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This list contains people who were born or lived in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Mississippi]].

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==Activists and advocates==
* [[Ruby Bridges]] (born 1954), first African-American child to attend an all-white school in the South ([[Tylertown, Mississippi|Tylertown]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruby Bridges|url=http://www.biography.com/people/ruby-bridges-475426|publisher=biography.com|access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Will Campbell (Baptist minister)|Will D. Campbell]] (1924–2013), Baptist minister and activist ([[Amite County, Mississippi|Amite County]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Will D. Campbell|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00062.html|publisher=The University of Mississippi.|access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[James Chaney]] (1943–1964), civil rights activist ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])<ref>{{cite web|title=James Chaney|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAchaney.htm|publisher=.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk|access-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002121209/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAchaney.htm|archive-date=October 2, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* [[Vernon Dahmer]] (1908–1966), civil rights activist ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Vernon Dahmer|url=http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m250.htm?m250text.htm~mainFrame|publisher=The University of Southern Mississippi|access-date=October 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607094933/http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m250.htm?m250text.htm~mainFrame|archive-date=June 7, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Charles Evers]] (1922–2020), civil rights leader, mayor of [[Fayette, Mississippi|Fayette]] ([[Decatur, Mississippi|Decatur]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Evers|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=166671550#fbLoggedOut|publisher=clarionledger.com|access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Medgar Evers]] (1925–1963), civil rights leader ([[Decatur, Mississippi|Decatur]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Medgar Evers |url=http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-medgar-evers |publisher=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |access-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234230/http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-medgar-evers |archive-date=October 4, 2013 }}</ref> 
* [[Myrlie Evers-Williams]] (born 1933), civil rights activist, journalist ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Myrlie Evers- Williams|url=http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-Myrlie-Evers-Williams|publisher=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|access-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001123723/http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-Myrlie-Evers-Williams|archive-date=October 1, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* [[C. L. Franklin]] (1915–1984), Baptist minister, father of [[Aretha Franklin]] ([[Shelby, Mississippi|Shelby]])<ref>{{cite web|title=C. L. Franklin|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-073.html|publisher= [[Library of Congress]] |access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Lloyd L. Gaines]] (1911–1939?), challenged segregation at [[University of Missouri School of Law]], disappeared in 1939 ([[Water Valley, Mississippi|Water Valley]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Lloyd L. Gaines|website=[[PBS]] |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_gaines.html|access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Duncan M. Gray Jr.]] (1926–2016), Episcopal clergyman, civil rights activist ([[Canton, Mississippi|Canton]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Duncan Montgomery Gray Jr.|url=http://www.episcopalarchives.org/Afro-Anglican_history/exhibit/leadership/gray.php|publisher=The Archives of the Episcopal Church|access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Winifred Green]] (1937–2016), civil rights activist ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref name="jacksonfreepress.com">Jackson, MS: [http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2016/feb/12/winifred-green/ Winifred Green | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS], accessdate: February 21, 2016</ref>
* [[Percy Greene]] (1897–1977), journalist, activist ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Percy Greene|url=http://crdl.usg.edu/export/html/usm/coh/crdl_usm_coh_ohgreenep.html?Welcome|publisher=University of Southern Mississippi Libraries|access-date=October 5, 2013|archive-date=October 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012003804/http://crdl.usg.edu/export/html/usm/coh/crdl_usm_coh_ohgreenep.html?Welcome|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Lawrence Guyot]] (1939–2012), civil rights activist ([[Pass Christian, Mississippi|Pass Christian]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawrence Guyot|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/lawrence-guyot-civil-rights-leader-and-community-activist-dies-at-73/2012/11/23/93fc754a-35af-11e2-bb9b-288a310849ee_story.html| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] |access-date= October 5, 2013|first1=Hamil R.|last1=Harris|first2=Matt|last2=Schudel|date= November 25, 2012}}</ref> 
* [[Fannie Lou Hamer]] (1917–1977), civil rights, voting rights activist ([[Ruleville, Mississippi|Ruleville]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Fannie Lou Hamer|url=http://www.greatwomen.org/women-of-the-hall/search-the-hall-results/details/2/71-Hamer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324043707/http://www.greatwomen.org/women-of-the-hall/search-the-hall-results/details/2/71-Hamer|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2012|publisher=National Women's Hall of Fame.|access-date= October 5, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Winson Hudson]] (1916–2004), civil rights activist (Harmony)<ref>{{cite news|title=Winson Hudson|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/us/winson-hudson-87-tireless-civil-rights-activist-dies.html| work = [[The New York Times]] |access-date= October 5, 2013|first=Douglas|last=Martin|date= May 9, 2004}}</ref> 
* [[Clyde Kennard]] (1927–1963), civil rights activist ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Clyde Kennard|url=http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/349/clyde-kennard-a-little-known-civil-rights-pioneer|publisher=Mississippi Historical Society|access-date=October 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031192544/http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/349/clyde-kennard-a-little-known-civil-rights-pioneer|archive-date=October 31, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* [[Germany Kent]] (born 1975), journalist, social activist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
*[[Ed King (activist)|Edwin King]] (born 1936), civil rights activist, [[Tougaloo College]] chaplain ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/finding_aids/MUM00251.html | title = Inventory of the Ed King Collection | access-date = June 20, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Joyce Ladner|Joyce Ann Ladner]] (born 1943), civil rights activist and educator ([[Wayne County, Mississippi|Wayne County]])
* [[Angela McGlowan]] (born 1970), Republican political commentator, author, and consulting firm CEO
* [[James Meredith]] (born 1933), first African-American student at the [[University of Mississippi]] ([[Kosciusko, Mississippi|Kosciusko]])<ref>{{cite web|title=James Meredith|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmeredith.htm|publisher=spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk|access-date=October 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002172400/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmeredith.htm|archive-date=October 2, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* [[Anne Moody]] (1940–2015), civil rights activist, author ([[Centreville, Mississippi|Centreville]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Anne Moody|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391238/Anne-Moody|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|access-date= October 6, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Ida B. Wells|Ida B. Wells-Barnett]] (1862–1931), civil rights activist, women's rights activist ([[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Ida B. Wells|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/wells-barnett_ida/|publisher=The University of Mississippi English Department|access-date=October 6, 2013|archive-date=June 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023354/http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/wells-barnett_ida/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Actors and actresses==
* [[Mary Alice]] (born 1941), actress ([[Indianola, Mississippi|Indianola]])
* [[Dana Andrews]] (1909–1992), actor ([[Covington County, Mississippi|Covington County]])
* [[Fred Armisen]] (born 1966), actor, comedian, and musician ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Roscoe Ates]] (1895–1962), actor and musician ([[Lawrence County, Mississippi|Grange]])
* [[Katherine Bailess]] (born 1980), film and television actress ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]] (born 1981), voice actress ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Earl W. Bascom]] (1906–1995), actor ([[Columbia, Mississippi|Columbia]])
* [[Willie Best]] (1916–1962), television and film actor ([[Sunflower, Mississippi|Sunflower]])
* [[Jimmy Boyd]] (1939–2009), singer and actor ([[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]])
* [[Don Briscoe]] (1940–2004), soap opera actor ([[Yalobusha County, Mississippi|Yalobusha County]])
* [[Geneva Carr]] (born 1971), television and stage actress ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Finn Carter]] (born 1960), actress ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Wally Cassell]] (1912–2015), film and television actor
* [[Lacey Chabert]] (born 1982), film and television actress ([[Purvis, Mississippi|Purvis]])
* [[Alvin Childress]] (1907–1986), actor ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Gary Collins (actor)|Gary Collins]] (1938–2012), film and television actor ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Wyatt Emory Cooper]] (1927–1978), Broadway actor ([[Quitman, Mississippi|Quitman]])
* [[Cassi Davis]] (born 1964) ([[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]])
* [[John Dye]] (1963–2011), film and television actor ([[Amory, Mississippi|Amory]])
* [[Mary Elizabeth Ellis]] (born 1979), television and film actress ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[J. D. Evermore]] (born 1968), film and television actor ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Ruth Ford (actress)|Ruth Ford]] (1911–2009), stage and film actress ([[Brookhaven, Mississippi|Brookhaven]])
* [[Morgan Freeman]] (born 1937), [[Academy Award]]-winning actor ([[Charleston, Mississippi|Charleston]])
* [[M. C. Gainey]] (born 1948), film and television actor ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Cynthia Geary]] (born 1965), actress ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Gavin Gordon (actor)|Gavin Gordon]] (1901–1983), film, television, and radio actor ([[Chicora, Mississippi|Chicora]])
* [[Allie Grant]] (born 1994), actress ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Gary Grubbs]] (born 1949) ([[Amory, Mississippi|Amory]])
* [[Lynn Hamilton (actress)|Lynn Hamilton]] (born 1930), actress ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])
* [[Beth Henley]] (born 1952), playwright and actress ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Jim Henson]] (1936–1990), creator of ''[[The Muppets]]'' ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Anthony Herrera]] (1944–2011) ([[Wiggins, Mississippi|Wiggins]])
* [[Wilbur Higby]] (1867–1934), silent film actor ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Shauntay Hinton]] (born 1979), actress ([[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]])
* [[Eddie Hodges]] (born 1947), child actor ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Thelma Houston]] (born 1943), actress ([[Leland, Mississippi|Leland]])
* [[James Earl Jones]] (born 1931), actor ([[Arkabutla, Mississippi|Arkabutla]])
* [[Robert Earl Jones]] (1910–2006), actor ([[Senatobia, Mississippi|Senatobia]])
* [[Germany Kent]] (born 1975), actress ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Simbi Khali]] (born 1971) ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Diane Ladd]] (born 1935), actress ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Daniel Curtis Lee]] (born 1991) ([[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]])
* [[Tom Lester]] (1938–2020) ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Martha Mattox]] (1879–1933), silent film actor ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Shane McRae]] (born 1977) ([[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]])
* [[Gerald McRaney]] (born 1947), actor ([[Collins, Mississippi|Collins]])
* [[Gil Peterson]] (born 1936), actor ([[Winona, Mississippi|Winona]])
* [[Parker Posey]] (born 1968), actress ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[Evelyn Preer]] (1896–1932) ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Thalmus Rasulala]] (1939–1991), actor ([[Arkabutla, Mississippi|Arkabutla]])
* [[Beah Richards]] (1920–2000), stage, screen and television actress ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Eric Roberts]] (born 1956), actor ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Toni Seawright]] (born 1964), actress ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Larry Semon]] (1889–1928), silent film actor, director, producer ([[West Point, Mississippi|West Point]])
* [[Jamie Lynn Spears]] (born 1991), actress, singer ([[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]])
* [[Taylor Spreitler]] (born 1993), actress, model ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Stella Stevens]] (born 1938), actress ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])
* [[Tonea Stewart]] (born 1947) ([[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]])
* [[Trinitee Stokes]], actress (born 2006) ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Channing Tatum]], actor (born 1980) ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Byron Thames]] (born 1969), actor ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Joe M. Turner]] (born 1969), actor, magician, professional speaker ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[James Michael Tyler]] (born 1962) ([[Winona, Mississippi|Winona]])
* [[Brenda Venus]] (born 1957), actress ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Ray Walston]] (1914–2001), actor ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[Sela Ward]] (born 1956), actress ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[James Wheaton]] (1924–2002) ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Kit Williamson]] (born 1985), actor ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Hattie Winston]] (born 1945), actress ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])

==Artists==
*[[Jere Allen]] (born 1944), painter ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[James McConnell Anderson]] (1907–1998), potter and painter ([[Ocean Springs, Mississippi|Ocean Springs]])
* [[Peter Anderson (artist)|Peter Anderson]] (1901–1984), potter ([[Ocean Springs, Mississippi|Ocean Springs]])
* [[Walter Inglis Anderson]] (1903–1965), painter ([[Ocean Springs, Mississippi|Ocean Springs]])
* [[Earl W. Bascom]] (1906–1995), painter, sculptor, "King of the Cowboy Artists" ([[Columbia, Mississippi|Columbia]])
* [[Howard Bingham]] (1939–2016), photographer ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Marshall Bouldin III]] (1923–2012), portrait painter ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])<ref name="highbeam1">{{cite web | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114981882.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106045833/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114981882.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = November 6, 2012|title= It runs in the family | publisher = Mississippi Magazine | access-date = March 25, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Bucci]] (1922–2014), painter ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Byron Burford]] (1920–2011), painter ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/arts/byron-burford-90-american-figurative-artist-dies.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Dennis | last=Hevesi | title=Byron Burford, 90, American Figurative Artist, Dies | date=26 June 2011}}</ref>
* [[William R. Dunlap|William Dunlap]] (born 1944), painter ([[Webster County, Mississippi|Webster County]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.williamdunlap.com/bio/bio.html | title = Profile for William Dunlap | access-date = July 27, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121044631/http://www.williamdunlap.com/bio/bio.html | archive-date = November 21, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/art/alumni.html University of Mississippi Dept. of Art Alumni: William Dunlap]</ref>
* [[Sam Gilliam]] (born 1933), [[color field]] painter ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Theora Hamblett]] (1895–1977), painter ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])<ref>Paul Grootkerk, "The Visionary Paintings of Theora Hamblett," ''Woman's Art Journal'' 11 (Autumn 1990–Winter 1991): 19–22.</ref>
* [[Ted Jackson]] (born 1956), photojournalist ([[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]])
* [[Chris LeDoux]] (1948–2005), bronze sculptor ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Alex M. Loeb]] (1918–2015), painter ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[John McCrady]] (1911–1968), painter, printmaker ([[Canton, Mississippi|Canton]])
* [[Ed McGowin]] (born 1938), sculptor, painter ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])<ref>[http://www.edmcgowin.com EdMcGowin.com]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/868 |title=University Press of Mississippi: Ed McGowin |access-date=2022-11-03 |archive-date=2019-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425120654/http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/868 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Fred Mitchell (artist)|Fred Mitchell]] (1923–2013), abstract expressionist painter ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Ethel Wright Mohamed]] (1906–1992), folk stitchery artist ([[Belzoni, Mississippi|Belzoni]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mamasdreamworld.com/bio.htm | title = Ethel Wright Mohamed: biography | access-date = May 1, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/destination-hunter/north-america/united-states/south/mississippi/mississippi-cultural-destinations.html |title=Smithsonian Magazine: Mississippi Cultural Destinations |access-date=2022-11-03 |archive-date=2012-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902022934/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/destination-hunter/north-america/united-states/south/mississippi/mississippi-cultural-destinations.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[George E. Ohr]] (1857–1918), potter ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
*[[James Seawright]] (1936–2022), sculptor ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[J. Kim Sessums]], bronze sculptor, painter ([[Brookhaven, Mississippi|Brookhaven]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jkimsessums.com/bio.html | title = Profile for Ken Sessums | access-date = July 27, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Floyd Shaman]] (1935–2005), sculptor ([[Cleveland, Mississippi|Cleveland]])
* [[Glennray Tutor]] (born 1950), painter ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Gary Walters]] (born 1941), painter ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[James W. Washington Jr.]] (1908–2000), painter, sculptor ([[Gloster, Mississippi|Gloster]])
* [[Dick Waterman]] (born 1935), photographer and blues promoter ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])

==Athletes and sports-related people==
{{main|List of sports-related people from Mississippi}}

==Broadcast media personalities==
* [[Paul Gallo (radio personality)|Paul Gallo]] (born 1947), radio host ([[Shaw, Mississippi|Shaw]])
* [[Lee Habeeb]] (born 1961), conservative talk radio producer ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Iris Kelso]] (1926–2003), newspaper journalist and television commentator in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] ([[Philadelphia, Mississippi|Philadelphia]])
* [[Germany Kent]] (born 1975), media personality, author ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Angela McGlowan]] (born 1970), Fox News political commentator ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Randall Pinkston]] (born 1950), newscaster ([[Yazoo County, Mississippi|Yazoo County]])
* [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]] (born 1960), newscaster ([[Pass Christian, Mississippi|Pass Christian]])
* [[Norman Robinson (television news reporter)|Norman Robinson]] (born 1951), news anchor ([[Lauderdale County, Mississippi|Toomsuba]])
* [[Tavis Smiley]] (born 1964), talk show host ([[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])
* [[Shepard Smith]] (born 1964), Fox News anchor ([[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]])
* [[Paula White]] (born 1966), televangelist, author ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Oprah Winfrey]] (born 1954), talk show host ([[Kosciusko, Mississippi|Kosciusko]])

==Comedians==
* [[Rod Brasfield]] (1910–1958) ([[Smithville, Mississippi|Smithville]])
* [[Jerry Clower]] (1926–1998) ([[Liberty, Mississippi|Liberty]])
* [[David L. Cook]] (born 1968) ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Tommy Davidson]] (born 1963), stand-up comedian, most notable for time on In Living Color ([[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]])
* [[Karlous Miller]] (born 1983), stand-up comedian ([[Oxford,Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Tig Notaro]] (born 1971), stand-up comedian ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Cardis Cardell Willis]] (1937–2007), stand-up comedian ([[Forest, Mississippi|Forest]])

==Educators==
* [[Thea Bowman]] (1937–1990), Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo County]])
* [[James Madison Carpenter]] (1888–1983), folklorist ([[Prentiss County, Mississippi|Prentiss County]])
* [[Richard Carson]] (born 1955), professor of economics ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Joseph Crespino]] (born 1972), political scientist ([[Macon, Mississippi|Macon]])
* [[Jesse Dukeminier]] (1925–2003), professor of law ([[West Point, Mississippi|West Point]])
* [[William R. Ferris]] (born 1942), folklorist, chairman of [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Charles Betts Galloway]] (1849–1909), Methodist bishop, editor ([[Kosciusko, Mississippi|Kosciusko]])
* [[Edgar Godbold]] (1879–1952), college president ([[Lincoln County, Mississippi|Lincoln County]])
* [[George W. Grace]] (1921–2015), linguist ([[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]])
* [[William Baskerville Hamilton]] (1908-1972), historian, born in Jackson, taught public school in Holly Springs and Jackson<ref>{{cite encyclopaedia |author1-first=Robert Franklin |author1-last=Durden |pages=214&ndash;215 |article=Hamilton, William Baskerville|encyclopaedia=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817&ndash;1967|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=1981|isbn=9781617034183}}</ref>
* [[Robert Khayat]] (born 1938), chancellor of the University of Mississippi ([[Moss Point, Mississippi|Moss Point]])
* [[Rory Lee]] (born 1949), clergyman, college president ([[Ridgeland, Mississippi|Ridgeland]])
* [[Mamie Locke]] (born 1954), political scientist, dean at [[Hampton University]] ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[John A. Lomax]] (1867–1948), folklorist ([[Goodman, Mississippi|Goodman]])
* [[Frances Lucas]] (born 1957), president of [[Millsaps College]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Bernie Machen]] (born 1944), president of [[University of Florida]] ([[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]])
* [[Walter E. Massey]] (born 1938), physicist, University of Chicago ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[William H. Miller (chemistry)|William H. Miller]] (born 1941), [[theoretical chemistry|theoretical chemist]] ([[Kosciusko, Mississippi|Kosciusko]])
* [[William Muse]] (born 1939), chancellor at [[East Carolina University]]
* [[Rod Paige]] (born 1933), U.S. secretary of education ([[Monticello, Mississippi|Monticello]])
* [[Milburn Price]] (born 1938), hymnologist, dean of School of Performing Arts, [[Samford University]] ([[Electric Mills, Mississippi|Electric Mills]])
* [[Dan Reneau]] (born 1940), president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] ([[Woodville, Mississippi|Woodville]])
* [[Argile Smith]] (born 1955), clergyman and educator ([[Poplarville, Mississippi|Poplarville]])
* [[Louis Westerfield]] (1949–1996), law professor, first African-American Dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law ([[De Kalb, Mississippi|De Kalb]])
* [[Fannie C. Williams]] (1882–1980), normal school educator ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])

==Entrepreneurs and business leaders==
* [[James L. Barksdale|Jim Barksdale]] (born 1943), president and CEO of [[Netscape Communications Corporation|Netscape]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Joseph A. Biedenharn]] (1866–1952), confectioner, first [[Coca-Cola]] bottler ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130421/NEWS01/304210310/Family-imprint-seen-Monroe-century-after-arrival|title=Scott Rogers, "Family imprint seen in Monroe a century after arrival", April 21, 2013|work=[[The News-Star|Monroe News-Star]]|access-date=April 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025121429/http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130421/NEWS01/304210310/Family-imprint-seen-Monroe-century-after-arrival|archive-date=October 25, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[George W. Bryan]] (born 1946), [[Sara Lee Corporation|Sara Lee]] executive ([[West Point, Mississippi|West Point]])
* [[John H. Bryan]] (1936–2018), [[Sara Lee Corporation|Sara Lee]] executive ([[West Point, Mississippi|West Point]])
* [[Bill Bynum]], credit union founder and philanthropist<ref name="Criss">{{cite web |last1=Criss |first1=Jack |title=Bill Bynum |url=https://deltabusinessjournal.com/bill-bynum/ |publisher=Delta Business Journal |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=5 November 2020}}</ref>
* [[Cynthia Cooper (accountant)|Cynthia Cooper]], [[WorldCom]] vice president, [[whistleblower]] ([[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]])
* [[Bernard Ebbers|Bernard "Bernie" Ebbers]] (1941–2020), founder and CEO of WorldCom, convicted of fraud and conspiracy ([[Brookhaven, Mississippi|Brookhaven]])
* [[Joshua Green (seaman and banker)|Joshua Green]] (1869–1975), shipping magnate, banker ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Toxey Haas]] (born 1960), founder and CEO of [[Haas Outdoors, Inc.]] ([[West Point, Mississippi|West Point]])
* [[Robert L. Johnson]] (born 1946), founder of [[Black Entertainment Television]] ([[Hickory, Mississippi|Hickory]])
* [[Ken Lewis (executive)|Ken Lewis]] (born 1947), [[Bank of America Corporation|Bank of America]] executive ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Matteo Martinolich]] (1860–1934), master shipbuilder ([[DeLisle, Mississippi|DeLisle]])
* [[Walter E. Massey]] (born 1938), corporate executive ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Glenn McCullough]] (born 1954), chairman and CEO of GLM Associates, LLC ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Charles Moorman]] (born 1953), CEO of [[Norfolk Southern]] ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Clarence Otis Jr.]] (born 1956), CEO of [[Darden Restaurants]] ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Hartley Peavey]] (born 1941), founder of [[Peavey Electronics]] ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Pig Foot Mary]] (1870–1929), culinary entrepreneur ([[Mississippi Delta]])
* [[Robert Pittman (media executive)|Robert Pittman]] (born 1953), founder of [[MTV]], executive at [[AOL]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[J. H. Rush]] (1868–1931), founder of Rush's Infirmary ([[De Kalb, Mississippi|De Kalb]])
* [[Frederick W. Smith|Fred Smith]] (born 1944), founder of [[FedEx]] ([[Marks, Mississippi|Marks]])
* [[James Breckenridge Speed]] (1844–1912), industrial pioneer
* [[A. Maceo Walker|Antonio Maceo Walker]] (1909–1994), president, Universal Life Insurance Company ([[Indianola, Mississippi|Indianola]])
* [[Zig Ziglar]] (1926–2012), motivational speaker, author, salesman ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])

==Filmmakers==
* [[Charles Burnett (director)|Charles Burnett]] (born 1944), film director and producer ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Jamaa Fanaka]] (1942–2012), film director ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[John Fortenberry]], film and television director ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]] (born 1936), film producer, ''[[Die Hard]]'' ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])
* [[Jonathan Murray]] (born 1955), creator of the reality television genre ([[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])
* [[Patrik-Ian Polk]] (born 1973), film writer and director ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Bryan Spears]] (born 1977), film and television producer ([[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]])
* [[Tate Taylor]] (born 1969), film director of ''The Help'' and ''Get On Up'' ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Larry A. Thompson]] (born 1944), television and film producer ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])

==Jurists and lawyers==
* [[Rhesa Barksdale]] (born 1944), federal judge ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhesa H. Barksdale|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=98&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.]] (born 1935), U.S. district judge ([[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Neal Brooks Biggers Jr|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=168&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[William Joel Blass]] (1917–2012), attorney ([[Wiggins, Mississippi|Wiggins]]/[[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])<ref>{{cite web|title=William Joel Blass|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunherald/obituary.aspx?pid=160639660#fbLoggedOut|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Debra M. Brown]] (born 1963), U.S. district judge ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])
* [[Gerald Chatham]] (1906–1956), lawyer, lead prosecutor in the [[Emmett Till]] case ([[Hernando, Mississippi|Hernando]])
* [[Bobby DeLaughter]] (born 1954), prosecutor, judge ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby DeLaughter|url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/miss._judge_pleads_guilty_to_obstruction/|publisher=American Bar Association|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Jess H. Dickinson]] (born 1947), associate justice, Supreme Court of Mississippi ([[Charleston, Mississippi|Charleston]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Jess H. Dickinson|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/575/000168071/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Boyce Holleman]] (1924–2003), attorney ([[Wiggins, Mississippi|Wiggins]]/[[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Boyce Holleman|url=http://news.olemiss.edu/holleman/#.Uk2KdMaTjrM|publisher= University of Mississippi |access-date= October 3, 2013|date=2010-05-14}}</ref> 
* [[Perry Wilbon Howard II|Perry Wilbon Howard]] (1877–1961), assistant U.S. attorney general, Republican leader ([[Ebenezer, Mississippi|Ebenezer]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Perry Wilbon Howard|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-southern-history_1982-05_48_2/page/205|journal=The Journal of Southern History|volume=48|issue=2|pages=205–224|publisher=Southern Historical Association|jstor=2207107|last1=McMillen|first1=Neil R.|year=1982|doi=10.2307/2207107}}</ref> 
* [[Lucy Somerville Howorth]] (1895–1997), attorney, judge, state legislator ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[E. Grady Jolly]] (born 1937), judge of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ([[Louisville, Mississippi|Louisville]])<ref>{{cite web|title=E. Grady Jolly|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1191&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[W. Allen Pepper Jr.]] (1941–2012), U.S. district judge ([[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]])
* [[Charles W. Pickering]] (born 1937), U.S. district judge ([[Jones County, Mississippi|Jones County]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles W. Pickering|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1883&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Thomas Rodney]] (1744–1811), U.S. territorial judge ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Thomas Rodney|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000380|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Richard Scruggs|Richard "Dickie" Scruggs]] (born 1946), attorney ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Constance Slaughter-Harvey]] (born 1946), judge and attorney ([[Forest, Mississippi|Forest]])
* [[Michael B. Thornton]] (born 1954), judge, U.S. Tax Court ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael B. Thornton|url=http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/judges/thornton.htm|publisher=ustaxcourt.gov/|access-date=October 3, 2013|archive-date=October 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235737/http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/judges/thornton.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Michael Wallace (lawyer)|Michael Wallace]] (born 1951), lawyer ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Wallace|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/wallace.html|publisher=judicialnominees|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[James R. Williams (lawyer)|James R. Williams]] (1936–2020), lawyer, U.S. attorney ([[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]])

==Military figures==
* [[William Wirt Adams]] (1819–1888), brigadier general, CSA ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Van T. Barfoot]] (1919–2012), World War II colonel and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient ([[Leake County, Mississippi|Edinburg]])
* [[William Barksdale]] (1821–1863), brigadier general, CSA, died at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[William Billingsley (aviator)|William Billingsley]] (1887–1913), ensign, first Navy aviator killed in an airplane crash ([[Winona, Mississippi|Winona]])
* [[Alvin C. Cockrell]] (1918–1942), second lieutenant, USMC, killed in [[World War II]] ([[Hazelhurst, Mississippi|Hazelhurst]])
* [[Fox Conner]] (1874–1951), major general, U.S. Army, mentor to [[Dwight Eisenhower]] ([[Slate Springs, Mississippi|Slate Springs]])
* [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] (1821–1877), general, CSA ([[Hernando, Mississippi|Hernando]])
* [[Jeffery Hammond]] (born 1978), major general, U.S. Army ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Randolph M. Holder]] (1918–1942), USN lieutenant (junior grade) ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Felix Huston]] (1800–1857), general, Texas army ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Samuel Reeves Keesler]] (1896–1918), Army aviator ([[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]])
* [[Newton Knight|Newt Knight]] (1837–1922), Unionist leader ([[Jones County, Mississippi|Jones County]])
* [[Roy Joseph Marchand]] (1920–1942), World War II fireman first class ([[Clarke County, Mississippi|Crandall]])
* [[Henry Pinckney McCain]] (1861–1941), adjutant general, US Army ([[Carroll County, Mississippi|Carroll County]])
* [[John S. McCain Sr.]] (1884–1945), USN admiral ([[Teoc, Mississippi|Teoc]])
* [[Donald H. Peterson]] (1933–2018), USAF colonel and [[NASA]] astronaut ([[Winona, Mississippi|Winona]])
* [[Charles Read (naval officer)|Charles Read]] (1840–1890), naval officer ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Viola B. Sanders]] (1921–2013), USN captain, director of women, U.S. Navy ([[Sidon, Mississippi|Sidon]])
* [[Daniel Isom Sultan]] (1885–1947), inspector general, U.S. Army ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[James Monroe Trotter]] (1842–1892), first man of color to achieve rank of 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army, music historian ([[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])
* [[Richard H. Truly]] (born 1937), USN vice-admiral, astronaut, NASA administrator ([[Fayette, Mississippi|Fayette]])
* [[Louis H. Wilson Jr.]] (1920–2005), Commandant of the Marine Corps and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])

==Models/pageant winners==
* [[Jennifer Adcock]] (born 1980), [[Miss Mississippi]] 2002 and [[Miss Mississippi USA]] 2005 ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Kristi Addis]] (born 1971), [[Miss Teen USA]] 1987 ([[Holcomb, Mississippi|Holcomb]])
* [[Susan Akin]] (born 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and [[Miss America]] 1986 ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
*[[Asya Branch]] (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and [[Miss USA 2020]] ([[Booneville, Mississippi|Booneville]])
* [[Jenna Edwards]] (born 1981), former [[Miss Florida]] and [[Miss Florida USA]] ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[Ruth Ford (actress)|Ruth Ford]] (1911–2009), model ([[Hazlehurst, Mississippi|Hazlehurst]])
* [[Taryn Foshee]] (born 1985), Miss Mississippi 2006 ([[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]])
* [[Tess Holliday]] (born 1985), first plus-size model ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[Lauren Jones]] (born 1982), model, Barker's Beauty on ''The Price is Right'', shoe line namesake ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[June Juanico]] (born 1938), beauty queen known for dating [[Elvis Presley]] in 1955 and 1956 ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Nan Kelley]] (born c. 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and GAC's [[Top 20 Country Countdown]] hostess ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Kendra King]], Miss Mississippi USA 2006 ([[Monticello, Mississippi|Monticello]])
* [[Christine Kozlowski]] (born 1988), Miss Mississippi 2008 ([[D'Iberville, Mississippi|D'Iberville]])
* [[Leah Laviano]] (born 1988), Miss Mississippi USA 2008, and 1st runner up in [[Miss USA]] 2008 ([[Ellisville, Mississippi|Ellisville]])
* [[Monica Louwerens]] (born 1973), Miss Mississippi 1995 ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[John Epperson|Lypsinka]] (born 1955), drag performer and model ([[Hazlehurst, Mississippi|Hazlehurst]])
* [[Lynda Lee Mead]] (born 1939), Miss America 1960 ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Mary Ann Mobley]] (1939–2014), Miss America 1959 ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[Kimberly Morgan]] (born 1983), Miss Mississippi 2007 ([[Taylor, Mississippi|Taylor]])
* [[Jasmine Murray]] (born 1991), Miss Mississippi 2014, Season 8 finalist on ''[[American Idol]]'' ([[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]])
* [[Cheryl Prewitt]] (born 1957), Miss America 1980 ([[Ackerman, Mississippi|Ackerman]])
* [[Crystal Renn]] (born 1986), [[plus-size model]] and fashion model ([[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]])
* [[Hannah Roberts]] (born 1993), Miss University of Southern Mississippi 2015 ([[Mount Olive, Mississippi|Mount Olive]])
* [[Toni Seawright]] (born 1964), Miss Mississippi 1987; first African-American winner ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Naomi Sims]] (1948–2009), fashion model and author ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Ellen Stratton]] (born 1939), model and ''Playboy'' Playmate ([[Marietta, Mississippi|Marietta]])
* [[Amy Wesson]] (born 1977), [[fashion model]] ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Cindy Williams (journalist)|Cindy Williams]] (born 1964), journalist and Miss Mississippi USA 1986
* [[Jalin Wood]] (born 1981), Miss Mississippi 2004 and Miss Mississippi USA 2007 ([[Waynesboro, Mississippi|Waynesboro]])

==Musicians==
{{Main|List of musicians from Mississippi}}

==Physicians==
* [[Henry Cloud]] (born 1956), clinical psychologist ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Thomas F. Frist Sr.]] (1910–1998), cardiologist, founder of [[Hospital Corporation of America]] ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Arthur Guyton]] (1919–2003), physiologist, author of ''Textbook of Medical Physiology'' ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[James Hardy (surgeon)|James Hardy]] (1918–2003), surgeon who performed the first successful cadaveric lung transplant ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite news | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/obituaries/21HARD.html | title = James Hardy, Surgeon Who Paved Way for Transplants, Dies at 84 | access-date = June 20, 2009 | work= [[The New York Times]] | date= February 21, 2003}}</ref>
* [[T. R. M. Howard]] (1908–1976), surgeon and activist ([[Mound Bayou, Mississippi|Mound Bayou]])
* [[Edgar Hull]] (1904–1984), co-founder of [[Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans]] and [[Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport]] ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Thomas Naum James]] (1925–2010), cardiologist ([[Amory, Mississippi|Amory]])

==Politicians==
{{See also|List of Governors of Mississippi|List of United States Senators from Mississippi|List of United States Representatives from Mississippi|List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi|List of mayors of Meridian, Mississippi}}
* [[Thomas Abernethy (politician)|Thomas Abernethy]] (1903–1998), U.S. representative ([[Eupora, Mississippi|Eupora]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Thomas Abernethy|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000016|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Robert H. Adams]] (1792–1830), U.S. senator ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Robert H. Adams|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000043|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[James L. Alcorn]] (1816–1894), governor, U.S. senator ([[Friars Point, Mississippi|Friars Point]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=James L. Alcorn|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000079|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[William Allain]] (1928–2013), governor ([[Washington, Mississippi|Washington]])<ref>{{cite web|title=William Allain|url=http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/265/index.php?s=extra&id=156|publisher=Mississippi Historical Society|access-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000945/http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/265/index.php?s=extra&id=156|archive-date=October 5, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* [[John Mills Allen]] (1846–1917), U.S. representative ([[Tishomingo County, Mississippi|Tishomingo County]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=John Mills Allen|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000134|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Apuckshunubbee]] (c. 1740–1824), [[Choctaw]] chief{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
* [[Haley Barbour]] (born 1947), governor ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Haley Barbour|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/40151/haley-barbour#.Uk3PQ8aTjrM|publisher=MProject Vote Smart|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Ethelbert Barksdale]] (1824–1893), U.S. representative, Confederate congressman ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Ethelbert Barksdale|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000146|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[William Barksdale]] (1821–1863), U.S. congressman ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=William Barksdale|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000147|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Ross Barnett]] (1898–1987), governor ([[Standing Pine, Mississippi|Standing Pine]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Ross Barnett|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/07/obituaries/ross-barnett-segregationist-dies-governor-of-mississippi-in-1960-s.html| work = [[The New York Times]]|access-date= October 3, 2013|date= November 7, 1987}}</ref> 
* [[Cheri Barry]] (born c. 1955), mayor ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]]){{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
* [[Marion Barry]] (1936–2014), Washington, D.C. mayor ([[Itta Bena, Mississippi|Itta Bena]])
* [[Theodore G. Bilbo]] (1877–1947), governor and U.S. senator ([[Poplarville, Mississippi|Poplarville]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Theodore G. Bilbo|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000460|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Marsha Blackburn]] (born 1952), U.S. representative from Tennessee ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])<ref>{{cite dictionary|title=Marsha Blackburn|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b001243|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Hale Boggs]] (1914–1972), U.S. representative from Louisiana, House majority leader ([[Long Beach, Mississippi|Long Beach]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Hale Boggs|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/543/000056375/|publisher=Notable Names Data Base|access-date= October 3, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Mary Booze]] (1877–1948), first African-American woman to sit on the [[Republican National Committee]] ([[Mound Bayou, Mississippi|Mound Bayou]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.applet-magic.com/bilbo.htm|title=Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi|publisher=[[San Jose State University]]|access-date=July 28, 2015|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703135554/http://www.applet-magic.com/bilbo.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[David R. Bowen]] (born 1932), U.S. representative ([[Houston, Mississippi|Houston]])
* [[Walker Brooke]] (1813–1869), U.S. senator ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Blanche Bruce]] (1841–1898), U.S. senator
* [[Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.]] (1862–1944), U.S. representative ([[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]])
* [[Joseph W. Chalmers]] (1806–1853), U.S. senator ([[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]])
* [[Travis Childers|Travis W. Childers]] (born 1958), U.S. representative ([[Booneville, Mississippi|Booneville]])
* [[John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne|John Claiborne]] (1809–1884), U.S. representative ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Bryant Clark]] (born 1975), state representative, son of [[Robert G. Clark Jr.]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Robert G. Clark Jr.]] (born 1928), state representative, speaker pro tempore ([[Ebenezer, Mississippi|Ebenezer]])
* [[Thad Cochran]] (1937–2019), U.S. senator ([[Pontotoc, Mississippi|Pontotoc]])
* [[James P. Coleman]] (1914–1991), governor ([[Ackerman, Mississippi|Ackerman]])
* [[Jacqueline Y. Collins]] (born 1949), Illinois state senator ([[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]])
* [[Ross A. Collins]] (1880–1968), U.S. representative ([[Collinsville, Mississippi|Collinsville]])
* [[William M. Colmer]] (1890–1980), U.S. representative ([[Moss Point, Mississippi|Moss Point]])
* [[Greg Davis (Mississippi politician)|Greg Davis]] (born 1966), mayor ([[Southaven, Mississippi|Southaven]])
* [[Jefferson Davis]] (1808–1889), U.S. senator and [[President of the Confederate States of America|president of the Confederate States]] ([[Warren County, Mississippi|Warren County]])
* [[Wayne Dowdy]] (born 1943), chairman of the [[Mississippi Democratic Party]] ([[Magnolia, Mississippi|Magnolia]])
* [[Brad Dye]] (1933–2018), lieutenant governor ([[Charleston, Mississippi|Charleston]])
* [[James Eastland]] (1904–1986), U.S. senator ([[Sunflower, Mississippi|Sunflower]])
* [[Ronnie Edwards (politician)|Ronnie Edwards]] (1952–2016), Louisiana state representative ([[Woodville, Mississippi|Woodville]])
* [[Mike Espy]] (born 1953), U.S. secretary of agriculture ([[Yazoo City, Mississippi|Yazoo City]])
* [[Robert C. Farrell]] (born 1936), Los Angeles city councilman ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Erik R. Fleming]] (born 1965), state representative ([[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]])
* [[Mary E. Flowers]] (born 1951), Illinois state representative ([[Inverness, Mississippi|Inverness]])
* [[Tim Ford (politician)|Tim Ford]] (1951–2015), speaker of [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Kirk Fordice]] (1934–2004), governor ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Webb Franklin]] (born 1941), U.S. representative ([[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]])
* [[Evelyn Gandy]] (1920–2007), lieutenant governor ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]]
* [[James Z. George]] (1826–1897), U.S. senator ([[Carrollton, Mississippi|Carrollton]])
* [[Charles H. Griffin]] (1926–1989), U.S. representative ([[Utica, Mississippi|Utica]])
* [[Gregg Harper]] (born 1956), U.S. representative ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Pat Harrison]] (1881–1941), U.S. representative ([[Crystal Springs, Mississippi|Crystal Springs]])
* [[Patrick Henry (U.S. Congressman)|Patrick Henry]] (1843–1930), U.S. representative ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[Thomas C. Hindman]] (1828–1868), U.S. representative from Arkansas ([[Ripley, Mississippi|Ripley]])
* [[Jon Hinson]] (1942–1995), U.S. representative ([[Tylertown, Mississippi|Tylertown]])
* [[David Holmes (politician)|David Holmes]] (1769–1832), first [[Governor of Mississippi]]
* [[Jim Hood]] (born 1962), Attorney General of Mississippi ([[New Houlka, Mississippi|New Houlka]])
* [[Delbert Hosemann]] (born 1947), Mississippi secretary of state ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Benjamin G. Humphreys]] (1808–1882), governor ([[Claiborne County, Mississippi|Claiborne County]])
* [[Benjamin G. Humphreys II]] (1865–1923), U.S. representative ([[Claiborne County, Mississippi|Claiborne County]])
* [[William Y. Humphreys]] (1890–1933), U.S. representative ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Paul B. Johnson Jr.]] (1916–1985), governor ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Paul B. Johnson Sr.]] (1880–1943), judge/governor ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Pete Johnson (Mississippi politician)|Pete Johnson]] (born 1948), state auditor, co-chair of [[Delta Regional Authority]] ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])
* [[Daryl Jones (politician)|Daryl Jones]] (born 1955), Florida legislator, attorney ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Penne Percy Korth]] (born 1942), diplomat ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]]
* [[Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II|L. Q. C. Lamar]] (1825–1893), U.S. senator and supreme court justice ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Greenwood LeFlore]] (1800–1865), [[Choctaw]] chief, state senator
* [[Mamie Locke]] (born 1954), Virginia state senator ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[Trent Lott]] (born 1941), U.S. senator ([[Grenada, Mississippi|Grenada]])
* [[Chokwe Lumumba]] (1947–2014), activist, attorney, mayor of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]]
* [[John R. Lynch]] (1847–1939), first African-American speaker of the Mississippi House, U.S. representative ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Ray Mabus]] (born 1948), governor and [[Secretary of the Navy]] ([[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]])
* [[Lewis McAllister]] (born 1932), state representative ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Glenn McCullough]] (born 1954), mayor of Tupelo ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Chris McDaniel]] (born 1971), state senator ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[Anselm J. McLaurin]] (1848–1909), governor ([[Brandon, Mississippi|Brandon]])
* [[Hernando Money]] (1839–1912), U.S. senator ([[Carrollton, Mississippi|Carrollton]])
* [[Frank A. Montgomery]] (1830–1903), state representative and circuit judge ([[Adams County, Mississippi|Adams County]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Montgomery |first=Frank A. |author-link=Frank A. Montgomery |date=1901 |title=Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War |url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofm00mont |location=Cincinnati |publisher=The Robert Clarke Company Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofm00mont/page/136 136]–139 |lccn=01023742 |oclc=1470413 |ol=6909271M |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
* [[Isaiah Montgomery]] (1847–1924), founder, mayor of ([[Mound Bayou, Mississippi]])
* [[Gillespie V. Montgomery|Sonny Montgomery]] (1920–2006), U.S. representative ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Mike Moore (Mississippi politician)|Mike Moore]] (born 1952), Mississippi attorney general ([[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]])
* [[Stanford Morse]] (1926–2002), state senator ([[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Challenging the Status Quo: Rubel Lex Phillips and the Mississippi Republican Party (1963–1967)", ''The Journal of Mississippi History'' XLVII, November 1985, No. 4, pp. 240–264.</ref>
* [[Henry L. Muldrow]] (1837–1905), U.S. representative and First Assistant Secretary of the Interior ([[Lowndes County, Mississippi|Lowndes County]])<ref>*{{CongBio|M001068}}</ref> 
* [[Ronnie Musgrove]] (born 1956), governor ([[Tocowa, Mississippi|Tocowa]])
* [[David Myers (Mississippi politician)|David Myers]] (born 1961), politician, state representative ([[Magee, Mississippi|Magee]])
* [[Spencer Myrick]] (1918–1991), Louisiana legislator ([[Simpson County, Mississippi|Simpson County]])
* [[Edmond F. Noel]] (1856–1927), governor ([[Lexington, Mississippi|Lexington]])
* [[Joe Nosef]] (born 1969), attorney, chairman of [[Mississippi Republican Party]] ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])
* [[Alan Nunnelee]] (1958–2015), state senator ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Rod Paige]] (born 1933), U.S. secretary of education ([[Monticello, Mississippi|Monticello]])
* [[Rubel Phillips]] (1925–2011), gubernatorial candidate [[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=rubel-phillips&pid=152099370 |title=Rubel Phillips Obituary: View Rubel Phillips's Obituary by Clarion Ledger |publisher=Legacy.com |access-date= December 19, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Chip Pickering]] (born 1963), U.S. representative ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[Stacey Pickering]] (born 1968), state auditor ([[Laurel, Mississippi|Laurel]])
* [[John E. Rankin]] (1882–1960), U.S. representative ([[Itawamba County, Mississippi|Itawamba County]])
* [[Red Shoes (Choctaw chief)|Red Shoes]] (died 1747), assassinated Choctaw leader
* [[Clarke Reed]] (born 1928), state Republican chairman ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Jack Reed (Mississippi)|Jack Reed]] (1924–2016), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1987
* [[Bill Renick]] (born 1954), mayor, governor's chief of staff ([[Ashland, Mississippi|Ashland]])
* [[Hiram Rhodes Revels]] (1827–1901), first African-American U.S. senator ([[Claiborne County, Mississippi|Claiborne County]])
* [[Carol Schwartz]] (born 1944), [[Council of the District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] politician ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Abram M. Scott]] (1785–1833), governor ([[Wilkinson County, Mississippi|Wilkinson County]])
* [[Ronnie Shows]] (born 1947), U.S. representative ([[Moselle, Mississippi|Moselle]])
* [[Jim Singleton]] (born 1931), New Orleans councilman ([[Hazlehurst, Mississippi|Hazlehurst]])
* [[Larkin I. Smith]] (1944–1989), U.S. representative ([[Poplarville, Mississippi|Poplarville]])
* [[Larry Speakes]] (1939–2014), presidential spokesman ([[Cleveland, Mississippi|Cleveland]])
* [[James J. Spelman]] (1841–1894), journalist, state representative ([[Madison County, Mississippi|Madison County]])
* [[John C. Stennis]] (1901–1995), U.S. senator ([[De Kalb, Mississippi|De Kalb]])
* [[William H. "Bill" Stone|Bill Stone]] (born 1965), state senator ([[Ashland, Mississippi|Ashland]])
* [[Tom Stuart (Mississippi politician)|Tom Stuart]] (1936–2001), [[List of mayors of Meridian, Mississippi|mayor of Meridian]] 
* [[William V. Sullivan]] (1857–1918), U.S. representative and senator ([[Winona, Mississippi|Winona]])
* [[Gene Taylor (Mississippi)|Gene Taylor]] (born 1953), U.S. representative ([[Bay St. Louis, Mississippi|Bay St. Louis]])
* [[Bennie Thompson]] (born 1948), U.S. representative ([[Bolton, Mississippi|Bolton]])
* [[Jacob Thompson]] (1810–1885), U.S. representative, secretary of the interior ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[W. H. H. Tison]] (1822–1882), 39th speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives ([[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee County]]) 
* [[Amy Tuck]] (born 1963), lieutenant governor ([[Maben, Mississippi|Maben]])
* [[James K. Vardaman]] (1861–1930), governor, U.S. senator ([[Yalobusha County, Mississippi|Yalobusha County]])
* [[Joseph Warren (Mississippi politician)|Joseph Warren]] (born 1952), politician, state representative ([[Magee, Mississippi|Magee]])
* [[Jamie L. Whitten]] (1910–1995), U.S. representative ([[Tallahatchie County, Mississippi|Cascilla]])
* [[Roger Wicker]] (born 1951), U.S. senator ([[Pontotoc, Mississippi|Pontotoc]])
* [[Thomas Hickman Williams]] (1801–1851), U.S. senator ([[Pontotoc County, Mississippi|Pontotoc County]])
* [[Norris C. Williamson]] (1874–1949), Louisiana state senator ([[Benton County, Mississippi|Benton County]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880–2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|access-date=July 15, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404072507/http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[William Arthur Winstead]] (1904–1995), U.S. representative ([[Philadelphia, Mississippi|Philadelphia]])
* [[William Winter (politician)|William Winter]] (1923–2020), governor ([[Grenada, Mississippi|Grenada]])
* [[Seelig Wise]] (1913–2004), planter, state senator ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressregister.com/article_b087cf45-a5b0-5c9e-b798-4dd9cf620d9f.html|title=Seelig Bartel "Bushie" Wise, September 7, 2004|newspaper=[[Clarksdale Press Register]]|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904021739/http://www.pressregister.com/article_b087cf45-a5b0-5c9e-b798-4dd9cf620d9f.html|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Fielding L. Wright]] (1895–1956), governor ([[Rolling Fork, Mississippi|Rolling Fork]])

==Scientists and inventors==
* [[Earl W. Bascom]] (1906–1995), inventor of rodeo equipment ([[Columbia, Mississippi|Columbia]])
* [[Pine-Sol|Harry A. Cole]], inventor of [[Pine-Sol]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[James A. Ford]] (1911–1968), archaeologist ([[Water Valley, Mississippi|Water Valley]])
* [[Fred Haise]] (born 1933), engineer, [[astronaut]] ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Elizabeth Lee Hazen]] (1885–1975), microbiologist, developer of [[nystatin]] ([[Coahoma County, Mississippi|Rich]])
* [[Martin F. Jue]], amateur radio inventor, entrepreneur ([[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]])<ref name="BCoE Fellow">{{cite web|title=Nine named BCoE Distinguished Alumni Fellows|url=http://www.bagley.msstate.edu/news/nine-named-bcoe-distinguished-alumni-fellows/|publisher=Mississippi State University|access-date=19 May 2016|date=31 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Ben Montgomery]] (1819–1877), freedman, farmer, inventor ([[Davis Island (Mississippi)|Davis Bend]])
* [[Joseph Newman (inventor)|Joseph Newman]], inventor of the Newman motor ([[Lucedale, Mississippi|Lucedale]])
* [[Chester H. Pond]] (1844–1912), inventor of the electrical self-winding clock
* [[Henry Sampson (inventor)|Henry Sampson]] (1934–2020), inventor ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Roy A. Tucker]] (born 1951), astronomer ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])

==Supercentenarians==
* [[Moses Hardy]] (1894–2006), lived 112 years and 335 days ([[Aberdeen, Mississippi|Aberdeen]])
* [[Bettie Wilson]] (1890–2006), lived 119 years and 153 days

==Writers==
* [[William Allegrezza]] (born 1974), poet ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Ace Atkins]] (born 1970), novelist ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Howard Bahr]] (born 1946), novelist ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Frederick Barthelme]] (born 1943), novelist and professor ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Earl W. Bascom]] (1906–1995), artist and writer ([[Columbia, Mississippi|Columbia]])
* [[Lerone Bennett Jr.]] (1928–2018), editor of ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazine ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])
* [[Douglas A. Blackmon]] (born 1964), journalist and historian ([[Leland, Mississippi|Leland]])
* [[Maxwell Bodenheim]] (1892–1954), poet and novelist ([[Hermanville, Mississippi|Hermanville]])
* [[Margaret Hunt Brisbane]] (1858–1925), poet ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Larry Brown (author)|Larry Brown]] (1951–2004), novelist ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[Jack Butler (author)|Jack Butler]] (born 1944), author ([[Alligator, Mississippi|Alligator]])
* [[Mary Cain (editor)|Mary Cain]] (1904–1984), journalist ([[Pike County, Mississippi|Pike County]])
* [[Hodding Carter|Hodding Carter II]] (1907–1972), journalist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Hodding Carter III]] (born 1935), journalist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Craig Claiborne]] (1920–2000), food writer ([[Sunflower, Mississippi|Sunflower]])
* [[Carl Corley]] (1919–2016), author ([[Florence, Mississippi|Florence]])
* [[Hubert Creekmore]] (1907–1966), poet, author ([[Water Valley, Mississippi|Water Valley]])
* [[Mart Crowley]] (1935–2020), playwright ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[Borden Deal]] (1922–1985), novelist and short story writer ([[Pontotoc, Mississippi|Pontotoc]])
* [[Ben Domenech]] (born 1981), conservative writer and blogger ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[David Herbert Donald]] (1920–2009), historian ([[Goodman, Mississippi|Goodman]])
* [[Ellen Douglas]] (Josephine Haxton) (1921–2012), novelist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/ellen-douglas.html | title = Ellen Douglas, Mississippi author | access-date = June 20, 2009 | archive-date = October 10, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010042926/http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/ellen-douglas.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Eliza Ann Dupuy]] (c. 1814 – 1880), first woman of Mississippi to earn her living as a writer
* [[John T. Edge]] (born 1962), food writer ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])
* [[W. Ralph Eubanks]] (born 1957), author, journalist ([[Mount Olive, Mississippi|Mount Olive]])
* [[Woody Evans]] (born 1971?), technology journalist and short story writer ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[John Faulkner (author)|John Faulkner]] (1901–1963), plain-style writer ([[Ripley, Mississippi|Ripley]])
* [[William Faulkner]] (1897–1962), Nobel laureate ([[New Albany, Mississippi|New Albany]])
* [[William Clark Falkner]] (1825–1889), businessman, author ([[Ripley, Mississippi|Ripley]])
* [[Vic Fleming]] (born 1951), puzzle writer ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Shelby Foote]] (1916–2005), historian and novelist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Charles Henri Ford]] (1913–2002), poet, novelist, editor ([[Brookhaven, Mississippi|Brookhaven]])
* [[Richard Ford]] (born 1944), [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novelist and short story writer ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Lynn Franklin (writer, born 1922)|Lynn Franklin]] (1922–2005), author, police detective
* [[Tom Franklin (author)|Tom Franklin]] (born 1963), author ([[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/tom-franklin.html | title = Tom Franklin, Mississippi writer | access-date = June 12, 2012 | archive-date = July 14, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120714050203/http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/tom-franklin.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Ellen Gilchrist]] (born 1935), novelist, poet, short story writer ([[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]])
* [[John Grisham]] (born 1955), [[legal thriller]]s novelist ([[Southaven, Mississippi|Southaven]])
* [[Barry Hannah]] (1942–2010), novelist and short story writer ([[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]])
* [[Charlaine Harris]] (born 1951), mystery author ([[Tunica, Mississippi|Tunica]])
* [[Thomas Harris]] (born 1940), author, screenwriter ([[Coahoma County, Mississippi|Rich]])
* [[Beth Henley]] (born 1952), playwright and screenwriter ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[M. Carl Holman]] (1919–1988), author, poet, playwright ([[Minter City, Mississippi|Minter City]])
* [[Alan Huffman]], author, journalist ([[Bolton, Mississippi|Bolton]])
* [[Sarah Gibson Humphreys]] (1830–1907), author, suffragist ([[Warren County, Mississippi|Warren County]])
* [[Greg Iles]] (born 1960), novelist ([[Natchez, Mississippi|Natchez]])
* [[Germany Kent]] (born 1975), author, journalist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Gregory Keyes|Greg Keyes]] (born 1963), science fiction and fantasy writer ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Kiese Laymon]] (born 1974), novelist, memoirist ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Muna Lee (writer)|Muna Lee]] (1895–1965), author and poet ([[Raymond, Mississippi|Raymond]])
* [[Clinton LeSueur]] (born 1969), journalist, congressional candidate ([[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]])
* [[Sam Chu Lin]] (1939–2006), journalist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Della Campbell MacLeod]] (ca. 1884 – ?), author, journalist ([[Greenwood, Mississippi |Greenwood]])
* [[Anne Moody]] (1940–2015), author, activist ([[Centreville, Mississippi|Centreville]])
* [[Willie Morris]] (1934–1999), author, editor ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Jess Mowry]] (born 1960), writer of books and stories for children and young adults ([[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]])
* [[Thomas Naylor]] (1936–2012), author and economist ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Lewis Nordan]] (1939–2012), fiction author ([[Itta Bena, Mississippi|Itta Bena]])
* [[Steven Ozment]] (1939–2019), historian ([[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]])
* [[Walker Percy]] (1916–1990), author ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[William Alexander Percy]] (1885–1942), author ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Thomas Hal Phillips]] (1922–2007), author, film actor ([[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]])
* [[Robert M. Price]] (born 1954), theologian, writer ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[William Raspberry]] (1935–2012), public affairs columnist ([[Okolona, Mississippi|Okolona]])
* [[Kevin Sessums]] (born 1956), magazine editor ([[Forest, Mississippi|Forest]])
* [[Donald C. Simmons Jr.]] (born 1963), author and filmmaker ([[Eupora, Mississippi|Eupora]])
* [[Roscoe Simmons]] (1881–1951), journalist, activist ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]]?)
* [[Patrick D. Smith]] (1927–2014), novelist ([[Mendenhall, Mississippi|Mendenhall]])
* [[Robert Bruce Smith IV]] (1945–2014), author, local historian ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nems360.com/view/full_story/3595270/article-LOCAL-FOLKS--Tupelo-man-combines-his-love-for-music--history?.html | title = Robert Bruce Smith Profile | access-date = September 29, 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120904172513/http://www.nems360.com/view/full_story/3595270/article-LOCAL-FOLKS--Tupelo-man-combines-his-love-for-music--history?.html | archive-date = September 4, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>''Madness and The Mississippi Bonds: A Tale of Old Woodville and the life history of the Planters Bank of Mississippi'' by Robert Bruce Smith, published by the Woodville Civic Club, 2004</ref>
* [[Lynne Spears]] (born 1955), author ([[Magnolia, Mississippi|Magnolia]])
* [[Elizabeth Spencer (writer)|Elizabeth Spencer]] (1921–2019), novelist ([[Carrollton, Mississippi|Carrollton]])
* [[Stuart Stevens]], author, political consultant ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[William N. Still Jr.]] (born 1932), maritime historian ([[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]])
* [[Kathryn Stockett]] (born 1969), novelist ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Kate Stone]] (1841–1907), diarist (Mississippi Springs, [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds County]])
* [[Donna Tartt]] (born 1963), novelist ([[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]])
* [[Clifton Taulbert]] (born 1945), author and speaker ([[Glen Allan, Mississippi|Glen Allan]])
* [[Mildred D. Taylor|Mildred Taylor]] (born 1943), author ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Wright Thompson]] (born 1976), sports writer ([[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]])
* [[Natasha Trethewey]] (born 1966), 2007 Pulitzer Prize poet ([[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]])
* [[Jamie Langston Turner]] (born 1949), Christian novelist
* [[Irving Vendig]] (1902–1995), television writer ([[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]])
* [[Brenda Venus]] (born 1947), author ([[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]])
* [[Howard Waldrop]] (born 1946), science fiction author ([[Houston, Mississippi|Houston]])
* [[Rosa Kershaw Walker]] (1840–1909), writer, journalist, newspaper editor (Mississippi)
* [[Jesmyn Ward]] (born 1977), novelist ([[DeLisle, Mississippi|DeLisle]])
* [[Peggy Webb]] (born 1942), romance novel author ([[Lee County, Mississippi|Mooreville]])
* [[Eudora Welty]] (1909–2001), novelist, short story writer ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Curtis Wilkie]] (born 1940), journalist, historian ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Paige Williams (author)|Paige Williams]] (born 1969), journalist, author ([[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]])
* [[Tennessee Williams]] (1911–1983), playwright ([[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]])
* [[Amos N. Wilson]] (1941–1995), psychologist, author ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Nathaniel Wright]] (1908–1960) ([[Roxie, Mississippi|Roxie]])
* [[Al Young]] (1939–2021), poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter ([[Ocean Springs, Mississippi|Ocean Springs]])
* [[Stark Young]] (1881–1963), playwright, novelist, literary critic, essayist ([[Como, Mississippi|Como]])

==Other people==
* [[Arthur Blessitt]] (born 1940), preacher ([[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]])
* [[Miriam Chamani]] (born 1943), Mambo priestess, co-founder of [[New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[James Copeland (outlaw)|James Copeland]] (1823–1857), outlaw and co-leader of Wages and Copeland Clan ([[Jackson County, Mississippi|Jackson County]])
* [[Cat Cora]] (born 1967), first female [[Iron Chef America]] in franchise history ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
* [[Margaret Ferguson (political scientist)|Margaret Ferguson]] (born 1968), political scientist ([[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]])
* [[Jeff Fort]] (born 1947), leader of [[Black P. Stones]] Nation ([[Aberdeen, Mississippi|Aberdeen]])
* [[Larry Hoover]] (born 1950), leader of [[Gangster Disciples|Gangster Disciple Nation]] ([[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]])
*  [[Abby Howard]], internet cartoonist
* [[Leslie Hubricht]] (1908–2005), biologist and malacologist ([[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]])
* [[Mary Comfort Leonard]] (1856–1940), founder of [[Delta Gamma]] fraternity ([[Kosciusko, Mississippi|Kosciusko]])
* [[Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (born 1952), boxer ([[Amory, Mississippi|Amory]])
* [[L. H. Musgrove]] (1832–1868), [[outlaw]] hanged by [[vigilante]] committee in [[Denver, Colorado]] ([[Panola County, Mississippi|Panola County]])
* [[Haller Nutt]] (1816–1864), planter, builder of [[Longwood (Natchez, Mississippi)|Longwood]] ([[Jefferson County, Mississippi|Jefferson County]])
* [[Richard Ragan]] (born 1964), White House official, UN diplomat ([[Cleveland, Mississippi|Cleveland]])<ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Neil|title=Mississippians|year=2010|publisher=Nautilus Publishing Company MS|isbn=978-0-9774562-7-7|page=196|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mississippians-neil-white-3rd/1100118355}}</ref>
* [[Scott sisters|The Scott Sisters]], convicted of murder in controversial case that drew national attention
* [[Lenny Skutnik]] (born 1953), celebrity rescuer of 1982 disaster victim
* [[Toby Turner]] (born 1985), YouTube star ([[Osborn, Mississippi|Osborn]])

==References==
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