The following is a list of notable individuals who live or have lived in Arlington County, Virginia.
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 Iain Armitage, actor 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 singerMatt Collar. "Alyson Cambridge | Biography & History," AllMusic. Zach Cregger, director 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 DoorsJim Morrison: DeStorm Power, 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 UnionA 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 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 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
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. representative for Minnesota Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission James Walkinshaw, U.S. representative for Virginia
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
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