Hayley Williams
born 1988 American singer
Diane Ladd
1935–2025 American actress
Sela Ward
born 1956 American actress, author, and producer
Jimmie Rodgers
1897–1933 American country singer
Fred Phelps
1929–2014 American pastor and activist
Maryon Pittman Allen
1925–2018 American politician
Rodney Hood
born 1992 American basketball player
Big K.R.I.T.
born 1986 American rapper and record producer
Cleo Brown
1909–1995 American singer
John Luther Adams
born 1953 American composer
Barry Hannah
1942–2010 Short story writer, novelist, professor
Derrick McKey
born 1966 American basketball player
Gustave Marinius Heiss
1904–1982 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Paul Davis
1948–2008 American musician
Chris Ethridge
1947–2012 American musician
Al Wilson
1939–2008 American singer
Samuel Mockbee
1944–2001 American architect
Alvin Fielder
1935–2019 American drummer
Blind Roosevelt Graves
1909–1962 American blues musician
Dyron Nix
1967–2013 American basketball player
Gail Robinson
1946–2008 Singer
Jamie Brown
born 1977 American baseball player
Tom Moore
born 1943 Film director
Carroll Gartin
1913–1966 American politician
Dexter McCleon
born 1973 American football player
Faye Carol
Jazz and blues singer
Helen Jones Woods
1923–2020 American jazz musician
Jane Isbell
1927–1981 American actress
Jay Powell
born 1972 American baseball player
Julian Patrick
1927–2009 American opera singer
Kenyatta Walker
born 1979 All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, offensive tackle
Thomas H. Pigford
1922–2010 Nuclear engineer
Tyrone Rush
born 1971 American football player
Alex Lincoln
born 1977 American football player
Allison Hubert
1901–1978 American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach
Bhob Stewart
1937–2014 Writer
Charlie Moss
1911–1991 American baseball player
Derrick Hoskins
born 1970 American football player
Eric McNair
1909–1949 American baseball player
Gary Banks
born 1981 American football player
George Bragg
1926–2007 American conductor
George Cummings
1938–2024 American guitarist and songwriter
Ivenue Love-Stanley
born 1951 American architect
Kenny Smith
born 1977 Player of American football
Leroy Jones
1950–2010 American boxer
Mac Haik
born 1946 American football player
Mary Oneida Toups
1928–1981 Witch Queen of New Orleans
Papa Williams
1913–1993 American baseball player
Phil Gordon
1916–2010 American actor
Robert Savon Pious
1908–1983 American painter and illustrator
Rod Phillips
born 1952 American football player
Trey Alexander
born 1983 American soccer player
Tyler Russell
born 1990 American football player
Cecil Brown
born 1944 American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Janice B. Walker
American mathematician
Joe Reid
1929–2020 American gridiron football player
Mart Britt
1900–1958 American bassist
Stephen Horne
born 1958 American politician
William Hailey Willis
1916–2000 American papyrologist
Also called Meridian home
JM James Aaron Moore
1826–1904 Mississippi state legislator and minister
Cheri Brown
born 1957 Miss Mississippi 1978
Delmar Dennis
1940–1996 American pastor
Joseph L. Price
American neuroscientist
Thomas Ward
American chaplain and basketball player
William W. Dow
1945–2012 Medical doctor, organic farmer, and community organizer