Editing Jonesboro, Arkansas (section)

==Notable people==
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*[[Blake Anderson (American football)|Blake Anderson]], football coach
*[[David Auburn]], playwright and screenwriter, best known for ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]''
*[[Earl Bell]], pole vaulter and Olympian
*[[Wes Bentley]], Actor, born in Jonesboro
*[[Gene Bradley]], former quarterback for the [[New Jersey Generals]]
*[[Al Bramlet]], former labor union leader
*[[Rodger Bumpass]], voice of [[Squidward Tentacles|Squidward]] on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
*[[Hattie Wyatt Caraway]], first woman elected to the [[U.S. Senate]]
*[[Paul Caraway]], son of [[Hattie Caraway]]; high commissioner of [[United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands|U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands]]
*[[Matt Cavenaugh]], Broadway actor
*[[Francis Cherry (governor)|Francis Cherry]], former Arkansas governor (1953–1955)
*[[Austin Cook]], professional golfer
*[[Harold Copenhaver]], current mayor of Jonesboro
*[[Rick Crawford (politician)|Rick Crawford]], U.S. Congressman
*[[Ferd Dreher]], football player
*[[Michelle Gray (politician)|Michelle Gray]], state representative since 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/150249/michelle-gray#.VSrsrcstEqR |title=Michelle Gray's Biography |publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]] |access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref>
*[[John Grisham]], novelist
*[[Jeff Hartwig]], pole vaulter
*[[Julia Butterfly Hill]], environmental activist
*[[Larry Lacewell]], former director of scouting for [[Dallas Cowboys]]
*[[Evan Lindquist]], first Artist Laureate of Arkansas
*[[Kyle Dean Massey]], Broadway actor
*[[Dustin McDaniel]], former Arkansas attorney general
*[[Malik Monk]], basketball player
*[[Ben Murphy]], actor, known for role in ''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]''
*[[Jon Olsen]], Olympic gold medalist swimmer
*[[Billy Lee Riley]], rockabilly musician
*[[David Ring]], Christian evangelist and motivational speaker
*[[Jeremy Sivits]], former U.S. Army soldier discharged after connections to  [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]]
*[[Brandt Smith]], member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]]
*[[W. Stephen Smith]], voice teacher, author, and [[Northwestern University]] professor
*[[John Wesley Snyder (US Cabinet Secretary)|John W. Snyder]], U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under [[President Harry S. Truman]]
*[[Dan Sullivan (Arkansas politician)|Dan A. Sullivan]], member of Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015
*[[Charley Thornton]], college sports administrator
*[[Dwight Tosh]], member of Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015
*[[Bobby Lee Trammell]], rockabilly musician
*[[Debbye Turner]], winner of [[Miss America 1990]]
*[[Frederick C. Turner, Jr.]], one of the first Black students and first Black faculty member at [[Arkansas State University|ASU]]; U.S. Army officer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.astate.edu/a/military-science/hall-of-heroes/turner-frederick/index.dot|title = Frederick C. Turner, Jr}}</ref>
*[[Zach Williams (musician)|Zach Williams]], Christian rock artist}}