Editing Kosciusko, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Oprah Winfrey]], entertainer and entrepreneur
* [[Dave Barnes]], singer-songwriter and musician for [[Razor & Tie]]
* [[Billy Ray Bates]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=NBA Players: Billy Ray Bates Profile and Basic Stats|url=http://www.landofbasketball.com/nba_players/b/billy_ray_bates.htm|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref>
* [[Eva Webb Dodd]], [[Anna Boyd Ellington]], and [[Mary Comfort Leonard]], founders of the [[Delta Gamma]] fraternity
* [[Clarence Harmon (American football)|Clarence Harmon]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] running back for the [[Washington Redskins]]
* [[James Meredith]], civil rights figure
* [[Charlie Musselwhite]], blues harmonica player and band leader
* [[Jason Niles]], lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician<ref name="Early Attala Residents: Jason Niles">{{cite web |url=http://attala-county-history-genealogy.org/jason_niles.html |title=Early Attala Residents: Jason Niles |website=Attala County, Mississippi |publisher=MS Gen Web |access-date=2021-08-10 |archive-date=2021-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810142353/http://attala-county-history-genealogy.org/jason_niles.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Topher Payne]], playwright<ref>[http://www.msarts.org/index.cfm/artist-highlights/artist-highlight-topher-payne1 Topher Payne - Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210221109/http://www.msarts.org/index.cfm/artist-highlights/artist-highlight-topher-payne1/ |date=2015-12-10 }}. Msarts.org (2013-11-21). Retrieved on 2015-12-25.</ref>
* [[Blanche Colton Williams]], author, editor, department head and professor of English literature, and pioneer in women's higher education
* [[Marc Woodard]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] linebacker for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]