Editing Columbus, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->
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* [[Mike Adams (columnist)]]
* [[Henry Armstrong]], world boxing champion<ref>{{cite web | title = Biography | publisher = Henryarmstrong.com | url = http://www.henryarmstrong.net/BIOGRAPHY.html | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090511003744/http://www.henryarmstrong.net/BIOGRAPHY.html | archive-date = 2009-05-11 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Roy Ayres]], [[pedal steel guitar]] player<ref>{{cite web | title = The Inductees | publisher = The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame | url = http://www.scottysmusic.com/hofplq.htm | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2018-10-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181014214124/http://www.scottysmusic.com/hofplq.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Red Barber]], sports commentator<ref>{{cite web | title = 1978 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Red Barber | publisher = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | url = http://baseballhall.org/awards/ford-c-frick/red-barber | access-date = 28 November 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014201416/http://baseballhall.org/awards/ford-c-frick/red-barber | archive-date = 2013-10-14 }}</ref>
* [[William T. S. Barry]], [[U.S. House of Representatives|congressman]] from Mississippi<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = BARRY, William Taylor Sullivan, (1821 - 1868) | dictionary = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000193 | access-date = 28 November 2013 | date = | archive-date = 2014-07-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140701141529/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000193 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Homer Brewer|Homer "Billy" Brewer]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | title = Billy Brewer | work = NFL.com | url = http://www.nfl.com/player/billybrewer/2510154/profile | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203204104/http://www.nfl.com/player/billybrewer/2510154/profile | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Terry W. Brown]], president pro tempore of the Mississippi Senate<ref>{{cite web | title = Terry W. Brown | publisher = Mississippi Senate | url = http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/brown.xml | access-date = 28 November 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065014/http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/brown.xml | archive-date = 2013-10-23 }}</ref>
* [[Tyson Brummett]], professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web | title = Tyson Brummett | website = Baseball-Reference.com | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brummty01.shtml | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2017-07-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170707170455/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brummty01.shtml | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Corey Cott]], actor and singer
* [[James E. Darnell]], biologist<ref>{{cite web | title = "Vital Information" - Laureates of the 2002 National Medal of Science | publisher = National Science Foundation | date = Oct 29, 2003 | url = https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103051 | access-date = April 6, 2018 | archive-date = May 28, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170528072140/https://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103051 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Jacob M. Dickinson]], U.S. Secretary of War from 1909 to 1911<ref>{{cite web | title = Jacob McGavock Dickinson | publisher = U.S. Army Center of Military History | date = March 6, 2001 | url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/Sw-SA/Dickinson.htm | access-date = November 28, 2013 | archive-date = July 1, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140701101317/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Sw-SA/Dickinson.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[Doughboy (record producer)|Doughboy]], record producer<ref>{{cite web|title=Doughboy Beatz Discography and Songs|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3274289-Doughboy-Beatz|website=[[Discogs]].com|access-date=January 1, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210436/https://www.discogs.com/artist/3274289-Doughboy-Beatz|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Elbert Drungo]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | title = Elbert Drungo | work = NFL.com | url = http://www.nfl.com/player/elbertdrungo/2513217/profile | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203204024/http://www.nfl.com/player/elbertdrungo/2513217/profile | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Ean Evans]], bass player for [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]; moved to Columbus<ref>{{cite news | title = Ean Evans, Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist, Dead At 48 | publisher = HuffingtonPost.com | date = May 7, 2009 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/ean-evans-lynyrd-skynyrd-_n_199193.html | access-date = November 28, 2013 | archive-date = December 9, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131209174939/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/ean-evans-lynyrd-skynyrd-_n_199193.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Leslie Frazier]], professional football player and coach<ref>{{cite web | title = Leslie Frazier | publisher = Sports Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FrazLe0.htm | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2018-04-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180407041841/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FrazLe0.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Charles Fredericks]], actor<ref>{{cite web | title = Charles Fredericks | publisher = Internet Broadway Database | url = http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=41266 | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203051347/http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=41266 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Luther Hackman]], professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web | title = Luther Hackman | website = Baseball-Reference.com | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hackmlu01.shtml | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2017-10-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171008042707/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hackmlu01.shtml | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Arthur Cyprian Harper]], 26th mayor of Los Angeles<ref>{{cite news|title=Arthur C. Harper, Former Los Angeles Mayor, Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=Dec 26, 1948 |url=http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/SpecialReports/Mayors/MayorHarper.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702014326/http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/SpecialReports/Mayors/MayorHarper.html |archive-date=2014-07-02 }}</ref>
* [[Robert Ivy]], chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aia.org/about/structure/AIAB099628?dvid=&recspec=AIAB099628|title=About|website=www.aia.org|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113131022/http://www.aia.org/about/structure/AIAB099628?dvid=&recspec=AIAB099628|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Sam Jethroe]], first black baseball player on the Boston Braves roster
* [[Edward J. C. Kewen]], member of California State Legislature and first attorney general of California<ref>{{cite web | title = Edward J. C. Kewen, 1st Attorney General | publisher = State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General | url = http://oag.ca.gov/history/1kewen | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203052933/http://oag.ca.gov/history/1kewen | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Stephen D. Lee]], Confederate general, first president of Mississippi State University<ref>{{cite web | title = The Stephen D. Lee Home and Museum (c.1847) | publisher = Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau | url = http://columbus-ms.org/?page_id=67 | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131020120504/http://columbus-ms.org/?page_id=67 | archive-date = 2013-10-20 | url-status = usurped }}</ref>
* [[Jasmine Murray]], singer, [[Miss Mississippi]] 2014<ref>{{cite web | last = Watkins | first = Billy | title = A Star in the Making? | publisher = Clarion Ledger | date = Feb 24, 2009 | url = http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090224/NEWS/902240347}}</ref><ref name=missmiss2014>{{cite web|last1=Bradley-Phillips|first1=Terricha|title=Miss Riverland Jasmine Murray crowned Miss Mississippi 2014|url=http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2014/07/12/jasmine-murray-miss-mississippi/12589209/|website=Hattiesburg American|access-date=1 March 2015|ref=missmiss2014}}</ref>
* [[Passie Fenton Ottley]] (1868-1940), Chair of the Georgia Library Commission
* [[Bobby Richards]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | title = Bobby Richards | publisher = Sports Reference | url = http://www.nfl.com/player/bobbyrichards/2524091/profile | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203200936/http://www.nfl.com/player/bobbyrichards/2524091/profile | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Andre Rush]], celebrity chef and veteran<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-11-11|title=Muscle-bound chef has served 4 presidential administrations|url=https://apnews.com/article/55aab620394d42f2aea30cda42d804db|access-date=2021-04-04|publisher=AP NEWS|archive-date=2021-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404155457/https://apnews.com/article/55aab620394d42f2aea30cda42d804db|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jacob H. Sharp]], lawyer, newspaperman, politician, and Confederate general; moved to Columbus<ref>{{cite web | title = About Columbus | publisher = Cam Club | url = http://thecamclub.org/about-columbus/ | access-date = 28 November 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203035350/http://thecamclub.org/about-columbus/ | archive-date = 2013-12-03 }}</ref>
* [[Jeff Smith (Mississippi politician)|Jeff Smith]], member of Mississippi House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web | title = Jeff Smith | publisher = Project Vote Smart | url = http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3725/jeffrey-smith#.UpbexOL1G5c | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203093919/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3725/jeffrey-smith#.UpbexOL1G5c | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Ruby Jane Smith]], bluegrass fiddler
* [[Lynching of Cordella Stevenson|Cordella Stevenson]], African-American woman who was raped and lynched by a mob of white men in Columbus in 1915<ref name="Defender">{{cite news |title=RAPE, LYNCH NEGRO MOTHER |newspaper=Chicago Defender |date=December 18, 1915}}</ref>
* [[William N. Still Jr.]], maritime historian
* [[Jim Thomas (gridiron football)|Jim Thomas]], professional football player 
* [[Sedric Toney]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web | title = Sedric Toney | publisher = Sports Reference | url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/toneyse01.html | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2017-07-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170701221444/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/toneyse01.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Guy M. Townsend]], U.S. Air Force brigadier general, test pilot, and combat veteran<ref>{{cite web | title = Brigadier General Guy M. Townsend | publisher = U.S. Air Force | url = https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/105436/brigadier-general-guy-m-townsend/ | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-12-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203203055/http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/105436/brigadier-general-guy-m-townsend.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Robert L. Turner]], member of Wisconsin State Assembly<ref>{{cite web | title = Members of State Legislature | publisher = Wisconsin State Legislature | url = http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/03bb/60-61.pdf | access-date = 28 November 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060454/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/03bb/60-61.pdf | archive-date = 2013-12-03 }}</ref>
* [[James R. Williams (lawyer)|James R. Williams]], lawyer, politician and jurist<ref>{{cite web|title=UA Board Approves Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for the Honorable Judge James R. Williams |publisher=[[University of Akron]] |url=http://www.uakron.edu/news/articles/uamain_1195.php |access-date=28 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040948/http://www.uakron.edu/news/articles/uamain_1195.php |archive-date=2013-12-03 }}</ref>
* [[Tennessee Williams]], playwright<ref>{{cite web | title = Tennessee Williams Welcome Center | publisher = City of Columbus | url = http://www.thecityofcolumbusms.org/primary.asp?t=9&p=66 | access-date = 28 November 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210036/http://www.thecityofcolumbusms.org/primary.asp?t=9&p=66 | archive-date = 2013-12-12 }}</ref>
* [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]], musician<ref>{{cite web | last = Prato | first = Greg | title = Biography | website = Allmusic | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wood-mn0001619976 | access-date = 28 November 2013 | archive-date = 2013-11-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131124042045/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wood-mn0001619976 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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