|
Julie Adams | Actress |
|
Maya Angelou | Dancer, actor, author, director, poet
|
Broncho Billy Anderson
| First Western movie star
|
Bernie Babcock
| Poet/Author |
T.H. Barton
| Arkansas State Livestock Association
|
Daisy Bates
| Civil rights activist
|
James Black
| Inventor of Bowie Knife
|
| Maurice "Footsie" Britt | World War II hero and Lieutenant Governor
|
Dee Brown
| Historian and Author
|
| Helen Gurley Brown | Publisher of Cosmopolitan magazine
|
| Paul "Bear" Bryant | Famous football coach
|
Lloyd "Scooter" Burke
| Korean War hero
|
| Bob Burns | Radio and movie entertainer
|
| U.S. Senator Hattie Caraway | First woman U.S. Senator
|
| Bill Carr | Olympic track champion
|
Johnny Cash
| Singer
|
William Jefferson Clinton
| 42nd President of the United States
|
Robert Crittenden
| 1st Secretary of the Territory
|
| Gen. William Darby | World War II hero
|
| Gail Davis | Western TV and movie star (see above for audio)
|
Herman Davis
| World War I Hero
|
| Jay "Dizzy" Dean | Baseball pitcher and announcer
|
Bill Dickey
| New York Yankee baseball player
|
William Dillard
| Founder of Dillard's department stores
|
| David O. Dodd | Boy martyr of the Confedracy
|
George Donaghey
| The "Education" Governor
|
| Orval E. Faubus | Six-term Governor of Arkansas
|
John Gould Fletcher
| Writer |
William Fulbright
| U.S. Senator
|
| Nathan Gordon | Medal of Honor winner and Lieutenant Governor
|
| John Grisham | Best selling novelist
|
Jim Lee Howell
| New York Giants head coach
|
Arthur C. Hunnicutt
| Character actor
|
John Johnson
| Publisher |
| Scipio Jones | Attorney, Judge and Politician
|
Louis Jordan
| Musician
|
| Alan Ladd | Movie actor
|
| Sonny Liston | Champion heavy-weight boxer
|
| Gen. Douglas McArthur | Commander of Allied Forces in World War II and most decorated soldier in U.S. history.
|
W.F. McBeth
| Composer/Conductor |
John McClellan
| U.S. Senator
|
Mac McKennon
| World War II ace pilot
|
Dr. Samule Massey
| Chemist
|
Sid McMath
| Marine and Governor
|
Bobby Mitchell
| National Football League great
|
Patsy Montana
| Singer |
Freeman Harrison Owens
| Motion picture pioneer
|
Judge Isaac C. Parker
| Frontier judge
|
| Albert Pike | Author, poet, military leader, Mason
|
Scottie Pippen
| NBA Star
|
Margaret Pittman
| Scientist |
| Dick Powell | Radio, TV, movie actor
|
Brooks Robinson
| Baseball star
|
| U.S. Senator Joe T. Robinson | Governor and later a U.S. Senator
|
Bob Riley
| War hero and Lieutenant Governor
|
| Winthrop Rockefeller | Governor |
Matthew Rothert
| Numismatist
|
| Clyde Scott | Razorback and Naval Academy football and track star
|
Mary Steenburgen
| Actress
|
Jack Stephens
| Financier & Philanthropist
|
William Grant Still
| Composer
|
Edward Durrell Stone
| Architect
|
Goose Tatum
| Harlem Globetrotter
|
Jermain Taylor
| Boxing champion
|
Louise Thaden
| Aviation pioneer
|
Patti Upton
| Entrepreneur
|
Sam Walton
| Founder of Wal Mart
|
Hiram Abiff Whittington
| Pioneer printer
|
Wimpy Wilson
| Air National Guard
|
Ray Winder
| Arkansas Travelers
|
William Woodruff
| Founder of Arkansas Gazette
|
John Yancy
| War hero
|
We especially appreciate the help of the editors of The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, who have assisted in researching noteworthy Arkansans for inclusion on Biography Arkansas.
Scipio Jones
Gen. William Darby