Writers from Mississippi

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

American playwright (1911–1983)

President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)

Diane Ladd was an American actress. With a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in over 200 films and television shows, receiving three Academy Award nominations for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991), the first of which won her a BAFTA Award. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning one for her role in the sitcom Alice (1980–1981).

American blues guitarist and singer (1915–2011)

American television broadcaster (born 1960)

American record producer, songwriter, music publisher and musician (1932–2018)

former White House spokesman

American civil rights activist (1933–2019)

American cardiologist

Talk show host, author, entrepreneur, advocate, philanthropist

American poet (born 1966)

American planter, writer, and politician (1833-1912)

Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint, 1889 to 1894 (1839–1921)

Confederate Army officer

American writer

American writer

American politician (1809-1884)

Journalist and book author (1920–2000)

American journalist

American actress

American writer (1843-1920)

American silent film actress (1887-1932)

American politician (1830–1903)

American writer

American poet, novelist, actor (1861-1953)

American communist leader (1911-1986)