Biographical Records
Notable People from Arkansas
791 notable figures born in Arkansas, showing page 9 of 16, ranked by historical prominence.
Charles C. Reid
1868 – 1922
politicianlawyer
E. J. Harrison
1910 – 1982
golfer
Joseph Barton Elam
1821 – 1885
district attorneylawyerpolitician
David Delano Glover
1868 – 1952
politicianlawyer
Blaze Foley
1949 – 1989
singer-songwritercomposer
Carl Dudley
1910 – 1973
film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
David E. Finley
1861 – 1917
politicianlawyer
Rollie Stiles
1906 – 2007
baseball player
Henry Dumas
1934 – 1968
poetwriter
John Canley
1938 – 2022
military personnel
Buster Benton
1932 – 1996
songwritersinger
William S. Goodwin
1866 – 1937
politicianlawyer
Bobby Winkles
1930 – 2020
baseball playerradio personality
Lady Rowlands
1904 – 1999
actor
Samuel Weems
1936 – 2003
Armenian Genocide denierlawyerwriter
James M. Hanks
1833 – 1909
politicianlawyerjudge
Harry E. Claiborne
1917 – 2004
politicianlawyerjudge
S. F. Brownrigg
1937 – 1996
film producerdirectorfilm director
Henderson M. Jacoway
1870 – 1947
politicianlawyer
Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
1930 – 1994
university teacherhistorian
Everett G. Burkhalter
1897 – 1975
politician
Alex Hill
1906 – 1937
jazz musicianmusic arrangerbandleader
William Frank Norrell
1896 – 1961
politicianlawyer
Donald Aubrey Quarles
1894 – 1959
military officerministerpolitician
John Stubblefield
1945 – 2005
saxophonistjazz musicianmusician
Johnny Sain
1917 – 2006
baseball player
William B. Cravens
1872 – 1939
politicianlawyer
Hugh A. Dinsmore
1850 – 1930
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Taylor Douthit
1901 – 1986
baseball player
Jesse Smith Henley
1917 – 1997
lawyerjudge
Loney Gordon
1915 – 1999
chemist
Vance Trimble
1913 – 2021
journalist
Marla Shelton
1912 – 2001
film actor
Harry Adams
1918 – 1985
Harold Laurence Walters
1918 – 1984
conductorcomposer
Jim Benton
1916 – 2001
American football player
Johnny Tyler
1918 – 1961
songwritermusiciansinger
Snub Mosley
1905 – 1981
jazz musician
Boyd Anderson Tackett
1911 – 1985
politicianlawyer
Frederick Becton
1908 – 1995
naval officer
Eugene Feenberg
1906 – 1977
nuclear physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Catherine Dorris Norrell
1901 – 1981
politician
Blind Joe Reynolds
1900 – 1968
recording artistblues musicianguitarist
Howard Sims
1918 – 2003
danceractor
King Perry
1914 – 1990
jazz musiciansaxophonistbandleader
Ben Washam
1915 – 1984
film directoranimator
Charles Banks Wilson
1918 – 2013
painterartisthistorian
Danny McShain
1912 – 1992
professional wrestleractor
Edwin A. Doss
1914 – 1996
fighter pilot
Junie Cobb
1896 – 1970
jazz musicianbandleaderconductor