List of people from Mississippi
This is a list of famous people who where born or lived in Mississippi.
Athletes
- Brett Favre: quarterback, Green Bay Packers
- Archie Manning
- Eli Manning
- Walter Payton
- Jerry Rice
- Steve McNair:Quaterback TN Titans
Writers
- William Faulkner
- Eudora Welty
- Flannery O'Connor
- John Grisham
- Larry Brown
- Willie Morris
- Hodding Carter II
- Shelby Foote
Playwrights
Actors
- Gerald McRaney: star of Major Dad TV series
- Sela Ward
- Michael Clarke Duncan
- John Dye: "Andrew, the Angel of Death" in Touched by an Angel
- Morgan Freeman
- Vivica A. Fox
- Jim Henson: creator of The Muppets
- James Earl Jones
- Eric Roberts
- Ray Walston
- Lacey Chabert
Comedians
Musicians
- B. B. King
- Elvis Presley
- Charlie Pride
- Steve Azar
- R. L. Burnside
- North Mississippi All-stars
- Jimmy Buffett
- Leontyne Price: opera singer
- Sam Cooke
- Bo Diddley
- Bobbie Gentry
- W. C. Handy
- Faith Hill: country/pop singer
- John Lee Hooker
- Son House
- Robert Johnson
- Lance Bass: member of boy band *NSYNC
- LeAnn Rimes
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Britney Spears: born in McComb, Mississippi
- 3 Doors Down
- Ike Turner
- Conway Twitty
- Muddy Waters
- Tammy Wynette
- Marty Stuart
- Afroman
Politicians
- Jefferson Davis: US Senator and Confederate President
- Pat Harrison
- Ross Barnett
- John Stennis
- James Eastland
- Trent Lott
- Mike Moore
Civil rights activists
Businesspeople
- William Barksdale: founder of Netscape
- Bernard Ebbers: infamous CEO of WorldCom
- Oprah Winfrey: talk show host.