Biographical Records
Notable People from Mississippi
1,103 notable figures born in Mississippi, showing page 11 of 23, ranked by historical prominence.
William J. Mills
1849 – 1915
juristgovernorpolitician
Maurice Garland Fulton
1877 – 1955
historian
Billy Shaw
1938 – 2024
American football player
Fred Valentine
1935 – 2022
baseball player
George H. Carley
1938 – 2020
politicianlawyerjudge
Jean Antoine
1943 – 2016
professional wrestleramateur wrestler
Buddy Myer
1904 – 1974
baseball player
Chapman L. Anderson
1845 – 1924
politicianlawyer
Bobby Emmons
1943 – 2015
songwritermusicianpianist
Jim Dunaway
1941 – 2018
American football player
William Madison Whittington
1878 – 1962
politicianlawyer
W. Arthur Winstead
1904 – 1995
car dealerschool superintendentpolitician
Emmett H. Walker, Jr.
1924 – 2007
military personnel
Wade Hampton II
1791 – 1858
plantation ownermilitary officermilitary personnel
John H. Marsalis
1904 – 1971
politicianlawyerjudge
Susie Revels Cayton
1870 – 1943
writer
David Myers
1926 – 2001
blues musicianguitaristmusician
Don Blasingame
1932 – 2005
baseball player
Don Briscoe
1940 – 2004
television actoractor
Willie Love
1906 – 1953
songwriterpianistmusician
Ezekiel Candler Gathings
1903 – 1979
politicianlawyer
Jimmy Johnson
1928 – 2022
singer
Blind Roosevelt Graves
1909 – 1962
guitaristmusician
Walter Vinson
1901 – 1975
blues musicianviolinistguitarist
Mylon LeFevre
1944 – 2023
backing vocalistsingercomposer
Albert J. Raboteau
1943 – 2021
theologianuniversity teacherhistorian
Thomas Abernethy
1903 – 1998
lawyerpolitician
Guinn Williams
1871 – 1948
politician
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
1929 – 1993
guitaristsongwritermusician
Mary Tillman Smith
1904 – 1995
folk artistetcherpainter
Larkin I. Smith
1944 – 1989
politician
Anthony Herrera
1944 – 2011
television actoractor
Gloster Richardson
1942 – 2020
American football player
Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell
1849 – 1883
novelistplaywright
John Fortenberry
1927
film editorfilm producertelevision director
Roy Hilton
1943 – 2019
American football player
James Hanham
1840 – 1923
chess player
Othar Turner
1907 – 2003
musician
Aaron L. Ford
1903 – 1983
lawyerpolitician
Sonny Thompson
1922 – 1989
bandleadersongwriterpianist
Phillip Martin
1926 – 2010
traditional leader or chiefpolitician
Willie Mae Ford Smith
1904 – 1994
religious leadersinger
Eddie Calhoun
1921 – 1994
jazz musiciandouble-bassistmusician
Vincent Thomas
1907 – 1980
politician
Arthur Cyprian Harper
1866 – 1948
politician
Mary Johnson
1900 – 1970
songwritermusiciansinger
Charles H. Griffin
1926 – 1989
politician
Skip E. Lowe
1929 – 2014
actor
Eddie Cusic
1926 – 2015
guitaristsongwritermusician
L. C. Ulmer
1928 – 2016
banjoistsongwritersinger