The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Little Rock, Arkansas (categorized by area in which each person is best known): [edit] Actors, musicians and others in the entertainment industry [edit] Actors - Gil Gerard (born 1943), an American actor born in the city.
- George Newbern(born 1964), born in Little Rock, actor (Adventures in Babysitting, Father of the Bride movies, etc.)
[edit] Others in the entertainment industry - Matt Besser (born 1967), a comedian, was born in the city.
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (born 1947), a film and television producer and director best known for the television series Designing Women. She and her husband, Harry Thomason, are close friends of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton and played a major role in President Clinton's election campaigns.
- John Braden (1949–2004), a writer, producer, and director of movies and television programs, was born in the city.
- Jim Dickinson a record producer, pianist and singer born in the city.
- Tammy Graham (born 1968), a singer and pianist, born in the city.
- Al Hibbler (1915–2001), a blind singer who worked eight years with Duke Ellington before becoming a soloist with several hits and a civil rights activist in the late 1950s and 1960s, was born in the city.
- Bill Hicks (1961–1994), comedian, lived in the city.
- Harry Thomason (born 1940), a film and television producer and director best known for the television series Designing Women. Thomason and his wife Linda Bloodworth-Thomason are close friends of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton and played a major role in President Clinton's election campaigns. He was a Little Rock, Arkansas high school speech teacher and football coach.
[edit] Sports people [edit] Baseball - Glenn Abbott (born 1951), a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1973–1981 and 1983–1984, was born in the city.
- Lawrence Phillips (born 1975), a former professional American football and Canadian football running back, was born in the city.
[edit] Other sports - John Kocinski (born 1967), a retired motorcycle road racer who won the 1990 250cc World Championship, and the 1997 World Superbike title, was born in the city.
[edit] Writers, journalists - Helen Gurley Brown (born 1922), an author, publisher, and businesswoman who was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years, was raised in the city.
- Fred Graham (born 1931), chief anchor and managing editor of Court TV, was born in the city.
- Robert Palmer (born 1945), a journalist, author of books about music and a musician, was born in the city.
- Kat Robinson (born 1973), writer-journalist and blogger in Arkansas media, was raised and currently lives in the city.
- Charles Willeford (1919–1988) an author of detective novels and other books, was born in the city.
[edit] Politics, government, military - Roswell Beebe (1795-1856) mayor, alderman, businessman, and early benefactor of the city.
- Len E. Blaylock, Republican political activist, gubernatorial nominee in 1972, former state party chairman. Lives in Perry County.
- Bill Clinton, former President of the United States and governor of the state, lived in the city.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Senator from New York, wife of Bill Clinton, former first lady of Arkansas, former first lady in the White House, lived in the city.
- Orval Eugene Faubus (1906–1994), a six-term Governor of Arkansas, infamous for his 1957 stand against integration of Little Rock schools in defiance of U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Lived in Conway in later years.
- Carlos Hathcock (1942–1999), a legendary Marine sniper during the Vietnam War.
- Thomas C. Hindman (1828–1868), a U.S. Representative representing Arkansas and a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was assassinated in 1868.
- Wade Rathke, the founder and chief organizer of ACORN, a nationwide poverty advocacy group for the poor that grew out of efforts he started in Little Rock.
- Pratt C. Remmel (1915–1991), businessman and only Republican mayor of Little Rock in the 20th century; GOP candidate for governor against Orval Faubus in 1954. He was born, lived, and died in Little Rock and is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery.
- John Selden Roane (1817–1867) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He also served as Governor of the State of Arkansas. he died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and is buried at Oaklawn Cemetery in Little Rock.
- Leona Troxell (1913–2003), longtime Republican national committeewoman from Arkansas and associate of Winthrop Rockefeller, lived in Rose Bud in White County.
- Carmen Twillie, (19??) lawyer and politician, dean of Douglass College.
[edit] Others - E. Fay Jones, (1921–2004), a noted architect and designer and an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Scott E. Parazynski (born 1961), an astronaut and veteran of four space flights, was born in the city.
[edit] References -
- ^ a b Reichler, Joseph L., ed (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th edition ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
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