Editing McComb, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Woodie Assaf]], weather reporter, WLBT television (Jackson) 1953 to 2001
* [[Jimmy Boyd]], singer, musician, and actor
* [[Loy Allen Bowlin]], outsider artist
* [[John Brady (basketball coach)|John Brady]], head coach of [[Arkansas State University]] men's basketball team, former head coach of [[LSU Tigers men's basketball|LSU Tigers]]
* [[Steve Broussard (American football punter)|Steve Broussard]], NFL player for [[Green Bay Packers]]
* [[Adrian Brown (baseball)|Adrian Brown]], Major League baseball player with [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
* [[Jackie Butler]], former NBA player
* [[Cooper Carlisle]], NFL player
* [[Castro Coleman]], blues musician
* [[Jacqueline Y. Collins]], Illinois state legislator 
* [[Corey Dickerson]], MLB player 
* [[Bo Diddley]], blues singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bo-diddley/|title=Bo Diddley|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191347/http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/bo-diddley/|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/
|title=Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail
|website=Msbluestrail.org
|access-date=2008-05-28
}}
</ref>
* [[Jarrod Dyson]],  MLB player
* [[Omar Kent Dykes]], blues singer and guitarist
* [[James Govan]], soul singer
* [[King Solomon Hill]], early blues musician
* [[Vasti Jackson]], [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominated electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer<ref name="Vasti">{{cite web|url=http://www.vastijackson.com/bio_01.html#.WGLx2VOLRaR |title=Bio page |publisher=Vasti Jackson |date=2014-07-13 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>
* [[Little Freddie King]],  American Delta blues guitarist
* [[Maxie Lambright]], football coach at [[Louisiana Tech University]], 1967–1978
* [[Robert "Squirrel" Lester]], singer in soul music group [[The Chi-Lites]]
* [[John Lewis]], Civil Rights activist
* [[Bobby Lounge]], blues pianist and songwriter
* [[Sam McCullum]], NFL football wide receiver
* [[Albert Mollegen]], Christian [[Apologetics|apologist]]<ref name="Wapo-ATMollegen=Obit">{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated-->  |date=23 January 1984 |year= |orig-date= |title=Va. theologian Albert Mollegen dies at Age 77 |script-title= |trans-title= |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/01/23/va-theologian-albert-mollegen-dies-at-age-77/3a1fc120-93e6-4c99-bb94-20ac398ec7ef/|work=Washington Post |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |others= |edition= |location=Washington, DC |publisher= |publication-date= |agency= |page= |pages= |at= |no-pp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=7 November 2022 |via= |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. Mollegen was a widely-known apologist for classical Christianity to modern intellectuals and had lectured widely on campuses.|postscript= |ref=}}</ref><ref name='Episcopal-Bio'>{{cite web |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/mollegen-albert-theodore/ |title=Albert Theodore Mollegen |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=The Episcopal Church |publisher= |access-date=7 November 2022 |quote=He was most noted as an apologist for liberal evangelicalism, and in 1947 he founded an association called Christianity and Modern Man. }}</ref>
* [[Bucky Moore]], NFL player
* [[Bob Moses (activist)|Bob Moses]] (Robert Moses), Civil Rights activist
* [[Brandy Norwood]], singer and actress
* [[Willie Norwood]], singer, father of Brandy and Ray J
* [[R. B. Nunnery]], football player
* [[Steven Ozment]], historian
* [[Edward Grady Partin]], [[Teamsters Union]] figure, spent his last years in McComb<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=Baton Rouge State Times, March 12, 1990, p. 6-!|access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Tara Wallace]], reality star
* [[Glover Quin]], NFL free safety, Detroit Lions and Houston Texans
* [[Ray J]], singer and actor
* [[La'Porsha Renae]], singer, ''[[American Idol]]'' finalist
* [[Michael Farris Smith]], writer<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herndon |first=Ernest |date=September 19, 2017 |title=McComb native's book could be eerily prophetic |work=Enterprise-Journal |url=http://www.enterprise-journal.com/article_1530e30e-9d5b-11e7-9488-5be24dd914de.html |access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Britney Spears]], singer and actress
* [[Bryan Spears]], film and television producer
* [[Jamie Lynn Spears]], actress and singer
* [[Davion Taylor]], NFL linebacker for [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Matt Tolbert]], MLB player for [[Minnesota Twins]]
* [[Brenda Travis]], civil rights activist
* [[Dan Tyler]], songwriter, born in McComb in 1950 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dantyler.net/bio.html|title=Dan Tyler:Biography|access-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Charvarius Ward]], NFL player <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chiefs.com/team/players-roster/charvarius-ward/|title = Charvarius Ward (CB): Bio, News, Stats & more}}</ref>