Editing Mansfield, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Sylura Barron]] (1900-1997), first African-American woman delegate to a national political convention (1948)
*[[Country Jim Bledsoe]] (1930-1988), blues guitarist and singer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tomko |first=Gene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZKzDwAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians: Jazz, Blues, Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, and Gospel |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780807169322 |location=Baton Rouge |publication-date=2020 |pages=79}}</ref>
*[[Vida Blue]], baseball player 
*[[Riemer Calhoun]] (1909-1994), state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes from 1944 to 1952
*[[Joe T. Cawthorn]] (1911-1967), lawyer affiliated with [[Earl Long|Long]] [[Political faction|faction]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sabine/obits/c/c3650001.txt|title=Joe T. Cawthorn|publisher=Sabine Index|location=[[Many, Louisiana|Many]], [[Louisiana]]|date=November 16, 1967|access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Charles Wheaton Elam]] (1866–1917), state representative from 1892 to 1896
*[[Joseph Barton Elam|Joseph Barton Elam, Sr.]] (1821–1885), state representative, [[U.S. representative]]
*[[Walter T. Griffith]] (1911-1966), [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[submarine]] commander during [[World War II]]
*[[Jeff Hall (Louisiana politician)|Jeff Hall]], member of the Louisiana House for District 26 since 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Jeffrey&qmi=&qn=Hall&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Jeffrey W. Hall|publisher=intelius.com|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> 
*[[Charles Johnson (defensive back)|Charles Johnson]] (born 1956), football player
*[[Jeter Jones]], blues musician
*[[Albert Lewis (American football)|Albert Lewis]] NFL football player
*[[Joshua Logan]], director, producer, playwright and screenwriter
*[[Sidney Maiden]] (1923-1970), [[country blues]] musician, singer and harmonica player<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sidney-maiden-mn0000751249/biography|title=Sidney Maiden : Artist Biography|author=Al Campbell |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref>
*[[Sammy Joe Odom]] (1941–2001), professional football player.
*[[Arthur T. Prescott]] (1863-1942), founding president of [[Louisiana Tech University]]<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]],  ''A History of Louisiana'', Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]]: American Historical Society, 1925), pp. 313-314</ref>
*[[M.C. Reynolds|Mack Charles Reynolds]] (1935–1991), professional football player
*[[C. O. Simpkins]] (1925–2019), African-American state representative, and civil rights activist in Shreveport<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cosimpkins.com/Biography/|title=C. O. Simpkins, Sr.: Civil Rights Champion|publisher=cosimpkins.com|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref>
*[[O.C. Smith|Ocie Lee Smith]] was an American singer