Editing Coahoma County, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
* [[James L. Alcorn]], [[United States Senator]] from Mississippi, owned and died at "Eagle Nest" in Coahoma County<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Harris]], author of ''[[Hannibal Lecter]]'' novels; he was born in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], but raised in Rich, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Coahoma County.
* [[John Lee Hooker]] (1917–2001),  [[blues]] musician born in 1917 in Coahoma County into a [[sharecropper]] and [[Baptist]] preacher family.
* [[D. H. Hopson]] (born 1859), a teacher, state legislator, tax assessor, and coroner in Mississippi
* [[Maud Jeffries]] (1869{{spaced ndash}}1946), actress, born in [[Lula, Mississippi]], married a wealthy Australian grazier, and settled in Australia.
* [[Ransom A. Myers]] (b. [[Lula, Mississippi]], 1952 – d. [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax, Nova Scotia]], 2007) was a renowned Canada-based marine biologist, conservationist and scholar at [[Dalhousie University]] who published a seminal study on overfishing.
* [[Nate Dogg]] spent his childhood in [[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]].
* [[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross]] the rapper was born in Coahoma County in 1976. Soon moved to [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]].
* [[Frederick Bruce Thomas]] (1872-1928), prominent entrepreneur and multi-millionaire in [[Moscow]] and [[Constantinople]].
* [[Ike Turner]], musician, was born in [[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]]
* [[Tennessee Williams]], playwright, spent much of his childhood in Clarksdale and Coahoma County. A Tennessee Williams Festival is held annually in Clarksdale.
* [[Blac Elvis]] was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Award-winning music producer/songwriter.
* [[Son House]], blues singer and guitarist, (b. 1902 – d. 1988), was born at Lyon in Coahoma County, Mississippi.
* [[Conway Twitty]], country singer, (b. 1933 - d. 1993), was born in [[Friars Point, Mississippi]].<ref name="countryTrail">{{cite web|title=View Marker Local Map Conway Twitty Conway Twitty - Friars Point|url=http://www.mscountrymusictrail.org/markers/conway-twitty|website=Mississippi Country Music Trail|access-date=January 11, 2018}}</ref>