- Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, is known as the first Baby Boomer president.
- Houston Nutt
Houston Dale Nutt was born on 14 October 1957 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He is the son of Houston Dale Nutt, Sr. and Emogene Nutt and is the oldest of four children. His parents taught at the Arkansas School for the Deaf at Little Rock, Arkansas for 35 years. His father also served as athletic director and head basketball coach for the school. His father was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Darren McFadden
Darren McFadden (born August 27, 1987 in North Little Rock, Arkansas) is the 2006 All-American starting tailback for the University of Arkansas and the 2006 Doak Walker Award winner as the nation's top running back. He has two years of NCAA eligibility remaining.
- Frank Broyles
John Franklin "Frank" Broyles (born December 26, 1924 in Decatur, Georgia) is a former NCAA football player, coach, and broadcaster, and the athletic director for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. On February 17, 2007 he announced retirement plans effective December 31, 2007.
- Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a Democratic politician in Arkansas. He is the state's junior U.S. Senator.
- Henry Ford
Henry Ford (born 10/30/1971) is a former defensive tackle. Ford played most of his career for the Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans, and played one year for the New Orleans Saints. Ford was drafted in the 1st round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Oilers out of the University of Arkansas.
- Matt Jones
Matt Jones (born April 22, 1983) is a wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was selected by the team in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft as the 21st player chosen overall.
- John Pelphrey
John Pelphrey is the 14th head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas (hired April 2007). After being named Kentucky's "Mr. Basketball" in 1987, he became a star college player at the University of Kentucky. Prior to coaching the Razorbacks, he served as head basketball coach for South Alabama. Pelphrey served as an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton at Oklahoma State and Billy Donovan at Marshall and Florida. He and his wife Tracy have two children, …
- Nolan Richardson
Nolan Richardson (b. December 27, 1941 in El Paso, Texas, United States) was a college basketball coach at the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas. He won the NCAA title with the University of Arkansas in 1994 and was runner-up the following year. Richardson played collegiately at Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso, playing his senior year under the school's new coach, future Basketball Hall of Famer Don Haskins.
- Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (born 12 August 1925) is an American politician who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999. He is member of the Democratic Party.
- Felix Jones
Felix Jones is a running back on the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
- Stan Heath
Stanley Heath III (born December 17 1964) is the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Florida Bulls (located in Tampa, Florida). Heath is the former head basketball coach of the University of Arkansas (also known as the Arkansas Razorbacks) in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Kent State University, whom he lead to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Basketball Tournament in 2002.
- John McDonnell
John McDonnell (born July 2, 1938) is the current head coach for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks track team. He began as the cross country track coach for the University in 1972 and became head track coach in 1978.
- Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a top ranked American sprint athlete. Tyson attended Lafayette Senior High School in Lexington, Kentucky where he was a standout track star, winning several state titles. Gay competed collegiately at Barton Community College and the University of Arkansas and in 2004 he won the 100 metres contest at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as well as achieving 10.06 in June. 2005 saw him concentrate more on the 200 metres, …
- J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905-February 9, 1995) was a well-known member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas. Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist, supported racial segregation, supported the creation of the United Nations and opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. He is perhaps best remembered for his efforts to establish an international exchange program, which thereafter bore his name, …
- Mitch Mustain
Mitchell Mustain (born February 27, 1988 in Springdale, Arkansas, USA) is an American college football quarterback at the University of Southern California (USC). Mustain played his freshman year of college at the University of Arkansas in 2006 before transferring to USC in 2007. Under NCAA transfer rules, he will sit out the 2007 season and will be eligible to begin playing in the 2008 season.
- Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is the Democratic senior United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate when she was elected in 1998 at the age of 38; as of 2007, she is also the youngest Senior Senator in the Senate.
- Cedric Cobbs
Cedric Cobbs (born January 9, 1981) is a running back who is a free agent in the NFL. Cobbs was drafted in the fourth round (128th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He attended college at the University of Arkansas, where he played football, starting for four years. He finished his collegiate football career with 3,027 rushing yards, good enough for 3rd place in school history. Cobbs was acquired by the Broncos in 2006, via free agency.
- Gus Malzahn
Gus Malzahn (born October 28, 1965 in Irving, Texas) is an American football coach. He is the current offensive coordinator at the University of Tulsa. Malzahn is a high school coaching legend in the state of Arkansas and the former offensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas.
- Reggie Herring
Reggie Herring (born July 3rd, 1959) is a former Florida State University linebacker and is the current University of Arkansas defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
- Jerry Jones
Jerrel Wayne "Jerry" Jones (Born on October 13, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise and the Dallas Desperados AFL franchise. Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. Shortly thereafter, his family moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a star running back at North Little Rock High School and eventually received a scholarship to play guard at the University of Arkansas.
- David Lee
David Lee (born July 2, 1953 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is an American football coach as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arkansas.
- Darrell Walker
Darrell Walker (born March 9 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Walker played college ball at Westark Junior College and the University of Arkansas and was selected by the New York Knicks with the 12th pick in the first round of the 1983 NBA Draft. Over a ten year career, he played for five teams - the Knicks, the Denver Nuggets, the Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, and the Chicago Bulls.
- Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas was a college football coach. In 1895, he coached at Nebraska, where he posted a 6-3 record in his only season there. From 1901 to 1902, he served as the head football coach at Arkansas, where he compiled a 9-8 record. As a head coach, his overall record stands at 15-11.
- John Boozman
John Boozman (born December 10 1950), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 3rd District of Arkansas (map). He is currently the sole Republican member of Congress (in either House) from Arkansas. Bozzman was born in Arkansas and was an optometrist and rancher before entering the House. He is married to the former Cathy Marley. The couple has three daughters.
- Richard Smith
Richard Smith is an American football player for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, joining the team in January, 2007. Smith plays the position of wide receiver. He has played 4 games in NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs along with spending time on the practice rosters for the Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks. Smith played his college ball at the University of Arkansas.
- Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson (born December 3, 1950) is a former U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the first-ever Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. A graduate of Bob Jones University and with a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, …
- Eddie Sutton
Eddie Sutton (born March 12, 1936 in Bucklin, Kansas) is the former head coach of several NCAA Division I men's basketball programs, most recently at Oklahoma State University. Sutton retired as head coach of Oklahoma State University men's basketball following the 2005-2006 season.
- David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. Pryor was born in Camden, the seat of Ouachita County in southern Arkansas, to William Edgar Pryor and the former Susan Newton.
- Casey Dick
Casey Dick (born June 27, 1986) is a college football quarterback for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.
- Corliss Williamson
Corliss Mondari Williamson (born on December 4, 1973 in Russellville, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. His nickname is "Big Nasty", a moniker he received from his cousin when he was 13. In college, Williamson was a dominating power forward but became an undersized power forward in the NBA and has mostly played at the small forward position. Williamson starred at the University of Arkansas.
- Ronnie Brewer
Ronnie Brewer (born March 20, 1985 in Portland, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player, who was the 14th pick of the 2006 NBA Draft, in which he was selected by the Utah Jazz. Brewer played collegiately at the University of Arkansas, where his father Ron was a star in the late 1970s. Brewer is known for having an unorthodox shooting technique, the result of a childhood waterslide injury. Brewer was selected after his junior season.
- Scotty Thurman
Scotty Thurman is an American professional basketball player, perhaps best known as the Arkansas Razorbacks shooting guard who hit the win-clinching high-arcing three-pointer with approximately 53 seconds remaining in the 1994 NCAA Basketball Championship game. After leading Arkansas to the 1994 National Championship along with teammate and future NBA player Corliss Williamson, Thurman left college early to make himself available for the 1995 NBA Draft.
- Joycelyn Elders
Minnie Joycelyn Elders, M.D., M.S., (born August 13, 1933) was the United States Surgeon General from September 8, 1993 to December 31, 1994, most famous for her outspokenness on sensitive issues of public health.
- Wallace Spearmon
Wallace Spearmon, Jr., (born December 24, 1984) in Chicago, Illinois, USA is a sprint athlete. Spearmon is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and currently attends the University of Arkansas, where he competed collegiately for two seasons before turning pro. While at Arkansas, he won the 200 meter dash (200m) NCAA Outdoor title in 2004 and 2005 as well as the NCAA Indoor 200m title in 2005.
- Jamaal Anderson
Jamaal Anderson (born February 6, 1986 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American football defensive end that formerly attended the University of Arkansas. He is expected to be drafted within the first 10 picks of the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Jim Guy Tucker
James "Jim" Guy Tucker, Jr. (born June 12 1943) is a former governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas. Tucker resigned the governorship on July 16, 1996, after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater scandal although the conviction was not directly related to that investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton's real estate and related business dealings.
- Joe Johnson
Joe Marcus Johnson (born June 29 1981 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a National Basketball Association player, currently a member of the Atlanta Hawks and the United States national basketball team. After playing two seasons at the University of Arkansas, Johnson was selected 10th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft. While playing for the Razorbacks, Johnson led the team in scoring, averaging 16.0 points per game, and rebounding, …
- Jimmy Johnson
James William Johnson (born August 14, 1943) is an American football coach and broadcaster. He was the first football coach whose teams won both a NCAA Division 1A National Championship and a Super Bowl. In 1987, Johnson wrote "Turning The Thing Around: My Life in Football" (ghostwritten by Ed Hinton). Johnson currently lives in Islamorada in the Florida Keys where he spends most of his time fishing.
- Ken Hatfield
Ken Hatfield is an American football head coach. His last position was at Rice University, where he compiled a 55-78-1 record before resigning on November 30, 2005, following a 1-10 season. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he starred at defensive back for the 1964 NCAA Division I-A national football championship team alongside such pro football luminaries as Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones, …