List of Mississippians

Actors/Actresses

• Jim Henson
• James Earl Jones
• Gerald McRaney
• Eric Roberts
• Sela Ward
• Oprah Winfrey

Athletes

• Dennis Boyd
• Brett Favre
• Archie Manning
• Walter Payton
• Jerry Rice

Authors/Writers

• Larry Browne
• Hodding Carter
• William Faulkner
• Shelby Foote
• John Grisham
• Willie Morris
• Eudora Welty
• Tennessee Williams
• Richard Wright
• Stark Young

Entrepreneurs/Business Leaders

• Jim Barksdale (former CEO Netscape Communications Corporation)
• Harry A. Cole (inventor of Pine-Sol)
• Hartley Peavey (founder Peavey Electronics)
• Robert Pittman (founder MTV, former CEO and COO AOL)

Civil Rights Leaders

• Medgar Evers
• James Meredith

Military Figures

• Charles Read

Musicians

• Steve Azar
• Glen Ballard
• Lance Bass
• Jimmy Buffett
• Bo Diddley
• Faith Hill
• John Lee Hooker
• Robert Johnson
• B.B. King
• Brandy Norwood
• Elvis Presley
• Leontyne Price
• Leanne Rimes
• Ike Turner
• Conway Twitty
• Muddy Waters
• Howlin' Wolf
• Tammy Wynette

Politicians

• Marion Barry
• Theodore Bilbo
• Thad Cochran
• James Eastland
• Pat Harrison
• Trent Lott
• Charles Pickering
• Hiram Revels
• John Stennis
• James Vardaman