A
ABERDEEN
ACKERMAN
- James Blackwood and the Blackwood Brothers Quartet
- Birthalene Miller
ALLIGATOR
AMORY
- Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson)
- John Dye
- Sam Haskell
ARKABUTLA
- James Earl Jones
AVALON
B
BATESVILLE
BAY ST. LOUIS
- Stephen E. Ambrose
- Ellis Anderson
- Richmond Barthe
- Jerry Fisher
- Lori K. Gordon
- Martin Hegwood
- Michael Tracey
BELMONT
BELZONI
- Little Eddie Burns
- George Cartwright
- Keetha DePriest Mosley
- Denise LaSalle
BENOIT
BENTON
BENTONIA
BILOXI
- Joshua Alba
- Glen C. Allison
- Dusti Bongé
- Joseph Bosco
- Kate Lee Ferguson (Catherine Ferguson)
- Prentiss Ingraham
- Chris LeDoux
- Mary Ann Mobley
- Jack Nelson
- Eric Roberts
- Annalyn Swan
- Jerry Ward
- Charles Wilson
BLUE MOUNTAIN
BOLTON
- Bo Carter (Armenter Chatmon)
- Sam Chatmon
- Alan Huffman
- Charley Patton
BRANDON
- Paul T. Brown
- Camden Carsen
- Aiden Flowers
- Joe Mac Hudspeth, Jr.
- Kermit Till
BROOKHAVEN
- Chip Adams
- Jimmy Brewer
- Carroll Case
- Don Jacobs
- Mack R. May
- Bob Pittnam
- Jim Ritchie
- Lulah Ragsdale
- Cid Ricketts Sumner
- Wyatt Waters
BRUCE
BUNKER HILL
BYHALIA
BYRAM
- Ishmon Bracey
C
CALHOUN CITY
CANTON
CARPENTER
CARROLLTON
CARTHAGE
CENTERVILLE
CHARLESTON
CHURCH HILL
CLARKSDALE
- Andy Anderson
- Cristen Craven Barnard
- Lerone Bennett, Jr.
- Johnnie Billington
- Eddie Boyd
- Jackie Brenson
- Willie Brown
- Mara Califf
- Sam Cooke
- Thomas Eloby
- Sid Graves
- Charlaine Harris
- Aaron Henry
- John Lee Hooker
- Eddie James “Son” House
- Andrew Lark
- Blind Mississippi Morris
- Evan Peacock
- Ike Turner
- Wade Walton
CLEVELAND
- Marion Barnwell
- Bobby Lee Bradford
- Sammy Britt
- Jack Crocker
- Carolyn Elkins
- Beth Boswell Jacks
- Charlie Love Jacobs of The Tangents
- Sank Powe
- Augusta Scattergood
- Dorothy Shawhan
- Wirt Williams
CLINTON
- Edward N. Akin
- Rick Anderson
- Mandy Ashford
- Nevada Barr
- Terri Blackstock
- Robert Canzoneri
- Keith Carlock
- Mark Childress
- Eddie Cotton
- David Davis
- Meredith Edwards
- Shelly Fairchild
- Samuel Marshall Gore
- Evans Harrington
- Randy Hayes
- J. B. Keith
- Daniel Curtis Lee
- Nathaniel Lee, Jr.
- Charline McCord
- Hailee Melton
- Sterling Plumpp
- James Sclater
- Wyatt Waters
COLDWATER
- Larry Burton
- Jim Dickinson
- Robert Earle Jones
- Dumas Malone
- Big Time Sarah Streeter
COLLINS
- Dana Andrews
- Ralph Eubanks
- Gerald McRaney
COLLINSVILLE
COLUMBUS
- Walter “Red” Barber
- Blind Melon
- Sonny Brewer
- Joseph Beckham Cobb
- Shawn Dickey
- Kendall Dunkelberg
- Ean Evans
- Marion Viola Stark Gaines
- Birney Imes III
- Robert Ivy
- Sarah Frances Jacob
- Deborah Johnson
- James R. Keller
- Robbie Montgomery
- Sidney Rickman
- Paul Ruffin
- Annie Smith
- Michael Farris Smith
- Lynette Stark
- Phillip Thompson
- Frank Trippett
- Luke Wallin
- Ann Williams
- Blanche Colton Williams
- Tennessee Williams
COMMERCE LANDING
COMO
CONEHATTA
CORINTH
- Jo Bailey
- Brown Carter
- Frances Gaither
- Etheridge Knight
- Thomas Hal Phillips
- Robert W. Walker
- Chapman Welch
CRAWFORD
CROWDEN
- Johnnie Billington
CRYSTAL SPRINGS
D
DECATUR
DELISLE
DREW
DUNCAN
- Eddie Campbell
DUNDEE
DUNLEITH
E
EDWARDS
ELWIN
ESCATAWPA
EUPORA
F
FLORENCE
FLOWOOD
FOREST
FOXWORTH
FRIARS POINT
FULTON
G
GAINESVILLE
GAUTIER
GLEN ALLAN
GLENDORA
GLOSTER
GOODMAN
- Charles Davis
- David Herbert Donald
- John Avery Lomax
GOWDY
GRANGE
- Roscoe Ates
GREENVILLE
- Henry Clay Anderson
- William Alexander Attaway
- William Beckwith
- Charles G. Bell
- Bruce Blackman
- Eden Brent
- Jane Rule Burdine
- Finn Carter
- Hodding Carter
- Hodding Carter, III
- Hodding Carter, IV
- Bud Cockrell
- David L. Cohn
- Dan Guravich
- Brooks Haxton
- Kenneth Haxton
- Angela Jackson
- Bern Keating
- Leon Koury
- Beverly Lowry
- Robert Marcius
- Gayden Metcalfe
- Clifton Taulbert
- Walter Turnbull
- Ben Wasson
GREENVILLE
- Abie “Boogaloo” Ames
- Steve Azar
- Kate Betterton
- Sally Bolding
- Donnie Brown
- Tyrone Davis
- Lucille Robinson Finlay
- Shelby Foote
- Jim Henson
- Lucy Somerville Howorth
- John Ramsey Miller
- Walker Percy
- William Alexander Percy
- Julia Reed
- Jessie Schell
- Walter Turnbull
- Charlie Wells
- Mary Wilson
GREENWOOD
- David C. (DC) Berry
- Maude Schuyler Clay
- Willie Cobbs
- Danny Duncan Collum
- James L. Dickerson
- Betty Everett
- Jim Fraiser
- Morgan Freeman
- The Gants
- Amy Gutman
- Endesha Ida Mae Holland
- Eddie ‘Guitar Slim’ Jones
- David L. Jordan
- Carrie Nye
- Lewis Perdue
- Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair
- Tonea Stewart
- Donna Tartt
- Mildred Spurrier Topp
- Miriam Wilson Weems
GRENADA
- Ace Cannon
- Walter Davis
- Neill James
- Trent Lott
- Bill Meredith
- William Forrest Winter
GRENADA COUNTY
- Lovejoy Boteler
GULFPORT
- Brett Favre
- Timothy Isbell
- William Owen
- Thomas E. Simmons
- Symba Smith
- George Thatcher
- Eric Trethewey
- Natasha Trethewey
- Neil White
- Don Wilson
H
HAMBURG
- Butch Cage
HATTIESBURG
- Afroman
- Angela Ball
- Frederick Barthelme
- Steven Barthelme
- Bobby Bryant
- Elliott Chaze
- Rick Cleveland
- Douglas Conner
- Shea Curry
- Blind John Davis
- Giovanni De Chiaro
- Lucinda Devlin
- Anthony DiFatta
- Amy Giust
- Mary Anna Evans
- R.S. Field
- Julie Fleming
- Carolyn Haines
- Melinda Haynes
- Eddie Hodges
- James G. Hollandsworth Jr.
- Robert Hubbard
- Philip C. Kolin
- Charline McCord
- Oseola McCarty
- Don Medley
- William Mills
- Rashad Naylor
- Dave Riley
- Mary Robison
- Laddy Sartin
- Kay Sloan
- Taylor Spreitler
- Robert St. John
- Clayton Sullivan
- Bell I. Wiley
- D. C. Young
- Luigi Zaninelli
HAZLEHURST
- Charles Henri Ford
- Ruth Elizabeth Ford
- Robert Johnson
HERMANVILLE
HERNANDO
HOLCOMB
HOLLY SPRINGS
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Minor Buchanan
- Clarice T. Campbell
- Kate Freeman Clark
- Randy Hayes
- Jimmy Johnson
- Katharine Sherwood Bonner McDowell
- Shepard Smith
HOLLYWOOD
HOPOCA
HORN LAKE
HOUSTON
- Dee Barton
- William Lafayette Crosthwait
- William “Bill” Dunlap
- A. G. Harmon
- Howard Waldrop
- Bukka White
HUDSONVILLE
I
INDEPENDENCE
- Michael Humphreys
INDIANOLA
INVERNESS
ISOLA
ITTA BENA
IUKA
J
JACKSON
- Margaret Walker Alexander
- Skip Allen
- Milton Babbit
- David Banner
- Carol Ann Barron
- Rick Bass
- John Knox Bettersworth
- Terri Blackstock
- Andrew Brown
- Carolyn Brown
- Richard Jess Brown
- Jill Conner Browne
- Byron Leslie Burford, Jr.
- Charlotte Capers
- Geneva Carr
- Charles Carraway
- Anne Carsley
- Monica Carter
- Turner Cassity
- Thomas L. Cochran
- Edward Cohen
- Cat Cora
- Susan Cushman
- Andy di Michele
- Louisa Dixon
- Gayle Dumas
- Lehman Engel
- Mary Edwards
- Theodore “Teddy”/”Babe Ruth” Edwards
- Charles Evers
- Bill Fitzhugh
- Richard Ford
- Richard Freis
- John Gaddis
- M.C. Gainey
- Cynthia Geary
- Edwina Goodman
- Richard Grant
- Myra Green
- Amy Gutman
- Rick Guy
- Matthew Guinn
- Alice Haining
- Phil Hardwick
- Sarah Frances Hardy
- Alex Heard
- Lorian Hemingway
- Beth Henley
- Faith Hill
- William Hollingsworth
- Joseph Horn
- Alan Hunter
- Don Jacobs
- Elizabeth Johnson
- Mallory Kane
- Eyd Kazery
- Les Kerr
- Simbi Khali
- James Kimbrell
- Taylor Kitchings
- John Lawrence
- Thomas Lawrence
- Joe Lee
- Tom Lester
- Stephen Little
- Martha Mabey
- Gwendolyn Magee
- Jim Majure
- Thalia Mara
- Suzanne Marrs
- Jimmi Mayes
- Robert McElvaine
- Danny McKenzie
- Clarice (CiCi) McNair
- Skeets McWilliams
- Mary Miller
- Bill Minor
- Mississippi Mass Choir
- Dorothy Moore
- Willie Morris
- J.C. Patterson
- The Band Perry
- Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw
- Frankye V. Regis
- LeAnn Rimes
- Susan Ford Robertson
- Jesse Robinson
- Bobby Rush
- Felder Rushing
- Claire King Sargent
- Aleda Shirley
- Katy Simpson Smith
- The Jackson Southernaires
- Kathryn Stockett
- John Stone
- Clayton Sullivan
- Johnny Sumrall, Jr.
- Melvin Taylor
- Mildred D. Taylor
- Kathy Thibodeaux
- Keith Thibodeaux
- Angie Thomas
- Joseph G. Tidwell, III
- Matt Ulmer
- Ernestine Wade
- Alice Walker
- Rebecca Walker
- Eudora Welty
- James Tillotson Whitehead
- Cassandra Wilson
- Gloria Jackson Winters
- Nanette Workman
- Richard Wright
- Andrew Cary Young
- Billie Jean Young
JERICHO
K
KOSCIUSKO
- Louis Dollarhide
- John M. Floyd
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Carolyn Bennett Patterson
- Starr Smith
- Oprah Winfrey
L
LAKE CORMORANT
LAUDERDALE
LAUREL
- Lance Bass
- Paul Evans, Sr.
- Douglas Gray
- Philip D. Hearn
- Sylvia Higginbotham
- Mundell Lowe
- Doug Marlette
- Charlie Mars
- Charles Marsh
- Charline McCord
- Jonathan Odell
- Cleveland Payne
- Parker Posey
- Leontyne Price
- Bob Saxton
- Ron Walston
- Lloyd Wells
LEARNED
LELAND
LEXINGTON
- Chalmers Archer, Jr.
- Melany Neilson
- Lonnie Pitchford
- Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers
- Albert “Little Smokey” Smothers
LIBERTY
LONG BEACH
LONGWOOD
LORMAN
- Michael Clarke Duncan
LOUISVILLE
LULA
LUMBERTON
M
MACON
MADISON
MAGNOLIA
- Prentiss Barnes
- Jerry Butler
- Aunjanue Ellis
- Guy Geller
- Martha Lacy Hall
MARKS
MCCOMB
- Martin Bean
- Steve Blailock
- Jimmy Boyd
- Charlie Braxton
- Charles R. Crossley
- Bo Diddley
- Omar Dykes
- Beverly Broadus Green
- Ernest Herndon
- Bev Marshall
- Brandy Norwood
- Ray J Norwood
- Britney Spears
- Jamie Lynn Spears
- Dan Tyler
MENDENHALL
MERIDIAN
- John Alexander
- George Atwood
- Moe Bandy
- Howard Bahr
- Clay Barnes
- William Tibbetts Brannon
- Alan Brown
- Bill Buchanan
- Maggie Anderson Buckingham
- Pauline Simmons Busbee
- Alvin Childress
- Hewitt Clarke
- George Cummings
- Paul Davis
- Jimmy Elledge
- Chris Ethridge
- Winifred Hamrick Farrar
- Alvin Fielder
- Steve Forbert
- Edwin Granberry
- Les Green
- Barry Hannah
- Greg Keyes
- William Edward Kimbrough
- Diane Ladd
- Tom Milhorn
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Elliott Street
- Sela Ward
- Brad Watson
- Al Wilson
- Snowden Wright
MIDNIGHT
MIDWAY
- Jefferson Davis
MINTER
MOOREVILLE
MOOREHEAD
MOSS POINT
MOUNT OLIVE
N
NATCHEZ
- Jimmy Anderson
- Glen Ballard
- Vidal Blankenstein
- Paige Cothren
- Robert Dalby
- Olu Dara
- Ellen Douglas
- Eliza Ann Dupuy
- Susan Love Fitts
- Mickey Gilley
- Rolland Golden
- Alice Walworth Graham
- Greg Iles
- Joseph Holt Ingraham
- Dorris Clayton James
- Bonnie Jones
- Stuart Margolin
- Neil McGaughey
- Joan Balfour Payne
- Josephine Balfour Payne
- Susan Prospere
- Joseph E. Simmons
- Ronnie Strickland
- Charles L. Sullivan
- Catherine Ann Warfield
- Spencer Williams, Jr.
NESBIT
- Kenny Brown
- Mississippi Joe Callicott
- Jerry Lee Lewis
NETTLETON
- Frederic Lee Beckett
- Doris Isbell Crowe
- Edwina Goodman
NEW ALBANY
NEW PROSPECT
NEWTON
NORTH CARROLLTON
O
OCEAN SPRINGS
- James McConnell Anderson
- Peter Anderson
- Walter Inglis Anderson
- Johnnie Bernhard
- Micah Hackler
- Jaimoe
- Clara Rising
- Al Young
OKOLONA
OSYKA
OXFORD
- Charles Wilson Allbright
- Jere Hardy Allen
- Ace Atkins
- Jack Bass
- Jason Bouldin
- Louis Bourgeois
- William Boyle
- Larry Brown
- R. L. Burnside
- Julie Perkins Cantrell
- David Compton
- Martin J. Dain
- Robert Dalby
- Tom Dawson
- Wylene Dunbar
- John T. Edge
- Jimmy Faulkner
- William Faulkner
- Beth Ann Fennelly
- Ann Fisher-Wirth
- Malcolm A. Franklin
- Tom Franklin
- David Galef
- Adam Gussow
- John Hailman
- Theora Hamblett
- Sarah Frances Hardy
- Derrick Harriell
- Jere Hoar
- Lisa N. Howorth
- Gerald Inmon
- Kate Jackson
- Robert Khayat
- Florence King
- Suzanne Kingsbury
- Baxter Knowlton
- Robert Malone
- Jimbo Mathus
- Ben W. McClelland
- Scott Morris
- Jane Mullen
- John Neff
- Chris Offutt
- John Davis Osier
- Cynthia Shearer
- Julie Smith
- Charlie Spillers
- Darcey Steinke
- Laurie Gayle Stephenson
- James Tighe
- Dean Faulkner Wells
- Laurence Wells
- Neil White
- Bell Irvin Wiley
- Curtis Wilkie
- Charles Reagan Wilson
- Shay Youngblood
P
PACE
PARIS
PASCAGOULA
- Jimmy Buffet
- Margie Joseph
- Jay Higginbotham
- Les Kerr
- Mike Moore
- Toni Seawright
PASS CHRISTIAN
PAYNES
PEARL
PELAHATCHIE
PERKINSTON
PHILADELPHIA
PICAYUNE
- Noel Polk
- Paul Ott
PICKINS
PISGAH
PLANTERSVILLE
PLEASANT GROVE
PONTOTOC
- Terry “Harmonica” Bean
- Delaney Bramlett
- Dot Courson
- Borden Deal
- Belle Edmondson
- Ruby Elzy
- Gerry Wilson
POPLARVILLE
PORT GIBSON
PRAIRIE POINT
PRENTISS
- Gary Grubbs
PURVIS
- Lacey Chabert
Q
QUITMAN
- Andrew “Andy” Blakney
R
RAYMOND
RED BANKS
REMUS
RICH
RICHLAND
- Christian Craft
- Elmore James
RIDGELAND
RIPLEY
ROLLING FORK
ROSELAND
ROXIE
RULEVILLE
S
SALTILLO
SCOBY
- Cecil Donald Briscoe
SCOTT
SEMINARY
SENATOBIA
- Aaron Burton
- Jessie Mae Hemphill
- John Davis Osier
- Judy Vernon
- Elise Winter
SHANNON
SHARON
- K.C. Douglas
SHAW
- Paul V. Cononici
- David “Honeyboy” Edwards
SHELBY
SLATE SPRINGS
SLEDGE
- Kate Campbell
- Charley Pride
SMITHDALE
SMITHVILLE
- Rod Brasfield
SOSO
SOUTHAVEN
STARKVILLE
- Mark Applebaum
- Andy Anderson and the Rollin’ Stones
- William Pittman Andrews
- Dee Barton
- Nate Bynum
- Douglas Conner
- Patrick Creevy
- Henry J. Donaghy
- Morris “Mo” Evans
- Brent Funderburk
- Stanly Godbold, Jr.
- Jerome Goddard
- Marita Gootee
- Becky Hagenston
- Shauntay Hinton
- David N. Hutto, Jr.
- Donald C. Jackson
- Paul Jackson
- Dorris Clayton James
- Michael Kardos
- Dylan Karges
- Karson Karlisle
- Jack Kean
- Lisa Koger
- HanaLena
- Nancy Duvall Hargrove
- Quincy Hilliard
- Ben Lang
- Law of Nature
- Annetta P. Lee
- Joe Lee
- Dominic Lippillo
- Richard Lyons
- Joe MacGown
- John F. Marszalek
- Douglas McConnell
- Shane McRae
- Gary Myers
- Nash Street
- Laurie Parker
- Robert L. Phillips, Jr.
- Catherine Pierce
- Noel Polk
- Aleene Ray
- Del Rendon
- Brandi Shurden
- Susan Snell
- Martha Swain
- Edith Teasley
- Neely Tucker
- Nancy Verhoek-Miller
- Brad Vice
- Sheldon Webster
- Chapman Welch
- Robert West
- James Wilcox
SUMMIT
SUMNER
- Patti Carr Black
- Leonard “Baby Doo” Caston
- William Eggleston
SUNFLOWER
- William “Willie” Best
T
TCHULA
- Chalmers Archer, Jr.
- Lester Davenport
- Jimmy Dawkins
TIBBEE
TIPPO
TOUGALOO
TUNICA
- Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross)
TUPELO
- John Armistead
- Vikki Helms Carter
- Sam Gilliam
- Minrose Gwin
- Guy Hovis
- Roy LaGrone
- Elvis Presley
- Davis Temple, Jr.
- Merle Temple
- Dorothy Shawhan
TUTWILER
U
UNION
UTICA
V
VERONA
VICKSBURG
- Katherine Bailess
- Earle Basinsky
- David C. (DC) Berry
- Andrew Bucci
- K. Chiplin
- Caroline Russell Compton
- Gordon Cotton
- Mart Crowley
- Bobby B. DeLaughter
- Willie Dixon
- Myrlie B. Evers
- Martha Ferris
- William R. Ferris
- Ellen Gilchrist
- Melody Swaney Golding
- Milt Hinton
- Ross Lunz
- Ellis Nassour
- Beah Richards
W
WATER VALLEY
WAXHAW
- Otis Clark
WAYNESBORO
WEST POINT
- Blind Melon
- Bobby Cole
- Vivica A. Fox
- David Halberstam
- Louis Harlan
- Emily Jones
- J. John Portera
- Edmond Shumpert
- Sylvia Williams
- Howlin’ Wolf
WHYNOT
WIGGINS
WINONA
- Forrest Family
- Gil Peterson
- Roebuck “Pop” Staples
WOODVILLE
Y
YAZOO CITY
- Lea Barton
- Henry Herschel Brickell
- Marion L. Brown
- Harris Dickson
- David Rae Morris
- Willie Morris
- Michael Passons
- Stella Stevens
- Ruth Williams
COUNTIES
AMITE COUNTY
BENTON COUNTY
CHICKASAW COUNTY
HINDS COUNTY
ISSAQUENA COUNTY
ITAWAMBA COUNTY
LEE COUNTY
- The Chambers Brothers (Lester Chambers)
MADISON COUNTY
PANOLA COUNTY
RANKIN COUNTY
WEBSTER COUNTY
SUNFLOWER COUNTY