Famous MississippeansSocial Reformers: J. Charles Evers, Decatur - Civil Rights Sports: To find out more go to this
website: 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 Peyton, 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 (Norton), McComb - Singer/Actor Pete Fountain Mickey Gilley W. C. Handy Faith Hill 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
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
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 |
