- James Meredith
James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights movement figure, although he vocally prefers "not" to be regarded as such. He was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi of Native American (Choctaw) and African American heritage. Meredith enlisted in the United States Air Force right out of high school and served from 1951 to 1960. He then attended Jackson State College for two years. He applied to the University of Mississippi, but was denied twice.
- Robert Khayat
Dr. Robert Khayat (born April 18, 1938 in Moss Point, Mississippi) is the 15th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. He was appointed in 1995. Robert Khayat, a former student of the University of Mississippi, is the only Chancellor of the university to be a member of the Student Hall of Fame there. He currently has degrees from both the University of Mississippi and Yale University. Khayat also played football in the NFL as a kicker for the Washington Redskins.
- 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.
- Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (born December 7, 1937) is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi. He is a Republican.
- Eli Manning
Elisha "Eli" Nelson Manning (born January 3, 1981) is the starting quarterback for the New York Giants NFL franchise and formerly for the Ole Miss Rebels college football team.
- Ross Barnett
Ross Robert Barnett (January 22, 1898 - November 6, 1987) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He is mentioned in paragraph 38 of Letter from Birmingham Jail. Born in Standing Pine in Leake County, Barnett was the youngest of ten children. He served in the United States Army during World War I, then worked in a variety of jobs while earning an undergraduate degree from Mississippi College in Clinton in 1922.
- Archie Manning
Elisha Archie Manning (born May 19, 1949) is a former quarterback in professional American football. He is the father of current Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback Peyton Manning, current New York Giants starting quarterback Eli Manning, and former Ole Miss receiver, Cooper Manning.
- Roger Wicker
Roger F. Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, a position he has held since 1995. Wicker represents, which includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. Wicker was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Mississippi where he was a brother of Sigma Nu.
- 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, …
- Ed Orgeron
Ed Orgeron , regarded as one of college football's premier defensive line coaches and recruiters, is in his third season as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels, having been named the 35th head football coach in the history of The University of Mississippi on December 16, 2004.
- Ronnie Musgrove
David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29 1956) is an American politician who was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 2000 until 2004. Ronnie Musgrove graduated from Northwest Community College, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi School of Law. In 1987, he won a seat in the state Senate that he held until his successful run for the lieutenant governorship in 1995, in which he defeated incumbent Eddie Briggs.
- Larry Brown
Larry Brown (July 9, 1951 - November 24, 2004) was an American writer who was born and lived in Oxford, Mississippi. Brown wrote non-fiction and fiction. He briefly attended the University of Mississippi, but did not graduate. Many years later, he took creative writing classes from the Mississippi novelist Ellen Douglas. Brown served in the United States Marine Corps from 1970 - 1972.
- John T. Edge
John T. Edge is a food writer and commentator and the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. John T, as he is known, has authored numerous books detailing how America eats, including, "Fried Chicken: An American Story", "Apple Pie: An American Story", "Hamburgers & Fries", and "Donuts: An American Passion".
- Pete Boone
Pete Boone is the Director of Athletics for the Ole Miss Rebels and a former president of Sunburst Bank. He is a 1972 graduate of the University of Mississippi and a native of Grenada, Mississippi. Boone is in his second tenure of Director of Athletics, having served previously from 1995 to 1998. He is responsible for the firing of head football coach David Cutcliffe in 2004. Boone requested that Cutcliffe fire several assistants. Cutcliffe refused and was terminated.
- Jim Hood
Jim Hood is the Attorney General of Mississippi. A Democrat, he was elected in 2003, defeating the Republican nominee, Scott Newton, though many other positions in the Mississippi state government were taken by Republicans. Hood, a former District Attorney, succeeded Mike Moore. He is a native of Houlka, Mississippi in Chickasaw County. In 2005, Hood prosecuted former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the murder of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, …
- Patrick Willis
Patrick L. Willis (b. January 25, 1985 in Bruceton, Tennessee) is an American football inside linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers. He attended Ole Miss and played for the Rebels. Willis was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers as the 11th pick of the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Andy Kennedy
Andy Kennedy (born March 13, 1968 in Louisville, Mississippi) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Mississippi. Kennedy was a standout player in high school at both Winston Academy and Louisville High School. He was a 1986 Parade All-American and he went on to play for North Carolina State and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. On March 24, 2006, Kennedy was introduced as the Rebels' 20th head men's basketball coach.
- Andy Kennedy
Andy Kennedy is the basketball head coach at University of Mississippi. He was born on March 13, 1968, in Louisville, Mississippi. He began his coaching career at South Alabama, and UAB as an assistant coach, before heading to Cincinnati. He is known for his excellent style of recruiting, and has developed a national reputaiton as a top recruiter.
- Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921-28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the ninth of twelve children. Her parents had immigrated from Nevis, in the Caribbean; her mother was the founder of the New Haven chapter of the NAACP. With financial help from a local philanthropist, Clarence Blakeslee, she initially attended Fisk University, …
- Mike Moore
Mike Moore was the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi from 1988 to 2004. In 1994, he filed the first lawsuit against thirteen tobacco companies, claiming that they should reimburse the State for the costs of treating those with smoking-related illnesses. Attorneys General from several other states joined the suit, with Moore as the lead negotiator. The settlement was worth $246 billion to the states, including $4.1 billion for Mississippi.
- Chip Pickering
Charles Willis Pickering, Jr., usually known as Chip Pickering (born August 10, 1963), has represented Mississippi's third Congressional district (map) as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives since being elected in 1996. The district is based in Meridian and stretches from the Alabama border to the Louisiana border, including areas such as Starkville, Natchez and part of Jackson, the state capital.
- Chucky Mullins
Roy Lee "Chucky" Mullins was an American football player at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) best known for the courage and indomitable will to continue his life after a devastating football injury that left him paralyzed below the neck. Mullins was injured on October 28, 1989, during the Ole Miss Rebel's Homecoming game against the Vanderbilt Commodores in Oxford, Mississippi. As Mullins tackle Vandy fullback Brad Gaines after a short pass, …
- Michael Oher
The senior offensive left tackle Michael Oher and Mississippi will play Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl on Friday. Ole Miss was 8-4 this season after going ... ... "If Florida comes to play," said Ole Miss offensive lineman Michael Oher , "it can get ugly for Oklahoma.' ' There could be some SEC brotherhood in Oher's ...
- Greg Iles
Greg Iles was born in Germany, raised in Mississippi, and and spent several years on the road with a band Frankly Scarlet. After marrying, he settled down and started writing and saw his first novel - "Spandau Phoenix" - published in 1993. "Mortal Fear" is his third book, and was first published in 1996.
- Mike Bianco
Mike Bianco is the head coach for the University of Mississippi baseball team. He was hired in 2000, and his first season was in 2001. In his first five seasons, he has led the Rebels to a .642 winning percentage (198-110-1), besting even Tom Swayze (.542), the namesake of the Rebel's home field. As head coach, Bianco has led the Rebels to hosting four NCAA baseball regionals and two NCAA baseball Super Regionals.
- Charles Pickering
I am a US House Representative for the state of MS. I am a Republican. My religion is Baptist. I am Married. I received my BA from University of Mississippi. I received my MBA from Baylor University. I live in Hebron. I was born in Laurel, MS. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "110-D Airport Rd., Pearl, MS 39208".
- John Thompson
John Thompson is the current defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team. Thompson was hired by head coach Ed Orgeron, who played under Thompson at Northwestern State. Thompson has also served as the defensive coordinator at Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Louisiana Tech, and Memphis. From 2003 to 2004, he was the head football coach at East Carolina, where he compiled a 3-20 record. His most recent coaching position, prior to Ole Miss, …
- Josh Kelley
Joshua "Josh" Bishop Kelley (born January 30, 1980 in Augusta, Georgia) is a singer-songwriter. He began his musical career at the age of 11. He later formed a band with his younger brother, Charles, called Inside Blue. At 14, the band released a five-song CD that struck the attention of a major label. Kelley attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi and is a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
- Brent Schaeffer
Brentis Jarryn Schaeffer is an American football quarterback. He is currently playing at the University of Mississippi, where he is entering his senior season. He transferred from the College of the Sequoias to Ole Miss prior to the 2006 season. He was selected as one of the nation's top-five impact junior college transfers by Lindy's magazine, as well as “Newcomer of the Year” in the SEC. Schaeffer started his college career at the University of Tennessee, …
- Richard Scruggs
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs was hired by Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore to assist with a lawsuit against thirteen tobacco companies in the 1990s. Prior to that he was known for his class action lawsuits against the asbestos industry. Settlement of the state's case against the tobacco companies was for 368 billion dollars (USD). His performance in this case was portrayed in the movie "The Insider" by Colm Feore.
- Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt (born 23 December 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels, "The Secret History" (1992) and "The Little Friend" (2002). Tartt was the 2003 winner of the WH Smith Literary Award for "The Little Friend". The daughter of Don and Taylor Tartt, she was born in Greenwood, Mississippi but raised 32 miles away in Grenada, Mississippi. At age five, she wrote her first poem, …
- Ann Fisher-Wirth
Ann Fisher-Wirth (born January 25, 1947 as Ann Carolyn Welpton) is a transplanted Southern poet and scholar who teaches at the University of Mississippi. Her books include "Blue Window: Poems", "The Trinket Poems", and "William Carlos Williams and Autobiography: The Woods of His Own Nature". Her scholarly work has concentrated primarily on William Carlos Williams and Willa Cather, but she has published on other writers including Cormac McCarthy, …
- Ray Mabus
Raymond Edwin "Ray" Mabus, Jr. (born October 11 1948) is an American business and political leader. Based in Mississippi, he works on international business matters, is involved in political campaigns, and serves on various corporate and charitable boards. Previously, he served as Governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 as a Democrat and as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.
- Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale (born January 24, 1943) was the president and CEO of Netscape Communications Corporation from January 1995 until the company merged with AOL in March 1999.
- Ben Williams
Ben Williams (born September 1, 1954 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is a retired American football lineman who played in the National Football League between 1976 and 1985. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 1976 NFL Draft out of the University of Mississippi.
- Charles Clark
Charles Clark (born 1925) is a retired United States federal judge from Mississippi. Clark was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He entered the U.S. Naval Reserve as an ensign in 1943 and left the Reserve after the end of World War II three years later. He started the practice of law in 1946 in Jackson, Mississippi. He continued the practice of law for five years, picking up an LL.B. from the University of Mississippi in 1948, …
- Elizabeth Spencer
Elizabeth Spencer (July 19, 1921) is an American writer. Born in Carrollton, Mississippi, Spencer was valedictorian of her graduating class at local J.Z. George High School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi and her Master's Degree in Literature at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1943. Spencer taught at the junior college level for two years before accepting a job with the Nashville Tennessean, …
- Arthur Guyton
Arthur Guyton (September 8, 1919 - April 3 2003) was an American physiologist. Guyton is most famous for his experiments in the 1950s which studied the physiology of cardiac output and its relationship with the peripheral circulation. It was this work which overturned the conventional wisdom that it was the heart itself that controlled cardiac output.
- Armintie Price
Armintie Ada Price (born April 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player. Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA Draft.
- Rod Barnes
Rod Barnes (born January 8, 1966) is a basketball coach and is currently the head coach for the Georgia State University men's basketball team of the NCAA Division I's Colonial Athletic Association.