Mississippi
Mississippi is a southern U. S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, the state of Alabama to its east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Its Mississippi Delta region is considered the birthplace of blues music, honored at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. Also in the region is the Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving the site of a critical Civil War battle.
People born in Mississippi (First 49 people) - Page 12
Bertha Lee Pate
American singer
E. C. Coleman
American basketball player
Tate Reeves
Governor of Mississippi
Paul McCoy
American singer
Sollie Norwood
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
Robert Braddy
Baseball athlete
Gardner Minshew
American football quarterback
Andy Gipson
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Jake Mangum
Baseball player
Chris Dowling
American screenwriter
Mitch Storm
Basketball player
Reggie Perry
American professional basketball player
Chandler Bullock
Film actor
Billy Garland
Tupac Shakur's father
Ben Beckwith
American football guard
Fred Shanks
Mississippi State Representative
Arthur Crudup
American singer
Donald Triplett
Marlo Perry
American football player
Cardis Cardell Willis
Comic
Todd Pinkston
American football player
Mosie Burks
Singer
Rashard Anderson
Former American football player
T-Model Ford
American musician
Sheila Guyse
American singer
Constance Slaughter-Harvey
Dollree Mapp
Israel Coleman Curtis
Edgar Young Mullins
Conway Twitty
American singer-songwriter
Jaye Hammer
Musical artist
Vernon Presley
Minnie Mae Hood Presley
Vernon Presley's mother
Vester Presley
Vernon Presley's brother
Jimmie Lunceford
American saxophonist
Leonard Shumpert
Musical artist
Ashton Shumpert
American football running back
Chad Ramey
Golfer
Peggy Welch
Indiana State Representative
Mario Edwards Jr.
American football defensive end
Kez McCorvey
American football player
Dick Bass
American football running back
Clifton Taulbert
American author
Smokey Wilson
American guitarist
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American musician
William Harris
American guitarist
Betty Ruth Scott
Frederick K. C. Price's wife
