Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Fayetteville

La muerte de George Floyd ocurrió el 25 de mayo de 2020 en el vecindario de Powderhorn, en la ciudad de Mineápolis, Minesota, como resultado de su arresto por parte de cuatro policías locales. En pocos días, el hecho generó una oleada de indignación y protestas a lo largo de todo Estados Unidos en contra del racismo, la xenofobia y los abusos policiales hacia ciudadanos afroestadounidenses en dicho país. Las protestas también se extendieron a otras ciudades del mundo.

Dennis Cliff Smith Jr. es un baloncestista estadounidense que pertenece a la plantilla de los Detroit Pistons de la NBA. Con 1,91 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de base.

Felton Jeffrey Capel III is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh. He played for Duke University and was a head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Oklahoma.

Brian Tyree Henry es un actor estadounidense. Sus papeles en televisión incluyen a Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles en Atlanta y Tavis Brown en Vice Principals. Henry también fue parte del reparto original de The Book of Mormon. En febrero de 2017, Henry apareció como invitado en la serie de NBC This is Us, en el episodio "Memphis" como el primo de William, por lo que fue nominado a un Premio Primetime Emmy.

Hiram Rhodes Revels was a Republican U.S. Senator, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. He became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress when he was appointed to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era.

Dwayne Lamont Allen is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He played college football for Clemson University, earned consensus All-American honors, and was recognized as the most outstanding college tight end in 2011. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. With the New England Patriots, he won Super Bowl LIII over the Los Angeles Rams.

Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham was an American professional baseball player and medical doctor who appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants on June 29, 1905. His story was popularized by Shoeless Joe, a novel by W. P. Kinsella, and the subsequent 1989 film Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, and featuring Burt Lancaster and Frank Whaley, respectively, as older and younger incarnations of Graham.

Cortland Temujin Finnegan is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Samford, and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Finnegan also played for the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. He was a Pro Bowler in 2008 and 2009.

William Beck Ochiltree, was a settler, judge, and legislator in Texas. In 1963, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 967, honoring Colonel Ochiltree, was placed at the courthouse in Perryton.

Frank Porter Graham was an American educator and political activist. A professor of history, he was elected President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1930, and he later became the first President of the consolidated University of North Carolina system.