List of people from Oxford, Mississippi

The following is a list of people who were born in or associated with Oxford, Mississippi. While it does not include those whose only connection with Oxford is attending the University of Mississippi, it includes faculty and alumni who have resided there and contributed to the life of the community.

Activists and advocates

• Nathan Bedford Forrest II (1872-1931), Ku Klux Klan leader, born in Oxford
• James Meredith (born 1933), activist, first African-American student at the University of Mississippi

Actors and models

• Joey Lauren Adams (born 1968), actor
• Reb Brown (born 1948), actor
• Mary Donnelly, singer, actor, Miss Mississippi 1977^{[1] [2]}
• Johnny McPhail, actor, Ballast (2008)^[3]
• Kimberly Morgan (born 1983), Miss Mississippi 2007, born in Oxford
• Naomi Sims (1948–2009), fashion model and author, born in Oxford

Artists

• Jere Allen, painter
• Bill Beckwith, monumental sculptor (Taylor)^[4]
• Jason Bouldin, portrait painter^[5]
• John Steele Davis, woodworker, folk artist^[6]
• Theora Hamblett (1895–1977), primitive painter ^[7]
• John McCrady (1911-1968), painter
• Sulton Rogers (1922–2003), folk artist
• Paula Temple, expressionist painter^[8]
• Glennray Tutor (born 1950), photorealist painter
• Dick Waterman (born 1935), photographer and blues promoter

Athletes and sports figures

• Coolidge Ball, first African-American athlete to play at Ole Miss (basketball)
• Mike Bianco (born 1967), college baseball coach
• Billy Brewer (born 1935), college football coach
• Billy Clay (born 1944), NFL cornerback, born in Oxford
• Steve Freeman (born 1953), NFL defensive back, game official
• Hugh Freeze (born 1969), college football coach
• Jake Gibbs (born 1938), MLB catcher, college coach
• Jennifer Gillom (born 1964), WNBA player/Olympic gold medalist and coach, born in Abbeville
• Andy Kennedy (born 1968), college basketball coach
• Don Kessinger (born 1942), MLB shortstop, manager, realtor
• Henry Lamar (1906–1985), football coach, born in Oxford
• Archie Manning (born 1949), NFL quarterback
• Eli Manning (born 1981), NFL quarterback
• Michael Oher (born 1986), NFL offensive tackle
• Jim Poole (1915–1994) NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford
• Culley Rikard (1914–2000), MLB outfielder, born in Oxford
• Steve Sloan (born 1944), college football coach
• Armegis Spearman (born 1978), NFL linebacker, born in Oxford
• Jim Urbanek (born 1945), AFL defensive tackle, born in Oxford
• Johnny Vaught (1909–2006), football coach
• Todd Wade (born 1976), NFL offensive tackle
• Justin Woodall (born 1987), baseball pitcher, born in Oxford
• Lorenzen Wright (1975–2010), professional basketball player

Authors

• Ace Atkins (born 1970), journalist, novelist
• Howard Bahr (born 1946), novelist
• Larry Brown (1951–2004), novelist, short story writer
• Tim Earley (born 1972), poet
• John T. Edge, food writer
• John Faulkner (1901–1963), plain-style writer, brother of William Faulkner
• William Faulkner (1897–1962), novelist, Nobel laureate
• Beth Ann Fennelly (born 1971), poet^[9]
• Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947), poet
• Richard Ford (born 1944), novelist, short story writer
• Tom Franklin (born 1962), novelist^[10]
• David Galef (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, translator
• John Grisham (born 1955), legal thrillers novelist
• Barry Hannah (born 1942), novelist and short story writer
• Jonathan Miles (born 1971), journalist, novelist
• Willie Morris (1934-1999), author, editor
• Chris Offutt (born 1958), author, screenwriter
• J.E. Pitts (1967-2010), poet, editor, artist
• Cynthia Shearer (born 1955), novelist^[11]
• Neil White III (born 1960), playwright, publisher^[12]
• Stark Young (1881–1963), playwright/novelist/literary critic/essayist

Educators

• F.A.P. Barnard (1809–1889), scientist, parson, UM chancellor
• Alexander Lee Bondurant (1865-1937), classicist, football coach
• Alfred Benjamin Butts (1890-1962), UM chancellor
• William R. Ferris (born 1942), folklorist, chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities
• Porter Lee Fortune, Jr. (1920–1989), UM chancellor
• Robert Burwell Fulton (1849-1914), physicist, UM chancellor
• Arthur Guyton (1919–2003), physiologist, author of Textbook of Medical Physiology
• Eugene W. Hilgard (1833–1916), soil chemist
• George Frederick Holmes (1820–1897), first UM chancellor
• Alfred Hume (1866-1950), mathematician, UM chancellor
• Dan Jones (born March 19, 1949), physician, UM chancellor
• Winthrop Jordan (1931–2007), historian
• Robert Khayat (born 1938), UM chancellor
• Andrew Armstrong Kincannon (1859-1938), UM chancellor
• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870) attorney, preacher, author, UM president
• Edward Mayes (1846–1917), attorney, UM chancellor
• Louis Pojman (1935-2005), philosopher
• Franklin Lafayette Riley, Jr. (1868–1929), historian
• David Moore Robinson (1880–1958), classical archaeologist
• Ronald J. Rychlak, attorney, legal scholar
• Alexander P. Stewart (1821–1908), Confederate general, UM chancellor
• Jeffrey Vitter (born 1955), computer scientist, UM chancellor
• John Davis Williams (1902-1983), UM chancellor during Meredith crisis

Entrepreneurs and business leaders

• Sam Haskell III (born 1955), talent agent, author^[13][14]
• Joseph Whitehead (1864–1906), Coca-Cola pioneer, born in Oxford

Journalists, media figures

• Ron Franklin (born 1942), sportscaster
• Lee Habeeb (born 1961), conservative talk radio producer
• Samir Husni, magazine industry analyst
• Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Fox News political commentator, born in Oxford
• Shepard Smith (born 1964), Fox News anchor
• Wright Thompson (born 1976), senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
• Curtis Wilkie, journalist, historian

Jurists and lawyers

• Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. (born 1935), U.S. district judge
• Robert Andrews Hill (1811–1900), U.S. district judge
• Charles Bowen Howry (1844-1928), assistant U.S. attorney general, U.S. court of claims judge
• Frank Hampton McFadden (born 1925), U.S. district judge, born in Oxford
• Richard Scruggs (born 1946), attorney
• Phil Stone (1893-1967), attorney

Military figures

• Daniel Isom Sultan (1885–1947), inspector general, U.S. Army, born in Oxford

Musicians

• Bass Drum of Death, garage rock band
• Beanland, jam band
• Miklos Bencze (1911-1992), operatic basso
• Blue Mountain, alternative country band,
• R. L. Burnside (1926–2005), blues singer-songwriter, born in Lafayette County
• Phil Cohran (born 1927), jazz musician, born in Oxford
• Colour Revolt, indie rock band
• The Cooters, punk metal band
• Ed Dye (1937-2009), guitarist^[15]
• Adam Gussow (born 1958), blues harmonica player, teacher
• JoJo Hermann, musician
• Caroline Herring, singer-songwriter
• Dennis Herring, record producer
• Cary Hudson (born 1965), lead singer and guitarist for alternative country band Blue Mountain
• Pepper Keenan (born 1967), metal guitarist, singer, born in Oxford
• Arthur Kreutz (1906-1991), composer
• Kudzu Kings, band
• Jimbo Mathus (born 1967), musician, born in Oxford
• Dent May, alt-musician, ukulele player
• George McConnell, guitarist
• Shannon McNally (born 1973), singer-songwriter
• North Mississippi Allstars, blues-rock/jam band
• Laurie Stirratt (born 1967), bassist
• Young Buffalo, indie rock band

Politicians

• Thad Cochran (born 1937), U.S. senator
• Ronald D. Coleman (born 1941), U.S. representative (Texas)
• Lewis P. Featherstone (1851-1922), U.S. representative, born in Oxford
• Bill Hawks (born 1944), planter, state senator, born in Oxford
• L.Q.C. Lamar (1825–1893), U.S. senator, supreme court justice
• William Lee J. Lowrance (1836-1916), Confederate colonel, merchant, state representative
• Lee M. Russell (1875–1943), U.S. representative, governor
• William V. Sullivan (1857–1918), U.S. senator
• Gray Tollison (born 1964), state senator
• Jacob Thompson (1810–1885), U.S. representative, secretary of the interior
• Bill Waller (1926–2011), governor, born in Lafayette County
• Jamie L. Whitten (1910–1995), U.S. representative
• Thomas Hickman Williams (1801–1851), U.S. senator, UM secretary-treasurer, "father of the University of Mississippi"
• Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855–1915), UM professor, U.S. representative

Religious figures

• Larry M. Goodpaster (born 1948), Methodist bishop
• Duncan M. Gray, Jr. (born 1926), Episcopal bishop of Mississippi, in Oxford during the Meredith crisis.
• Duncan M. Gray III (born 1949), Episcopal bishop of Mississippi
• Alexander Preston Shaw (1879-1966), Methodist bishop, born in Abbeville

References

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2. http://news.olemiss.edu/university-dedicates-sam-mary-haskell-theatre/#.VH87antZ8U0
3. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574159/
4. http://gettysburgsculptures.com/11th_mississippi_infantry_monument/william_beckwith_sculptor_of_the_11th_mississippi_inf_monument
5. "It runs in the family". Mississippi Magazine. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
6. http://www.swroadsigns.com/mscrossings/items/John%20Steele%20Davis%20sp2003%20art1.pdf
7. Paul Grootkerk, "The Visionary Paintings of Theora Hamblett," Women's Art Journal 11 (Autumn 1990-Winter 1991): 19-22
8. http://harringtonbrowngallery.com/artists/paulatemple/
9. "Beth Ann Fennelly, Mississippi writer". Retrieved 2012-06-12.
10. "Tom Franklin, Mississippi writer". Retrieved 2012-06-12.
11. "Cynthia Shearer, Mississippi writer". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
12. http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/neil-white.html
13. "Sam Haskell: 'Promises I Made My Mother'". Retrieved 2009-06-20.
14. http://www.commercialappeal.com/lifestyle/coming-home_201405221007227
15. http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=1480