• Source: List of people from Oxford, Mississippi

The following is a list of people who were born in or associated with Oxford, Mississippi. While it does not include those whose only connection with Oxford is attending the University of Mississippi, it includes faculty and alumni who have resided there and contributed to the life of the community.




Activists and advocates



Nathan Bedford Forrest II (1872–1931), Ku Klux Klan leader, born in Oxford
James Meredith (born 1933), activist, first African-American student at the University of Mississippi




Actors and models


Karlous Miller (born 1983), actor, comedian, born in Oxford
Naomi Sims (1948–2009), fashion model and author, born in Oxford




Artists and designers


Jere Allen (born 1944), painter
Henry Clifford Boles (1910–1979), architect
Theora Hamblett (1895–1977), primitive painter
John McCrady (1911–1968), painter
Sulton Rogers (1922–2003), folk artist
Glennray Tutor (born 1950), photorealist painter
Dick Waterman (1935–2024), photographer and blues promoter




Athletes and sports figures


Coolidge Ball, first African-American athlete to play at Ole Miss (basketball)
Mike Bianco (born 1967), college baseball coach
Billy Brewer (born 1935), college football coach
Billy Clay (born 1944), NFL cornerback, born in Oxford
Steve Freeman (born 1953), NFL defensive back, game official
Hugh Freeze (born 1969), college football coach
Jake Gibbs (born 1938), MLB catcher, college coach
Jennifer Gillom (born 1964), WNBA player/Olympic gold medalist and coach, born in Abbeville
Sam Kendricks (born 1992), pole vaulter, 2017 world champion, 2016 and 2024 Olympic medalist
Andy Kennedy (born 1968), college basketball coach
Don Kessinger (born 1942), MLB shortstop, manager, realtor
Lane Kiffin (born 1975), NFL and college football coach
Henry Lamar (1906–1985), football coach, born in Oxford
Archie Manning (born 1949), NFL quarterback
Eli Manning (born 1981), NFL quarterback
DK Metcalf [born 1997), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford
Alex Mullen (born 1992), world memory champion, raised in Oxford
Michael Oher (born 1986), NFL offensive tackle
Jim Poole (1915–1994), NFL wide receiver, born in Oxford
Connie Price-Smith (born 1962), track and field coach
Culley Rikard (1914–2000), MLB outfielder, born in Oxford
Steve Sloan (born 1944), college football coach
Armegis Spearman (born 1978), NFL linebacker, born in Oxford
Jim Urbanek (born 1945), AFL defensive tackle, born in Oxford
Johnny Vaught (1909–2006), football coach
Todd Wade (born 1976), NFL offensive tackle
Justin Woodall (born 1987), baseball pitcher, born in Oxford
Lorenzen Wright (1975–2010), professional basketball player




Authors


Ace Atkins (born 1970), journalist, novelist
Howard Bahr (born 1946), novelist
William Boyle (born 1978), novelist
Larry Brown (1951–2004), novelist, short story writer
Tim Earley (born 1972), poet
John T. Edge, food writer
John Faulkner (1901–1963), plain-style writer, brother of William Faulkner
William Faulkner (1897–1962), novelist, Nobel laureate
Beth Ann Fennelly (born 1971), poet
Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 1947), poet
Richard Ford (born 1944), novelist, short story writer
Tom Franklin (born 1962), novelist
David Galef (born 1959), novelist, short story writer, translator
John Grisham (born 1955), legal thrillers novelist
Barry Hannah (1942–2010), novelist and short story writer
Kiese Laymon (born 1974), novelist, memoirist
Jonathan Miles (born 1971), journalist, novelist
Willie Morris (1934–1999), author, editor
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), poet
Chris Offutt (born 1958), author, screenwriter
J.E. Pitts (1967–2010), poet, editor, artist
Michael Farris Smith, author
Wright Thompson (born 1976), sports writer
Stark Young (1881–1963), playwright, novelist, literary critic, and essayist




Educators


F.A.P. Barnard (1809–1889), scientist, parson, UM chancellor
Alexander Lee Bondurant (1865–1937), classicist, football coach
Glenn Boyce (born 1958), UM chancellor
Alfred Benjamin Butts (1890–1962), UM chancellor
William R. Ferris (born 1942), folklorist, chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities
Porter Lee Fortune Jr. (1920–1989), UM chancellor
Robert Burwell Fulton (1849–1914), physicist, UM chancellor
Arthur Guyton (1919–2003), physiologist, author of Textbook of Medical Physiology
Eugene W. Hilgard (1833–1916), soil chemist
Thomas Hines (born 1936), architectural historian
George Frederick Holmes (1820–1897), first UM chancellor
Alfred Hume (1866–1950), mathematician, UM chancellor
Samir Husni (born 1953), professor of journalism and leading magazine expert
Dan Jones (born 1949), physician, UM chancellor
Winthrop Jordan (1931–2007), historian
Robert Khayat (born 1938), UM chancellor
Andrew Armstrong Kincannon (1859–1938), UM chancellor
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790–1870), attorney, preacher, author, UM president
Edward Mayes (1846–1917), attorney, UM chancellor
Louis Pojman (1935–2005), philosopher
Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. (1868–1929), historian
David Moore Robinson (1880–1958), classical archaeologist
Ronald J. Rychlak (born 1957), attorney, legal scholar
Alexander P. Stewart (1821–1908), Confederate general, UM chancellor
R. Gerald Turner (born 1945), UM chancellor
Jeffrey Vitter (born 1955), computer scientist, UM chancellor
John Davis Williams (1902–1983), UM chancellor during Meredith crisis




Entrepreneurs and business leaders


Joseph Whitehead (1864–1906), Coca-Cola pioneer, born in Oxford




Journalists, media figures


Ron Franklin (born 1942), sportscaster
Lee Habeeb (born 1961), conservative talk radio producer
Samir Husni (born 1953), magazine industry analyst
Angela McGlowan (born 1970), Fox News political commentator, born in Oxford
Shepard Smith (born 1964), Fox News, CNBC anchor
Wright Thompson (born 1976), senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
Curtis Wilkie (born 1940), journalist, historian




Jurists and lawyers


Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. (1935–2023), U.S. district judge
Robert Andrews Hill (1811–1900), U.S. district judge
Charles Bowen Howry (1844–1928), assistant U.S. attorney general, U.S. court of claims judge
Frank Hampton McFadden (born 1925), U.S. district judge, born in Oxford
Richard Scruggs (born 1946), attorney
Phil Stone (1893–1967), attorney




Military figures


Daniel Isom Sultan (1885–1947), inspector general, U.S. Army, born in Oxford




Musicians


Bass Drum of Death, garage rock band
Beanland, jam band
Miklos Bencze (1911–1992), operatic basso
Blue Mountain, alternative country band
R. L. Burnside (1926–2005), blues singer-songwriter, born in Lafayette County
Phil Cohran (born 1927), jazz musician, born in Oxford
Colour Revolt, indie rock band
Adam Gussow (born 1958), blues harmonica player, teacher
JoJo Hermann, musician
Caroline Herring, singer-songwriter
Dennis Herring, record producer
Cary Hudson (born 1965), lead singer and guitarist for alternative country band Blue Mountain
Pepper Keenan (born 1967), metal guitarist, singer, born in Oxford
Arthur Kreutz (1906–1991), composer
Kudzu Kings, band
Jimbo Mathus (born 1967), musician, born in Oxford
Dent May, alt-musician, ukulele player
George McConnell, guitarist
Shannon McNally (born 1973), singer-songwriter
Laurie Stirratt (born 1967), bassist
Young Buffalo, indie rock band




Politicians


Nicole Akins Boyd, state senator
Thad Cochran (born 1937), U.S. senator
Ronald D. Coleman (born 1941), U.S. representative (Texas)
Lewis P. Featherstone (1851–1922), U.S. representative (Arkansas), born in Oxford
Bill Hawks (born 1944), planter, state senator, born in Oxford
Charles Bowen Howry (1844–1928), state representative, assistant U.S. attorney general, born in Oxford
Jay Hughes (born 1963), state representative
L.Q.C. Lamar (1825–1893), U.S. senator, supreme court justice
William Lee J. Lowrance (1836–1916), Confederate colonel, merchant, state representative
Donald Stuart Russell (1906–1998), governor, U.S. senator (South Carolina), born in Lafayette County
Lee M. Russell (1875–1943), U.S. representative, governor
William V. Sullivan (1857–1918), U.S. senator
Gray Tollison (born 1964), state senator
Jacob Thompson (1810–1885), U.S. representative, secretary of the interior
Bill Waller (1926–2011), governor, born in Lafayette County
Jamie L. Whitten (1910–1995), U.S. representative
Thomas Hickman Williams (1801–1851), U.S. senator, UM secretary-treasurer, "father of the University of Mississippi"
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855–1915), UM professor, U.S. representative




Religious figures


Larry M. Goodpaster (born 1948), Methodist bishop
Duncan M. Gray Jr. (1926–2016), Episcopal bishop, civil rights activist during Meredith crisis in Oxford
Duncan M. Gray III (born 1949), Episcopal bishop of Mississippi
Alexander Preston Shaw (1879–1966), Methodist bishop, born in Abbeville




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