People

Eugene Hardeman Abington (1873–1965)
Eugene Hardeman (E. H.) Abington, a physician, practiced medicine and pharmacy in Arkansas and Oklahoma for mo...
William Henry Abington (1870–1951)
William Henry (W. H.) Abington, a physician and a Democratic politician, served as a state senator and a state...
Lucien Abraham (1902–1960)
Lucien Abraham was an Arkansas educator and military officer who rose to the rank of adjutant general of the A...
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams (1931–)
Annie Mable McDaniel Abrams is a retired educator and a political, social, civic, and community activist in Li...
Benjamin Frank Adair (1852–1902)
Benjamin Frank Adair, born a slave in Phillips County, established a legal practice in central Arkansas in the...
Charles William Adams (1817–1878)
Charles William Adams served as a Confederate general in Arkansas. A planter and lawyer from Helena (Phillips ...
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams (1926–)
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams was a pioneer occupational therapist at Arkansas Children...
Joey Lauren Adams (1968–)
Joey Lauren Adams, a North Little Rock (Pulaski County) native, is an actress, writer, and director. Adams has...
Julie Adams (1926–2019)
aka: Betty May Adams
Betty May “Julie” Adams was an actress who made more than fifty...
Samuel Adams (1805–1850)
Samuel Adams served as acting governor of Arkansas from April 29, 1844, to November 9, 1844. As president of t...
Grace Evelyn Reese Adkins (1884–1973)
Grace Evelyn Reese Adkins devoted most of her considerable energy and talents as a teacher, writer, composer, ...
Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964)
Governor Homer Martin Adkins stands as a symbol of many Arkansans’ ambivalence about the growing power of th...
Richard B. Adkisson (1932–2011)
Richard B. Adkisson was a prominent figure in the Arkansas legal community in the latter part of the twentieth...
Cyrus Adler (1863–1940)
Cyrus Adler was a scholar, editor, and Jewish leader with a lifetime commitment to the study of Jewish history...
Simon Adler (1832–1904)
Simon Adler, born in Bavaria in 1832 (according to his tombstone), was one of the first Jewish immigrants to s...
Sarah Edith Sonneman Agee (1946–)
Sarah Agee of Prairie Grove (Washington County) served as a state representative in the Eighty-second, E...
Tony Alamo (1934–2017)
aka: Tony Alamo Christian Ministries
Tony Alamo was a well-known evangelist who, after a radical convers...
Edwin Boyd Alderson Jr. (1940–2017)
Edwin Alderson Jr. became a prominent lawyer, jurist, and businessman in Arkansas in the late twentieth centur...
Harold Edward Alexander (1909–1993)
Harold Edward Alexander was a conservationist and stream preservationist who was a proponent of conservation a...
Henry McMillan Alexander (1905–1969)
Henry McMillan Alexander brought the city manager plan to Arkansas and served as an adviser to many state agen...
John Hanks Alexander (1864–1894)
John Hanks Alexander was the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Po...
Larry Dell Alexander (1953–2021)
Larry Dell Alexander was a visual artist, writer, and Bible teacher best known for his elaborate pen-and-ink d...
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. (1934–)
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. represented the state of Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives fro...
Boyce Alford (1923–2002)
Boyce Alford was a well-respected optometrist who also had a long career in public service. Active at both the...
Thomas Dale Alford (1916–2000)
Thomas Dale Alford was a prominent Arkansas ophthalmologist, Episcopalian, radio announcer, civic leader, and ...
Charles Wilson Allbright (1929–2015)
Charles Wilson Allbright was one of the best-known and most widely read newspaper columnists in Arkansas. Allb...
Al Allen (1925–2008)
aka: Alvin Lee Allen Jr.
Alvin Lee (Al) Allen Jr. was a painter whose contributions to Arkan...
Dick Allen (1942–2020)
aka: Richard Anthony Allen
Richard Anthony “Dick” Allen—or “Richie” Allen, as the me...
Dorathy N. McDonald Allen (1910–1990)
Dorathy N. McDonald Allen was the first woman to serve in the Arkansas Senate, serving from 1964 to 1974 in th...
Gerald Byron Alley (1952–)
Gerald Byron Alley is the founder of Con-Real, LP, which is the leading black-owned construction and real esta...
Richard Allin (1930–2007)
Richard Allin was a journalist and humorist who for thirty years wrote the popular “Our Town” column for t...
Luther Allison (1939–1997)
Blues guitarist and singer Luther Allison was born in Arkansas, but like many of his contemporaries in the rur...