| Name
|
Image
|
Birth–Death
|
Year
|
Area of achievement
|
| Annie M. Abrams
|
|
(1931-)
|
2010
|
Human Rights Activist
|
| Gerald Alley
|
|
(1952-)
|
2013
|
Founder of Con-Real
|
| Daisy G. Anderson
|
|
(1900-1998)
|
1998
|
Author
|
| Chief Master Richard E. Anderson
|
|
(1951-)
|
2013
|
ATA Chief Master
|
| Maya Angelou
|
|
(1928-2014)
|
1993
|
Author
|
| Hubert "Geese" Ausbie
|
|
(1938-)
|
1995
|
Basketball player
|
| Oliver Baker, PhD
|
|
(1959-)
|
2006
|
Physicist
|
| Luenell Batson
|
|
(1959-)
|
2015
|
Actress
|
| Al Bell
|
|
(1940-)
|
2002
|
Owner of Stax Records
|
| Fran Bennett
|
|
(1937-2021)
|
2005
|
Actress
|
| ReShonda Tate Billingsley
|
|
|
2010
|
Author
|
| Charles Edward Blake Sr.
|
|
(1940-)
|
2009
|
Minister
|
| Barbara Higgins Bond
|
|
(1951-)
|
1997
|
Artist
|
| Gretha Boston
|
|
(1959-)
|
1997
|
Actress
|
| Wiley A. Branton
|
|
(1923-1988)
|
1998
|
Civil rights leader
|
| Lou Brock
|
|
(1939-2020)
|
2005
|
Baseball player
|
| Senator Irma Hunter Brown
|
|
(1939-)
|
2019
|
Trailblazing legislative leader
|
| Evangeline K. Brown
|
|
(1909-2001)
|
1994
|
Educator
|
| Floyd Brown
|
|
(1891-1961)
|
2000
|
Founder of Fargo Agricultural School
|
| Charles Bussey, Jr.
|
|
(1918-1996)
|
2006
|
Mayor
|
| Wallace "Wali" Caradine
|
|
(1947-)
|
2019
|
Pioneering architect, contractor & business leader
|
| Abraham Carpenter, Sr.
|
|
|
2011
|
Farmer
|
| Leo Louis "Jocko" Carter
|
|
|
2011
|
Radio personality
|
| Vertie Carter, PhD
|
|
(1923-)
|
2014
|
Educator
|
| Ambassador June Carter Perry
|
|
(1943-)
|
2016
|
U.S. Ambassador
|
| Faye Clarke
|
|
(1931-)
|
2002
|
Co-Founder of Educate the Children Foundation
|
| President Bill Clinton (honorary)
|
|
(1946-)
|
2002
|
United States President
|
| Granville C. Coggs
|
|
(1925-2019)
|
2001
|
Doctor
|
| Kevin Cole
|
|
(1960-)
|
2018
|
Art professor
|
| James H. Cone
|
|
(1938-2018)
|
2003
|
Historian
|
| Mike Conley Jr.
|
|
(1987-)
|
1998
|
Athlete
|
| Milton Crenchaw
|
|
(1919-2015)
|
2007
|
Pilot
|
| Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett
|
|
(1918-2012)
|
1995
|
Combat pilot
|
| Gregory A. Davis
|
|
(1948-)
|
2016
|
Founder of Davis Broadcasting
|
| Judge L. Clifford Davis
|
|
(1924-)
|
2007
|
Human rights activist
|
| Willie Davis
|
|
(1967-)
|
2007
|
Football player
|
| Lawrence A. Davis, Sr., PhD
|
|
(1914-2004)
|
1996
|
University President
|
| Danny K. Davis, PhD
|
|
(1941-)
|
1998
|
Politician
|
| Erma Glasco Davis, PhD
|
|
(1928-)
|
2009
|
Educator
|
| Martha Dixon
|
|
(1946-)
|
2005
|
Clothing designer
|
| John Donley
|
|
|
2019
|
Award-winning screenwriter and television producer
|
| Lloyd C. Elam, MD
|
|
(1928-2008)
|
1997
|
Doctor and educator
|
| Joycelyn Elders, MD
|
|
(1933-)
|
1995
|
Director of ADH
|
| Grover Evans
|
|
(1952-2017)
|
1996
|
Motivational speaker
|
| David Evans
|
|
(1939-)
|
2005
|
Engineer
|
| Judge Timothy C. Evans
|
|
(1943-)
|
2010
|
Judge
|
| Derek Fisher
|
|
(1974-)
|
2011
|
Basketball player
|
| W. Harold Flowers
|
|
(1911-1990)
|
2004
|
Human rights activist
|
| Lela Rochon Fuqua
|
|
(1964-)
|
2000
|
Actress
|
| Daisy Gatson Bates
|
|
(1914-1999)
|
1993
|
Mentor of Little Rock 9
|
| Judge Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
|
|
(1823-1915)
|
2016
|
Judge
|
| Ernest Green
|
|
(1941-)
|
1993
|
Little Rock 9 senior
|
| Mildred Barnes Griggs, PhD
|
|
(1942-)
|
2015
|
Dean Emeritus
|
| Estella and Knoxie Hall
|
|
|
2016
|
Business owners
|
| Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, PhD
|
|
(1948-death)
|
2011
|
Public health advocate
|
| Lawrence Hamilton
|
|
(1954-2014)
|
2003
|
Broadway star
|
| Sybil Jordan Hampton, PhD
|
|
(1944-)
|
2005
|
Higher education administrator and political advisor
|
| Delores Handy-Brown
|
|
(1947-)
|
2009
|
Reporter
|
| E. Lynn Harris
|
|
(1955-2009)
|
2000
|
Author
|
| Ernest J. Harris, PhD
|
|
(1928-2018)
|
1999
|
Entomologist
|
| Morris Hayes
|
|
(1962-)
|
2013
|
Musician
|
| James E. K. Hildreth, MD
|
|
(1956-)
|
2009
|
Leading HIV/AIDS scientist
|
| Jerry T. Hodges, Jr.
|
|
(1925-)
|
2012
|
WWII Airman
|
| Colette Honorable
|
|
|
2014
|
Lawyer
|
| Theressa Hoover
|
|
(1926-2013)
|
2000
|
Human rights activist
|
| Judge George Howard, Jr.
|
|
(1924-2007)
|
1994
|
Judge
|
| Torii Hunter
|
|
(1975-)
|
2008
|
Baseball player
|
| Hazel Shanks Hynson
|
|
(1903-2005)
|
2004
|
Pianist
|
| George William Stanley Ish, MD
|
|
(1883-1970)
|
1993
|
Physician
|
| Keith Jackson
|
|
(1965)
|
1997
|
Football player
|
| Joseph "Joe" Jackson
|
|
(1928-2018)
|
2011
|
Talent manager
|
| Ricky Jasper
|
|
(1963-)
|
2014
|
U.S. CIA
|
| Gertrude Jeannette
|
|
(1914-2018)
|
1999
|
Actress
|
| Brent Jennings
|
|
(1951-)
|
2018
|
Actor and educator
|
| Coach Ed Johnson
|
|
|
2019
|
Little league football coach and youth mentor
|
| John H. Johnson
|
|
(1918-2005)
|
1993
|
Publisher
|
| Judge Glenn T. Johnson
|
|
(1917-2010)
|
2006
|
Judge
|
| Brig. Gen. William J. Johnson
|
|
(1950-)
|
2010
|
Brigadier General
|
| Scipio Africanus Jones
|
|
(1863-1943)
|
1996
|
Attorney
|
| Edith Irby Jones, MD
|
|
(1927-2019)
|
2002
|
Doctor
|
| Louis Jordan
|
|
(1908-1975)
|
2005
|
Musician
|
| Wilbert C. Jordan, MD
|
|
(1944-)
|
2000
|
Doctor
|
| Ernest P. Joshua, Sr.
|
|
(1928-2005)
|
1994
|
Founder of J.M. Products
|
| Ethel and James Kearney
|
|
|
1995
|
Educators
|
| Cortez Kennedy
|
|
(1968-2017)
|
2015
|
Football player
|
| Samuel L. Kountz, MD
|
|
(1930-1981)
|
1997
|
Doctor
|
| Kristin Lewis
|
|
(1975-)
|
2019
|
Opera singer
|
| Bishop Donnie L. Lindsey
|
|
(1924-)
|
2015
|
Minister
|
| Henri Linton
|
|
(1944-)
|
2001
|
Artist
|
| Haki R. Madhubuti, PhD
|
|
(1942-)
|
2002
|
Author
|
| Mahlon Martin
|
|
(1945-1995)
|
2001
|
Director of ADFA
|
| Bishop Charles Harrison Mason
|
|
(1866-1961)
|
2002
|
Minister and Founder of COGIC
|
| Samuel P. Massie, PhD
|
|
(1919-2005)
|
1998
|
Chemist
|
| Deborah Mathis
|
|
(1953-)
|
2003
|
Reporter
|
| Judge Richard L. Mays
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2016
|
Judge
|
| Rosie Marie McCoy
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2008
|
Songwriter
|
| Gladys McFadden
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2003
|
Gospel Group
|
| Robert McFerrin, Sr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1995
|
Opera singer
|
| Patricia Washington McGraw, PhD
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2004
|
Scholar, professor, and author
|
| James McKissic
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1994
|
Pianist
|
| Joseph Daniel McQuany
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2008
|
Founder of Serenity House
|
| Eliza Ann Miller
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1999
|
Educator
|
| Sidney Moncrief
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2001
|
Basketball player
|
| Raye Jean Montague, RPE
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2013
|
U.S. Navy Engineer
|
| Vice Admiral Edward Moore, Jr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1999
|
Vice Admiral U.S. Navy
|
| Herwald "Hal" Morton
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1996
|
Career minister
|
| Amina Claudine Myers
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2001
|
Musician
|
| Judge Olly Neal, Jr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2014
|
Judge
|
| Little Rock Nine
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2007
|
Students
|
| Pastor W. R. "Smokie" Norful
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2009
|
Pastor and singer
|
| Charles E. Phillips, Jr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2012
|
CEO of Infor
|
| Lt. Gen. Aundre F. Piggee
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2018
|
Army deputy chief of staff for logistics
|
| Anita M. Pointer
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1998
|
Singer
|
| Art Porter, Jr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2013
|
Entertainer
|
| Art Porter, Sr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1994
|
Pianist
|
| Florence B. Price
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2018
|
Musician
|
| Pearlie S. Reed
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2012
|
USDA Chairman
|
| Eddie Reed, MD
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2015
|
Doctor
|
| Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2014
|
Deputy U.S. Marshal
|
| Michelle Revere
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2008
|
Designer
|
| Emma Rhodes, EdD
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2006
|
Educator
|
| J. Donald Rice
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2003
|
Founder and CEO of Rice Financial Products company
|
| Judge Andree Layton Roaf
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1996
|
Judge
|
| Willie Roaf
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2013
|
Football player
|
| Roy Roberts
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2000
|
VP of General Motors
|
| Roscoe Robinson
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2019
|
Gospel/R&B singer and recording artist
|
| Fatima Robinson
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2004
|
Choreographer
|
| Bobby Rush
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2014
|
Blues artist
|
| Pharoah Sanders
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2004
|
Jazz musician
|
| Cynthia M. Scott
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2016
|
Jazz vocalist
|
| Lottie Shackelford
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1993
|
Mayor
|
| Henry Shead
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2006
|
Musician and director
|
| Rodney Slater
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1997
|
Attorney General
|
| Judge Lavenski R. Smith
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2003
|
Judge
|
| Shaffer Chimere "Ne-Yo" Smith
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2010
|
Music artist
|
| O.C. Smith, Jr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1996
|
Jazz musician & minister
|
| Charles O. Stewart
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2017
|
ABHOF Chairman
|
| Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1998
|
Actress
|
| William Grant Still
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1995
|
Composer
|
| John Stroger, Jr.
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2004
|
Politician
|
| John Stubblefield
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2007
|
Musician
|
| Lencola Sullivan
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2006
|
Miss Arkansas
|
| Lt. Col. Yolonda R. Summons
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2012
|
U.S. Army
|
| Ozell Sutton
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2001
|
Human rights activist
|
| Reece "Goose" Tatum
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2010
|
Basketball player
|
| Johnnie H. Taylor
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1999
|
Gospel and blues singer
|
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2012
|
Gospel singer
|
| C. Michael Tidwell
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2015
|
Ballet dancer
|
| Debbye Turner
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1994
|
Miss America
|
| Sheryl Underwood
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2007
|
Comedian and politics
|
| John W. Walker
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
1999
|
Lawyer
|
| Darrell Walker
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2018
|
Athlete
|
| A.D. Washington
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2008
|
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Promotion
|
| Lenny Williams
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2012
|
Musician
|
| Mary-Louise Williams
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2018
|
Educator
|
| Robert L. Williams, II, PhD
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2011
|
Psychologist
|
| Sterling B. Williams, MD
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2008
|
Doctor
|
| Samuel W. Williams, PhD
|
image
|
(birth-death)
|
2009
|
Minister
|
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