Roger Wicker
born 1951 American lawyer and politician
Thad Cochran
1937–2019 United States Senator from Mississippi
Robert Pitts
1919–2011 American basketball player
LF Lanny Flaherty
1942–2024 American actor
Ruby Elzy
1908–1943 American opera singer
Cordell Jackson
1923–2004 American guitarist
Wayne Flynt
born 1940 American historian
Elizabeth H. West
1873–1948 American librarian
Glen H. Davidson
born 1941 United States federal judge
Kent Hull
1961–2011 American football player
Borden Deal
1922–1985 American writer
Cyrus Harris
1817–1888 Chickasaw politician, businessman and farmer
Kermit Scott
1936–2008 American academic
Landrum Brewer Shettles
1909–2003 American biologist
Lee Gates
1937–2020 Musical artist
Nickey Browning
1951–2024 American politician
Steve Pegues
born 1968 American baseball player
Terry "Harmonica" Bean
born 1961 American blues harmonicist and guitarist
Cowan Hyde
1909–2003 Baseball player
John B. Payne
born 1929 American painter, sculptor, and graphic artist
Also called Pontotoc home
KL Kari Litton
born 1973 Miss Mississippi 1996