List of people from Mississippi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of famous and notable people who were born or lived in Mississippi.

Contents

[edit] Activists and advocates

[edit] Actors

[edit] Artists

  • Walter Inglis Anderson: painter
  • Earl W. Bascom: painter and sculptor, cousin to artist Frederic Remington
  • Nadine Bascom: sculptor, wife of Earl Bascom
  • George Orr: the "Mad Potter of Biloxi"
  • Wyatt Watters: watercolorist
  • Eudora Welty: primarily a writer, but also known for her photography

[edit] Athletes and Sports-related People

[edit] Broadcast Media Personalities

[edit] Businesspeople

[edit] Comedians

[edit] Educators

[edit] Filmmakers

[edit] Historians

[edit] Jurists and Lawyers

  • Rhesa Barksdale
  • Bobby DeLaughter
  • Felix Huston (see "Members of the Armed Forces")

[edit] Members of the Armed Forces (Soldiers)

[edit] Musicians

  • Brad Smith (bass player)Brad Smith: Blind Melon
  • Tom Rogers Stevens: Blind Melon
  • [[David Banner (born Levell Crump):

Billy "Rick" Smiley: blues singer, songwriter, musician and band director

[edit] Physicians

  • Thomas Gandy: Natchez physician and photography collector
  • James Hardy: surgeon; performed the first successful cadaveric lung transplant
  • T.R.M. Howard: chief surgeon at the Taborian Hospital and Friendship Clinic

[edit] Playwrights

[edit] Politicians

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Writers

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../l/i/s/List_of_people_from_Mississippi_d36e.html"