Editing Clarksdale, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
===Born in Clarksdale===
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*[[Robert E. Bacharach]] – Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals.
*[[Johney Brooks]] – educator, Peace Corps official
*[[Lerone Bennett Jr.]] – scholar, author and social historian.
*[[Josie Brown Childs]] – Civic leader and community activist
*[[Marco McMillian]] – slain mayoral candidate.
*[[Charles L. Sullivan]] – politician, attorney and military pilot.
*[[Larry A. Thompson]] – Hollywood film producer, talent manager, lawyer, and author.
*[[Wright Thompson]] – senior writer for [[ESPN]].
*[[W. Harry Vaughan]] – founded [[Georgia Tech Research Institute]].
*Baseball players: [[Matt Duff]], [[Cleo James]], [[Fred Valentine (baseball)|Fred Valentine]].
*Football players: [[Ed Beatty]], [[James Carson (American football)|James Carson]], [[Charlie Conerly]], Eddie Cole,<ref>{{cite web | title = Eddie Cole | publisher = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColeEd20.htm | access-date = June 1, 2017}}</ref> [[Harper Davis]], [[Art Davis (American football)|Art Davis]], [[Billy Howard (gridiron football)|Billy Howard]], [[Terrence Metcalf]], [[John Outlaw]], [[Bobby Franklin (American football)|Bobby Franklin]], [[Mario Haggan]], [[Darryl Harris (guard)|Darryl Harris]], [[LaMarcus Hicks]], [[Willie Richardson]], [[Destry Wright]], [[Trumaine McBride]], [[Charles Mitchell (American football)|Charles Mitchell]], [[Roy Curry]], [[Elgton Jenkins]], [[J. T. Gray]].
*Basketball players: [[Earl Barron]], [[Earnie Killum]].
*Boxers: [[Eddie Perkins]], [[Alfonso Ratliff]].
*Musicians: [[Eddie Boyd]], [[Jackie Brenston]], [[Eddie "Bongo" Brown]], [[Willie Brown (musician)|Willie Brown]], [[Eddie Calhoun]], [[Sam Cooke]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[Marshall Drew]], [[Blac Elvis]], [[Earl Hooker]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[Son House]], [[Christone Ingram|Christone "Kingfish" Ingram]], [[Johnny B. Moore]], [[Junior Parker]], [[Mack Rice]], [[Rick Ross]], [[Brother John Sellers]], [[Ike Turner]], [[Robert Walker (musician)|Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr.]]
*[[Earl D. Shaw]] – American physicist and professor, known for his work in laser science and developing laser technology<ref>Russell, Dick (2009-02-02). ''Black Genius: Inspirational Portraits of African-American Leaders''. Skyhorse. {{ISBN|978-1-62636-646-6}}</ref>

===Lived or worked in Clarksdale===
*[[Robert Brien]] - professional tennis player. 
*[[Marshall Bouldin III]] – portrait artist.
*[[Earl L. Brewer]] – 38th [[Governor of Mississippi]]; buried at Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale.
*[[Gus Cannon]] – musician.
*[[Jack Cristil]] – radio announcer.
*[[William Stamps Farish II]] – president of [[Standard Oil]], practiced law in Clarksdale.
*[[Morgan Freeman]] – Academy Award-winning actor, lived and owned a business in Clarksdale.
*[[Larry M. Goodpaster]] – [[United Methodist Church]] Bishop; former Clarksdale pastor.
*[[W. C. Handy]] – musician; lived in Clarksdale for six years.
*[[Aaron Henry (politician)|Aaron Henry]] – pharmacist, civil rights leader, and politician; born just outside Clarksdale.
*[[Robert Johnson]] – influential Delta musician; resident during the 1930s. Posthumous member of [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (1986)
*[[Trumaine McBride]] – football player.
*[[Charles Mitchell (American football)|Charles Mitchell]] – football player.
*[[Anthony Steen (American football)|Anthony Steen]] – football player; graduated from [[Clarksdale, Mississippi#Education|Lee Academy]]
*[[Willie Morganfield]] - gospel musician.
*[[Jack Robinson (photographer)|Jack Robinson]] – photographer, lived in Clarksdale as a child.
*[[Frank Stokes (musician)|Frank Stokes]] – musician.
*[[Wade Walton]] – musician and barber.<ref name="Cheseborough2008">{{cite book|author=Steve Cheseborough|title=Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBWRY90sphQC&pg=PA92|year=2008|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-328-0|page=92}}</ref>
*[[Muddy Waters]] – musician, moved to Clarksdale as a child.
*[[Tennessee Williams]] – playwright, moved to Clarksdale as a child.
*[[Seelig Wise]] – first Republican to serve in the [[Mississippi State Senate]] since [[Reconstruction era in the United States|Reconstruction]]; cotton and soybean farmer in Coahoma County<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressregister.com/article_b087cf45-a5b0-5c9e-b798-4dd9cf620d9f.html|title=Seelig Bartel "Bushie" Wise, September 7, 2004|newspaper=[[Clarksdale Press Register]]|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904021739/http://www.pressregister.com/article_b087cf45-a5b0-5c9e-b798-4dd9cf620d9f.html|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Early Wright (Disc jockey)|Early Wright]] – radio personality on [[WROX (Clarksdale)|WROX (AM)]] 1945–1998.