Biographical Records

Notable People from Arkansas

791 notable figures born in Arkansas, showing page 14 of 16, ranked by historical prominence.

Bernard Zimmerman
American architect
1930 – 2009
architect
Floyd Speer
Floyd Speer
American baseball player (1913-1969)
1913 – 1969
baseball player
Bill Valentine
Bill Valentine
American baseball player (1932-2015)
1932 – 2015
baseball umpire
Billy Ray Latham
American banjo player
1938 – 2018
banjoist
Edwin Mims
United States professor of English literature
1872 – 1959
Erline Harris
American singer
1914 – 2004
singer
Ark Newton
Ark Newton
American football player, lineman, running back (1903-1974)
1903 – 1974
athletics competitorAmerican football player
Eileen Saki
American actress (1943–2023)
1943 – 2023
television actoractor
Jerome Lambert
American professional basketball player and fireman (1971-2007)
1971 – 2007
basketball player
Moody Jones
American Chicago blues guitarist, bass player, and singer
1908 – 1988
singer
Sonny Rodgers
Sonny Rodgers
musical artist (1939-1990)
1939 – 1990
singer
William Long
American rower
1935 – 2010
coxswain
Linda Collins-Smith
American politician
1962 – 2019
real-estate agenthotel managerpolitician
Ebby Halliday
American businesswoman
1911 – 2015
entrepreneurbusinessperson
Rosie Lee Tompkins
Rosie Lee Tompkins
Afro-American quilter (1936-2006)
1936 – 2006
textile artistnurse
Evelyn Ammons
American politician
1937 – 2017
upholsterermunicipal clerkpolitician
Jeremy Sivits
American soldier (1979–2022)
1979 – 2022
soldier
Solly Drake
Solly Drake
American baseball player (1930-2021)
1930 – 2021
baseball player
Dorathy M. Allen
American politician (1910–1990)
1910 – 1990
newspaper proprietoreditorclerk
Warren L. Carpenter
Warren L. Carpenter
Surgeon Commander, Physician, Flight surgeon (1931-2003)
1931 – 2003
military officer
William Overton
William Overton
United States federal judge (1939-1987)
1939 – 1987
lawyerjudge
William R. Wilson, Jr.
United States federal judge
1939 – 2025
lawyerjudge
Terry Wallis
American who woke from 19 years in minimally conscientious state
1964 – 2022
Dave Short
American baseball player
1917 – 1983
baseball player
Lon Warneke
Lon Warneke
American baseball player
1909 – 1976
baseball playerpolitician
Wesley Pruden
American journalist
1935 – 2019
journalisteditor
Roselyn P. Epps
Roselyn P. Epps
American pediatrician
1930 – 2014
pediatricianphysician
Michael Aiken
sociologist and academic
1932 – 2025
sociologist
John Walker
American politician from Arkansas (1937–2019)
1937 – 2019
politicianlawyer
Byron Gentry
American football player (1913-1992)
1913 – 1992
American football player
Ernest Cunningham
former Arkansas Democratic House of Representatives member from 1969 to 1998
1936 – 2024
politician
Bob Patrick
American baseball player (1917-1999)
1917 – 1999
baseball player
Joe Hassler
American baseball player
1905 – 1971
baseball player
Bill Young
American football offensive lineman (1914-1994)
1914 – 1994
American football player
Chief Tahachee
actor, author (1904-1978)
1904 – 1978
writeractor
Art Parks
American baseball player
1911 – 1989
baseball player
Harry Kane
baseball player (1883-1932)
1883 – 1932
baseball player
J. R. Williamson
American football player (1941-2020)
1941 – 2020
American football player
Allie Beth Martin
Allie Beth Martin
American librarian (1914-1976)
1914 – 1976
librarian
Jimmy Gunn
American football player (1948-2015)
1948 – 2015
American football player
John Braden
American actor, writer and director (1949-2004)
1949 – 2004
actor
Jack DeWitt
American screenwriter (1900-1981)
1900 – 1981
screenwriteractor
Joe Berry
Joe Berry
Pitcher
1904 – 1958
baseball player
Dustin McDonald
Player of American football (1908-1975)
1908 – 1975
American football player
Will Walls
American football player (1912-1993)
1912 – 1993
American football playerscoutcoach
Scoops Carry
American jazz saxophonist (1915–1970)
1915 – 1970
jazz musiciansaxophonist
Paul Runyan
American professional golfer (1908–2002)
1908 – 2002
golfer
Liza Ashley
American chef and author
1917 – 2020
cookwriter
Robert A. Elder
Robert A. Elder
former US Air Force colonel
1918 – 1994
aircraft pilot
Dorothy McFadden Hoover
American physicist and mathematician
1918 – 2000
authorphysicistmathematician
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