| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| William Allain |
Politician |
14-Feb-1928 |
2-Dec-2013 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1984-88 |
| Reuben V. Anderson |
Attorney |
16-Sep-1942 |
|
Partner, Phelps Dunbar |
| Blanche K. Bruce |
Politician |
1-Mar-1841 |
17-Mar-1898 |
US Senator, former slave |
| Phil Bryant |
Politician |
9-Dec-1954 |
|
Governor of Mississippi |
| George C. Carlson, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1946 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Travis Childers |
Politician |
29-Mar-1958 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 2008-11 |
| J. P. Coleman |
Politician |
9-Jan-1914 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60 |
| Oliver E. Diaz, Jr. |
Judge |
c. 1959 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Jess H. Dickinson |
Judge |
1947 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Wayne Dowdy |
Politician |
27-Jul-1943 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 1981-89 |
| Charles Easley |
Judge |
c. 1950 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Mike Espy |
Government |
30-Nov-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94 |
| Cliff Finch |
Politician |
4-Apr-1927 |
22-Apr-1986 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80 |
| James E. Graves, Jr. |
Judge |
c. 1953 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Paul B. Johnson, Sr. |
Politician |
23-Mar-1880 |
26-Dec-1943 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1940-43 |
| Ann H. Lamar |
Judge |
c. 1952 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Ray Mabus |
Politician |
11-Oct-1948 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy |
| Mike Moore |
Attorney |
3-Apr-1952 |
|
Attorney General of Mississippi, 1988-2004 |
| John A. Quitman |
Politician |
1-Sep-1799 |
17-Jul-1858 |
Twice Governor of Mississippi |
| Ronnie Shows |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 1999-2003 |
| James W. Smith, Jr. |
Judge |
28-Oct-1943 |
|
Mississippi Chief Justice |
| Larkin Smith |
Politician |
26-Jun-1944 |
13-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1989 |
| Leslie H. Southwick |
Judge |
10-Feb-1950 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Gerald J. St. Pé |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Litton Ship Systems |
| John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
| Alfred Holt Stone |
Scholar |
16-Oct-1870 |
11-May-1955 |
Studies in the American Race Problem |
| Bennie Thompson |
Politician |
28-Jan-1948 |
|
Congressman, Mississippi 2nd |
| William L. Waller, Jr. |
Judge |
c. 1952 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| William Lowe Waller |
Politician |
21-Oct-1926 |
29-Nov-2011 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1972-76 |
| Jamie L. Whitten |
Politician |
18-Apr-1910 |
9-Sep-1995 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1941-95 |
| Roger Wicker |
Politician |
5-Jul-1951 |
|
US Senator from Mississippi |
| John Bell Williams |
Politician |
4-Dec-1918 |
25-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72 |
| Arthur Winstead |
Politician |
6-Jan-1904 |
14-Mar-1995 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65 |
| William Winter |
Politician |
21-Feb-1923 |
|
Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84 |