dale Dye.jpg|[[Dale Dye]]<br />(born 1944)<br />Actor and retired U.S. Marine
File:Linda Godwin.jpg|[[Linda M. Godwin]]<br />(born 1952)<br />Scientist and former NASA astronaut
File:Chic Hecht.JPG|[[Chic Hecht]]<br />(1928–2006)<br />U.S. Senator from Nevada
File:Rod-Jetton.jpg|[[Rod Jetton]]<br />Former state of Missouri Speaker of the House
File:Missouri Lt Governor Peter Kinder at St Louis Science Center, Aug 28, 2007.jpg|[[Peter Kinder]]<br />Former Lieutenant Governor
File:Rush Limbaugh by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[Rush Limbaugh]]<br />(1951–2021) <br />Radio personality and political commentator
File:Mark Littell343.jpg|[[Mark Littell]]<br />(born 1953)<br />Former professional baseball pitcher
File:Jess Stacy.jpg|[[Jess Stacy]]<br />(1904–1995)<br />Jazz pianist
File:William Sebastian Stone.jpg|[[William S. Stone]]<br />(1910–1968)<br />Former Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy
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* [[Jacob M. Appel]], novelist, lived in Cape Girardeau (1982–1984), set several books in Cape Girardeau<ref>Appel, JM. ''Phoning Home'' (2014)</ref><ref>''Scarsdale (NY) Inquirer,'' October 11, 2013</ref>
* [[Leon Brinkopf]] (1926–1998), shortstop in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Chicago Cubs]] in 1952 born and died in Cape Girardeau
* [[Joseph Cable (Medal of Honor)|Joseph Cable]], a [[Medal of Honor]] recipient during the [[American Indian Wars]]
* [[Shirley Crites]] (1934–1990), [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] player
* [[A.J. Ellis]], former [[Major League Baseball]] catcher, born in Cape Girardeau
* [[John Thomson Faris]] (1871–1949), clergyman, born in Cape Girardeau
* [[Mary Hagan-Harrell|Mary M. Hagan-Harrell]], served in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], born in Cape Girardeau
* [[Andrew Conway Ivy]], (1893–1978), president of the [[American Physiological Society]] (1939–1941)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-aps.org/fm/presidents/introaci.html |title=Andrew C. Ivy |publisher=[[American Physiological Society]] |website=Presidents |access-date=March 22, 2015 |quote=17th APS President (1939–1941) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326034515/http://www.the-aps.org/fm/presidents/introaci.html |archive-date=March 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Terry Jones (pastor)|Terry Jones]] (born 1951), [[Islamophobia|anti-Islamic]] right wing activist and fundamentalist pastor of [[Dove World Outreach Center]]
* [[Peter Kinder]], 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (2005–2017)
* [[Richard Kinder]], businessman and co-founder and executive chairman of [[Kinder Morgan]], Inc.
* The [[Limbaugh family]], including political commentators, brothers [[David Limbaugh|David]] and [[Rush Limbaugh]]
* [[Mark Littell]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher for the [[Kansas City Royals]] and the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
* [[James Naile]] (born 1993), [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].
* [[Roger Mosby]] (born 1951), 14th [[Chief Scout Executive]] of the [[Boy Scouts of America]]
* [[Stephanie O'Sullivan]], Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, born in Cape Girardeau
* [[Susan Beth Scott]] (born 1992), 2008 and 2012 U.S. Paralympic Medalist Swimmer
* [[John Locke Scripps]] (1818–1866), journalist and biographer<ref>James Edmund Scripps, ''A Genealogical History of the Scripps Family and Its Various Alliances,'' R.L. Polk Printing Company, 1903</ref>
* [[Tony Spinner]], guitarist and singer
* [[Jeffrey Alexander Sterling]], American lawyer and former CIA employee
* [[Billy Swan]], singer who had a #1 hit song named "[[I Can Help]]" in 1974.
* [[Terry Teachout]], writer
* [[Elam Vangilder]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher for the [[St. Louis Browns]] and the [[Detroit Tigers]].
* [[Robert Henry Whitelaw]] (1854–1937), U.S. Congressman