Wayman Crow McCreery (June 14, 1851[1] – 1901[2]) was a real estate agent, opera composer, and the internal revenue collector of St. Louis, Missouri.

He has held the college record for the long distance baseball throw, has been a champion amateur billiardist, is choirmaster of Christ Church Cathedral, is a good singer [and] has composed an opera.

Playwright Augustus Thomas' wrote of him in 1922:A moving spirit in the McCullough Club—in its organization, its management, and in its active expression—was Wayman McCreery, now dead.

He was the author of the opera "L'Afrique," which was first done by amateurs in St. Louis and subsequently produced in New York, although with not very great success, by Jesse Williams.

"[5] In the estimation of Willie Hoppe, a 51-time world champion[8] in three forms of carom billiards,[9] McCreery was "one of the finest performers [at straight rail] in the country.

"[10] In February 1899, McCreery competed against Martin Mullen and Wilson P. Foss in the American Athletic Union's Class A Amateur Championship of America, at 14-point balkline[fn.