Hamblett (1895–1977), painter (Oxford) Ted Jackson (born 1956), photojournalist (McComb) Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), bronze sculptor (Biloxi) Alex M. Loeb (1918–2015), painter (Meridian) John McCrady (1911–1968), painter, printmaker (Canton) Ed McGowin (born 1938), sculptor, painter (Hattiesburg) Joshua Meador (1911–1965), animator, artist (Greenwood) Fred Mitchell (1923–2013), abstract expressionist painter (Meridian) Ethel Wright Mohamed (1906–1992), folk stitchery artist (Belzoni) George E. Ohr (1857–1918), potter (Biloxi) James Seawright (1936–2022), sculptor (Jackson) J. Kim Sessums, bronze sculptor, painter (Brookhaven) Floyd Shaman (1935–2005), sculptor (Cleveland) Glennray Tutor (born 1950), painter (Oxford) Gary Walters (born 1941), painter (Jackson) James W. Washington Jr. (1908–2000), painter, sculptor (Gloster) Dick Waterman (born 1935), photographer and blues promoter (Oxford) Athletes and sports-related people Broadcast media personalities Paul Gallo (born 1947), radio host (Shaw) Lee Habeeb (born 1961), conservative talk radio producer (Oxford) Iris Kelso (1926–2003), newspaper journalist and television commentator in New Orleans (Philadelphia) Germany Kent (born 1975), media personality, author (Greenville) Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Fox News political commentator (Oxford) Randall Pinkston (born 1950), newscaster (Yazoo County) Robin Roberts (born 1960), newscaster (Pass Christian) Norman Robinson (born 1951), news anchor (Toomsuba) Tavis Smiley (born 1964), talk show host (Gulfport) Shepard Smith (born 1964), Fox News anchor (Holly Springs) Paula White (born 1966), televangelist, author (Tupelo) Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), talk show host (Kosciusko) Comedians Rod Brasfield (1910–1958) (Smithville) Jerry Clower (1926–1998) (Liberty) David L. Cook (born 1968) (Pascagoula) Tommy Davidson (born 1963), stand-up comedian, most notable for time on In Living Color (Rolling Fork) Karlous Miller (born 1983), stand-up comedian (Oxford) Tig Notaro (born 1971), stand-up comedian (Jackson) Cardis Cardell Willis (1937–2007), stand-up comedian (Forest) Educators Thea Bowman (1937–1990), Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher, and scholar (Yazoo County) James Madison Carpenter (1888–1983), folklorist (Prentiss County) Richard Carson (born 1955), professor of economics (Jackson) Joseph Crespino (born 1972), political scientist (Macon) Jesse Dukeminier (1925–2003), professor of law (West Point) William R. Ferris (born 1942), folklorist, chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities (Vicksburg) Charles Betts Galloway (1849–1909), Methodist bishop, editor (Kosciusko) Edgar Godbold (1879–1952), college president (Lincoln County) George W. Grace (1921–2015), linguist (Corinth) William Baskerville Hamilton (1908-1972), historian, born in Jackson, taught public school in Holly Springs and Jackson Robert Khayat (born 1938), chancellor of the University of Mississippi (Moss Point) Rory Lee (born 1949), clergyman, college president (Ridgeland) Mamie Locke (born 1954), political scientist, dean at Hampton University (Brandon) John A. Lomax (1867–1948), folklorist (Goodman) Frances Lucas (born 1957),