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 Some Famous People From Mississippi Elvis Presley-rock-and-roll singer, Tupelo Tennessee Williams-playwright Hiram R. Revels-clergyman, first African American in the U.S. Senate Red Barber sportscaster, Columbus Theodore Bilbo public official Jimmy Buffett singer, songwriter Craig Claiborne columnist, restaurant critic Bo Diddley guitarist Charles Evers civil rights leader Medgar Evers civil rights leader Shelby Foote historian Richard Ford author John Grisham author, Oxford Barry Hannah author Beth Henley playwright, actress Jim Henson puppeteer James Earl Jones entertainer, Arkabutla B. B. King guitarist Mary Ann Mobley actress Leontyne Price-soprano, Laurel William Raspberry columnist Jerry Rice football player Jimmie Rodgers singer William Grant Still composer Sela Ward-actress, Meridian Muddy Waters singer, guitarist Eudora Welty author Oprah Winfrey talk-show host Richard Wright author Tammy Wynette-country music star Zig Ziglar-speaker, author Faith Hill-singer, Star Gerald McRaney-actor, Collins Marty Stuart-singer Jerry Clower-comedian Yazoo City Willie Morris-author, Yazoo City William Faulkner, Oxford Walter Payton-football player, Columbia Chris LeDoux-world champion bareback bronc rider and singer Brandy-singer, McComb Britney Spears-singer, McComb Brett Favre, Kiln Burnita Matthews Shelton, first female Supreme Court Justice, Copiah Co Lora Drew Barlow- first woman appointed to the Federal District Court Bench Charlie Conerly, quarterback for New York Giants Charlie Pride, singer James Street-arthor, Lumberton T. Bubba Bechtol, comedian, Biloxi |