Barksdale may refer to:
Places
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Barksdale, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
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Barksdale, Texas
Barksdale is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the hill country section of the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in Edwards County. In 1990, Barksdale had 617 inhabitants and six businesses. By 2000, the p ...
, an unincorporated community
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Barksdale, Wisconsin, a town
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Barksdale (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
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Barksdale Air Force Base
Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in northwest Louisiana. Much of the base is within the city limits of Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwest ...
People with the surname
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Alfred D. Barksdale (1892–1972), American soldier, Virginia lawyer, legislator and judge
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David Barksdale
Donise David Barksdale (May 24, 1947 – September 2, 1974), also known as King David, was an American gangster and activist from Chicago, Illinois. He was the founder of the Black Disciples. He and Larry Hoover (leader of the Gangster Disc ...
(1947–1974), American gang leader from Chicago
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Don Barksdale (1923–1993), American professional basketball player
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Ethelbert Barksdale (1824–1893), Confederate congressman, author of a bill to arm slaves, and later US Congressman
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Eugene Hoy Barksdale
Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale (November 5, 1896 – August 11, 1926) was a noted aviator and was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Service and Army Air Corps. The new Barksdale Field (now Barksdale Air Force Base) in Bossier City ...
(1896–1926), American aviator
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James L. Barksdale (born 1943), investment fund manager, U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia (2016)
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Lance Barksdale (born 1967), Major League Baseball umpire
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Mary Barksdale (1920–1992), African-American nurse, businesswoman, and civil rights activist
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Nathan Barksdale (1961-2016), a West Baltimore drug dealer and a subject of the documentary ''Baltimore Chronicles Legends of the Unwired''
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Rhesa Barksdale (born 1944), Senior United States Circuit Judge
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William Barksdale (1821–1863), American lawyer, politician, and Confederate general
Fictional entities
*Amy Barksdale, a
character in the animated series ''Daria''
*Rita Barksdale, a
character in the animated series ''Daria''
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Barksdale Organization
The Barksdale Organization is a fictional drug-dealing gang on the television series ''The Wire (TV series), The Wire''. Many of the characters featured in season one of ''The Wire'' belong to this organization. Season 1 largely deals with the ...
, a fictional drug dealing gang on the television series ''The Wire''
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Avon Barksdale, a character in ''The Wire'' played by Wood Harris
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Brianna Barksdale, a character in ''The Wire'' played by Charlene "Michael" Hyatt
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D'Angelo Barksdale, a character in ''The Wire'' played by Larry Gilliard, Jr.
**Tyrell Barksdale, D'Angelo and
Donette's son in ''The Wire''
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