Social Reformers:
J. Charles Evers, Decatur - Civil Rights
Medgar Evers, Decatur - Civil Rights
Myrlie Beasley Evers-Williams, Vicksburg - Civil Rights
Maybellene Efram - Hazlehurst - Judge "Divorce Court"
Sports: To find out more go to this website:
Mississippi
Sports Hall of Fame
Walter Lanier "Red" Barber, Columbus - Sports Writer/Broadcaster
Brett Lorenzo Favre, Kiln - Football
Elisha Archibald "Archie" Manning, Drew - Football
Steve "Air" McNair, Mount Olive - Football
Walter Payton, Columbia - Football
Jerry Rice, Crawford - Football
Performers: To find out more, go to this website:
Mississippi
Actors
Dana Andrews - actor
Jerry Clower, Yazoo City - Comedian/Writer
Morgan Freeman - actor
Jim Henson - creator of the Muppets
James Earl Jones - actor
Dianne Ladd - actor
Gerald McRaney - actor
Mary Ann Mobley-Collins - actor/Miss America
Bob Pittman - founder of MTV
Eric Roberts - actor
Ray Walston - actor
Sela Ward - actor
Oprah Winfrey - actor/talkshow host
Musicians/Singers: To find out more, go to this
website:
Mississippi Musicians, Singers and Songwriters
Lance Bass, Clinton - Singer/Songwriter/NSYNC
Jimmy Buffett, Pascagoula - Singer/Songwriter/Author
Moe Bandy, Meridian - Singer
Bo Diddley (Otha Ellas BatesMcDaniels), McComb - Singer/Songwriter
Brandy (Norwood), McComb - Singer/Actor
Pete Fountain
Mickey Gilley
W. C. Handy
Faith Hill, Star
Lehman Engel
Robert Johnson
B.B. King
Dorothy Moore
Elvis Presley
Leontyne Price
Charley Pride
LeAnn Rimes
Jimmie Rodgers
Marty Stuart
Ike Turner
Conway Twitty
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Tammy Wynette
The Arts: To find out more, go to this website:
Mississippi
Writers and Artists
Stephen Ambrose - Bay St. Louis - Writer
Margaret Walker Alexander, Jackson - Poet/Novelist
Walter Anderson, Ocean Springs - Artist
John Armistead, Tupelo - Writer
William Alexander Attaway, Greenville - Writer
James Autry, Hickory Flat/Ashland - Writer
Lucille Baker, Louisville - Artist
Angela Ball, Hattiesburg - Writer
Richard Barthe, Bay St. Louis - Artist
Navada Barr, Clinton - Author
Fredrick Barthelme, Hattiesburg - Writer
Willie Barton, Union - Artist
Jack Bass, Oxford - Writer
Blanche Batson, Pike County - Artist
Charles Bell, Greenville - Writer
Leon Bennett, Clarksdale - Writer
Charles Berry, Sr., Pearl - Artist
Dusti Bonge, Biloxi - Artist
Richard Booth, Water Valley - Artist
Larry Brown, Oxford - Writer
Bill Buchanan, Meridian - Writer
Jack Butler, Alligator - Writer
Paul Campbell, Edwards - Artist/Photographer
Will D. Campbell, Liberty - Writer
Hodding Carter, II, Greenville - Writer
Elliott Chaze, Hattiesburg - Writer
Mark Childress, Clinton - Writer
Kate Freeman Clark, Holly Springs - Artist
Jefferson "Jeff" Davis - Writer/Producer/Director
Borden Deal, Pontotoc - Writer
Louisa Dixon, Jackson - Writer
G. Ruger Donoho, Church Hill - Artist
Ellen Douglas, (Josephine Haxson), Natchez - Writer
William Dunlap, Tupelo - Artist
John Faulkner, Ripley - Writer (William Faulkner's brother)
William Clark Falkner, Ripley - Writer (William Faulkner's great-grandfather)
William Faulkner, New Albany/Oxford - Prize-winning Novelist
Shelby Foote, Greenville - Novelist, Historian
Richard Ford, Jackson - Writer
Ellen Gilchrist, Vicksburg - Novelist
John Grisham, Oxford - Best-selling Author (A Time To Kill, The Summons)
Theora Hamblett, Oxford - Primitive Painter
Barry Hannah, Clinton - Writer
Phill Hardwick, Jackson - Writer
Thomas Harris, Rich - Writer (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon)
Beth Henley, Jackson - Playwright
Greg Iles, Natchez - Best-selling Author
Willie Morris, Yazoo City - Journalist/Writer/Editor
Walker Percy, Greenville - Author
William Raspberry, Okolona - Columnist
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Holly Springs - Writer
Eudora Welty, Jackson - Prize-winning Author
Tennessee Williams, Columbus - Prize-winning Author/Playwright
Richard Wright, Natchez - Novelist/Poet
James Street, Lumberton - Novelist
Zig Zigler, Yazoo City - Motivational Speaker/Writer
Astronauts:
Fred Haise, Biloxi
Ronald E. McNair
Donald Peterson
Richard Truly
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