page_title: Ocean Springs, Mississippi
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Ocean Springs, Mississippi / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: A view of Biloxi Bay and the new Biloxi Bay Bridge from Fort Maurepas State Park in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
context_page_description: Ocean Springs is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, approximately 2 miles east of Biloxi and west of Gautier. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,225 at the 2000 U.S. Census. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city of Ocean Springs had a population of 17,442.
  The town has a reputation as an arts community. The town was voted as a top 10 Happiest Seaside Town by Coastal Living in 2015. Its historic and secluded down town area, with streets lined by live oak trees, is home to several art galleries and shops. It is also home to a number of ethnic restaurants relatively uncommon in surrounding communities.
  Ocean Springs was the home town of the late Walter Inglis Anderson, a nationally renowned painter and muralist who died in 1965 from lung cancer. The town plays host to several festivals, including its Peter Anderson Festival and The Herb Festival.
  Ocean Springs was severely damaged on August 29, 2005, by Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed many buildings along the shoreline, including the Ocean Springs Yacht Club, and the wooden replica of Fort Maurepas, and gutted or flooded other buildings.
context_section_description: Walter Inglis Anderson, Artist
  Brett Leland McLaughlin, Golden Globe nominated songwriter.
  Alvin Endt, Mississippi legislator and educator
  Jeffrey Guice, Mississippi legislator
  Hank Zuber, Mississippi Legislator
  John. Gill, Alderman Ward 1
  Rickey Authement, Alderman Ward 2
  Joey Bellman, Alderman Ward 3
  Ken Papania, Alderman Ward 4
  Rob Blackman, Alderman Ward 5
  Mike Impey, Alderman Ward 6
  Robert Bobby Cox, Alderman at Large
  Shea Dobson, Mayor
  Gordon Gunter, scientist
  Eric L. Harry
  Jai Johanny Johanson
  Dave Martin, author
  Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, businessman, Mississippi state legislator, and mayor of Ocean Springs
  Al Young
caption: A view of Biloxi Bay and the new Biloxi Bay Bridge from Fort Maurepas State Park in Ocean Springs, 2013
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