Other People
- Arthur Blessitt (born 1940), preacher, most famous for carrying a cross through every nation of the world, (Greenville)
- Miriam Chamani (born 1943), Mambo priestess, co-founder of the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple, (Jackson)
- James Copeland (1823–1857), outlaw and co-leader of the Wages and Copeland Clan, (Jackson County)
- Cat Cora (born 1967), only female Iron Chef America in franchise history, (Jackson)
- Jeff Fort (born 1947), leader of the Black P. Stones Nation, (Aberdeen)
- Larry Hoover (born 1950), leader of the Gangster Disciple Nation, (Jackson)
- Leslie Hubricht (1908–2005), biologist and malacologist, (Meridian)
- Mary Comfort Leonard (1856–1940), founder of the Delta Gamma Fraternity, (Kosciusko)
- L.H. Musgrove (died 1868), outlaw hanged by a vigilante committee in Denver, Colorado, (Panola County)
- Haller Nutt (1816–1864), planter, builder of Longwood, (Jefferson County)
- The Scott Sisters, convicted in a controversial case that has drawn national attention
- Lenny Skutnik (born 1953), celebrity rescuer of 1982 disaster victim
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