Editing Hattiesburg, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Victoria Jackson Gray Adams]], educator and civil rights leader
* [[Fred Armisen]], actor, comedian and musician, star of ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]''
* [[Cora Webb Bass]], educator and officer in [[Women's Army Corps]]
* [[Steven Barthelme]], writer and critic
* [[Wally Berg]], first American mountaineer to summit [[Lhotse]], in 1990
* [[Raylawni Branch]], civil rights activist and nurse educator
* [[Roger Brent]], biologist
* [[Jesse L. Brown]], first [[African-American]] naval [[aviator]] in [[United States Navy]]
* [[Shelby Cannon]], tennis player
* [[Paul Ott Carruth]], NFL player
* [[Robert Carson (baseball)|Robert Carson]], pitcher for [[New York Mets]]
* [[John Prentiss Carter]], lieutenant governor of Mississippi (1904–1908)
* [[Lewis Elliott Chaze]], journalist and author of 10 novels
* [[Shea Curry]], actress
* [[Vernon Dahmer]], civil rights leader killed in Hattiesburg by [[Samuel Bowers|Klansmen]] in 1966
* [[Tyler Dickerson]], singer
* [[Adam Doleac]], singer
* [[Miles Doleac]], American actor, director, writer and producer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miles Doleac Biography |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/miles-doleac/bio/3000723720/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Brian Dozier]], MLB infielder, [[2019 World Series]] champion
* [[Bob Dudley]], BP executive in charge of [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]]
* [[Ernest Duff]] (1931–2016), businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop<ref>{{cite news |title=Southern Tire Mart founder Ernest Duff dies |url=http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20160601/NEWS/160609986/southern-tire-mart-founder-ernest-duff-dies |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=Tire Business |date=1 June 2016}}</ref>
* [[Wesley Eure]], actor in ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' and ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]''
* [[Woody Evans]], writer and librarian
* [[Barbara Ferrell]], Olympic gold and silver medalist in [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]]
* [[Tim Floyd]], basketball coach, [[University of Texas at El Paso]], [[Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball|Iowa State]], [[Southern California Trojans men's basketball|USC]], [[Chicago Bulls]]
* [[Joseph Edgar Foreman]], (better known by his stage name [[Afroman]]), an American rapper, singer, songwriter, comedian and musician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Otis |date=2021-12-17 |title=Afroman/ Joseph Edgar Foreman (1974- ) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/afroman-joseph-edgar-foreman-1974/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=blackpast.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Joey Gathright]], MLB outfielder 2004–2011
* [[Naomi Gray]], first female Vice President of [[Planned Parenthood]] 
* [[Todd Grisham]], ESPN anchor, former [[WWE]] announcer
* [[Gary Grubbs]], actor
* [[Ray Guy]], Oakland Raiders punter in [[College Football Hall of Fame|College]] and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[Charlie Hayes]], MLB infielder, [[1996 World Series]] champion
* [[Melinda Haynes]], novelist
* [[Eddie Hodges]], actor and singer
* [[Lillie Maie Hubbard]], foreign service officer from 1922 to 1961
* [[Clifton Hyde]], musician and member of [[Blue Man Group]]
* [[Harold Jackson (American football)|Harold Jackson]], NFL wide receiver, 5-time Pro Bowl selection
* [[Fred Lewis]], outfielder for [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]
* [[Louis Lipps]], NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver, 1984 AFC Rookie of the Year, [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* [[Hank Lott]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Mississippi House of Representatives|state representative]]; born in Hattiesburg in 1974
* [[Jacklyn H. Lucas|Jack Lucas]], youngest Marine to receive [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Danny Manning]], basketball player, NCAA champion for [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]], 1st selection of [[1988 NBA draft]], Olympic medalist, 2-time NBA All-Star
* [[Walter E. Massey]], president of [[Morehouse College]], director of [[National Science Foundation]] under [[George H.W. Bush|George Bush]], president of [[Art Institute of Chicago]]
* [[Oseola McCarty]], benefactor and winner of [[Presidential Citizens Medal]]
* [[Matt Miller (right-handed pitcher)|Matt Miller]], professional baseball player
* [[Mississippi Matilda]], [[Delta blues]] singer and songwriter who, in 1936, recorded four songs for [[Bluebird Records]]<ref name="Book">{{Cite web|url=https://melaniesaxtonmedia.com/mississippi-matilda/|title=Mississippi Matilda |author=Melanie Saxton |website=Melaniesaxtonmedia.com|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lFozfD24tAQC&q=%22Mississippi+Matilda%22.+%22Matilda+Powell%22.+%22Blues%22&pg=PA315|title=Yonder Come the Blues: The Evolution of a Genre|first1=Paul|last1=Oliver|first2=Tony|last2=Russell|first3=Robert M. W.|last3=Dixon|first4=John|last4=Godrich|first5=Howard|last5=Rye|date=February 22, 2001|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=315|isbn=9780521787772|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Picasso Nelson]], football player
* [[Jonathan Papelbon]], Major League Baseball pitcher, 6-time All-Star
* [[Van Dyke Parks]], musician, songwriter, record producer, actor
* [[Jamal Peters]], professional Canadian football defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
* [[Patrik-Ian Polk]], film director, writer, and producer
* [[Todd Pinkston]], NFL player for [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Johnny Rawls]], soul blues singer and guitarist
* [[Purvis Short]],  NBA player
* [[Taylor Spreitler]], actress
* [[Robert L. Stewart]], NASA astronaut
* [[Walter Suggs]], professional football player, [[Houston Oilers]]
* [[James Wheaton]], actor, director, educator (resident infancy to age 12)
* [[Webb Wilder]], musician and actor
* [[Iola Williams]], politician and activist, first African-American member of the [[San Jose City Council]], founder and former executive director the [[African American Military History Museum]]<ref name=mn>{{cite news |first=Julia |last=Prodis Sulek |title=Iola Williams, San Jose's first black City Council member, remembered as trailblazer  |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/07/iola-williams-san-joses-first-black-city-council-member-remembered-as-trailblazer/ |work=[[The Mercury News]] |date=2019-04-07 |access-date=2020-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408185836/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/07/iola-williams-san-joses-first-black-city-council-member-remembered-as-trailblazer/ |archive-date=2019-04-08 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wdam>{{cite news |title=Pine Belt civil rights leader Iola Williams dies |url=https://www.wdam.com/2019/04/05/pine-belt-civil-rights-leader-iola-williams-dies/ |work=[[WDAM-TV]] |date=2019-04-05 |access-date=2020-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412072412/http://www.wdam.com/2019/04/05/pine-belt-civil-rights-leader-iola-williams-dies/ |archive-date=2019-04-12 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Amos Wilson]], author and activist
* [[Henry Winston]], Chairman of the [[Communist Party USA|American Communist Party]] (1966-1986) and Marxist civil rights activist 
* [[Craig Wiseman]], songwriter
* [[Brianna Wu]], video game developer and [[Programmer|computer programmer]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitford |first=David |date=2015 |title=Brianna Wu vs. the Gamergate Troll Army |url=https://www.inc.com/rebecca-deczynski/how-marc-lore-spun-wonder-100-million-loss-path-towards-profitability.html |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Inc.}}</ref>
* [[Walter H. Yates, Jr.]], major general, [[U.S. Army]]
* [[Walter Young (baseball player)|Walter Young]], professional baseball player