List of people from Louisiana

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Mark Abraham (born 1953) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish, effective 2016; Lake Charles businessman

Morris N. Abrams (1919–1975) – educator

Jennifer Abshire (born 1977) – professional bodybuilder

Bo Ackal (1934–1999) – state representative for Iberia Parish (1972–96)

Bert A. Adams (1916–2003) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Vernon Parish (1956–68)

Bryan Adams (born 1963) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish

Jamar Adcock (1917–1991) – politician and banker

Joe Adcock (1927–1999) – major league baseball player from Coushatta

Trace Adkins (born 1962) – singer-songwriter originally from Sarepta

Robert Adley (born 1947) – politician from Bossier Parish

Joe W. Aguillard (born 1956) – president of Louisiana College (2005–14)

Fuaed Abdo Ahmed (c. 1993–2013) – gunman who in August 2013 killed two hostages in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish

John Alario (born 1943) – politician

Kermit Alexander (born 1941) – NFL player; president of NFL Players Association (1971–72)

Robert Alford (born 1988) – cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons

Bret Allain (born c. 1958) – politician

Calhoun Allen (1921–1991) – mayor of Shreveport (1970–78)

David Allen (born 1945) – productivity consultant, author of Getting Things Done

Ray R. Allen (1920–2010) – secretary-treasurer and finance director in Alexandria (1963–79)

Louise Alley (1927–2015) – KWKH radio personality and Shreveport advertising agency owner

August Alsina (1992) – singer

William Alston (1921–2009) – philosopher

Jacques Amans (1801–1888) – neoclassical portrait artist

Jody Amedee (born 1967) – former state senator from Ascension Parish

Cliff Ammons (1918–1981) – state representative; known as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir"

Andy Anders (born 1956) – state representative from Concordia Parish

Charles Anding (1928–2004) – state representative from Ouachita Parish (1988–96)

David Andrews (born 1952) – actor, Gordon Cresswell on JAG

J. Burton Angelle (1924–1997) – politician from Breaux Bridge

Scott Angelle (born 1961) – member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, son of J. Burton Angelle

Ernest Angelo (born 1934) – Texas oilman and politician reared in Louisiana

Robert Angers (1919–1988) – journalist, founded Acadiana Profile magazine

Phil Anselmo (born 1968) – singer-songwriter, Pantera

Conrad Appel (born 1951) – state senator from Jefferson Parish

George Arceneaux Jr. (1928–1993) – judge

James Armes (born 1951) – state representative for Beauregard and Vernon parishes (since 2008)

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) – musician and entertainer

Tommy G. Armstrong (born 1941) – politician

Jeff Arnold (born 1967) – politician

Daniel F. Ashford (1879–1929) – politician and planter

Evelyn Ashford (born 1957) – Olympic sprint champion

Elizabeth Ashley (born 1939) – actress, films and television's Evening Shade

Nnamdi Asomugha (born 1981) – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles

James Benjamin Aswell (1869–1931) – US Representative and college president

Al Ater (born 1953) – politician

William B. Atkins (born 1947) – member of both houses of the state legislature from Concordia Parish

Douglas F. Attaway (1910–1994) – newspaper publisher and television station owner in Shreveport; advocate of Red River navigation

D. J. Augustin (born 1987) – point guard for the Chicago Bulls

Lisa Aukland (born 1957) – professional bodybuilder and powerlifter

Lonnie O. Aulds (1925–1984) – politician

Ray Authement (born 1928) – longest-serving public university president in the United States; president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1974–2008)

The Axeman (fl. 1918) – serial killer

Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915–1987) – speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952–56) and lieutenant governor (1960–72)

H. Welborn Ayres (1900–1985) – judge

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Keith Babb (born 1944) – Monroe television personality; auctioneer of American Quarter Horses

J. S. Bacon (1858–1939) – former state representative from Webster Parish

Odon Bacqué (born 1944) – former state representative from Lafayette

Fred Baden (1934–2009) – mayor of Pineville (1970–98)

Algernon Sidney Badger (1839–1905) – politician

Austin Badon (born 1964) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish (since 2004)

Bobby Badon (born 1950) – politician

Ben Bagert (born 1943) – lawyer, politician

Larry Bagley (born 1949) – state representative for DeSoto Parish

Harrison Bagwell (1913–1973) – lawyer, Republican politician

Julian Edwin Bailes Sr. (1915–2010) – judge from Natchitoches Parish

Bryant W. Bailey (1868–1961) – politician

George Washington Baines (1809–1882) – Baptist pastor and evangelist, maternal great-grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson

Diana Bajoie (born 1948) – Democratic politician

John Henry Baker (1934–2015) – Republican politician from Franklin Parish

Richard Baker (born 1948) – former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district

Scott Baker (born 1981) – starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

George Ballas (1925–2011) – inventor of the string trimmer

Jesse Bankston (1907–2010) – politician

Larry S. Bankston (born 1951) – politician; son of Jesse Bankston

Allen Bares (1936–2008) – politician

C. E. "Cap" Barham (1905–1972) – state senator and later lieutenant governor (1952–56)

Charles C. Barham (1934–2010) – state senator from Ruston; son of C. E. Barham

Edwards Barham (born 1937) – first Republican elected to Louisiana state senate since Reconstruction (1976–80)

Mack Barham (1924–2006) – Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Robert J. Barham (born 1949) – Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Republican former state senator

Danny Barker (1909–1994) – singer-songwriter, musician, writer

Taylor Barras (born 1957) – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, effective January 11, 2016

Greg Barro (born 1957) – former state senator for Caddo Parish

Regina Barrow (born 1966) – state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes (since 2005)

Dave Bartholomew (born 1920) – musician, composer, promoter

Robert E. "Bob" Barton (born 1948) – state representative from Bossier Parish (1996–2000)

Brandon Bass (born 1985) – power forward for the Boston Celtics

Robert W. Bates (born 1941) – former agent of the United States Secret Service

Jack Batton (1913–1996) – mayor of Minden (1978–82)

J. D. Batton (1911–1981) – sheriff of Webster Parish (1952–64)

Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013) – politician

Ralph Norman Bauer (1899–1963) – politician

Bryan Batt (born 1963) – actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men

Arnaz Battle (born 1980) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Jack Batton (1913–1996) – mayor of Minden (1978–82)

Ron Bean (1938–2005) – politician, pilot for Richard Nixon

Gary Beard (born 1956) – politician

Hazel Beard (born 1930) – mayor of Shreveport (1990–94)

P.G.T. Beauregard (1818–1893) – general, inventor

Odell Beckham Jr. (born 1992) – wide receiver for the New York Giants

Lottie Beebe (born 1953) – politician and educator

Geoffrey Beene (1927–2004) – fashion designer

Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) – musician

Clyde F. Bel Jr. (c. 1932–2014) – businessman and stare representative for Orleans Parish

Demetrius Bell (born 1984) – offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles

Thornton F. Bell (1878–1938) – judge from Caddo Parish

V.J. Bella (born 1927) – state legislator and fire marshal

E. J. Bellocq (1873–1949) – photographer

Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884) – U.S. Senator, Confederate cabinet member, lawyer in Great Britain

Kirt Bennett (1967–2010) – businessman and politician

Michael Bennett (born 1985) – defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks

Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012) – politician

Louis Berry (1914–1998) – civil rights attorney from Alexandria

Johnny Berthelot (born 1951) – politician

J. Rayburn Bertrand (1918–2005) – mayor of Lafayette

Henry Bethard (born 1924) – attorney and former state representative from Red River Parish

B.G. (born 1980) – rapper, musician

Joseph A. Biedenharn (1866–1952) – entrepreneur, first to bottle Coca-Cola; settled in Monroe in 1913

Rene J. Bienvenu (1923–1983) – university president

Bienville (Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne) (1680–1767) – French colonial governor, founder of New Orleans

Walter O. Bigby (1927–1980) – politician

Robert Billiot (born 1953) – state representative for Jefferson Parish (since 2008)

Stuart Bishop (born 1975) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lafayette

Wesley T. Bishop (born 1967) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish

Frank Blackburn (born 1944) – interim mayor of Bossier City (1983–84)

Evelyn Blackmon (1924–2014) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from West Monroe (1984–88)

Morton Blackwell (born 1939) – Louisiana Republican political activist, since relocated to Virginia

Brian Blade (born 1970) – award winning, Grammy-nominated, jazz musician, bandleader, conductor

Cecil R. Blair (1916–2001) – state representative and state senator from Rapides Parish

Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922) – governor of Louisiana (1904–08); U.S. senator (1894–97)

Terrence Blanchard (born 1962) – musician, composer

Kathleen Blanco (born 1942) – Governor of Louisiana (2004–08)

Alexander Boarman (1839–1916) – politician

Walter Boasso (born 1960) – politician, businessman

Jean Boese (1925–2004) – politician and poet laureate

Hale Boggs (1914–1972) – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district

Lindy Boggs (1916–2013) – wife of Hale Boggs and his successor in Congress, Ambassador to the Vatican

Thomas Hale Boggs (1940–2014) – lawyer and lobbyist, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs

William Benton Boggs (1854–1922) – first mayor of Plain Dealing (1890); state senator for Bossier and Webster parishes (1908–16)

Brandon Bolden (born 1990) – running back for the New England Patriots

Buddy Bolden (1877–1930) – musician, "inventor of jazz"(?)

William R. "Billy" Boles Sr. (1927–2008) – politician, banker

Skip Bolen – photographer

Bruce M. Bolin (born 1950) – state representative; district court judge

James E. Bolin (1914–2002) – former state representative; former district court judge; retired appeal court judge

C. J. Bolin (1924–2007) – district court judge in Caddo Parish

Donald G. Bollinger (1915–2000) – shipbuilder and Republican state chairman

Al Bolton (1925–2014) – television and radio meteorologist in Shreveport

George Washington Bolton (1841–1931) – state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House from Alexandria

James C. Bolton (1899–1974) – Alexandria banker and civic figure

James W. Bolton (1869–1936) – Alexandria banker and politician

Peggy Bolton (1917–1987) – Alexandria civic and community leader

Robert H. Bolton (1908–2003) – Alexandria banker

George W. Bond (1891–1974) – president of Louisiana Tech University (1928–36)

James Booker (1939–1983) – musician

Billy Joe Booth (1940–1972) – Canadian football player for Ottawa Rough Riders of Canadian Football League

Curtis Boozman (1898–1979) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish

Edward S. Bopp (born 1930) – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes (1977–84)

Calvin Borel (born 1966) – jockey, winner of 2007, 2009 and 2010 Kentucky Derby

Pierre Bossier (1797–1844) – first U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1843–44)

Drayton Boucher (1908–1983) – politician

Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943) – actress

Sherry Boucher (born 1943) – actress

Gerald Boudreaux – African-American state senator for Lafayette, St. Landry, and St. Martin parishes, effective 2016

Joseph Bouie Jr. (born 1946) – African-American educator and politician

MacKenzie Bourg (born 1992) - singer-songwriter and contestant from American Idol season 15

Charles Boustany (born 1956) – US Representative

Denise Boutte (born 1982) – model, actress, Meet the Browns

John Boutté (born 1958) – jazz singer

W. George Bowdon Jr. (1921–2005) – state representative and mayor of Alexandria (1953–69)

Kenny Bowen (1926–2002) – mayor of Lafayette

Shirley D. Bowler (born 1949) – state representative

James H. Boyce (1922–1990) – Republican state chairman (1972–76)

Jimmy Boyd – state representative for Bossier Parish from 1944 to 1952

Thomas Duckett Boyd (1854–1932) – president of Northwestern State University (1888–96) and LSU (1896–1926)

Betsy Vogel Boze (born 1953) – University President at Kent State University Stark Campus

Harley Bozeman (1891–1971) – politician, journalist, and historian

Henry Braden (1944–2013) – African-American politician

Terry Bradshaw (born 1948) – Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Fox television commentator

Mike Branch (born 1968) – politician and commercial pilot

Allen Bradley (born 1951) – former state representative from DeRidder

Tim Brando (born 1956) CBS Sports – announcer

Elward Thomas Brady Jr. (c. 1926–2007) – politician

Thomas "Bud" Brady (1938–2011) – politician

Parey Branton (1918–2011) – politician

Wellman Braud (1891–1966) – musician

Donna Brazile (born 1959) – author, professor, political analyst for the Democratic Party

Delvin Breaux (born 1989) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints

John Breaux (born 1944) – U.S. Senator

Phanor Breazeale (1858–1934) – U.S. Representative

Owen Brennan (1910–1954) – restaurateur, Brennan's in New Orleans

Richard Brennan Sr. – restaurateur, Commander's Palace in New Orleans

Rick Brewer (born 1956) – president of Louisiana College in Pineville since 2015

Henry L. Bridges (1874–1939) – businessman, politician

Reid Brignac (born 1986) – shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays

Armand Brinkhaus (born 1935) – former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish

Pat Brister (born 1946) – Republican politician

T. C. Brister (1907–1976) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1940–44, 1948–52 and 1968–72)

Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967) – writer

Chris Broadwater (born 1972) – politician

Eric John Brock (1966–2011) – Shreveport historian

Clifford Cleveland Brooks (1886–1944) – politician

Overton Brooks (1897–1961) – politician; planter

Jared Brossett (born 1982) – New Orleans politician

Edwin S. Broussard (1870-1934) - U.S. senator from 1921 to 1933

Marc Broussard (born 1982) – singer-songwriter

Robert F. Broussard - U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1897-1915 and U.S. senator from 1915-1918

Algie D. Brown (1910–2004) – politician

Campbell Brown (born 1968) – journalist

Chad M. Brown (born 1970) – state representative for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016

Dee Brown (1908–2002) – novelist, historian, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Edmund Graves Brown (1921–2008) – newspaper executive

H. Rap Brown (born 1943) – black activist imprisoned in Georgia

Henry Newton Brown Jr. (born 1941) – state appeals court chief judge

James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940) – politician

J. Marshall Brown (1924–deceased) – politician

John Calhoun Brown (1879–1964) – politician

Ossie Brown (1926–2008) – attorney; district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish (1972–84)

Sharon Brown – 1961 Miss USA

Terry R. Brown – state representative from Grant Parish since 2012

Tom Brown (1888–1958) – musician

Troy E. Brown (born 1971) - former member of the Louisiana State Senate from Assumption Parish

W. K. Brown (1923–2011) – state representative

Roy Brun (born 1953) – state representative and judge from Caddo Parish

Peppi Bruneau (born 1942) – state representative from Orléans Parish

George Brunies (1902–1974) – musician

C.L. Bryant (born 1956) – African-American Baptist minister and conservative talk show host over KEEL radio in Shreveport

Sherri Smith Buffington (born 1966) – politician

George E. Burch (1910–1986) – cardiologist and Tulane Medical School professor

Dewey E. Burchett Jr. (1939–2009) – state court judge for Bossier and Webster parishes (1988–2008)

Richard Burford (born 1946) – politician

James Lee Burke (born 1936) – crime novelist, born in Texas, raised in Louisiana

Paul Burke (1926–2009) – actor: Naked City, Twelve O'Clock High, The Thomas Crown Affair

Henry Burns (born 1947) – politician

Timothy G. Burns (born 1957) – politician

W. W. Burnside (1882–1966) – politician; planter

Roy A. Burrell (born 1952) – state representative for Caddo and Bossier parishes since 2004

James Burton (born 1939) – guitarist

Bryan Edward Bush Jr. (1934–2010) – East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney (1985–89)

Victor Bussie (1919–2011) – AFL-CIO president (1956–1997)

Noel "Gene" Byars (born 1939) – mayor of Minden from 1982 to 1989

C.E. Byrd (1859–1926) – educator, founder of C.E. Byrd High School

Jerry Byrd (1935–2016) - sportswriter for the defunct Shreveport Journal (1957–91) and the Bossier Press-Tribune, 1993–2012

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George Washington Cable (1844–1925) – writer

Burl Cain (born 1942) – warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (since 1995)

James David Cain (born 1938) – politician

Etienne J. Caire (1868–1955) – Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana in 1928 against Huey P. Long

Milburn E. Calhoun (1930–2012) – physician, book publisher

Riemer Calhoun (1909–1994) – state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes (1944–52)

Bill Callegari (born 1941) – member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County; native of Avoyelles Parish

Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974) – US ambassador; cousin of Patrick T. Caffery and Donelson Caffery

Patrick T. Caffery (1932–2013) – US Representative; cousin of Jefferson Caffery and grandson of Donelson Caffery

Donelson Caffery (1835–1906) – US Senator; grandfather of Patrick T. Caffery

Chris Cagle (born 1968) – country music artist

Buddy Caldwell (born 1946) – attorney general of Louisiana (since 2008)

David T. Caldwell (1925–1993) – Shreveport judge

George A. Caldwell (1892–1966) – building contractor; designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana

Sam Caldwell (1892–1953) – mayor of Shreveport

Stephen A. Caldwell (1889–1956) – educator

Meredith Calhoun (1805–c. 1866) – principal founder of Colfax in Grant Parish

Jorrick Calvin (born 1987) – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles

Jake W. Cameron (1913–1999) – mayor of Bossier City (1957–61)

Eugene P. Campbell (c. 1870–1940) – sheriff

Foster Campbell (born 1947) – politician

Theo Cangelosi (1911–1992) – politician

William Derwood Cann Jr. (1919–2010) – World War II lieutenant colonel; mayor of Monroe (1978–79)

Barney Cannon (1955–2009) – Country music deejay

Billy Cannon (born 1937) – football player for LSU, Heisman Trophy winner

Joseph Cao (born 1968) – former U.S. representative; lawyer

Tom Capella (born 1965) – assessor of Jefferson Parish and former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member

Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer, author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's

Lindsey Cardinale (born 1985) – American Idol finalist, country singer

Harvey Locke Carey (1915–1984) – lawyer and United States District Attorney

Mark T. Carleton (1935–1995) – historian

Kitty Carlisle (1910–2007) – entertainer and television personality; married to playwright Moss Hart

W. W. Carloss (1833–1900) – first state representative from Webster Parish (1874–78); fought in the Siege of Port Hudson

Thomas G. Carmody (born 1961) – state representative

Edward M. Carmouche (1921–1990) – politician

Liz Carmouche (born 1984) – mixed martial arts fighter

Barbara West Carpenter (born 1943) - state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016

Paul Carr (1934–2006) – actor

Lane Carson (born 1947) – first Vietnam War veteran to serve in Louisiana House of Representatives

Cecil K. Carter Jr. (c. 1929–1987) – politician from Shreveport

Gary Carter Jr. (born 1974) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, effective 2016

J. J. Carter (1832–1907) – politician from Webster Parish

Robby Carter (born 1960) - member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Feliciana, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa parishes, 1996–2008 and since 2016

Stephen F. "Steve" Carter (born 1943) – state representative

James Carville (born 1944) – political consultant and television commentator

Tommy Casanova (born 1950) – American football player, ophthalmologist, politician

Edgar Cason (born 1952) – businessman and philanthropist

Leopold Caspari (1830–1915) – politician from Natchitoches

Bill Cassidy (born 1957) – U.S. representative, physician

James L. Cathey Jr. (1919–1996) – mayor of Bossier City (1973–77)

Elenora Albrecht Cawthon (1917–2014) – educator

John Ardis Cawthon (1907–1984) – historian, educator

Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1967) – politician

Don Cazayoux (born 1964) – politician

Leonard J. Chabert (c. 1932–1991) – politician

Marty J. Chabert (born c. 1956) – politician

Norby Chabert (born 1976) – politician

Henry E. Chambers (1860–1929) – historian, educator

Simone B. Champagne (born 1954) – politician

Tina Chandler (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder

Pokey Chatman (born 1969) – basketball player, WNBA head coach

Clifton Chenier (1925–1987) – Zydeco musician

Claire Chennault (1893–1958) – aviator, general

Jimmy Childress (1932–2015) – state and national championship high school football coach

Jack Christian (1911–1972) – politician

Jay Chevalier (born 1936) – singer

Monnie T. Cheves (1902–1988) – educator and state legislator

Kate Chopin (1851–1904) – author

Benny Gay Christian (1925–1982) – state representative for Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes, 1964–74

Philip Ciaccio (1927–2015) – state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge from 1982 to 1998

Ben Claassen, III (born 1978) – illustrator and comics artist DIRTFARM

Morris Claiborne (born 1990) – cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys

William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817) – first US Governor of Louisiana

Marcus R. Clark (born 1956) – judge

Ryan Clark (born 1979) – safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Clem S. Clarke (1897–1967) – oilman and politician from Shreveport

Lewis Strong Clarke (1837–1906) – sugar planter and politician

Patricia Clarkson (born 1959) – Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress

Sally Clausen (born 1945) – university president and commissioner of higher education

Thomas G. Clausen (1939–2002) – last elected Louisiana state superintendent of education

Michael Clayton (born 1982) – wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ernest S. Clements (1898–1987) – politician

A.C. "Ace" Clemons Jr. (1921–1992) – first Republican state senator since Reconstruction; switched parties in 1970

Bill Cleveland (1902–1974) – Crowley real estate developer and member of both houses of Louisiana state legislature (1944–64); defeated for third term in state Senate in 1964 by Edwin Edwards

Van Cliburn (1934–2013) – classical pianist

George Henry Clinton – politician

Carl B. Close (1907–1980) – politician

Boyer Coe (born 1946) – bodybuilder

Walter L. Cohen (1860–1930) – politician and businessman

J. Frank Colbert (1882–1949) – politician

Frank Estes Cole (1908–1981) – politician and educator

Luther F. Cole (1925–2013) – state representative and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Elliot D. Coleman (1881–1963) – sheriff and bodyguard at the assassination of Huey P. Long Jr.

Hamilton D. Coleman (1845–1926) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (1889–1991)

Vincent Coleman (1901–1971) – actor

Ashton B. Collier (1910–1973) – state representative from Winn Parish

La'el Collins (born 1993) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys

Landon Collins (born 1994) – safety for the New York Giants

Tazzie Colomb (born 1966) – IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter

Marshall Colt (born 1948) – actor

Tom Colten (1922–2004) – newspaper publisher and politician

Amie Comeaux (1976–1997) – country singer

Ward Connerly (born 1939) – political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent

Harry Connick Jr. (born 1967) – musician, entertainer, actor

Harry Connick Sr. (born 1926) – district attorney, singer

Patrick Connick (born 1961) – politician

John R. Conniff (1874–1957) – educator

Charlie Cook (born 1953) – political analyst

John Cooksey (born 1941) – US Representative

Joe Henry Cooper (1918–1980) – state representative from DeSoto Parish

Donnie Copeland (born 1961) - Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; Pentecostal pastor in North Little Rock, native of Monroe, Louisiana

Hyram Copeland (born 1940) – politician

Charles C. Cordill (1845–1916) – politician

Lance Cormier (born 1980) – relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays

Joe Cornelius Sr. (born 1942) – politician

Claybrook Cottingham (1881–1949) – president Louisiana College and Louisiana Tech University

Rob Couhig (born 1949) – politician, businessman

Beth Courtney (born 1945) – president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting

Kent Courtney (1918–1997) – radical right politician

Jeff Cox (born 1962) – judge

Kenny Ray Cox (born 1957) – state representative for Natchitoches, Red River and Desoto parishes (since 2012); former United States Army lieutenant colonel

Michael Owens Craig (born 1968) – judge of Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court since 2009

Robert Crais (born 1953) – crime novelist

Carl Crane (born 1939) – state representative from Baton Rouge (1984–2008)

Clifford Ann Creed (born 1938) – pro golfer

Jack Crichton (1916–2007) – Texas oil industrialist and Republican candidate for governor of Texas; native of Red River Parish

Scott Crichton (born 1954) – state district court judge in Shreveport

Lane Crockett (born 1942) – entertainment journalist from Shreveport

Greg Cromer (born 1958) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish

Mike Cross (1944–2013) – politician

Noah W. Cross (1908–1976) – sheriff of Concordia Parish

Brenham C. Crothers (1905–1984) – politician

John David Crow (1935–2015) – football player and coach, born in Union Parish

Charles Cusimano (born 1954) – politician

Floyd D. Culbertson Jr. (1908–1989) – mayor of Minden (1940–42)

Ed Cullen (born 1946) – journalist and radio essayist

Allen Ross Culpepper (1944–1969) – United States Army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War

Bobby Culpepper (1941–2015) – lawyer and politician from Jonesboro

Marvin T. Culpepper (1908–1970) – politician

Robert C. Culpepper (1873–1950) – state senator for Jackson and Ouachita parishes and judge from Alexandria

William A. Culpepper (1916–2015) – judge based in Alexandria, son of Robert C. Culpepper

Charles Milton Cunningham (1877–1936) – educator, lawyer, newspaperman, politician

Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842–1916) – state representative and state senator; state attorney general (1884–88 and 1892–1900)

William Tharp Cunningham (1871–1952) – planter, attorney, state representative, and judge from Natchitoches Parish

W. Peyton Cunningham (1901–1971) – newspaper publisher and member of the Louisiana House from Natchitoches Parish (1932–40)

Cupid (born 1982) – R&B singer

Currensy (born 1981) – rapper

Robert Houston Curry (1842–1992) – state representative for Bossier Parish; wounded Confederate Army soldier

Joseph T. Curry (1895–1961) – politician; planter

Israel "Bo" Curtis (1932–2012) – African-American politician from Alexandria

Jacob Cutrera (born 1988) – middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars

Paul N. Cyr (1878–1946) – lieutenant governor who quarreled with Huey Pierce Long Jr.

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Casey Daigle (born 1981) – relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

Mike Danahay (born 1957) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)

William Daniel (born 1955) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (1996–2008)

Jay Dardenne (born 1954) – former state senator, Louisiana secretary of state, and lieutenant governor (since 2010); candidate for governor (2015)

George W. D'Artois (1925–1977) – Shreveport public safety commissioner (1962–76)

Zach Dasher (born 1978) – politician

John T. David (1897–1974) – politician

William Mackenzie Davidson (1856–1930) – politician and planter

Buster Davis (born 1985) – wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers

Edwin Adams Davis (1904–1994) – historian

Glen Davis (born 1986) – power forward and center for LSU and the Los Angeles Clippers

Jackson B. Davis (1918-2016) – attorney and former state senator

Jimmie Davis (1899–2000) – singer, Governor of Louisiana

Paula Davis (born 1973) - state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015

Paul M. Davis Jr. (1919–2007) – orthopedic surgeon and medical author

Willie Davis (born 1934) – Hall of Fame defensive end for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers

Tommy Davis (born 1942) – mayor of Minden, Louisiana (since 2013)

Keyunta Dawson (born 1985) – defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts

Nelder Dawson (1928–2006) – newspaper executive

Jay Dean (born 1953) – mayor of Longview, Texas, 2005–15; inconing Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, effective 2017; reared in Opelousas

Lynn Dean (born 1923) – politician

Pap Dean (born 1915) – cartoonist

Cleveland Dear (1888–1950) – politician

Michael E. DeBakey (born 1908) – pioneering cardiovascular surgeon

Edmond Dede (1827–1903) – musician, composer

J.D. DeBlieux (1912–2005) – state senator for East Baton Rouge Parish

Robert DeBlieux (1933–2010) – historic preservationist and mayor of Natchitoches, 1976–80

Jesse C. Deen (1922–2015) – state representative for Bossier and Webster parishes, 1972–88

Larry Deen (born 1948) – sheriff of Bossier Parish, 1988–2012

Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958) – comedian, actress, television personality

Charles deGravelles (1913–2008) – Republican politician and businessman from Lafayette

Kitty DeGree (1922–2012) – Monroe real estate developer and philanthropist

Joe Delaney (1958–1983) – running back for Northwestern State University and for the Kansas City Chiefs; died saving children from swimming hole

Virginia deGravelles (born 1915) – former Republican national committeewoman

Jake Delhomme (born 1975) – quarterback for University of Louisiana at Lafayette and for Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII

David Dellucci (born 1973) – MLB outfielder, played primarily with the Arizona Diamondbacks

Vail M. Delony (1901–1967) – politician

Numa T. Delouche (1888–1965) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish (1944–48)

George Dement (1922–2014) – politician

Tim Dement (born 1958) – amateur boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics

James L. Dennis (born 1936) – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; former judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court; former state representative

Catherine Dent (born 1965) – actress, Danni Sofer on The Shield

Helen Derr (1918–2011) – journalist with and religion editor of The Alexandria Town Talk

Leo Deslatte (born 1946) – mayor of Pineville from 1998 to 1999

John Desmond (1922–2008) – architect

George Despot (1927–1991) – politician and businessman

Natalie Desselle-Reid (born 1967) – actress

Henry C. Dethloff (born 1934) – historian

Charles W. DeWitt Jr. (born 1947) – politician and rancher

S. S. DeWitt (1914–1998) – politician

F.O. "Potch" Didier (1919–2007) – sheriff

Juba Diez (born 1944) – state representative from Ascension Parish (1976–2004)

Herbert B. Dixon (born 1949) – former state representative and school board member from Rapides Parish

Margaret Dixon (1908–1970) – newspaper editor

Lurita Doan (born 1958) – Administrator of the General Services Administration under President George W. Bush

James Dobson (born 1936) – evangelical Christian author, psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family

William Joseph "Bill" Dodd (1909–1991) – politician

Monroe E. Dodd (1878–1952) – Baptist clergyman, educator, and early radio evangelist in Shreveport

John J. Doles Jr. (1922–2004) – banker

John J. Doles Sr. (1895–1970) – Plain Dealing banker and state senator (1952–56)

James R. Domengeaux (1907–1988) – U.S. representative; French language cultural activist

Fats Domino (born 1928) – musician

Jim Donelon (born 1944) – politician

Vol Dooley (1927–2014) – sheriff of Bossier Parish (1976–88)

Caroline Dormon (1888–1971) – naturalist, horticulturist, promoter of Kisatchie National Forest

Glenn Dorsey (born 1985) – defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers

E. S. Dortch (1841–1943) – planter and politician from Bossier Parish

Lorenzo Doss (born 1994) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos

Cat Doucet (1899–1975) – sheriff

Early Doucet (born 1985) – wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals

Eddie Doucet (1924–2008) – state representative for Jefferson Parish (1972–88); businessman

Donna Douglas (born 1933) – actress, The Beverly Hillbillies

Emmitt Douglas (1926–1981) – president of the Louisiana NAACP (1966–81)

Gordon Dove (born 1957) – state representative; Houma businessman

Hunt Downer (born 1946) – politician; National Guard officer

C. H. "Sammy" Downs (1911–1985) – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Rapides Parish

James Crawford "Jam" Downs (born 1940) – former district attorney for Rapides Parish

James U. Downs (born 1941) – retired superior court judge in western North Carolina, born and reared in Shreveport

J. Earl Downs (1905–1998) – commissioner of public safety in Shreveport (1954–62)

Hollis Downs (born 1946) – state representative

U. T. Downs (1880–1941) – mayor of Pineville and sheriff of Rapides Parish

Gil Dozier (1934–2013) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1976–80)

Dee D. Drell (born 1947) – U.S. district judge in Alexandria

Harmon Caldwell Drew (1889–1950) – district attorney and state district and circuit court of appeals judge

Harmon Drew Jr. (born 1946) – appeals court judge, musician

R. Harmon Drew Sr. (1916–1995) – city judge, state representative

Richard Cleveland Drew (1848–1919) – state district and circuit court judge

Richard Maxwell Drew (1822–1850) – judge and state representative

Clyde Drexler (born 1962) – basketball player, University of Houston, NBA and U.S. Olympic team, member of Basketball Hall of Fame

Francis Dugas (1919–2008) – politician

John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (born 1933) – retired state court, U.S. district, and appellate court judge from New Iberia and Lafayette

Chris Duhon (born 1982) – NBA point guard

David Duke (born 1950) – former state representative, former Ku Klux Klansman

W.W. Dumas (1916–1993) – Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (1965–81)

Charles E. Dunbar (1888–1959) – attorney and civil service reformer

Lance Dunbar (born 1990) – running back for the Dallas Cowboys

Samuel Dunbar (1931–2014) – businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana

Ken Duncan (born 1945) – state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman

Forrest Dunn (born 1928) – politician and museum curator

Warrick Dunn (born 1975) – NFL running back

Mark Duper (born 1959) – Miami Dolphins wide receiver

Adrian G. Duplantier (1929–2007) – U.S. District Judge and former state senator from Orleans Parish

Jay Duplass (born 1973) – film director

Gilbert L. Dupré (1858–1946) – politician from St. Landry Parish

H. Garland Dupré (1873–1924) – politician

Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909–1992) – boxer, musician

Chad Durbin (born 1977) – MLB pitcher

Joey Durel (born 1953) – mayor of Lafayette (since 2004)

Claude B. Duval (1914–1986) – state senator from Houma

Stanwood Duval (born 1942) – federal judge in New Orleans

Stephen Dwight (born 1977) – member of the Louisiana House for Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes

Jack M. Dyer (born c. 1925) – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (1960–64)

Wilbur Dyer (1907–1985) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish (1974–80)

B.G. Dyess (1922–2013) – Southern Baptist minister and politician

D.L. Dykes Jr. (1917–1997) – pastor of First United Methodist Church of Shreveport, 1955–84; liberal theologian

W.E. "Bill" Dykes (1925–2015) – politician

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Sue Eakin (1918–2009) – historian; editor of Twelve Years a Slave

Richard Eastham (1916–2005) – actor

John H. Eastman (1861–1938) – mayor of Shreveport (1910–14)

William Edenborn (1848–1926) – businessman and inventor

Rick Edmonds (born 1956) - state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish; Baptist minister

Mike Edmonson (born 1958) – superintendent of the Louisiana State Police (since 2008)

Edwin Edwards (born 1927) – former Governor of Louisiana

Lavar Edwards (born 1990) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys

Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952 – 2016) – Baton Rouge politician

Troy Edwards (born 1977) – football player

Charles Wheaton Elam (1866–1917) – politician

Joseph Barton Elam Sr. (1821–1885) – politician

Joseph Barton Elam Jr. (1878–1935) – politician and journalist

Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972) – Member of Congress, United States Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate

Frank Burton Ellis (1907–1969) – politician

Faye Emerson (1917–1983) – actress

Julie Emerson (born 1988) – state representative for Lafayette and St. Landry parishes

John C. Ensminger (born 1934) – politician

Dale M. Erdey (born 1954) – politician

E. D. Estilette (1833–1919) – politician from St. Landry Parish

Albert Estopinal (1845–1919) – politician

Albert Estopinal Jr. (1869–1952) – politician

James R. Eubank (1914–1952) – lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish

Randy Ewing (born 1944) – politician and businessman

John D. Ewing (1892–1952) – newspaper executive

Robert Wilson Ewing, I (1859–1931) – newspaper executive

Robert Wilson Ewing, III (1935–2007) – newspaper executive; photographer

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Jamie Fair (born 1946) – former state representative

Jimmy Faircloth (born 1964) – former executive counsel to Governor Bobby Jindal; attorney in Alexandria-Pineville

Reid Falconer (born 1956) – state representative for St. Tammany Parish, effective 2016

Ralph Falsetta (1914–1999) – politician from Ascension Parish

James R. Fannin (born 1949) – politician

Clyde Fant (1905–1973) – mayor of Shreveport

Lenny Fant (1923–1998) – basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (1957–79)

Rick L. Farrar – state representative from Rapides Parish

Dillon Farrell (born 1990) – center for the San Francisco 49ers

Chris Faser Jr. (1917–2004) – politician

Robert Faucheux (born 1950) – state representative for St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, 1996–2004; attorney in LaPlace

Ron Faucheux (born 1950) – state representative for Orleans Parish, 1976–84; political pundit

Clarence Faulk (1909–2010) – publisher, broadcaster, businessman from Ruston

Kevin Faulk (born 1976) – New England Patriots running back, LSU Hall of Famer

Marshall Faulk (born 1973) – Hall of Fame running back, television commentator

Trev Faulk (born 1981) – St. Louis Rams linebacker

William C. Feazel (1895–1965) – interim U.S. Senator in 1948; former state representative from Ouachita Parish

Lionel Ferbos (1911–2014) – jazz musician from New Orleans

Jimmy Field (born 1940) – Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996–2012)

Clarence R. Fields (born 1955) – mayor of Pineville since 1999

T. T. Fields (1912–1994) – politician

David Filo (born 1966) – co-founder of Yahoo!

Olaf Fink (1914–1973) – educator and state senator for Orleans Parish from 1956 to 1972

Valerie Fitzenreiter (born 1955) – author, unschooling advocate

Jimmy Fitzmorris (born 1921) – politician, lieutenant governor

Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965) – actor

Dan Flavin (born 1957) – politician

John C. Fleming (born 1952) – U.S. representative; medical doctor

William J. Fleniken (1908–1979) – U.S. attorney and state district court judge in Caddo Parish

Dan Flores (born 1948) – historian of the American West

J. Howell Flournoy (1891–1966) – sheriff of Caddo Parish (1940–66)

D. J. Fluker (born 1991) – offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers

Cheston Folkes (1863–1941) – politician

Warren Davis Folkes (1898–1997) – politician

Heulette Fontenot (born 1961) – former state representative and state senator from Livingston Parish

Jerry Fontenot (born 1966) – assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers

Mary Alice Fontenot (1910–2003) – author

Mike Fontenot (born 1980) – second baseman for the San Francisco Giants

Elizabeth Erny Foote (born 1953) – judge

George M. Foote (1919–2010) – judge

Faith Ford (born 1964) – actress

Frankie Ford (born 1939) – singer

C. B. Forgotston (1945–2016) – state government watchdog

Barbara Forrest (born 20th century) – philosopher and prominent critic of the intelligent design movement

Garey Forster (born 1950) – radio host, former state representative

Connell Fort (1867–1937) – mayor of Minden

Matt Forté (born 1985) – running back for the Chicago Bears

Paul Lee Foshee Sr. (born 1932) – former state representative and state senator

Ezola B. Foster (born 1938) – conservative political activist, writer, and politician

Mike Foster (born 1930) – Governor of Louisiana

Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921) – Governor of Louisiana

Pete Fountain (1930–2016) – musician

John B. Fournet (1895–1984) – Speaker of the Louisiana House, lieutenant governor, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Douglas Fowler (1906–1980) – politician

H. M. Fowler (1918–2014) – politician

Jerry Marston Fowler (1940–2009) – politician and convicted felon

Mike Francis (born 1946) – businessman, Republican former state party chairman

A. B. Franklin (born 1948) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)

Tillman Franks (1920–2006) – country musician and manager

Lether Frazar (1904–1960) – politician and college president, author of state teacher retirement law

A.A. Fredericks (1891–1975) – politician and college president

Dennis Freeman (1940–2007) – mayor of Logansport

Bobby Freeman (1934–2016) – lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1988

Mannie Fresh (born 1974) – record producer, musician

J. Isaac Friedman (1877–1949) – state representative and state senator from Natchitoches Parish

Leon Friedman (1886–1948) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish (1932–40)

Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979) – member of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury and both houses of the state legislature

W. C. Friley (1845–1911) – educator and Baptist clergyman

Gregory L. Fruge (born 1948) – Republican former state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes; businessman in Eunice

Robert L. Frye (1927–2011) – educator

Lawrence T. Fuglaar (1895–1972) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1948–52); drowning victim

Frank Fulco (1908–1999) – politician

Hoffman Franklin Fuller (born 1932) – professor emeritus at Tulane University Law School, authority on tax law

Hoffman L. Fuller (1899–1983) – mayor of Bossier City (1937–53)

Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988) – founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier

Thomas Wafer Fuller (1867–1920) – politician, educator, publisher

Alexander Fulton (birth date unknown – died c. 1818) founder of Alexandria

Henry L. Fuqua (1865–1926) – Governor of Louisiana (1924–26, his death)

Charles Fuselier (born 1942) – sheriff of St. Martin Parish (1980–2003)

J. B. Fuselier (1901–1975) – Cajun musician from Oberlin, Louisiana

Mike Futrell (born 1960) – politician

P. Elmo Futrell Jr. (1916–1993) – politician

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Ernest Gaines (born 1933) – author

Randal Gaines (born 1955) – African American; lawyer; educator; state representative for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes (since 2012)

Gerald J. Gallinghouse (1920–2007) – U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Daniel F. Galouye (1920–1976) – science fiction writer

Count Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) – Spanish governor; viceroy of New Spain

James C. Gardner (1924–2010) – mayor of Shreveport (1954–58); called "Mr. Shreveport"

John Sidney Garrett (1921–2005) – former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Claiborne Parish

Jim Garrison (1921–1992) – former New Orleans district attorney; later a state judge

Robert T. Garrity Jr. (born 1949) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Jefferson Parish

James Garvey Jr. – member since 2012 of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 1; a Metairie lawyer

Leon Gary (1912–2000) – politician; mayor of Houma, 1946–62

Chad Gaudin (born 1983) – MLB pitcher

Randall Gay (born 1982) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints

Terry W. Gee (1940–2014) – state representative and businessman

A. B. George (1829–1899) – politician in Minden and Shreveport

Gaston Gerald (born 1931) – politician

Brett Geymann (born 1961) – state representative

Johnny Giavotella (born 1987) – second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels

H. Lawrence Gibbs (1919–1993) – politician

J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert (1922–2014) – state representative and state senator

Philip H. Gilbert (1870-1932) - politician; former lieutenant governor

Mickey Gilley (born 1936) – musician; singer; nightclub owner

David 'Bo' Ginn (born 1951) – state senator or Morehouse Parish (1980–88)

George Girard (1930–1957) – musician

Howard B. Gist Jr. (1919–2011) – attorney

Leslie Glasgow (1914–1980) – professor; conservationist; government administrator

Hap Glaudi (1912–1989) – New Orleans sports journalist

E.D. Gleason (1899–1959) – state representative

Mary Smith Gleason (1899–1967) – state representative

Edgar Godbold (1879–1952) – president of Louisiana College (1942–51)

H. N. Goff (1910–1978) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1952–56)

Ron Gomez (born 1934) – former state representative from Lafayette Parish

Douglas Gonzales (born 1935) – retired judge; from Baton Rougen

John Goodman (born 1952) – actor

Alfred Goodwill (1830–1905) – businessman from Minden; owned largest general store in Louisiana in the 1880s in Minden

Jasper Goodwill (1889–1974) – mayor of Minden (1955–58); grandson of Alfred Goodwill

Cletis Gordon (born 1982) – cornerback for the United Football League's Florida Tuskers

James M. Goslin (1915–2001) – sheriff of Caddo Parish (1966–76)

Stephen Gostkowski (born 1984) – placekicker for the New England Patriots

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) – pianist; composer

Lucille May Grace (1900–1957) – first woman in statewide elected office as register of state lands

R. W. "Buzzy" Graham (1937–2014) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1968–72)

Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929) – writer

Webster "Webbie" Gradney Jr. (born 1985) – rapper

Danny Granger (born 1983) – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers

Camille Gravel (1915–2005) – lawyer; advisor to governors

E. W. Gravolet (1919–1968) – politician

Veleka Gray (born 1951) – actress; writer; producer

Douglas D. "Doug" Green (born c. 1950) – politician

Howard Green (born 1979) – nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers

BenJarvus Green-Ellis (born 1985) – running back for the New England Patriots

Hunter Greene (born 1966) – state representative

Thomas A. "Tom" Greene (born 1948) – former state senator

Allen C. Gremillion (1929–1971) – politician

Jack P.F. Gremillion (1914–2001) – attorney general

John Grenier (1930–2007) – Republican politician in Alabama; born in New Orleans

Grits Gresham (1922–2008) – sportsman; journalist

J. D. Grey (1906–1985) – clergyman

Bob Griffin (born 1934) – broadcast journalist; from Shreveport

Moon Griffon (born 1961) – statewide conservative radio talk show host

Robert Groves (born 1948) – sociologist; Director of the United States Census Bureau under U.S. President Barack Obama

Anthony Guarisco Jr. (born 1938) – politician

Dudley A. Guglielmo (1909–2005) – insurance commissioner

Troyce Guice (1932–2008) – businessman, politician

Dick Guidry (1929–2014) – politician; businessman from Lafourche Parish

Greg G. Guidry (born 1960) – member of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Jesse J. Guidry (c. 1921–1987) – state representative and secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; from St. Martin Parish

John Michael Guidry (born 1962) – circuit court judge; former member of both houses of the state legislature from Baton Rouge

Richard Guidry (1949–2008) – advocate of French language in Louisiana

Ron Guidry (born 1950) – Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the New York Yankees

Elbert Guillory (born 1944) – politician

Billy Guin (born 1927) – Republican politician from Shreveport

G. Earl Guinn (1912–2004) – president of Louisiana College (1951–75)

John E. Guinn (born 1953) – politician

Brandon Guillory (born 1985) – businessman

Mickey Guillory (born 1940) – retired state police officer; state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes (since 2004)

Bryant Gumbel (born 1948) – television journalist

Greg Gumbel (born 1946) – sportscaster

Stephen L. Gunn (born 1946) – politician

William J. "Billy" Guste Jr. (1922–2013) – state attorney general

Buddy Guy (born 1936) – blues musician

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Billy Hagan (1932–2007) – NASCAR owner and racer, businessman

Richard T. Haik (born 1950) – United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana

Ted Haik (born 1945) – politician

Jeff Hall (born 1951) – state representative for Rapides Parish (since 2015)

Pike Hall Jr. (1931–1999) – judge from Shreveport

William Pike Hall Sr. (1896–1945) – lawyer and politician in Shreveport

Jan Hamer (1927–2008) – organic chemist

Rusty Hamer (1947–1990) – child actor

John Martin Hamley (1883–1942) – politician

Bryant Hammett (born 1956) – politician

Kernan "Skip" Hand (born 1945) – politician

Sam Hanna Sr. (1933–2006) – newspaper publisher

Paul Jude Hardy (born 1942) – state senator, secretary of state, lieutenant governor

Henry E. Hardtner (1870–1935) – lumberman, conservationist, politician, founder of Urania

George W. Hardy Jr. (1900–1967) – mayor of Shreveport and judge of the state circuit court of appeal

John Spencer Hardy (1913–2012) – lieutenant general in the United States Air Force

Robert Harling (born 1951) – playwright, screenwriter and film director, wrote Steel Magnolias

Winsor Harmon (born 1963) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful

Allen "Puddler" Harris (born 1936) – pianist for Ricky Nelson and Jimmie Davis

Danneel Harris (born 1979) – actress, model, One Life to Live, One Tree Hill, Friends with Benefits

Eric W. Harris (1916–2007) – businessman

Lance Harris (born 1961) – state representative

Mary Johnson Harris (born 1963) – educator from Shreveport

T. H. Harris (1869–1942) – state superintendent of education (1908–40)

Will Harris (born 1984) – relief pitcher for the Houston Astros

Joe Harrison (born c. 1952) – state representative

Benjamin Morgan Harrod (1837–1912) – engineer

Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway (born 1939) – former sheriff of Grant Parish

Torrence "Lil Boosie" Hatch (born 1982) – rapper

Jason Hatcher (born 1982) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys

Don Hathaway (born 1928) – Shreveport public works commissioner (1970–78); Caddo Parish sheriff (1980–2000)

Richmond C. Hathorn (1893–1941) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1936–40)

Bert Hatten (born 1927) – mayor of West Monroe (1966–78); newspaper managing editor and publisher

Kenny Havard (born 1971) – politician

Elvin Hayes (born 1945) – Hall of Fame basketball player

Hunter Hayes (born 1991) – country singer

Rufus D. Hayes (1913–2002) – first state insurance commissioner, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, Democratic state chairman

Fred Haynes (1946–2006) – LSU football player

O. H. Haynes Jr. (1920–1996) – Webster Parish sheriff (1964–80)

William Wright Heard (1853–1926) – governor of Louisiana (1900–04)

George E. Hearn (1926–2010) – psychologist

Bobby Hebert (born 1960) – New Orleans Saints quarterback known as "Cajun Cannon"

Dennis Paul Hebert (1926–2015) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish, 1972–96

Felix Edward Hébert (1901–1979) – journalist, politician

Malcolm P. Hebert (1926–2006) – Alexandria politician

Paul M. Hebert (1907–1977) – judge, Louisiana State University Law Center dean

Troy Hebert (born 1966) – politician

Lee Hedges (born 1929) – champion football coach in Shreveport

Fred Heebe (born 1952) – New Orleans real estate developer

Jennifer Sneed Heebe (born 1966) – politician

Talmadge L. Heflin (born 1940) – former member of the Texas House of Representatives

Marie Alice Heine (1858–1925) – first American Princess of Monaco

Norman E. "Pete" Heine (born 1928) – politician

Betty Heitman (1929–1994) – Republican politician

David Heitmeier (born 1961) – state senator for Orleans Parish (since 2008); optometrist

Francis C. Heitmeier (born 1950) – former state senator for Orleans Parish; lawyer and lobbyist

Knute Heldner (1875–1952) – impressionist artist

Lillian Hellman (1905–1984) – playwright and screenwriter

Devery Henderson (born 1982) – wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints

William Kennon Henderson Jr. (1880–1945) – founder of radio station KWKH in Shreveport

Lloyd Hendrick (1908–1951) – Shreveport lawyer and state senator for DeSoto and Caddo parishes (1940–48)

Ellis Henican (born 1958) – journalist, commentator, talk show host

Jeff Hennessy – trampoline coach

Leigh Hennessy – world champion gymnast and movie stuntwoman

Shelley Hennig (born 1987) – actress, Days of Our Lives

Charlie Hennigan (born 1935) – football player

Gilbert Franklin Hennigan (1883–1960) – politician

Cameron Henry (born 1974) – politician

Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937) – singer, musician

E. L. "Bubba" Henry (born 1936) – politician, lawyer, lobbyist

Gloria Henry (born 1923) – actress, CBS's Dennis the Menace

Bob Hensgens (born 1955) – state representative

George Herriman (1880–1944) – Krazy Kat cartoonist

Charles R. Herring (born 1945) – chiropractor; served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish (1988–92)

Louis Herthum (born 1956) – actor, Murder, She Wrote

Jacob Hester (born 1985) – fullback for the San Diego Chargers

W. Scott Heywood (1872–1950) – state senator, discovered oil in Jeff Davis Parish in 1901

Theodore M. Hickey (1910–1993) – New Orleans City Council member and state senator; introduced bill establishing the University of New Orleans

Thomas Hickman (1872–1950) – mayor of Bossier City (1925–37)

W. W. Hicks (1843–1925) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1900–04)

Andrew Higgins (1886–1952) – shipbuilder, industrialist

Clay Higgins (born 1961) - U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, beginning 2017

Wiley W. Hilburn (1938–2014) – journalist, educator

Charles Franklin Hildebrand (1893–1966) – journalist

Stephanie Hilferty (born 1985) – state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes since 2016

Dorothy Sue Hill (born 1939) – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes since 2008

Herman Ray Hill (born 1937) – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes (1996–2008)

Kenny Hill (born 1958) – NFL defensive back

Corey Hilliard (born 1985) – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions

Quin Hillyer (born 1964) – columnist and editor

Donald E. Hines (born 1933) – politician and physician

Walker Hines (born 1984) – state representative from Orleans Parish

Gerry E. Hinton (1930–2000) – state senator, pioneer of chiropractic profession

Al Hirt (1922–1999) – musician

Valarie Hodges (born 1955) – politician

Frank A. Hoffmann (born 1944) – state representative

Melvin L. Holden (born 1952) – first African-American mayor of Baton Rouge

Cheryl Holdridge (1944–2009) – actor

Trindon Holliday (born 1986) – wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Giants

Earl Holliman (born 1928) – actor

Dan Hollingsworth (born 1934) – politician

Harry Hollins (1932–1989) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish from 1964 to 1980

Ken Hollis (1942–2010) – state senator from Jefferson Parish (1982–2008)

Paul Hollis (born 1972) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish

Clyde C. Holloway (born 1943) – former US Representative; member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission

Ben F. Holt (1925–1995) – politician

Jay F. Honeycutt (born 1937) – former director of the Kennedy Space Center

Dalton W. Honoré (born 1943) – politician

Russel L. Honoré (born 1947) – general during Hurricane Katrina relief

Taylor Horn (born 1992) – singer and actress

Dodie Horton – state representative for Bossier Parish, effective 2016

Son House (1902–1988) – blues singer and guitarist

TJ House (born 1989) – pitcher for the Cleveland Indians

Alton Hardy Howard (1925–2006) – co-founder of Howard Brothers Discount Stores; gospel songwriter

Frank A. Howard (born 1938) – politician

Jaye Howard (born 1988) – nose tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs

Perry H. Howard (1922–2009) – sociologist at Louisiana State University who researched into Louisiana politics

V. E. Howard (1911–2000) – Church of Christ clergyman, founder of radio International Gospel Hour

W. L. "Jack" Howard (1921–2004) – mayor of Monroe and partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores

Arlene Howell (born 1939) – Miss USA 1958 and actress: Bourbon Street Beat

Ewald Max Hoyer – first mayor of Bossier City at incorporation as a town in 1907

Jerry Huckaby (born 1941) – US Representative

Morley Hudson (1917–2001) – State Representative, advocate for the mentally retarded

Sarah Hudson-Pierce (born 1948) – author and book publisher from Shreveport

Thomas H. Hudson (born 1946) – Baton Rouge attorney and former state senator

Jefferson D. Hughes, III (born 1952) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013

William Clark Hughes (1868–1930) – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1926–28); Bossier Parish farmer

Edgar Hull (1904–1984) – physician

Hubert D. Humphreys (1923–2009) – historian

Guy E. Humphries Jr. (1923–2010) – state court judge in Alexandria

John S. Hunt, III (1928–2001) – Monroe attorney; politician

Melvin Hunt (born 1969) – assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks

Clementine Hunter (c. 1886–1988) – folk artist

Jeffrey Hunter (1926–1969) actor – The Searchers, King of Kings; born in New Orleans; reared in Wisconsin

Marcus Hunter (born 1979) – politician

Carolyn Huntoon (born 1940) – scientist

John Brennan Hussey (born 1934) – mayor of Shreveport from 1982 to 1990

Nita Rusich Hutter (born 1949) – politician

Mike "Pete" Huval (born c. 1956) – politician

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Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661–1706) – founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France

Richard Ieyoub (born 1944) – Louisiana Attorney General (1992–2004)

Iron Eyes Cody (1904–1999) – actor; native of Kaplan

Melvin Irvin (1942–2014) – state representative from Gonzales in Ascension Parish (1984–92)

Walter Isaacson (born 1952) – author; journalist; president and chief executive officer, Aspen Institute

Barry Ivey (born 1979) – politician

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George W. Jack (1875–1924) – federal judge

Wellborn Jack (1907–1991) – state representative from Caddo Parish (1940–64)

Whitfield Jack (1906–1989) – Shreveport attorney and United States Army colonel in World War II and United States Army Reserve major general

Alphonse J. Jackson (1927–2014) – educator, civil rights activist, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish (1972–92)

Girod Jackson, III (born 1972) – former state representative for Jefferson Parish

John E. Jackson (1892–1989) – chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1929–34; Republican national committeeman, 1934–52; practice law in New Orleans

John M. Jackson (born 1950) – actor, JAG

Lisa Jackson (born 1962) – administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Barack Obama

Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) – gospel singer

Shelby M. Jackson (1903–1972) – state education superintendent (1948–64)

Randy Jackson (born 1956) – musician, entrepreneur, television personality

Randy Jackson (born 1955) – guitarist and lead singer of rock band Zebra

Tyson Jackson (born 1986) – defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons

Brandon Jacobs (born 1982) – running back for the New York Giants

Charles Jacobs (born 1970) – state court judge from Springhill since 2015

Bradie James (born 1981) – linebacker for the Houston Texans

Edward C. James – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2012)

Antawn Jamison (born 1976) – NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers

Rajarsi Janakananda (1892–1955) – former president of the Self-Realization Fellowship

Lemuel Jeanpierre (born 1987) – center for the Seattle Seahawks

Patrick O. Jefferson (born 1968) – state representative for Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln parishes (since 2012); lawyer in Arcadia

Eddie Jemison (born 1963) – actor, Hung, Bruce Almighty, and Ocean's Eleven and its sequels

Faith Jenkins (born 20th century) – attorney, legal commentator, Miss Louisiana 2000

Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born 1969) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful

Woody Jenkins (born 1947) – politician, newspaper publisher

J. Thomas Jewell (1909–1993) – politician from New Roads

Bobby Jindal (born 1971) – Governor of Louisiana

Ronnie Johns (born 1949) – politician

Andrew R. Johnson (1856–1933) – state senator and mayor of Homer; named Ashland, Louisiana

Avery Johnson (born 1965) – NBA player and coach

Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943) – Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013

Bill Johnson (1872–1972) – jazz musician

Damaris Johnson (born 1989) – wide receiver and punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles

Neal Lane "Lanny" Johnson (born 1940) – school superintendent, former state representative

Mike Johnson (born 1972) – state representative and constitutional attorney from Bossier Parish

Quinn Johnson (born 1986) – fullback for the Green Bay Packers

John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born 1932) – U.S. Senator (1972–97); lobbyist, (since 1997); state senator (1968–72); state representative (1964–68)

Bert Jones (born 1951) – football quarterback, LSU and NFL's Baltimore Colts

Chad Jones (born 1988) – safety for the New York Giants

Deion Jones (born 1994) – linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons

Donald Edward Jones (born 1949) – mayor of Bossier City (1984–89)

Donnie Jones (born 1980) – punter for the Philadelphia Eagles

Dub Jones (born 1924) – NFL and AAFC running back

Edgar Jones (born 1984) – linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs

E. Holman Jones (1926–2014) – state representative

Fred W. Jones Jr. (1924–2000) – city, district and state circuit court judge from Ruston

Gary Lee Jones (born 1946) – Republican member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Howard M. Jones (1900–1980) – politician

Jacoby Jones (born 1984) – wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens

Perry Jones III (born 1991) – player for the Oklahoma City Thunder

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1905–1982) – president and baseball coach at Grambling State University (1936–77)

Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones (born 1939) – politician, businessman

Sam Houston Jones (1897–1978) – Governor of Louisiana

Sam S. Jones (born 1953) – politician, businessman

Theodore "Ted" Jones (born 1934) – politician, lawyer, lobbyist

Henderson Jordan (1896–1958) – Bienville Parish sheriff, in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde

J. Lomax Jordan (born 1952) – state senator from Lafayette (1992–2000)

Michael I. Jordan (born 1956) – Professor at University of California, Berkeley, researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence

Curtis Joubert (born 1931) – politician

J. E. Jumonville Jr. (born 1942) – state senator and horse breeder from Pointe Coupee Parish

J. E. Jumonville Sr. (1919–1983) – state senator and natural gas developer from Pointe Coupee Parish

Juvenile (born 1975) – rapper

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Harnett Kane (1910–1984) – New Orleans-based author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction

Ed Karst (1931–1992) – mayor of Alexandria (1969–73); gubernatorial candidate (1991)

Kay Katz (born 1940) – state representative from Ouachita Parish; Republican National Committeewoman from Louisiana

Jack Keahey (1935–2007) – president of Tensas River Levee District

Kelly Keeling (born 1966) – singer-songwriter from Houma

J.E. Keeny (1860–1939) – educator

Bill P. Keith (born 1934) – author; former member of the Louisiana State Senate

Perry Keith (1847–1935) – politician

William P. Kellogg (1830–1918) – Member of Congress; Governor; United States Senator

Donald G. Kelly (born 1941) – state senator from Natchitoches (1976–96)

Iris Kelso (1926–2003) – New Orleans journalist

Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933) – U.S. representative (1925–33)

Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. (1904–1965) – Louisiana Attorney General (1948–52)

Donald Ray Kennard (1936–2011) – state representative from Baton Rouge (1976–2008)

John Neely Kennedy (born 1951) – Louisiana State Treasurer

Edward Kennon (born 1938) – businessman, politician

Robert F. Kennon (1902–1988) – Governor of Louisiana (1952–56)

James Peter Kent (1866–1937) – newspaper publisher; politician from Minden in Webster Parish

Doug Kershaw (born 1936) – musician, singer

Sammy Kershaw (born 1958) – musician; singer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) – singer; billed himself as the "Emperor of the Universe"

DJ Khaled (born 1975) – record producer; radio personality; DJ; record label executive

Nat G. Kiefer (1939–1985) – state senator from New Orleans

John Sidney Killen (1826–1903) – farmer; state representative from Claiborne and Webster parishes

Arnold R. Kilpatrick (1920–2005) – educator

K.D. Kilpatrick (1928–2010) – state senator from Ruston

Catherine D. Kimball (born 1945) – retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Clyde Kimball (born 1942) – state representative for Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes (1976–92)

Claude King (1923–2013) – country singer-songwriter; known for "Wolverton Mountain"

Earl King (1934–2003) – musician

Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010) – novelist

Ralph E. King (1902–1974) – physician; state senator from Franklin Parish

Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) – politician and businessman

Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (born 1918) – music educator; former member of Louisiana Board of Regents

Graydon K. Kitchens Jr. (born 1936) – judge

Graydon K. Kitchens Sr. (1903–1988) – lawyer; politician

Chuck Kleckley (born 1960) – state representative

Mark Klein (born 1993) – singer

Neil Haven Klock (1896–1978) – sugar planter; politician from Rapides Parish

Jeannette Knoll (born 1943) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Jesse Monroe Knowles (1919–2006) – politician; survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II

L.D. Knox (1929–2009) – politician

Allison Kolb (1915–1973) – politician

Robert Kostelka (born 1933) – district attorney; judge; state senator from Monroe

Suzanne Mayfield Krieger (born 1953) – politician

Dan Kyle (born 1937) – politician

John S. Kyser (1900–1975) – educator

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Adras LaBorde (1912–1993) – journalist, Alexandria Daily Town Talk

Raymond Laborde (1927–2016) – politician and department store owner

John LaBruzzo (born 1970) – politician

Eddie Lacy (born 1990) – running back for the Green Bay Packers

Len Lacy (1900–1998) – politician

Horace Ladymon (born 1929) – businessman

Adolphe Lafargue (1855–1917) – newspaper publisher; state legislator; judge; from Marksville

Alvan Lafargue (1883–1963) – physician; politician

Malcolm Lafargue (1908–1963) – U.S. attorney in Shreveport (1940s)

Ed Lafitte (1886–1971) – baseball player

Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1826) – blacksmith; pirate

Juan LaFonta (born 1972) – former state representative for Orleans Parish and New Orleans lawyer

Papa Jack Laine (1873–1966) – bandleader

Eddie J. Lambert (born 1956) – state representative

Louis Lambert (born 1940) – politician

Maxie Lambright (1924–1980) – football coach

Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996) – actress

Charles D. Lancaster Jr. (born 1943) – former state representative

Edgar H. Lancaster Jr. (1918–2009) – former state representative and interim judge

Katherine LaNasa (born 1966) – actress, Judging Amy

Mary Landrieu (born 1955) – US Senator

Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) – politician

Moon Landrieu (born 1930) – judge, politician

Ali Landry (born 1973) – actress; model; Miss USA (1996)

Jarvis Landry (born 1992) – wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins

Jeff Landry (born 1970) – politician

Lisa Landry (born 1977) – comedian

Nancy Landry (born 1962) – politician

Terry Landry – state representative for Lafayette, Iberia, and St. Martin parishes since 2012; former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police

Eric Laneuville (born 1952) – actor; television director, St. Elsewhere, Room 222

Carroll E. Lanier (1926–2012) – mayor of Alexandria (1977–82)

Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) – self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"

John Larroquette (born 1947) – actor

Dud Lastrapes (born 1929) – mayor of Lafayette (1980–92)

Hank Lauricella (1930–2014) – football player; state senator

Marie Laveau (c. 1794 – c. 1881) – Voodoo priestess

Theodore K. Lawless (1892-1971) – dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist

Samuel Lawrason (1852–1924) – state senator; authored Lawrason Act regarding Louisiana municipal government

Rollo C. Lawrence (1894–1968) – mayor of Pineville, 1930–46; first superintendent of Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1948–51

Claude "Buddy" Leach (born 1934) – politician; businessman

Lead Belly (1885–1949) – musician

Alexander McIntyre Leary (1873–1937) – mayor of Minden (1903–05); director of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Shreveport (1935–37)

Ronald Leary (born 1989) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys

Bernard LeBas (born 1943) – pharmacist; state representative for Evangeline and St. Landry parishes (since 2008)

Dudley J. LeBlanc (1894–1971) – politician; businessman; made a fortune in the patent medicine Hadacol

Fred S. LeBlanc – politician

Jerry Luke LeBlanc (born 1956) – politician

Patrick LeBlanc (1954–2008) – architect; businessman; politician

Sam A. LeBlanc, III (born 1938) – lawyer; state representative

Samuel A. LeBlanc, I (1886–1955) – lawyer; state representative; state court judge; grandfather of Sam A. LeBlanc, III

Conway LeBleu (1918–2007) – state representative for Calcasieu and Cameron parishes, 1964–88

Marietta LeBreton (1936–2009) – historian at Northwestern State University

Richard Leche (1898–1965) – Governor of Louisiana

Joseph E. LeDoux (born 1949) – neuroscientist

David Lee (born 1943) – football player

Harry Lee (1932–2007) – Jefferson Parish sheriff

James Nelson Lee (c. 1923–2014) – city and state court judge in Avoyelles Parish

Rory Lee (born 1949) – president of Louisiana College (1997–2004)

Swords Lee (1859–1929) – businessman and politician in Grant Parish and Alexandria

Walter C. Lee (born 1934) – member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (1991–2014); retired educator in Shreveport

Walter L. Lee (born 1921) – Clerk of Court in Evangeline Parish (1956–2012)

W. Burch Lee (1883–1939) – state representative for Webster Parish (1914–16); clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (1918–33)

Keith Lehr (born 1963) – two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, born and resides in Bossier City

John A. Lejeune (1867–1942) – Marine Corps general

Don Lemon (born 1966) – journalist and television anchor; host of CNN Newsroom

Lloyd E. Lenard (1922–2008) – politician, businessman, author

Art Lentini (born 1953) – former state senator

Countess Leon (1798–1881) – founder of Germantown Colony in Webster Parish

Elmore Leonard (1925–2013) – crime and western novelist; born in New Orleans

Joe LeSage (1928–2015) – former state for Caddo Parish; LSU supervisor and Shreveport attorney

Jim Leslie (1937–1976) – journalist; advertising executive; assassinated in Baton Rouge

Jared Leto (born 1971) – actor; lead singer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars

Shannon Leto (born 1970) – drummer of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, occasional actor

Zachary Levi (born 1980) – actor, Less than Perfect, Chuck

Jerry Lee Lewis (born 1935) – musician

Keenan Lewis (born 1986) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints

Michael Lewis (born 1960) – author; financial journalist; Moneyball, The Blind Side

Patrick Lewis (born 1991) – center for the Seattle Seahawks

Rashard Lewis (born 1979) – forward for the Orlando Magic

Tony Ligi (born 1955) – politician

Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) – rapper

Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968) – politician

Meghan Linsey (born 1985) - musician, singer/songwriter, and contestant from The Voice season 8

F. A. Little Jr. (born 1936) – judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Sam Little (born 1950) – politician

Little Walter (1930–1968) – blues harmonica player

Lloyd Harlin Polite (born 1986) – R&B singer

Nate Livings (born 1982) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys

Bob Livingston (born 1943) – Member of Congress (1977–99)

Edward Livingston (1764–1836) – Member of Congress; United States Secretary of State

Lloyd (born 1986) – contemporary R&B and hip hop artist

Bennie Logan (born 1989) – nose tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles

George M. Lomax (1849–1917) – state representative from Lincoln Parish; introduced the enabling legislation to establish Louisiana Tech University

Blanche Long (1902–1998) – First Lady of Louisiana (1939–40, 1948–54, 1956–60); wife of Earl Long

Earl Kemp Long (1895–1960) – Governor of Louisiana (1939–40, 1948–52 and 1956–60)

George S. Long (1883–1958) – US Representative

Gerald Long (born 1944) – Republican state senator from Natchitoches; only elected Republican official of the Long family

Gillis William Long (1923–1985) – US Representative

Huey Pierce Long Jr. (1893–1935) – Governor of Louisiana; US Senator

Jimmy D. Long (born 1931) – politician

Russell Long (1918–2003) – US Senator

Speedy O. Long (1928–2006) – US Representative; district attorney from La Salle Parish

Professor Longhair (1918–1980) – musician

John L. Loos (1918–2011) – historian

Joseph Lopinto (born c. 1976) – state representative from Jefferson Parish

Nicholas Lorusso (born 1966) – state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007

Morris Lottinger Jr. (born c. 1938) – politician

Morris Lottinger Sr. (1902–1978) – politician

Lance Louis (born 1985) – offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts

Aaron Loup (born 1987) – relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

Cecil C. Lowe (1923–2013) – judge

W. Matt Lowe (1872–1955) – mayor of Minden (1916–20); Webster Parish police juror (1940–54)

Margaret Lowenthal (1929–2003) – first woman state representative for Calcasieu Parish, service from 1980 to 1988

Fred L. Lowery (born 1943) – clergyman; author

Walter M. Lowrey (1921–1980) – historian

J. A. W. Lowry (1848–1899) – politician in Bossier Parish

Bobby Lowther (1923–2015) – only two-sport (basketball and track and field) All-American at Louisiana State University (1946)

Cornelius Lucas (born 1991) – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions

Jay Luneau (born 1962) – state senator and lawyer from Alexandria, effective 2016

William Hawthorn Lynch (1929–2004) – journalist; first Louisiana inspector general

Bruce Lynn (born 1925) – politician

Robert L. Lynn (born 1931) – president of Louisiana College from 1975 to 1997

Charlton Lyons (1894–1973) – oilman; "father of modern Republican Party in Louisiana"

Hall Lyons (1923–1998) – oilman; politician

Ted Lyons (1900–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball player

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Sherman Q. Mack (born 1972) – politician

Anthony Mackie (born 1979) – actor, Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker, Captain America

Ragan Madden (1910–1990) – state representative; district attorney; from Lincoln Parish

Magic Sam (1937–1969) – blues music pioneer

John Maginnis (1948–2014) – journalist; author

Mikie Mahtook (born 1989) – outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays

Karl Malone (born 1963) – Hall of Fame basketball player, mainly with the Utah Jazz

Max T. Malone (born 1953) – geologist; state senator

Jeff Mangum (born 1970) – musician; founder of Neutral Milk Hotel

Robert "Bob" Mann (born 1958) – journalist, historian

Archie Manning (born 1949) – former New Orleans Saints quarterback; father of Eli, Cooper and Peyton

Cooper Manning (born 1974) - television personality; brother of Eli and Peyton

Eli Manning (born 1981) – New York Giants quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Peyton and Cooper

Peyton Manning (born 1976) – retired Denver Broncos quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Eli and Cooper

Tommy Manzella (born 1983) – shortstop for the Colorado Rockies

Charles E. Maple (1932–2006) – journalist

"Pistol" Pete Maravich (1947–1988) – basketball player, LSU and NBA Hall of Famer

Paul Mares (1900–1949) – musician

Anna Margaret (born 1996) – singer

Angélica María (born 1944) – Mexican actress and singer

Robert M. Marionneaux (born 1968) – politician

Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – musician

Ellis Marsalis Jr. (born 1934) – musician; educator

Ellis Marsalis Sr. (1908–2004) – poultry farmer; jazz musician; hotelier; civil rights activist

Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) – musician

Leonard Marshall (born 1961) – former defensive end, primarily for the New York Giants

Samuel W. Martien (1854–1946) – planter; politician

Roy O. Martin Jr. (1921–2007) – timber businessman; philanthropist; from Alexandria

Wade O. Martin Jr. (1911–1990) – secretary of state

Wade O. Martin Sr. (1885–1956) – politician

Danny Martiny (born 1951) – politician

Virginia Martinez (1922–1992) – Louisiana Republican national committeewoman (1977–92, her death)

Charles A. Marvin (1929–2003) – district attorney; judge

Rod Masterson (1945–2013) – actor

Tyrann Mathieu (born 1992) – free safety and cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals

Frank H. Mayer (1850–1954) – American frontiersman born in New Orleans; most associated with Park County, Colorado

Vance McAllister (born 1974) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district

W. T. McCain (1913–1993) – politician from Grant Parish

Jay McCallum (born 1960) – state district court judge since 2003; former state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes

James T. McCalman (1914–1977) – state senator from Claiborne and Bienville parishes (1960–64)

Patrick McCauley (1927–2015) – journalist; originally from Alexandria, Louisiana

Enos McClendon (1917–2003) – judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court (1960–78)

Todd McClure (born 1977) – center for the Atlanta Falcons

John McConathy (1930–2016) - professional basketball player and educator

Mike McConathy (born 1955) - basketball coach at Northwestern State University since 1999; son of John McConathy

Charles McConnell (1923–2000) – Webster parish politician

James L. McCorkle Jr. (born 1935) – historian of the American South

Billy McCormack (1928–2012) – Southern Baptist clergyman; national director of the Christian Coalition of America

Burgess McCranie (1905–1977) – mayor of Bossier City (1953–57)

C. L. McCrary (1905–1989) – state representative for Bienville Parish (1960–64)

Jim McCrery (born 1949) – US Representative

Sidney McCrory (1911–1985) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1956–60)

Charles R. McDonald (born 1938) – former state representative from Morehouse and Ouachita parishes

Jack McFarland (born 1969) – state representative from Winn Parish, effective 2016

Eugene McGehee (1928–2014) – state legislator; judge; from East Baton Rouge Parish

Tim McGraw (born 1967) – country musician; actor

Tom Ed McHugh (born 1943) – politician

J. Frank McInnis (1886–1959) – judge

John McKeithen (1918–1999) – Governor of Louisiana (1964–72)

W. Fox McKeithen (1946–2005) – Louisiana secretary of state (1988–2005)

Charles E. McKenzie (1896–1956) – U.S. representative

Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886–1952) – Christian singer-songwriter

Joe McKnight (born 1988) – tailback for the New York Jets

James M. McLemore (1907–1997) – politician; businessman

Chuck McMains (born 1948) – state representative; Baton Rouge lobbyist

Royce L. McMahen (1923–1999) – veterinarian; sheriff of Webster Parish (1980–96)

A. J. McNamara (1936–2014) – state representative; U.S. District Judge from Jefferson Parish

Joe McPherson (born 1950) – state senator from Rapides Parish

Tom McVea (born 1945) – state representative

Gil Meche (born 1978) – MLB pitcher

D. L. Menard (born 1932) – Cajun musician from Erath

Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868) – actress

DeWitt T. Methvin Jr. (1924–2005) – Alexandria attorney

Mildred Methvin (born 1952) – judge

Myrtis Methvin (1895–1977) – mayor of Castor in Bienville Parish (1933–45); second woman mayor in the state of Louisiana

Emile Meyer (1910–1987) – actor

Louis J. Michot (born 1922) – businessman; former state superintendent of education; state representative from Lafayette

Michael J. Michot (born 1963) – businessman; state senator from Lafayette (since 2000)

Quintin Mikell (born 1980) – safety for the St. Louis Rams

Lizzie Miles (1895–1963) – singer

Wade Miley (born 1986) – starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

Gregory A. Miller (born 1962) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Charles Parish

Roderick Miller (1924–2005) – politician; lawyer

Percy "Master P" Miller (born 1967) – musician; actor; record producer; athlete

Fred H. Mills Jr. (born 1955) – politician, pharmacist, banker

Jordan Mills (born 1990) – offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears

Newt V. Mills (1899–1996) – U.S. representative

P. J. Mills (born 1934) – politician; businessman

Paul Millsap (born 1985) – power forward for the Utah Jazz

Alexander Milne (1742–1838) – businessman; slave trader; philanthropist

E. R. Minchew (1908–2001) – educator

Barkevious Mingo (born 1990) – outside linebacker for the New England Patriots

Jim Mitchell (1946–2015) – judge of the 30th Judicial District Court in Leesville from 2009 until his death

H. Lane Mitchell (1895–1978) – Shreveport commissioner of public works (1934–68)

RJ Mitte (born 1992) – actor, Walt Jr. on Breaking Bad

Beth Mizell (born 1952) - state senator for St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes since 2016

Randy Moffett (born 1947) – educator

Robert W. Mondy (1908–1997) – historian

Nickie Monica (born 1960) – politician

Bill Monroe (1920–2011) – journalist, host of Meet the Press (1975–84)

Greg Monroe (born 1990) – center for the Detroit Pistons

Billy Montgomery (born 1937) – politician; former educator

Harold Montgomery (1911–1995) – state senator; businessman

John Willard "Jack" Montgomery Sr. (born 1936) – state senator; lawyer

Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906–1985) – musician

Chris Mooney (born 1977) – journalist and author

A. Brown Moore (1911–1987) – businessman; politician

Cleo Moore (1923–1973) – actress (1950s)

Danny Roy Moore (born 1925) – state senator from Claiborne Parish (1964–68)

Ellen Bryan Moore (1912–1999) – Register of State Lands; captain in Women's Army Corps during World War II

Mewelde Moore (born 1982) – running back for the Indianapolis Colts

W. Henson Moore (born 1939) – US Representative

T. J. Moran (1930–2015) – businessman; restaurateur; philanthropist; from Baton Rouge

Jackie Moreland (1938–1971) – professional basketball player

Aaron Morgan (born 1988) – outside linebacker and defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Cecil Morgan (1898–1999) – state legislator; led the impeachment forces against Huey Pierce Long Jr.; executive with Standard Oil Company; dean of Tulane University Law School

Elemore Morgan Jr. (1931–2008) – landscape painter and photographer

Lewis L. Morgan (1876–1950) – U.S. representative; gubernatorial runoff candidate (1944)

S. M. Morgan Jr. (1922–1982) – state representative from Red River Parish (1964–68)

Dutch Morial (1929–1989) – judge; mayor of New Orleans

Arthur A. Morrell (born 1943) – New Orleans clerk of the criminal court (since 2006); state representative (1984–2006)

Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (born 1947) – member of the New Orleans City Council

Jean-Paul Morrell (born 1978) – New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature

Jay Morris (born 1958) – state representative from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes

James Hollis "Jim" Morris (born 1954) – state representative from Caddo and Bossier parishes

Dan Morrish (born 1950) – member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature

deLesseps Morrison Jr. (1944–1996) – state representative from Orleans Parish

deLesseps S. "Chep" Morrison (1912–1964) – mayor of New Orleans; ambassador to the Organization of American States; three-time gubernatorial candidate

Jacob Haight Morrison (1905–1974) – politician; historical preservationist

James H. Morrison (1908–2000) – US Representative

Logan Morrison (born 1987) – outfielder and first baseman for the Seattle Mariners

Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941) – musician; composer; self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"

Morgus the Magnificent – fictional horror host (1950s–1980s)

Paul Morphy (1837–1884) – world chess champion

Garrett Morris (born 1937) – actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live

Isaac Edward Morse (1809–1866) – Attorney General of Louisiana; US Member of Congress

Alexander Mouton (1804–1885) – Governor; United States Senator

Ashton J. Mouton (1916–1988) – mayor of Lafayette

Jonas Mouton (born 1988) – linebacker for the San Diego Chargers

George B. Mowad (1932–2000) – mayor of Oakdale; physician; developer

Bernhard Müller (1788–1834) – colonizer of Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish

Robert J. Munson (1912–1996) – state representatives from Rapides Parish (1956–73)

W. Spencer Myrick (1913–2001) – state legislator from West Carroll Parish

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Ray Nagin (born 1956) – mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina; convicted felon

L.D. "Buddy" Napper (1925–2013) – state representative from Lincoln Parish

Christopher Columbus Nash (1838 – 20th century) – Grant Parish sheriff; founder of the White League (1874)

George Nattin (1918–2002) – mayor of Bossier City (1961–73)

George Nattin Jr. (1940–2014) – LSU basketball player and businessman

Edward F. Neild (1884–1955) – architect; from Shreveport

Ed Nelson (1928–2014) – actor: Peyton Place

Sydney B. Nelson (born 1935) – state senator

Mike Nerren (born 1963) – state court judge

J. H. Netterville (1879–1943) – plantation manager in Tensas Parish

Ben Nevers (born 1946) – state senator

Aaron Neville (born 1941) – singer

Arthel Neville (born 1962) – anchor for Fox News

Drake Nevis (born 1989) – defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys

Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901) – philanthropist (Newcomb College)

Jewel Joseph Newman (1921–2014) – politician; from the Scotlandville neighborhood of Baton Rouge

Randy Newman (born 1943) – singer-songwriter; pianist

Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) – Governor of Louisiana

Lance E. Nichols (born 1955) – actor, Treme

Elwyn Nicholson (1923–2014) – state senator from Jefferson Parish (1972–88)

Enoch T. Nix (1920–2001) – banker; president of the Louisiana State Board of Education

J. Kelly Nix (born 1934) – politician; businessman

John Travis Nixon (1867–1909) – publisher of what became The Monroe News-Star and The Crowley Post Signal

Taurean Nixon (born 1991) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos

James A. Noe (1890–1976) – Governor of Louisiana (for five months in 1936); oil driller; broadcaster

Rico Noel (born 1989) – outfielder for the New York Yankees

Burl Noggle (1924–2013) – historian

Frank T. Norman (1914–1994) – mayor of Minden (1958–66); top official of Masonic Lodge

Dave Norris (born 1942) – mayor of West Monroe (since 1978)

William Wiley Norris, III (1936–2016) - city, district, and circuit court judge from West Monroe

Solomon Northrup (1807-1863), abolitionist

Barbara Norton (born 1946) – state representative for Caddo Parish (since 2008)

Rick Nowlin (born 1948) – politician

Wyatt Luther Nugent (1891–1936) – sheriff; killed in line of duty in Grant Parish

Alcide Nunez (1884–1934) – musician

Samuel B. Nunez Jr. (born 1930) – politician

William Harold "Billy" Nungesser (born 1959) – Republican politician

William A. "Billy" Nungesser (1929–2006) – Republican politician

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Prentiss Oakley (1905–1957) – Bienville Parish sheriff (1940–52); in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in 1934

Frank Ocean (born 1987) – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer

Alton Ochsner (1896–1981) – surgeon; medical researcher

Kenneth L. Odinet Sr. (born 1930) – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes (1988–2008)

Bob Odom (1935–2014) – state agriculture commissioner (1980–2008); longest-serving individual in that office

Ethma Odum (1931–2009) – pioneer woman television personality at KALB-TV in Alexandria

Arthur J. O'Keefe Sr. (1876–1943) – mayor of New Orleans (1926–29)

Michael H. O'Keefe (born 1932) – politician; convicted felon

Henry Warren Ogden (1842–1905) – politician

Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907–1997) – politician

B. F. O'Neal Jr. (1922–2004) – politician

Shaquille O'Neal – former LSU and NBA player, Basketball Hall of Famer

Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938) – jazz musician

Virgil Orr (born 1923) – state representative; vice president, Louisiana Tech University

Joe Osborn (born 1937) – musician

Kenneth Osterberger (1930-2016) – state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972 to 1992; former opponent of David Duke

Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963) – presumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

Lionel Ott (1894–1987) – politician; businessman

George T. Oubre (1918–1998) – politician; from St. James Parish

Darrell Ourso (born 1964) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2015)

Jessel Ourso (1932–1978) – sheriff of Iberville Parish

W. Darrell Overdyke (1907–1973) – historian

John H. Overton (1875–1948) – US Senator

Mel Ott (1909–1958) – Hall of Fame baseball player

Don Owen (1930–2012) – news anchor; politician

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Robert Pack (born 1969) – NBA player and coach

Stephen B. Packard – Reconstruction politician

Frank Page (1925–2013) – radio broadcaster, KWKH in Shreveport

James George Palmer (1875–1952) – Mayor of Shreveport (1930–32); Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals (1932–33)

Jonathan Papelbon (born 1980) – closer for the Philadelphia Phillies

Robert Parish (born 1953) – Hall of Fame basketball player

Hugh G. Parker Jr. (1934–2007) – architect

Larry Parker (1922–1996) – businessman; state representative from Rapides Parish

John M. Parker (1863–1939) – Governor of Louisiana (1920–24)

John Victor Parker (1928–2014) – federal judge (1979–2014)

Mary Evelyn Parker (1920–2015) – state treasurer (1968–87)

Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990) – Teamsters Union business agent in Baton Rouge

Otto Passman (1900–1988) – U.S. Representative

Paul Pastorek (born 1954) – politician, lawyer, educational specialist

William S. Patout, III (born 1932) – sugar grower in Iberia Parish

David I. Patten (1920–1998) – politician

Carly Patterson (born 1988) – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics

Jacob E. "Pat" Patterson (1924–2010) – politician

B. R. Patton (1920–1999) – state senator from Lincoln and Union parishes (1956–64)

Benjamin Pavy (1874–1943) – judge of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District Court; opponent of the Long family; father-in-law of Carl Weiss, M.D.

Felix Octave Pavy (1879–1962) – physician and politician from St. Landry Parish

James E. Paxton (born 1963) – district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District

E. N. Payne (1873–1951) – state representative for Webster Parish (1932–36)

John William Payne (1877–1933) – Natchitoches Parish sheriff (1914–33)

Elfrid Payton (born 1994) – Point guard for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association

Nicholas Payton (born 1973) – musician

Joe Raymond Peace (born 1945) – football coach

Dave L. Pearce (1904–1984) – politician

Kevin Pearson (born 1959) – politician

Jesse Pearson (1930–1979) – actor and screenwriter

Charles B. Peatross (1940–2015) – circuit court judge in Shreveport

William S. Peck Jr. (1916–1987) – politician

William S. Peck Sr. (1873–1946) – politician

Harvey Peltier Jr. (1923–1980) – politician

Harvey Peltier Sr. (1899–1977) – politician

Louis Pendleton (1931–2007) – civil rights activist

Morgan D. Peoples (1919–1998) – historian

Leander Perez (1891–1969) – District judge; political boss of St. Bernard and Plaquemine parishes (1919–69)

Tony Perkins (born 1963) – conservative politician; head of the Family Research Council

Ralph Perlman (1917–2013) – state budget director (1967–88)

Pauley Perrette (born 1969) – singer and actress (NCIS)

Ryan Perrilloux (born 1987) – quarterback for the Florida Tarpons

Jonathan W. Perry (born 1973) – politician

Tyler Perry (born 1969) – television and film producer, writer, actor, director

Jace Peterson (born 1990) – second baseman for the Atlanta Braves

Bob Pettit (born 1932) – Hall of Fame basketball player (1954–65)

Andy Pettitte (born 1972) – former starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and Houston Astros

Rupert Peyton (1899–1982) – politician, journalist, historian

Marguerite Piazza (born 1926) – operatic soprano

Elizabeth Pickett (born 1959) – state appeals court judge

John S. Pickett Jr. (1920–2014) – state representative; state court judge; from Sabine Parish

Abe E. Pierce, III (born 1934) – politician; educator

Webb Pierce (1921–1991) – singer

Wendell Pierce (born 1962) – actor, Bunk Moreland on The Wire

Juan Pierre (born 1977) – outfielder for the Miami Marlins

Vincent Pierre (born 1964) – state representative for Lafayette Parish (since 2012)

Gil Pinac (born 1951) – politician

P.B.S. Pinchback (1837–1921) – politician, Governor of Louisiana

Glen Pitre (born 1955) – filmmaker

Loulan Pitre Jr. (born 1961) – lawyer in New Orleans; former state representative for Lafourche Parish

Montgomery Pittman (1917–1962) – actor, screenwriter, producer, known for 77 Sunset Strip

Elton C. Pody (1938–2011) – mayor of Ruston (1983–91)

Leonidas Polk (1806–1864) – Confederate general; Episcopal bishop; founder of Sewanee: The University of the South

Erich Ponti (born 1965) – politician

Tracy Porter (born 1986) – cornerback for the Oakland Raiders

Bryan A. Poston (1924–2009) – politician

Charles M. Poston Sr. (1898–1968) – politician

Henry "Tank" Powell (born 1945) – politician

Mike Powell (born 1961) – Shreveport politician

Robert E. Powell (1923–1997) – mayor of Monroe from 1979 to 1996

Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824) – poet, politician

Steve Prator (born 1951) – Caddo Parish sheriff

Fred Preaus (1912–1987) – state highway director (1952–55); gubernatorial candidate (1956)

Edwin G. Preis (1916–2011) – politician

Phil Preis (born 1950) – politician

Sister Helen Prejean (born 1938) – activist

Arthur T. Prescott (1863–1942) – educator and founding president of Louisiana Tech University

Edward J. Price (born 1953) – state representative for Ascension, Iberville, and St. James parishes (since 2012)

O. E. Price (1924–2006) – judge

Louis Prima (1910–1978) – musician, entertainer

Professor Longhair (1918–1980) – musician

Albin Provosty (1865–1932) – politician from New Roads

Paul Prudhomme (born 1940) – chef

Robert G. Pugh (1924–2007) – Shreveport lawyer; gubernatorial advisor

Stephen E. "Steve" Pugh (born 1961) – politician

Keith M. Pyburn (1910–1967) – state representative for Caddo Parish (1948–52)

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Andrew C. Quebes Sr. (1864–1939) – mayor of Shreveport (1902–06)

Chris Quinn (born 1983) – point guard for the New Jersey Nets

Julie Quinn (born 1966) – state senator from Jefferson Parish

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Paul Rae (born 1968) – actor

Max Rafferty (1917–1982) – author ;educator; California politician

Henry Ragas (1897–1919) – early jazz pianist

Kevin Rahm (born 1971) – actor

William Rainach (1913–1978) – politician

Melvin Rambin (1941–2001) – politician; banker

W.L. Rambo (1917–1984) – politician

Rueben Randle (born 1991) – wide receiver for the New York Giants

Ned Randolph (born 1942) – state representative; state senator; mayor of Alexandria (1986–2006)

Kevin Rankin (born 1976) – actor, Friday Night Lights, Trauma, Unforgettable

Ed Rand (1920–1999) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1960–64)

Francis Xavier Ransdell (1861–1939) – state court judge from East Carroll Parish

Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district; U.S. senator (1913–31)

John Rarick (1924–2009) – US Representative; state court judge

Clyde V. Ratcliff (1879–1952) – politician; planter

B.B. "Bennie" Rayburn Jr. (1944–2006) – Washington Parish sheriff

B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn Sr. (1916–2008) – politician

Eddy Raven (born 1944) – singer-songwriter

Donald Rawson (1925–2014) – historian

Shawn Reaves (born 1978) – actor

Mac "Dr John" Rebbenack (born 1940) – pianist, singer-songwriter

Ed Reed (born 1978) – NFL free safety

Willis Reed (born 1942) – Hall of Fame basketball player with the New York Knicks; NBA head coach

Bob Reese (1929–2004) – Republican politician from Jackson and Natchitoches parishes

George W. Reese Jr. (1923–1998) – Republican politician from New Orleans

Pee Wee Reese (1918–1999) – Hall of Fame shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers

Terry Reeves (1946–2005) – district attorney for Winn Parish (1991–2005, his death)

Edmund Reggie (1926–2013) – lawyer; judge; father of Victoria Reggie Kennedy; father-in-law of Edward M. Kennedy

Godfrey Reggio (born 1940) – filmmaker

Eric Reid (born 1991) – safety for the San Francisco 49ers

Kevin P. Reilly Sr. (1928–2012) – state representative; chief executive officer of Lamar Advertising Company

Sean Reilly (born 1961) – state representative; chief operating officer of Lamar Advertising Company

Ed Renwick (born 1938) – political scientist

Darius Reynaud (born 1985) – wide receiver and running back for the Tennessee Titans

Gene Reynolds (born 1950) – state representative

Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes (1909–1997) – politician

Anne Rice (born 1941) – author

Jerome "Dee" Richard (born 1955) – politician

Edwin Sanders "E. S." Richardson (1875–1950) – educator

Norman L. Richardson (1935–1999) – journalist

Dan Richey (born 1948) – politician

Beth Rickey (1956–2009) – political activist who opposed David Duke

Teddy Riley (1924–1992) – jazz trumpeter

Norbert Rilleaux (1806–1894) – inventor; engineer

Edward Ripoll (1924–2006) – state representative; bar owner in New Orleans

Neil Riser (born 1962) – state senator since 2008

Randy Roach (born 1951) – mayor of Lake Charles since 2000

Joel Robideaux (born 1962) – politician

Cokie Roberts (born 1943) – television journalist; author; daughter of Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs

Robert Roberts Jr. (1872 – date of death missing) – politician from Union and Webster parishes

Bill Robertson (1938–2013) – politician

Kay Robertson (born 1950) – television personality

Phil Robertson (born 1946) – television personality

Si Robertson (born 1948) – television personality

Scotty Robertson (1930–2011) – basketball coach

Greg Robinson (born 1992) – offensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams

John M. Robinson (born 1949) – judge

W. C. Robinson (1861–1914) – educator

George Rodrigue (1944–2013) – "Blue Dog" artist

Buddy Roemer (born 1943) – governor of Louisiana (1988–92)

Charles E. Roemer, II (1923–2012) – state commissioner of administration (1972–80)

Chas Roemer (born 1970) – president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (since 2012)

B. H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977) – politician from DeSoto Parish

Charles P. Roland (born 1918) – historian

Ned Romero (born 1925) – actor; originally from Franklin

Ralph L. Ropp (1897–1982) – president of Louisiana Tech University (1949–62)

Angelo Roppolo (1920–2012) – political consultant

Leon Roppolo (1902–1943) – musician

Sol Rosenberg (1926–2009) – Monroe industrialist; Dachau concentration camp survivor

Louis J. Roussel Jr. (1906–2001) – businessman

Chris Roy Jr. (born 1962) – state representative from Alexandria

Jacques Roy (born 1970) – mayor of Alexandria (since 2006)

Alvin Benjamin Rubin (1920–1991) – federal judge

Robert Edwin Russ (1830–1902) – founder of Ruston, Louisiana

Bill Russell (born 1934) – Hall of Fame center for the Boston Celtics; NBA coach

Weldon Russell (born 1946) – politician; businessman

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Jeffrey D. Sadow (born 1962) – political scientist; columnist; educator

Larry Sale (1893–1977) – sheriff of Claiborne Parish

Joe R. Salter (born 1943) – politician, educator

Joe Sampite (1931–2012) – politician

A. T. "Apple" Sanders Jr. (1926–1989) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish (1956–64)

Roy Sanders (1904–1976) – educator; state legislator from Natchitoches Parish

John N. Sandlin (1872–1957) – U. S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1921–37)

McIntyre H. Sandlin (c. 1870–1955) – politician in Minden

Nicholas J. Sandlin (1832–1896) – politician in Webster Parish

Jean Oliver Sartor (1918–2007) – artist

Kurtis Scaletta – writer

Tom Schedler (born 1950) – Louisiana secretary of state

Clay Schexnayder (born 1969) – state representative; businessman

Fred L. Schiele (1933–2002) – state representative; sheriff of Concordia Parish

Matthew P. "Pete" Schneider, III (born 1953) – politician; businessman

John Schroder (born 1966) – politician; businessman

John F. Schwegmann (born 1946) – politician; businessman

John G. Schwegmann (1911–1995) – politician; businessman

Melinda Schwegmann (born 1947) – Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1992–96)

Mike Scifres (born 1980) – punter for the San Diego Chargers

Ed Scogin (1921–1999) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish (1972–92)

Ashley Scott (born 1977) – actress, model, Jericho, Dark Angel, Birds of Prey

Jock Scott (1947–2009) – politician, historian, lawyer

Nauman Scott (1916–2001) – U.S. District Court judge

W. Ray Scott (1923–2008) – mayor of Natchitoches (1960–76)

Pat Screen (1943–1994) – mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish (1981–88)

Alan Seabaugh (born 1967) – state representative

J.C. Seaman (1898–1964) – state representative from Tensas Parish (1944–64)

Sam Seamans (born 1967) – Anglican Church bishop in Mountain Home, Arkansas; born in Morgan City

Aaron Selber Jr. (1927–2013) – businessman and philanthropist

Parker Self (born 1959) – judge of the 26th Judicial District Court in Bossier Parish

Joe Sevario (born 1944) – state senator from Ascension Parish, 1976–94

Andrew Jackson Sevier (1872–1941) – sheriff

Andrew L. Sevier (1894–1962) – politician

Henry Clay Sevier (1896–1974) – politician

William Putnam Sevier (1899–1985) – politician

George W. Shannon (1914–1998) – newspaper editor

V. C. Shannon (1910–1989) – politician

Amanda Shaw (born 1990) – actress; singer; fiddler

B.L. "Buddy" Shaw (born 1933) – politician; educator

Rhonda Shear (born 1954) – beauty queen; television host

Ben Sheets (born 1978) – MLB pitcher

Virginia Shehee (1923–2015) – Shreveport businesswoman and civic figure; first woman to serve in Louisiana State Senate (1976–80) who did not succeed her husband

Eddy Shell (1937–2008) – educator; politician from Bossier Parish

Clarence Shelmon (born 1952) – NFL offensive coordinator

Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1977) – musician

Lawrence A. Sheridan (1919–2001) – state representative

Alana Shipp (born 1982) – American-Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder

Chris Shivers (born 1978) – professional bull rider

Jimmy G. Shoalmire (1940–1982) – historian

Don Shows (1940–2014) – football coach

Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1854) – inventor; steamboat captain

Phil Short (born 1947) – state senator; relocated to Virginia

Rockin' Sidney (1938–1998) – Zydeco musician

Richard Simmons (born 1948) – fitness authority; television personality

Scott M. Simon (born 1961) – state representative

Tharold Simon (born 1991) – cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks

Frank P. Simoneaux (born 1933) – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (1972–82)

C. O. Simpkins Sr. (born 1925) – state representative from Shreveport; civil rights activist, and dentist

Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Jr. (born 1947) – physician and historian, reared in Shreveport

Bobby R. Simpson (born 1953) – politician

Oramel H. Simpson (1870–1932) – Governor of Louisiana (1926–28)

Dale Sittig (born 1941) – politician

Fulwar Skipwith (1765–1839) – diplomat; politician

Eric Skrmetta (born 1958) – politician

John Slidell (1793–1871) – U.S. Senator; Confederate diplomat

Soulja Slim (1977–2003) – musician

Donald Sloan (born 1988) – guard for the Atlanta Hawks

LeRoy Smallenberger (1912–2002) – Republican lawyer; politician

Argile Smith (born 1955) – interim president of Louisiana College (2014–15)

Dorothy Garrett Smith (c. 1932–1990) – first woman president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Floyd W. Smith Jr. (1932–2010) – politician

George Luke Smith (1837–1884) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district

Howard K. Smith (1914–2002) – television journalist; reporter

James Monroe Smith (1888–1949) – president of Louisiana State University (1930s)

James Peyton Smith (1925–2006) – politician

Jane H. Smith (born 1948) – first woman high school principal, school superintendent, and state legislator from Bossier Parish

Jasper K. Smith (1905–1992) – politician

Joe D. Smith Jr. (1922–2008) – newspaper publisher; businessman

John R. Smith (born 1945) – politician

Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith (born 1948) – politician; businessman

Otis Smith (born 1965) – New England Patriots cornerback; Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach

Patricia Haynes Smith (born 1946) – state representative from Baton Rouge

P.K. Smith (1917–1983) – state representative; Winnfield businessman

Ada Jack Carver Snell (1890–1972) – short story writer

David Snell (1921–1987) – journalist and cartoonist for Life Magazine

Jefferson B. Snyder (1859–1951) – politician

John K. Snyder (1922–1993) – mayor of Alexandria (1973–77, 1982–86)

Robert C. Snyder (1919–2011) – professor of English at Louisiana Tech University

Robert H. Snyder (died 1906) – politician

Guy Sockrider (1921–2011) – politician

Steven Soderbergh (born 1963) – film producer; screenwriter; cinematographer; director

Floyd Soileau (born 1938) – record producer

Ian Somerhalder (born 1978) – actor; model

Art Sour (1924–2000) – State Representative from Shreveport (1972–92)

James Z. Spearing (1864–1942) – politician

Britney Spears (born 1981) – singer

Jamie Lynn Spears (born 1991) – actress

Marcus Spears (born 1983) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys

Freddie Spencer (born 1961) – world motorcycle champion

Mason Spencer (1892–1962) – politician

Tommy Spinks (1948–2007) – football player

Paul Spitzfaden (1920–2000) – mayor of Mandeville, 1984–96

Tam Spiva (born 1932) – screenwriter

Frank Spooner (born 1937) – businessman and politician

David Theophilus Stafford (1849–1926) – sheriff of Rapides Parish, 1888–1904

Grove Stafford (1897–1975) – state senator for Rapides Parish, 1940–48

Leroy Augustus Stafford (1822–1864) – Confederate brigadier general

Tom Stagg (1923–2015) – Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Richard Stalder (born 1951) – secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections

Rusty Staub (born 1944) – former MLB right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman

Edward J. Steimel (1922–2016) – lobbyist and founder of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry

Vic Stelly (born 1941) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lake Charles; author of the Stelly Plan

Craig Steltz (born 1986) – safety for the Chicago Bears

Alton Sterling (1979-2016) – black man fatally shot by a police officer in Baton Rouge

E. L. Stewart (1872–1956) – Minden lawyer and state representative for Webster Parish from 1904 to 1908

Kordell Stewart (born 1972) – NFL quarterback and wide receiver

William G. Stewart (1854–1925) – farmer and Webster Parish School Board president

Karen St. Germain (born c. 1957) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes (since 2004)

Dennis Stine (born 1952) – businessman and politician from Lake Charles

Tim Stine (born 1956) – businessman and politician from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish

Ford E. Stinson (1914–1989) – lawyer and state legislator from Bossier Parish

Ford E. Stinson Jr. (born 1952) – state district court judge in Bossier and Webster parishes

Julie Stokes (born 1969) – state representative from Jefferson Parish

Brandon Stokley (born 1976) – wide receiver for the Denver Broncos

Jesse N. Stone (1924–2001) – civil rights activist; Southern University System president (1974–85)

Elliott Stonecipher (born 1951) – political analyst; consultant; pollster from Shreveport

Jimmy Strain (1926–1973) – politician and pediatrician

Michael G. Strain (born 1959) – veterinarian; state representative; Commissioner of the Louisiana Departmentof Agriculture and Forestry

Izzy Stradlin (born 1962) – singer, guitarist and backing vocal at Guns N' Roses

James St. Raymond (born c. 1957) – state representative for Orleans Parish (1988–92); businessman

Roy C. Strickland (1942–2010) – businessman, politician

Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. (1927–2016) - Louisiana National Guard adjutant general, 1980–97

Raymond Strother (born 1940) – political consultant

James Sudduth (1917–1995) – mayor of Lake Charles, 1965–73; 1989–93

Patrick Surtain (born 1976) – NFL cornerback

James Sutterfield (born 1942) – lawyer; Republican member of the Louisiana House from Orleans Parish (1970–72)

Hal Sutton (born 1958) – PGA Tour golfer

Liz Swaine (born 1960) – broadcast journalist

Jimmy Swaggart (born 1935) – evangelist

Marc Swayze (1913–2012) – comic book writer and illustrator

Lawson Swearingen (born 1944) – state senator from Ouachita Parish; president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe

Stephanie Swift (born 1972) – actress

Stromile Swift (born 1979) – NBA player

Harold Sylvester (born 1949) – actor, Married... with Children, Today's F.B.I., Shaky Ground

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Joseph Talamo (born 1990) – jockey

Kirk Talbot (born 1969) – state representative from Jefferson Parish

Irvin Talton – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1880–84)

Elmer R. Tapper (1929–2011) – politician

Ed Tarpley (born 1953) – politician

Gregory Tarver (born 1946) – civil rights activist, state senator from Caddo Parish

Ray Tarver (1921–1972) – dentist; represented Natchitoches Parish in state House of Representatives (1964–68)

Albert Tate (1920–1986) – state and federal judge

Billy Tauzin (born 1943) – US Representative; lobbyist

Dorothy Mae Taylor (1928–2000) – first African-American woman in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1971–80)

F. Jay Taylor (1923–2011) – university president

Ike Taylor (born 1980) – cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Jim Taylor (born 1935) – Hall of Fame fullback, primarily with the Green Bay Packers

Joe Gray Taylor (1920–1987) – historian

Richard Taylor (1826–1879) – Confederate general

Zachary Taylor (1784–1850) – 12th President of the United States; US Army general

Lloyd George Teekell (1922–1996) – politician

Benjamin Milam Teekell (1867–1942) – state representative from Red River Parish (1920–28)

Timmy Teepell (born 1975) – political consultant

Garrett Temple (born 1986) – point guard for the San Antonio Spurs

Ricky Templet (born 1963) – politician

Suzanne Haik Terrell (born 1954) – politician

Byron Thames (born 1969) – actor and musician, Father Murphy

Roy R. Theriot (1914–1973) – politician

Sam H. Theriot (born 1954) – politician

Ryan Theriot (born 1979) – infielder for the San Francisco Giants

Steve Theriot (born 1946) – politician

Gerald Theunissen (born 1933) – banker; politician

Major Thibaut (born 1977) – politician

David Thibodaux (1953–2007) – politician; educator; author

Keith Thibodeaux (born 1950) – actor

Ledricka Thierry (born 1978) – politician

Dallas Thomas (born 1989) – offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins

David William Thomas (1876–1961) – politician; educator; journalist; attorney

Jerry A. Thomas (born 1953) – politician; physician

Lee Emmett Thomas (1866–1935) – politician

Mike Thomas (born 1987) – wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars

Tyrus Thomas (born 1986) – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats

Addison Roswell Thompson (1911–1976) – segregationist politician

C.W. Thompson (1890–1951) – politician

Francis C. Thompson (born 1941) – politician

Jeff R. Thompson (born 1965) – politician

Ken Thompson (born 1943) – pioneer of computer science

Lizzie P. Thompson (1894–1973) – state representative

Michael F. "Mike" Thompson (born 1942) – politician; home builder

Richard S. Thompson (1916–1997) – state representative from Grant Parish

Sandra Thompson (born 1946) – politician; environmentalist

Steve D. Thompson (born 1935) – member of the Louisiana State Senate from Franklin Parish (1988–96)

T. Ashton Thompson (1916–1965) – U.S. representative

William Y. Thompson (1922–2013) – historian

Dale Thorn (1943–2014) – journalist; Louisiana State University professor; press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards

Tom Thornhill (born 1952) – attorney; state representative

Marcus Thornton (born 1987) – shooting guard for the New Orleans Hornets

George H. Tichenor (1837–1923) – surgeon; pioneer in antiseptics

Stanley R. Tiner (born 1942) – journalist

Ben C. Toledano (born 1932) – politician; journalist

E. M. Toler (1874–1954) – physician; coroner; state senator for East and West Feliciana parishes (1944–54)

Tommy Tomlinson (1930–1982) – guitarist; inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame

David Toms (born 1967) – PGA Tour golfer

Charles Emery Tooke Jr. (1912–1986) – lawyer; state senator

John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) – author of Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces

Joseph F. Toomy (born 1948) – politician

Reggie Torbor (born 1981) – former NFL linebacker

Ned Touchstone (1926–1988) – politician; publisher

Wayne Toups (born 1958) – musician

Allen Toussaint (1938–2015) – New Orleans musician; composer; record producer

Thomas Taylor Townsend (born 1963) – state representative

Donald Trahan (born 1959) – state representative for Lafayette and Vermilion parishes (2004–08)

John D. Travis (1940–2016) – state representative from East Feliciana Parish, 1984 to 2000

Chet D. Traylor (born 1945) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1997–2009)

David C. Treen (1928–2009) – US Representative (1973–80); Governor of Louisiana (1980–84)

John S. Treen (born 1926) – homebuilder; Republican politician

Risley C. Triche (1927–2012) – attorney; state representative

Robert O. Trout (1904–1995) – sociologist

Ralph T. Troy (1935–2014) – mayor of Monroe (1972–76)

James Wayne "Jim" Tucker (born 1964) – first Republican Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction

Robert Beall "Buddy" Tudor Jr. (1935–2010) – real estate developer

Simon W. Tudor (1887–1956) – businessman; educator

Paul Tulane (1801–1887) – businessman; philanthropist

Ben Turpin (1869–1940) – silent film comedian

Odessa Turner (born 1964) – NFL wide receiver

Trai Turner (born 1993) – guard for the Carolina Panthers

Marshall H. Twitchell (1840–1905) – politician; planter; diplomat

Ollie Tyler (born 1945) – educator; politician

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Chris Ullo (1928–2014) – member of both houses of the state legislature from Jefferson Parish (1972–2008)

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Steve Van Buren (1920–2012) – Hall of Fame halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles

William Washington Vance (1849–1900) – politician

Pattie W. Van Hook (1927–1991) – Shreveport physician; first woman president of the Louisiana State Medical Society

Rose Van Thyn (1921–2010) – Holocaust survivor in Shreveport

Troy Verges (born 20th century) – country music songwriter

J. Emile Verret (1885–1965) – lieutenant governor (1944–48); defeated Earl Kemp Long

Lester Vetter (1910–1960) – politician; from Red River Parish

Jeffrey P. Victory (born 1946) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Jacques Villeré (1760–1830) – Creole; Governor of Louisiana; general

Pruitt Taylor Vince (born 1960) – film and television character actor

Charles L. Vining Jr. (1935–2003) – politician

Roger F. Villere Jr. (born 1949) – politician

David Vitter (born 1961) – U.S. Senator

David Voelker (1953–2013) – entrepreneur

Frank Voelker Jr. (1921–2002) – lawyer; politician

Frank Voelker Sr. (1892–1963) – judge

Kenneth Volentine (born 1941) – politician

John Volz (1936–2011) – U.S. attorney; prosecuted high-profile corruption cases in the 1980s

Cole Vosbury (born 1991) – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant from The Voice season 5

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Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell (born 1948) – judge; former state representative from Shreveport

David Wade (1911–1990) – general

Thomas M. Wade (1860–1929) – politician; educator

Von Wafer (born 1985) – shooting guard for the Orlando Magic

Joseph David Waggonner Jr. (1918–2007) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district

W. E. "Willie" Waggonner (1905–1976) – sheriff of Bossier Parish (1948–76)

Bryan Wagner (born 1943) – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council

R. B. Walden (1901–1966) – politician

Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) – business tycoon

Joseph Marshall Walker (1786–1856) – Governor of Louisiana

Lillian W. Walker (born 1923) – politician

Lorenz James "Lo" Walker (born 1933) – politician; retired United States Air Force officer

George T. Walker (1913–2011) – university president

Morgan W. Walker Jr. (1928–2008) – businessman

Morgan W. Walker Sr. (1893–1983) – businessman

Taijuan Walker (born 1992) – starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

William Stewart Walker (1914–1999) – U.S. Army officer; congressional candidate

Shady R. Wall (1922–1985) – politician; banker

Mike Wallace (born 1986) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Dayton Waller (1925–2015) – former state representative from Caddo Parish

Ray Walston (1914–2001) actor – My Favorite Martian

Mike Walsworth (born 1956) – state senator from Ouachita Parish

Donald Ellsworth Walter (born 1936) – former U.S. attorney; U.S. district judge in Shreveport

Rick Ward, III (born 1982) – state senator from Iberville Parish

Jack Wardlaw (1937–2012) – journalist

Lula Wardlow (1876–1970) – first woman mayor in Louisiana, having served in Montgomery (1926–30)

Ed Ware (1927–2016) – lawyer; district attorney for Rapides Parish (1967–84)

Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931) – Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction

Ron Washington (born 1952) – manager for the Texas Rangers

J. Louis Watkins Jr. (1929–1997) – judge; politician

John D. Watkins (1828–1895) – state senator and judge in Webster Parish

John T. Watkins (1854–1925) – state court judge; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1905–21)

Arthur C. Watson (1909–1984) – politician

Eugene P. Watson (1911–1964) – librarian

Muse Watson (born 1948) – actor, Prison Break, NCIS

Reggie Wayne (born 1978) – wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

Carl Weathers (born 1948) – NFL player; actor, Apollo Creed in the Rocky films

Blayne Weaver (born 1976) – actor

Loy F. Weaver (born 1942) – retired banker; state legislator

Corey Webster (born 1982) – cornerback for the New York Giants

Gus Weill (born 1933) – political consultant and author

Carl Weiss (1906–1935) – physician; purported assassin of Huey Pierce Long Jr.

Fred Weller (born 1966) – actor, In Plain Sight, Missing Persons

Rebecca Wells (born 20th century) – actress; playwright; author

Vernon Wells (born 1978) – outfielder for the New York Yankees

Charcandrick West (born 1991) – running back for the Kansas City Chiefs

H. O. West (1900–1981) – founder of West Brothers clothing stores

Shane West (born 1978) – actor

Lloyd F. Wheat (born 1923) – state senator from Natchitoches and Red River parishes (1948–52)

Bodi White (born 1956) – politician

Edward Douglass White (1845–1921) – Chief Justice of the United States

John C. White (born 1975) – Louisiana state superintendent of education (since 2012)

Malinda Brumfield White (born 1967) – state representative from Bogalusa, effective 2016

Tony Joe White (born 1943) – singer-songwriter; musician

Wally Whitehurst (born 1964) – former MLB pitcher

Lynn Whitfield (born 1953) – actress

Lenar Whitney (born 1959) – politician

Les Whitt (1951–2008) – zookeeper in Alexandria

Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker (1906–1993) – musician

V. V. Whittington (1893–1974) – state senator; banker

Randy Wiggins (born 1951) – state representative; insurance agent

Jonathan Wilhite (born 1984) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos

Pinkie C. Wilkerson (1948–2000) – state representative; attorney

Robert L. Wilkie (born 1962) – Assistant Secretary of Defense

W. Scott Wilkinson (1895–1985) – Shreveport attorney; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1920–24)

Aeneas Williams (born 1968) – Hall of Fame defensive back in the NFL

Alfred C. Williams (1951–2015) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2015)

A. L. Williams (born 1934) – retired football coach

Brian "Baby" Williams (born 1969) – record executive; record producer; entrepreneur; musician

Chris Williams (born 1985) – offensive guard for the Chicago Bears

Duke Williams (born 1990) – safety for the Buffalo Bills

Gerald Williams (born 1966) – former Major League Baseball outfielder

Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949) – singer

Kyle Williams (born 1983) – defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills

Lucinda Williams (born 1963) – singer-songwriter; musician

Patrick C. Williams (born 1963) – state representative for Caddo Parish

T. Harry Williams (1909–1979) – historian

Tramon Williams (born 1983) – cornerback for the Green Bay Packers

Don W. Williamson (born 1927) – politician; businessman

James Whitfield Williamson (1925–2008) – politician; businessman

Norris C. Williamson (1874–1949) – politician

Edwin E. Willis (1904–1972) – US Representative (1949–69)

Tom Willmott (born 1960) – state representative from Jefferson Parish (since 2008)

Harry D. Wilson (1869–1948) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1916–48)

Justin E. Wilson (1914–2001) – Cajun; raconteur; chef; humorist; politician

Peggy Wilson (born 1937) – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council

Riley J. Wilson (1871–1946) – U.S. representative

Lorris M. Wimberly (1898–1962) – former Speaker of the Louisiana House

Rush Wimberly (1873–1943) – politician

Fritz Windhorst (born 1935) – former state senator

Stephen J. Windhorst (born 1957) – judge; state representative

Diane Winston (born 1948) – state representative

John D. Winters (1917–1998) – historian

Tommy Wiseau (born 1968) – screenwriter; director; producer; executive producer; actor

Reese Witherspoon (born 1976) – Academy Award-winning actress

A. Baldwin Wood (1879–1956) – inventor; engineer

Susan Ward (born 1976) – actress; model

Ebony Woodruff (born 1980) – state representative for Jefferson Parish from 2013 to 2016

M. B. Woodward – second mayor of Bossier City (1910–19)

J. Robert Wooley (born 1953) – politician

Orlando Woolridge (1959–2012) – NBA power forward for several teams

Ernest Wooton (born 1941) – politician

G. L. P. Wren (1836–1901) – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature; farmer in Webster Parish

Monty M. Wyche (1926–2014) – state court judge

Zelma Wyche (1918–1999) – politician; civil rights activist

Captan Jack Wyly (1917–2006) – politician

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T. M. Yarbrough – mayor of Bossier City (1919–1921)

Henry L. Yelverton (1928–2009) – judge

Andrew Young (born 1932) – politician and civil rights advocate

Aubrey W. Young (1922–2010) – drug and alcohol abuse coordinator within the Department of Health and Hospitals (1965–99); aide-de-camp to Governor John McKeithen

Lester Young (1909–1959) – musician

Thaddeus Young (born 1988) – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers

Peter Youree (1843–1914) – Shreveport businessman

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Samuel Zemurray (1877–1961) – businessman; philanthropist

Jerome Zeringue (born 1962) – state representative for Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, effective 2016

Buckwheat Zydeco (born 1947) – musician