List of people from Arlington, Virginia

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

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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, Internet personality
Natalie Wynn, YouTube personality
Zach Cregger, Director

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

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

George M. Browning Jr., United States Air Force lieutenant general
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 Arlington House
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

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. representative for Minnesota
Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
James Walkinshaw, U.S. representative for Virginia

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