Editing Clinton, Arkansas (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Karen R. Baker]], Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
* [[List of members of the National Transportation Safety Board|James E. Burnett]], National Transportation Safety Board Chairman, and Special Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/us/19burnett.html | title=James e. Burnett Jr. Dies at 62; Led Safety Board in 1980s | work=The New York Times | date=May 18, 2010 | last1=Wald | first1=Matthew L. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-james-e-burnett-jr-be-chairman-the-national-transportation-safety-board|title=Nomination of James E. Burnett, Jr., To Be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board April 16, 1984 |work=The American Presidency Project|publisher=[[University of California Santa Barbara]]|access-date=2025-01-05|quote=He is a resident of Clinton, AR.}}</ref>
* [[Bobby Burnett]], [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas Razorbacks]] and [[Buffalo Bills]] running back, [[American Football League Rookies of the Year#1966|AFL Rookie of the Year for 1966]]
* [[Opie Cates]], swing band leader and radio actor
* [[Wolverton Mountain|Clifton Clowers]], World War I veteran, farmer, and inspiration for the [[Merle Kilgore]] song "Wolverton Mountain."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.myarkansaspbs.org/engage/blog/clifton_taylor_clowers_the_legacy_of_woolverton_mountain | title=Clifton Taylor Clowers – the Legacy of Woolverton Mountain | date=October 4, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[John Hargis (swimmer)|John Hargis]], [[1996 Olympics|1996 Olympic]] Gold Medalist swimmer is a 1992 Clinton High School graduate.
* [[Monica Potts]], author of the book, “The Forgotten Girls,” which is, in part, about her childhood in Clinton.<ref>{{cite news | last = Merritt | first = Stephanie | date = April 10, 2023 | title = The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts review – addiction and escape in the Ozarks | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/10/the-forgotten-girls-by-monica-potts-review-a-quietly-raging-lament-for-wasted-lives-in-21st-century-america | work = The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Jack Whillock]], [[Arkansas Razorbacks baseball|Arkansas Razorbacks]] and Major League Baseball pitcher