Notable Natives and Residents
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Olympic athlete
- Fred Carl, Jr., founder/CEO of Viking Range Corp.
- William V. Chambers, personality psychologist
- Byron De La Beckwith, white supremacist, assassinated Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers
- Carlos Emmons, professional football player
- Betty Everett, R&B vocalist and pianist
- Alphonso Ford, professional basketball player
- Webb Franklin, United States Congressman
- Morgan Freeman, Oscar-winning actor
- Jim Gallagher, Jr., professional golfer
- Bobbie Gentry, singer/songwriter
- Gerald Glass, professional basketball player
- Guitar Slim, blues musician
- Lusia Harris, basketball player
- Kent Hull, professional football player
- Tom Hunley, ex-slave and the real-life Hambone in J. P. Alley's syndicated cartoon feature, Hambone's Meditations
- Jermaine Jones, soccer player for Blackburn Rovers and United States national team
- Greenwood LeFlore, American Indian leader (Choctaw chief)
- Cleo Lemon, Toronto Argonauts quarterback
- Walter "Furry" Lewis, blues musician
- Bernie Machen, president of University of Florida
- Paul Maholm, baseball pitcher
- Matt Miller, baseball pitcher
- Mulgrew Miller, jazz pianist
- Carrie Nye, actress
- Fenton Robinson, blues singer/guitarist
- Richard Rubin, writer and journalist
- Donna Tartt, novelist
- Tonea Stewart, actress
- Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist
- Willye B. White, Olympic athlete
- Booker Wright, restaurant owner (Booker's Place)
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