- 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.
- Mike Huckabee
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is the former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007, who is a candidate in the United States presidential election, 2008. He was only the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction. He officially announced his candidacy for the United States presidential election, 2008 on January 28, 2007.
- John Edwards
John Edwards (October 24, 1805 - April 8, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Edwards received a limited schooling. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Indiana, where he served in the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846. He moved to California, and in 1849 was elected an alcalde. He returned to Indiana in 1852. He served as member of the State senate in 1853. He moved to Chariton, Iowa, in 1855.
- Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the "boom-chick-a-boom" or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his dark clothing, and demeanor, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." He started all his concerts with the simple introduction "Hello, …
- Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in PPE, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, …
- Mark Pryor
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a Democratic politician in Arkansas. He is the state's junior U.S. Senator.
- 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.
- Matt Jones
Matthew Lane Jones (b. April 24, 1984) is a NAMA award winning American singer/songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Louisiana, he hails from Fayetteville, Arkansas and considers the latter his home. He soon made a name for himself after going solo in 2004 both commercially and critically, playing in both his hometown and touring the country. Jones is currently recording his new, as-of-yet untitled album with no release date confirmed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Paula Jones
Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966, in Lonoke, Arkansas) is a former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment and eschewal. Eventually, the court dismissed the lawsuit, before trial, on the grounds that Jones failed to demonstrate any damages. However, while the dismissal was on appeal, Clinton entered into an out-of-court settlement by agreeing to pay Jones $850,000.
- 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.
- Vince Foster
Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. was a deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton, and also a law partner and personal acquaintance of Hillary Clinton. He was found dead in Fort Marcy Park off the George Washington Parkway in Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. His death was ruled a suicide by investigations conducted by the United States Park Police, the United States Congress, and Independent Counsels Robert B. Fiske and Kenneth Starr..
- 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.
- 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, …
- 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.
- Vic Snyder
Victor F. (Vic) Snyder (born September 27 1947) is the Democratic United States Congressman from the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas (map).
- Sam Walton
Samuel Moore Walton (March 29 1918 - April 6 1992), born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma was the founder of two American retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. He was the patriarch of the Walton family, one of the richest families in the world.
- Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter, and the only child of former US President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Hillary Clinton. Chelsea was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her name was inspired by her parents' fondness for Judy Collins's recording of the Joni Mitchell song "Chelsea Morning". In Arkansas, Chelsea attended Forest Park Elementary School, Booker Arts Magnet Elementary School and Horace Mann Junior High School.
- Jefferson Davis
Jefferson "Jeff" Davis (6 May 1862 - 3 January 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and also served as governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mike Ross
Michael Avery "Mike" Ross (born September 1 1961), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 4th District of Arkansas (map). In the 2000 election, he was the only Democrat outside of California to defeat a Republican incumbent. In the 2004 election, the Republican Party did not run a challenger against him.
- Marion Berry
Robert Marion Berry (born August 27 1942) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing
- 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, …
- Susan McDougal
Susan McDougal (born 1955 in Heidelberg, Germany) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy in the United States, though fifteen individuals were convicted of federal charges. She was born Susan Carol Henley, the daughter of James B. Henley and Laurette (Mathieu) Henley. Susan McDougal was married in 1976 to James B. McDougal, also of Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team, and is the namesake of the Paul W. Bryant Museum.
- Tommy Tuberville
Thomas H. Tuberville, (born September 18, 1954) is an American college football coach and current head coach of the Auburn Tigers football team.
- 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.
- Gauge
Gauge (born July 24, 1980 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA) is an American pornographic actress and a former stripper.
- 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.
- John Daly
John Patrick Daly (born April 28, 1966) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Daly is known primarily for his "zero to hero" victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, his driving distance off the tee (earning him the nickname "Long John"), his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life.
- Tim Hutchinson
Timothy "Tim" Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is a politician and former senator from the state of Arkansas. Hutchinson was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, and he graduated from Bob Jones University. Hutchinson was a pastor, a history instructor, and he owned a radio station. Hutchinson served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1992. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 1992, representing the 3rd District.
- Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornberry (born Joe (spoken with a deep voice and with no last name) on August 4 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. He came to fame in the mid 1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the film "Sling Blade", and has since established a career as a Hollywood leading actor, having appeared in several successful films, …
- Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) -nicknamed Bad Intentions- is a professional boxer and current middleweight champion of the WBO and WBC. Taylor currently has an undefeated record of 27-0-1, with 17 wins coming by way of knockout. He is married to former Louisiana Tech and former WNBA player Erica Smith-Taylor. He is a graduate of McClellan Magnet High School, Class of 1997.
- Dustin McDaniel
Dustin McDaniel (born April 29, 1972 in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is the incumbent Attorney General of Arkansas. A Democrat, he assumed office on January 9, 2007. Prior to becoming the Attorney General, McDaniel served one term in the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing Jonesboro's District 75. Before assuming office as the Attorney General, Mcdaniel was a partner in the Jonesboro law firm of McDaniel and Wells, where he practiced law with his father, …
- Jim Holt
Jim L. Holt (born January 17, 1965) is a conservative Republican politician from Springdale, the fourth largest city in Arkansas, located in Washington and Benton counties in the GOP stronghold in the northwestern portion of the state. He was born in Camden in Ouachita County in heavily Democratic south Arkansas. He attended the University of Maryland in College Park but dropped out to return to Arkansas to care for his ailing grandmother.
- Al Green
Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer who enjoyed great popularity in the early and mid 1970s.
- Mark Bradley
Mark Bradley is an American football wide receiver for the NFL's Chicago Bears. He was a second round pick out of the University of Oklahoma in the 2005 NFL Draft. Due to a season ending injury while playing the Detroit Lions, Bradley was a small part of the Bears 2005 offense, starting only 8 games, recording 18 receptions for 280 yards. Following an injury to Bernard Berrian during week nine of the 2006 season, Bradley became a productive asset for the Bears’ offensive.