List of Famous people born in Mississippi, United States of America

Brandon Kyle Woodruff is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Andy Ogletree is an American professional golfer from Little Rock, Mississippi.

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank With You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. Ford received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996 for Independence Day. Ford's novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name.

Robert Louis Johnson is an American entrepreneur, media magnate, executive, philanthropist, and investor. He is the co-founder of BET, which was acquired by Viacom in 2001. He also founded RLJ Companies, a holding company that invests in various business sectors. Johnson is the former majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. He became the first black American billionaire in 2001. Johnson's companies have counted among the most prominent African-American businesses in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Mitchell Austin Moreland is an American professional baseball first baseman who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres. Moreland attended Mississippi State University and was drafted by the Rangers as a first baseman and outfielder in the 17th round of the 2007 MLB draft. Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 230 pounds (100 kg), Moreland both bats and throws left-handed.

Natasha Trethewey is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection Native Guard, and she is a former Poet Laureate of Mississippi.

Al Ricardo Jefferson is an American former professional basketball player. He was a high school All-American for Prentiss High School in Mississippi before skipping college to enter the 2004 NBA draft, where he was drafted 15th overall by the Boston Celtics. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Charlotte Hornets and Indiana Pacers, earning third-team All-NBA honors in 2014 with the Hornets.

Johnny Lee O'Bryant III is an American professional basketball player for Crvena Zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Louisiana State University.

Genard Avery is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Memphis, he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Benardrick Cornelius McKinney is an American football inside linebacker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State. He was a second-round selection in the 2015 NFL draft.