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==Notable people== * [[The Band Perry]] * [[Faith Hill]], country music singer; born and raised in Ridgeland until moving to nearby [[Star, Mississippi|Star]] when she was in the 8th grade * [[George Jackson (songwriter)|George Jackson]], songwriter and singer; died at his home in Ridgeland * [[Bianca Knight]], track and field athlete * [[David McRae]], [[Mississippi State Treasurer]]<ref>{{cite news |title=David McRae wins Republican nomination for Mississippi treasurer |url=https://www.wxxv25.com/david-mcrae-wins-republican-nomination-mississippi-treasurer/ |access-date=May 20, 2023 |work=WXXV |date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> * [[J. Walter Michel]], member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]]<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Walter Michel |url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/michel.xml |website=Mississippi Senate |access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref> * [[David H. Nutt]], lawyer and philanthropist, the richest person in Mississippi as of 2014<ref>Warren Kulo, [http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/11/ridgeland_attorney_david_h_nut.html Ridgeland attorney David H. Nutt is the wealthiest Mississippian, study shows], gulflive.com, November 11, 2014</ref> * [[Jim Pace (racing driver)|Jim Pace]], racing driver<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watkins |first1=Billy |title=From med school to the racetrack: Mississippian lives dream at 221 mph |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/2017/09/24/race-car-driver-lives-dream-221-mph/677617001/ |access-date=May 20, 2023 |work=Clarion-Ledger |date=September 24, 2017}}</ref> * [[Rubel Phillips]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] gubernatorial nominee in 1963 and 1967; spent his last years in retirement in Ridgeland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=rubel-phillips&pid=152099370 |title=Rubel Phillips Obituary: View Rubel Phillips's Obituary by ''The Clarion Ledger'' |publisher=Legacy.com |access-date=2011-12-19}}</ref><ref>Billy Hathorn, "Challenging the Status Quo: Rubel Lex Phillips and the Mississippi Republican Party (1963-1967)", ''The Journal of Mississippi History'' XLVII, November 1985, No. 4, pp. 240-264</ref>
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