This is a list of people who were born in, have been residents of, or are otherwise associated with the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Television and movies Lisa Blount, actress and Oscar-winning producer Brent Bradshaw, writer and performer TJ Holmes, CNN anchor Jason Moore, director of 2004 Tony Award Best Musical Avenue Q Maddy Morphosis, drag queen contestant of the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race Mary Kate Wiles, actress and producer
Sports
Ronnie Brewer, former Arkansas Razorback and NBA player Sam Hurley, track and field athlete, former Texas Longhorn, and social media influencer Blake Parker, former Arkansas Razorback and MLB pitcher Wallace Spearmon, former Arkansas Razorback and Olympic sprinter Payton Willis (born 1998), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Authors and poets Fleda Brown, poet and author Richard Corben, comic book artist for Heavy Metal Ellen Gilchrist, novelist Donald Harington, author E. Lynn Harris, author of ten consecutive The New York Times Best Seller list books Joan Hess, author of the Claire Malloy and Arly Hanks mystery series George Johnson, science writer and author Douglas C. Jones, historical fiction author John Rollin Ridge, first Native American novelist John Edward Williams, novelist and poet Miller Williams, poet
Musicians Cate Brothers, singer-songwriter musician duo Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly musician Nick Shoulders, country musician Lucinda Williams, Grammy Award-winning songwriter and daughter of Miller Williams Sawyer Hill, singer-songwriter of band "Sawyer Hill"
Government Jim Bryson, member of the Tennessee Senate from District 23 Bill Clinton, 42nd U.S. president and former Arkansas governor Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state, First Lady, and U.S. senator Lance Eads, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Washington County since 2015; former resident J. William Fulbright, former U.S. senator John W. Grabiel, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1922 and 1924; Ohio native, attorney in Fayetteville until his death in 1928 Lafayette Gregg, associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court 1868–1874, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Washington County 1854–1856 Grant Hodges, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Benton County since 2015; former Fayetteville resident Jim House, Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Ben Hulse, member of the California State Senate, born and reared near Fayetteville Dustin McDaniel, former attorney general of Arkansas David Pryor, former Arkansas governor and former U.S. senator Mark Pryor, former U.S. senator
Other
David A. Bednar, former professor at the University of Arkansas; member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints George W. Bond, educator and former president of Louisiana Tech University Boogie2988, YouTuber; 2016 Game Award winner voted as Trending Gamer of 2016 Maurice Britt, decorated World War II veteran Sarah Caldwell, opera director, impresario, and stage director Admiral Vern E. Clark, chief of Naval Operations, US Navy Richard O. Covey, retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut J.R. Bob Dobbs, reclusive figurehead of the Church of the SubGenius E. Fay Jones, architect James Duard Marshall, artist John H. Pruitt, World War I soldier, one of only nineteen men to receive the Medal of Honor twice Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017 Martin R. Steele, served 35 years in the Marine Corps, now president and CEO of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City Edward Durell Stone, architect Bud Walton, Wal-Mart co-founder Weev, computer hackerHacker in AT&T-iPad Security Case Arrested CBS News, Elinor Mills. June 15, 2010 Donald Roller Wilson, artist
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