List of people from Mississippi

Activists and advocates

• James Bevel, clergyman, civil rights activist
• Ruby Bridges, first African-American child to attend an all-white school in the South
• Curtis Conway "C.C." Bryant, civil rights activist
• Will D. Campbell, Baptist minister and activist
• James Chaney, civil rights activist
• Vernon Dahmer, civil rights activist
• Charles Evers, civil rights leader, mayor of Fayette
• Medgar Evers, civil rights leader
• Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist, journalist
• C. L. Franklin, Baptist minister, father of Aretha Franklin
• Dianna Freelon-Foster, civil rights activist, mayor of Grenada
• Lloyd L. Gaines, challenged segregation at University of Missouri School of Law, disappeared in 1939
• Duncan M. Gray Jr., Episcopal clergyman, civil rights activist
• Winifred Green, civil rights activist
• Percy Greene, journalist, activist
• Lawrence Guyot, civil rights activist
• Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights, voting rights activist
• Winson Hudson, civil rights activist
• Clyde Kennard, civil rights activist
• Germany Kent, journalist, social activist
• Edwin King, civil rights activist, Tougaloo College chaplain
• Joyce Ann Ladner, civil rights activist and educator
• James Meredith, first African-American student at the University of Mississippi
• Anne Moody, civil rights activist, author
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett, civil rights activist, women's rights activist

  Actors and actresses

• Mary Alice, actress
• Dana Andrews, actor
• Fred Armisen, actor, comedian, and musician
• Roscoe Ates, actor and musician
• Katherine Bailess, film and television actress
• Laura Bailey, voice actress
• Earl W. Bascom, actor
• Willie Best, television and film actor
• Jimmy Boyd, singer and actor
• Don Briscoe, soap opera actor
• Geneva Carr, television and stage actress
• Finn Carter, actress
• Wally Cassell, film and television actor
• Lacey Chabert, film and television actress
• Alvin Childress, actor
• Gary Collins, film and television actor
• Wyatt Emory Cooper, Broadway actor
• Cassi Davis
• John Dye, film and television actor
• Mary Elizabeth Ellis, television and film actress
• J. D. Evermore, film and television actor
• Ruth Ford, stage and film actress
• Morgan Freeman, Academy Award-winning actor
• M. C. Gainey, film and television actor
• Cynthia Geary, actress
• Gavin Gordon, film, television, and radio actor
• Allie Grant, actress
• Gary Grubbs
• Lynn Hamilton, actress
• Beth Henley, playwright and actress
• Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets
• Anthony Herrera
• Wilbur Higby, silent film actor
• Shauntay Hinton, actress
• Eddie Hodges, child actor
• Thelma Houston, actress
• James Earl Jones, actor
• Robert Earl Jones, actor
• Germany Kent, actress
• Simbi Khali
• Diane Ladd, actress
• Daniel Curtis Lee
• Tom Lester
• Martha Mattox, silent film actor
• Shane McRae
• Gerald McRaney, actor
• Gil Peterson, actor
• Parker Posey, actress
• Evelyn Preer
• Thalmus Rasulala, actor
• Beah Richards, stage, screen and television actress
• Eric Roberts, actor
• Toni Seawright, actress
• Larry Semon, silent film actor, director, producer
• Jamie Lynn Spears, actress, singer
• Taylor Spreitler, actress, model
• Stella Stevens, actress
• Tonea Stewart
• Trinitee Stokes
• Byron Thames, actor
• Joe M. Turner, actor, magician, professional speaker
• James Michael Tyler
• Brenda Venus, actress
• Ray Walston, actor
• Sela Ward, actress
• James Wheaton
• Kit Williamson, actor
• Hattie Winston, actress

  Artists

• Jere Allen, painter
• James McConnell Anderson, potter and painter
• Peter Anderson, potter
• Walter Inglis Anderson, painter
• Earl W. Bascom, painter, sculptor, "King of the Cowboy Artists"
• Bill Beckwith, monumental sculptor
• Howard Bingham, photographer
• Jason Bouldin, portrait painter
• Marshall Bouldin III, portrait painter
• Bruce Brady, sculptor of Conerly Trophy
• Andrew Bucci, painter
• Byron Burford, painter
• William Dunlap, painter
• Sam Gilliam, color field painter
• Theora Hamblett, painter
• Ted Jackson, photojournalist
• Chris LeDoux, bronze sculptor
• Alex M. Loeb, painter
• Lee McCarty, potter
• John McCrady, painter, printmaker
• Ed McGowin, sculptor, painter
• Fred Mitchell, abstract expressionist painter
• Ethel Wright Mohamed, folk stitchery artist
• George E. Ohr, potter
• J. Kim Sessums, bronze sculptor, painter
• Floyd Shaman, sculptor
• Glennray Tutor, painter
• Gary Walters, painter
• James W. Washington Jr., painter, sculptor
• Dick Waterman, photographer and blues promoter

  Athletes and sports-related people

Broadcast media personalities

• Alex Bonner, broadcast media executive
• Paul Gallo, radio host
• Lee Habeeb, conservative talk radio producer
• Iris Kelso, newspaper journalist and television commentator in New Orleans
• Germany Kent, media personality, author
• Angela McGlowan, Fox News political commentator
• Randall Pinkston, newscaster
• Robin Roberts, newscaster
• Norman Robinson, news anchor
• Tavis Smiley, talk show host
• Shepard Smith, Fox News anchor
• Paula White, televangelist, author
• Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

  Comedians

• Rod Brasfield
• Jerry Clower
• David L. Cook
• Tommy Davidson, stand-up comedian, most notable for time on In Living Color
• Mack Dryden
• Karlous Miller, stand-up comedian
• Tig Notaro, stand-up comedian
• Cardis Cardell Willis, stand-up comedian

  Educators

• Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar
• James Madison Carpenter, folklorist
• Richard Carson, professor of economics
• Joseph Crespino, political scientist
• Jesse Dukeminier, professor of law
• William R. Ferris, folklorist, chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities
• Charles Betts Galloway, Methodist bishop, editor
• Edgar Godbold, college president
• George W. Grace, linguist
• Robert Khayat, chancellor of the University of Mississippi
• Rory Lee, clergyman, college president
• Mamie Locke, political scientist, dean at Hampton University
• John A. Lomax, folklorist
• Frances Lucas, president of Millsaps College
• Bernie Machen, president of University of Florida
• Walter E. Massey, physicist, University of Chicago
• William H. Miller, theoretical chemist
• William Muse, chancellor at East Carolina University
• Rod Paige, U.S. secretary of education
• Milburn Price, hymnologist, dean of School of Performing Arts, Samford University
• Donald Rawson, historian
• Dan Reneau, president of Louisiana Tech University
• Roy Vernon Scott, historian
• Jimmy G. Shoalmire, historian
• Argile Smith, clergyman and educator
• Dale Thorn, journalist and professor
• Louis Westerfield, law professor, first African-American Dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law
• Fannie C. Williams, normal school educator

  Entrepreneurs and business leaders

• David Abney, CEO of UPS
• Jim Barksdale, president and CEO of Netscape
• Joseph A. Biedenharn, confectioner, first Coca-Cola bottler
• George W. Bryan, Sara Lee executive
• John H. Bryan, Sara Lee executive
• Fred Carl Jr., founder of Viking Range Corporation
• Cully Cobb, agricultural publisher
• Cynthia Cooper, WorldCom vice president, whistleblower
• Bernard "Bernie" Ebbers, founder and CEO of WorldCom, convicted of fraud and conspiracy
• Joshua Green, shipping magnate, banker
• Toxey Haas, founder and CEO of Haas Outdoors, Inc.
• Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television
• Ken Lewis, Bank of America executive
• Matteo Martinolich, master shipbuilder
• Walter E. Massey, corporate executive
• Glenn McCullough, chairman and CEO of GLM Associates, LLC
• Charles Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern
• Clarence Otis Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants
• Hartley Peavey, founder of Peavey Electronics
• Pig Foot Mary, culinary entrepreneur
• Robert Pittman, founder of MTV, executive at AOL
• J. H. Rush, founder of Rush's Infirmary
• Fred Smith, founder of FedEx
• James Breckenridge Speed, industrial pioneer
• Antonio Maceo Walker, president, Universal Life Insurance Company
• Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker, author, salesman

  Filmmakers

• Charles Burnett, film director and producer
• Jamaa Fanaka, film director
• John Fortenberry, film and television director
• Lawrence Gordon, film producer, Die Hard
• Jonathan Murray, creator of the reality television genre
• Patrik-Ian Polk, film writer and director
• Tate Taylor, film director of The Help and Get On Up
• Larry A. Thompson, television and film producer

  Jurists and lawyers

• Rhesa H. Barksdale, federal judge
• Neal Brooks Biggers Jr., U.S. district judge
• William Joel Blass, attorney
• Debra M. Brown, U.S. district judge
• Gerald Chatham, lawyer, lead prosecutor in the Emmett Till case
• Bobby DeLaughter, prosecutor, judge
• Jess H. Dickinson, associate justice, Supreme Court of Mississippi
• Boyce Holleman, attorney
• Perry Wilbon Howard, assistant U.S. attorney general, Republican leader
• Lucy Somerville Howorth, attorney, judge, state legislator
• E. Grady Jolly, judge of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• W. Allen Pepper Jr., U.S. district judge
• Charles W. Pickering, U.S. district judge
• Thomas Rodney, U.S. territorial judge
• Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, attorney
• Constance Slaughter-Harvey, judge and attorney
• Michael B. Thornton, judge, U.S. Tax Court
• Ben C. Toledano, lawyer and columnist
• Michael Wallace, lawyer
• James R. Williams, lawyer, U.S. attorney

  Military figures

• William Wirt Adams, brigadier general, CSA
• Van T. Barfoot, World War II colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Barksdale, brigadier general, CSA, died at Gettysburg
• William Billingsley, ensign, first Navy aviator killed in an airplane crash
• Alvin C. Cockrell, second lieutenant, USMC, killed in World War II
• Nathan Bedford Forrest, general, CSA
• Walter "Smokey" Gordon, World War II veteran, portrayed in the HBO mini-series Band Of Brothers
• Jeffery Hammond, major general, U.S. Army
• Randolph M. Holder, USN lieutenant
• Felix Huston, general, Texas army
• Samuel Reeves Keesler, Army aviator
• Newt Knight, Unionist leader
• Roy Joseph Marchand, World War II fireman first class
• Henry Pinckney McCain, adjutant general, US Army
• John S. McCain Sr., USN admiral
• Donald H. Peterson, USAF colonel and NASA astronaut
• Charles Read, naval officer
• Viola B. Sanders, USN captain, director of women, U.S. Navy
• Daniel Isom Sultan, inspector general, U.S. Army
• James Monroe Trotter, first man of color to achieve rank of 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army, music historian
• Richard H. Truly, USN vice-admiral, astronaut, NASA administrator
• Louis H. Wilson Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps and Medal of Honor recipient

  Models

• Jennifer Adcock, Miss Mississippi 2002 and Miss Mississippi USA 2005
• Kristi Addis, Miss Teen USA 1987
• Susan Akin, Miss Mississippi 1985 and Miss America 1986
• Jenna Edwards, former Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA
• Ruth Ford, model
• Taryn Foshee, Miss Mississippi 2006
• Tess Holliday, first plus-size model
• Lauren Jones, model, Barker's Beauty on The Price is Right, shoe line namesake
• June Juanico, beauty queen known for dating Elvis Presley in 1955 and 1956
• Nan Kelley, Miss Mississippi 1985 and GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown hostess
• Kendra King, Miss Mississippi USA 2006
• Christine Kozlowski, Miss Mississippi 2008
• Leah Laviano, Miss Mississippi USA 2008, and 1st runner up in Miss USA 2008
• Monica Louwerens, Miss Mississippi 1995
• Lypsinka, drag performer and model
• Lynda Lee Mead, Miss America 1960
• Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959
• Kimberly Morgan, Miss Mississippi 2007
• Cheryl Prewitt, Miss America 1980
• Crystal Renn, plus-size model and fashion model
• Hannah Roberts, Miss University of Southern Mississippi 2015
• Toni Seawright, Miss Mississippi 1987; first African-American winner
• Naomi Sims, fashion model and author
• Ellen Stratton, model and Playboy Playmate
• Amy Wesson, fashion model
• Cindy Williams, journalist and Miss Mississippi USA 1986
• Jalin Wood, Miss Mississippi 2004 and Miss Mississippi USA 2007

  Musicians

Physicians

• Blair E. Batson, founding chairman of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and eponym of the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children
• Henry Cloud, clinical psychologist
• Thomas F. Frist Sr., cardiologist, founder of Hospital Corporation of America
• Arthur Guyton, physiologist, author of Textbook of Medical Physiology
• James Hardy, surgeon who performed the first successful cadaveric lung transplant
• T. R. M. Howard, surgeon and activist
• Edgar Hull, co-founder of Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
• Thomas Naum James, cardiologist

  Politicians

• Thomas Abernethy, U.S. representative
• Bidwell Adam, lieutenant governor
• Robert H. Adams, U.S. senator
• James L. Alcorn, governor, U.S. senator
• William Allain, governor
• John Mills Allen, U.S. representative
• Apuckshunubbee, Choctaw chief
• Haley Barbour, governor
• Ethelbert Barksdale, U.S. representative, Confederate congressman
• William Barksdale, U.S. congressman
• Ross Barnett, governor
• Cheri Barry, mayor
• Marion Barry, Washington, D.C. mayor
• Theodore G. Bilbo, governor and U.S. senator
• Marsha Blackburn, U.S. representative from Tennessee
• Hale Boggs, U.S. representative from Louisiana, House majority leader
• Mary Booze, first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee
• David R. Bowen, U.S. representative
• Leon Bramlett, Republican politician
• Walker Brooke, U.S. senator
• Blanche Bruce, U.S. senator
• Ezekiel S. Candler Jr., U.S. representative
• Gil Carmichael, Republican politician, transportation specialist
• Joseph W. Chalmers, U.S. senator
• Travis W. Childers, U.S. representative
• John Claiborne, U.S. representative
• Bryant Clark, state representative, son of Robert G. Clark Jr.
• Robert G. Clark Jr., state representative, speaker pro tempore
• Thad Cochran, U.S. senator
• James P. Coleman, governor
• Jacqueline Y. Collins, Illinois state senator
• Ross A. Collins, U.S. representative
• William M. Colmer, U.S. representative
• Greg Davis, mayor
• Jefferson Davis, U.S. senator and president of the Confederate States of America
• Wayne Dowdy, chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party
• Brad Dye, lieutenant governor
• James Eastland, U.S. senator
• Ronnie Edwards, Louisiana state representative
• Mike Espy, U.S. secretary of agriculture
• Robert C. Farrell, Los Angeles city councilman
• Chris Faser Jr., Mississippi and Louisiana state legislator
• Erik R. Fleming, state representative
• Mary E. Flowers, Illinois state representative
• Tim Ford, speaker of Mississippi House of Representatives
• Kirk Fordice, governor
• Webb Franklin, U.S. representative
• Evelyn Gandy, lieutenant governor, Louisiana state representative
• James Z. George, U.S. senator
• Charles H. Griffin, U.S. representative
• Gregg Harper, U.S. representative
• Pat Harrison, U.S. representative
• Patrick Henry, U.S. representative
• Jim Herring, attorney, chairman of Mississippi Republican Party
• Thomas C. Hindman, U.S. representative from Arkansas
• Jon Hinson, U.S. representative
• David Holmes, first Governor of Mississippi
• Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi
• Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi secretary of state
• Benjamin G. Humphreys, governor
• Benjamin G. Humphreys II, U.S. representative
• William Y. Humphreys, U.S. representative
• Paul B. Johnson Jr., governor
• Paul B. Johnson Sr., judge/governor
• Pete Johnson, state auditor, co-chair of Delta Regional Authority
• Daryl Jones, Florida legislator, attorney
• Penne Percy Korth, diplomat, U.S. senator and supreme court justice
• Swords Lee, businessman, Louisiana state legislator
• Greenwood LeFlore, Choctaw chief, state senator
• Elmer Litchfield, sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
• Mamie Locke, Virginia state senator
• Trent Lott, U.S. senator
• Chokwe Lumumba, activist, attorney, mayor of Jackson
• John R. Lynch, first African-American speaker of the Mississippi House, U.S. representative
• Ray Mabus, governor and Secretary of the Navy
• Lewis McAllister, state representative
• Glenn McCullough, mayor of Tupelo
• Chris McDaniel, state senator
• Anselm J. McLaurin, governor
• Myrtis Methvin, mayor of Castor, Louisiana
• Hernando Money, U.S. senator
• Frank A. Montgomery, state representative and circuit judge
• Isaiah Montgomery, founder, mayor of
• Sonny Montgomery, U.S. representative
• Mike Moore, Mississippi attorney general
• Stanford Morse, state senator
• Henry L. Muldrow, U.S. representative and First Assistant Secretary of the Interior
• Ronnie Musgrove, governor
• David Myers, politician, state representative
• Spencer Myrick, Louisiana legislator
• Edmond F. Noel, governor
• Joe Nosef, attorney, chairman of Mississippi Republican Party
• Alan Nunnelee, state senator
• Rod Paige, U.S. secretary of education
• Rubel Phillips, gubernatorial candidate Corinth
• Chip Pickering, U.S. representative
• Stacey Pickering, state auditor
• Charles K. Pringle, state representative
• John E. Rankin, U.S. representative
• Red Shoes, assassinated Choctaw leader
• Clarke Reed, state Republican chairman
• Jack Reed, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1987
• Bill Renick, mayor, governor's chief of staff
• Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African-American U.S. senator
• Carol Schwartz, District of Columbia politician
• Abram M. Scott, governor
• Ronnie Shows, U.S. representative
• Jim Singleton, New Orleans councilman
• Larkin I. Smith, U.S. representative
• Larry Speakes, presidential spokesman
• James J. Spelman, journalist, state representative
• John C. Stennis, U.S. senator
• Bill Stone, state senator
• Tom Stuart, mayor of Meridian
• William V. Sullivan, U.S. representative and senator
• Gene Taylor, U.S. representative
• Bennie Thompson, U.S. representative
• Jacob Thompson, U.S. representative, secretary of the interior
• E. M. Toler, physician, Louisiana state legislator
• Amy Tuck, lieutenant governor
• James K. Vardaman, governor, U.S. senator
• Joseph Warren, politician, state representative
• Jamie L. Whitten, U.S. representative
• Roger Wicker, U.S. senator
• Thomas Hickman Williams, U.S. senator
• Norris C. Williamson, Louisiana state senator
• William Arthur Winstead, U.S. representative
• William Winter, governor
• Seelig Wise, planter, state senator
• Fielding L. Wright, governor
• Wirt Yerger, state Republican chairman

  Scientists and inventors

• Earl W. Bascom, inventor of rodeo equipment
• Harry A. Cole, inventor of Pine-Sol
• James A. Ford, archaeologist
• Fred Haise, engineer, astronaut
• Elizabeth Lee Hazen, microbiologist, developer of nystatin
• Martin F. Jue, amateur radio inventor, entrepreneur
• Ben Montgomery, freedman, farmer, inventor
• Joseph Newman, inventor of the Newman motor
• Chester H. Pond, inventor of the electrical self-winding clock
• Henry Sampson, inventor
• Roy A. Tucker, astronomer

  Supercentenarians

• Lillie Mae Leggett, 110 years old
• Moses Hardy, lived 112 years and 335 days
• Bettie Wilson, lived 115 years and 153 days

  Writers

• William Allegrezza, poet
• Ace Atkins, novelist
• Howard Bahr, novelist
• Frederick Barthelme, novelist and professor
• Earl W. Bascom, artist and writer
• Lerone Bennett Jr., editor of Ebony magazine
• Douglas A. Blackmon, journalist and historian
• Maxwell Bodenheim, poet and novelist
• Bruce Brady, writer, editor of Outdoor Life
• Charlie Braxton, poet and author
• Larry Brown, novelist
• Jill Conner Browne, author, Sweet Potato Queens
• Jack Butler, author
• Mary Cain, journalist
• Hodding Carter II, journalist
• Hodding Carter III, journalist
• Craig Claiborne, food writer
• Carl Corley, author
• Hubert Creekmore, poet, author
• Mart Crowley, playwright
• Borden Deal, novelist and short story writer
• Ben Domenech, conservative writer and blogger
• David Herbert Donald, historian
• Ellen Douglas , novelist
• John T. Edge, food writer
• W. Ralph Eubanks, author, journalist
• Woody Evans, technology journalist and short story writer
• John Faulkner, plain-style writer
• William Faulkner, Nobel laureate
• William Clark Falkner, businessman, author
• Bill Fitzhugh
• Vic Fleming, puzzle writer
• Shelby Foote, historian and novelist
• Charles Henri Ford, poet, novelist, editor
• Richard Ford. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer
• Lynn Franklin, author, police detective
• Tom Franklin, author
• Ellen Gilchrist, novelist, poet, short story writer
• John Grisham, legal thrillers novelist
• Barry Hannah, novelist and short story writer
• Charlaine Harris, mystery author
• Thomas Harris, author, screenwriter
• Beth Henley, playwright and screenwriter
• M. Carl Holman, author, poet, playwright
• Alan Huffman, author, journalist
• Greg Iles, novelist
• Germany Kent, author, journalist
• Greg Keyes, science fiction and fantasy writer
• Kiese Laymon, novelist, memoirist
• Muna Lee, author and poet
• Clinton LeSueur, journalist, congressional candidate
• Sam Chu Lin, journalist
• Anne Moody, author, activist
• Willie Morris, author, editor
• Jess Mowry, writer of books and stories for children and young adults
• Ellis Nassour, journalist, playwright, non-fiction author
• Thomas Naylor, author and economist
• Lewis Nordan, fiction author
• Steven Ozment, historian
• Walker Percy, author
• William Alexander Percy, author
• Thomas Hal Phillips, author, film actor
• Robert M. Price, theologian, writer
• William Raspberry, public affairs columnist
• Kevin Sessums, magazine editor
• George W. Shannon, editor of the magazine The Citizen
• Donald C. Simmons Jr., author and filmmaker
• Roscoe Simmons, journalist, activist
• Patrick D. Smith, novelist
• Robert Bruce Smith IV, author, local historian
• Lynne Spears, author
• Elizabeth Spencer, novelist
• Stuart Stevens, author, political consultant
• William N. Still Jr., maritime historian
• Kathryn Stockett, novelist
• Donna Tartt, novelist
• Clifton Taulbert, author and speaker
• Mildred Taylor, author
• Wright Thompson, sports writer
• Natasha Trethewey, 2007 Pulitzer Prize poet
• Jamie Langston Turner, Christian novelist
• Irving Vendig, television writer
• Brenda Venus, author
• Howard Waldrop, science fiction author
• Jesmyn Ward, novelist
• Peggy Webb, romance novel author
• Eudora Welty, novelist, short story writer
• Neil White III, playwright, publisher
• Curtis Wilkie, journalist, historian
• Paige Williams, journalist, author
• Tennessee Williams, playwright
• Amos N. Wilson, psychologist, author
• Richard Nathaniel Wright
• Al Young, poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter
• Stark Young, playwright, novelist, literary critic, essayist

  Other people

• Arthur Blessitt, preacher
• Miriam Chamani, Mambo priestess, co-founder of New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple
• James Copeland, outlaw and co-leader of Wages and Copeland Clan
• Cat Cora, first female Iron Chef America in franchise history
• Margaret Ferguson, political scientist
• Jeff Fort, leader of Black P. Stones Nation
• Larry Hoover, leader of Gangster Disciple Nation
• Leslie Hubricht, biologist and malacologist
• Mary Comfort Leonard, founder of Delta Gamma fraternity
• Floyd Mayweather Sr., boxer
• L. H. Musgrove, outlaw hanged by vigilante committee in Denver, Colorado
• Edmond "Eddie" F. Noel, Lexington; African-American who killed three white men in 1954 and evaded capture by 400-man lynch party; turned himself in, was committed by court to state mental institution; released in 1970
• Haller Nutt, planter, builder of Longwood
• Richard Ragan, White House official, UN diplomat
• The Scott Sisters, convicted of murder in controversial case that drew national attention
• Lenny Skutnik, celebrity rescuer of 1982 disaster victim
• Toby Turner, YouTube star, better known as Tobuscus