article: List of people from Mississippi
links: Carrollton, Mississippi Collins, Mississippi Inverness, Mississippi Eudora Welty Florence, Mississippi Greenville, Mississippi Elvis Presley Indianola, Mississippi John Dye McComb, Mississippi Columbus, Mississippi Waynesboro, Mississippi Ellisville, Mississippi Brandon, Mississippi Taylor, Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi Samford University Purvis, Mississippi Clarke County, Mississippi New Orleans, Louisiana Ray Walston Charles Evers Ripley, Mississippi Benton County, Mississippi Dana Andrews Shelby, Mississippi Grenada, Mississippi Brookhaven, Mississippi Shaw, Mississippi Moss Point, Mississippi Senatobia, Mississippi Okolona, Mississippi Hale Boggs David R. Bowen Covington County, Mississippi Miss USA Ackerman, Mississippi Denver, Colorado Morgan Freeman Robert Earl Jones Taylor Spreitler William Clark Falkner Long Beach, Mississippi Meridian, Mississippi Battle of Gettysburg Marion Barry Pontotoc, Mississippi Madison County, Mississippi Columbia, Mississippi William Faulkner Thelma Houston U.S. state Ida B. Wells MTV Leland, Mississippi Hampton University Mendenhall, Mississippi Mary Elizabeth Ellis Panola County, Mississippi Sidon, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Robert L. Johnson New Albany, Mississippi Decatur, Mississippi Ronnie Musgrove Hazlehurst, Mississippi John S. McCain Sr. University of Florida Hernando, Mississippi Coahoma County, Mississippi Pulitzer Prize Wilkinson County, Mississippi Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Philadelphia, Mississippi The Muppets Louisiana Tech University Tommy Davidson AOL Richard Wright (author) Lincoln County, Mississippi Amite County, Mississippi Cassi Davis Darden Restaurants D'Iberville, Mississippi Lowndes County, Mississippi Prentiss County, Mississippi NASA Yazoo County, Mississippi Claiborne County, Mississippi Rod Paige Thomas Harris Ruleville, Mississippi Magee, Mississippi Booneville, Mississippi Pascagoula, Mississippi Emmett Till Magnolia, Mississippi Ray Mabus Leake County, Mississippi Bolton, Mississippi DeLisle, Mississippi Amory, Mississippi PBS Cleveland, Mississippi Gerald McRaney Oxford, Mississippi Charleston, Mississippi Coca-Cola Fielding L. Wright Sunflower, Mississippi Como, Mississippi Library of Congress Mart Crowley Medal of Honor San Jose State University Houston, Mississippi Tylertown, Mississippi Mississippi James P. Coleman Gangster Disciples Woodville, Mississippi Myrlie Evers-Williams Miss America Republican National Committee Larry Speakes Fannie Lou Hamer Jones County, Mississippi The Washington Post Oprah Winfrey Maben, Mississippi Paul B. Johnson Sr. Ashland, Mississippi Clarksdale, Mississippi Donald H. Peterson Chris LeDoux Corinth, Mississippi Tunica, Mississippi Brad Dye Black Entertainment Television Jimmy Boyd West Point, Mississippi Evelyn Gandy Mike Espy Biloxi, Mississippi John C. Stennis Internet Archive Macon, Mississippi Mary Alice Carroll County, Mississippi Jackson County, Mississippi The New York Times James Michael Tyler De Kalb, Mississippi American Idol Forest, Mississippi Walker Percy Marsha Blackburn Fred Armisen Crystal Springs, Mississippi Simpson County, Mississippi Quitman, Mississippi Haley Barbour Bennie Thompson Minter City, Mississippi Elizabeth Spencer (writer) Mississippi Delta Duncan M. Gray Jr. Hinds County, Mississippi Kirk Fordice Wiggins, Mississippi Shelby Foote Itawamba County, Mississippi Tom Lester Starkville, Mississippi Laurel, Mississippi Choctaw Itta Bena, Mississippi Lucedale, Mississippi Roxie, Mississippi Theodore G. Bilbo Friars Point, Mississippi Natasha Trethewey Louisville, Mississippi Marietta, Mississippi Chokwe Lumumba FedEx Alan Nunnelee Jim Henson East Carolina University Channing Tatum Lee County, Mississippi University of Mississippi Paul B. Johnson Jr. Lynne Spears Larry Semon Ridgeland, Mississippi Pass Christian, Mississippi M. C. Gainey Paula White Southaven, Mississippi Lexington, Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi John Epperson Wayne County, Mississippi Belzoni, Mississippi Eric Roberts Tennessee Williams Governor of Mississippi Diane Ladd Aberdeen, Mississippi Lauderdale County, Mississippi Greenwood, Mississippi Gary Collins (actor) Lerone Bennett Jr. Jefferson Davis Beah Richards Shepard Smith Collinsville, Mississippi Tocowa, Mississippi Mound Bayou, Mississippi Parker Posey Allie Grant Tupelo, Mississippi Miss Teen USA Sela Ward Jim Hood Die Hard James Meredith Goodman, Mississippi Eupora, Mississippi Charles W. Pickering Richard H. Truly Adams County, Mississippi James Earl Jones Yazoo City, Mississippi Robert Bruce Smith IV Medgar Evers Zig Ziglar Gloster, Mississippi Kosciusko, Mississippi Yalobusha County, Mississippi Smithville, Mississippi Roger Wicker Ross Barnett Council of the District of Columbia Hickory, Mississippi Ruby Bridges William Allain Canton, Mississippi Centreville, Mississippi Lacey Chabert Webster County, Mississippi Monticello, Mississippi Pontotoc County, Mississippi Jefferson County, Mississippi Dwight Eisenhower James K. Vardaman Fayette, Mississippi Mary Ann Mobley Raymond, Mississippi Stella Stevens Thad Cochran Slate Springs, Mississippi National Endowment for the Humanities Mount Olive, Mississippi Trent Lott Utica, Mississippi Liberty, Mississippi Vicksburg, Mississippi Jamie L. Whitten Academy Award Howard Waldrop Holly Springs, Mississippi Pike County, Mississippi Clinton, Mississippi Warren County, Mississippi World War II Lawrence Gordon (producer) Poplarville, Mississippi Delbert Hosemann Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Fred Haise Rolling Fork, Mississippi Tishomingo County, Mississippi Ocean Springs, Mississippi Aretha Franklin Jamie Lynn Spears Travis Childers Marks, Mississippi Lawrence County, Mississippi Winona, Mississippi Water Valley, Mississippi John Grisham New Houlka, Mississippi Alligator, Mississippi Gulfport, Mississippi Bernard Ebbers