Editing West Plains, Missouri (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Egbert B. Brown|Egbert Brown]] (1816–1902), Union general in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], died in West Plains.
* [[Jan Howard]] birth name Lula Grace Johnson (1929–2020), country and western singer.
* [[Speck Rhodes|Gilbert Ray (Speck) Rhodes]] (1915–2000), country music comedian and entertainer.
* [[Preacher Roe|Elwin Charles (Preacher) Roe]] (1916–2008), [[major league baseball]] left-handed pitcher for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] and [[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]].
* [[Stephen W. Thompson|Stephen Thompson]] (1894–1977), credited with the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.<ref name="Stephen W. Thompson">{{cite web
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* [[Dick Van Dyke]] (b. 1925), actor, born in West Plains, raised in [[Danville, Illinois]].
* [[Bill Virdon]] (1931–2021), [[Major League Baseball]] player and manager, graduated from West Plains High School.
* [[Porter Wagoner]] (1927–2007), [[country and western]] singer.
* [[Wilmer R. Waters|Wilmer Waters]] (1914–1995), Wisconsin State Assemblyman.
* [[Daniel Woodrell]] (b. 1953), [[crime fiction]] novelist best known for ''Woe to Live On'' and ''[[Winter's Bone]]''.
* [[Ha Ha Tonka (band)|Ha Ha Tonka]], an [[indie rock]] band founded in [[Springfield, Missouri]], but three members were raised in West Plains.