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 36
Paul Gunter
Activist
Theartha Mayweather
Roger Mayweather's father
Carl Tart
Actor
Tim Whitsett
American musician
Lee Yancey
Mississippi State Representative
Tekedra Mawakana
Chief Executive Officer of Waymo
Serena Turner
Newton Knight's wife
Jerome Barnes
Missouri State Representative
Samuel Jones
American composer
Sonny Banks
American boxer
Alonzo Clayton
American jockey
Ira Clinton Welborn
Military personnel
Prudence Carter
Kevin Sessums
American author
Alton Wayne Roberts
Ophelia Ruffin
David Ruffin's mother
James Madison Carpenter
Musicologist
Helen Sasano
Movie actor
Ariane Davis
Actress
Carroll Gartin
Former Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Mandingo
1975 ‧ Film adaptation/Blaxploitation ‧ 2h 7m
Commodore Cochran
American olympic athlete
Noble Herman Stephens
Stella Stevens' ex-husband
Eli Ruffin
Aruby Odom-White
Maggi Gordon
American author
Susie Snow Ellis
Percy Hubert Snow
Milt Bolling
Baseball player
JJ Knight
Ann Clemmer
Former Arkansas State Representative
Monte Hodges
American Politician
Joseph J. Russell
Former United States Representative
Selina Martin
Singer-songwriter
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian educator
Harold Evans Hartney
Papa Harvey Hull
Musical artist
Eugene Sims
American football defensive end
Willye White
American olympic athlete
Richard Hacksaw Harney
American guitarist
William Flynt Nichols
Former Alabama state senator
Rufus Hardy
Representative
Fannie Lou Hamer
American activist
Al Jefferson
American former professional basketball player
J. B. Lenoir
Guitarist
Rod Paige
Former United States Secretary of Education
Byther Smith
American musician
