Editing Batesville, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Lewis Edward Anderson]], botanist<ref>{{cite web |title=Anderson, Lewis Edward (1912-2007) |url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/history/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000200022 |website=plants.jstor.org |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Al Baker (baseball)|Al Baker]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[Kory Chapman]], former [[National Football League]] player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kory Chapman |url=http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=30715 |website=patriots.com |access-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525033223/http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=30715 |archive-date=May 25, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Dahlke]], former Major League Baseball [[pitcher]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerome Dahlke Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/commercialappeal/name/jerome-dahlke-obituary?id=16002685 |website=legacy.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Cliff Finch]], [[governor of Mississippi]] from 1976 to 1980
* [[Joe C. Gardner]], Mississippi state legislator from 2007 to 2013
* [[Jermarcus Hardrick]], [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] player for the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
* [[Darrell Henderson]], NFL [[running back]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlin |first1=Skyler |title=Darrell Henderson Jr. gets day named after him in hometown of Batesville |url=https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2022/07/11/rams-darrell-henderson-batesville-name-day-mississippi/ |website=theramswire.usatoday.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[John Jerry]], NFL offensive lineman
* [[Peria Jerry]], [[University of Mississippi]] and [[Atlanta Falcons]] [[defensive tackle]]
* [[John W. Kyle]], member of the [[Mississippi Supreme Court]] from 1950 to 1965<ref>{{cite book |last1=Landon |first1=Michael |title=The University of Mississippi School of Law: A Sesquicentennial History |date=2006 |publisher=University of Mississippi Press |location=Jackson, Mississippi |isbn=1-57806-918-1 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogEDgtUa4JwC}}</ref>
* [[Richard H. Leigh]], [[admiral (United States)|four-star admiral]] and Commander-in-Chief of the [[United States Fleet]] from 1932 to 1933<ref>{{cite web |title=Admiral Richard H. Leigh Papers |url=https://archives.lib.fsu.edu/repositories/10/resources/472 |website=archives.lib.fsu.edu |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Ronnie Musgrove]], governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2004, was born in [[Tocowa, Mississippi|Tocowa]] in 1956 and reared in Batesville
* [[Derek Pegues]], former professional football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Derek Pegues |url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/11543/ |website=arenafan.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Will Renfro]], former NFL [[offensive tackle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Will Renfro |url=https://gotigersgo.com/honors/m-club-hall-of-fame/will-renfro/177 |website=gotigersgo.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Jameson Rodgers]], [[Country music]] singer-songwriter
* [[Dwayne Rudd]], former NFL player for the [[Minnesota Vikings]], [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], [[Oakland Raiders]], and [[Cleveland Browns]]
* [[Jamarca Sanford]], former NFL [[safety (gridiron football position)|safety]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamarca Sanford |url=http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/sanford_jamarca00.html |website=olemisssports.com |access-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122425/http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/sanford_jamarca00.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Shegog]], former quarterback for the [[Delta State Statesmen football|Delta State Statesmen]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrick Shegog |url=https://gostatesmen.com/sports/football/roster/patrick-shegog/6801 |website=gostatesmen.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Soulja Boy]], rapper
* [[Matthew Lyle Spencer]], president of the [[University of Washington]] from 1927 to 1933 and first [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the [[S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications#Formation of the School of Journalism|School of Journalism]] at [[Syracuse University]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lawerence |editor1-first=A. |title=Who's Who Among North American Authors |date=1925 |publisher=Golden Syndicate |location=Los Angeles, California |volume=II |page=344 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KygNAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>
* [[Superstar Pride]], rapper
* [[Billy Tohill]], head football coach for [[Texas Christian University]] from 1971 to 1973<ref>{{cite news |title=Billy Tohill Fired as TCU Head Coach |url=https://newspaper.library.tamu.edu/lccn/sn86088544/1973-11-20/ed-1/seq-7.pdf |access-date=April 23, 2024 |work=The Battalion |date=November 20, 1973}}</ref>
* [[Deshea Townsend]], [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] [[defensive back]]
* [[Sammy Vick]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[Wesley Walls]], former NFL [[tight end]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wesley Walls Career Stats |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/57 |website=espn.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Wayne (singer)|Thomas Wayne]], [[rockabilly]] singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Wayne |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thomas-wayne-mn0000580104 |website=allmusic.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Doc Wood]], former Major League Baseball [[shortstop]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Doc Wood |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wooddo01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Lee Woodruff]], former NFL player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Woodruff Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WoodLe20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>