List of Famous people born in Arkansas, United States of America

Reanard O’Keith "K. J." Hill Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played high school football at North Little Rock High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He played college football at Ohio State. He is the all-time leading receiver for the Buckeyes with 201 career receptions.

Jason Moore is an American director of film, theatre and television.

Kaneaster Hodges Jr. served as a Democratic United States Senator from the U.S. State of Arkansas.

James Sallis is an American crime writer, poet, critic, musicologist and musician, best known for his series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans, and for his 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name.

Rebecca Balding is an American actress who is probably best known for her appearances on Soap and Charmed.

Bruce Eugene Westerman is an American politician serving as a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas' 4th congressional district. Previously, he served as the Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives.

Brent Jennings is an American actor. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and is a 1969 graduate of Little Rock Central High School.

Henry Dumas was an African-American writer and poet. He has been called "an absolute genius" by Toni Morrison, who as a commissioning editor at Random House published posthumous collections both of his poetry, Play Ebony, Play Ivory, and his short stories, Ark of Bones, in 1974.

Jeb Stuart is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer best known for writing blockbuster action films like Die Hard and The Fugitive.

Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, III is an American business and political leader who served as President Bill Clinton's first White House Chief of Staff from 1993 to June 1994, and subsequently as Counselor to the President and Special Envoy for the Americas, before leaving government service in June 1998.