List of Famous people born in Arkansas, United States of America
Chester Turner
Chester Dewayne Turner is an American convicted serial killer. On April 30, 2007, he was convicted of the murders of ten women in Los Angeles, and was also found guilty in the death of the unborn child of one of his victims. He was convicted of four additional murders on June 19, 2014. Prosecutors have called Turner "one of the most prolific serial killers in the city's history".
Yvonne Anderson
Yvonne Anderson is an American-born Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Reyer Venezia in the LBF and EuroCup Women. She also represents the Serbia national team.
Iris DeMent
Iris Luella DeMent is an American two-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel.
Corin Nemec
Joseph Charles Nemec IV, known professionally as Corin Nemec, is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was billed as Corin "Corky" Nemec or Corky Nemec until 1990.
Tommy Cash
Tommy Cash is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His elder brother was Johnny Cash.
Jessa Duggar
Jessa Lauren Seewald is an American television personality. She is known for being part of the cast of TLC's reality shows 19 Kids and Counting (2008–2015) and Counting On (2015–2021). She also co-authored a book with her sisters Jana, Jill and Jinger titled Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships.
Slade Heathcott
Zachary Slade Heathcott is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Heathcott was a first-round draft pick by the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) out of Texas High School in the 2009 MLB Draft. He played in 17 games for the Yankees during the 2015 season.
Symone
Reggie Gavin, known by the stage name Symone, is an American drag queen and model. She is best known as the winner of season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She is a member of the queer art collective House of Avalon.
Trent Shelton
Trent Simmons Shelton is a former American football wide receiver who is currently the founder and president of a Christian-based non-profit organization, RehabTime. During March 2009 Shelton started making two-minute videos to track his progress of bettering his life and would always end the videos with, "It's RehabTime." He was raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and wanted to become a professional football player when he grew up. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football for Baylor.
Gil Gerard
Gil Gerard is an American actor, most notable for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–81 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.