JC Jay Carty
1941–2017 American basketball player
Gary Garner
born 1943 American basketball coach and basketball player
Lynn Morris
born 1949 American politician
ST Stephen W. Thompson
1894–1977 American aviator
Reathel Bean
1942–2023 American actor
Travis Smith
American politician
Charles E. Watts
1928–2008 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1957
Clarence H. Richardson
1890–1955 Ph.D. University of Michigan 1927
James W. Wood
born 1949 Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Demography
Linda J. Henry
1943–2008 United States archivist
Mayme Leonetti
1899–1996 American writer
Pete Kellet
1922–1982 American actor
Also called West Plains home
DW Daniel Woodrell
1953–2025 American novelist