list of people from arkansas

List of people from Arkansas Individuals on this list are either native-born Arkansans or emigrants who have chosen Arkansas as their permanent home.

Actors/Actresses

Adams, Joey Lauren, (1971- ), actress
Alexander, Katherine, (1898-1981), actress
Anderson, Bronco Billy, (1880-1971), vaudeville actor
Bentley, Wes, (1978- ), actor
Gerard, Gil, (1943- ), actor
Goff, Norris, Abner of Lum and Abner
Harper, Tess, (1950- ), actress
Ladd, Alan, (1913-1964), actor
Lauck, Chester, (1902-1980), Lum of Lum and Abner
Nemec, Corin, (1971- ), actor
Newbern, George, (1964- ), actor
Powell, Dick, (1904-1963), actor
Steenburgen, Mary, (1953- ), actress
Tai, Kobe, (1972- ), porn actress
Turner, Karri, (1966- ), actress
Thornton, Billy Bob, (1955- ), actor

Artists

Braden, John, (1949-2004), writer, producer, director
Berry, Danielle Bunten, (1949-1998), video game designer
Dudley, Carl Ward, (1910-1973), filmmaker and producer
Fisher, George, (1923-2003), political cartoonist
Green, David Gordon, (1975- ), filmmaker
Jones, E. Fay, (1921-2004), architect and designer
Thomason, Harry, (1940- ), television producer
Washburn, Edward, (1831-1860), painter of 'The Arkansas Traveler'

Athletics

Akins, Chris, (1976- ), professional athlete (football)
Bearden, Gene, (1920-2004), professional athlete (baseball)
Brock, Lou, (1939- ), professional athlete (baseball)
Broyles, Frank, (1924- ), football coach
Bryant, Paul 'Bear', (1913-1983), football coach
Burrell, Pat, (1976- ), professional athlete (baseball)
Carr, Bill, (1909-1966), Olympian
Daly, John, (1966- ), professional athlete (golf)
Davidson, Bill, (1935-1999), football coach
Dean, Dizzy, (1910-1974), professional athlete (baseball)
Greene, Charles, (1944- ), Olympian
Harrison, E.J. 'Dutch', (1910- ), professional athlete (golf)
Hines, Jim, (1946- ), amateur athlete, track and field
Holmes, Priest, (1973- ), professional athlete (football)
Hunter, Torii, (1975- ), professional athlete (baseball)
Hutson, Don, (1913-1997), professional athlete (football)
Jones, Jerry, (1942- ), Dallas Cowboys owner
Kell, George, (1922- ), professional athlete (baseball)
Liston, Sonny, (1932-1970), professional athlete (boxing), World Heavyweight Champion
Martin, Mark, (1956- ), championship NASCAR driver
McReynolds, Kevin, (1959- ), professional athlete (baseball)
Moncrief, Sidney, (1957- ), professional athlete (basketball)
Nutt, Houston, (1957- ), football coach
Pippen, Scottie, (1965- ), professional athlete (basketball)
Robinson, Brooks, (1937- ), professional athlete (baseball)
Smith, Rod, (1970- ), professional athlete (football)
Switzer, Barry, (1937- ), football coach
Thornton, Charley, (1937-2004), sports figure
Vaughan, Arky, (1912-1952), professional athlete (baseball)

Authors

Adler, Margot, journalist and correspondent
Brown, Dee, (1908-2002), author, historian
Brown, Helen Gurley, (1922- ), author, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine
Nancy A. Collins, author
Grisham, John, (1955- ), novelist
Grossman, Dave, author
Hamilton, Laurell K., (1963- ), horror/fantasy author
Mathis, Deborah, (????- ), journalist and author
Simon, Charlie May, (1897-1977), children's author
Starr, John Robert, (1927-2000), journalist
Woodward, C. Vann - (1908-1999), historian

Business Leaders

Dillard, William T., (1914-2002), head of Dillard's Department Stores
Tyson, Don, (xx-xx), Tyson Foods Poultry processing
Walton, Jim, son of Sam Walton, owner of Arvest Bank
Walton, Sam, (1918-1992), founder of Wal-Mart Inc.
Wilson, Kemmons, (1913-2003), Holiday Inn hotel founder

Celebrities

Amarillo Slim, (1928- ), professional poker player
Besser, Matt, (1967- ), comedian
Clinton, Chelsea, (1980- ), Presidential daughter
Eudy, Sid, (1960- ), professional wrestler
Gracen, Elizabeth Ward, (1960- ), Miss America, actress
Hicks, Bill, (1961-1994), comedian
Fred Smith
Stephens, Steve, radio and television host

Legal Leaders

Jones, Scipio Africanus, (1863-1943), African-American attorney

Military Figures

Alexander, John Hanks, (1864-1894), pioneering African-American naval officer
Beall, William N.R., (1825-1883), Confederate Brigadier General
Bolling, Raynal, (1877-1918), first high-ranking U.S. Army casualty in WWI
Borland, Solon, (1808-1864), Confederate Brigadier General
Cabell, William L., (1827-1911), Confederate Brigadier General
Churchill, Thomas J., (1824-1905), Confederate Major General
Clark, Wesley, (1944- ), US Army General, NATO Commander
Cleburne, Patrick, (1828-1864), Confederate Major General
Conway, James, ( - ), US Marine Corps Lieutenant General
Darby, William Orlando, (1911-1945), first commander of the US Army Rangers
Dockery, Thomas P., (1833-1898), Confederate Brigadier General
Eberle, Edward Walter, (1864-1929), U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations
Fagan James F., (1827-1893), Confederate Major General
Govan, Daniel C., (1829-1911), Confederate Brigadier General
Hathcock, Carlos, (1942-1999), Marine Sniper
Hawthorn, Alexander T., (1825-1899), Confederate Brigadier General
Hindman, Thomas, (1828-1868), US Congressman and Confederate Major General
Holbrook, Lucius Roy, (1875-1952), US Major General
Izard, George, (1776-1828), US Army General, War of 1812
Kindley, Field E., (1896-1920), World War I flying ace
MacArthur, Douglas, (1880-1964), US General of the Army, MOH recipient
McCright, Ewell Ross, (1907-1990), US Air Force Captain, World War II, Prisoner of War and Legion of Merit recipient
McNair, Evander, (1820-1902), Confederate Brigadier General
McRae, Dandridge, (1829-1899), Confederate Brigadier General
Pike, Albert, (1809-1891), Confederate General, Freemason
Thach, John, (1905-1981), US Navy Admiral, World War 2 flying ace
Roane, John S., (1817-1867), Brigadier General
Rust, Albert, (1818-1870), Confederate Brigadier General
Tappan, James C., (1825-1906), Confederate Brigadier General
Tinker, Frank Glasgow, (1909-1939), Spanish-Civil War volunteer fighter pilot
Wassell, Corydon M., U.S. Navy physician and medical missionary
Yell, Archibald, (1797-1847), Brigadier General, killed at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War

Musicians

Caldwell, Sarah, (1924- ), opera conductor and director, violinist
Campbell, Glen, (1936- ), country singer, songwriter, and actor
Cash, Johnny, (1932-2003), country singer and songwriter
DeMent, Iris, (1961- ), country/folk singer and songwriter
Dickinson, Jim, (1941- ), musician and producer
Driftwood, Jimmy, (1907-1998), folk musician/songwriter, wrote The Battle of New Orleans
Faulkner, Sanford, (1806-1874), wrote fiddle tune 'Arkansas Traveler'
Green, Al, (1946- ), singer
Hammer, Charles Christian, (1953-2004), classical guitarist
Hawkins, Ronnie, (1935-), rock musician
Hendricks, Barbara, (1948- ), opera singer
Holyfield, Wayland, (1942- ), songwriter
Jordan, Louis, (1908-1975), jazz musician and bandleader
Lawrence, Tracy, (1968- ), country musician
Lee, Amy, (1981- ), rock musician
Lockwood, Robert Jr., (1915- ), blues musician
Montana, Patsy, (1914-1996), country musician
Moody, Ben, (1980- ), rock musician
Moorman, Charlotte, (1933-1991), cellist, performance artist
Nancarrow, Conlon, (1912-1997), composer
Oslin, K.T., (1941- ), country musician
Paris, Twila, (1958- ), gospel musician
Porter, Art Jr., (1961-1996), jazz saxaphonist
Porter, Art Sr., (1934-1993), jazz pianist
Raye, Collin, (1960- ), country musician
Sanders, Pharoah, (1940- ), jazz saxaphonist
Still, William Grant, (1895-1978), composer
Taylor, Johnnie, (1938-2000), vocalist
Warfield, William, (1920-2002), vocalist
Williamson, Sonny Boy, (abt 1908-1965), Blues musician

Poets

Angelou, Maya, (1928- ), author, poet
Fletcher, John Gould, (1886-1950), poet

Political Figures

Borland, Solon, (1808-1864), US Senator
Caraway, Hattie, (1878-1951), first woman US Senator
Clinton, Bill, (1946- ), President of the United States
Conway, Henry W., (1793-1827), Territorial Delegate
Foster, Vince, (1945-1993), Presidential aide
Fulbright, J. William, (1905-1995), US Senator
Hammerschmidt, John Paul, (1922- ), US Representative
Heiskell, John, (1872-1972), US Senator and newspaper publisher
Johnson, Jim, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice, segregationist leader
Johnson, Robert W., (1814-1879), US and CS Senator
Faubus, Orval, (1910-1994), Governor of Arkansas
Garland, Augustus H., (1832-1899), U.S. Attorney General
Lincoln, Blanche, (1960- ), current US Senator
McClellan, John L., (1896-1977), Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee
Mills, Wilbur, (1909-1992), Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee
Murphy, Isaac, (1799-1882), Governor of Arkansas
Pryor, Mark, (1963- ), current US Senator
Robinson, Joseph T., (1872-1937), Senate Majority Leader and Vice Presidential candidate
Rockefeller, Winthrop, (1912-1973), Governor of Arkansas
Ross, Mike, (1961- ), current U.S. Representative
Sessions, William S., (1930- ), FBI Director
Sevier, Ambrose H., (1801-1848), US Senator, Father of Arkansas Statehood
Shackelford, Lottie, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair
Snyder, John W., (1895-1985), U.S. Treasury Secretary
Snyder, Vic, (1947- ), current US Representative
Witt, James Lee, (1944- ), FEMA Director

see also: List of Arkansas Governors, U.S. Congressional Delegations from Arkansas

Social Figures

Bates, Daisy, (1914-1999), civil rights leader
Cleaver, Eldridge, (1935-1998), activist
Elders, Joycelyn, (1933- ), US Surgeon General
Hill, Robert L., (1892-?), black leader at Elaine Race Riot
Terry, Adolphine Fletcher, (1882-1976), social activist
Thaden, Louise, (1905-1979), aviation pioneer
Washburn, Cephas, (1793-1860), Indian missionary

Other Arkansans

Black, James, (1800-1872), inventor of the 'Bowie' knife
Covey, Richard O. 'Dick', (1946- ), astronaut
Davis, Danny K., (1941- ), U.S. Representative from Illinois
Dirkhising, Jesse, (1986-1999), crime victim
Guinn, Kenny, (1936- ), Governor of Nevada
Keohane, Nan, President of Duke University
Lloyd, Marilyn, (1929- ), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
Miller, Gary, (1948- ), U.S. Representative from California
Parazynski, Scott E., (1961- ), astronaut
Rutherford, J.T., (1921- ), U.S. Representative from Texas
Sandlin, Max, (1952- ), U.S. Representative from Texas
Watkins, Wes, (1938- ), U.S. Representative from Oklahoma

List Of People From Arkansas