Budge Patty
1924–2021 US tennis player
Hunter Doohan
born 1994 American actor
Jahlil Okafor
born 1995 Nigerian-American basketball player
JW Jaylin Williams
born 2002 American basketball player
Kimberly Foster
born 1961 American actress
Isaiah Joe
born 1999 American basketball player
Katharine Alexander
1898–1977 American actress
Marion Hutton
1919–1987 American singer and actress
Rudy Ray Moore
1927–2008 American comedian, singer, actor, and film producer
Bryant Reeves
born 1973 American basketball player
Ron Brewer
born 1955 American basketball player
William S. Sessions
1930–2020 American judge
Brandon Keener
born 1974 American actor
Alphonse Trent
1905–1959 American musician
Elbert Luther Little
1907–2004 American botanist
Joan Crawford
born 1937 American basketball player
Scotty Robertson
1930–2011 American basketball player and coach
Brian Martin
1962–2025 American basketball player
Clifford S. Gardner
1924–2013 American mathematician
Juliette Danielle
born 1980 American actress
Kim Crosby
born 1960 American actress and singer
Adrienne Adams
1906–2002 American children's book illustrator
Charlie Jones
1930–2008 American sportscaster
Howard Sims
1918–2003 American entertainer
Jerry Keller
born 1937 American musician
Lady Rowlands
1904–1999 American actress
Chad Colley
1944–2021 American para-alpine skier
Eugene Feenberg
1906–1977 American physicist
Parker Maher
born 1993 American soccer player
William J. Willis
1932–2012 American physicist
Bob Patrick
1917–1999 American baseball player
Bradley Hathaway
born 1982 American musician
Fred Perry
born 1975 Player of American and Canadian football
George F. Gunn, Jr.
1927–1998 United States federal judge
James Cotten
born 1974 American actor and director
Joe Hassler
1905–1971 American baseball player
Justin Boyd
born 1975 American politician
Mark Darr
born 1973 American politician
Mark Hutson
born 1966 All-American college football player, college football coach
Paul Brown
born 1941 American baseball player, born 1941
Paul Dudley
1939–1987 American football player
Ben E. Cabell
1858–1931 Sheriff
Charles Dilbeck
1907–1990 American architect
Glen Condren
born 1942 American football player
Irving C. Neale
1876–1932 American politician
John Bell
1937–2013 American painter and sculptor
Kevin Lomon
born 1971 American baseball player
Marv Blaylock
1929–1993 American baseball player
Mary Anne Salmon
born 1939 American politician
Matt Jones
born 1983 American football player
Neale Henderson
1930–2018 American baseball player
Paul Rebsamen
1905–1947 American football player
Richard James Kerr
born 1935 CIA officer
Ronald Bates
1932–1986 American lighting designer and stage manager for ballet
Sean Runyan
born 1974 American baseball player
Tre Norwood
born 1999 American football cornerback
Fay Boozman
1946–2005 American politician
Jamie Pinkerton
American softball coach
John DeWitt
born 1970 American football player
Larry Baker
born 1948 American composer
Luther Gilyard
1910–1976 American baseball player
Sarah Hicks Stewart
born 1963 American judge
Also called Fort Smith home
Sequoyah
1770–1843 Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary
B. G. Hendrix
1922–2020 American politician
Jake Files
born 1972 American businessman and politician
Mike Young
American cave explorer and rebreather designer
Anna Terry
American neurosurgeon
John Johnson
born 1842 Mississippi state legislator
Joseph Knoble
1825–1881 Brewer
Monti H. Sandels
1851–1890 Arkansas Supreme Court Justice