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

Katherine Bailess is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for playing the role of Erica Marsh on the CW's hit show One Tree Hill, Life and Death Brigade member Stephanie on Gilmore Girls, and Kyle Hart on the VH1 series Hit the Floor.

Travis Wayne Childers is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 2008 to 2011. The district included much of the northern portion of the state including New Albany, Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. A member of the Democratic Party, Childers previously served as Chancery Clerk of Prentiss County from 1992 until his election to Congress. On March 1, 2014, Childers announced that he was running for the United States Senate. He won his party's nomination for the Senate seat in the Democratic primary on June 3. He lost the general election to Republican incumbent Thad Cochran.

Sam Galip Jacobs is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, having served as its third bishop from 2003 to 2013. Before that, he served as Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2003.

William Harry Vaughan, Jr. was a professor of ceramic engineering at the Georgia School of Technology and the founder and first director of what is now the Georgia Tech Research Institute.

Billy R. Hamilton is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs. The Reds selected Hamilton in the second round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2013.

Earl Daniel Barron Jr. is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis and had stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with multiple teams.