Talent
While the Little Rock region includes the hometowns of countless nationally and internationally known natives - Joey Lauren Adams, Derek Fisher, Peyton Hillis, Jerry Jones, Mike Huckabee, Torii Hunter, Amy Lee, Darren McFadden, Jeff Nichols, Jay Russell - it continues to be a chosen full- or part-time residence of many more acclaimed artists, athletes, authors, thinkers and leaders, including:
- Kris Allen (American Idol-winning Recording Artist)
- Hubert "Geese" Ausbie (Legendary Harlem Globetrotter)
- Al Bell (2011 Grammy Trustees Award-winning Former Motown President and Stax Vice President, Songwriter of "I'll Take You There")
- A.J. Burnett (World Series-winning Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher)
- General Wesley Clark (Former NATO Supreme Commander)
- Dr. Bart Barlogie (UAMS Myeloma Institute Director)
- Dr. Alexandru Biris (UALR Nanotechnology Center Director)
- Mitch (Illustrator) & Elizabeth (Colorist) Breitweiser (Marvel's Captain America)
- Natalie Canerday (Actor)
- President Bill Clinton
- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Walt Coleman (Veteran NFL Referee)
- William Dillard II (Dillard's Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer)
- Dr. Joycelyn Elders (Former United States Surgeon General)
- Judge Vic Fleming (New York Times Crossword Constructor)
- Scott Ford (Former Alltel President, Westrock Capital Partners President)
- Dr. Mary L. Good (UALR College of Engineering & Information Technology Founding Dean)
- Graham Gordy (Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Actor)
- Lawrence Hamilton (Broadway Star)
- Frank D. Hickingbotham (TCBY Founder)
- Keith Jackson (All-Pro Tight End)
- Joe Johnson (NBA All-Star Atlanta Hawk)
- Joe Kleine (Olympic Gold Medalist, NBA Champion)
- Cliff Lee (Cy Young Award-winning Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher)
- Dr. David Lipschitz (World Renowned Geriatrician)
- Jerry McKinnis (Legendary ESPN Outdoors Broadcaster; BASS Owner)
- Ray McKinnon (Academy Award-winning Filmmaker, Actor)
- Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty (Former White House Chief of Staff; The McLarty Companies Chairman)
- Korto Momolu (Two-time Project Runway Runner-up Fashion Designer)
- Charles Portis (Author, True Grit, The Dog of the South, Masters of Atlantis)
- Judge Reinhold (Emmy-nominated Actor, Producer)
- Renaud Brothers - Brent & Craig (Award-winning Documentary Filmmakers)
- Lisenne Rockefeller (The Winrock Group, Inc.)
- P. Allen Smith (America's Most Recognized, Respected Garden Design Expert)
- Mary Steenburgen (Academy Award-winning Actor) & Ted Danson (Emmy Award-winning Actor)
- Warren A. Stephens (Stephens Inc. CEO)
- Jermain Taylor (Former Undisputed Middle Weight Boxing Champion of the World)
- Minnijean Brown Trickey (Little Rock Nine Heroine)
- Jerry Van Dyke (Four-time Emmy-nominated Actor)
- Corliss Williamson (Two-Time All-American, NCAA Champion, NBA Champion, Sixth Man of the Year)
- James Lee Witt (Former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director)
For more information, visit Create Little Rock or contact Mitch Chandler, (Chief Operating Officer), 501.377.6007.