•
Luqman Ali, musician •
Dee Barton, composer •
Cool Papa Bell, African-American baseball player; member of
Baseball Hall of Fame •
Fred Bell, baseball player in the
Negro leagues; brother of
Cool Papa Bell •
Josh Booty, professional baseball and football player •
Julio Borbon, professional baseball player •
Marquez Branson, professional football player •
A. J. Brown, NFL wide receiver •
Harry Burgess, governor of the
Panama Canal Zone, 1928–1932 •
Cyril Edward Cain, preacher, professor, historian; lived in Starkville •
John Wilson Carpenter III, distinguished U.S. Air Force pilot and commander •
Jemmye Carroll, appeared on MTV's
The Real World and
The Challenge •
Joe Carter, professional football player •
Hughie Critz, professional baseball player •
Sylvester Croom, first black football coach in the Southeastern Conference •
Mohammad "Mo" Dakhlalla, convicted of offenses related to his attempts to join
ISIS in Syria •
Willie Daniel, professional football player and businessman •
Kermit Davis, basketball player and coach •
Al Denson, musician and Christian radio and television show host •
Antuan Edwards, professional football player •
Drew Eubanks, basketball player •
Rockey Felker, football player and coach •
Willie Gay, NFL linebacker •
William L. Giles, former president of Mississippi State University; lived in Starkville •
Scott Tracy Griffin, author, actor, and pop culture historian •
Horace Harned, politician •
Helen Young Hayes, investment manager •
Kim Hill, Christian singer •
Shauntay Hinton, Miss District of Columbia USA 2002, Miss USA 2002 •
Richard E. Holmes, medical doctor and one of the five young black Mississippians who pioneered the effort to desegregate the major universities of Mississippi; graduate of Henderson High School •
Bailey Howell, college and professional basketball player; lives in Starkville •
Gary Jackson, served in Mississippi Senate •
Paul Jackson, artist; spent childhood in Starkville •
Hayes Jones, gold medalist in 110-meter hurdles at Tokyo 1964 Olympics •
Martin F. Jue, amateur radio inventor, entrepreneur; founder of
MFJ Enterprises •
Mark E. Keenum, president of Mississippi State University •
Harlan D. Logan, Rhodes Scholar, tennis coach, magazine editor, and politician •
Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor •
Ben McGee, professional football player •
Jim McIngvale, businessman in Houston, Texas •
Shane McRae, actor •
William M. Miley, U.S. Army major general; professor of military science; lived in Starkville •
Freddie Milons, college and professional football player •
Leland Mitchell, professional basketball player •
Monroe Mitchell, professional baseball player •
William Bell Montgomery, agricultural publisher •
Jess Mowry, author of juvenile books •
Jasmine Murray, singer •
Travis Outlaw, professional basketball player •
Archie Pate, baseball player in the
Negro leagues •
John Peoples, President of Jackson State University from 1967 to 1984 •
Ron Polk, Olympic and college Baseball Coach. •
Del Rendon, musician; lived in Starkville •
Jerry Rice, professional football player; member of NFL Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame •
Nannie Herndon Rice, suffragist and librarian, born and lived in Starkville •
Keith Riles, university physics professor •
Dero A. Saunders, journalist and author •
Bill Stacy, football player, mayor of Starkville •
Rick Stansbury, Basketball coach •
John Marshall Stone, longest-serving governor of Mississippi; second president of Mississippi State University; namesake of
Stone County, Mississippi •
April Sykes, professional basketball player in the
Women's National Basketball Association •
Amy Tuck, former Mississippi Lieutenant Governor; lives in Starkville •
Latavious Williams, professional basketball player •
Jaelyn Young, terrorist ==In popular culture==