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 29
Hale Boggs
Former United States Representative
Richard Bennett
Mississippi State Representative
Frank Barnes
Baseball player
Murriel Page
American professional basketball player
Houston Antwine
American football player
Lisa Stewart
Musical artist
Andy Kennedy
American basketball coach
Matthew Mitchell
American basketball coach
Carl Jackson
American musician
Mark Hudspeth
American football coach
Marcus Thames
American baseball coach
Van Chancellor
Basketball coach
Thomas D. Clark
American historian
E. Grady Jolly
Judge
Don Talbert
American football player
Doug Cunningham
American football player
Taylor B. McNeel
Slim Love
Baseball player
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon
U.S. representative
Henry L. Muldrow
Former Assistant United States Secretary of the Interior
Ruthie Bolton
American professional basketball player
Eric Moulds
American football player
Janice Lawrence Braxton
American basketball player
Doug McLeod
Mississippi State Representative
John Nix
American football player
Dee McCann
American football player
Justin Steele
Baseball pitcher
Deuce McAllister
American football running back
Hal Lee
Baseball player
Unita Blackwell
American activist
Ransom A. Myers
Biologist
Richie Grant
American football player
Son House
American singer
Leon Bramlett
American businessman
Donald Lee
American football tight end
Johnthan Banks
American football cornerback
Thomas L. Bailey
Former Governor of Mississippi
Amy Tuck
Former Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Margaret Murray Washington
Booker T. Washington's wife
Carey Bell
American musician
Eddy Clearwater
American musician
McArthur Binion
American artist
Buster Barnett
American football player
Darion Conner
American football player
Brother Joe May
American gospel singer
Deontae Skinner
American football linebacker
Cornelius Cash
American basketball player
