Editing Vicksburg, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[William Wirt Adams]], [[Confederate Army]] officer and member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book |title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |location=Chicago |year=1963}}</ref>
* [[Katherine Bailess]], actress, singer and dancer
* [[Earle Basinsky]], crime novelist
* [[Ed Bearss]] (1923–2020), [[American Civil War]] historian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bears bio |url=http://www.nps.gov/training/bearsbio.doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804141413/http://www.nps.gov/training/bearsbio.doc |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |website=NPS}}</ref>
* [[Joseph A. Biedenharn]] (1866–1952), entrepreneur: first bottled [[Coca-Cola]] in 1894 in Vicksburg<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130421/NEWS01/304210310/Family-imprint-seen-Monroe-century-after-arrival |title=Scott Rogers, "Family imprint seen in Monroe a century after arrival", April 21, 2013 |newspaper=[[The News-Star|Monroe News-Star]] |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025121429/http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130421/NEWS01/304210310/Family-imprint-seen-Monroe-century-after-arrival |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Brewer]], football player
* [[Margaret Hunt Brisbane]] (1858–1925), poet
* [[Roosevelt Brown (baseball)|Roosevelt Brown]], former [[Major League Baseball]] outfielder for the [[Chicago Cubs]]
* [[Ellis Burks]], former [[MLB]] outfielder
* [[Charles Burnett (director)|Charles Burnett]], filmmaker
* [[Malcolm Butler]], cornerback for the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Tennessee Titans]]
* [[Odia Coates]], pop singer
* [[Roderick Coleman|Rod Coleman]], defensive tackle for the [[Atlanta Falcons]]
* [[Caroline Russell Compton]], Mississippi artist<ref>[http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/artists/#C Mississippi Writers and Musicians—Mississippi Artists (Caroline Russell Compton)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411022559/http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/artists/#C |date=April 11, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Mart Crowley]], playwright, TV executive
* [[Jefferson Davis]], President of the Confederate States of America
* [[Bobby DeLaughter]], Mississippi state judge and prosecutor
* [[Willie Dixon]], blues bassist, singer, songwriter, and producer
* [[John "Kayo" Dottley]], college and professional football player
* [[Myrlie Evers-Williams]], civil rights activist and journalist
* [[Charley Fuller]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] running back
* [[Mark Gray (singer)|Mark Gray]], country music singer, born in Vicksburg
* [[Louis Green]], linebacker for the [[Denver Broncos]]
* [[DeMichael Harris]], [[wide receiver]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]
* [[Milt Hinton]], jazz bassist
* [[Jay Hopson]], football head coach, [[University of Southern Mississippi]]
* [[Joseph Holt]], longest-serving [[Judge Advocate General's Corps|Judge Advocate General]] of the Army
* [[Delbert Hosemann|Delbert Hosemann Jr.]], Lt Governor of Mississippi
* [[Hank Jones]], jazz pianist, born in Vicksburg
* [[Martin F. Jue]], amateur radio products inventor, entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coy |first1=Steve |title=How I Started MFJ and Its Very Early Days |url=http://w8bi.org/index.php/2-uncategorised/371-martin-jue |access-date=May 19, 2016 |date=March 27, 2012 |archive-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610013646/http://w8bi.org/index.php/2-uncategorised/371-martin-jue |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Patrick Kelly (fashion designer)|Patrick Kelly]], fashion designer
* [[Brad Leggett]], football player, [[Seattle Seahawks]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LEGGEBRA01 |title=Brad Leggett |website=DatabaseFootball.com |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018073152/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LEGGEBRA01 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[George McConnell]], former guitarist for [[Widespread Panic]], Kudzu Kings, and Beanland
* [[William Michael Morgan]], country music singer
* [[Michael Myers (American football)|Michael Myers]], defensive tackle for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
* [[Key Pittman]], U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1913–40; born in Vicksburg
* [[Vail M. Pittman]], [[List of Governors of Nevada|19th Governor of Nevada]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_pittman_vail.html |title=Nevada Governor Vail Montgomery Pittman |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-date=December 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202051146/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_pittman_vail.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Dave Plump]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] defensive back, [[San Diego Chargers]]
* [[Evelyn Preer]], African-American film actress
* [[George Reed (Canadian football)|George Reed]] former running back for the [[Canadian Football League]]
* [[Beah Richards]], African-American film and television actress
* [[Kee Sloan]], Episcopal priest and eleventh [[Bishop of Alabama]]
* [[Roy C. Strickland]], businessman and politician in [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]]
* [[Taylor Tankersley]], [[Florida Marlins]] relief pitcher
* [[John Thomson (baseball)|John Thomas]], former [[MLB]] player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=thomsjo01 |title=John Thomson Stats |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-date=October 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029092319/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=thomsjo01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Mary T. Washington]], the first African-American woman [[Certified Public Accountant|CPA]]
* [[Carl Westcott]], entrepreneur, founder of 1-800-Flowers and Westcott Communications
* [[Delmon Young]], outfielder for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
* [[Dmitri Young]], first baseman for the [[Washington Nationals]]
* [[Jaelyn Young]], pleaded guilty to charges relating to her attempts to join [[ISIS]]<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Green, Emma |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/mississippi-young-dakhlalla/524751/ |title=How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |date=May 1, 2017 |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181057/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/mississippi-young-dakhlalla/524751/ |url-status=live }}</ref>