David Banner

David Banner

male, 36 years old
actor, Rhythmic Top 40 act, American artist-producer, philantropist, FromJackson, Mississippi, Hip hop record producer…Mississippi musician
David Banner (born Levell Crump in Jackson, Mississippi in c. 1973) is a rapper, occasional actor, hip hop music record producer, record label...
Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson

female, 53 years old
jazz singer, Women in jazz, jazz musician, Grammy, covered, rock…FromJackson, Mississippi
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi.
Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

female, deceased (2001) (Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, A Worn Path, Columbia Business School, Mississippi University For Women, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, death by pneumonia…FromJackson, Mississippi, Mississippi writer
Eudora Welty (b. April 13 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 23 2001, Jackson, Mississippi) was an award-winning author and photographer who...

Chris Brown

male, deceased (2006)
Star, from Los Angeles, From Houston, San Francisco Giants player, Major League Baseball, rookie of the year…from Mississippi, FromJackson, Mississippi
John Christopher Brown was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball during the 1980s, most notably with the San Francisco Giants. Born in...
Frank Melton

Frank Melton

male, 59 years old
Little Rock, Harvey Johnson, Jr., KATV, FromJackson, Mississippi, Mayor of places in Mississippi, politician
Frank Melton (born 1950) is currently the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, having been inaugurated on 4 July 2005. Melton, an African American,...
Beth Henley

Beth Henley

female, 57 years old
from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Southern Methodist University, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Best Adapted Screenplay, Crimes of the Heart, film version…FromJackson, Mississippi
Beth Henley (born Elizabeth Becker Henley on May 8, 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American screenwriter, actress and Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Allen C. Thompson

Allen C. Thompson

male, deceased (1980)
University of Mississippi, FromJackson, Mississippi, Allen Cavett Thompson
Allen Cavett Thompson (November 6 1906 - 1980) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi for 20 years.
Willie Morris

Willie Morris

male, deceased (1999)
Harper's Magazine, Mississippi Delta, from Yazoo City, Mississippi, FromJackson, Mississippi, William Weaks "Willie" Morris, North Toward Home…Mississippi writer, Mississippi-based Yoknapatawpha Press, University of Mississippi
William Weaks "Willie" Morris (November 29, 1934 - August 2, 1999), was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his...
Monta Ellis

Monta Ellis

male, 24 years old (Oakland, California, United States)
National Basketball Association, Shooting Guard, African American, Point Guard, FromJackson, Mississippi, National Basketball Association player
Monta Ellis (born October 26, 1985 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player, who plays the point guard and shooting...
Bobby Valentino

Bobby Valentino

male, 29 years old
Bobby V, Bobby Wilson, American, Robert "Bobby Valentino" Wilson, Disturbing tha Peace artist, FromJackson, Mississippi…From Atlanta
Bobby Valentino (born Bobby Wilson on February 27, 1980) is an American R&B singer. He is only known as "Bobby V" in the United Kingdom due to a...