List of people from Fayetteville, Arkansas

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
 * 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

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 Operation, 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 hacker
 * Donald Roller Wilson, artist