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 28
Paul Ingrassia
American journalist
Shane Barnett
Mississippi State Representative
Bobby Shows
Former Mississippi State Representative
Dontario Drummond
American football player
stacey pickering
Former State Auditor of Mississippi
Charles Cross
American football player
Andrew Ishee
Pianist
John M. Perkins
American minister
Andrew H. Longino
Politician
Aletha Jane Aldredge Gann
Lloyd Green
American guitarist
Louis Rowe
American basketball coach
Kermit Davis
American basketball coach
Wilmer Mizell
American U. S. congressman
Walter Packer
American football player
Dudy Noble
American football player
Greenwood LeFlore
Chief
Denise LaSalle
American singer
Willie Totten
Football player
David Lee Jordan
American Politician
Wadada Leo Smith
American trumpeter
Eddie Cusic
American guitarist
Johnie Cooks
Former American football player
Floyd Huddleston
American songwriter
Antonio Johnson
American football nose tackle
Joe Frank Carollo
Actor
Thelma Houston
American singer
Hattie Winston
American television actress
Malachi Favors
Jazz musician
Lonnie Pitchford
American musician
Neely Tucker
Journalist
Buford Ellington
Former Governor of Tennessee
John C. Black
U.S. congressman
Otis Smothers
American guitarist
Marshall Rock Jones
American bass player
Edmond Noel
American attorney
Otis Big Smokey Smothers
American guitarist
Lee Shot Williams
American singer
Robert Torry
Guy Torry's father
Gabe Jackson
American football guard
Jerry Clower
American comedian
Herbert Lee
Activist
L. C. Bates
Daisy Bates' husband
Darrah Johnson
American funeral director
E. H. Hurst
Former Mississippi State Representative
Hollis Watkins
Musical artist
William Madison Whittington
Politician