Editing Concordia Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
===Arts and entertainment===
* [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], musician
* [[Jimmy Swaggart]], televangelist
* [[Mickey Gilley]], musician

===Journalism===
* [[Campbell Brown (journalist)|Campbell Brown]], [[Emmy]]-award-winning journalist, [[CNN]] Anchor/host.
* [[Howard K. Smith]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CBS]] commentator

===Politics===
* [[Al Ater]], [[Louisiana State Legislature|State representative]] (1984–1988) and [[Louisiana Secretary of State|secretary of state]] (2005–2006)
* [[Clifford Cleveland Brooks]], planter in [[St. Joseph, Louisiana|St. Joseph]], represented Concordia Parish in the [[Louisiana State Senate]] from 1924 to 1932.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], ''History of Louisiana'', Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]]: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925, p. 71)</ref>
* [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], state senator (1972–1980), Louisiana secretary of state (1980–1988), and insurance commissioner (1992–2000)
* [[Charles C. Cordill]], Louisiana state senator representing Concordia and [[Tensas Parish, Louisiana|Tensas]] parishes from 1884 to 1912<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|access-date=July 15, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404072507/http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Brenham C. Crothers]], Ferriday cattleman; state senator from delta parishes from 1948 to 1952 and 1956−1960
* [[Bryant Hammett]], state representative, 1992–2006
* [[Shelby M. Jackson]], Education superintendent, 1948–1964
* [[Consuelo Montagu, Duchess of Manchester]] (1858−1909), spent part of her childhood at ''Ravenswood Place'' plantation, in the vicinity of Lake St. John.
* [[Ed Rand]], late state representative (1960−1964) from [[Rapides Parish, Louisiana|Rapides Parish]] had a second home on Lake St. John.
* [[Dan Richey]], state senator, 1980–1984
* [[Fred L. Schiele]], state representative (1964−1968), Concordia Parish sheriff (1973−1980)
* [[J. Robert Wooley]], state [[insurance commissioner]] (2000−2006); practiced law in Concordia Parish with James H. "Jim" Brown in late 1970s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/FEFC63E0-7B09-4AF6-9D95-DAA269103A2A.shtml|title=Mike Hasten, "Louisiana insurance commissioner's race Wooley turns temporary job into a mission", November 7, 2003|publisher=capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com|access-date=June 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505064810/http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/FEFC63E0-7B09-4AF6-9D95-DAA269103A2A.shtml|archive-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref>