List of people from Arkansas

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List of people from Arkansas:

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

Contents 1 Actors/Actresses 2 Artists 3 Athletics 4 Authors 5 Business Leaders 6 Military Figures 7 Musicians 8 Political Figures 9 Social Figures 10 Other Arkansans

[edit] 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, actor, Abner of Lum and Abner
• Harper, Tess, (1950- ), actress
• Ladd, Alan, (1913-1964), actor
• Lauck, Chester, (1902-1980), actor, 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, Oscar-winning screenwriter

[edit] 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
• Powell, Nate, (1978- ), comic book artist
• Thomason, Harry, (1940- ), television producer
• Washburn, Edward, (1831-1860), painter of The Arkansas Traveler

[edit] Athletics

• Bearden, Gene, (1920-2004), professional baseball player
• Brock, Lou, (1939- ), professional baseball player
• Broyles, Frank, (1924- ), football coach, athletic director
• Bryant, Paul 'Bear', (1913-1983), football coach
• Carr, Bill, (1909-1966), Olympic runner
• Daly, John, (1966- ), professional golfer
• Willie Davis, professional baseball player
• Dean, Dizzy, (1910-1974), professional baseball player
• Bill Dickey, (1907-1993), professional baseball player
• Eudy, Sid, (1960- ), professional wrestler
• Greene, Charles, (1944- ), Olympic sprinter
• Harrison, E.J. 'Dutch', (1910- ), professional golfer
• Hines, Jim, (1946- ), Olympic sprinter
• Holmes, Priest, (1973- ), professional football player
• Hunter, Torii, (1975- ), professional baseball player
• Hutson, Don, (1913-1997), professional football player
• Johson, Joe, (1981- ), professional basketball player
• Jones, Jerry, (1942- ), Dallas Cowboys owner
• Kell, George, (1922- ), professional baseball player
• Liston, Sonny, (1932-1970), professional boxer, World Heavyweight Champion
• Martin, Mark, (1956- ), championship NASCAR driver
• McReynolds, Kevin, (1959- ), professional baseball player
• Moncrief, Sidney, (1957- ), professional basketball player
• Nutt, Houston, (1957- ), football coach
• Perry, Joe, (1927- ), professional football player
• Pippen, Scottie, (1965- ), professional basketball player
• Robinson, Brooks, (1937- ), professional baseball player
• Sain, Johnny, (1917-2006), professional baseball player
• Smith, Rod, (1970- ), professional football player
• Switzer, Barry, (1937- ), football coach
• Taylor, Jermain, (1978- ), professional boxer
• Thornton, Charley, (1937-2004), sports figure
• Vaughan, Arky, (1912-1952), professional baseball player
• Vines, Harry, (1938-2006), wheelchair basketball coach

[edit] Authors

• Adler, Margot, journalist and correspondent
• Angelou, Maya, (1928- ), author, poet
• Brown, Dee, (1908-2002), author, historian
• Brown, Helen Gurley, (1922- ), author, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine
• Collins, Nancy A., author
• Fletcher, John Gould, (1886-1950), poet
• Fuzzell, Derek Alan, (1985- ), playwright
• Grisham, John, (1955- ), novelist
• Grossman, Dave, author
• Hamilton, Laurell K., (1963- ), horror/fantasy author
• Mathis, Deborah, (????- ), journalist and author
• McGehee, Peter (1955-1991), novelist
• Simon, Charlie May, (1897-1977), children's author
• Starr, John Robert, (1927-2000), journalist
• Woodward, C. Vann, (1908-1999), historian

[edit] 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

[edit] 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, Medal of Honor winner
• 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
• Rust, Albert, (1818-1870), Confederate Brigadier General
• Roane, John S., (1817-1867), Brigadier General
• Tappan, James C., (1825-1906), Confederate Brigadier General
• Thach, John, (1905-1981), US Navy Admiral, World War II flying ace
• 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

[edit] 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
• Dorough, Bob, (1923- ), Jazz Musician and Voice of School House Rock
• Driftwood, Jimmy, (1907-1998), folk musician/songwriter, wrote The Battle of New Orleans
• Faulkner, Sanford, (1806-1874), wrote fiddle tune Arkansas Traveler
• Frizzell, Lefty, (1928-1975), Country music singer and songwriter
• Green, Al, (1946- ), singer
• Hammer, Charles Christian, (1953-2004), classical guitarist
• Hawkins, Ronnie, (1935-), rock musician
• Helm, Levon, (1942- ), 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
• McBeth, W. Francis, (1933- ), composer
• Montana, Patsy, (1914-1996), country musician
• Moody, Ben, (1980- ), rock musician
• Moorman, Charlotte, (1933-1991), cellist, performance artist
• Nancarrow, Conlon, (1912-1997), composer
• Ne-Yo, R&B musician, songwriter
• Oslin, K.T., (1941- ), country musician
• Paris, Twila, (1958- ), gospel musician
• Porter, Art Jr., (1961-1996), jazz saxophonist
• Porter, Art Sr., (1934-1993), jazz pianist
• Raye, Collin, (1960- ), country musician
• Rich, Charlie, (1932-1995), rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel musician and pianist
• Sanders, Pharoah, (1940- ), jazz saxophonist
• Still, William Grant, (1895-1978), composer
• Taylor, Johnnie, (1938-2000), vocalist
• Twitty, Conway, (1933-1993), rock and roll and country music singer
• Warfield, William, (1920-2002), vocalist
• Williamson, Sonny Boy, (abt 1908-1965), blues musician

[edit] Political Figures

• Borland, Solon, (1808-1864), US Senator
• Caraway, Hattie, (1878-1951), first woman US Senator
• Clinton, Bill, (1946- ), President of the United States
• Clinton, Chelsea, (1980- ), Presidential daughter
• Conway, Henry W., (1793-1827), territorial delegate
• Davis, Danny K., (1941- ), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Foster, Vince, (1945-1993), Presidential aide
• Fulbright, J. William, (1905-1995), US Senator
• Guinn, Kenny, (1936- ), Governor of Nevada
• 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
• Lloyd, Marilyn, (1929- ), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• McClellan, John L., (1896-1977), Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee
• Miller, Gary, (1948- ), U.S. Representative from California
• 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
• Rutherford, J.T., (1921- ), U.S. Representative from Texas
• Sandlin, Max, (1952- ), U.S. Representative from Texas
• 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
• Watkins, Wes, (1938- ), U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
• Witt, James Lee, (1944- ), FEMA Director

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

[edit] 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
• Jones, Scipio Africanus, (1863-1943), African-American attorney
• Terry, Adolphine Fletcher, (1882-1976), social activist
• Thaden, Louise, (1905-1979), aviation pioneer
• Washburn, Cephas, (1793-1860), Indian missionary

[edit] Other Arkansans

• Amarillo Slim, (1928- ), professional poker player
• Besser, Matt, (1967- ), comedian
• Black, James, (1800-1872), inventor of the 'Bowie' knife
• Covey, Richard O. 'Dick', (1946- ), astronaut
• Dirkhising, Jesse, (1986-1999), crime victim
• Gracen, Elizabeth Ward, (1960- ), Miss America, actress
• Hicks, Bill, (1961-1994), comedian
• Keohane, Nan, President of Duke University
• kwami, kwami k., (1970- ), radio and television host, author, educator & film producer
• Parazynski, Scott E., (1961- ), astronaut
• Stephens, Steve, radio and television host
• Williams, Allen (1966- ), International Police

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