#1Famous people · Mountainburg
Mountainburg has one famous person on record
Henry Nelson Pope, the American labor activist, was born in 1859. That places their birth in the early republic. Their story is told in 2 languages. No town in Arkansas lists more than Fort Smith, with 69.

Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Henry Nelson Pope
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Henry Nelson Pope
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Mountainburg
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mountainburg 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 (1)
- Henry Nelson Pope: Nelson of Fort Worth, Texas via Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons