Editing Bossier Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[William Benton Boggs]] (1854–1922), first mayor of Plain Dealing and former member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 |publisher=legis.state.la.us |access-date=July 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229154214/http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2009 }}</ref> and the [[Louisiana State Senate]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oocities.org/triedandtrue.geo/PDHistory.html|title=My Hometown: Plain Dealing, Louisiana|publisher=oocities.org|access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Roy A. Burrell]], state representative from District 2 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) since 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?ID=2|title=Roy Burrell|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>
* [[E. S. Dortch]], planter and politician and last surviving (1943) Bossier Parish veteran of the [[Confederate States Army]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dortch&GSfn=E&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10721958&df=all&|
title=Col. E. S. Dortch Dies at Atlanta: Bossier Veteran Who Fought Under Stonewall Jackson Succumbs|publisher=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]] through findagrave.com|access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>
* [[George Dement]], former mayor of [[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]] and innkeeper and restaurateur
* [[Jack Favor]], a [[rodeo]] star, was falsely imprisoned in 1967 at the [[Louisiana State Penitentiary]] for the murders of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboysforchrist.net/thechristianranchmansep_oct2012.pdf|title=Not Guilty|publisher=cowboysforchrist.net|access-date=February 6, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221232529/http://www.cowboysforchrist.net/thechristianranchmansep_oct2012.pdf|archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://truthinjustice.org/LA-list.htm|title=List of Louisiana Wrongful Convictions Overturned since 1966, November 23, 2003|newspaper=[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]|access-date=February 6, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206154725/http://truthinjustice.org/LA-list.htm|archive-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Gatti]], lawyer and former state senator for District 36<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryangatti.com/about/|title=About Ryan|publisher=rayangatti.com|access-date=March 30, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507064859/http://www.ryangatti.com/about/|archive-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T]], American professional wrestler and promoter.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huffman|first1=Booker T with Andrew William Wright|title=Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle|date=2012|publisher=Medallion Press|location=Aurora, Ill|isbn=978-1605424682}}</ref>
* [[Mike Johnson]], Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; constitutional attorney in Benton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mikejohnsonlouisiana.com/#!donate/c2425|title=Mike Johnson State Representative|publisher=mikejohnsonlouisiana.com|access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Miculek]], American professional speed and competition shooter known for his 20 world records; resides in Princeton
* [[Jimmy Boyd (Louisiana politician)|Jimmy Boyd]], former [[Louisiana House of Representatives|Louisiana State Representative]]
* [[Justin Wells (musician)|Justin Wells]], singer-songwriter
* [[Joe Waggonner]], former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]
* [[Willie Waggonner]], former [[sheriff]] of [[Bossier Parish]]
* [[Judi Ann Mason]], television writer, producer, and playwright
* [[Adam Bass (politician)|Adam Bass]], current state senator for [[Louisiana's 36th State Senate district]].
* [[Harmonica Fats]], blues harmonica player
* [[Campbell B. Hodges]], former [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] general and president of [[Louisiana State University]]
* [[Ford E. Stinson]], [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] officer and former [[Louisiana House of Representatives|Louisiana State Representative]]
* [[Vol Dooley]], controversial former [[sheriff]] of [[Bossier Parish]]
* [[William Clark Hughes]], former [[Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives]]
* [[Billie Jean Horton]], former country-music singer-songwriter and promoter who was married to [[Hank Williams]] and [[Johnny Horton]]
* [[Greg Stumon]], former professional football player in the [[Canadian Football League]] 
* [[Jared Leto]], actor and singer
* [[Shannon Leto]], drummer of rock band [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]]
* [[Riley Stewart]], former professional baseball pitcher in the [[Negro Leagues]]
* [[Henry Warren Ogden]], former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] and the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]]
* [[Myron Baker]], former professional football player in the [[NFL]]
* [[Joe Delaney]], former professional football player in the [[NFL]] and posthumous recipient of the [[Presidential Citizen's Medal]]
* [[Jesse Winchester]], [[American-Canadian]] musician and songwriter
* [[Bobby Smith (defensive back)|Bobby Smith]], former professional football [[defensive back]] in the [[NFL]]
* [[Brad Pye, Jr.]], sports journalist, broadcaster, and activist
* [[Willa Mae Sudduth]], a founder of the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]
* [[Dodie Horton]], current [[Louisiana State House of Representatives|Louisiana State Representative]]
* [[Dak Prescott]], current professional football [[quarterback]] in the [[NFL]]
* [[Keith Lehr]], [[poker]] player and two-time [[World Series of Poker bracelet]] winner
* [[John A. Franks]], businessman and racehorse owner and breeder
* [[V. V. Whittington]], banker and former [[Louisiana State Senate|Louisiana State Senator]]
* [[Frank Bradley (baseball)|Frank Bradley]], former professional baseball pitcher in the [[Negro Leagues]]
* [[Robert C. Smith (political scientist)|Robert C. Smith]], former political scientist and professor at [[San Francisco State University]]
* [[David Houston (singer)|David Houston]], [[country music]] singer
* [[Jack Clayton (American football)|Jack Clayton]], former collegiate football, baseball, and basketball coach