Vincent Price Jr. was an actor, famous for the horror film genre. He was born in St. Louis in 1911, his father the president of the National Candy Company. Price lived at 6320 Forsyth Boulevard, which still stands today just south of Washington University. A Washington University Dean lives there now. Price attended the St. Louis Country Day School. The school moved to Ladue in 1957. The original location is beneath the eastern end of the main runways at Lambert Airport.

Stan Kann (December 9, 1924 – September 29, 2008) grew up in St. Louis and majored in classical organ at Washington University. While there, he persuaded the owners of the Fox Theater, the Aruther Brothers, to refurbish its 4-36 Fox Special Wurlitzer, which had been unused for twenty years, and became the official house organist in 1952. In 1956, Kann installed a Wurlitzer in the famous St. Louis restaurant “Ruggeri’s On The Hill“and played there regularly until 1974.

The St. Louis airport is named for Albert Bond Lambert, a golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. His father was Jordan W. Lambert, founder of Lambert Pharmaceutical Company which made Listerine. In 1909, Lambert met the Wright Brothers, and purchased his first airplane from them. He took flying lessons from Orville Wright, and in 1911 became the first St. Louis resident to hold a pilot’s license. In 1925, for $68,000, Lambert purchased Kinloch Field of Kinloch, Missouri, a 170-acre (0.

Sean Gunn, the actor playing Kirk on Gilmore Girls, was born in St. Louis. His father is James F. Gunn, a retired partner and corporate attorney with the law firm Thompson Coburn in St. Louis. He went to SLU High for highschool.

Bob Gale, best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film Back to the Future, was born in University City, MO. On September 16, 2024, Bob Gale was in St. Louis to promote the musical “Back to the Future” at the Fox Theater. During that trip, University City proudly honored him as well. On September 24, Mayor Terry Crow presented Gale with a special proclamation in recognition of his contributions to film and his roots in our community.