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.

Arlington County, Virginia

Academia

Biologist Jerry Coyne

• Jerry Coyne, biologist, University of Chicago^{[citation needed]}
• Harry Lee Morrison, former physicist, University of California, Berkeley

Arts and entertainment

Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock

• Danny Ahn, musician, g.o.d^{[citation needed]}
• Dave Bautista, actor and former professional wrestler^{[citation needed]}
• Warren Beatty, actor and director^[1]
• Gordon Bess, cartoonist^{[citation needed]}
• Steve Buckhantz, sports announcer, Washington Wizards^{[citation needed]}
• Sandra Bullock, Academy Award-winning actress^[1]
• Alyson Cambridge, classical music, jazz, and popular song singer^[2]
• 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^[3]
• Greg Garcia, television writer, producer and director^{[citation needed]}
• Zac Hanson, musician^[4]
• Julia Kwon, visual artist^[5]
• Shirley MacLaine, actress^[1]
• Jim Morrison, rock musician, song writer, and lead vocalist, The Doors^[6]
• DeStorm Power, American Internet personality
• Natalie Wynn, YouTube personality^[7]

Astronauts

• David M. Brown, astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster^[8]
• John Glenn, former U.S. Senator and NASA astronaut^[9]

Business

• Frank Lyon, lawyer, newspaper publisher and land developer^[10]
• Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO and co-founder of Yelp^{[citation needed]}

Civil rights

• Esther Cooper Jackson, African-American civil rights activist and social worker^[11]
• Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, activist known for helping plan the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and taking part in Freedom Rides^[12]

Crime

CIA agent and Soviet spy Aldrich Ames

• Aldrich Ames, Central Intelligence Agency agent convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union^[13]
• Nidal Hasan, sole suspect in the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting^[14]
• Mikhail Kutzik and Natalia Pereverzeva, accused spies ^{[citation needed]}

Journalism

Television journalist Katie Couric

• Katie Couric, television journalist and talk show host^[1]

Medicine

• Patch Adams, physician^[1]
• 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^[15]

Military

• George M. Browning Jr., United States Air Force lieutenant general^[16]
• Holmes E. Dager, U.S. Army major general, lived in Arlington during his retirement^[17]
• Grace Hopper, pioneering computer scientist, and United States Navy rear admiral^[18]
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• Robert E. Lee, Confederate Army general who lived at [Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial|Arlington House]]^[19]
• George S. Patton, Jr., U.S. Army general during World War II^[20]
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• Al Gore, former Vice President^[21]
• Betty Heitman, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1983-1987; ran The Heitman Group consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; resided in Arlington^{[citation needed]}
• Mary Landrieu, former U.S. Senator raised in Louisiana^{[citation needed]}
• Ilhan Omar, U.S. Congresswoman ^{[citation needed]}
• Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission ^{[citation needed]}

Sports

UFC mixed martial artist Ryan Hall

• Nataly Arias, Colombian association footballer^{[citation needed]}
• Gboly Ariyibi, soccer player^[22]
• Connor Barth, former professional professional football player^{[citation needed]}
• Paul Beachem, Olympic paddler, 1960 and 1968^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Callahan, U.S. National Team and Olympic rower (spare-2004)^{[citation needed]}
• Bruce Djite, American-Australian soccer player
• Tom Dolan, Olympic swimmer^{[citation needed]}
• Azzi Fudd, college basketball player, UConn Huskies^[23]
• Ryan Hall, mixed martial arts, UFC featherweight
• Sean Hall, Olympic rower, 1992 and 1996^{[citation needed]}
• DeShawn Harris-Smith, college basketball player, Maryland Terrapins
• John Hummer, former professional basketball player and entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}
• Torri Huske, Olympic swimmer, 2020
• Tony Johnson, Olympic rower, 1948 and 1968 silver medalist^{[citation needed]}
• M. J. Stewart, former professional football player, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Other

Robert E. Lee Jr.

• 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