List of Famous people born in Arkansas, United States of America
Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director. Adams appeared in several Kevin Smith View Askewniverse films, including Chasing Amy, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Warren Stephens
Warren Amerine Stephens is an American businessman. He is the chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Stephens Inc., a full service, privately held investment bank. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.6 billion. Stephens lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Mike Jeffcoat
James Michael Jeffcoat, is an American former professional baseball player and also a former coach who pitched in the Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1983 to 1985, 1987 to 1992, and 1994 who is the manager of the Cleburne Railroaders of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. He played college baseball for Louisiana Tech.
Sid Eudy
Sidney Raymond Eudy is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. He is best known under the ring names Sid Vicious, Sid Justice, Sycho Sid, or simply Sid, and for his work in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation. Between those promotions, Eudy enjoyed major championship success and performed to an international television audience in four decades from the 1980s to the 2010s.
Blake Anderson
Robert Blake Anderson is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Utah State University. Anderson previously served as the head coach at Arkansas State University from 2014 to 2020, the offensive coordinator at the University of North Carolina from 2012 to 2013, and the offensive coordinator, run game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 2009 to 2011.
weev
Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer, best known by his pseudonym weev, is an American computer hacker and self-avowed Internet troll who is affiliated with the alt-right. He has identified himself using a variety of aliases to the media, although most sources indicate his real first name as Andrew.
Leslie Rutledge
Leslie Carol Rutledge is an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, she is the 56th attorney general of Arkansas, a position Rutledge has held since January 13, 2015. She is the first Republican and woman to hold the position. In 2020, she announced her candidacy for the 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election.
Cliff Lee
Clifton Phifer Lee is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. Lee played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers. He stood 6 feet 3 inches (191 cm) and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg), while playing. During his school days, Lee played baseball at Benton High School and attended Meridian Community College and the University of Arkansas before being drafted by the Montreal Expos in the fourth round of the 2000 draft.
Daniel Gafford
Daniel Gafford is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Rodger Bumpass
Rodger Bumpass is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his long-running role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He voices several other characters on the show as well, including the Purple Doctor Fish and various anchovies.