Editing Waterproof, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Franklin O. Adams]], architect; born in Waterproof.
* [[Sharon Brown (Miss USA)|Sharon Renee Brown]], [[Miss Louisiana USA]] 1961, [[Miss USA]] 1961 and Miss Waterproof in 1961
* [[Claire Chennault]] (1893–1958), career officer and member of [[Flying Tigers]] 
* [[Charles C. Cordill]], planter and politician living near Waterproof; Louisiana state senator from 1884 to 1912.<ref>''Tensas Gazette'', November 24, 1916</ref>
* [[John Henry Johnson]], professional football player<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/sports/john-henry-johnson-dies-at-81-inspired-fear-on-the-field.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries|title=John Henry Johnson Dies at 81; Inspired Fear on the Field|date=June 5, 2011|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Richard Goldstein|author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942)}}</ref>
* [[Samuel W. Martien]], cotton planter and politician, member of Louisiana House of Representatives from 1906 to 1920.<ref>Obituary of Samuel Winter Martien, ''Tensas Gazette'', June 7, 1946, p. 6</ref>
* [[J. C. Seaman]], state representative from 1944 to 1964; born in Waterproof.
* [[Matthew Walker Sr.]], one of the first African Americans to become a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
* [[Johnny Weekly]], professional baseball player; born in Waterproof.