Notable Residents
- Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) - inventor, actor, rodeo champion, internationally-known artist/sculptor who lived in Columbia 1935-1937
- Jeff Bates - American country music artist
- Reverend John Ford - pioneering Methodist minister and early political leader
- Jim Dunaway NFL Player For the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins
- Gerry E. Hinton (1930–2000) - former member of the Louisiana State Senate and the Slidell, Louisiana, City Council
- Claudis James - NFL player
- General Benjamin Lee - military leader and early political figure
- Sylvester Magee - reportedly the last living American slave, died here in 1971
- Joseph T. "Joe" Owens - NFL player
- Eddie Payton - NFL player
- Walter Payton - NFL player
- Hugh L. White - former Columbia mayor and two term Governor of Mississippi
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