List of Famous People From Mississippi

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Below is a list of famous people that were born in Mississippi.

List of Famous Actors and Actresses From Mississippi

Joey Lauren Adams
Joshua Alba
Mary Alice
Dana Andrews
Roscoe Ates
Katherine Bailess
Laura Bailey
Earl W. Bascom
Willie Best
Jimmy Boyd
Don Briscoe
Geneva Carr
Finn Carter
Wally Cassell
Lacey Chabert
Wyatt Emory Cooper
Cassi Davis
Jason Dottley
John Dye
Ruth Ford
Morgan Freeman
M. C. Gainey
Cynthia Geary
Allie Grant
Gary Grubbs
Lynn Hamilton
Temeceka Harris
Beth Henley
Jim Henson
Anthony Herrera
Wilbur Higby
Shauntay Hinton actress
Eddie Hodges
Thelma Houston
Don Jeffcoat
James Earl Jones
Robert Earl Jones
Simbi Khali
Diane Ladd
Daniel Curtis Lee
Tom Lester
Martha Mattox
Shane McRae
Gerald McRaney
Mary Ann Mobley
Parker Posey
Evelyn Preer
Thalmus Rasulala
Beah Richards
Eric Roberts
Toni Seawright
Larry Semon
Jamie Lynn Spears
Stella Stevens
Tonea Stewart
Ashley Thompson
James Michael Tyler
Brenda Venus
Ray Walston
Sela Ward
James Wheaton
Kit Williamson
Oprah Winfrey
Hattie Winston

List of Famous Artists From Mississippi

Jere Allen painter
James McConnell Anderson
Peter Anderson
Rick Anderson painter and children’s book illustrator
Walter Inglis Anderson
Earl W. Bascom
Bill Beckwith sculptor
Howard Bingham
Jason Bouldin portrait painter
Marshall Bouldin III portrait painter
Bruce Brady
Andrew Bucci
Jane Rule Burdine photographer
William Dunlap painter
Sam Gilliam
Theora Hamblett
Ted Jackson
Chris LeDoux
Ed McGowin sculptor/painter
Fred Mitchell
Ethel Wright Mohamed
George E. Ohr
J. Kim Sessums bronze sculptor and painter
Floyd Shaman
Jack Spencer
Glennray Tutor
James W. Washington Jr.
Dick Waterman

List of Famous Athletes From Mississippi

Alex Bonner
Campbell Brown
Paul Gallo
Chris McDaniel
Angela McGlowan Fox News political commentator
Robin Roberts
Norman Robinson
Tavis Smiley
Shepard Smith
Oprah Winfrey

List of Famous Filmmakers From Mississippi

Charles Burnett
Jamaa Fanaka
John Fortenberry film and television director
Lawrence Gordon
Jonathan Murray
Patrik-Ian Polk
Larry A. Thompson

List of Famous Musicians and Performers From Mississippi

3 Doors Down band
John Luther Adams
Afroman
Tommy Aldridge
Mose Allison
Robert Anderson
Steve Azar
Glen Ballard
David Banner
Matt Barlow
Prentiss Barnes
Lance Bass
Jeff Bates
Beanland jam band
Robert Belfour
Carey Bell
Big Time Sarah
The Blackwood Brothers gospel singers
James Blackwood
Blind Melon Alternative rock and jam band
Blind Mississippi Morris
Blue Mountain alternative country band
Lucille Bogan
Charley Booker
Eddie Boyd
Bobby Bradford
Jan Bradley
Cory Branan
Jackie Brenston
Big Bill Broonzy
Eddie “Bongo” Brown
Jimmy Buffett
R. L. Burnside
Jerry Butler
Cadillac Don & J-Money rap duo
G. C. Cameron
Ace Cannon
Gus Cannon
Bo Carter
Johnny Carver
The Chambers Brothers soul music group
Sam Chatmon
Otis Clay
Chalmers Clifton
Odia Coates
Hank Cochran
Bill Coday
Phil Cohran
Colour Revolt indie rock band
Mike Compton
David L. Cook
Sam Cooke
The Cook Family Singers Christian country music group
The Cooters punk metal band
James Cotton
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
George Cummings
Olu Dara
Lester Davenport
Paul Davis
Jimmy Dawkins
Al Denson
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Nate Dogg
Marshall Drew
Kevin Dukes
Omar Kent Dykes
Judy Dunaway
Meredith Edwards
Lehman Engel
Shelly Fairchild
Charlie Feathers
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi gospel singers
Steve Forbert
Barbara Siggers Franklin
Lee Garrett R&B singer-songwriter
Eric “Red Mouth” Gebhardt multi-genre singer-songwriter
Bobbie Gentry
Mickey Gilley
Mark Gray
Garland Green
Lloyd Green
Ted Hawkins
Kenneth Haxton
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Caroline Herring bluegrass musician
Michael Henderson
Faith Hill
Kim Hill
Ernie Hines
Milt Hinton
John Lee Hooker
Big Walter Horton
Son House
Randy Houser
Thelma Houston
Guy Hovis
Howlin’ Wolf
Cary Hudson lead singer and guitarist for alternative country band Blue Mountain
Mississippi John Hurt
Clifton Hyde
Carl Jackson
Elmore James
Skip James
Roosevelt Jamison
Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson
Big Jack Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
Robert Johnson
Syl Johnson
Margie Joseph
Junior Kimbrough
Albert King
B. B. King
Fern Kinney rhythm & blues and disco music entertainer
Fred Knoblock
Kudzu Kings band
Sonny Landreth
Denise LaSalle
Rick Lawson
Chris LeDoux
Mylon LeFevre
J. B. Lenoir
Robert “Squirrel” Lester
Bobby Lounge
Tommy McClennan
George McConnell guitarist
Kansas Joe McCoy
Papa Charlie McCoy
Fred McDowell
Mulgrew Miller
Little Milton
Hoyt Ming old-time fiddler
Mississippi Mass Choir gospel choir
Mississippi Slim
Monkey Joe blues musician
Dorothy Moore
Johnny B. Moore
Charlie Musselwhite
Bill Myrick
North Mississippi Allstars blues-rock/jam band
Brandy Norwood
Willie Norwood
Alexander O’Neal
Paul Overstreet
Ginny Owens blind contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter
Junior Parker
Michael Passons
Charley Patton
Dion Payton
Elvis Presley
Leontyne Price
Charley Pride
John Primer
Stephen Purdy
Ray J
Jimmy Reed
Del Rendon
Mack Rice
LeAnn Rimes
Fenton Robinson
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmy Rogers
David Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin
Bobby Rush
Otis Rush
Oliver Sain
Magic Sam
Scott Savage drummer for Christian rock band Jars of Clay
Saving Abel rock band
Johnny Sea
Toni Seawright
Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
Byther Smith
Soulja Boy
Otis Spann
Britney Spears
Judson Spence
Roebuck “Pop” Staples
Rogers Stevens
Lisa Stewart
William Grant Still
Barrett Strong
Marty Stuart
Hubert Sumlin
Deanna Summers songwriter
Ty Tabor
Eddie Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor
Melvin Taylor
Ernie Terrell
Jean Terrell
James “Son” Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Ashley Thompson
Ike Turner
Conway Twitty
Freddie Waits
Travis Wammack
Walter Ward
Muddy Waters
Jim Weatherly
Carl Weathersby
Boogie Bill Webb
Bukka White
Carson Whitsett
Tim Whitsett
Webb Wilder
Big Joe Williams
Hayley Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Eddie Willis
Al Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
Mary Wilson
Elder Roma Wilson
Tammy Wynette
Lester Young
Zora Young

List of Famous Politicians From Mississippi

Thomas Abernethy
Robert H. Adams
James L. Alcorn
William Allain
John Mills Allen
Apuckshunubbee
Haley Barbour
Ethelbert Barksdale
William Barksdale
Ross Barnett
Cheri Barry
Marion Barry
Theodore G. Bilbo
Marsha Blackburn
Hale Boggs
David R. Bowen
Walker Brooke
Blanche Bruce
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
Joseph W. Chalmers
Travis W. Childers
John Claiborne
Robert G. Clark Jr.
Thad Cochran
James P. Coleman
Jacqueline Y. Collins
Ross A. Collins
William M. Colmer
Greg Davis
Jefferson Davis
Wayne Dowdy
Brad Dye
James Eastland
Mike Espy
Robert C. Farrell
Erik R. Fleming
Kirk Fordice
Webb Franklin
Evelyn Gandy
James Z. George
Charles H. Griffin
Gregg Harper
Pat Harrison
Patrick Henry
Thomas C. Hindman
Jon Hinson
David Holmes
Jim Hood Attorney General of Mississippi
Delbert Hosemann
Benjamin G. Humphreys
Benjamin G. Humphreys II
William Y. Humphreys
Paul B. Johnson Sr.
Paul B. Johnson Jr.
Pete Johnson
Daryl Jones
Penne Percy Korth
L.Q.C. Lamar
Greenwood LeFlore
Clinton LeSueur
Elmer Litchfield
Mamie Locke
Trent Lott
John R. Lynch
Ray Mabus
Harlan Majure
Glenn McCullough
Chris McDaniel
Hernando Money
“Sonny” Montgomery
Mike Moore
Ronnie Musgrove
Spencer Myrick
Alan Nunnelee
Rod Paige
Chip Pickering
John E. Rankin
Red Shoes
Bill Renick
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Carol Schwartz
Abram M. Scott
Ronnie Shows
Jim Singleton
Larkin I. Smith
Larry Speakes
John C. Stennis
Bill Stone
William V. Sullivan
Gene Taylor
Bennie Thompson
Jacob Thompson
Amy Tuck
James K. Vardaman
Jamie L. Whitten
Roger Wicker
Thomas Hickman Williams
William Arthur Winstead
William Winter
Fielding L. Wright

List of Famous Writers From Mississippi

Ace Atkins
Howard Bahr
Frederick Barthelme
Earl W. Bascom
Lerone Bennett Jr.
Douglas A. Blackmon
Maxwell Bodenheim
Bruce Brady
Charlie Braxton poet and author
Larry Brown
Jill Conner Browneauthor Sweet Potato Queens
Jack Butler
Mary Cain
Hodding Carter II
Hodding Carter III
Craig Claiborne
Mart Crowley
Borden Deal
Ben Domenech
David Herbert Donald
Ellen Douglas
John T. Edge food writer
John Faulkner
William Faulkner
Bill Fitzhugh
Vic Fleming
Shelby Foote
Charles Henri Ford
Richard Ford
Lynn Franklin
Ellen Gilchrist
John Grisham
Barry Hannah
Charlaine Harris
Thomas Harris
Beth Henley
M. Carl Holman
Greg Iles
Greg Keyes
Muna Lee
Sam Chu Lin
C. Liegh McInnis
Anne Moody
Willie Morris
Jess Mowry
Ellis Nassour
Thomas Naylor
Lewis Nordan
Steven Ozment
Walker Percy
William Alexander Percy
William Raspberry
Kevin Sessums
Patrick D. Smith
Lynne Spears
Elizabeth Spencer
Kathryn Stockett novelist
William N. Still Jr.
Donna Tartt
Clifton Taulbert
Mildred Taylor
Wright Thompson
Natasha Trethewey
Jamie Langston Turner
Brenda Venus
Howard Waldrop
Peggy Webb
Eudora Welty
Neil White III
Tennessee Williams
Richard Nathaniel Wright
Al Young
Stark Young

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