Actors

• Adams, Joey Lauren
  Joey Lauren Adams
  Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress who has appeared in more than thirty films. She is known for her distinctive, raspy voice and for her roles in View Askewniverse films, particularly Mallrats and Chasing Amy, with the latter giving her a Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination.-Career:She...
  
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• Alexander, Katherine (1898–1981), actress
• Anderson, Bronco Billy (1880–1971), vaudeville actor
• Bentley, Wes
  Wes Bentley
  Wesley Cook "Wes" Bentley is an American film actor known for his role of Ricky Fitts in American Beauty.-Early life:Bentley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the son of Cherie and David Bentley, who are United Methodist ministers....
  
   (born 1978), actor
• Bumpass, Rodger
  Rodger Bumpass
  Rodger Albert Bumpass is an American character actor and voice actor, who is noted for his long-running-roles as Squidward Tentacles on the hit series SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Chief from Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?. He also voiced Professor Membrane on Invader Zim...
  
   (born 1951), actor
• Byrd-Nethery, Miriam
  Miriam Byrd-Nethery
  Miriam Byrd-Nethery was the wife of actor Clu Gulager, and mother of Tom Gulager and John Gulager. She was born in Lewisville, Lafayette County, Arkansas and died in Los Angeles, California.-Filmography:...
  
   (1929–2003), actress
• Carter, Conlan
  Conlan Carter
  Chester Conlan Carter is a former film and television actor best known for the role of "Doc", featured in sixty-six episodes of the Rick Jason and Vic Morrow ABC World War II television series Combat!...
  
   (born 1934), retired actor originally from Conway County
• Davis, Gail
  Gail Davis
  Gail Davis was an American actress, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television Western series Annie Oakley.-Life and career:...
  
  , film actress, best known as Annie Oakley
  Annie Oakley
  Annie Oakley , born Phoebe Ann Mosey, was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar.Oakley's most famous trick is perhaps...
  
   from the 1950s television series
• Davis, Daniel
  Daniel Davis
  Daniel Davis is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny and his guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles.-Biography:Davis was...
  
   (born 1945), actor best known for his role as "Niles the butler" on the television series The Nanny
  The Nanny (TV series)
  The Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc., and Fran Drescher in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
  
  
• Duke, Clark
  Clark Duke
  Clark Duke is an American actor known for his roles in the films Kick-Ass, Sex Drive and Hot Tub Time Machine, as well as playing Dale Kettlewell in the TV series Greek.-Life and career:...
  
   (born 1985), actor, Greek
  Greek (TV series)
  Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
  
  , Hearts Afire
  Hearts Afire
  Hearts Afire is a sitcom that aired from September 14, 1992 to February 1, 1995 on CBS. It starred John Ritter and Markie Post, with Post portraying a journalist and Ritter playing a senator's aide....
  
  
• Gauge (born 1980), adult film actress
• Gerard, Gil
  Gil Gerard
  Gilbert C. "Gil" Gerard is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979-1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1943), actor
• Goff, Norris
  Norris Goff
  Norris Goff was an American comedian in radio and film best known for his portrayal of Abner Peabody on the rural comedy Lum and Abner....
  
  , actor, Abner of Lum and Abner
• Greenway, Tom
  Tom Greenway
  Tom Greenway was an American character actor of film and television, whose career, primarily in television westerns, extended from 1949 to 1965.-Early life:...
  
   (1909-1985), character actor, mostly on television
  Television
  Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
  
   westerns
  Western (genre)
  The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
  
  
• Harper, Tess
  Tess Harper
  Tess Harper is an American actress.-Early life:Born Tessie Jean Washam on August 15, 1950 in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. Her parents' names are Ed and Rosemary Washam. She grew up around lots of quilts and quilt makers. On her own time, she liked to sit on the porch-swing and read...
  
   (born 1950), actress
• Keener, Brandon
  Brandon Keener
  Brandon Keener is an American actor living in Los Angeles, California. He was born and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas and graduated from University of Arkansas....
  
   (born 1974), actor
• Ladd, Alan
  Alan Ladd
  -Early life:Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was the only child of Ina Raleigh Ladd and Alan Ladd, Sr. He was of English ancestry. His father died when he was four, and his mother relocated to Oklahoma City where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter...
  
   (1913–1964), actor
• Lauck, Chester
  Chester Lauck
  Chester "Chet" Lauck , played the character of Lum Edwards on the classic American radio comedy Lum and Abner.Chester Lauck was raised in Mena, Arkansas, where he met his future comedy partner Norris Goff...
  
   (1902–1980), actor, Lum of Lum and Abner
• Lawrence, Marjorie
  Marjorie Lawrence
  Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. She was afflicted by polio from 1941...
  
  , actress
• Lucas, Josh
  Josh Lucas
  Josh Lucas is an American actor. He has appeared in many films, including Glory Road, A Beautiful Mind, and Poseidon.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1971), actor
• Luckinbill, Laurence
  Laurence Luckinbill
  Laurence George Luckinbill is an American actor.-Life and career:Luckinbill was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the son of Agnes and Laurence Benedict Luckinbill. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1956 and The Catholic University of America in 1958.He starred in the 1976 Broadway play...
  
   (born 1934), actor
• Murphy, Ben
  Ben Murphy
  Benjamin E. Murphy is an American actor. He is known for his role in the ABC television series Alias Smith and Jones, co-starring as Kid Curry, first with Pete Duel and later with Roger Davis.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1942), actor, Alias Smith and Jones
  Alias Smith and Jones
  Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of Western cousin outlaws trying to reform...
  
  , Lottery!
  Lottery!
  Lottery! is an American drama series premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush...
  
  
• Nemec, Corin
  Corin Nemec
  Corin "Corky" Nemec is an American actor. Nemec is known for playing the title character on Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Jonas Quinn on Stargate SG-1, and Harold Lauder in the ABC miniseries The Stand.-Personal life:Nemec's mother was a graphic artist as well as a painter, writer and poet...
  
   (born 1971), actor
• Newbern, George
  George Newbern
  George Young Newbern is an American television and film actor best known for his roles as Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II as well as Danny in Friends...
  
   (born 1964), actor
• Powell, Dick
  Dick Powell
  Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss.Despite the same last name he was not related to William Powell, Eleanor Powell or Jane Powell.-Biography:...
  
   (1904–1963), actor; founder of Four Star Television
  Four Star Television
  Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer, the company produced many well-known shows of the early days of...
  
  
• Ragsdale, William
  William Ragsdale
  Robert William Ragsdale is an American actor.-Life and career:Ragsdale was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. He attended Hendrix College, where he appeared in plays with Sling Blade actress and fellow Arkansan Natalie Canerday....
  
   (born 1961), actor, Herman's Head
  Herman's Head
  Herman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from 1991 to 1994. The series stars William Ragsdale as the titular character, Herman Brooks.-Synopsis:...
  
  , Grosse Pointe
  Grosse Pointe (TV series)
  Grosse Pointe is an American television parody series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000-2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was inspired in large part by Star's experiences as the...
  
  
• Russomm, Leon
  Leon Russom
  Leon Russom is an American Emmy-nominated actor.Russom has appeared in numerous television shows, particularly soap operas. He portrayed Admiral Toddman and the Starfleet Commander-in-Chief in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country...
  
   (born 1941), actor, Prison Break
  Prison Break
  Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
  
  
• Snow, Norman
  Norman Snow
  Norman Snow is an American actor who is probably known for his role as the evil tyrant Xur in the science fiction film The Last Starfighter .Snow is acknowledged in the acting community as an accomplished character actor, with the vast majority of his work being...
  
   (born 1950), actor
• Steenburgen, Mary
  Mary Steenburgen
  Mary Nell Steenburgen is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard, which earned her an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1953), actress
• Tai, Kobe
  Kobe Tai
  Kobe Tai is the professional name of a pornographic actress and adult model of Taiwanese and Japanese heritage. She entered the adult film industry at the age of 24, and appeared in over 70 films between 1996 and 2003. She returned to adult movies in December 2001 when she made Jenna Loves Kobe ...
  
   (born 1972), porn actress
• Turner, Karri
  Karri Turner
  Karri Kathleen Turner is an American television actress who is best known for playing Lieutenant Harriet Sims on the television series JAG .Turner was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas...
  
   (born 1966), actress
• Thornton, Billy Bob
  Billy Bob Thornton
  Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone...
  
   (born 1955), actor, Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Underwood, Sheryl
  Sheryl Underwood
  -Professional career:Underwood first gained notoriety as the first female finalist in the Miller Lite Comedy Search in 1989. She won the BET "Funniest Female Comedian on Comic View" award in 1994 and the BET Comedy Awards' Platinum Mic Viewers Choice Award in 2005....
  
   (born 1963), actress, comedian, radio host

Artists

• Crawford, Heather L. (born 1986), digital artist
• Alexander, Larry D.
  Larry D. Alexander
  Larry Dell Alexander is an American artist, Christian author and teacher from Dermott, Arkansas in Chicot County. Alexander is best known for his creations of colorful and black & white "pen and ink" drawings in his "crosshatching" technique, and, his personal rendition of a "Clinton Family...
  
   (born 1953), artist/writer
• Braden, John
  John Braden
  John Braden was a writer, producer, and director of motion pictures and television programs, as well as a public advocate against drugs in the movie industry....
  
   (1949–2004), writer, producer, director
• Berry, Danielle Bunten
  Danielle Bunten Berry
  Danielle Bunten Berry , born Daniel Paul Bunten, and also known as Dan Bunten, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E. , and 1984's The Seven Cities of Gold.-Biography:Bunten was born in St Louis, Missouri, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas as a...
  
   (1949–1998), video game designer
• Dudley, Carl Ward (1910–1973), filmmaker and producer
• Fisher, George
  George Fisher (cartoonist)
  George Fisher was an acclaimed American political cartoonist.-Early life:George Fisher was born at Beebe, Arkansas on 8 April 1923, the son of Charles W. and Gladys Fisher. George's father was born in Tennessee and was a home builder and business owner. Fisher's mother died when he was 5 years...
  
   (1923–2003), political cartoonist
• Green, David Gordon
  David Gordon Green
  David Gordon Green is an American filmmaker. He has directed dramas such as George Washington, All the Real Girls, and Snow Angels, as well as the thriller Undertow, all of which he wrote or co-wrote...
  
   (born 1975), filmmaker
• Johnson, Kenneth (born 1942), screenwriter, director
• Jones, E. Fay (1921–2004), architect and designer
• Powell, Nate
  Nate Powell
  Nate Powell is a graphic novelist, publisher, and musician. He owns DIY punk record label Harlan Records, has performed in several punk bands , and occasionally performed hip hop as Featherweight MC...
  
   (born 1978), comic book artist
• Thomason, Harry
  Harry Thomason
  Harry Z. Thomason, , is an American film and television producer and director, best known for the television series Designing Women. Thomason and his wife, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, are close friends of President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and played a major...
  
   (born 1940), television producer
• Washburn, Edward
  Edward Washburn
  Edward Payson Washburn American artist, son of Indian missionary Cephas Washburn. He is best known for painting The Arkansas Traveller which was lithographed by Currier & Ives and became a popular print....
  
   (1831–1860), painter of The Arkansas Traveler

Athletes

• Andrews, Shawn
  Shawn Andrews
  -Philadelphia Eagles:Andrews was chosen by the Philadelphia Eagles as the 16th overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft, after trading up with the San Francisco 49ers. The day after selecting Andrews, the Eagles traded John Welbourn to the Kansas City Chiefs, officially making Andrews the team's starting...
  
   (born 1982), professional football player
• Andrews, Stacy
  Stacy Andrews
  Stacy Dewayne Andrews is an American football offensive guard for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi.Andrews has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles...
  
   (born 1981), professional football player
• Ausbie, Herbert (Geese)
  Hubert Ausbie
  Hubert Eugene "Geese" Ausbie is a retired professional basketball player. He was born in Crescent, Oklahoma.Ausbie played basketball at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he earned All-Conference and All-American honors. Ausbie was one of the leading college scorers in the...
  
  , professional basketball player with Harlem Globetrotters
• Bearden, Gene
  Gene Bearden
  Henry Eugene "Gene" Bearden was a left-handed knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball who completed a remarkable rookie season by closing out the Cleveland Indians' last World Series championship in 1948....
  
   (1920–2004), professional baseball player
• Bell, Earl
  Earl Bell (athlete)
  Earl H. Bell is a former world record holding pole vaulter from the United States, winner of the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and current coach to a number of the nation's top men and women vaulters. He was born in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone.At his last Olympic appearance, Bell finished...
  
  , Olympic pole vault
  Pole vault
  Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
  
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• Brock, Lou
  Lou Brock
  Louis Clark "Lou" Brock is an American former professional baseball player. He began his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs but, spent the majority of his career as the left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league...
  
   (born 1939), professional baseball player
• Brown, Ray, professional football player
• Broyles, Frank (born 1924), football coach, athletic director
• Bryant, Paul 'Bear'
  Bear Bryant
  Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...
  
   (1913–1983), football coach
• Burnett, A. J.
  A. J. Burnett
  Allan James "A. J." Burnett is a right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. Previously, he played for the Florida Marlins and the Toronto Blue Jays...
  
   (born 1977), professional baseball player
• Burrell, Pat
  Pat Burrell
  Patrick Brian "Pat" Burrell , nicknamed "Pat the Bat," is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He stands tall and weighs . He bats and throws right-handed...
  
   (born 1976), professional baseball player
• Carr, Bill
  Bill Carr
  William Arthur Carr was an American athlete, a double Olympic champion in 1932.Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Carr studied at Mercersburg Academy and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was coached by 1904 Olympian Lawson Robertson...
  
   (1909–1966), Olympic runner and 2-time gold medalist
• Carthon, Maurice
  Maurice Carthon
  Maurice Carthon is a National Football League coach as well as a former professional football running back.Carthon is currently an assistant head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs...
  
  , professional football player
• Daly, John
  John Daly (golfer)
  John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour...
  
   (born 1966), professional golfer
• Davis, Willie
  Willie Davis (baseball)
  William Henry Davis was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  , professional baseball player
• Dean, Dizzy
  Dizzy Dean
  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
  
   (1910–1974), professional baseball player
• Dickey, Bill
  Bill Dickey
  William Malcolm Dickey was a Major League Baseball catcher and manager.He played his entire 19-year baseball career with the New York Yankees . During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships...
  
   (1907–1993), professional baseball player
• Eudy, Sid
  Sid Eudy
  Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy is an American professional wrestler, best known as Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling, and as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in the World Wrestling Federation...
  
   (born 1960), professional wrestler
• Evans, Jeremy
  Jeremy Evans
  Jeremy Evans is a American basketball player who was drafted by the Utah Jazz as the 55th overall pick at the 2010 NBA Draft. A small forward, Evans played in college for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. As a senior at Western Kentucky Evans averaged 10.0 ppg with a field goal percentage of .639...
  
   (born 1987), professional basketball player
• Fisher, Derek
  Derek Fisher
  Derek Lamar Fisher is an American professional basketball point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . His NBA career has spanned more than 14 years, during which he has won five NBA Championships...
  
  , professional basketball player
• Gentry, Craig
  Craig Gentry
  Craig Alan Gentry is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers.-Baseball career:...
  
  , professional baseball player
• Goode, Brett
  Brett Goode
  Brett Goode is an American football long snapper for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Arkansas....
  
  , professional football player
• Greene, Charles (born 1944), Olympic sprinter
• Hampton, Dan
  Dan Hampton
  Daniel Oliver Hampton also known as "Danimal" is a retired Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle who played twelve seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1990 in the National Football League. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002...
  
  , professional football player, NFL Hall of Fame member
• Harris, Chris, professional football player
• Harrison, E.J. 'Dutch' (born 1910), professional golfer
• Harrison, Marcus
  Marcus Harrison
  Marcus Harrison is an American football defensive tackle free agent. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft after playing college football at Arkansas...
  
   (born 1984), professional football player
• Hickey, Howard "Red" (1917-2006), professional football player and coach
• Hines, Jim
  Jim Hines
  James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...
  
   (born 1946), Olympic sprinter
• Holmes, Priest
  Priest Holmes
  Priest Anthony Holmes is a former American football running back of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 1997. He played college football at Texas.Holmes earned a Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV...
  
   (born 1973), professional football player
• Cedric Houston
  Cedric Houston
  Cedric Leonard Houston is a former American football running back of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.-Early years:...
  
  , professional football player
• Hunter, Torii
  Torii Hunter
  Torii Kedar Hunter is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.Hunter has taken away many home runs throughout his 13-year major league career by "climbing the fence" in the outfield. He has won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as an outfielder.Hunter resides...
  
   (born 1975), professional baseball player
• Hutson, Don
  Don Hutson
  Donald Montgomery Hutson was the first star wide receiver in National Football League history. He is considered by many to have been the first modern receiver....
  
   (1913–1997), professional football player
• Johnson, David
  David Johnson (tight end)
  David Johnson is an American football Fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League...
  
   (born 1987), professional football player
• Johnson, Joe
  Joe Johnson (basketball)
  Joe Marcus Johnson is an American professional basketball player, currently a member of the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. Johnson stands at 6'7" and 240 lbs ....
  
   (born 1981), professional basketball player
• Jones, Jerry
  Jerry Jones
  Jerral "Jerry" Wayne Jones is the owner and general manager of the NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys.-Early life:Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. His family moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas when he was an infant. Jones was a star running back at North Little Rock High School...
  
   (born 1942), Dallas Cowboys
  Dallas Cowboys
  The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
  
   owner
• Jones, Matt
  Matt Jones (American football)
  Matthew Jones is a former American football wide receiver . He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and retired officially in November 2010. He played college football at Arkansas....
  
  , professional football player
• Joyner, Al
  Al Joyner
  Alfredrick Alphonzo Joyner is an American athlete, who was Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump.Joyner was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was married to the late Florence Griffith-Joyner, a multiple Olympic medal-winning sprinter; their daughter is Mary Ruth Joyner. His sister Jackie...
  
  , track and field Olympian
• Kavanaugh, Ken
  Ken Kavanaugh
  Ken Kavanaugh was an American football player, coach and scout. He played college football at LSU, where he was named Most Valuable Player of the Southeastern Conference in 1939. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963.After college, Kavanaugh played in the National Football...
  
   (1916–2007), professional football player and coach
• Kell, George
  George Kell
  George Clyde Kell was an American baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , Chicago White Sox , and Baltimore Orioles in the American League, who went on to become a baseball broadcaster for 40 years.-Playing career:In college, Kell...
  
   (born 1922), professional baseball player
• Lee, Cliff
  Cliff Lee
  Clifton Phifer "Cliff" Lee is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Lee has also played for the Cleveland Indians, the Seattle Mariners, and the Texas Rangers....
  
   (born 1978), professional baseball pitcher
• Liston, Sonny
  Sonny Liston
  Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxer and ex-convict known for his toughness, punching power, and intimidating appearance who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round...
  
   (1932–1970), professional boxer, World Heavyweight Champion
• Mallett, Ryan
  Ryan Mallett
  Ryan Mallett , nicknamed "Big Tex", is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League , taken in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks...
  
   (born 1988), professional football player
• Martin, Mark
  Mark Martin
  Mark Martin may refer to:* Mark Martin , American racecar driver* Mark Martin , American cartoonist* Mark Martin , American judge* Mark Martin , British murderer...
  
   (born 1959), championship NASCAR
  NASCAR
  The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
  
   driver
• McFadden, Darren
  Darren McFadden
  Darren McFadden is an American football running back who currently plays for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League . He played college football for the University of Arkansas from 2005 to 2007...
  
  , professional football player
• McReynolds, Kevin
  Kevin McReynolds
  Walter Kevin McReynolds is a former Major League Baseball outfielder with a 12-year career from 1983 to 1994...
  
   (born 1959), professional baseball player
• Mead, Pete
  Pete Mead
  Felix G. "Pete" Mead was an American middleweight boxer who fought in the ring from 1942 to 1951. He was defeated in his last fight by Rocky Graziano of New York City. In 1989, Mead wrote his autobiography, Blood, Sweat and Cheers, a collector's item that can sell for as much as $135...
  
   (1924–2007), professional boxer
• Moncrief, Sidney
  Sidney Moncrief
  Sidney A. Moncrief is a retired American professional basketball player. As an NCAA college basketball player from 1975–1979, Moncrief led the University of Arkansas Razorbacks trio known as "The Triplets" to the 1978 Final Four, which ended in a win in the NCAA Consolation Game versus #6 Notre Dame...
  
   (born 1957), professional basketball player
• Moseley, Dustin
  Dustin Moseley
  Dustin Aaron Moseley is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres.-Career:Moseley was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. Prior to the season, he was ranked by Baseball America as the fourth best prospect in the...
  
   (born 1981), professional baseball player
• Nixon, Larry
  Larry Nixon
  Larry Nixon is a professional fisherman whose career started at the 1977 Florida Invitational in Welaka, Florida. Larry's marital status is married and he has a wife named Amy, along with a daughter named Lindsey and two sons...
  
   (born 1950), professional sport fisherman
• Nutt, Houston
  Houston Nutt
  Houston Dale Nutt, Jr. is an American football coach and former player. Most recently he was the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 2008 to 2011. Previously, he served as the head coach at Murray State University , Boise State University , and the University of Arkansas...
  
   (born 1957), Amateur football coach
• Okam, Frank
  Frank Okam
  Franklin Nonyelu Okam, Jr. is an American football defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas.-Early years:...
  
   (born 1985), professional football player
• Parnell, Jermey
  Jermey Parnell
  Jermey Parnell is an American football offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.He was signed as a free agent by the New Orleans Saints...
  
   (born 1986), professional football player
• Perry, Joe
  Joe Perry (American football)
  Fletcher Joseph "Joe" Perry was a professional American football fullback for the San Francisco 49ers from 1948 to 1950 , then 1950 to 1960 when the 49ers were absorbed into the NFL, the Baltimore Colts from 1961–1962, and finally back to the 49ers for his final year in football,...
  
   (born 1927), professional football player
• Petrus, Mitch
  Mitch Petrus
  Mitch Petrus is an American football guard for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Giants in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Arkansas....
  
   (born 1987), professional football player
• Pippen, Scottie
  Scottie Pippen
  Scottie Maurice Pippen is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association . He is most remembered for his time with the Chicago Bulls, with whom he was instrumental in six NBA Championships and their record 1995–96 season of 72 wins...
  
   (born 1965), professional basketball player
• Pitts, Elijah
  Elijah Pitts
  Elijah Eugene Pitts was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.Pitts scored two touchdowns in the original Super Bowl...
  
   (1938-1998), professional football player and coach
• Randolph, Anthony
  Anthony Randolph
  Anthony Erwin Randolph, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Born in Germany to two parents who served in the military there, Randolph's family eventually relocated to the United States,...
  
   (born 1989), professional basketball player
• Robinson, Brooks
  Brooks Robinson
  Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...
  
   (born 1937), professional baseball player
• Roe, Preacher
  Preacher Roe
  Elwin Charles Roe was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Brooklyn Dodgers .-Early years:...
  
   (1916–2008), professional baseball player
• Sain, Johnny
  Johnny Sain
  John Franklin Sain was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who was best known for teaming with left-hander Warren Spahn on the Boston Braves teams from 1946 to 1951...
  
   (1917–2006), professional baseball player
• Smith, Rod (born 1970), professional football player
• Sutton, Drew
  Drew Sutton
  Stephen Drew Sutton is an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball....
  
   (born 1983), professional baseball player
• Switzer, Barry
  Barry Switzer
  Barry Switzer is a former football coach, active in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a...
  
   (born 1937), football coach
• Taylor, Jermain
  Jermain Taylor
  Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...
  
   (born 1978), professional boxer
• Thornton, Charley
  Charley Thornton
  Charles J. "Charley" Thornton, , was an important American college sports figure.Charley Thornton was born on June 6, 1936 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He graduated from Jonesboro High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1954. Thornton graduated from Arkansas State College in 1958 earning the award as the...
  
   (1937–2004), sports figure
• Vaughan, Arky
  Arky Vaughan
  Joseph Floyd "Arky" Vaughan was a professional baseball player. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball between 1932 and 1948 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, primarily a shortstop...
  
   (1912–1952), professional baseball player
• Vines, Harry
  Harry Vines
  Harry Doyle Vines was a prominent member of the wheelchair basketball community, winning national and international championships.-Biography:...
  
   (1938–2006), wheelchair basketball coach
• Warneke, Lon
  Lon Warneke
  Lonnie Warneke , nicknamed the "The Arkansas Hummingbird," was a Major League Baseball player, Major League umpire, county judge, U.S. Military serviceman, and businessman from Montgomery County, Arkansas whose career won-loss record as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and St...
  
   (1909–1976), professional baseball player
• Weems, Sonny
  Sonny Weems
  Clarence "Sonny" Weems is an American basketball player who plays for Zalgiris Kaunas. Weems was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA Draft and shortly thereafter traded to the Denver Nuggets. Weems played collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas...
  
   (born 1986), professional basketball player
• Williams, Corey
  Corey Williams (American football)
  Corey Williams is an American football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL draft...
  
   (born 1980), professional football player
• Williams, Damian
  Damian Williams (American football)
  Damian Williams is a wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans. He played college football at the University of Southern California, where he was an All Pac-10 selection.-High school career:...
  
   (born 1988), professional football player
• Williamson, Corliss (born 1973), professional basketball player

Authors

• Adler, Margot
  Margot Adler
  Margot Adler is an author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio .- Early life :Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly in New York City...
  
  , journalist and correspondent
• Angelou, Maya
  Maya Angelou
  Maya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly...
  
   (born 1928), author, poet
• Brown, Dee
  Dee Brown (novelist)
  Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown was an American novelist and historian.His most famous work, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee details some of the violence and oppression suffered by Native Americans at the hands of American expansionism.-Life:Born in Alberta, Louisiana, a sawmill town, Brown grew up in...
  
   (1908–2002), author, historian, novelist
• Brown, Helen Gurley
  Helen Gurley Brown
  Helen Gurley Brown , is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.-Personal life and career:...
  
   (born 1922), author, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine
• Collins, Nancy A.
  Nancy A. Collins
  Nancy A. Collins is a United States horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. Collins has alsowritten for comic books, including the Swamp Thing series, Jason Vs...
  
  , author
• Fletcher, John Gould
  John Gould Fletcher
  John Gould Fletcher was an Imagist poet and author. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a socially prominent family. After attending Phillips Academy, Andover Fletcher went on to Harvard University from 1903 to 1907, when he dropped out shortly after his father's death.Fletcher lived in...
  
   (1886–1950), poet
• Grisham, John
  John Grisham
  John Ray Grisham, Jr. is an American lawyer and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers.John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and practiced criminal law for about a decade...
  
   (born 1955), novelist
• Grossman, Dave
  Dave Grossman (author)
  Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman is an author who has specialized in the study of the psychology of killing, which has been termed 'killology'.In February 1998 Grossman retired from the military as Professor of Military Science at Arkansas State University...
  
  , author
• Hamilton, Laurell K.
  Laurell K. Hamilton
  Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is the author of two series of stories. Hamilton is known for her New York Times-bestselling Anita Blake series, featuring a professional zombie raiser/supernatural consultant for the police as the protagonist in a world where...
  
   (born 1963), horror/fantasy author
• Mathis, Deborah
  Deborah Mathis
  Deborah Mathis, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, is an African American journalist and author. Her journalism career began as a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat, a major newspaper in Arkansas. She also worked in television news in Little Rock and Washington. She was White House correspondent...
  
  , (????- ), journalist and author
• McGehee, Peter
  Peter McGehee
  Peter Gregory McGehee was an American-born Canadian novelist, dramatist and short story writer.Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Frank Thomas and Julia Ann May McGehee, Peter moved with his family to Little Rock when he was six. He was the second of three children...
  
   (1955–1991), novelist
• Portis, Charles
  Charles Portis
  Charles McColl Portis is an American author best known for his novels Norwood and the 1968 classic Western novel True Grit , both adapted as films. The latter also inspired a film sequel and made-for-TV movie sequel...
  
   (born 1933), novelist
• Starr, John Robert
  John Robert Starr
  John Robert Starr was an American journalist and newspaper columnist. Starr was noted for his role in the demise of the Arkansas Gazette during the 1980s and his criticism of President Bill Clinton including popularizing the term "Slick Willie".John Robert Starr wrote sports for the Memphis...
  
   (1927–2000), journalist
• Woodward, C. Vann
  C. Vann Woodward
  Comer Vann Woodward was a preeminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was considered, along with Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., to be one of the most influential historians of the postwar era, 1940s-1970s, both by scholars and by...
  
   (1908–1999), historian

Business leaders

• Dillard, William T.
  William T. Dillard
  William Thomas Dillard, was the founder of the Dillard's Department Store chain.William T. Dillard was born on 2 September 1914 in Mineral Springs, Howard County, Arkansas. His parents Thomas and Hattie ran a country store. Dillard found employment with Sears & Roebuck Company where he gained...
  
   (1914–2002), head of Dillard's Department Stores
• Hussman, Jr., Walter E.
  Walter E. Hussman, Jr.
  Walter E. Hussman, Jr. , is a third-generation newspaper publisher and chief executive officer of a mass media conglomerate known as WEHCO Media, Inc...
  
   (born 1947), founder of WEHCO Media, Inc.
• Hussman, Sr., Walter E.
  Walter E. Hussman, Sr.
  Walter Edward Hussman, Sr. , was a mass media magnate from Camden, Arkansas, whose holdings included six daily newspapers in Arkansas, several radio and television stations, including the NBC outlet KTAL-TV in Texarkana, Texas, and seventeen cable systems in four states.-Early years, education,...
  
   (1906–1988), mass media magnate
• Johnson, John Harold, founder of Johnson Publishing Company
• Jones, Stephen
  Stephen Jones (Dallas Cowboys)
  Stephen Jones is the current Executive Vice President/COO for the Dallas Cowboys.-References:...
  
  , Executive Vice President/COO for the Dallas Cowboys
  Dallas Cowboys
  The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
  
  
• Palmer, Clyde E.
  Clyde E. Palmer
  Clyde Eber Palmer was the owner of a chain of newspapers and radio stations and a television outlet covering southwestern Arkansas and part of northeastern Texas during the early to middle 20th century. He operated his media conglomerate from Texarkana, Texas.- Early years :Palmer was born to Mr....
  
   (1876–1957), founder of Palmer Newspapers
• Phillips, Charles (born 1959), CEO of Infor Global Solutions
  Infor Global Solutions
  Infor Global Solutions is a privately held U.S. software company that specializes in enterprise software ranging from financial systems and resource planning to supply chain and customer relationships.-Company overview:...
  
  
• Tyson, Don (1930-2011), Tyson Foods
  Tyson Foods
  Tyson Foods, Inc. is a multinational corporation based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world's second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork only behind Brazilian JBS S.A., and annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of...
  
   Poultry processing
• Walton, Jim
  Jim Walton
  James Carr Walton is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and the Chairman of Arvest Bank.With an estimated net worth of around US$21.3 billion, Walton is currently ranked by Forbes as the 20th-richest person in the world....
  
  , son of Sam Walton, owner of Arvest Bank
• Walton, Sam
  Sam Walton
  Samuel Moore "Sam" Wallballs was a businessman, entrepreneur, and Eagle Scout born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known for founding the retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club.-Early life:...
  
   (1918–1992), founder of Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
  
   Inc.
• Wilson, Kemmons
  Kemmons Wilson
  Charles Kemmons Wilson was the founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels.-Personal life:He was born in Osceola, Arkansas, the only child of Kemmons and Ruby "Doll" Wilson. His father was an insurance salesman who died when Kemmons was nine months old...
  
   (1913–2003), Holiday Inn
  Holiday Inn
  Holiday Inn is a brand of hotels, formally a economy motel chain, forming part of the British InterContinental Hotels Group . It is one of the world's largest hotel chains with 238,440 bedrooms and 1,301 hotels globally. There are currently 5 hotels in the pipeline...
  
   hotel founder

Military figures

• Alexander, John Hanks
  John Hanks Alexander
  John Hanks Alexander was the first African American officer in the United States armed forces to hold a regular command position and the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy.-Early life:...
  
   (1864–1894), pioneering African-American naval officer
• Alley, James "Mo", World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
   veteran and member of the famed "Easy Company
  E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
  Easy Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", is one of the most well-known companies in the United States Army. Their experiences in World War II are the subject of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers based on the book...
  
  "
• Bacon, Nicky Daniel. (1945–2010), First Sergeant
  First Sergeant
  First sergeant is the name of a military rank used in many countries, typically a senior non-commissioned officer.-Singapore:First Sergeant is a Specialist in the Singapore Armed Forces. First Sergeants are the most senior of the junior Specialists, ranking above Second Sergeants, and below Staff...
  
  U.S. Army, Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
  
   recipient, Distinguished Service Cross
  Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
  The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
  
  , the Legion of Merit
  Legion of Merit
  The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
  
  , two Bronze Stars
  Bronze Star Medal
  The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service. As a medal it is awarded for merit, and with the "V" for valor device it is awarded for heroism. It is the fourth-highest combat award of the...
  
   and two Purple Heart
  Purple Heart
  The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...
  
   . Director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Delegate to normalize relations with Vietnam, President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Chair Emeritus of the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, Military Police Hall of Fame
• Beall, William N.R.
  William Beall
  William Nelson Rector Beall was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his supply efforts on behalf of Confederate prisoners of war.-Early life and career:...
  
   (1825–1883), Confederate
  Confederate States Army
  The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
  
   Brigadier General
• Bolling, Raynal
  Raynal Bolling
  Colonel Raynal Cawthorne Bolling was the first high-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in World War I. He laid the foundation for the United States Army Air Service in the American Expeditionary Force...
  
   (1877–1918), first high-ranking U.S. Army casualty in WWI
  World War I
  World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
  
  
• Borland, Solon
  Solon Borland
  Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
  
   (1808–1864), Confederate Brigadier General
• Britt, Maurice "Footsie"
  Maurice Britt
  Maurice Lee "Footsie" Britt, Jr. , was an American professional football player, World War II hero received the Medal of Honor, businessman, and Republican politician from Arkansas...
  
  , World War II soldier, Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
  
   recipient, Distinguished Service Cross
  Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
  The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
  
   recipient, Silver Star
  Silver Star
  The Silver Star is the third-highest combat military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States armed forces for valor in the face of the enemy....
  
   recipient, first American soldier to receive the three highest American medals for bravery. Was also an NFL player and Lt. Governor of Arkansas.
• Cabell, William L.
  William Lewis Cabell
  -External links:* from the published 1880, hosted by the...
  
   (1827–1911), Confederate Brigadier General
• Churchill, Thomas J.
  Thomas James Churchill
  Thomas James Churchill was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War and the 13th Governor of the state of Arkansas.-Early life:...
  
   (1824–1905), Confederate Major General
• Clark, Wesley
  Wesley Clark
  Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr., is a retired general of the United States Army. Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the...
  
   (born 1944), U.S. Army General, NATO Commander
• Cleburne, Patrick
  Patrick Cleburne
  Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was an Irish American soldier, best known for his service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, where he rose to the rank of major general....
  
   (1828–1864), Confederate Major General
• Conway, James
  James T. Conway
  James Terry Conway is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who was the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps...
  
   (born 1947), US Marine Corps Lieutenant General
• Darby, William Orlando
  William Orlando Darby
  William Orlando Darby was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. Darby led the famous Darby's Rangers which evolved into the US Army Rangers and was also made famous as a major motion picture starring the American actor James Garner in the role of Darby.-Early life:Darby was...
  
   (1911–1945), first commander of the US Army Rangers
• Davis, Herman
  Herman Davis
  Herman Davis was born in Manila, Arkansas. He was a United States Infantry Private Company I, 113th Infantry Regiment, 29th division during World War I....
  
  , a Distinguished Service Cross
  Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
  The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree...
  
   recipient and World War I
  World War I
  World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
  
   sniper
  Sniper
  A sniper is a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high-precision rifles....
  
  
• Dockery, Thomas P.
  Thomas Pleasant Dockery
  Thomas Pleasant Dockery was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
  
   (1833–1898), Confederate Brigadier General
• Eberle, Edward Walter
  Edward Walter Eberle
  Edward Walter Eberle was an admiral in the United States Navy, who served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and third Chief of Naval Operations.-Early years:...
  
   (1864–1929), U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations
• Fagan James F.
  James Fleming Fagan
  James Fleming Fagan was a planter, public official, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
  
   (1827–1893), Confederate Major General
• Gordon, Nathan G. (born 1916), USN PBY pilot, received Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
  
   for rescuing 15 downed aircrew members by landing his aircraft under enemy fire
• Govan, Daniel C.
  Daniel Govan
  Daniel Chevilette Govan was an American miner, planter, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, prominent in campaigns and battles in the Western Theater.-Early life and career:...
  
   (1829–1911), Confederate Brigadier General
• Hathcock, Carlos
  Carlos Hathcock
  Carlos Hathcock was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the Marine Corps...
  
   (1942–1999), Marine Sniper
• Hawthorn, Alexander T.
  Alexander Travis Hawthorn
  Alexander Travis Hawthorn was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
   (1825–1899), Confederate Brigadier General
• Hindman, Thomas
  Thomas C. Hindman
  Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. was a lawyer, United States Representative from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, and a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....
  
   (1828–1868), US Congressman and Confederate Major General
• Holbrook, Lucius Roy
  Lucius Roy Holbrook
  Lucius Roy Holbrook was a Major General who commanded of the United States Army's Philippine Department from 1936 to 1938....
  
   (1875–1952), US Major General
• Izard, George (1776–1828), US Army General, War of 1812
  War of 1812
  The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
  
  
• Kindley, Field E.
  Field E. Kindley
  Captain Field Eugene Kindley was an aviator and World War I flying ace credited with twelve confirmed aerial victories.-Birth and Early Life:Field Eugene Kindley was born at Prairie Grove in northwestern Arkansas...
  
   (1896–1920), World War I
  World War I
  World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
  
   flying ace
  Flying ace
  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...
  
  
• MacArthur, Douglas
  Douglas MacArthur
  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
  
   (1880–1964), US General of the Army, Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
  The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
  
   recipient
• McCright, Ewell Ross
  Ewell Ross McCright
  Ewell Ross McCright, of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas was a captain in the United States Air Force during World War II who was famous for maintaining secret journals detailing information about fellow prisoners of war while held captive in a German prison camp...
  
   (1907–1990), US Air Force Captain, World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
  , Prisoner of War and Legion of Merit
  Legion of Merit
  The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
  
   recipient
• McKennon, Pierce
  Pierce McKennon
  Pierce Winningham “Mac” McKennon was an American flying ace of World War II with 12 aerial victories and 9.83 ground victories.-Biography:Pierce McKennon was born in Clarksville Johnson County, Arkansas, on November 30, 1919. He was a gifted musician and entered the University of Arkansas in 1938...
  
   (1919–1947), World War II fighter ace veteran of RAF Eagle Squadron, 335thFS/4thFG, 20 German aircraft destroyed
• McNair, Evander
  Evander McNair
  Evander McNair was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
   (1820–1902), Confederate Brigadier General
• McRae, Dandridge
  Dandridge McRae
  Dandridge McRae was a lawyer, court official, and inspector general of Arkansas, as well as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
  
   (1829–1899), Confederate Brigadier General
• Metheny, Arlie
  Arlie Metheny
  Captain Arlie Metheny was a United States Army officer during World War II and the Cold War, who served as public information spokesman at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, at the time Elvis Presley was inducted into the military.Metheny was the eldest of seven children born to a cotton farmer in Silverdale...
  
   (1918-2009), World War II Marine and Army office; information officer in 1958 when Elvis Presley was processed into service at Fort Chaffee
  Fort Chaffee
  Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center is in the northwest Arkansas region adjacent to the city of Fort Smith, located one mile southeast of Fort Smith Regional Airport. The Arkansas River flows eastward along the northern border of the post. Interstate 40 is five miles to the north on the...
  
  
• Pike, Albert
  Albert Pike
  Albert Pike was an attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason. Pike is the only Confederate military officer or figure to be honored with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C...
  
   (1809–1891), Confederate General, Freemason
• Randleman, Denver "Bull"
  Denver Randleman
  -External links:* on Peter van de Wal's website**...
  
  , WWII veteran
• Rust, Albert
  Albert Rust
  Albert Rust was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, and a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress...
  
   (1818–1870), Confederate Brigadier General
• Roane, John S.
  John Selden Roane
  John Selden Roane was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He also served as the fourth Governor of the State of Arkansas.-Biography:...
  
   (1817–1867), Brigadier General
• Tappan, James C.
  James Camp Tappan
  James Camp Tappan was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.right|thumb|James C. Tappan...
  
   (1825–1906), Confederate Brigadier General
• Thach, John
  John Thach
  John Smith "Jimmy" Thach was a World War II naval aviator, air combat tactician, and United States Navy admiral. Thach developed the Thach Weave, a combat flight formation that could counter enemy fighters of superior performance, and later the big blue blanket, an aerial defense against Kamikaze...
  
   (1905–1981), US Navy Admiral, World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
   flying ace
• Tinker, Frank Glasgow
  Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker was an American mercenary fighter pilot for the Spanish Republican Air Force, during the Spanish Civil War. He was the top American ace during the Spanish Civil War.-Early years:...
  
   (1909–1939), Spanish-Civil War volunteer fighter pilot
• Wassell, Corydon M., U.S. Navy physician and medical missionary
• Yell, Archibald
  Archibald Yell
  Archibald Yell was a member of the United States House of Representatives, second Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.-Early life:...
  
   (1797–1847), Brigadier General, killed at the Battle of Buena Vista
  Battle of Buena Vista
  The Battle of Buena Vista , also known as the Battle of Angostura, saw the United States Army use artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army in the Mexican-American War...
  
   during the Mexican-American War

Musicians

• Allen, Kris
  Kris Allen
  Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...
  
   (born 1985), singer-songwriter, winner of American Idol
  American Idol (season 8)
  The eighth season of American Idol premiered on January 13, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2009. Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson continued to judge the show's contestants, along with Ryan Seacrest as host. The season introduced Kara DioGuardi as the fourth judge on the Idol...
  
  – the eighth season
• Brown, Shirley
  Shirley Brown
  Shirley Brown is an American soul singer, best known for her million-selling single "Woman to Woman" which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975.-Woman to Woman:...
  
   (born 1947), soul singer
• Burgess, Sonny
  Sonny Burgess
  Albert Austin "Sonny" Burgess is an American rockabilly guitarist and singer....
  
  , Sun recording artist
• Caldwell, Sarah
  Sarah Caldwell
  Sarah Caldwell was a notable American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director of opera.- Life :Caldwell was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was a child prodigy and gave public performances on the violin by the time she was ten years old...
  
   (born 1924), opera conductor and director, violinist
• Campbell, Glen
  Glen Campbell
  Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
  
   (born 1936), country singer, songwriter, and actor
• Cash, Johnny
  Johnny Cash
  John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
  
   (1932–2003), country singer and songwriter
• Cramer, Floyd
  Floyd Cramer
  Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
  
  , musician, most known for his piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
   instrumental
  Instrumental
  An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
  
   "Last Date"
• DeMent, Iris
  Iris DeMent
  Iris DeMent is an American singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style encompasses the genres country and folk music.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1961), country/folk singer and songwriter
• Dickinson, Jim
  Jim Dickinson
  James Luther "Jim" Dickinson was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the Memphis based band, Mudboy & The Neutrons.- Biography :...
  
   (born 1941), musician and producer
• Ditto, Beth
  Beth Ditto
  Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto , is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work with the indie rock band Gossip.-Personal life:...
  
   (born 1981), singer with The Gossip
• Dorough, Bob
  Bob Dorough
  Bob Dorough is an American bebop and cool jazz pianist, composer and vocalese singer.He worked with Miles Davis and Allen Ginsberg, and his adventurous style was an influence on Mose Allison, among other singers...
  
   (born 1923), Jazz Musician and Voice of School House Rock
• Driftwood, Jimmy
  Jimmy Driftwood
  James Corbitt Morris , known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was a prolific American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud"...
  
   (1907–1998), folk musician/songwriter, wrote "The Battle of New Orleans"
• Faulkner, Sanford
  Sanford Faulkner
  Colonel Sanford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner was an American teller of tall tales, fiddle player, and composer of the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveler", which was the State song of Arkansas from 1949–1963....
  
   (1806–1874), wrote fiddle tune "Arkansas Traveler
  Arkansas Traveler
  Arkansas Traveler may have several meanings:*"The Arkansas Traveler" , a fiddle tune by Sanford Faulkner*Arkansas Traveler , an 1858 painting by Edward Payson Washburn*Arkansas Traveler made by the Southwest Manufacturing Co...
  
  "
• Frizzell, Lefty
  Lefty Frizzell
  Lefty Frizzell , born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty...
  
   (1928–1975), Country music singer and songwriter
• Green, Al (born 1946), singer
• Hammer, Charles Christian
  Charles Christian Hammer
  Charles Christian "Sir Charles" Hammer, , was an American classical guitarist.Charles Christian Hammer was born in Chicago, Illinois. Hammer took up the guitar in his youth after hearing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He purchased his first guitar with earnings from a newspaper route...
  
   (1953–2004), classical guitarist
• Hawkins, Ronnie
  Ronnie Hawkins
  Ronald "Ronnie" Hawkins is a Juno Award-winning rockabilly musician whose career has spanned more than half a century. Though his career began in Arkansas, USA, where he'd been born and raised, it was in Ontario, Canada where he found success and settled for most of his life...
  
   (born 1935), rock musician
• Helm, Levon
  Levon Helm
  Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....
  
   (born 1940), rock musician
• Hendricks, Barbara
  Barbara Hendricks
  Barbara Hendricks is an African American operatic soprano and concert singer. Hendricks has lived in Europe since 1977, and in Switzerland on Lake Geneva since 1985, She is a citizen of Sweden.-Early life and education:...
  
   (born 1948), opera singer
• Hilliard, John S.
  John S. Hilliard
  John Stanley Hilliard is an American composer.Born into a family of musical amateurs, John Hilliard began his musical training by studying piano at the age of 6 from his cousin, a local piano teacher...
  
   (born 1947), composer
• Holyfield, Wayland
  Wayland Holyfield
  Wayland D. Holyfield, , is a prominent American songwriter and leader in the songwriting community.-Early life:Wayland Holyfield was born in Mallettown, Arkansas. He was educated in Arkansas public schools and attended Hendrix College at Conway, Arkansas before graduating from the University of...
  
   (born 1942), songwriter
• Jewell, Buddy
  Buddy Jewell
  Buddy Jewell Jr. is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his self-titled album, which produced the singles "Help...
  
  , Country musician
• Jordan, Louis
  Louis Jordan
  Louis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the...
  
   (1908–1975), jazz musician and bandleader
• Lawrence, Tracy
  Tracy Lawrence
  Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist. He started at a country music restaurant called "Live At Libby's" where owner Libby Knight would help local talent find their way into country music...
  
   (born 1968), country musician
• Lee, Amy
  Amy Lee
  Amy Lynn Hartzler , best known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. She cites influences ranging from classical musicians such as Mozart to modern artists Björk, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and...
  
   (born 1981), rock musician
• Lockwood, Robert Jr. (1915–2006), blues musician
• McBeth, W. Francis
  W. Francis McBeth
  William Francis McBeth was born March 9, 1933, in Ropesville, Texas .McBeth is a prolific composer, whose wind band works are highly respected. His primary musical influences include Clifton Williams, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson...
  
   (born 1933), composer
• Montana, Patsy
  Patsy Montana
  Ruby Rose Blevins , known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer-songwriter and the first female country performer to have a million-selling single...
  
   (1914–1996), country musician
• Moody, Ben
  Ben Moody
  Benjamin Robert Moody is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is best known as co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of Grammy Award-winning rock band Evanescence from 1995 to October 2003...
  
   (born 1980), rock musician
• Moore, Justin
  Justin Moore
  Justin Moore is an American soccer player who last played for the Atlanta Blackhawks of the USL Premier Development League....
  
   (born 1984), country musician
• Moorman, Charlotte
  Charlotte Moorman
  Madeline Charlotte Moorman Garside was an American cellist and performance artist.She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied cello from age ten and won a scholarship to Centenary College where she took her B.A. in music in 1955. She received her M.A...
  
   (1933–1991), cellist, performance artist
• Nancarrow, Conlon
  Conlon Nancarrow
  Conlon Nancarrow was a United States-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. He became a Mexican citizen in 1955.Nancarrow is best remembered for the pieces he wrote for the player piano...
  
   (1912–1997), composer
• Ne-Yo
  Ne-Yo
  Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
  
  , R&B musician, songwriter
• Oslin, K.T. (born 1941), country musician
• Paris, Twila
  Twila Paris
  Twila Paris Wright is a Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, author, vocalist and pianist.-Musical career:Since 1980, Twila Paris has released 22 albums, amassed 33 number one Christian Radio singles, and was named the Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year three years in a row...
  
   (born 1958), gospel musician
• Porter, Art Jr.
  Art Porter, Jr.
  Arthur Lee 'Art' Porter, Jr., , was an American jazz saxophonist. He was the son of jazz musician Art Porter, Sr., as well as the namesake of "The Art Porter Bill".-Early life:...
  
   (1961–1996), jazz saxophonist
• Porter, Art Sr.
  Art Porter, Sr.
  Art Porter, Sr. was an American jazz pianist from Little Rock, Arkansas. During his musical career, he performed with the Art Porter Trio, founded in 1962, and the Art Porter Singers, founded in 1976. Although primarily playing locally, Porter played FESTAC 77, the World Black and African Festival...
  
   (1934–1993), jazz pianist
• Raye, Collin
  Collin Raye
  Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as...
  
   (born 1960), country musician
• Rich, Charlie
  Charlie Rich
  Charles Rich was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver...
  
   (1932–1995), rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel musician and pianist
• Sanders, Pharoah
  Pharoah Sanders
  Pharoah Sanders is a Grammy Award–winning American jazz saxophonist.Saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world." Emerging from John Coltrane's groups of the mid-60s Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on...
  
   (born 1940), jazz saxophonist
• Still, William Grant
  William Grant Still
  William Grant Still was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions. He was the first African American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major...
  
   (1895–1978), composer
• Taylor, Johnnie
  Johnnie Taylor
  Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.-Early years:...
  
   (1938–2000), vocalist
• Twitty, Conway
  Conway Twitty
  Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
  
   (1933–1993), rock and roll and country music singer
• Utley, Michael
  Michael Utley
  Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
  
   (born 1985), songwriter, actor, musician, bit actor, member Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band and Club Trini
• Walker, Junior (1931-1995), Motown saxophonist
• Warfield, William
  William Warfield
  William Caesar Warfield , was an American concert bass-baritone singer and actor.-Early life and career:Warfield was born in West Helena, Arkansas and grew up in Rochester, New York, where his father was called to serve as pastor of Mt. Vernon Church. He gave his recital debut in New York's Town...
  
   (1920–2002), vocalist
• Williams, Lenny
  Lenny Williams
  Leonard Charles "Lenny" Williams is an American singer known for his work in the R&B and soul music genres. During the 1970s, he was the lead vocalist for Tower of Power...
  
   (born 1945), singer
• Williams, Otis
  Otis Williams
  Otis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform...
  
  , singer
• Williamson, Sonny Boy
  Sonny Boy Williamson II
  Willie "Sonny Boy" Williamson was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, from Mississippi. He is acknowledged as one of the most charismatic and influential blues musicians, with considerable prowess on the harmonica and highly creative songwriting skills...
  
   (1899–1965), blues musician

Political figures

• Alexander, William Vollie "Bill" Alexander (born 1934), US representative from 1969–1993
• Dale Alford
  Dale Alford
  Thomas Dale Alford, Sr. was an ophthalmologist and politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas who served as a conservative Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from Little Rock from 1959 to 1963....
  
   (1916–2000), US Representative from Little Rock from 1959–1963; unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in Democratic primary in 1962 and 1966
• Arnold, Morris S.
  Morris S. Arnold
  Morris Sheppard "Buzz" Arnold is a senior-status jurist of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. A Republican, he was appointed to the appeals court by U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush. His tenure began on June 1, 1992. For his first twelve years, until 2004, he...
  
   (born 1941), US Appeals Court judge
• Richard S. Arnold
  Richard S. Arnold
  Richard Sheppard Arnold was a judge of the U.S. District Court and then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Two presidents, Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton, considered naming Arnold to the United States Supreme Court...
  
   (1936–2004), US Appeals Court judge
• Wayne H. Babbitt
  Wayne H. Babbitt
  Wayne H. Babbitt was a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Arkansas, who in 1972 became the only member of his party ever to oppose the reelection of entrenched Democratic U.S. Senator John L. McClellan.-Family:...
  
   (1928–1994), Republican politician
• Richard L. Barclay
  Richard L. Barclay
  Richard L. "Dick" Barclay is a Certified Public Accountant in Rogers, a city in Benton County in the northwestern corner of Arkansas, USA, who was a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from December 31, 1976- December 31, 1992...
  
   (born 1937), former state representative and director of Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
• Beebe, Mike, current Arkansas Governor.
• Bethune, Edwin Ruthvin (born 1935), US Representative from 1979–1985
• Blaylock, Len E.
  Len E. Blaylock
  Len Everette Blaylock, Sr. , is a retired farmer, educator, small businessman, and Republican politician from tiny Nimrod in Perry County in northwestern Arkansas. He was state welfare commissioner under Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, the GOP gubernatorial nominee , the U.S...
  
   (born 1919), Republican politician
• Borland, Solon
  Solon Borland
  Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
  
   (1808–1864), US Senator
• Britt, Henry M.
  Henry M. Britt
  Henry Middleton Britt, III , was a Hot Springs lawyer who was a pioneer in the revitalization of the Republican Party in the heavily Democratic state of Arkansas, primarily during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1960, having been decisively defeated by Orval...
  
   (1919–1995), Republican politician and judge from Hot Springs
  Hot Springs, Arkansas
  Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...
  
  ; his party's 1960 gubernatorial nominee
• Bryant, Kelly
  Kelly Bryant
  Kelly Bryant served as the Democratic secretary of state of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1963 until his death nearly thirteen years later. He was one of three statewide politicians born in Hope, the seat of Hempstead County, in southern Arkansas. The others are former Governor and U.S...
  
   (1908–1975), secretary of state
• Bumpers, Dale
  Dale Bumpers
  Dale Leon Bumpers is an American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in the United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Bumpers is currently counsel at the Washington, D.C...
  
   (born 1925), U.S. Senator and Arkansas Governor
• Bynum, Preston C.
  Preston Bynum
  Preston Conrad Bynum is a high-powered lobbyist in Little Rock, Arkansas, who served as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from January 1969 to December 1980. On his first election, Bynum was one of only four Republicans in the 100-member House; when his party's...
  
   (born 1939) lobbyist and politician
• Caraway, Hattie
  Hattie Caraway
  Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was the first woman elected to serve as a United States Senator. Senator Caraway represented Arkansas.-Biography:...
  
   (1878–1951), first woman US Senator
• Cherry, Francis Adams (1908–1965), governor from 1953–1955
• Clinton, Bill
  Bill Clinton
  William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
  
   (born 1946), President of the United States
• Clinton, Chelsea
  Chelsea Clinton
  Chelsea Victoria Clinton is a television journalist, currently serving as Special Correspondent for NBC News, and philanthropist, working through the Clinton Global Initiative. She is the only child of former U.S...
  
   (born 1980), Presidential daughter
• Clinton, Hillary Rodham
  Hillary Rodham Clinton
  Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
  
  , U.S. Secretary of State
  United States Secretary of State
  The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
  
  ; former U.S. Senator from New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
  ; former First Lady of the United States
  First Lady of the United States
  First Lady of the United States is the title of the hostess of the White House. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is most often applied to the wife of a sitting president. The current first lady is Michelle Obama.-Current:The...
  
   and First Lady of Arkansas
• Conway, Henry W.
  Henry Wharton Conway
  Henry Wharton Conway was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Arkansas Territory....
  
   (1793–1827), territorial delegate
• Coon, Ken
  Ken Coon
  Kenneth Lloyd "Ken" Coon, Sr. , is a Little Rock educator, professional psychologist, and counselor who was also a pioneer in the development of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Arkansas. He was the GOP state chairman from 1988—1990...
  
   (born 1935), politician and psychologist
• Davis, Danny K.
  Danny K. Davis
  For other persons named Danny Davis, please see Daniel Davis .Daniel K. Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (born 1941), US Representative from Illinois
• Dickey, Jay
  Jay Dickey
  Jay W. Dickey, Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2000...
  
   (born 1939), US Representative from 1993-2001
• Faubus, Orval Eugene
  Orval Faubus
  Orval Eugene Faubus was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of Little Rock public schools during the Little Rock Crisis, in which he defied a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court by ordering the...
  
   (1910–1994), governor from 1955–1967
• Foster, Vince
  Vince Foster
  Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. was a Deputy White House Counsel during the first few months of President Bill Clinton's administration, and also a law partner and friend of Hillary Rodham Clinton...
  
   (1945–1993), Presidential aide
• Freeman, Woody
  Woody Freeman
  Elwood A. Freeman, known as Woody Freeman , is a businessman in Jonesboro, Arkansas, who was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1984. He lost 63-37 percent to the incumbent Governor Bill Clinton, the Democrat who eight years later was elected President of the United States...
  
   (born 1946), businessman and 1984 Republican gubernatorial nominee
• Fulbright, J. William
  J. William Fulbright
  James William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
  
   (1905–1995), US Senator
• Garland, Augustus H.
  Augustus Hill Garland
  Augustus Hill Garland was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He was a senator in both the United States and the Confederate States, served as 11th Governor of Arkansas and as Attorney General of the United States in the first administration of Grover Cleveland.-Early life and law career:Garland...
  
   (1832–1899), U.S. Attorney General
• Guinn, Kenny
  Kenny Guinn
  Kenneth Carroll "Kenny" Guinn was an American businessman, educator and politician. He was the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party and a former member of the Democratic Party....
  
   (born 1936), Governor of Nevada from 1999-2007
• Hammerschmidt, John Paul
  John Paul Hammerschmidt
  John Paul Hammerschmidt is an American politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served for thirteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the northwestern Arkansas district before he retired in 1993...
  
   (born 1922), US Representative
• Heiskell, John
  John Netherland Heiskell
  John Netherland Heiskell was the second U.S. Senator to reach the age of 100. He served as Senator from Arkansas for a period of just 23 days, from January 6 to January 29, 1913...
  
   (1872–1972), US Senator and newspaper publisher
• Holleman, Harlan "Bo"
  Harlan Holleman
  Harlan Harmon "Bo" Holleman was a farmer and seed merchant from Wynne, the seat of Cross County in eastern Arkansas, and a pioneer in the development of the modern Republican Party in his home state. He was the Arkansas state GOP chairman from December 6, 1980, until his death some sixteen months...
  
   (1927–1982), Republican party chairman
• Holt, Jim L. (born 1965), Republican politician
• Huckabee, Mike
  Mike Huckabee
  Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...
  
   (born 1955), governor from 1994-2007
• Hurst, Q. Byrum
  Q. Byrum Hurst
  Quincy Byrum Hurst, Sr. , was a Hot Springs attorney and a Democratic member of the Arkansas State Senate from 1950 to 1972. He vacated his Senate seat to run unsuccessfully against Governor Dale L. Bumpers, who won the second of his two gubernatorial terms in 1972...
  
   (1918–2006), Hot Springs attorney and state senator from 1950–1972
• Hutchinson, Asa
  Asa Hutchinson
  William Asa Hutchinson is a former U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the first-ever Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S...
  
   (born 1950), US representative
• Hutchinson, Tim
  Tim Hutchinson
  Young Timothy Hutchinson, known as Tim Hutchinson is a Republican politician and former senator from the state of Arkansas.Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, and he graduated from Bob Jones University...
  
   (born 1949), US representative and US senator
• Johnson, Jim
  James D. Johnson
  James Douglas Johnson, known as Justice Jim Johnson , was a former associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, a two-time candidate for governor of Arkansas in 1956 and 1966, and in 1968 an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S...
  
   (born 1924), Arkansas Supreme Court Justice, segregationist leader
• Johnson, Robert W.
  Robert Ward Johnson
  Robert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas....
  
   (1814–1879), U.S. and Confederate States
  Confederate States of America
  The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
  
   Senator
• Laney, Benjamin Travis
  Benjamin Travis Laney
  Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr. , was the 33rd Governor of Arkansas, having served from 1945-1949.Laney was born in Camden, where he attended Ouachita County public schools but never graduated from high school. He was, however, admitted in 1915 to Hendrix College, a liberal arts institution in...
  
   (1896–1977) governor
• Lincoln, Blanche
  Blanche Lincoln
  Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the...
  
   (born 1960), current U.S. Senator
• Lloyd, Marilyn
  Marilyn Lloyd
  Rachel Marilyn Laird Lloyd is a Tennessee businesswoman and 10-term member of the United States House of Representatives .-Biographical information:...
  
   (born 1929), US Representative from Tennessee
• Lowe, A. Lynn
  Lynn Lowe
  Aylmer Lynn Lowe, known as A. Lynn Lowe , was a farmer and politician from Garland in Miller County in southwestern Arkansas, who was a major figure in the Arkansas Republican Party...
  
   (born 1936), former Arkansas Republican state chairman and unsuccessful nominee for U.S. House of Representatives (1966) and governor (1978)
• McClellan, John L.
  John Little McClellan
  John Little McClellan was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas. He represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1943 until 1977. He also earlier represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:McClellan was born in Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas...
  
   (1896–1977), Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee
• McMath, Sid
  Sid McMath
  Sidney Sanders McMath was a decorated U.S. Marine, attorney and the 34th Governor of Arkansas who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, championed rapid rural electrification, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,...
  
   (1912–2003), former Arkansas Governor, trial lawyer, and Marine Corps General.
• Miller, Gary
  Gary Miller
  Gary Gene Miller is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 41st, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (born 1948), U.S. Representative from California
• Mills, Wilbur Daigh
  Wilbur Mills
  Wilbur Daigh Mills , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas...
  
   (1909–1992), Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee
• Murphy, Isaac
  Isaac Murphy
  For the African-American Hall of Fame jockey see: Isaac Burns MurphyIsaac Murphy was the first Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas. He was the first reconstruction governor to come to power under President Abraham Lincoln's conciliatory policy...
  
   (1799–1882), Governor of Arkansas
• Pollan, Carolyn
  Carolyn Pollan
  Carolyn Joan Clark Pollan is an American politician and former Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who served for twelve consecutive two-year terms from 1975-1999 from a portion of Sebastian County, which includes the state's second largest city of Fort Smith...
  
   (born 1937), state representative
• Parker, Isaac
  Isaac Parker
  Isaac Charles Parker served as a U.S. District Judge presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for 21 years and also one-time politician. He served in that capacity during the most dangerous time for law enforcement during the western expansion...
  
   (1838–1896), "Hanging Judge" of Fort Smith
• Pryor, David
  David Pryor
  David Hampton Pryor is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966...
  
  , US Senator, governor, US representative; founding dean of the Clinton School of Public Service
  Clinton School of Public Service
  The Clinton School of Public Service is a branch of the University of Arkansas system and is the newest of the presidential schools. It is located on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. The school is housed in a former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad station...
  
  
• Pryor, Mark
  Mark Pryor
  Mark Lunsford Pryor is the senior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and former Attorney General of Arkansas....
  
   (born 1963), current US Senator
• Remmel, Pratt C.
  Pratt C. Remmel
  Pratt Cates Remmel, Sr. , was the only 20th century Republican elected on a partisan ballot to have served as mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. He was elected to the first of two two-year terms in 1951, was reelected in 1953, and then defeated in 1955 by the Democrat Woodrow Wilson Mann, who like...
  
   (1915–1991), only Republican to have been mayor of Little Rock in 20th century, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1954
• Willis Ricketts
  Willis Ricketts
  Willis Harvey "Bubs" Ricketts was the Republican Party gubernatorial nominee in the U.S. state of Arkansas in 1962, having been overwhelmingly defeated by the incumbent Democrat Orval Eugene Faubus...
  
   (1924–2003), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1962
• Robinson, Joseph T.
  Joseph Taylor Robinson
  Joseph Taylor Robinson was an American politician from Arkansas, of the Democratic Party. He was a state representative, U.S. Representative, 23rd Governor of Arkansas, U.S...
  
   (1872–1937), Senate Majority Leader and Vice Presidential candidate
• Robinson, Tommy F.
  Tommy F. Robinson
  Tommy Franklin Robinson is a politician from the state of Arkansas.-Early life:Robinson was born in Little Rock and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1963....
  
   (born 1942), sheriff, US representative
• Rockefeller, Winthrop
  Winthrop Rockefeller
  Winthrop Rockefeller was a politician and philanthropist who served as the first Republican Governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He was a third-generation member of the Rockefeller family.-Early life:...
  
   (1912–1973), Governor of Arkansas
• Rockefeller, Winthrop Paul
  Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
  Winthrop Paul Rockefeller was a Republican politician who served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1996 until his death.-Early life and parents:...
  
   (1948–2006), lieutenant governor
• Ross, Mike (born 1961), current U.S. Representative
• Rutherford, J.T. (born 1921), U.S. Representative from Texas
• Sandlin, Max
  Max Sandlin
  Max Sandlin , is a lawyer, lobbyist, American politician, and former Democratic Congressman who served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas District 1....
  
   (born 1952), U.S. Representative from Texas
• Monroe Schwarzlose
  Monroe Schwarzlose
  Monroe Alfred Julius Schwarzlose was a turkey farmer in Cleveland County, Arkansas, who polled 31 percent of the vote in the 1980 Democratic primary against the incumbent Governor and future U.S. President William Jefferson Blythe "Bill" Clinton, who was seeking his second two-year term...
  
   (1902–1990), maverick gubernatorial candidate
• Sessions, William S.
  William S. Sessions
  William Steele Sessions is a civil servant who served as a judge and 4th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
  
   (born 1930), FBI Director
• Sevier, Ambrose H.
  Ambrose Hundley Sevier
  Ambrose Hundley Sevier was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas.Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial...
  
   (1801–1848), US Senator, Father of Arkansas Statehood
• Shackelford, Lottie
  Lottie Shackelford
  Lottie H. Shackelford is an African-American politician. In 1987, she became the first woman elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. Six years later, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation , making her the first African...
  
  , Democratic National Committee Vice Chair
• Smithson, Jim L.
  Jim L. Smithson
  Jimmy Lee Smithson, known as Jim L. Smithson , is a conservative Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who is remembered for cosponsoring legislation in his state to allow generic substitution of prescription medications...
  
   (born 1943), state representative from 1974–1984
• Snyder, John W.
  John W. Snyder
  John Wesley Snyder was an American businessman and Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, he studied at Vanderbilt University's engineering school for one year before joining in the Army during World War I.Snyder came to Washington in the early 1930s with a broad background in...
  
   (1895–1985), U.S. Treasury Secretary
• Snyder, Vic
  Vic Snyder
  Victor F. "Vic" Snyder is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   (born 1947), current US Representative
• Thomasson, Jerry
  Jerry Thomasson
  Jerry Kreth Thomasson was a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He switched to the Republican Party in 1966, and unsuccessfully sought election as Arkansas attorney general in 1966 and 1968....
  
   (1931–2007), state representative from 1962–1966
• Troxell, Leona
  Leona Troxell
  Leona Anderson Troxell Dodd, known politically as Leona Troxell , was a native New Yorker who was a pioneer in the development of the Republican Party in her adopted state of Arkansas...
  
   (1913–2003), Republican activist
• Watkins, Wes
  Wes Watkins
  Wesley Wade "Wes" Watkins is a politician from the state of Oklahoma. He is a retired member of the United States House of Representatives where Watkins had represented Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District for 14 years as a Democrat and then for six years as a Republican.-Early life and...
  
   (born 1938), U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
• White, Frank Durward
  Frank D. White
  Frank Durward White was the 41st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He served a single two-year term from 1981 to 1983. He is one of only two people to have defeated President Bill Clinton in an election. Frank Durward White (June 4, 1933 – May 21, 2003) was...
  
   (1933–2003), governor from 1981–1983
• Witt, James Lee
  James Lee Witt
  James Lee Witt was Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the administration of President Bill Clinton....
  
   (born 1944), FEMA Director
• Wolf, Judy Petty
  Judy Petty Wolf
  Judy C. Petty, later Judy Petty Wolf , is a retired officer of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and a former Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives...
  
   (born 1943), former state representative

Social figures

• Bates, Daisy
  Daisy Bates (civil rights activist)
  Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was an American civil rights activist, publisher and writer who played a leading role in the Little Rock integration crisis of 1957....
  
   (1914–1999), civil rights leader
• Cleaver, Eldridge
  Eldridge Cleaver
  Leroy Eldridge Cleaver better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a leading member of the Black Panther Party and a writer...
  
   (1935–1998), activist
• Elders, Joycelyn (born 1933), US Surgeon General
• Hill, Robert L.
  Robert L. Hill
  Robert Lee Hill was an African American sharecropper from eastern Arkansas and founder of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America....
  
   (born 1892, date of death unknown), black leader at Elaine Race Riot
  Elaine Race Riot
  The Elaine Race Riot, also called the Elaine Massacre, occurred September 30, 1919 in the town of Elaine in Phillips County, Arkansas, in the Arkansas Delta, where sharecropping by African American farmers was prevalent on plantations of white landowners.Approximately 100 African American farmers,...
  
  
• Jones, Scipio Africanus
  Scipio Africanus Jones
  Scipio Africanus Jones was an African-American educator, attorney, judge, philanthropist, and Republican politician from the state of Arkansas...
  
   (1863–1943), African-American attorney
• Terry, Adolphine Fletcher
  Adolphine Fletcher Terry
  Adolphine Fletcher Terry, , was an American political and social activist in the state of Arkansas. She was primarily responsible for reopening the Little Rock, Arkansas public school system and bringing to a close the Little Rock Crisis of 1958....
  
   (1882–1976), social activist
• Thaden, Louise
  Louise Thaden
  Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden was an aviation pioneer, holder of numerous aviation records, and the first woman to win the Bendix Trophy.-Birth and education:...
  
   (1905–1979), aviation pioneer
• Washburn, Cephas
  Cephas Washburn
  Cephas Washburn was a noted Christian missionary and educator who worked with the Cherokee of northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. He is often referred to as "The Apostle to the Cherokees" and "Builder of Presbyterianism in Arkansas"....
  
   (1793–1860), Indian missionary

Other Arkansans

• Amarillo Slim
  Amarillo Slim
  Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. , known as Amarillo Slim, is an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets...
  
   (born 1928), professional poker player
• Besser, Matt
  Matt Besser
  Matthew Gregory "Matt" Besser is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe who also had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998-2000....
  
   (born 1967), comedian
• Black, James (1800–1872), inventor of the 'Bowie' knife
• Covey, Richard O. 'Dick'
  Richard O. Covey
  Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he considers Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to be his hometown...
  
   (born 1946), astronaut
• Dirkhising, Jesse
  Jesse Dirkhising
  Jesse William Dirkhising , also known as Jesse Yates, was an American teenager from Prairie Grove, Arkansas, who was bound, drugged, tortured, raped, and died as a result of the drugs given him and the position in which he was tied down..Dirkhising's death received only regional media coverage...
  
   (1986–1999), crime victim
• Doolin, Bill
  Bill Doolin
  William "Bill" Doolin was an American bandit and founder of the Wild Bunch, an outlaw gang that specialized in robbing banks, trains and stagecoaches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during the 1890s.- Early life :...
  
   (1858–1896), outlaw
• Gilliland, Edwin
  Edwin R. Gilliland
  Edwin Richard Gilliland was an American chemical engineer and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Gilliland was born on July 10, 1909 in El Reno, Oklahoma and moved with his family to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1918. He graduated from the University of Illinois at...
  
   (1909–1973), chemical engineer
• Gracen, Elizabeth Ward
  Elizabeth Gracen
  Elizabeth Ward Gracen is an American actress who won the title of Miss America in 1982. She was born Elizabeth Grace Ward but should not be confused with another Elizabeth Ward who worked as a television actress during the first half of the 1980s....
  
   (born 1960), Miss America
  Miss America
  The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
  
  , actress
• Connie Hamzy
  Connie Hamzy
  "Sweet" Connie Hamzy is an American woman from Little Rock, Arkansas who is best known as a groupie who claims to have had sex with numerous rock musicians...
  
   prolific rock groupie noted as "Sweet, Sweet Connie" in the Grand Funk Railroad 1973 song "We're An American Band."
• Hicks, Bill
  Bill Hicks
  William Melvin "Bill" Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His material largely consisted of general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy, and personal issues. Hicks' material was often controversial and steeped in dark comedy...
  
   (1961–1994), comedian
• Holmes, T. J.
  T. J. Holmes
  Loutelious Ann Holmes Jr., better known as T. J. Holmes is an anchor on the weekend edition of CNN Newsroom, CNN Saturday Morning, and CNN Sunday Morning. Holmes joined CNN in October 2006. At one time, his co-anchor on CNN Newsroom was Betty Nguyen.-Early life:Holmes was born in West Memphis,...
  
   (born 1977), CNN
  CNN
  Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
  
   weekday anchor
• Rex Humbard
  Rex Humbard
  Alpha Rex Emmanuel Humbard was a well-known American television evangelist whose Cathedral of Tomorrow show was shown on over 600 stations at the peak of its popularity....
  
   (1919–2007), televangelist
• Johnson, Kenneth (born 1942), writer, director and producer
• Keohane, Nan, President of Duke University
• Owens, Freeman
  Freeman Harrison Owens
  Freeman Harrison Owens , born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the only child of Charles H. Owens and Christabel Harrison. He attended Pine Bluff High School in Pine Bluff, but quit in his senior year to work at a local movie theatre as a projectionist.Owens constructed his own 35mm movie camera at the age...
  
  , pioneer in cinematography
  Cinematography
  Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...
  
  
• Parazynski, Scott E.
  Scott E. Parazynski
  Scott Edward Parazynski, M.D. is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski's latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007 --- highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a live solar array...
  
   (born 1961), astronaut
• Selman, John
  John Selman
  John Selman was an outlaw and sometimes lawman of the Old West. He is best known as the man who shot outlaw John Wesley Hardin in the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Texas on August 19, 1895.-Early life, service with the Confederacy:...
  
  , outlaw
• Stephens, Steve
  Steve Stephens
  Stephen Owen Stephens is a well-known television and communications pioneer. He is most famous for "Steve’s Show," a popular program produced by the CBS television affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1960s...
  
  , radio and television host
• Stocks, Heath
  Heath Stocks
  Heath Stocks is victim of child sexual abuse who, on January 17, 1997, killed his father Joe, mother Barbara, and sister Heather in the family home located in Lonoke, Arkansas.-The murders:...
  
  , convicted murderer who killed his family in Lonoke
  Lonoke, Arkansas
  Lonoke is the second most populous city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as its county seat. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,553...
  
  
• Turner, Debbye
  Debbye Turner
  Debbye Turner-Bell is an American veterinarian, talk show host, former beauty queen and winner of the 1990 Miss America pageant....
  
  , (born 1967), Miss America 1990, television host/news anchor
• Utley, Terri
  Terri Utley
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   (born 1962) Miss USA 1982
• Webb, John Joshua
  John Joshua Webb
  John Joshua Webb was a noted lawman turned gunfighter and outlaw of the American Old West.- Early life :Webb was born February 14, 1847, in Keokuk County, Iowa, the seventh of twelve children born to William Webb Jr and Innocent Blue Brown Webb. Webb moved about often in his youth. The family...
  
  , gunslinger
  Gunslinger
  Gunfighter, also gunslinger , is a 20th century word, used in cinema or literature, referring to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun...