#1Famous people · Fort Smith
Of the 69 famous people born in Fort Smith, an unusual share are performers
Budge Patty, the US tennis player, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Second and third on the list are Hunter Doohan and Jahlil Okafor. The largest group, 27, was born between 1920 and 1969. Among the 237 towns in Arkansas with anyone listed, none has more.
Born here
69
notable people
Best known
Budge Patty
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Guy Vernor Henry
Youngest
2002
Jaylin Williams
Most common field
Sports
31 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Fort Smith’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Fort Smith is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Fort Smith’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 11 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Fort Smith
Ranked by languages covered: Budge Patty with 28, then Hunter Doohan with 27 and Jahlil Okafor with 24.
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Everyone else born in Fort Smith
A further 66 follow, born between 1839 and 2002.
Rudy Ray Moore
1927–2008American comedian, singer, actor, and film producer
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Anne W. Patterson
born 1949United States Department of State official and diplomat
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Laurence Luckinbill
born 1934American actor, playwright, director, and film and television producer
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Fort Smith home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Fort Smith, though born elsewhere.
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Van Buren leads the towns around it, with 6 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Smith and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (23)
- Budge Patty: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Jahlil Okafor: ウィ貴公子, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaiah Joe: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Alexander: Hal Phyfe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marion Hutton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Brewer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Sessions: FBI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne W. Patterson: U.S. Department of State, photographer not specified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Franklin: shgmom56 on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Luckinbill: Ronzoni at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madison Marsh: Arlington National Cemetery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Lloyd: US Congress (Original uploader was VitaleBaby at en.wikipedia), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Orlando Darby: Raul654, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Gentry: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Priest Holmes: Priest_Holmes_speaks_with_soldiers.jpg: Steve Elliott derivative work: Delaywaves talk • contribs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Vernor Henry: Charles Morris, Editor, L.R. Hamersly & Co., Philadelphia, Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Courtenay Baylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Holliday: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Cravens: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Fadjo Cravens: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sequoyah: Lithographer: Lehman and Duval (George Lehman (d.1870); Peter S. Duval) Painter: Henry Inman (1801-20-28 - 1846-01-17); copy after a painting by Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862) which was lost in a fire in the Smithsonian in 1865., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Aubrey Quarles: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons