83 Notable alumni of
University of Southern Mississippi
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The University of Southern Mississippi is 697th in the world, 262nd in North America, and 242nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 83 notable alumni from the University of Southern Mississippi sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jimmy Buffett
- Occupations
- singer-songwriteraircraft pilotautobiographerrecording artistchildren's writer
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James William Buffett was an American singer-songwriter. He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" and promoted enjoying life and following passions. Buffett recorded many hit songs known as "The Big 8": "Margaritaville" (1977), which is ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century"; "Come Monday" (1974); "Fins" (1979); "Volcano" (1979); "A Pirate Looks at Forty" (1974); "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (1978); "Why Don't We Get Drunk" (1973); and "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (1977). His other popular songs include "Son of a Son of a Sailor" (1978), "One Particular Harbour" (1983), and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Alan Jackson (2003). Buffett formed the Coral Reefer Band in 1975.
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Hugh Freeze
- Occupations
- offensive coordinatorhead coach
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Danny Hugh Freeze Jr. is an American football coach who is the head coach at Auburn University. A successful high school football coach at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeze coached Michael Oher and Greg Hardy. He subsequently was the head football coach at Lambuth University from 2008 to 2009, Arkansas State University in 2011, the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 2012 to 2016, and Liberty University from 2018 to 2022.
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Mack Brown
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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William Mack Brown is an American college football coach. He is currently in his second stint as the head football coach for the University of North Carolina, where he first coached from 1988 until departing in 1997, when he left Chapel Hill to become head coach for the University of Texas. In 2018, Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Two days after Carolina fired Larry Fedora in November 2018, Brown was announced to return as the Tar Heels' head coach after a five-year hiatus from coaching, which he spent as an ESPN analyst.
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Tori Bowie
- Occupations
- long jumpersprinterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Frentorish "Tori" Bowie was an American track and field athlete, who primarily competed in the long jump, 100 meters, and 200 meters. She won the silver medal in the 100 m and bronze in the 200 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, bronze and gold in the 100 m at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships, respectively, and also earned gold medals as part of U.S. women's 4 × 100 m relays at both the 2016 Olympic Games and 2017 World Championships.
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Cat Cora
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- chef
- Biography
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Catherine Ann Cora is an American professional chef, television personality, business person, and cookbook author. She is best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on Iron Chef America and as co-host of Around the World in 80 Plates.
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Nick Mullens
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Nicholas Clayton Mullens is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, where he surpassed Brett Favre's single-season school records for passing yardage (4,476) and touchdown passes (38). He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of college, and has also played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns.
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M.C. Gainey
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- television actorfilm actoractorvoice actorcomedian
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Michael Connor Gainey is an American character actor best known for his appearances in Lost, Con Air, Sideways, Tangled, and Django Unchained.
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Jamie Collins
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Jamie Lee Collins Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and was selected by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. As a member of the Patriots for seven non-consecutive seasons, Collins earned Pro Bowl honors in 2015 when he led the league in forced fumbles. Collins also won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XLIX. Outside of his New England tenure, he played three seasons with the Cleveland Browns and two with the Detroit Lions.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
- Occupations
- farmercelebritypolitician
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Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate.
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Chad Bradford
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Chadwick Lee Bradford is an American former professional relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) of the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Tampa Bay Rays from 1998 to 2009.
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Ray Guy
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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William Ray Guy was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Guy was a first-team All-American selection in 1972 as a senior for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and was the first pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft, when the Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft. He won three Super Bowls with the Raiders. Guy was elected to both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. An eight-time All-Pro, Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all-time.
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Phil Bryant
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Dewey Phillip Bryant is an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 31st lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2008 to 2012 and 40th state auditor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008. Bryant was elected governor in 2011, defeating the Democratic nominee Mayor Johnny DuPree of Hattiesburg. He was re-elected in 2015, defeating Democratic nominee Robert Gray.
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Brian Dozier
- Occupations
- baseball player
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James Brian Dozier is an American former professional baseball second baseman. The Minnesota Twins selected Dozier in the eighth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2012 and he played in MLB for the Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals and New York Mets. Dozier was an All-Star in 2015, and won a Gold Glove Award in 2017.
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Deanna Favre
- Occupations
- activist
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Deanna Farago Tynes Favre is an American author and founder and CEO of the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation. Favre was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, and later became an advocate in the fight against the disease.
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Tom Malone
- Occupations
- musicianjazz musiciansaxophonist
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Thomas "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone but he also plays saxophone, trumpet, tuba, flute, and bass guitar. He has been a member of The Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Tim Floyd
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Tim Floyd is a former American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He was formerly the head coach of several teams in the NCAA and the NBA. Floyd is also known as the coach of the Chicago Bulls for four seasons. He announced his retirement from coaching after the UTEP game on November 27, 2017.
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Eddie Hodges
- Occupations
- actorsingermusician
- Biography
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Samuel "Eddie" Hodges is an American former child actor and recording artist (his 1961 cover of The Isley Brothers' “I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door” reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100), who left show business as an adult.
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Russell D. Moore
- Occupations
- theologian
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Russell D. Moore is an American theologian, ethicist, and preacher. In June 2021, he became the director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today, and on August 4, 2022, was announced as the magazine's incoming Editor-in-Chief.
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Sally Ann Roberts
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- actor
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Sally-Ann Roberts is an American broadcaster. She worked for 40 years in news television before retiring in 2018.
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Quez Watkins
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Terrance "Quez" Watkins is an American football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Miss and was drafted by the Eagles in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
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Adalius Thomas
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Adalius Donquail Thomas is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's New England Patriots.
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Steven Palazzo
- Enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi
- In 1994 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- In 1996 graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- politicianaccountant
- Biography
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Steven McCarty Palazzo is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. The district included Mississippi's Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Laurel and Hattiesburg. Palazzo is a member of the Republican Party.
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Clarence Weatherspoon
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Clarence Weatherspoon, Sr. is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) born in Crawford, Mississippi. He is currently the assistant coach for Jones County JC. Previously, he was an assistant coach for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
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Rakeem Nunez-Roches
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Rakeem Nathan Nuñez-Roches is a Belizean born American football defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round (217th overall) of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football at Southern Miss.
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Anthony Alford
- Occupations
- player of American footballbaseball player
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Anthony Joseph Alford is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Pittsburgh Pirates and in the KBO League for the KT Wiz.
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Greg "Fingers" Taylor
- Occupations
- singermusiciansongwriter
- Biography
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Greg "Fingers" Taylor was an American harmonica player, best known for his work with Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.
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Austin Davis
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Austin Davis is an American football coach and former quarterback. Davis most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Auburn Tigers but left the program within two months. Prior to Auburn, he was the quarterbacks coach for the Seattle Seahawks. A walk-on to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles program, Davis redshirted the 2007 season and became the starter a year later. He ended the year with a combined total of 15 school records for both game and single-season marks and led the Golden Eagles to a bowl game victory in the 2008 New Orleans Bowl. He was selected to the Freshman All-Conference USA team and earned a Freshman All-American honorable mention by College Football News for 2008. He has also been a member of the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans.
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Demar Dotson
- Occupations
- player of American footballbasketball player
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Demar Dotson is a former American football offensive tackle. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Southern Mississippi.
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Robert L. Stewart
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- astronaut
- Biography
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Robert Lee Stewart is an American retired military officer and NASA astronaut who was a brigadier general of the United States Army.
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Matt Carpenter
- Occupations
- ultramarathon runner
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Matthew Edwin Carpenter is an American Ultramarathoner as a trail runner and in high altitude marathons.
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Lloyd Green
- Occupations
- guitaristmusician
- Biography
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Lloyd Lamar Green is an American steel guitarist noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 No.1 country hits including Tammy Wynette's “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968), Charlie Rich's “Behind Closed Doors” (1973), The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira” (1981), and Alan Jackson's “Remember When” (2004). Green was a one of an inner circle of elite recording studio musicians known colloquially as the Nashville A-Team. In a career beginning in the mid 1960s and spanning a quarter-century, Green performed on more than 5000 recordings helping to create hits for scores of artists such as Charley Pride, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, The Monkees, Don Williams, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and many others. His 1968 performance on the Byrds' landmark album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, influenced generations of non-mainstream country guitarists. He was featured on Ken Burns' Country Music documentary film in 2019. Green was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Gene Taylor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gary Eugene Taylor is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2011 and previously a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1983 to 1989. He was defeated for re-election in 2010 by State Representative Steven Palazzo. In 2014, he changed his long-time membership from the Democratic Party, becoming a Republican. The same year, he ran for election against Palazzo to return to the House of Representatives. Securing only 43 percent of the vote, Taylor lost in the primary.
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Kelly McCarty
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kelly Deshawn McCarty is a naturalized Russian former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He represented the senior men's Russian national basketball team internationally. At 2.01 m (6'7") 235 lbs., he played at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His primary position was small forward.
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David Baria
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Wayne Baria is an American politician, attorney, and former contractor. A trial lawyer by trade, Baria was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the 122nd district until the end of the 2019 legislative session. He also served as the House Minority Leader. Baria was a member of the Mississippi Senate before he was elected to the retiring J. P. Compretta's seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Baria was the Democratic nominee for the 2018 United States Senate election in Mississippi.
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D. J. Newbill
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Devonte Jerrell "D. J." Newbill is an American professional basketball player for Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Penn State before playing professionally in France, Turkey, Belgium, New Zealand, Poland, Australia and Russia.
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Cindy Williams
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantjournalist
- Biography
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Cindy Williams is an American former news anchor. Williams was a news anchor for WCSH 6 News Center Maine in Portland, Maine for 32 years from 1989 until 2021. Williams has won several awards from the Associated Press and the Maine Association of Broadcasters for her anchoring and reporting. She graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1985 with a degree in Radio, Television and Film. Cindy was also the anchor of News Seven and the 10 o’clock news on the NBC affiliate in Laurel and Hattiesburg, Mississippi of WDAM-TV.
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Matt Wallner
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Matthew John Wallner is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Sammy Winder
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Sammy Winder is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL), spending his entire career with the Denver Broncos from 1982 to 1990. The son of a farmer, Winder played his high school football at Madison-Ridgeland High School in his hometown of Madison, Mississippi. Winder later played his collegiate football at The University of Southern Mississippi.
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Toby Barker
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Toby Barker is an American politician and the current Mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 2007, he was elected a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 102nd District. At the age of 25, Barker became the then-youngest legislator elected in Mississippi's history. He is a former member of the Republican Party. In 2017, Barker ran as an independent and defeated four-term incumbent Johnny DuPree to become Hattiesburg's 35th mayor.
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Cornell Armstrong
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Cornell Orlando Armstrong is an American football cornerback for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Miss.
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Ronnie Shows
- Enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- farmerpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Clifford Ronald Shows is an American educator and former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi. He served two terms in Congress from 1999 to 2003.
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Carolyn Haines
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistwriterwoman of letters
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Carolyn Haines, who uses the pseudonyms R.B. Chesterton, Caroline Burnes, and Lizzie Hart, is a prolific mystery author and former journalist specializing in mysteries set in the Mississippi Delta.
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Evelyn Gandy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Edythe Evelyn Gandy was an American attorney and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1976 to 1980. A Democrat who held several public offices throughout her career, she was the first woman elected to a statewide constitutional office in Mississippi. Born in Hattiesburg, she attended the University of Mississippi School of Law as the only woman in her class. Following graduation, she took a job as a research assistant for United States Senator Theodore Bilbo. She briefly practiced law before being elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where she served from 1948 to 1952. Defeated for re-election, she worked as director of the Division of Legal Services in the State Department of Public Welfare and Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi until she was elected State Treasurer of Mississippi in 1959.
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Cody Carroll
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Cody Mark Carroll is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles.
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Jamierra Faulkner
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jamierra Faulkner is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also played for UMMC Ekaterinburg. She was selected in the third round of the 2014 WNBA draft, 34th overall. She retired for medical reasons in 2021.
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Brooke Hendrix
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Brooke Tatum Hendrix is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Reading in the Women's Super League.
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Percy Bland
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Percy Bland is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the mayor of Meridian, Mississippi from 2013 to 2021. Bland was the first African American Mayor of Meridian MS and is known for the transformation of Downtown Meridian.
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William Gardner Hewes
- Occupations
- politiciansinger
- Biography
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William Gardner Hewes III is an American Republican politician. He is the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi and the former President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate.
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Steve Wiest
- Occupations
- novelistjazz musicianmusic teachercomposerscience fiction writer
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Steve Wiest is an American trombonist, composer, arranger, big band director, music educator at the collegiate level, jazz clinician, author, and illustrator/cartoonist. From 1981 to 1985, he was a featured trombonist and arranger with the Maynard Ferguson Band. Wiest is in his tenth year as Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music. He is the Coordinator of the 21st Century Music Initiative at the school. Wiest has been a professor for thirty-five of the forty-three years that he has been a professional trombonist, composer, and arranger. From 2007 to 2014, Wiest was Associate Professor of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music and, from March 2009 to August 2014, he was director of the One O'Clock Lab Band and coordinator of the Lab Band program. At North Texas, Wiest also taught conducting, trombone, and oversaw The U-Tubes — the College of Music's jazz trombone band. Wiest is a three-time Grammy nominee — individually in 2008 for Best instrumental Arrangement and in 2010 for Best Instrumental Composition, and collaboratively in 2010 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, which he directed. As of 2013, Wiest has in excess of 58 arrangements and compositions to his credit, which include 10 original compositions from his current project (see 2013–2014 project below).
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Scott Armstrong
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Scott Armstrong is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Conservative member to represent the electoral district of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley in the federal by-elections on November 9, 2009. He served until his defeat in the 2015 election.
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Bob McCrory
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Glenn McCrory is a former baseball relief pitcher. He played for the Baltimore Orioles.
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Jeffery Hammond
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Jeffery W. Hammond is a retired United States Army officer who previously served as the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Cordarro Law
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Cordarro Law is a Canadian football defensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for Southern Mississippi. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He has also been a member of the San Diego Chargers and Calgary Stampeders.
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Roger Brent
- Occupations
- biologist
- Biography
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Roger Brent is an American biologist known for his work on gene regulation and systems biology. He studies the quantitative behaviors of cell signaling systems and the origins and consequences of variation in them. He is Full Member in the Division of Basic Sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and an Affiliate Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.
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Sarah Robson
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sarah Cathryn Ann Robson is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a defender or striker for Durham in the FA Women's Championship.
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Chuckie Campbell
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 43)
- Occupations
- songwriter
- Biography
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Charles Edward Campbell, known by his stage and pen name, Chuckie Campbell, is an American musician, poet, fiction writer, editor, publisher, and educator. He holds a B.A. in communications with an emphasis in Public Relations and a minor in Religion from Lee University, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Eastern Kentucky University, and a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi.
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Jeremy Bridges
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Jeremy Eugene Bridges is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern Mississippi. Bridges was also a member of the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins.
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Charles Whittington
- Biography
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Charles W. Whittington, Jr. was a major general in the United States Army. As of July 2018, he was serving as deputy director of the United States Army National Guard. Whittington previously served as the First Army deputy commanding general-operations.
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Jason Jimenez
- Occupations
- player of American footballCanadian football player
- Biography
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Jason Jimenez is a former professional gridiron football offensive tackle. He last played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is a former member of the 2006 Grey Cup champions, the BC Lions of the CFL.
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Greg Brooks
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Greg Brooks is a former American football cornerback with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played high school football at Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana.
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Swish
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- rappercomposerrecord producer
- Biography
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Jonathan Whitfield known by his stage name Swish, is an American hip hop producer/rapper from Mississippi. He is a solo artist and is also a member of hip hop duo Mr & Mrs in which he is the main producer and co-writes/performs songs with his wife Nadirah X.
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Bob Dearing
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Montgomery Dearing was an American politician, educator, and businessman who served in the Mississippi Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Stephen Reaves
- Occupations
- Canadian football player
- Biography
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Stephen Reaves is a former professional Canadian football quarterback. He was signed by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a street free agent in 2009 but was released at the end of training camp. He was re-signed to the practice roster on June 27, 2009. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Michigan State Spartans.
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W. Arthur Winstead
- Occupations
- politiciancar dealerschool superintendent
- Biography
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William Arthur Winstead was a farmer and politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 5th and 4th congressional districts, serving from 1943 to 1965. He surprisingly lost the 1964 election by a substantial margin, when his Republican opponent, Prentiss Walker, benefited by voters supporting Barry Goldwater in his presidential campaign in the state.
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Ronald J. Rabin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ronald Joseph Rabin is a Republican state senator in the state of North Carolina, representing the 12th district, encompassing Harnett, Johnston, Lee Counties. Rabin was born in Rochester, New York in 1932. He attended high school there and then went on to attend the University of Southern Mississippi where he was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. He also attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was later commissioned into the Army as a second lieutenant of infantry. He is a business consultant in the aerospace and defense industries, having served previously in the United States Army as a Colonel for 24 years. He was elected to the North Carolina Senate on November 5, 2012, having defeated Democrat Brad Salmon.
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Thomas G. Miller
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Thomas G. Miller is a retired senior officer of the United States Army and a former commander of the First United States Army. As head of the First Army, Miller was responsible for the training, readiness and mobilization of National Guard and Army Reserve units in all states and territories as they prepare for deployment as needed by United States combat commanders globally. He is the son of the late Colonel William H. Miller, who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
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Antoine Cash
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Antoine Cash is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Southern Miss.
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Neil Watson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Neil Watson is a former American professional basketball player for the Plymouth Raiders of the British Basketball League and is currently an assistant coach for Park University. He competed in college basketball for the University of Southern Mississippi.
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Mendel L. Peterson
- Occupations
- archaeologistanthropologist
- Biography
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Mendel L. Peterson was an American pioneer in the field of underwater archeology and former curator at the Smithsonian Institution, becoming known as "the father of underwater archeology". His specialties included underwater exploration and numismatics. Peterson Island in Antarctica is named after him.
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Elvin Mims
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Elvin Mims is an American professional basketball player who last played for the London Lightning of the NBL Canada. He has previously played in multiple leagues in the United States and in Iceland as well as Canada. Prior to going pro, from 1998 to 2002, Mims played college basketball for Northwest Florida State College and Southern Mississippi University.
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Frank Baker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Frank Watts Baker is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. Baker attended school at the University of Southern Mississippi and was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1967 MLB draft.
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Tom Johnson
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Tom Johnson, nicknamed Sebastian Thunderbucket, is a former American football defensive tackle. He attended Moss Point High School, where he played as a defensive tackle for two seasons. He played college football at Southern Miss but before that he played for two seasons of junior college football at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) in Perkinston, MS. Following his college career, Johnson went undrafted in the 2005 NFL Draft. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent. He spent the 2007 season with the Cologne Centurions of the NFL Europe and came back with the Colts for training camp in 2008. After being released, he turned to the Arena Football League (AFL), where he played the 2008 season with the Grand Rapids Rampage and the Philadelphia Soul. Johnson then headed north to play in the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he played two seasons for the Calgary Stampeders and was named CFL West Division All-Star in 2010. At the end of the 2010 CFL season, Johnson drew interest from several NFL teams, and decided to sign with the New Orleans Saints, where he played from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, he became a free agent and joined the Minnesota Vikings on a one-year deal, and after exceeding expectations in his first season, he was re-signed to a three-year deal in 2015.
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Catherine S. Lutz
- Years
- 1955-2014 (aged 59)
- Enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major General Catherine S. Lutz was a Mississippi National Guard officer. She began her career as a nurse before becoming a medical officer. She served in a series of postings before being promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 2009 while acting as assistant to the Chief Nurse of the Air Force, becoming the first female general officer in the history of the Mississippi National Guard. She was subsequently promoted to the rank of major general and commander of the Mississippi Air National Guard.
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Francis D. Moran
- Occupations
- geologistaircraft pilotmathematician
- Biography
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Rear Admiral Francis D. "Bill" Moran is a retired career officer who served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps, its successor, the Environmental Science Services Administration Corps (ESSA Corps), and the ESSA Corps's successor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps). He served as the third Director of the NOAA Corps.
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Brandon Sumrall
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Brandon Sumrall is a former American football cornerback. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Southern Mississippi.
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Reed Green
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bernard Reed Green was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1937 to 1948, compiling a record of 59–20–4. Green's winning percentage of.735 is the best of any head coach in the history of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program. Born in Leakesville, Mississippi, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi from 1930 until 1933 and lettered on the football, basketball, and baseball teams. He became the head coach of Southern Miss when Allison Pooley Hubert left to become the head coach at Virginia Military Institute. Green became the athletic director at Southern Miss in 1949 and held that position until 1973. He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. Green died in 2002.
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James Kimbrell
- Occupations
- translatorpoet
- Biography
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James Kimbrell is an American poet.
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Charles W. Dyke
- Enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Charles William Dyke is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army whose assignments included commander of United States Army Japan and IX Corps from 1985 to 1988, and of the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Europe from 1983 to 1985.
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Hudson Holliday
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Laughlin Hudson Holliday is a two-star General from Poplarville, Mississippi. Holliday is currently serving as a Pearl River County Supervisor and has was a candidate for the office of Governor of Mississippi in 2011.
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Brenda Hatfield
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Dr. Brenda Ann Garibaldi Hatfield is the former Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the City of New Orleans, having served under the administration of former Mayor C. Ray Nagin.
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Mariam Kromah
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Mariam Kromah is a Liberian sprinter. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 400 metres race; her time of 52.79 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals.
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Walter H. Yates, Jr
- Years
- 1941-.. (age 83)
- Enrolled in the University of Southern Mississippi
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major General Walter Harvey Yates Jr. is a retired United States Army officer who served as Deputy Commanding General of the Fifth United States Army. He is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and 1963 graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Foreign Affairs from George Washington University. In addition, General Yates attended the DOD Joint Warfighting course and the Harvard program for National and International Securities Studies.
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Patricia Ann Lamkin
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Patricia Ann Lamkin was an American playwright, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, writer and editor.
