Aarushhh/wikipedia-simple-splitted huggingface dataset:
F

Nikki Fargas, basketball coach; grew up in Oak Ridge
David Farragut, admiral
Josh Farro, musician
Zac Farro, musician
Jerome Felton, football player
Larry Finch, basketball player
Chad Finchum, NASCAR driver
Ric Flair, professional wrestler
Lester Flatt, musician
Bruce Fleisher, golfer
Shelby Foote, author
Colin Ford, actor
Harold Ford Jr., politician
Tennessee Ernie Ford, entertainer
Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War officer
Logan Forsythe, baseball player
Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court justice
Ramon Foster, football player
Megan Fox, actress
Aretha Franklin, singer
Aubrayo Franklin
James B. Frazier, governor
Morgan Freeman, Academy Award-winning actor
Bill Frist, physician and politician
Phillip Fulmer, football coach

G
G

A. H. Garland (1832–1899), politician; born in Tipton County
Phil Garner, baseball player and manager
Marc Gasol, basketball player
Jacob Gentry, film director
Annie Somers Gilchrist, writer
Jim Gilliam, baseball player
Nikki Giovanni, educator
Guilford Glazer, land developer
Ernest William Goodpasture, physician
Ginnifer Goodwin, actress
Al Gore, former Tennessee Senator, 45th Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (1993–2001), and 2000 Democratic nominee for president
Albert Gore, Sr., politician, senator, father of Al Gore
Yo Gotti, rapper
Lou Graham, golfer, 1975 U.S. Open champion
Aaron Grant, football player
Sonny Gray, baseball player
Jack Greene, musician
Justin Grimm, baseball player
Red Grooms, artist

H
Wayne Haddix, football player
Lucy Hale, actress and singer; Pretty Little Liars
Alex Haley, author
Carla Hall, chef
George Hamilton, actor
Ken Hamlin, football player
W.C. Handy, composer
Anne Haney, actress
Jack Hanna, zookeeper 
William Happer, physicist 
Penny Hardaway, basketball player
Chris Hardwick, comedian, actor, television personality, and host of At Midnight with Chris Hardwick; born in Kentucky but raised in Memphis
Greg Hardy, football player
Bob Harper, personal trainer
Thelma Harper, U.S. Senator
George "Two Ton" Harris, professional wrestler
Isham G. Harris, governor and U.S. Senator
Mary Styles Harris, biologist, geneticist
Phil Harris, actor, singer, bandleader
Dennis Haskins, actor
James Haslam Jr., businessman, owner of NFL's Cleveland Browns
Trenton Hassell, basketball player
Donald Hawkins, football player
Whit Haydn, magician
Isaac Hayes, musician and actor
Henry D. Haynes, "Homer" of Homer and Jethro
Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns, boxer
Todd Helton, baseball player
Christina Hendricks, actress
Elaine Hendrix, actress
Dwight Henry, actor, baker
Jim Hickman, baseball player
Dont'a Hightower, football player
Hunter Hillenmeyer, football player
Thomas C. Hindman, Confederate general
Will Hoge, musician
Charles O. (Chad) Holliday, chief executive officer of Bank of America
Rick Honeycutt, baseball pitcher and coach
The Honky Tonk Man, professional wrestler
John Jay Hooker, attorney
Benjamin Hooks, minister, NAACP director
Ben W. Hooper, governor
Ed Hooper, author
Myles Horton, educator
Sam Houston, soldier and politician
Bailey Howell, basketball player
Allan B. Hubbard, National Economic Council Director 
Dakota Hudson, baseball player
Dick Hudson, football player
Thomas Hughes, English author of Tom Brown's School Days; founded Rugby, Tennessee
Yolanda Hughes-Heying, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State; recipient, Nobel Peace Prize
Claude Humphrey, football player
Con Hunley, singer
Courtney Hunt, screenwriter and director
Alberta Hunter, blues singer
Les Hunter, basketball player
Dennis Hwang, graphic artist
Juicy J, rapper and producer
Al Jackson Jr. (1935-1975), drummer
Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (1829–1837)
Howell Edmunds Jackson, Supreme Court Justice
Quinton Jackson, former UFC light heavyweight champion; born in Memphis
Samuel L. Jackson, actor
Mark Jacoby, performer
Claude Jarman Jr., actor
Jeff Jarrett, professional wrestler
Josh Jasper (born 1987), All-American college football player (placekicker)
Carol Mayo Jenkins, actress
Chad Jenkins, baseball player
John Jenkins, basketball player
William L. Jenkins, U.S. House of Representatives (R-TN-01) (1997–2007)
John Jerry, football player
Peria Jerry, football player
Michael Jeter, actor
Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (1865–1869)
Thomas Johnson, football player
Cave Johnson, politician and U.S. Postmaster General (1865–1869)
Allan Jones, businessman and founder of Check Into Cash
Booker T. Jones (born 1944), multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Cherry Jones, actress
Christopher Jones, actor
Ed "Too Tall" Jones, football player
Jesse Holman Jones, politician
Popeye Jones, basketball player
Van Jones, environmental advocate
Caleb Joseph, baseball player
K

Margaret Keane, artist
Josh Kear, songwriter
Josephine E. Keating, musician, music teacher, critic
Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator
David Keith, actor
Frank B. Kelso II, admiral
K.Michelle, singer
Kem, singer
Tony Kemp, baseball player
Kesha, singer
Daniel Kilgore, football player
Johnny Knoxville, actor
Rachel Korine, actress
Bill Kovach, journalist
Joseph Wood Krutch, naturalist

L

"Nature Boy" Buddy Landel, professional wrestler
Dan Landrum, hammered-dulcimer player
Walter Lang, film director
Lucille La Verne, actress
Jerry "The King" Lawler, professional wrestler
Renee Lawless, actress, singer
William P. Lawrence, U.S. Navy Vice admiral (United States)
Arthur Lee, musician
Clyde Lee, basketball player
Kai-Fu Lee, Google executive
Adriane Lenox, actress
D. D. Lewis, football player
Steve Liddle, baseball coach
Beth Littleford, actress, comedian
Sondra Locke, actress
Z. Alexander Looby, lawyer
Horace Harmon Lurton, Supreme Court justice
Dustin Lynch, singer
Andrew Nelson Lytle, novelist

M
Jean (Faircloth) MacArthur, heiress, wife of General Douglas MacArthur
"Uncle Dave" Macon, musician and comedian
Bill Madlock, baseball player
Matt Mahaffey, musician
Johnny Majors, football coach
Delbert Mann, screenwriter and director
Nick Marable, freestyle wrestler
Jamie Marchi, voice actress
Shawn Marion, basketball player
Sterling Marlin, two-time Daytona 500 winner
Wink Martindale, television personality
Shaq Mason, football player
Christopher Massey, actor, rapper
Mike Massey, professional pool player
Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer, astronomer
William Gibbs McAdoo, politician
Hill McAlister, governor
Macon McCalman, actor
Cormac McCarthy, novelist
Tim McCarver, baseball player and broadcaster
Byron McKeeby, artist and educator
Ted McClain, basketball player
Jacques McClendon, football player
Michael McDonald, singer
Brownie McGhee, musician
Stick McGhee, musician
Ralph McGill, journalist
Kenneth McKellar, politician
Reggie McKenzie, football player and executive
Bill McKinney, actor
Ellen McLain, opera singer, voice actress
Jon Meacham, publishing executive
Jodie Meeks, basketball player
Ron Mercer, basketball player
Cary Middlecoff, golfer
Jerry Minor, actor
Mike Minor, baseball pitcher
John Mitchell, baseball pitcher
Chris Moneymaker, poker player; from Knoxville
Ashley Monroe, singer
Grace Moore, opera soprano
Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA 1997
Craig Morgan, singer
Lorrie Morgan, singer
Bryan Morris, baseball player
Gideon Morris, trans-Appalachian pioneer and founder of Morristown
Ricky Morton, professional wrestler
Anson Mount, writer
James Cole Mountflorence, 19th-century diplomat
Mary Noailles Murfree
Robert Myers, football player
N

Elise Neal, actress
Patricia Neal, Academy Award-winning actress
Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster
Johnny Neumann, basketball player
Josef Newgarden, Indy Car driver 
Robert Neyland, UT Vols football coach, namesake for Neyland Stadium
Alfred O. P. Nicholson, politician
Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses, clergyman
Kenneth Nixon, musician

O

Adolph Ochs, publisher
Oconostota
Joe O'Donnell, photojournalist
Michael Oher, football player
Joe Oliver, baseball player
Frank Omiyale, football player
Randall Keith Orton, professional wrestler
Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher
Jimmy Outlaw, baseball player
Park Overall, actress
Chord Overstreet, actor, singer
Major Owens, politician

P
Bettie Page, model
John Palmer, television journalist
Matt Palmer, baseball pitcher
Hermes Pan, choreographer
Paramore, four members from Franklin
Lara Parker, actress
Cindy Parlow, soccer player and coach
Chris Parnell, comedian
Wes Parsons, baseball pitcher
Hope Partlow, singer
Dolly Parton, singer and actress
Randy Parton, singer
Stella Parton, actress
Elizabeth Patterson, actress
Quinton Patton, NFL player
Cameron Payne, NBA player
Waylon Payne, singer
Minnie Pearl, comedian and Grand Ole Opry star
Puggy Pearson, professional poker player
Chad Pennington, NFL player
Sydney Penny, actress
Carl Perkins, musician
Michael Peterson, novelist, criminal
John J. Pettus, 23rd Governor of Mississippi (1859–1863)
John M. Pickard, actor
Landon Pigg, singer
Vada Pinson, baseball player
Dontari Poe, NFL player
Antoinette Van Leer Polk, southern belle and Baroness de Charette
James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States (1845–1849)
Leonidas Polk, bishop
VanLeer Polk, politician
Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States, wife of President James K. Polk
Drew Pomeranz, baseball pitcher
James D. Porter, governor
Annie Potts, actress
Casey Prather (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Elvis Presley, "king of rock and roll", actor
David Price, baseball pitcher
Tommy Prothro, football coach
Will Provine, historian of science 
Missi Pyle, actress and singer
Q

DJ Qualls, actor
Jimmy Quillen, politician

R
Dave Ramsey, author, motivational speaker
Jalen Ramsey, football player
John Rankin, abolitionist
John Crow Ransom, educator and critic
Isaiah Rashad, rapper and songwriter 
Wendell Rawls Jr., journalist
Robbie Ray, baseball player
Sam Rayburn, politician
J. J. Redick, basketball player
B. Carroll Reece
Florence Patton Reece, folk singer
Jerry Reese, football executive
Brad Renfro, actor
Garrett Reynolds, football player
Cynthia Rhodes, actress, singer
Grantland Rice, sportswriter
 Herb Rich (1928–2008), 2x All-Pro NFL football player
John S. Roane, 4th Governor of Arkansas (1849–1852)
Lee Roberson, educator
Rick Roberson, basketball player
Albert H. Roberts, governor
James Robertson, explorer
Oscar Robertson, basketball player
Pat Robertson, televangelist
Olan Rogers, comedian, actor
John Ross, Cherokee chief
Mitch Rouse, actor and director
Vic Rouse, basketball player
Mason Rudolph, golfer
Wilma Rudolph, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
Campy Russell, basketball player
Fred Russell, sportswriter
Thomas Clarke Rye, governor
Christine Sadler, journalist
Shane Salerno, screenwriter
Chip Saltsman, politician
William Sanderson, actor, Newhart, Deadwood, True Blood
Paul Satterfield, actor
Clarence Saunders, grocer
Dan Schneider, television producer
Aaron Schoenfeld (born 1990), Major League Soccer player
Tom Schulman, screenwriter
John T. Scopes, schoolteacher
Alvin Scott, basketball player
Hillary Scott, lead singer of Lady Antebellum
Josey Scott, lead singer of Saliva
Rhea Seddon, astronaut
John Seigenthaler, television journalist
John Michael Seigenthaler, television journalist
Gerald Sensabaugh, football player
Dewitt Clinton Senter, governor
Sequoyah, polymath of the Cherokee Nation
John Sevier, one of Tennessee's founding fathers
Paul Shanklin, satirist
Vicellous Reon Shannon, actor, The Hurricane, 24 Season 1
Cybill Shepherd, actress
William Shepherd, astronaut
T. G. Sheppard, singer
George Sherrill, baseball pitcher
John K. Shields, U.S. Senator
Pooh Shiesty, rapper
Dinah Shore, singer, actress and television personality
Daniel Simberloff, biologist
Walt Simonson, comic book writer/artist
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, activist
Jonathan Singleton, singer-songwriter
Bessie Smith, singer
Bingo Smith, basketball player
Brent Smith, lead singer of Shinedown
Carl Smith, singer
Daniel Smith, surveyor
Lane Smith, actor
Lee Smith, football player
Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007
Bobby Sowell (born 1947), musician, songwriter
Richard Speight Jr., actor
Steve Spurrier, football coach
Bethany Stahl, author
Edwin Starr, singer
Alfred Steele, CEO of PepsiCo
Lewie Steinberg (1933-2016), bassist
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., NASCAR driver
Andrew Stevens, actor and producer
Morgan Stevens, actor
Jim Stewart (born 1930), record producer and co-founder of Stax Records
Tom Stewart, U.S. Senator
James Stone, football player
John M. Stone, politician
Harry Stonecipher, aviation executive
Thomas S. Stribling, writer
Samuel Stritch, archbishop
Pat Summitt, basketball coach
Frank Sutton, actor
Grady Sutton, actor
Lynn Swann, football player
Austin Swift, actor, brother of Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift, singer-songwriter and record producer
George Taliaferro, football player
Edward Talley, soldier; Medal of Honor recipient
Roscoe Tanner, tennis player
James Tappan (1825–1906), politician, lawyer, and Confederate general; born in Franklin
Quentin Tarantino, film director, actor, and screenwriter; born in Knoxville
Allen Tate, poet
Golden Tate, football player
Alfred A. Taylor, governor
Jordan Taylor, youtuber
Peter Taylor, author
Robert Love Taylor, governor and U.S. Senator
Carla Thomas (born 1942), singer, dubbed "the Queen of Memphis Soul"
J. Karen Thomas, actress, singer
Jake Thomas, actor
Lane Thomas, baseball player
Hugh F. Thomason (1826–1893), politician; born in Smith County
Fred Dalton Thompson, politician and actor
Three 6 Mafia
Faye Throneberry, baseball player
Marv Throneberry, baseball player
Isaac Tigrett, businessman, founder of Hard Rock Cafe
Justin Timberlake, singer and actor
Mageina Tovah, actress; Joan of Arcadia, the Spider-Man films
Andrew Triggs, baseball player
Cal Turner, co-founder of Dollar General
Elston Turner, basketball player
James Luther Turner, co-founder of Dollar General
Tina Turner, singer
Peter Turney, governor
U

 Ryan Upchurch, country music songwriter and singer-rapper
 Reggie Upshaw (born 1995), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Usher, entertainer

V

Anthony Wayne Van Leer, iron works owner 
Gore Verbinski, actor and director
Lark Voorhies, actress

W
Bill Wade, football player
Chuck Wagner, actor
Leon Wagner, baseball player
Barbara Jo Walker, Miss America 1947
William Walker, lawyer, journalist
Randall Wallace, screenwriter and director
Gretchen Walsh, swimmer
Herbert S. Walters, U.S. Senator
Darrell Waltrip, auto racer, winner of 1989 Daytona 500
Calvin Ward, soldier; Medal of Honor recipient
Koko B. Ware, professional wrestler
Mary Ware, poet and writer
Taylor Ware, singer
William W. Watkins (1826–1898), politician; born in Jefferson County
Cameron Watson, actor and director
Robert Penn Warren, author
David Weathers, baseball pitcher
Lucy Webb, comedian
Ida B. Wells, journalist (originally from Mississippi)
Kitty Wells, singer
Scott Wells, football player
David West, baseball pitcher
Red West, stuntman, actor, associate of Elvis Presley
James Westerfield, actor
Kent Whitaker, culinary writer, chef (born in Kentucky, raised in Nashville)
Hugh Lawson White, politician
Reggie White, football player, Hall of Famer
Ed Whitson, baseball pitcher
John S. Wilder, politician
Snootie Wild, rapper/singer
Dan Williams, football player
Elliot Williams, basketball player
Hank Williams III, singer
Hayley Williams, singer for Paramore (originally from Mississippi)
Louis Williams, basketball player
Shawne Williams, basketball player
Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician
Patrick Willis, football player
Cedrick Wilson, football player
E. Bright Wilson, chemist
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host, actress, producer (originally from Mississippi)
Don Wise, saxophonist, music producer, songwriter
Tim Wise, activist
Reese Witherspoon, Academy Award-winning actress
Jason Witten, football player, Dallas Cowboys
Brandan Wright, basketball player
Clyde Wright, baseball pitcher
K. J. Wright, football player
Y

Susan Yeagley, actress
Moneybagg Yo, rapper 
Alvin York, World War I soldier who captured 132 Germans almost single-handedly, Sergeant York
Taylor York, guitarist
Bob Young, TV producer
Young Buck, rapper
Chris Young, singer, winner of Nashville Star
Thaddeus Young, basketball player

Z

Chris Zachary, baseball player
Felix Zollicoffer, American Civil War general, congressman

Related pages 
 List of people from Chattanooga, Tennessee
 List of people from Knoxville, Tennessee
 List of people from Memphis, Tennessee
 List of people from Nashville, Tennessee

References 

Tennessee
All India Santali Students' Association (AISSA) is a left wing student organisation in India. It describes itself as "the voice of the radical students' movement". It is associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation. The association was previously affiliated to the IPF.

History
The association was founded in Allahabad on 9 August 1990 with the merger of several left-wing students organisations across India. AISA have organisational presence in the states and union territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, etc. N. Sai Balaji is national president of AISA and Sandeep Saurav is it's the National General Secretary.
Universities
The students association has presence in many schools in India; such as Patna University, University of Allahabad, Banaras Hindu University, Kumaun University, Jadavpur University, University of Delhi, University of Lucknow, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Ambedkar university Delhi among others. A unit of AISA also has consistently won Student union elections in Rikhnikhal Degree college, Pauri garhwal Uttarakhand since 2017.

References

Organizations based in India
This is a list of notable people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely connected with Memphis, Tennessee.

This list is in alphabetical order by last name.

A
 Johnny Ace (1929–1954) — rhythm and blues singer
 Heather Armstrong (born 1975) — author and blogger, Dooce.com
 Kristin Armstrong (born 1973) — professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist
 George Awsumb (1880–1959) — Norwegian-American architect
 Gwen Robinson Awsumb (1915–2003) — first woman elected to Memphis City Council
 Estelle Axton (1918–2004) — co-founder of Stax Records

B
Julien Baker (born 1995) — singer, songwriter, and guitarist
 Michael A. Baker (born 1953) — astronaut
Adrian Banks (born 1986) — American-Israeli basketball player, 2011-12 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 The Bar-Kays (formed in 1966) — music band
 Lloyd Barbee (1925–2002) — Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist
 Marion Barry (1936–2014) — mayor of Washington, D.C.
 Charles Bartliff (1886–1962) — soccer player
 Kathy Bates (born 1948) — Academy Award-winning actress
 Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin (1913–1995) — poet
 Michael Beck (born 1949) — actor, best known for The Warriors and Xanadu
 Reginald Becton (born 1991) — basketball player
 William Bedford (born 1963) — basketball player
 Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960) — concert organist, teacher, and church musician
 Chris Bell (1951–1978) — musician
 William Bell (born 1939) — singer
 Charles T. Bernard (1927–2015) — businessman and Arkansas politician, died in Memphis in 2015
 Big Star (formed in 1971) — rock band
Blac Youngsta (born 1990) — rapper; born Samuel Marquez Benson
 Greg Bird — Major League Baseball first baseman
 Tarik Black (born 1991) — basketball player
 James Blackwood (1919–2002) — gospel singer, founding member of quartet The Blackwood Brothers
 BlocBoy JB — rapper
 Bobby "Blue" Bland (1930–2013) — musician
 Elizabeth Bolden (1890–2006) — oldest person in the world during most of 2006
 Charles Boyce (born 1949) — syndicated cartoonist
 Cory Branan (born 1974) — singer/songwriter
 Craig Brewer (born 1971) — movie director
 Ben Browder (born 1962) — actor, best known for Farscape and Stargate SG-1
 Dave Brown (born 1946) — TV meteorologist, professional wrestling announcer
 Joe Brown (born 1947) — politician
 Isaac Bruce (born 1972) — former NFL player
 Antonio Burks (born 1980) — former basketball player
 Dorsey Burnette (1932–1979) — rockabilly pioneer, singer-songwriter
 Johnny Burnette (1934–1964) — rockabilly pioneer, singer-songwriter
 Leonard Burton (born 1964) — NFL player
Mike Butler (1946–2018) — basketball player
 Derrick Byars (born 1984) — basketball player
 Latasha Byears (born 1973) — basketball player
Herman Cain (1945–2020) — businessman, talk show host, and candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination
 Tyrone Calico (born 1980) — NFL player for the Tennessee Titans
 Dixie Carter (1939–2010) — actress known for Designing Women and Desperate Housewives
 Lorenzo Carter (born 1995) — linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
 Bob Caruthers (1864–1911) — Major League Baseball player
 Kellye Cash (born 1965) — Miss America 1987
 Rosanne Cash (born 1955) — singer-songwriter
 Cy Casper (1912–1968) — NFL player for the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Gunners, and Pittsburgh Pirates
 Dave Catching (born 1961) — musician
 Alex Chilton (1950–2010) — musician
 NLE Choppa — rapper
 Mary Church Terrell – civil and women's rights activist
 Robert Reed Church, Sr. (1839–1912) — entrepreneur and philanthropist
 Ian Clark (born 1991) — basketball player
 Philip Claypool — musician
 Jack Clement — singer, songwriter, and record/movie producer
 Lashundra Trenyce Cobbin (born 1980) — American Idol contestant
Steve Cohen (born 1949) — politician
 Richard Colbert — rapper also known as iLoveMemphis or iHeartMemphis
 Olivia Cole (1942–2018) — actress
 George Coleman (born 1935) — musician
 Barron Collier (1873–1939) — businessman
 Jazzie Collins (1958–2013) — African American trans woman activist and community organizer
 John Cooper (born 1975) — musician, Skillet
 Zack Cozart — baseball shortstop and third baseman for the San Francisco Giants
 Hank Crawford (1934–2009) — musician
 Steve Cropper (born 1941) — musician, Booker T. and the M.G.'s and The Blues Brothers
 Edward H. Crump (1874–1954) — political boss and U.S. Representative
 Randy Culpepper (born 1989) — basketball player
D

 Chastity Daniels (born 1978) — musician
 Janette Davis (1916–2005) — singer
 Rick Dees (born 1950) — radio personality
 Nancy Denson — mayor of Athens, Georgia
 Duke Deuce — rapper
 Eric Jerome Dickey (1961–2021)  — author 
 Jim Dickinson (1941–2009) — musician; producer
 Peter C. Doherty (born 1940) — Nobel laureate; scientist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
 Shannen Doherty (born 1971) — actress known for Beverly Hills, 90210
 Young Dolph (1985-2021) — rapper (grew up in Memphis)
 Johnny Dowd (born 1948) — musician
 Marcia Van Dresser (1877–1937) — operatic soprano, recitalist and actress
 Drumma Boy (born 1983) — hip hop music producer
 William B. Dunavant (born 1932) — businessman, CEO of Dunavant Enterprises
 Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941–2012) — musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

E 
 Johanna Edwards (born 1978) — author
 William Eggleston (born 1939) — photographer
 Egypt Central (2002–2014) — band
 Eightball & MJG (established in 1991) — musicians

F
Ben Ferguson — nationally syndicated talk radio host
 Paul Finebaum — television and radio sports-talk host
 Marjorie Finlay — opera singer and television personality
 Veronica Finn — pop singer of now-disbanded group Innosense
 Ric Flair — professional wrestler (adopted at six weeks; raised in Minnesota)
 Rey Flemings — music commissioner
 Avron Fogelman — former owner of Kansas City Royals and various Memphis-based sports teams; namesake of southeastern leg of Interstate 240
 Shelby Foote — author
 George L. Forbes — Cleveland City Council President, President of the Cleveland NAACP
 Clementine Ford — actress
 Harold Ford, Jr. — politician
 Jacob Ford — NFL player, Tennessee Titans
 Abe Fortas — politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice
 Cary Fowler — agriculturalist, established the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
 Morgan Jon Fox — movie director
 Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) — singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Frayser Boy — Academy Award-winning rapper
 Nelson Frazier, Jr. — wrestler
Morgan Freeman — Academy Award-winning actor
 Judy Freudberg — writer
 John Fry — music producer, engineer, founder of Ardent Studios
 Charlie Feathers, rockabilly musician
G

 David Galloway (writer) — novelist, international art curator, journalist and academic
 Gangsta Boo — rapper
 TM Garret — author, producer, filmmaker, radio personality, activist
 The Gentrys — 1960s rock band with Larry Raspberry and Larry Wall
 Cassietta George — gospel singer and composer
 David Gest — event and concert producer
 Lee Giles — academic and computer scientist
 Key Glock — rapper
 Ginnifer Goodwin — actress
 Robert Gordon — filmmaker and writer
 Clare Grant  — actress
 Al Green — singer, musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Larkin Grimm — folk singer
 Logan Guleff — MasterChef Junior Season 2 winner
 Gyft — rapper signed to E1 Music

H
H

 Lucy Hale — singer and actress
 Richard Halliburton — explorer and author
 George Hamilton — Golden Globe Award-winning actor
 Anne Haney — actress
 W.C. Handy — musician
 Rebecca Hanover — (B.A. English/creative writing 2001), television writer, winner of Daytime Emmy Award for her work on Guiding Light
 Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway — former NBA player, NCAA Basketball coach
 E. Hunter Harrison — CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway
 Jimmy Hart — singer, pro wrestling personality
 Jon Hassell — musician
 Isaac Hayes — actor and Academy Award-winning musician
 Olivia Holt — singer and actress
 John Lee Hooker — blues musician
 Benjamin L. Hooks – civil rights activist and executive director of the NAACP
 Julia Britton Hooks – musician and civil rights activist
 Howlin' Wolf — blues musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Lewis C. Hudson — brigadier general in the Marine Corps, Navy Cross recipient
 John Hulse — college professor
 Andy Hummel — musician
 Alberta Hunter — singer

I
 Ingram Hill — band

J
J

 Al Jackson, Jr. — musician
 Quinton "Rampage" Jackson — mixed martial arts fighter
 Raji Jallepalli — Indian-born chef and restaurateur
 Antonio D. James (born 1985) — filmmaker; producer
 Jimi Jamison — singer, songwriter
 Roland Janes — musician, producer
 Josh Jasper — All-American college football placekicker
 John Wayles Jefferson — mixed-race grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, colonel in the Union Army, cotton broker in Memphis after the Civil War
 Michael Jeter — actor
 Ashley Jones — actress
 Booker T. Jones — musician
 Leslie Jones — actress known for Saturday Night Live and Ghostbusters
 Mary Harris Jones — prominent labor and community organizer
 Rich Jones (born 1946) — basketball player
 Juicy J — rapper, producer; member of Three 6 Mafia
 Rob Jungklas — musician
K
 The Kat — professional wrestler
 K. Michelle — singer
 Florence Kahn — early Ibsen actress and wife of Max Beerbohm
 Francis M. Kneeland — early African American physician who located her practice on Beale Street.
 Tay Keith — record producer
 Key Glock — rapper, cousin to Young Dolph
 George "Machine Gun" Kelly — Great Depression-era bank robber and kidnapper
 Larry Kenon — basketball player, led Memphis State to 1973 NCAA title game
 Carlton W. Kent — Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
 Albert King — blues musician
 B.B. King — blues musician, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Betty Klepper - scientist

L
L

 Linda Thompson — singer, lyricist
 Snooky Lanson — singer and television personality
 Chuck Lanza — NFL player
 Brian Lawler — professional wrestler
 Jerry Lawler — professional wrestler
 Arthur Lee (1945–2006) — singer-songwriter
 Fannie Lewis — Cleveland Ohio's longest serving councilwoman
 Furry Lewis — blues musician
 Jerry Lee Lewis — musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Eddie Lightfoot — minstrel dancer
 Alan Lightman — novelist and physicist
 Lil Wyte — rap singer
 Booker Little — musician
 Charles Lloyd — musician
 Andre Lott — football player
 Lord T & Eloise — Memphis based Aristocrunk rappers and intergalactic travelers
 Matt Lucas — singer-songwriter, drummer
 Jimmie Lunceford — musician
 Herb Lusk - NFL player and clergyman

M
Jim Mabry — Arkansas Razorbacks football All-American
 Bill Madlock (born 1951) — Major League Baseball player
 Terry Manning — music producer, photographer
 Nick Marable — freestyle wrestler who competed for USA's national team
 The Mar-Keys — musicians
 Wink Martindale — radio and television personality
 Tim McCarver — professional baseball player and broadcaster
 Hilton McConnico — designer and artist
 Kenneth D. McKellar — long-serving U.S. Senator
 The Memphis Horns — musicians
 Memphis Minnie — blues singer
 Memphis Slim — musician
 Shaun Micheel — professional golfer
 Cary Middlecoff — professional golfer, Masters and U.S. Open champion
 Ryan Miller — professional hockey player
 Lola Mitchell — musician
 Willie Mitchell — musician and music producer
 Chips Moman — music producer
 Sputnik Monroe — professional wrestler
 Lecrae Moore — musician and music executive
 Scotty Moore — guitarist
 Allen B. Morgan, Jr. — businessman, founded Morgan Keegan
 Haley Morris-Cafiero — photographer
Wendy Moten — singer
 Steven J. Mulroy — District Attorney General, law professor
 David W. Mullins, Jr. — former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve
 Charlie Musselwhite — blues musician
 Zach Myers — lead guitarist for rock band Shinedown
N

 Hal Needham (1931–2013) – stuntman, film director, actor and writer
 Elise Neal (born 1966) — actress
 Pat and Gina Neely — celebrity chefs on Food Network
 Latrivia S. Nelson (born 1980) — author
 Johnny Neumann (1950–2019) — basketball player and coach
 Phineas Newborn Jr. (1931–1989) — jazz musician
 Nights Like These — Victory Records metalcore band

O
 Michael Oher — NFL player, subject of The Blind Side
 Roy Orbison — singer
P
 Woody Paige (born 1946) — sportswriter, panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn
 Hermes Pan (1909–1990) — dancer and choreographer
 Cindy Parlow Cone (born 1978) — athlete
 Chris Parnell (born 1967) — actor, known for Saturday Night Live
 Gilbert E. Patterson (1939–2007) — bishop of Church of God in Christ
 DJ Paul — rapper
 Ann Peebles (born 1947) — singer
 Paul Penczner (1916–2010) — Hungarian-born artist
 Carl Perkins (1932–1998) — musician
 Luther Perkins (1928–1968) — musician
 Elliot Perry (born 1969) — professional basketball player
 Dewey Phillips (1926–1968) — early rock 'n' roll disc jockey
 Sam Phillips (1923–2003) — founder of Sun Records
 Marguerite Piazza (1920–2012) — opera singer
 Danny Pittman (born 1958) — athlete
 David Porter (born 1941) — musician
 Lisa Marie Presley (born 1968) — singer-songwriter; child of singer and actor Elvis Presley
 Project Pat (born 1973) — rapper
 Tommy Prothro (1920–1995) — football coach, UCLA and Los Angeles Rams
 Missi Pyle (born 1972) — actress and singer
Q
 Lisa Quinn (born 1967) — actress, author, designer

R

 Michael Ramirez (born 1961) — Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
 Jay Reatard (1980–2010) — musician
 Otis Redding — musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Brent Renaud (1971-2011) - journalist and writer
 Charlie Rich — Grammy Award-winning musician
 Austin Riley — MLB Player
 Loren Roberts — professional golfer
 Russell Roberts — economist
 Claire Robinson — television host, author and cook
 Kali Rocha (born 1971) — actress
 Adrian Rogers — former pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church and president of the Southern Baptist Convention
 Joe Russell — former world backgammon champion
 Lance Russell — pro wrestling announcer

S
Saliva — musical group
 Sam and Dave (Sam Moore and David Prater) — musicians in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 Sam the Sham — musician, leader of Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
 William Sanderson — actor known for Newhart and Blade Runner
 J. Peter Sartain — Archbishop of Seattle
 Clarence Saunders — founder of the world's first self-service supermarket, Piggly Wiggly
 Jerry Schilling — associate of Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys
 Dan Schneider — actor
 Josey Scott — musician
 Will Shade — musician
 Gwen Shamblin — author and founder of the Weigh Down Workshop and Remnant Fellowship Church
 Paul Shanklin — personality on Rush Limbaugh's radio program
 Cybill Shepherd — actress known for Moonlighting and Cybill
 George Sherrill — MLB player
 Lee Shippey — journalist
 Hampton Sides — author
 McKinley Singleton — NBA player, New York Knicks
 Arthur Smith head coach of the Atlanta Falcons
 Bingo Smith (born 1946) — basketball player
 Fred Smith — founder and chairman of FedEx
Lane Smith — actor known for My Cousin Vinny and The Final Days
 George W. Snedecor (1881–1974) — mathematician and statistician
 Bobby Sowell — musician
 Ben Spies (born 1984) — motorcycle road racer
 Marvin Stamm — musician
 Kay Starr — singer
 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — NASCAR driver
 Jody Stephens — musician
 Andrew Stevens — actor and producer
 Stella Stevens — Golden Globe Award-winning actress
 Jim Stewart — record producer and co-founder of Stax Records
 Frank Stokes — blues musician
 Jarnell Stokes (born 1994) — basketball player
 Lewis Ossie Swingler — editor of Memphis World, editor and publisher of Tri-State Defender
 Pooh Shiesty (born 1999) — rapper
T
 Gary Talley — musician and singer of The Box Tops

 Cliff Taylor — football player
 Raymond Taylor — catcher in Negro league baseball
 Lloyd Thaxton — television personality
 Carla Thomas — musician and daughter of Rufus Thomas
 Danny Thomas — entertainer, actor and founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
 Rufus Thomas — musician
 Fred Thompson — actor and U.S. Senator (alumnus of the University of Memphis)
 Harry Thompson — football player
 Linda Thompson — songwriter and actress 
 Three 6 Mafia — Academy Award-winning rap musicians
 Justin Timberlake — Grammy Award-winning musician, actor and record producer
 London on da Track — record producer
 Don Trip — rapper
 Leigh Anne Tuohy — businesswoman and interior designer
 Ike Turner — Grammy Award-winning musician

V
 Guillaume de Van (1906–1949) — Franco–American musicologist
Andrew VanWyngarden — musician of psychedelic rock group MGMT
 Alexey Vermeulen (born 1994) — cyclist

W
Sam Walton — football player
 Teddy Walton — composer, producer, writer and DJ
 Garrett Wang — actor
 Anita Ward — singer and schoolteacher; 1979 number one Billboard Hot 100 single "Ring My Bell"
 Thomas Waterson — police officer who captured Machine Gun Kelly in a Memphis raid in 1933
 Luke J. Weathers (December 16, 1920 – October 15, 2011), former U.S. Army Air Force officer and prolific Tuskegee Airmen
 Ida B. Wells — civil rights advocate and women's rights advocate
 Junior Wells — musician
 David West — baseball player
 Red West — actor
 Kirk Whalum — musician
 Maurice White — musician, lead singer of Earth, Wind & Fire
 Reggie White — NFL player; began his career with the Memphis Showboats of the USFL
 Bobby Whitlock — musician, keyboardist in Derek and the Dominos
 Snootie Wild — rapper/singer
 John Shelton Wilder — politician
 Elliot Williams — NBA player
 LaNell Williams — American physicist and virologist
 Louis Williams — NBA player
 Tennessee Williams — playwright
Kemmons Wilson — businessman, founder of Holiday Inn
 Mike Wilson — NBA player
 Jesse Winchester — singer/songwriter
 Francis Winkler — NFL player
 Ernest Withers — photojournalist
 Lorenzen Wright — NBA player
Y
 Roy Yeager — musician
 Yo Gotti (born 1981) — rapper; born Mario Mims
 Thaddeus Young — NBA player (grew up in Memphis)
 Moneybagg Yo (born 1991) — rapper

References 

Memphis, Tennessee
Homonationalism is the favorable association between a nationalist ideology and LGBT people or their rights. 

LGBT
Nationalism
Activists and advocates
 Ruby Bridges (born 1954), first African-American child to attend an all-white school in the South (Tylertown) 
 Will D. Campbell (1924–2013), Baptist minister and activist (Amite County) 
 James Chaney (1943–1964), civil rights activist (Meridian) 
 Vernon Dahmer (1908–1966), civil rights activist (Hattiesburg) 
 Charles Evers (1922–2020), civil rights leader, mayor of Fayette (Decatur) 
 Medgar Evers (1925–1963), civil rights leader (Decatur) 
 Myrlie Evers-Williams (born 1933), civil rights activist, journalist (Vicksburg) 
 C. L. Franklin (1915–1984), Baptist minister, father of Aretha Franklin (Shelby) 
 Lloyd L. Gaines (1911–1939?), challenged segregation at University of Missouri School of Law, disappeared in 1939 (Water Valley) 
 Duncan M. Gray Jr. (1926–2016), Episcopal clergyman, civil rights activist (Canton) 
 Winifred Green (1937–2016), civil rights activist (Jackson)
 Percy Greene (1897–1977), journalist, activist (Jackson)
Lawrence Guyot (1939–2012), civil rights activist (Pass Christian) 
 Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), civil rights, voting rights activist (Ruleville) 
 Winson Hudson (1916–2004), civil rights activist (Harmony) 
 Clyde Kennard (1927–1963), civil rights activist (Hattiesburg) 
 Germany Kent (born 1975), journalist, social activist (Greenville)
Edwin King (born 1936), civil rights activist, Tougaloo College chaplain (Jackson)
 Joyce Ann Ladner (born 1943), civil rights activist and educator (Wayne County)
 Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Republican political commentator, author, and consulting firm CEO
 James Meredith (born 1933), first African-American student at the University of Mississippi (Kosciusko) 
 Anne Moody (1940–2015), civil rights activist, author (Centreville) 
 Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), civil rights activist, women's rights activist (Holly Springs)
Actors and actresses
 Mary Alice (born 1941), actress (Indianola)
 Dana Andrews (1909–1992), actor (Covington County)
 Fred Armisen (born 1966), actor, comedian, and musician (Hattiesburg)
 Roscoe Ates (1895–1962), actor and musician (Grange)
 Katherine Bailess (born 1980), film and television actress (Vicksburg)
 Laura Bailey (born 1981), voice actress (Biloxi)
 Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), actor (Columbia)
 Willie Best (1916–1962), television and film actor (Sunflower)
 Jimmy Boyd (1939–2009), singer and actor (McComb)
 Don Briscoe (1940–2004), soap opera actor (Yalobusha County)
 Geneva Carr (born 1971), television and stage actress (Jackson)
 Finn Carter (born 1960), actress (Greenville)
 Wally Cassell (1912–2015), film and television actor
 Lacey Chabert (born 1982), film and television actress (Purvis)
 Alvin Childress (1907–1986), actor (Meridian)
 Gary Collins (1938–2012), film and television actor (Biloxi)
 Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927–1978), Broadway actor (Quitman)
Cassi Davis (born 1964) (Holly Springs)
 John Dye (1963–2011), film and television actor (Amory)
 Mary Elizabeth Ellis (born 1979), television and film actress (Laurel)
 J. D. Evermore (born 1968), film and television actor (Greenville)
 Ruth Ford (1911–2009), stage and film actress (Brookhaven)
 Morgan Freeman (born 1937), Academy Award-winning actor (Charleston)
 M. C. Gainey (born 1948), film and television actor (Jackson)
 Cynthia Geary (born 1965), actress (Jackson)
 Gavin Gordon (1901–1983), film, television, and radio actor (Chicora)
 Allie Grant (born 1994), actress (Tupelo)
 Gary Grubbs (born 1949) (Amory)
 Lynn Hamilton (born 1930), actress (Yazoo City)
 Beth Henley (born 1952), playwright and actress (Jackson)
 Jim Henson (1936–1990), creator of The Muppets (Greenville)
 Anthony Herrera (1944–2011) (Wiggins)
 Wilbur Higby (1867–1934), silent film actor (Meridian)
 Shauntay Hinton (born 1979), actress (Starkville)
 Eddie Hodges (born 1947), child actor (Hattiesburg)
Thelma Houston (born 1943), actress (Leland)
 James Earl Jones (born 1931), actor (Arkabutla)
 Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), actor (Senatobia)
 Germany Kent (born 1975), actress (Greenville)
 Simbi Khali (born 1971) (Jackson)
 Diane Ladd (born 1935), actress (Meridian)
 Daniel Curtis Lee (born 1991) (Clinton)
 Tom Lester (1938–2020) (Jackson)
 Martha Mattox (1879–1933), silent film actor (Natchez)
 Shane McRae (born 1977) (Starkville)
 Gerald McRaney (born 1947), actor (Collins)
 Gil Peterson (born 1936), actor (Winona)
 Parker Posey (born 1968), actress (Laurel)
 Evelyn Preer (1896–1932) (Vicksburg)
 Thalmus Rasulala (1939–1991), actor (Arkabutla)
 Beah Richards (1920–2000), stage, screen and television actress (Vicksburg)
 Eric Roberts (born 1956), actor (Biloxi)
 Toni Seawright (born 1964), actress (Pascagoula)
 Larry Semon (1889–1928), silent film actor, director, producer (West Point)
 Jamie Lynn Spears (born 1991), actress, singer (McComb)
 Taylor Spreitler (born 1993), actress, model (Hattiesburg)
Stella Stevens (born 1938), actress (Yazoo City)
 Tonea Stewart (born 1947) (Greenwood)
 Trinitee Stokes, actress (born 2006) (Jackson)
 Channing Tatum, actor (born 1980) (Pascagoula)
 Byron Thames (born 1969), actor (Jackson)
 Joe M. Turner (born 1969), actor, magician, professional speaker (Brandon)
 James Michael Tyler (born 1962) (Winona)
 Brenda Venus (born 1957), actress (Biloxi)
 Ray Walston (1914–2001), actor (Laurel)
 Sela Ward (born 1956), actress (Meridian)
 James Wheaton (1924–2002) (Meridian)
 Kit Williamson (born 1985), actor (Jackson)
 Hattie Winston (born 1945), actress (Greenville)
Artists
Jere Allen (born 1944), painter (Oxford)
 James McConnell Anderson (1907–1998), potter and painter (Ocean Springs)
 Peter Anderson (1901–1984), potter (Ocean Springs)
 Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965), painter (Ocean Springs)
 Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), painter, sculptor, "King of the Cowboy Artists" (Columbia)
 Howard Bingham (1939–2016), photographer (Jackson)
 Marshall Bouldin III (1923–2012), portrait painter (Clarksdale)
 Andrew Bucci (1922–2014), painter (Vicksburg)
 Byron Burford (1920–2011), painter (Greenville)
 William Dunlap (born 1944), painter (Webster County)
 Sam Gilliam (born 1933), color field painter (Tupelo)
 Theora Hamblett (1895–1977), painter (Oxford)
 Ted Jackson (born 1956), photojournalist (McComb)
 Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), bronze sculptor (Biloxi)
 Alex M. Loeb (1918–2015), painter (Meridian)
 John McCrady (1911–1968), painter, printmaker (Canton)
 Ed McGowin (born 1938), sculptor, painter (Hattiesburg)
Fred Mitchell (1923–2013), abstract expressionist painter (Meridian)
 Ethel Wright Mohamed (1906–1992), folk stitchery artist (Belzoni)
 George E. Ohr (1857–1918), potter (Biloxi)
James Seawright (1936–2022), sculptor (Jackson)
 J. Kim Sessums, bronze sculptor, painter (Brookhaven)
 Floyd Shaman (1935–2005), sculptor (Cleveland)
 Glennray Tutor (born 1950), painter (Oxford)
 Gary Walters (born 1941), painter (Jackson)
 James W. Washington Jr. (1908–2000), painter, sculptor (Gloster)
 Dick Waterman (born 1935), photographer and blues promoter (Oxford)
Athletes and sports-related people

Broadcast media personalities
 Paul Gallo (born 1947), radio host (Shaw)
 Lee Habeeb (born 1961), conservative talk radio producer (Oxford)
 Iris Kelso (1926–2003), newspaper journalist and television commentator in New Orleans (Philadelphia)
 Germany Kent (born 1975), media personality, author (Greenville)
 Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Fox News political commentator (Oxford)
 Randall Pinkston (born 1950), newscaster (Yazoo County)
 Robin Roberts (born 1960), newscaster (Pass Christian)
 Norman Robinson (born 1951), news anchor (Toomsuba)
 Tavis Smiley (born 1964), talk show host (Gulfport)
 Shepard Smith (born 1964), Fox News anchor (Holly Springs)
 Paula White (born 1966), televangelist, author (Tupelo)
 Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), talk show host (Kosciusko)
Comedians
 Rod Brasfield (1910–1958) (Smithville)
 Jerry Clower (1926–1998) (Liberty)
 David L. Cook (born 1968) (Pascagoula)
 Tommy Davidson (born 1963), stand-up comedian, most notable for time on In Living Color (Rolling Fork)
 Karlous Miller (born 1983), stand-up comedian (Oxford)
 Tig Notaro (born 1971), stand-up comedian (Jackson)
 Cardis Cardell Willis (1937–2007), stand-up comedian (Forest)
Educators
 Thea Bowman (1937–1990), Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar (Yazoo County)
 James Madison Carpenter (1888–1983), folklorist (Prentiss County)
 Richard Carson (born 1955), professor of economics (Jackson)
 Joseph Crespino (born 1972), political scientist (Macon)
 Jesse Dukeminier (1925–2003), professor of law (West Point)
 William R. Ferris (born 1942), folklorist, chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities (Vicksburg)
 Charles Betts Galloway (1849–1909), Methodist bishop, editor (Kosciusko)
 Edgar Godbold (1879–1952), college president (Lincoln County)
 George W. Grace (1921–2015), linguist (Corinth)
 William Baskerville Hamilton (1908-1972), historian, born in Jackson, taught public school in Holly Springs and Jackson
 Robert Khayat (born 1938), chancellor of the University of Mississippi (Moss Point)
 Rory Lee (born 1949), clergyman, college president (Ridgeland)
 Mamie Locke (born 1954), political scientist, dean at Hampton University (Brandon)
John A. Lomax (1867–1948), folklorist (Goodman)
 Frances Lucas (born 1957), president of Millsaps College (Jackson)
 Bernie Machen (born 1944), president of University of Florida (Greenwood)
 Walter E. Massey (born 1938), physicist, University of Chicago (Hattiesburg)
 William H. Miller (born 1941), theoretical chemist (Kosciusko)
 William Muse (born 1939), chancellor at East Carolina University
 Rod Paige (born 1933), U.S. secretary of education (Monticello)
 Milburn Price (born 1938), hymnologist, dean of School of Performing Arts, Samford University (Electric Mills)
 Dan Reneau (born 1940), president of Louisiana Tech University (Woodville)
 Argile Smith (born 1955), clergyman and educator (Poplarville)
 Louis Westerfield (1949–1996), law professor, first African-American Dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law (De Kalb)
 Fannie C. Williams (1882–1980), normal school educator (Biloxi)
Entrepreneurs and business leaders
 Jim Barksdale (born 1943), president and CEO of Netscape (Jackson)
 Joseph A. Biedenharn (1866–1952), confectioner, first Coca-Cola bottler (Vicksburg)
 George W. Bryan (born 1946), Sara Lee executive (West Point)
 John H. Bryan (1936–2018), Sara Lee executive (West Point)
 Bill Bynum, credit union founder and philanthropist
 Cynthia Cooper, WorldCom vice president, whistleblower (Clinton)
 Bernard "Bernie" Ebbers (1941–2020), founder and CEO of WorldCom, convicted of fraud and conspiracy (Brookhaven)
 Joshua Green (1869–1975), shipping magnate, banker (Jackson)
 Toxey Haas (born 1960), founder and CEO of Haas Outdoors, Inc. (West Point)
 Robert L. Johnson (born 1946), founder of Black Entertainment Television (Hickory)
 Ken Lewis (born 1947), Bank of America executive (Meridian)
 Matteo Martinolich (1860–1934), master shipbuilder (DeLisle)
 Walter E. Massey (born 1938), corporate executive (Hattiesburg)
Glenn McCullough (born 1954), chairman and CEO of GLM Associates, LLC (Tupelo)
 Charles Moorman (born 1953), CEO of Norfolk Southern (Hattiesburg)
 Clarence Otis Jr. (born 1956), CEO of Darden Restaurants (Vicksburg)
 Hartley Peavey (born 1941), founder of Peavey Electronics (Meridian)
 Pig Foot Mary (1870–1929), culinary entrepreneur (Mississippi Delta)
 Robert Pittman (born 1953), founder of MTV, executive at AOL (Jackson)
 J. H. Rush (1868–1931), founder of Rush's Infirmary (De Kalb)
 Fred Smith (born 1944), founder of FedEx (Marks)
 James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), industrial pioneer
 Antonio Maceo Walker (1909–1994), president, Universal Life Insurance Company (Indianola)
 Zig Ziglar (1926–2012), motivational speaker, author, salesman (Yazoo City)
Filmmakers
 Charles Burnett (born 1944), film director and producer (Vicksburg)
 Jamaa Fanaka (1942–2012), film director (Jackson)
 John Fortenberry, film and television director (Jackson)
 Lawrence Gordon (born 1936), film producer, Die Hard (Yazoo City)
 Jonathan Murray (born 1955), creator of the reality television genre (Gulfport)
 Patrik-Ian Polk (born 1973), film writer and director (Hattiesburg)
 Bryan Spears (born 1977), film and television producer (McComb)
 Tate Taylor (born 1969), film director of The Help and Get On Up (Jackson)
 Larry A. Thompson (born 1944), television and film producer (Clarksdale)