Columbia, Mississippi

==Notable people==
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* [[Johnathan Abram]], [[National Football League]] (NFL) safety for the [[Las Vegas Raiders]]
* [[Anthony Alford]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Alford Stats |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/anthony-alford-546990 |website=MLB.com |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ted Alford]], former [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ted Alford |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playera/alfo01950.html |website=profootballarchives.com |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[James W. Ball]], [[Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army|24th Chief of Ordnance]] for the [[United States Army Ordnance Corps]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MG James W. Ball |url=https://www.armyrotc.msstate.edu/alumni/distinguished-alumni/mg-james-w-ball |website=armyrotc.msstate.edu |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Earl W. Bascom]], rodeo champion, Hollywood actor, artist/sculptor, inventor, Mississippi Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee<ref>https://www.columbianprogress.com/most-recent/history-mississippi-rodeo-shared {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref><ref>http://cowboyandarenachampions.com/Resumes/Bascom_Family_Bio.pdf {{bare URL PDF|date=February 2024}}</ref><ref>https://www.yazooherald.net/features-press-releases-state/mississippi-cowgirl-cowboys-spotlighted-and-honored {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref>
* [[Rose Bascom|Texas Rose Bascom]], rodeo performer, trick roper, Hollywood actress, Mississippi Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mormonwiki.com/Texas_Rose_Bascom|title = Texas Rose Bascom - Mormonism, the Mormon Church, Beliefs, & Religion - MormonWiki}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/cherokee-choctaw-cowgirl-texas-rose-bascom-first-female-mi-rodeo-hall-fame|title = Cherokee-Choctaw Cowgirl, Texas Rose Bascom, First Female in MS Rodeo Hall of Fame| date=September 13, 2018 }}</ref>
* [[Weldon Bascom]], rodeo champion, Mississippi Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee<ref>https://www.yazooherald.net/features-press-releases-state/mississippi-cowgirl-cowboys-spotlighted-and-honored {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref><ref>http://cowboyandarenachampions.com/Resumes/Bascom_Family_Bio.pdf {{bare URL PDF|date=February 2024}}</ref>
* [[Buddy Blair]], former Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddy Blair Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blairbu01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Terrell Buckley]], American football coach and former player<ref name="Magee">{{cite news |last1=Magee |first1=Patrick |title=Coast football legend elected to the College Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.sunherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/patrick-magee/article224024155.html |access-date=30 March 2019 |newspaper=Sun Herald |date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203230437/https://www.sunherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/patrick-magee/article224024155.html |archive-date=3 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[L. Russ Bush]], theologian and author<ref>{{cite web |title=L. Bush Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/clarionledger/name/l-bush-obituary?pid=161862167 |website=legacy.com |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Gil Carmichael]], businessman and political candidate<ref>{{cite web |title=Gilbert Carmichael Obituary |url=https://obituaries.meridianstar.com/obituary/gilbert-carmichael-754353331 |website=Meridian Star |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Logan Cooke]], NFL punter for the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]<ref name="Logan Cooke">{{cite web |last1=O'Bleness |first1=Ryan |title=2018 NFL Draft Q&A: For Whom The Cowbell Tolls on Logan Cooke |url=https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2018/5/3/17314622/2018-nfl-draft-q-a-for-whom-the-cowbell-tolls-on-logan-cooke |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330114013/https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2018/5/3/17314622/2018-nfl-draft-q-a-for-whom-the-cowbell-tolls-on-logan-cooke |archive-date=30 March 2019 |date=May 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Maurice Dantin]], attorney and political candidate<ref>{{cite news |title=Former prosecutor Dantin dead at 82 |url=https://www.wlbt.com/story/16496359/former-prosecutor-dantin-dead-at-82/ |access-date=May 25, 2023 |work=WLBT |date=January 11, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Eagle Day]], former NFL and CFL quarterback<ref>{{cite web |title=Eagle Day |url=https://msfame.com/inductees/eagle-day/ |website=msfame.com |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Peggy Dow]], film actress and philanthropist
* [[Jim Dunaway]], former NFL defensive tackle
* [[Joey Gathright]], former Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite news |title=Smith Drug Co. celebrated 1st anniversary by highlighting 'Let's Play Ball' exhibit |url=https://www.wdam.com/2023/04/02/smith-drug-co-celebrated-1st-anniversary-by-highlighting-lets-play-ball-exhibit/ |access-date=May 24, 2023 |work=WDAM}}</ref>
* [[Bobby Hamilton (American football)|Bobby Hamilton]], former NFL defensive end, two-time Super Bowl winner with [[New England Patriots]]
* [[S. J. Hathorn]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] from 1904 to 1908 and the [[Mississippi Senate]] from 1917 to 1918<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1WjAAAAMAAJ |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi |date=1904 |publisher=Department of Archives and History |pages=549 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Terry Irvin]], former CFL [[cornerback]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Looking Back: Irvin one of best cornerbacks in Canadian Football League |url=https://www.columbianprogress.com/features/looking-back-irvin-one-best-cornerbacks-canadian-football-league |access-date=May 24, 2023 |work=The Columbian-Progress |date=July 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Claudis James]], former NFL player
* [[Kenny Johnson (American football)|Kenny Johnson]], former NFL player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Johnson Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnKe26.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[General Benjamin Lee]], military leader and early political figure
* [[Carey B. Maddox-Preston]], social worker<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vogell |first1=Heather |title=CAREY PRESTON, 85, MEMBER OF TROUBLED '70S SCHOOL BOARD |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-12-08-0012080282-story.html |access-date=May 25, 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=December 8, 2000}}</ref>
* [[Sylvester Magee]], reputedly the last living American slave, died in Columbia in 1971<ref name="Wolfe">{{cite news |last1=Wolfe |first1=Buster |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30073992/magee_to_receive_marker_forty_years/ |access-date=March 30, 2019 |title=Last Slave to Receive Marker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330115619/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30073992/magee_to_receive_marker_forty_years/ |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |newspaper=Columbian Progress |date=December 3, 2011 |pages=1, 3 |quote=Forty years after his funeral, Sylvester Magee of Columbia - who is considered the last American slave - will be getting a headstone on his grave because the Marion Historical Society and Stacy Nolan of Southern Monument in Foxworth. |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Ken Morgan (politician)|Ken Morgan]], member of the Mississippi House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Morgan's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/20648/ken-morgan |website=Project Vote Smart |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jaheim Oatis]], American football defensive tackle<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newsome |first1=Langston |title=2022 four-star DL Jaheim Oatis firm in commitment to Alabama football, plans to enroll early |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2021/07/17/coumbias-jaheim-oatis-firm-commitment-alabama/7976605002/ |access-date=May 25, 2023 |work=Clarion-Ledger |date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Joe Owens|Joseph T. "Joe" Owens]], former NFL defensive end
* [[Eddie Payton]], former NFL running back
* [[Walter Payton]], former NFL player in [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], born in Columbia
* [[Johnny Sims]], former [[Arena Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Sims Football Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-simsjoh001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ethelbert I. Singley]], member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8sGAQAAIAAJ |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi|year=1917|publisher=Department of Archives and History|pages=893}}</ref>
* [[Jackie Smith]], former NFL [[tight end]] and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Smith |url=https://nsudemons.com/sports/general/roster/jackie-smith/2491 |website=Northwestern State University Athletics |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Ruby Terry]], gospel musician<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruby Terry |url=https://justgospel.weebly.com/ruby-terry.html |website=justgospel.weebly.com |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Hugh L. White]], former Columbia mayor and two-term Governor of Mississippi
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