List of Famous people born in Mississippi, United States of America
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks is an Olympian who won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, California, making her the first Olympian to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics.
Gary Grubbs
Gary Grubbs is an American character actor who has appeared in several television shows and films since the 1970s.
Joshua Meador
Joshua Lawrence Meador was an animator, special effects artist, and animation director for the Walt Disney studios.
Hattie Winston
Hattie Mae Winston is an American film, television and Broadway actress best known for her role as Margaret Wyborn on Becker and as a prominent cast member of the PBS children's series The Electric Company.
Andy Anderson
Nathaniel Lee, Jr.
Guitar Slim
Eddie Jones, better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", produced by Johnny Vincent for Specialty Records. It is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Slim had a major impact on rock and roll and experimented with distorted overtones on the electric guitar a full decade before Jimi Hendrix.
Daniel Curtis Lee
Daniel Curtis Lee is an American actor, comedian and rapper. He is best known for playing Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Kornelius "Kojo" Jonesworth on the Disney XD sitcom Zeke and Luther. He has also appeared in other television shows, such as First Monday and The Shield, and films such as Friday After Next.
Lil' C
Darwin Cordale Quinn, known professionally as Lil' C, is an American hip hop record producer, songwriter, and rapper. He is perhaps best known for producing Atlanta-based rapper Young Dro's 2006 debut single, "Shoulder Lean", which led to a deal with Grand Hustle Records. Quinn is also part of the record production team Smash Factory, alongside frequent collaborator Mars and Grand Hustle label-boss T.I.
Seth Smith
Garry Seth Smith is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles. He was the Rockies' 2nd round pick in the 2004 MLB draft.