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==Notable people== {{div col}} * [[Weldon Bowlin]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uwaathletics.com/honors/hall-of-fame/weldon-hoss-bowlin/40 |title=Hall of Fame: Weldon 'Hoss' Bowlin |website=University of West Alabama |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=a native of Paragould, Ark. }}</ref> * [[Jeanne Carmen]], actress, glamour girl and famed trick-shot golfer<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jeanne-laverne-carmen-12463/ |title=Jeanne Laverne Carmen (1930β2007) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |first=Nancy Darlene |last=Cook |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=born ... in Greene County near Paragould}}</ref> * [[Iris DeMent]], singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/how-iris-rose-dements-roots-are-in-arkansas-gospel-but-she-blooms-with-missouri-folk-6425351 |title=How Iris Rose Dement's Roots Are in Arkansas Gospel, But She Blooms with Missouri Folk |date=June 8, 1994 |newspaper=The Phoenix New Times |first=Larry |last=Crowley |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=Iris ... born to [parents] of the cotton-farming community of Paragould, Arkansas}}</ref> * [[Van Des Autels]], film actor, radio announcer and TV news anchor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/798375881/?clipping_id=125505483 |title=Death Takes Van Des Autels |date=September 3, 1968 |newspaper=El Paso Herald-Post |first= |last= |page=20 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=Mr. Des Autels was born in Paragould, Ark., and came to El Paso as a youngster. }}</ref> * [[Jimmie Lou Fisher]], [[Arkansas State Treasurer]], 2002 Democratic nominee for [[governor of Arkansas]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Dumas |first=Ernest |title=Jimmie Lou Fisher (1941β2022) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jimmie-lou-fisher-8164/ |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=died ... at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center and is buried ... in Paragould }}</ref> * [[Junius Marion Futrell]], [[governor of Arkansas]], 1933β1937<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nga.org/governor/junius-marion-futrell/ |title=Gov. Junius Marion Futrell |date=January 15, 2019 |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=buried at the Linwood Cemetery, Paragould, Arkansas }}</ref> * [[Trice Harvey]], California politician<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/trice-harvey-dies-at-80/article_9c3ac839-4690-5be1-8789-bfb1fad832aa.html |title=Trice Harvey dies at 80 |date=January 31, 2017 |newspaper=The Bakersfield Californian |first=Robert |last=Price |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=Harvey ... was born ... in Paragould, Ark. }}</ref> * [[Homer Lenderman]], former state representative for Craighead and Greene counties<ref>{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119172/homer-lenderman-jr |title=Homer Lenderman, Jr.'s Biography |website=Vote Smart |access-date=December 12, 2022 |quote=Home City: Paragould, AR }}</ref> * [[Sam O'Steen]], [[Academy Award]]-nominated editor * [[Lee Purcell]], [[Emmy Award]]-nominated actress * [[Marlin Stuart]], Major League Baseball player * [[Marko Stunt]], Professional Wrestler for [[All Elite Wrestling]] * [[George Taylor (Medal of Honor)|George Taylor]], [[Medal of Honor]] awardee for his actions during the Civil War * [[Richard Travis (actor)|Richard Travis]], actor from 1940s films * [[James Wayne Wood]], former aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot and astronaut {{div col end}}
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