List of Famous people born in Arkansas, United States of America
Dona Bailey
Dona Bailey is an American video game programmer and educator who, along with Ed Logg in 1981, developed Atari, Inc.'s arcade video game Centipede.
Mike Beebe
Mickey Dale Beebe is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th Governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Adam Setliff
Adam Setliff is a retired discus thrower from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, finishing 12th and 5th respectively. He set his personal best in the men's discus throw on July 21, 2001, at a meet in La Jolla, California. Adam picked up a discus for the first time as a young boy and began throwing it outside in his childhood yard in Big Horn, WY, this is where his love of throwing began. He retired prior to the 2004 season. Currently, Adam lives in Dallas, Texas and practices real estate law while running Hudson Title Group.
Tamara Glynn
Tamara Glynn is an American actress, best known for her work in the horror genre. She began her career as a teenager in the late 1980s, appearing in television shows such as Miami Vice and Growing Pains before starring in the fifth installment of the Halloween franchise, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989).
Jason White
Jason White is an American musician and singer, best known as the touring rhythm and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day. He has played as a touring member of Green Day since 1997. He is also the guitarist/vocalist for the Californian punk band Pinhead Gunpowder, and co-founder of Adeline Records alongside Billie Joe Armstrong, and guitarist and lead vocalist for the Green Day side project The Coverups.
Robert Dwayne Gruss
Robert Dwayne Gruss is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He serves as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan. Previously, he served as the bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota from 2011-2019.
Laurell K. Hamilton
Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is best known as the author of two series of stories.
Elizabeth Rice
Elizabeth Ellen Rice is an American actress, performing in television and film.
Priest Holmes
Priest Anthony Holmes is a former American football running back who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Texas. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 1997.
Angie Craig
Angela Dawn Craig is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican Jason Lewis in the 2018 election. The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities, such as Burnsville, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Apple Valley, Lakeville, and Savage.