List of people from Arlington, Virginia

The following is a list of notable individuals who live or have lived in Arlington County, Virginia.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academia

Jerry Coyne, biologist, University of Chicago
Harry Lee Morrison, former physicist, University of California, Berkeley

Arts and entertainment

Danny Ahn, musician, g.o.d
Dave Bautista, actor and former professional wrestler
Warren Beatty, actor and director
Gordon Bess, cartoonist
Steve Buckhantz, sports announcer, Washington Wizards
Sandra Bullock, Academy Award-winning actress
Alyson Cambridge, classical music, jazz, and popular song singer
George Washington Parke Custis, orator and playwright; stepgrandson and informally adopted son of President George Washington
Roberta Flack, jazz, soul, R&B, folk music singer, songwriter, and musician
Greg Garcia, television writer, producer and director
Zac Hanson, musician
Julia Kwon, visual artist
Shirley MacLaine, actress
Jim Morrison, rock musician, song writer, and lead vocalist, The Doors
DeStorm Power, American Internet personality
Natalie Wynn, YouTube personality

Astronauts

David M. Brown, astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
John Glenn, former U.S. Senator and NASA astronaut

Business

Frank Lyon, lawyer, newspaper publisher and land developer
Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO and co-founder of Yelp

Civil rights

Esther Cooper Jackson, African-American civil rights activist and social worker
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, activist known for helping plan the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and taking part in Freedom Rides

Crime

Aldrich Ames, Central Intelligence Agency agent convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union
Nidal Hasan, sole suspect in the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting
Mikhail Kutzik and Natalia Pereverzeva, accused spies

Journalism

Katie Couric, television journalist and talk show host

Medicine

Patch Adams, physician
Charles R. Drew, physician, most prominent African-American researcher in the field of blood transfusions in the 1940s; namesake of Drew School in San Francisco

Military

Holmes E. Dager, U.S. Army major general, lived in Arlington during his retirement
Grace Hopper, pioneering computer scientist, and United States Navy rear admiral
George Juskalian, decorated member of the United States Army; served for over three decades; fought for three wars, including World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War
Robert E. Lee, Confederate Army general who lived at ]
George S. Patton, Jr., U.S. Army general during World War II
Blake Wayne Van Leer, commander and captain, United States Navy, led the nuclear research and power unit at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze

Politics and government

W. Sterling Cole, former U.S. Congressman
Al Gore, former Vice President
Betty Heitman, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1983-1987; ran The Heitman Group consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; resided in Arlington
Mary Landrieu, former U.S. Senator raised in Louisiana
Ilhan Omar, U.S. Congresswoman
Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

Sports

Nataly Arias, Colombian association footballer
Gboly Ariyibi, soccer player
Connor Barth, former professional professional football player
Paul Beachem, Olympic paddler, 1960 and 1968
Michael Callahan, U.S. National Team and Olympic rower (spare-2004)
Bruce Djite, American-Australian soccer player
Tom Dolan, Olympic swimmer
Azzi Fudd, college basketball player, UConn Huskies
Ryan Hall, mixed martial arts, UFC featherweight
Sean Hall, Olympic rower, 1992 and 1996
DeShawn Harris-Smith, college basketball player, Maryland Terrapins
John Hummer, former professional basketball player and entrepreneur
Torri Huske, Olympic swimmer, 2020
Tony Johnson, Olympic rower, 1948 and 1968 silver medalist
M. J. Stewart, former professional football player, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Other

David Chang, chef
Anne Carter Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee
Mary Custis Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee
Mildred Childe Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee Jr., son of Robert E. Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, son of Robert E. Lee

References

^ Taylor, Dan (October 14, 2016). "4 Famous People You Didn't Know Were From Arlington". Arlington Patch. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
Matt Collar. "Alyson Cambridge | Biography & History," AllMusic.
Jessica, Goldstein (October 19, 2012). "Roberta Flack: From Arlington to stardom". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
Wynter, Dontei (March 14, 2017). "Hanson Brothers' Net Worth: How Rich is the '90s Pop Band?". EarnTheNecklace.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
"Julia Kwon | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
Jim Morrison: Ravindranath, Mohana (July 12, 2013). "Jim Morrison's childhood home listed in Arlington". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2017. Jones, Mark (June 10, 2013). "Jim Morrison's Not So Happy Homecoming". WETA-TV. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
@ContraPoints (July 19, 2018). "Alright, alright astrologers. October 21, 1988. 8:00 AM. Arlington, VA. Tell me about my soul" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 30, 2019 – via Twitter.
O’Connell, Kim (2023-08-01). "Beyond the Beautiful Earth - Arlington Astronaut David M. Brown". Arlington Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
Public Information Officer (2012-02-14). "John Glenn, First Arlingtonian in Orbit". Arlington County Library. Arlington County government. Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
Philip Alexander Bruce, ed. (1924). History of Virginia. Vol. 6. Arlington Historical Society. pp. 123–125.
Johnson, Timothy V. (30 August 2022). "Esther Jackson, 105: Life reflected the 20th century struggle for equality". People's World. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
"Joan Trumpauer Mulholland oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Arlington, Virginia, 2013 March 17". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
A Spy's Story in a World Of Many-Sided Betrayal, The New York Times, by Tim Weiner, February 23, 1994 dated February 22, 1994, Washington
McKinley, Jr., James C.; Dao, James (November 8, 2009). "Fort Hood Gunman Gave Signals Before His Rampage". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
"Charles Drew House (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
"Gen. Holmes Dager, WW II Commander". Northern Virginia Sun. Arlington, VA. July 27, 1973. p. 10 – via Virginia Chronicle, Library of Virginia.
Markoff, John (January 3, 1992). "Rear Adm. Grace M. Hopper Dies; Innovator in Computers Was 85". NY Times. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
Fellman, Michael (2000). The Making of Robert E. Lee. Random House. ISBN 0-679-45650-3.
Blumenson, Martin (1971). "The Many Faces of George S. Patton, Jr" (PDF). USAFA Harmon Memorial Lecture #14. Colorado Springs, Colorado: United States Air Force Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-15.
Fineman, Howard (May 31, 2010). "Al and Tipper Gore's Separation Isn't a Huge Surprise". Newsweek. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
Floyd, Thomas (February 1, 2017). "U.S. youth international Gboly Ariyibi signs with Nottingham Forest". Goal. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
"Azzi Fudd - Women's Basketball". University of Connecticut Athletics.

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