Editing Pine Bluff, Arkansas (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Blanch Ackers]], painter
* [[Larry D. Alexander]], visual artist, writer,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/larry-dell-alexander-7313/|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopediaofarkansas.net|access-date=October 20, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Broncho Billy Anderson]], actor, honorary [[Academy Award]] winner
*[[Kris Bankston]] (born 1999), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[John Barfield]], [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[Mark Bradley]], [[National Football League]] player
* [[Clifton R. Breckinridge]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Arkansas
* [[Big Bill Broonzy]], musician, member of [[Blues Hall of Fame]]
* [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]], [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] inductee, blues musician/singer
* [[Jim Ed Brown]], country music artist
* [[The Browns]], country music trio
* [[Bill Carr]], 1932 Olympic double gold medalist
* [[Joe Barry Carroll]], basketball player, top pick of [[1980 NBA draft]]
* [[Monte Coleman]], NFL player, [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff]] head coach
* [[Junior Collins]], jazz musician
* [[Joseph Carter Corbin]], educator, principal of the [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff]], principal of [[Merrill High School (Arkansas)|Merrill High School]]<ref name="e of A Corbin">{{cite web |title=Joseph Carter Corbin |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1624 |access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Harvey C. Couch]], founder, Arkansas Power & Light
* [[CeDell Davis]], blues musician
* [[Janette Davis]], singer
* [[L. Clifford Davis]], civil rights attorney, judge<ref name="ABL">{{cite web |last1=Kilpatrick |first1=Judith |title=Desegregating the University of Arkansas School of Law: L. Clifford Davis and the Six Pioneers |url=https://arkansasblacklawyers.uark.edu/articles/ahq68-2.pdf |website=Arkansas Black Lawyers |access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Larry Davis (blues musician)|Larry Davis]], blues musician
* [[The Buddy Deane Show]], national TV program of local radio DJ
* [[Jay Dickey]], lawyer and politician
* [[Jeff Donaldson (artist)|Jeff Donaldson]], visual artist, founder [[AfriCOBRA]]
* [[Marty Embry]], professional basketball player, chef, author
* [[Ken Ferguson (politician)|Kenneth B. Ferguson]], Democratic member of Arkansas House of Representatives
* [[Stephanie Flowers]], [[African-American]] member of [[Arkansas State Senate]]  former member of Arkansas House of Representatives
* [[Vivian Flowers]], African-American Democratic member of Arkansas House of Representatives from Pine Bluff since 2015; diversity officer at [[UAMS Medical Center]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/362/Vivian-Flowers|title=Vivian Flowers|publisher=arkansashouse.org|access-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416073021/http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/362/Vivian-Flowers|archive-date=April 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Debra Ford]], colorectal surgeon and academic administrator 
* [[Rodney Shelton Foss]], possibly first American killed in World War II
* [[Charles Greene (athlete)|Charles Greene]], Olympic gold medalist, track & field
* [[George W. Haley]], U.S. ambassador
* [[Isaac Scott Hathaway]], visual artist, first African American to create a coin for the U.S. Treasury
* [[George Edmund Haynes]], first executive director of [[National Urban League]]
* [[Chester Himes]], novelist,
* [[Beth Holloway]], author and mother of [[Natalee Holloway]]
* [[George Howard, Jr.]], federal judge
* [[Mike Huckabee]] (born 1955), [[List of Governors of Arkansas|44th Governor of Arkansas]]
* [[Torii Hunter]], Major League Baseball player, 5-time All-Star
* [[Don Hutson]], member of [[College Football Hall of Fame|College]] and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[Bobby Hutton]], founding member of Black Panther Party
* [[George James (writer)|George G.M. James]], author
* [[Joseph Jarman]], jazz saxophonist
* [[Charles Johnson (Negro leagues)|Charles Johnson]], [[Negro league baseball]] player
* [[David Johnson (tight end)|David Johnson]], football player
* [[Kenneth Johnson (producer)|Kenneth Johnson]], television producer
* [[Theresa A. Jones]], neuroscientist
* [[E. Fay Jones]], architect and designer
* [[Camille Keaton]], actress
* [[Carl Kidd]], player in [[Canadian Football League|Canadian]] and National Football Leagues
* [[Fat Lever|Lafayette Lever]], NBA player
* [[Henry Jackson Lewis]], political cartoonist
* [[Kay Linaker]], actress
* [[Dallas Long]], Olympic gold medalist
* [[Martell Mallett]], player in Canadian and National Football Leagues
* [[Peter McGehee]], novelist
* [[Dwight McKissic]], [[Southern Baptist]] minister
* [[Carl McVoy]], rock 'n' roll pianist/vocalist
* [[Chris Mercer (activist)|Chris Mercer]], the first African-American deputy state prosecutor in the South, one of the "six pioneers" who integrated the [[University of Arkansas Law School]].<ref name="uark death">{{cite web |title=University of Arkansas Mourns Death of Civil Rights Activist Christopher Mercer |url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/19732/university-of-arkansas-mourns-death-of-civil-rights-activist-christopher-mercer |access-date=December 12, 2018 |date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Constance Merritt]], poet
* [[Martha Mitchell]], wife of U.S. Attorney General [[John N. Mitchell]]
* [[Raye Montague]], US Navy engineer<ref name="e of A Montague">{{cite web |title=Raye Jean Jordan Montague |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5565 |access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Vegas Matt|Matt "Vegas Matt" Morrow]], YouTuber and gambler<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murrell |first=I.C. |title=Slot influencer visits Saracen Casino |work=[[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|The Pine Bluff Commercial]] |date=April 7, 2024 |url=https://www.pbcommercial.com/news/2024/apr/07/slot-influencer-visits-saracen-casino/ |access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Mary Mouser]], actress known for the role of Samantha LaRusso in ''Cobra Kai''
* [[Bitsy Mullins]], jazz trumpeter
* [[Smokie Norful]], [[Grammy Award]]-winning gospel singer
* [[Freeman Harrison Owens]], inventor
* [[Rita Panahi]], conservative commentator and host on [[Sky News Australia]] 
* [[Ben Pearson (bowyer)|Ben Pearson]], bowyer
* [[Edward J. Perkins]], U.S. ambassador
* [[Elizabeth Rice]], actress
* [[Andree Layton Roaf]], justice of [[Arkansas Supreme Court]]
* [[Willie Roaf]], NFL Hall of Famer
* [[John Selden Roane|John Roane]] (1817–1867), 4th [[Governor of Arkansas]]; Brigadier General Army of Confederate States
* [[Bobby Rush (musician)|Bobby Rush]], Grammy Award-Winning musician, member of Blues Hall of Fame
* [[William Seawell]], brigadier general in U.S. Air Force
* [[Peggy Shannon]], actress
* [[Les Spann]], jazz musician
* [[Jeremy Sprinkle]], (White Hall) tight end for NFL's [[Washington Commanders]]
* [[Katherine Stinson]], aviator
* [[James L. Stone]], Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Francis Cecil Sumner]], psychologist
* [[Jerry Taylor (American politician)|Jerry Taylor]], businessman, legislator, Mayor of Pine Bluff
* [[Clark Terry]], [[Grammy Award]]-winning jazz musician
* [[John Thach]], [[U.S. Navy]] [[Admiral]]
* [[Sue Bailey Thurman]], African-American author, lecturer, and historian
* [[Krista White]], winner of ''America's Next Top Model'' Cycle 14
* [[Reggie Wilkes]], football player, financial advisor
* [[Henry Wilkins III]], state legislator, academic
* [[Henry Wilkins IV]], state legislator, judge
* [[Josetta Wilkins]], state legislator, academic
* [[J. Mayo Williams]], blues/gospel/jazz producer, member of [[Blues Hall of Fame]]
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