List of sons and daughters of Little Rock town

This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Little Rock ( Arkansas ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.

19th century

Charlotte Andrews Stephens (1854–1951), the first African American teacher in the Little Rock School District
Gilbert M. Anderson (1880–1971), actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), Army General
Florence Price (1887–1953), composer
James Freeman (1891–1951), cyclist
Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), actor
Betty Francisco (1900–1950), actress

Ann Gillis
(1927-2018)

Snub Mosley (1905–1981), jazz trombonist and band leader
Alex Hill (1906–1937), jazz pianist and arranger
Catherine Tharp grandfather (1907–1984), painter
Frank Pace junior (1912–1988), government official and businessman
Scoops Carry (1915-1970), jazz musician
Ken Kavanaugh (1916-2007), American football player and coach
Charles Willeford (1919–1988), literary critic and crime novel writer
Marjorie Stapp (1921–2014), actress
John Merritt Young (1922–2008), jazz pianist and arranger
Bobo Brazil (1924-1998), wrestler
Bob Cowley Riley (1924-1994), politician
Johnny Bratton (1927-1993), welterweight boxer
Ann Gillis (1927-2018), actress
Don Pendleton (1927-1995), writer
Louis McMillan (1929-2012), rower
Richard Boone (1930–1999), jazz musician
Jim Lea (1932-2010), sprinter
Sonny Liston (1932-1970), world boxing champion
Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), musician
Ben Piazza (1934–1991), actor
Art Porter senior (1934–1993), jazz musician and music teacher
Sammy Lawhorn (1935–1990), blues guitarist
Raye Montague (1935-2018), computer scientist
David Levering Lewis (* 1936), historian and Pulitzer Prize winner
Brooks Robinson (born 1937), baseball player
Pharoah Sanders (* 1940), jazz musician

Glenn Abbott
(born 1951)

Leon Russom (born 1941), actor
Carlos Hathcock (1942–1999), US Marine Corps soldier and sniper
Haki R. Madhubuti (* 1942), writer and publisher
Tommy F. Robinson (born 1942), politician
Gil Gerard (born 1943), actor
Ralph Neely (born 1943), American football player
Michael Aschbacher (* 1944), mathematician
Jerry Bona (* 1945), mathematician
Robert Palmer (1945–1997), music critic
Margot Adler (1946–2014), journalist, lecturer, Wicca priestess, radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio
Glenn Abbott (born 1951), baseball player
Dona Bailey (* 1955), computer scientist, computer game designer and university professor
Rodger Bumpass (born 1951), actor and voice actor
Rebecca Balding (born 1955), actress
Jeb Stuart (* 1956), screenwriter, film director and film producer
Sidney Moncrief (* 1957), basketball player and coach
Keena Rothhammer (* 1957), swimmer
Scott E. Parazynski (born 1961), astronaut
Art Porter junior (1961–1996), jazz saxophonist
Sheryl Underwood (born 1963), actress
George Newbern (born 1964), actor
John Kocinski (* 1968), motorcycle world champion