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Noted Mississippi Personalities |
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Past and Present |
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Our Mississippi Hall of Fame is to honor as many Mississippians who have achievements in the arts : writers , journalist , actors , actresses , dancers ,musicians , producers ,directors , radio & TV performers , entertainers , singers , artist , and sculptors who were born in Mississippi or have made Mississippi their home for 50% of their life and have national and/or international recognition. NOTE : no politicians will be included here nor will any sports figures . This is to recognize those Mississippians who have excelled in the fields of artistic endeavor. NOTE : we have listed them in alaphabetical order and have tried to be accurate in hometowns and dates of birth and death and artistic field / fields. |
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William Faulkner - New Albany - Author , Screenwtiter , Nobel Peace Prize in Literature 1949 Pulitizer Prizes { 2 } [ fiction 1955 and 1963 ] { 9/25/1897 - 7/16 / 1962 |
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Tennessee Williams - Columbus - Author , Dramatist , Playwright , Screenwriter * Pulitzer Prizes for drama [2] A Streetcar Named Desire -1948 and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof -1955 , New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award 1944-45 for The Glass Menagerie - 4/13/1911 - 2/25/ 1983 |
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Edora Alice Welty - Jackson - Author Pulitzer Prize 1973 [ 4/13/ 1909 - 2001 ] |
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David Herbert Donald - Goodman - Author Pulitzer Prizes in biography 1961 and 1988 - [ 1920 - ] |
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Elvis Aron Presley - Tupelo - Singer Songwriter Actor “ the King of Rock and Roll “ [ 1/8/1935- 8/16/1977 |
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Carl Knight - Jackson - Songwriter - |
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Oprah Winfrey-Koscuisko - Actress Producer Talk Show Host has received many Emmy Awards [ 1/29/1954 |
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John Grisham - Southhaven and Oxford [born in Jonesboro,AR] Novelist over 70 million books in print with a record 2.8 million first run of his last three novels. [ 2/8/ 1955 - ] |
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Greg Harkins - Jackson - Master Craftsman / Artist - [ 2/8/ 1953 - ] Chair maker to Presidents |
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