Editing Bienville Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Henry Newton Brown Jr.]], judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1992-2012) and district attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes (1976-1991), was born in Bienville Parish in 1941.
* [[Dee Brown (writer)|Dee Brown]], author of [[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]], born in Alberta. 
* [[Bill DeMott]], a professional [[wrestler]], maintains a house in Bienville Parish.
* [[Caroline Dormon]] (1888–1971), a Louisiana [[botanist]] and [[Environmentalist|preservationist]], grew up in Bienville Parish.
* [[Jamie Fair]], member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1980 to 1984
* [[Charlie Hennigan]], [[American Football League]] player from the 1960s
* [[Henderson Jordan (Louisiana sheriff)|Henderson Jordan]] (1896–1958), sheriff of Bienville Parish, 1932–1940; participated in the ambush and killing of [[Bonnie and Clyde]] on May 23, 1934; interred at Arcadia Cemetery
* [[Billy McCormack (Louisiana pastor)|Billy McCormack]] (1928-2012), Baptist pastor from [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], director and vice president of the [[Christian Coalition of America]], was born in Bienville Parish and is interred at Ringgold.
* [[Garnie W. McGinty]] (1900–1984), Louisiana historian
* [[Danny Roy Moore]] (1925–c. 2020), represented Claiborne and Bienville parishes in the Louisiana Senate from 1964 to 1968; resided in Arcadia
* [[Prentiss Oakley]] (1905–1957), one of six law-enforcement officials involved in the ambush and killing of Bonnie and Clyde; sheriff, 1940–1952
* [[W. C. Robinson (Louisiana educator)|W. C. Robinson]], mathematics professor and second president of Louisiana Tech for the 1899 to 1900 academic year; Robinson Hall on campus is named in his honor; from the Mount Lebanon community.<ref>''[[Ruston Daily Leader]]'', October 11, 1933, p. 20</ref>
* [[Lee Smith (baseball)|Lee Smith]], pitcher
* [[Sam Smith (Washington)|Sam Smith]] (1922-1995), Member of the [[Washington House of Representatives]] was born in Gibsland.
* [[Jesse N. Stone]], president of the [[Southern University System]] from 1974 to 1985; [[civil rights]] activist
* [[Marshall H. Twitchell]], [[Reconstruction era in the United States|Reconstruction]] era state senator who helped to establish [[Coushatta, Louisiana|Coushatta]], the seat of neighboring Red River Parish
* [[Rush Wimberly]], former member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature, lawyer in Arcadia and [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/wimberly.txt|title=Joseph Rush Wimberly, I|publisher=usgwarchives.net|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref>