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Notable People from Mississippi

1,103 notable figures born in Mississippi, showing page 19 of 23, ranked by historical prominence.

Ike Pearson
American baseball player
1917 – 1985
baseball player
Henry Woods
United States federal judge (1918-2002)
1918 – 2002
lawyerjudge
Fred Walters
American baseball player (1912-1980)
1912 – 1980
baseball player
Fred James Cassibry
Fred James Cassibry
United States federal judge
1918 – 1996
lawyerjudge
Dan Monroe Russell, Jr.
United States federal judge
1913 – 2011
military officerlawyerjudge
Charlie Moss
American baseball player (1911-1991)
1911 – 1991
baseball player
George E. Johnson, Sr.
American businessman
1927
businessperson
Harper Davis
Harper Davis
American football player and coach (1925-2020)
1925 – 2020
American football player
Guy M. Townsend
Guy M. Townsend
United States general (1920–2011)
1920 – 2011
aircraft pilotmilitary officer
Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.
Henry A. Commiskey, Sr.
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1927–1971)
1927 – 1971
military officer
James Bell Dickson
James Bell Dickson
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross (1923–1944)
1923 – 1944
military personnel
Jeff Burkett
NFL player (1921-1947)
1921 – 1947
American football player
Jerry Clower
Jerry Clower
American comedian, author (1926–1998)
1926 – 1998
radio personalitysongwriter
Jerry Turner
Jerry Turner
American television news anchorman at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland (1929-1987)
1929 – 1987
journalistnews presenter
Joe Allbritton
American businessman and publisher
1924 – 2012
publisherjournalistlawyer
Joseph E. Coleman
American politician
1922 – 2000
chemistpoliticianlawyer
Calvin Chapman
Major League Baseball player (1910-1983)
1910 – 1983
baseball player
Orlando Bobo
American football player (1974-2007)
1974 – 2007
American football player
Ray Poole
Ray Poole
American football player (1921-2008)
1921 – 2008
American football player
Harriet B. Kells
Harriet B. Kells
American Prohibition leader, editor; suffragist (1841–1913)
1842 – 1913
temperance workersuffragistnewspaper editor
Buddy Blair
American baseball player
1910 – 1996
athletics competitorbaseball player
George W. Albright
George W. Albright
former slave and Mississippi politician
1846 – 1944
farmerpoliticianteacher
Bobby Wood
American football tackle (1916-1973)
1916 – 1973
American football player
Iris Kelso
American journalist
1926 – 2003
journalist
Quinton Claunch
American musician, songwriter, record producer and record label owner (1921-2021)
1921 – 2021
musicianrecord producercomposer
Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe
Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe
fighter ace, businessman (1923-2016)
1923 – 2016
politician
Frank Hampton McFadden
United States federal judge (1925-2020)
1925 – 2020
lawyerjudge
Frank Barnes
American baseball player (1926-2014)
1926 – 2014
baseball player
Stanford Morse
Mississippi lawyer and politician
1926 – 2002
politicianlawyer
Atley Donald
Atley Donald
American baseball player (1910-1992)
1910 – 1992
baseball player
Ida Clyde Clarke
Ida Clyde Clarke
American journalist, writer and suffragist
1878 – 1956
writer
Little Willy Foster
American Chicago blues harmonicist, singer, and songwriter (1922-1987)
1922 – 1987
songwriter
Earle Basinsky
American crime writer (1921-1963)
1921 – 1963
crime fiction writer
Dub Garrett
American gridiron football player (1925-1976)
1925 – 1976
American football player
Thermon Blacklidge
American basketball player (1920-1972)
1920 – 1972
basketball player
Pauline Braddy
American jazz drummer (1922-1996)
1922 – 1996
jazz musicianmusician
Mary Elizabeth Bass
Mary Elizabeth Bass
American physician, educator and suffragist (1876-1956)
1876 – 1956
suffragistprofessorphysician
Gus Courts
American activist (1887–1969)
1889 – 1969
Alex D. Dickson
Alex D. Dickson
American Anglican bishop
1926 – 2021
Anglican bishop
Charles Till Davis
medievalist and scholar of Dante Alighieri (1929-1998)
1929 – 1998
Dantisthistorian
Mary Oneida Toups
witch Queen of New Orleans
1928 – 1981
occultistwriter
Art Oliver
American boxer (1911-1944)
1911 – 1944
boxer
Big John Wrencher
American blues harmonica player and singer (1923–1977)
1923 – 1977
street artistmusician
Amzie Moore
American businessman
1911 – 1982
civil rights advocateentrepreneurbusinessperson
Brew Moore
American musician (1924-1973)
1924 – 1973
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
Aaron Green
American architect (1917–2001)
1917 – 2001
architect
Mario Branch
Player of American football (1979-2011)
1979 – 2011
American football player
Willie McGee
American convict
1915 – 1951
Albennie Jones
Albennie Jones
American singer (1914–1989)
1914 – 1989
musiciansinger
William F. Fitzgerald
William F. Fitzgerald
American jurist politician, California
1846 – 1903
lawyerjudge
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