Famous Mississippians
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Mississippi or spent some important time in Mississippi.
Jessica Alba, actress
Margaret Walker Alexander, author
Henry Armstrong, boxer
Red Barber, sportscaster
Lance Bass, singer
T. Bubba Bechtol, comedian
Jimmy Buffett, singer and songwriter
Fred Carl, founder, Viking Range
Craig Claiborne, restaurant critic
Jefferson Davis, Confederate president
Daffy Dean, baseball player
Dizzy Dean, baseball player
Bo Diddley, guitarist
Ellen Douglas, author
Charles Evers, civil rights leader
Medgar Evers, civil rights leader
William Faulkner, novelist
Brett Favre, football player
Shelby Foote, historian
Richard Ford, author
Morgan Freeman, actor
John Grisham, novelist
Barry Hannah, author
Elizabeth Lee Hazen, inventor of nystatin
Beth Henley, actress and playwright
Jim Henson, puppeteer
Faith Hill, country singer
John Kevin Hill, young aviator
Joseph Holt Ingraham, novelist
Robert Johnson, singer
James Earl Jones, actor
Skip Jones, singer
Simba Khali, actress
B.B. King, blues guitarist
Trent Lott, U.S. senator
Archie Manning, football player
Gerald McRaney, actor
H.T. "Dick" Merrill, pioneer aviator
Archie Moore, boxer
Willie Morris, author
Brandy Norwood, singer and actress
Walter Payton, football player
Walker Percy, author
Elvis Presley, rock singer
Charley Pride, country singer
Leontyne Price, opera singer
William Raspberry, political columnist
Jerry Reid, country singer
Hiram Revels, first African American to sit in the U.S. Senate
Jerry Rice, football player
LeAnn Rimes, country singer
Cavett Robert, founder, National Speakers
Association
Jimmie Rogers, country singer, the
Singing Brakeman
Johnny Russell, country singer and
songwriter
Britney Spears, singer
Stella Stevens, actress
William Grant Still, composer
Marty Stuart, country singer
Conway Twitty, country singer
Sela Ward, actress
Muddy Waters, blues singer
Jim Weatherly, football player
Eudora Welty, novelist
Tennessee Williams, playwright
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and actress
Nanette Workman, singer
Richard Wright, author
Tammy Wynette, country singer
Zig Zigler, salesman and speaker
