Margaret W. Alexander - writer
Walter Anderson - artist
John Butler - choreographer
Hodding Carter, III - journalist
Ellen Douglas - writer
William Faulkner - novelist
Shelby Foote - novelist, historian
Ellen Gilchrist - novelist
John Grisham - novelist
Beth Henley - playwright
Willie Morris - journalist, novelist
Walker Percy - novelist
William Raspberry - columnist
James Street - novelist
Eudora Welty - novelist
Tennessee Williams - playwright
Richard Wright - novelist, poet
Zig Ziglar - speaker, writer
Astronaunts
Fred Haise, Jr.
Donald Peterson
Social Reformers
Medgar Evers - civil rights
Fannie Lou Hamer - civil rights
Ida B. Wells - civil rights
Sports Personalities
Red Barber
Dizzy Dean
Brett Favre
Archie Manning
Steve McNair
Walter Payton
Jerry Rice
Dana Andrew - actor
Jerry Clower - comedian
John Dye - actor
Morgan Freeman - actor
Jim Henson - Creator of the Muppets
James Earl Jones - actor
Dianne Ladd - actor
Gerald McRaney - actor
Bob Pittman - founder of MTV
Eric Roberts - actor
Sela Ward - actor
Oprah Winfrey - actor, talk show host
Musicians/Singers
Jimmy Buffet
Moe Bandy
Lance Bass
Bo Diddley
W.C. Handy
Faith Hill
Robert Johnson
B.B. King
Dorothy Moore
Brandi Norwood
Elvis Presley
Leontyne Price
Charley Pride
LeAnn Rimes
Jimmy Rodgers
Marty Stuart
Ike Turner
Conway Twitty
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Tammy Wynette
