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== Actors/Actresses == |
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* [[Dana Andrews]], Covington County |
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* [[Earl W. Bascom]], Columbia |
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* [[Lacey Chabert]], Purvis |
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* [[John Dye]], Amory |
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* [[Morgan Freeman]], Greenwood |
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* [[Gary Grubbs]], Amory |
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* [[Beth Henley]], Jackson |
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* [[Jim Henson]], Greenville |
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* [[Anthony Herrera]], Wiggins |
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* [[Eddie Hodges]], Hattiesburg |
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* [[James Earl Jones]], Arkabutla |
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* [[Simbi Khali]], Jackson |
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* [[Daniel Curtis Lee]], Jackson |
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* [[Kris Lee]], Louisville |
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* [[Shane McRae]], Starkville |
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* [[Gerald McRaney]], Collins |
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* [[Parker Posey]], Laurel |
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* [[Eric Roberts]], Biloxi |
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* [[Sela Ward]], Meridian |
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* [[Oprah Winfrey]], Kosciusko |
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==Artists== |
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* [[Earl W. Bascom]], sculptor, Columbia |
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* [[George Ohr]], "Mad Potter of Biloxi" |
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* [[Walter Inglis Anderson]], painter, Ocean Springs |
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== Athletes == |
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* [[Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf]], Gulfport |
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* [[Lance Alworth]], Brookhaven |
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* [[Dizzy Dean]], Wiggins |
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* [[Earl W. Bascom]], Columbia |
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* [[Oil Can Boyd|Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd]], Meridian |
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* [[Ralph Boston]], Laurel |
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* [[Jeff Bowman]] |
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* [[Terrell Buckley]], Pascagoula |
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* [[Reggie Collier]], D`Iberville |
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* [[Joseph (Joe) Pierre Courtney]], Jackson |
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* [[Erick Dampier]], Jackson |
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* [[Jim Dunaway]], Columbia |
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* [[Marcus Dupree]], Philadelphia |
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* [[Eric Moulds]], Lucedale |
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* [[Brett Favre]], Kiln |
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* [[Charles Gavin]], Laurel |
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* [[Litterial Green]], Pascagoula |
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* [[Louis Edward Green]], Vicksburg |
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* [[Lancaster Gordon]], Jackson |
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* [[Andrew Edam]] |
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* [[Bobby Hamilton]], Columbia |
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* [[Phillip Hampton]] |
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* [[Othella Harrington]], Jackson |
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* [[Lindsey Hunter]], Utica |
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* [[Belton Johnson]] |
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* [[Steven Lombardi]] |
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* [[Deuce McAllister]], Morton |
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* [[Steve McNair]], Mount Olive |
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* [[Archie Manning]], Drew |
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* [[Shane Matthews]], Pascagoula |
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* [[Steve Newsome]], Columbia |
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* [[Jerious Norwood ]], Jackson |
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* [[Joe Owens]], Columbia |
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* [[Roy Oswalt]], Weir |
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* [[Jeremy Patrick]] |
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* [[Eddie Payton]], Columbia |
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* [[Walter Payton]], Columbia |
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* [[Justin Reed]], Jackson |
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* [[Jerry Rice]], Starkville |
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* [[James Robinson]], Jackson |
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* [[Eugene Short]], Hattiesburg |
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* [[Purvis Short]], Hattiesburg |
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* [[Jackie Slater]], Jackson |
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* [[Calvin Smith]], Bolton |
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* [[Jimmy Lee Smith]], Jackson |
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* [[Lake Speed]], Jackson |
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* [[Dmitri Young]], Vicksburg |
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* [[Antonio Mcdyess]], Quitman |
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* [[Claude Passeau]], Lucedale |
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* [[Al Jefferson]], Monticello |
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* [[Clarence Weatherspoon]], Crawford |
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* [[Sammy Winder]], Madison |
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* [[Ruthie Bolton]], Lucedale |
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== Authors/Writers == |
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* [[Earl W. Bascom]], Columbia |
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* [[Lerone Bennett, Jr.]], Clarksdale |
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* [[Larry Brown (author)|Larry Brown]], Oxford |
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* [[Hodding Carter]] |
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* [[Craig Claiborne]], Sunflower |
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* [[Gerald Ellis]] |
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* [[William Faulkner]], New Albany |
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* [[Shelby Foote]], Greenville |
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* [[Richard Ford]], Jackson |
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* [[Barry Hannah]], Clinton |
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* [[Thomas Harris]] |
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* [[Beth Henley]], Hattiesburg |
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* [[J.R. Johnson]] |
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* [[Muna Lee (writer)|Muna Lee]], Raymond |
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* [[Justin Mapp]], Brandon |
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* [[D.J. McCornik]] |
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* [[Willie Morris]], Jackson |
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* [[Lewis Nordan]], Forest |
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* [[Walker Percy]] |
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* [[William Alexander Percy]], Greenville |
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* [[William Raspberry]], Okolona |
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* [[Eudora Welty]], Jackson |
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* [[Tennessee Williams]], Columbus |
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* [[Richard Nathaniel Wright]], Roxie |
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* [[Stark Young]], Como |
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* [[Carolyn Haines]], Lucedale |
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== Civil Rights Leaders == |
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* [[Vernon Dahmer]], Hattiesburg |
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* [[Charles Evers]], Decatur |
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* [[Medgar Evers]], Decatur |
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* [[Fannie Lou Hamer]], Ruleville |
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* [[T.R.M. Howard]], Mound Bayou |
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* [[James Meredith]], Kosciusko |
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* [[Dianna Freelon-Foster]], Grenada |
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* [[CC Bryant]], McComb |
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== Entrepreneurs/Business Leaders == |
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* [[Jim Barksdale]] (former CEO [[Netscape Communications Corporation]]) |
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* [[Harry A. Cole]], Jackson (inventor of Pine-Sol) |
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* [[Hartley Peavey]] (founder Peavey Electronics) |
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* [[Robert Pittman]] (founder [[MTV]], former CEO and COO [[AOL]]) |
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* [[Fred Smith]], [[Marks, MS]], founder and CEO of [[FedEx]] |
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* [[Toxey Haas]], [[West Point, MS]], founder [[Mossy Oak]] Brand Camouflage |
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==Inventors== |
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* [[Joseph Newman]], Lucedale |
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* [[Earl W. Bascom]] |
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== Military Figures == |
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* [[Charles Read]] |
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* [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] |
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== Musicians/Composers == |
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* [[Glen Ballard]], Natchez |
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* [[David Banner]], Jackson |
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* [[Lance Bass]], Laurel |
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* [[Big Bill Broonzy]], Scott |
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* [[Jimmy Buffett]], Pascagoula |
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* [[R.L. Burnside]], Harmontown |
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* [[Sam Cooke]], Clarksdale |
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* [[James Cotton]], Tunica |
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* [[Arthur Crudup]], Forest |
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* [[Bo Diddley]], McComb |
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* [[Willie Dixon]], Vicksburg |
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* [[Faith Hill]], Jackson |
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* [[John Lee Hooker]], Clarksdale |
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* [[Big Walter Horton]], Horn Lake |
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* [[Elmore James]], Richland |
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* [[Skip James]], Bentonia |
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* [[Little Milton]], Inverness |
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* [[Brandy Norwood]], McComb |
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* [[Alexander O'Neal]], Natchez |
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* [[Charley Patton]], Edwards |
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* [[Elvis Presley]], Tupelo |
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* [[Charley Pride]], Sledge |
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* [[Leontyne Price]], Laurel |
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* [[Jimmy Reed]], Duleith |
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* [[Del Rendon]], Starkville |
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* [[LeAnn Rimes]], Jackson |
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* [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], Meridian |
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* [[David Ruffin]], Whynot |
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* [[Jimmy Ruffin]], Collinsville |
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* [[Britney Spears]], McComb |
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* [[William Grant Still]], Woodville |
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* [[Ike Turner]], Clarksdale |
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* [[Newt Rayburn]], Oxford |
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* [[Lisa Stewart]], Louisville |
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* [[Conway Twitty]], Friars Point |
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* [[Muddy Waters]], Rolling Fork |
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* [[Bukka White]], Houston |
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* [[Big Joe Williams]], Crawford |
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* [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], Glendora |
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* [[Cassandra Wilson]], Jackson |
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* [[Howlin' Wolf]], West Point |
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* [[Tammy Wynette]], Tupelo |
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* [[Lester Young]], Woodville |
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* [[Three Doors Down]], Escatawpa |
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* [[Mickey Gilley]], Natchez |
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* [[Chris Ledoux]], Biloxi |
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== Politicians == |
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* [[Haley Barbour]], Yazoo City |
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* [[Ross R. Barnett]], Standing Pine |
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* [[Marion Barry]], Itta Bena |
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* [[Theodore Bilbo]], Poplarville |
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* [[Thad Cochran]], Pontotoc |
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* [[Jefferson Davis]] |
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* [[James Eastland]], Sunflower |
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* [[Pat Harrison]], Crystal Springs |
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* [[Elmer Litchfield]], Meridian; former sheriff of [[East Baton Rouge Parish]], [[Louisiana]] |
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* [[Trent Lott|Chester Trent Lott, Sr.]], Grenada |
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* [[Sonny Montgomery|Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery]], Meridian |
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* [[Charles W. Pickering]], Jones County |
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* [[Chip Pickering]], Laurel |
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* [[John E. Rankin]], Itawamba County |
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* [[Hiram Revels]] |
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* [[John Stennis]], DeKalb |
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* [[Bennie Thompson]], Bolton |
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* [[James Vardaman]], Yalobusha County |
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* [[Jamie L. Whitten]], Cascilla |
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* [[William Winter (politician)|William Winter]], Grenada |
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* [[Blanche Bruce]] |
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* [[Gene Taylor]], Bay St. Louis |
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* [[James Z. George]], Carrollton |
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* [[Dianna Freelon-Foster]], Grenada |
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==Other luminaries== |
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* [[Red Barber]], sportscaster, Columbus |
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* [[Richard Scruggs]], attorney, Pascagoula |
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* [[Lypsinka]], drag performer and model |
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[[Category:People from Mississippi|* ]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 5 February 2009
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