- David Banner
David Banner (born Levell Crump in Jackson, Mississippi in c. 1973) is a rapper, occasional actor, hip hop music record producer, record label executive, and philantropist. He takes his name from the lead character of the 1980s CBS television series "The Incredible Hulk". - Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. - Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty (b. April 13 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 23 2001, Jackson, Mississippi) was an award-winning author and photographer who wrote about the American South. Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi and lived a significant portion of her life in the city's Belhaven neighborhood, where her home has been preserved. She was educated at the Mississippi State College for Women (now called Mississippi University for Women), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, … - Chris Brown
John Christopher Brown was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball during the 1980s, most notably with the San Francisco Giants. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Brown was a notable graduate of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California, where he played high school baseball with Darryl Strawberry. The 1979 Crenshaw High Cougars baseball team was the subject of Michael Sokolove's "The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw". - Frank Melton
Frank Melton (born 1950) is currently the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, having been inaugurated on 4 July 2005. Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had served two terms. Melton quickly swept into action after a "Help is on the way!" campaign to rid Jackson of black-on-black drug-related crime (at his inauguration, … - Beth Henley
Beth Henley (born Elizabeth Becker Henley on May 8, 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American screenwriter, actress and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. She attended Southern Methodist University. Her most famous play, "Crimes of the Heart", was her first produced professionally. It opened at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and then moved to New York. "Crimes of the Heart" won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, … - Allen C. Thompson
Allen Cavett Thompson (November 6 1906 - 1980) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi for 20 years. - Willie Morris
William Weaks "Willie" Morris (November 29, 1934 - August 2, 1999), was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his family later moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, which he immortalized in his works of prose. Morris' trademark was his lyrical prose style and reflections on the American South, particularly the Mississippi Delta. In 1967 he became the youngest editor of "Harper's Magazine". He wrote several works of fiction and non-fiction, … - Monta Ellis
Monta Ellis (born October 26, 1985 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player, who plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is currently playing for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. - Bobby Valentino
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 lawsuit. - Lake Speed
Lake Chambers Speed (born on January 17, 1948) was a NASCAR driver. - William Winter
William Forrest Winter (b. Grenada, Mississippi, February 21 1923) is an American politician from Mississippi. He served as governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984 as a Democrat. He is known for his strong support of public education, racial reconciliation, and historic preservation. Winter is best remembered for the passage of the Mississippi Education Reform Act. - Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Moore (born 13 October 1946, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer. Moore began singing with her church choir at the age of five, and eventually became a soloist. She formed a vocal group The Poppies who had hits in 1966 with the songs "Lullaby of Love" and "He's Ready". By the mid-1970s Moore had begun a career as a solo vocalist, and released a series of best-selling singles and albums. - John C. Stennis
John Cornelius Stennis was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat. - Cat Cora
Cat Cora 's culinary aspirations began at an early age, and by 15, she had developed a business plan for her own restaurant. In 2005, she made television history on Food Network's Iron Chef America as the first and only female Iron Chef, and in November 2006 Bon Appetit Magazine bestowed her with their Teacher of the Year Award, an award she calls, "the greatest recognition she could achieve as a chef". - Guy Hovis
Guy Lee Hovis Jr. (born September 24 1941) is an American-born singer who was one of the featured performers of television's The Lawrence Welk Show, but is best known as one half of the singing couple Guy & Ralna. Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, the same hometown of rock icon Elvis Presley, he was the son of an officer from the Mississippi Highway Patrol. - Erick Dampier
Erick Travez Dampier (born July 14, 1975, in New Hebron, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. Erick played competitively at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi, where he led the rural county to two state championships. Dampier played college basketball at Mississippi State University. While there he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. - John Williams
John McKay Williams (born October 27, 1947 in Jackson, Mississippi) was a National Football League offensive lineman from 1968 through 1979. During that span he appeared in three Super Bowls: Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V for the Baltimore Colts; and Super Bowl XIV for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at the University of Minnesota. - Jackie Slater
Jackie Ray Slater (born May 27, 1954, in Jackson, Mississippi) is a former American football offensive tackle who played his entire 20-year career with the Rams organization, playing 19 seasons for the Rams in Los Angeles (1976-1994) and one season for the St. Louis Rams in 1995. - Fred Smoot
Fredrick D. Smoot (born April 17, 1979 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American football player for the Washington Redskins. He also recently played for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. He was released on March 1, 2007 from the Vikings. On March 3, 2007, the Redskins signed Smoot to a five-year deal worth $25 million. - Maurice Williams
Maurice "Mo" Williams (born December 19 1982, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player who currently is a free agent for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. He is a 6'1" point guard from the University of Alabama. Maurice has 2 sisters, Hot Jenny May and Cathy. 1 1. - Dee Brown
Daniel (Dee) Brown (born August 17, 1984 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. Brown played at the University of Illinois from 2002 to 2006, receiving many awards and accolades. Brown was selected in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. - Larry Hoover
Larry Hoover (born November 30 1950, Jackson, Mississippi) was the leader of the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples gang (also known as the Gangster Disciple Nation or GDN). - William Wirt Adams
William Wirt Adams (March 22, 1819 - May 1, 1888), was a United States district court judge for the state of Mississippi, a soldier for the Republic of Texas, and a Confederate officer and general in the American Civil War. - Tom Lester
Thomas "Tom" Lester (b. September 23 1938, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American actor and evangelist. He is best-known for his role as Eddie Albert's and Eva Gabor's outrageous farmhand, Eb Dawson, in the television series "Green Acres" and starred in the movie "Gordy". Lester did a play with CBS producer Paul Henning's daughter Linda Kaye, (Betty Jo of "Petticoat Junction") in the 1960s, and soon found himself auditioning for the "Eb" role. - G. C. Cameron
George Curtis "G.C." Cameron (born in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American soul and R&B singer. Cameron was the lead singer of Motown act The Spinners during the late-1960s and early 1970s. He sings lead on their first big hit, 1970's "It's a Shame", co-written and produced by Stevie Wonder, and remained with Motown as a solo artist when The Spinners left Motown in 1971. Although Cameron was not a major-seller for the label, … - Tim Whitsett
Tim Whitsett (b. 1943, Jackson, Mississippi) is a music publisher, musician, songwriter, producer, author, and consultant. His lifelong association with the music business began professionally as a sixteen-year-old recording artist signed to Imperial Records. With his band, The Imperials (later renamed the The Imperial Show Band), he recorded over twenty singles in a variety of genres (R&B, Pop, Instrumental) for a number of labels, including Epic, Ace, Atlas, Capitol, … - Papa Charlie McCoy
Charles "Papa Charlie" McCoy (b. May 26 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 26 1950, Chicago, Illinois) was an African American blues musician. He was best-known by the nickname "Papa Charlie", he became one of the great blues accompanists of his time. A guitarist and mandolin player, he played in the Mississippi area with his band, The Mississippi Hot Footers. He eventually migrated to Chicago where he organized two bands, … - Mike Espy
Mike Espy (born November 29, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American football wide receiver for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He signed with the Redskins as an undrafted free agent with a 3-year, $1.08 million USD contract. - Carson Whitsett
Carson Whitsett (b. May 1 1945, Jackson, Mississippi, d. May 8 2007 of a brain tumor) was a keyboardist, songwriter, and producer. Carson Whitsett joined his older brother Tim Whitsett's band, Tim Whitsett & The Imperials (later known as The Imperial Show Band) on the B-3 organ. - Doug Russell
Doug Russell is the host of "The Doug Russell Show" weekday mornings from 5a-9a CDT on WSSP-AM in Milwaukee. Russell joined WSSP in January of 2007 after leaving Sporting News Radio. When Russell first joined SNR in 2000, he anchored the Sporting News Flash on weeknights and weekends, while writing for SportingNews.Com. In March of 2002, Russell co-hosted "The Morning Show". Russell then hosted Sporting News Central PM edition. - Justin Reed
Justin Michael Reed (born January 16, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Houston Rockets of the NBA. - Pep Love
Percival(?) Peacock, known by the stage name, Pep Love, (born: July 17, 1974) is an American rapper and one of the founding members of the Oakland, California-based underground hip hop collective, the Hieroglyphics. - Daniel Curtis Lee
Daniel Curtis Lee (b. May 17 1991, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American actor who currently has a starring role in Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", in which he plays the nerdy Simon Nelson-Cook, known as "Cookie". Daniel Curtis Lee has also appeared in other television shows such as "First Monday" and "The Shield", and motion pictures such as "Friday After Next". He is the younger brother of actor, Nathaniel Lee, Jr.. - Simbi Khali
Simbi Khali (born April 28, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Campbell on the NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun". Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Khali was raised in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of seven children. She attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and then continued her education at the California Institute of the Arts, where she graduated with a degree in acting. - Neilson Hubbard
Neilson Hubbard is an American singer-songwriter, Musician and Producer. His first band was called This Living Hand formed with Clay Jones (now known as a producer/engineer). They signed to Adam Duritz's label, E Pluribus Unum. After the band split up, Hubbard went on to record three solo albums, The Slide Project, Why Men Fail and Sing Into Me. He also collaborated with Matthew Ryan to form the band Strays Don't Sleep. - Joe Courtney
Joseph (Joe) Pierre Courtney (born October 17 1969 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He attended both the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi State University. He played in the NBA for seven different teams, and has also played professionally in Slovenia. - Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker (born November 17 1969) is an American feminist and writer. She has been named by "Time Magazine" as one of the 50 future leaders of America. - Randolph M. Holder
Randolph Mitchell Holder was born 20 September 1918 in Jackson, Mississippi, and was commissioned Ensign 10 April 1940 following flight training. Reporting to Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) in the famous aircraft carrier "Enterprise" (CV-6), he took part in the early carrier operations in the critical months following the attack on Pearl Harbor and then fought in the pivotal Battle of Midway, first of the great American successes in the sea war. - Nanette Workman
Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is a singer-songwriter and actress. She was raised in Jackson, Mississippi and began her first performances there. She presently resides in Quebec, Canada where much of her career has been based. Many of her works and performances are in French.
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