List of Famous People From Arkansas

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Below is a list of famous people that were born in Arkansas.

List of Famous Actors From Arkansas

Adams, Joey Lauren
Alexander, Katherine
Anderson, Bronco Billy
Bentley, Wes
Bumpass, Rodger
Byrd-Nethery, Miriam
Carter, Conlan
Davis, Gail, film actress, best known as Annie Oakley from the 1950s television series
Davis, Daniel
Gauge
Gerard, Gil
Goff, Norris, actor, Abner of Lum and Abner
Greenway, Tom
Harper, Tess
Keener, Brandon
Ladd, Alan
Lauck, Chester
Lawrence, Marjorie, actress
Lucas, Josh
Luckinbill, Laurence
Nemec, Corin
Newbern, George
Powell, Dick
Ragsdale, William
Russomm, Leon
Snow, Norman
Steenburgen, Mary
Tai, Kobe
Turner, Karri
Thornton, Billy Bob
Underwood, Sheryl

List of Famous Artists From Arkansas

Alexander, Larry D.
Braden, John
Berry, Danielle Bunten
Dudley, Carl Ward
Fisher, George
Green, David Gordon
Johnson, Kenneth
Jones, E. Fay
Powell, Nate
Thomason, Harry
Washburn, Edward

List of Famous Athletes From Arkansas

Andrews, Shawn
Andrews, Stacy
Ausbie, Herbert
Bearden, Gene
Bell, Earl, Olympic pole vaulter
Brock, Lou
Brown, Ray, professional football player
Broyles, Frank
Bryant, Paul ‘Bear’
Burnett, A. J.
Burrell, Pat
Carr, Bill
Carthon, Maurice, professional football player
Daly, John
Willie Davis, professional baseball player
Dean, Dizzy
Dickey, Bill
Eudy, Sid
Evans, Jeremy
Fisher, Derek, professional basketball player
Gentry, Craig, professional baseball player
Greene, Charles
Hampton, Dan, professional football player, NFL Hall of Fame member
Harris, Chris, professional football player
Harrison, E.J. ‘Dutch’
Harrison, Marcus
Hickey, Howard “Red”
Hines, Jim
Holmes, Priest
Cedric Houston, professional football player
Hunter, Torii
Hutson, Don
Johnson, Joe
Jones, Jerry
Jones, Matt, professional football player
Joyner, Al, track and field Olympian
Kavanaugh, Ken
Kell, George
Lee, Cliff
Liston, Sonny
Martin, Mark
McFadden, Darren, professional football player
McReynolds, Kevin
Mead, Pete
Moncrief, Sidney
Moseley, Dustin
Nixon, Larry
Nutt, Houston
Okam, Frank
Parnell, Jermey
Perry, Joe
Petrus, Mitch
Pippen, Scottie
Pitts, Elijah
Randolph, Anthony
Robinson, Brooks
Roe, Preacher
Sain, Johnny
Smith, Rod
Switzer, Barry
Taylor, Jermain
Thornton, Charley
Vaughan, Arky
Vines, Harry
Warneke, Lon
Weems, Sonny
Williams, Corey
Williams, Damian
Williamson, Corliss

List of Famous Authors From Arkansas

Adler, Margot, journalist and correspondent
Angelou, Maya
Brown, Dee
Brown, Helen Gurley
Collins, Nancy A., author
Fletcher, John Gould
Grisham, John
Grossman, Dave, author
Hamilton, Laurell K.
Mathis, Deborah,
McGehee, Peter
Starr, John Robert
Woodward, C. Vann

List of Famous Business leaders From Arkansas

Dillard, William T.
Hussman, Jr., Walter E.
Hussman, Sr., Walter E.
Johnson, John Harold, founder of Johnson Publishing Company
Jones, Stephen, Executive Vice President/COO for the Dallas Cowboys
Palmer, Clyde E.
Tyson, Don
Walton, Jim, son of Sam Walton, owner of Arvest Bank
Walton, Sam
Wilson, Kemmons

List of Famous Musicians From Arkansas

Allen, Kris
Brown, Shirley
Burgess, Sonny, Sun recording artist
Caldwell, Sarah
Campbell, Glen
Cash, Johnny
Cramer, Floyd, musician, most known for his piano instrumental “Last Date”
DeMent, Iris
Dickinson, Jim
Ditto, Beth
Dorough, Bob
Driftwood, Jimmy
Faulkner, Sanford
Frizzell, Lefty
Green, Al
Hammer, Charles Christian
Hawkins, Ronnie
Helm, Levon
Hendricks, Barbara
Hilliard, John S.
Holyfield, Wayland
Jewell, Buddy, Country musician
Jordan, Louis
Lawrence, Tracy
Lee, Amy
Lockwood, Robert Jr.
McBeth, W. Francis
Montana, Patsy
Moody, Ben
Moorman, Charlotte
Nancarrow, Conlon
Ne-Yo, R&B musician, songwriter
Oslin, K.T.
Paris, Twila
Porter, Art Jr.
Porter, Art Sr.
Raye, Collin
Rich, Charlie
Sanders, Pharoah
Still, William Grant
Taylor, Johnnie
Twitty, Conway
Utley, Michael
Walker, Junior
Warfield, William
Williams, Lenny
Williams, Otis, singer
Williamson, Sonny Boy

List of Famous Political figures From Arkansas

Alexander, William Vollie “Bill” Alexander
Dale Alford
Arnold, Morris S.
Richard S. Arnold
Wayne H. Babbitt
Richard L. Barclay
Beebe, Mike, current Arkansas Governor.
Bethune, Edwin Ruthvin
Blaylock, Len E.
Borland, Solon
Britt, Henry M.
Bryant, Kelly
Bumpers, Dale
Bynum, Preston C.
Caraway, Hattie
Cherry, Francis Adams
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Chelsea
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, U.S. Secretary of State; former U.S. Senator from New York; former First Lady of the United States and First Lady of Arkansas
Conway, Henry W.
Coon, Ken
Davis, Danny K.
Dickey, Jay
Faubus, Orval Eugene
Foster, Vince
Freeman, Woody
Fulbright, J. William
Garland, Augustus H.
Guinn, Kenny
Hammerschmidt, John Paul
Heiskell, John
Holleman, Harlan “Bo”
Holt, Jim L.
Huckabee, Mike
Hurst, Q. Byrum
Hutchinson, Asa
Hutchinson, Tim
Johnson, Jim
Johnson, Robert W.
Laney, Benjamin Travis
Lincoln, Blanche
Lloyd, Marilyn
Lowe, A. Lynn
McClellan, John L.
McMath, Sid
Miller, Gary
Mills, Wilbur Daigh
Murphy, Isaac
Pollan, Carolyn
Parker, Isaac
Pryor, David, US Senator, governor, US representative; founding dean of the Clinton School of Public Service
Pryor, Mark
Remmel, Pratt C.
Willis Ricketts
Robinson, Joseph T.
Robinson, Tommy F.
Rockefeller, Winthrop
Rockefeller, Winthrop Paul
Ross, Mike
Rutherford, J.T.
Sandlin, Max
Monroe Schwarzlose
Sessions, William S.
Sevier, Ambrose H.
Shackelford, Lottie, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair
Smithson, Jim L.
Snyder, John W.
Snyder, Vic
Thomasson, Jerry
Troxell, Leona
Watkins, Wes
White, Frank Durward
Witt, James Lee
Wolf, Judy Petty

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