Elvin Hayes
born 1945 American basketball player
Ernie Ladd
1938–2007 American football player and professional wrestler
Boogie Woogie Red
1925–1992 American Detroit blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
Edgar Jones
born 1984 American football player
Joe Lavender
born 1949 American football player
Reggie Burnette
born 1968 American football player
Billy Boles
1927–2008 American politician
Fred W. Jones, Jr.
1924–2000 American judge
Roosevelt Potts
born 1971 American football player
Hershell West
1940–2023 American basketball player
Jalen Tolliver
born 1995 American football player
Robert Herring
born 1940 American businessman
Terry A. Doughty
born 1959 United States federal judge for the Western District of Louisiana
Roosevelt Newson, Jr.
born 1946 Concert pianist