Editing DeRidder, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Bert Adams (Louisiana politician)|Bert A. Adams]], [[Louisiana House of Representatives|state representative]] from Vernon Parish from 1956 to 1968;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Vernon Parish |publisher=house.louisiana.gov |access-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105414/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> born in DeRidder in 1916<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/vernon/obits/ldl03.txt|title=Bert Adams|date=February 5, 2003|publisher=usgwarchives.net|access-date=October 22, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Joe W. Aguillard]], president of [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] 2005 - 2014
*[[Mel Branch]], college/professional [[American football|football]] player – LSU/Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs/Miami Dolphins
*[[Chris Cagle (American football)|Chris Cagle]], collegiate and professional football player in [[College Football Hall of Fame]]
*[[Chris Cagle]], country music singer
*[[Jerry DeWitt]], former [[Pentecostal]] minister and current leader of the American atheism movement
*[[Deshazor Everett]], college/professional [[American football|football]] player – Texas A&M/Washington Redskins
*[[Rusty Hamer]], former child actor who committed suicide in DeRidder in 1990
*[[Gilbert Franklin Hennigan]], former Louisiana state senator
*[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]], college basketball head coach at University of North Texas and LSU
*[[Michael Mayes (American football)|Michael Mayes]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] player
*[[Mike Sanders (basketball)|Michael Sanders]], college/NBA basketball player – UCLA/[[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City Kings]]/[[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
*[[Elijah Stewart]] (born 1995), basketball player for the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
*[[Tim Temple]], [[Louisiana Insurance Commissioner]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weeklycitizen.com/story/business/2019/05/30/candidate-spotlight-tim-temple/5028110007/|title=Candidate Spotlight: Tim Temple|first=Greg |last=Fischer|work=Gonzales Weekly Citizen|date=May 30, 2019|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Charles Emery Tooke, Jr.]], state senator for DeSoto and Caddo parishes, 1948 to 1956
*[[Jennifer Weiner]], author