This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Arts and literature
Enrique Alferez, sculptor
John James Audubon, painter, ornithologist, naturalist
E. J. Bellocq, photographer
Skip Bolen, photographer
Poppy Z. Brite, writer
George Washington Cable, writer
Milburn E. Calhoun, book publisher
Georgine Campbell, painter
Truman Capote, writer
John Churchill Chase, writer and cartoonist
Kate Chopin, writer, feminist
Ben Claassen III, illustrator and comics artist, DIRTFARM
Andrei Codrescu, poet and commentator
Edgar Degas, artist
Thomas Dent, poet and writer
George Washington Dixon, newspaper editor
Alexander John Drysdale, artist
George Dureau, artist and photographer
William Faulkner, writer
Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction writer
Whitney Gaskell, writer, attended Tulane Law School which was the setting of her 2006 novel Testing Kate
Rolland Golden, artist
Shirley Ann Grau, writer
Lafcadio Hearn, writer
Knute Heldner, artist
Lillian Hellman, writer
George Herriman, Krazy Kat cartoonist
May Lesser Hyman, medical illustrator
Walter Isaacson, writer, journalist, public policy analyst
Harnett Kane, author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction
Frances Parkinson Keyes, writer
Elmore Leonard, author
Michael Lewis, writer
Louis-Alphonse Moreau, painter
Robert Bledsoe Mayfield, artist
John McCrady, artist
James Michalopoulos, artist
Andres Molinary, artist
Alice Dunbar Nelson, poet, journalist and political activist
John Travis Nixon, journalist, published what became The Monroe News Star and The Crowley Post Signal
Renee Peck, writer
Achille Peretti, artist
Paul E. Poincy, artist
Matthew Randazzo V, writer
Anne Rice, writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction
Christopher Rice, author
Stan Rice, poet
George Rodrigue, artist
John T. Scott, artist and sculptor
Kendall Shaw, abstract expressionist painter
John Kennedy Toole, writer of A Confederacy of Dunces
Lucille Western, actress
Tennessee Williams, playwright
Business and economics
Isaac Delgado, businessman and philanthropist, benefactor of Delgado Community College
Constant C. Dejoie Sr., African-American business leader
William Edenborn (1848–1926), industrialist and inventor, owner of Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, which linked Shreveport with New Orleans
Avram Glazer, businessman and sports franchise owner
Daniel Henry Holmes, 19th century businessman
John McDonogh (1779–1850), shipping, land speculation (world's largest private landholder ca. 1850), philanthropist and namesake of many New Orleans schools
Alexander Milne, 18th-century businessman and entrepreneur
T. J. Moran, businessman, restaurateur, and philanthropist
Oliver Pollock, merchant, financier of the American Revolutionary War
Benjamin M. Rosen, computer entrepreneur
Louis J. Roussel Jr., businessman and political kingmaker
Clay Shaw, businessman
Edgar B. Stern Sr, businessperson and philanthropist
Frederick W. Tilton, businessman and philanthropist
Judah Touro, businessman and philanthropist
Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil (1783–1843), businessman
David Voelker, businessman and philanthropist
Samuel Zemurray, businessman and philanthropist
John Besh, chef
Owen Brennan, restaurateur
Richard Brennan Sr., restaurateur, Commander's Palace
Leah Chase, chef
Al Copeland, restaurateur, Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits and Copeland's restaurants
Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, Ruth's Chris Steak House
Emeril Lagasse, chef; restaurateur; television personality
Beulah Levy Ledner, pastry chef
Austin Leslie, chef
Paul Prudhomme, chef
Axeman of New Orleans, mysterious mass murderer
Clyde Barrow, robber and murderer
Sylvestro Carolla, mafia boss
Antoinette Frank, former New Orleans Police Officer, convicted murderer
Francis Grevemberg, crime-busting superintendent of the Louisiana state police, 1952–1955
Ivory Harris, drug trafficker and weapons trafficker
Jean Lafitte, pirate
Pierre Lafitte, pirate and brother of Jean Lafitte
Delphine LaLaurie, socialite and sadist
Carlos Marcello, businessman and mafia boss
Captain Bill McDonald, legendary Texas Ranger, attended Soule Commercial College in New Orleans in the early 1870s
Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin
Bonnie Parker, robber and murderer
Ronald A. Williams II, murdered New Orleans police officer
Mr. Bingle, snowman that assisted Santa Claus and worked at Maison Blanche Department Store
Benjamin Button, man who is born old and grows young, in a film loosely adapted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story
Seymore D. Fair, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Mascot, celebrity cartoon character, advocate for animal, people, and planet welfare
Gambit, Marvel Comics superhero (X-Men)
Hazel Levesque, previous residence before moving and first death
Benjamin Sisko, Starfleet captain (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Film and television
Neferteri Shepherd, African-American model and actress
Bryan Batt, actor
Sandra Bullock, actress, resident
Kitty Carlisle, entertainer
Paul Carr, actor
John Carroll, actor and singer
Laura Cayouette, actor and author
Patricia Clarkson, actor
Marshall Colt, psychologist and former actor
Frank Joseph Davis, television journalist and cookbook author
Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, talk show host
Vance DeGeneres, actor, screenwriter, and musician (bass)
Raquel "Rocsi" Diaz, television host and personality on BET's 106 and Park
Faith Domergue, actress
Donna Douglas, actress (Ellie Mae from The Beverly Hillbillies)
John Goodman, actor
Allison Harvard, runner-up of twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model
Dwight Henry, actor
Gloria Henry, actress born in New Orleans in 1923
Cheryl Holdridge, actress and Mouseketeer
Indigo, actress
Eddie Jemison, actor
Bayn Johnson, former child actress and singer
Leatrice Joy, actress
Dorothy Lamour, actress
John Larroquette, actor
Sabrina LeBeauf, actress
Anthony Mackie, actor
Adah Isaacs Menken, actress
Taylor Miller, actress
Garrett Morris, comedian (SNL), actor
Arthel Neville, journalist
Chris Owens, burlesque performer and entrepreneur
Pauley Perrette, actress
Tyler Perry, actor, director
Wendell Pierce, actor, Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire
Godfrey Reggio, experimental filmmaker/documentarian (Qatsi trilogy)
Al Shea, actor and theatre critic
Sydney Shields, stage actress
Richard Simmons, entertainer
Harold Sylvester, film actor
Sam Trammell, actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in True Blood
Ben Turpin, silent film comedian
Ray Walston, actor
Carl Weathers, actor, football player
Walter Williams, creator of Mr. Bill
Cora Witherspoon, actress
Reese Witherspoon, actress
Grace Zabriskie, actress
James Carville, Democratic Party political consultant and pundit
Buddy Diliberto, sports journalist
Dorothy Dix, journalist
Charles L. "Pie" Dufour, newspaper columnist and historian
Hap Glaudi, television sportscaster
Bryant Gumbel, television anchor
Greg Gumbel, television sportscaster
Jim Henderson, television sportscaster
Taylor Henry, investigative reporter
Iris Kelso, journalist for three New Orleans newspapers and WDSU television commentator
Hoda Kotb, television anchor
Mel Leavitt, television journalist and historian
Angus Lind, newspaper journalist
Wayne Mack, television sportscaster
John Maginnis, journalist, political commentator, and author of The Last Hayride, The Cross to Bear, and The Politics of Reform
Mary Matalin, Republican Party political consultant
Patrick McCauley, journalist; edited The Huntsville Times, 1966 to 1994; employed by New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1960 to 1966
Bill Monroe, NBC television journalist
Cokie Roberts, ABC television journalist and commentator for National Public Radio
Nash Roberts, television meteorologist
Garland Robinette, investigative journalist
Howard K. Smith, television anchorman
Blaine Stewart, television journalist
Ronnie Virgets, writer and broadcast journalist
Jack Wardlaw, newspaper investigative journalist, with New Orleans States-Item; then bureau chief in Baton Rouge of the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Law, politics, and military
Bryan Adams, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish since 2012; born in New Orleans.
Reverend Avery Alexander, civil rights leader, state legislator
Jeff Arnold, former member of the Louisiana House for the Algiers section, 2002–2016
John B. Babcock, Medal of Honor recipient
Algernon Sidney Badger, government official during and after Reconstruction
Austin Badon, state representative for District 100 in Orleans Parish, 2004–2016; workforce development administrator at Nunez Community College since 2000
Ben Bagert, attorney and member of both houses of Louisiana State Legislature
Diana Bajoie, member of both houses of Louisiana legislature 1976–2008; former member of the New Orleans City Council
P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general and inventor
Clyde F. Bel Jr., businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish, 1964 to 1972 and 1975–1980
Judah P. Benjamin, United States Senator, Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War and Secretary of State
Kirt Bennett, Republican political activist, founder of Young Leaders Academy in Baton Rouge
Wesley T. Bishop, member of the Louisiana State Senate; former state representative for District 99 in Orleans Parish; administrator at Southern University at New Orleans
Hale Boggs, former U.S. Representative
Lindy Boggs, former U.S. Representative and retired U.S. Ambassador to The Vatican
Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., lawyer/lobbyist in Washington, D.C, born in New Orleans in 1940, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs, brother of Cokie Roberts and Barbara Boggs Sigmund
Edward S. Bopp, retired pharmacist and attorney and state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes from 1977 to 1984; born in New Orleans in 1930
Joseph Bouie Jr., Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish since 2014; retired faculty member and administrator at Southern University at New Orleans
Stephen Bradberry, community organizer, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureate
Juan Davis Bradburn, freedom fighter for Mexico, officer in the Battle of New Orleans
Henry Braden, politician
Elward Thomas Brady Jr., state representative from Terrebonne Parish from 1972 to 1976, born in New Orleans
Jared Brossett, member of the New Orleans City Council since 2014; state representative for District 97, 2009–2014
J. Marshall Brown, insurance agent and politician
Peppi Bruneau, attorney and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Roy A. Burrell, state representative for Caddo and Bossier parishes since 2004; former New Orleans resident
Benjamin F. Butler, administrator of Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War
Pascal F. Calogero Jr., Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court
Tom Capella, assessor of Jefferson Parish; former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member; lawyer in his native New Orleans
Gary Carter Jr., member of the Louisiana House from the Algiers neighborhood, effective 2016
James Carville, political consultant, political science professor
Philip Ciaccio, state representative 1962 to 1966, New Orleans City Council member for District E 1966 to 1982, and circuit court judge from 1982 to 1998
Walter L. Cohen, politician and businessman
Harry Connick Sr., district attorney, father of singer Harry Connick Jr.
Rob Couhig, businessman, attorney, politician
Milton Joseph Cunningham, attorney, state legislator, state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900
Étienne de Boré, first Mayor of New Orleans in the U.S. administration
Jean Noel Destréhan, early Creole politician and plantation owner
Eddie Doucet, state representative for Jefferson Parish from 1972 to 1988; businessman in Jefferson Parish, born in New Orleans
David Duke, state representative for Metairie from 1989 to 1992; White nationalist
Charles E. Dunbar, attorney, civil service reformer
H. Garland Dupré, attorney and politician; Speaker of the Louisiana House 1908–1910; U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1910–1924
Frank Burton Ellis, attorney, politician, federal judge
Albert Estopinal, former U.S. representative and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
Robert Faucheux, former Louisiana state representative, educated in New Orleans
Olaf Fink, member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1972; New Orleans educator
C.B. Forgotston, attorney, political activist, state government watchdog
Garey Forster, radio host, former state representative and state labor secretary
Hoffman Franklin Fuller, professor-emeritus at Tulane University Law School, authority on tax law
Henry L. Fuqua, governor that defeated Huey Long in an election
Randal Gaines, state representative since 2012 for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes; former assistant city attorney in New Orleans
Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 1970–1978; known for prosecuting corruption in government
Jim Garrison, district attorney of Orleans Parish
Robert T. Garrity Jr., attorney and former state representative for Jefferson Parish
Newt Gingrich, U.S. Congressman from Georgia, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
John Grenier, Birmingham lawyer and Alabama Republican Party figure, born in New Orleans in 1930
Jimmy Harris, African-American Democrat state representative for District 99 since 2016
F. Edward Hebert, Democrat U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district, 1941 to 1977
Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, former member of the New Orleans City Council for District D, 2005 to 2014
Fred Heebe, New Orleans businessman
Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, former judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Jennifer Sneed Heebe, former state representative for Jefferson Parish and former member of the Jefferson Parish Council
David Heitmeier, state senator for District 7 since 2008, optometrist
Francis C. Heitmeier, state senator for District 7, 1988 to 2008; businessman and lobbyist
David Hennessy, police chief, assassinated in 1890
Theodore M. Hickey, New Orleans City Council member, 1958–1962; state senator, 1955–1957 and 1963–1984
Clay Higgins, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district; born in New Orleans in 1961
Stephanie Hilferty, Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, effective January 2016
Walker Hines, former state representative
Gerry E. Hinton, former state senator from St. Tammany Parish
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, army general, subordinate to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
Nita Rusich Hutter, college administrator and politician
Girod Jackson, III, state legislator for Jefferson Parish, 2008–2013; former New Orleans resident
John E. Jackson, state Republican party chairman, 1929 to 1934; Republican national committeeman, 1934 to 1952, practiced law in New Orleans
Bernette Joshua Johnson, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013, native and resident of New Orleans
Jeannette Knoll, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; reared and educated in New Orleans, where the court meets; resides in Marksville
Mary Landrieu, state representative, state treasurer, U.S. senator
Mitch Landrieu, state representative, lieutenant governor, mayor of New Orleans
Moon Landrieu, judge and politician, mayor of New Orleans
Hank Lauricella, former professional football player; state senator from Jefferson Parish, 1972–1996
Samuel Lawrason, attorney, authored the Lawrason Act on municipal government
Sam A. LeBlanc, III, New Orleans attorney, former state legislator, former temporary federal appeals court judge; retired to St. Francisville c. 2006
W. Burch Lee, state representative; clerk of court
Art Lentini, Metairie attorney who succeeded Hank Lauricella in the state senate (1996–2008)
Bob Livingston, Republican former U.S. Representative for 1st congressional district
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, a Confederate general
Nicholas Lorusso, Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes from 2007 to 2016
Bessie Margolin, labor lawyer
Virginia Martinez, Republican activist, treasurer of the 1980 and 1984 Republican National Conventions
Danny Martiny, state senator from Jefferson Parish, was born in New Orleans.
P.J. Mills, politician, businessman
A. Brown Moore, member of the New Orleans City Council from 1950 to 1957; decorated World War II veteran, lawyer, and businessman
Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader
Marc Morial, former mayor, son of Ernest Nathan Morial
Arthur A. Morrell, New Orleans lawyer; Clerk of court
Jean-Paul Morrell, New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
deLesseps Story Morrison, former mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States
deLesseps Morrison Jr., late state representative
William Mumford, Confederate resistor in Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War
Ray Nagin, former mayor of New Orleans
Kenneth L. Odinet Sr., state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes, 1988–2008
Michael H. O'Keefe, president of the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 1983; convicted felon
Alejandro O'Reilly, governor of Louisiana, known as "Bloody O'Reilly"
Lionel Ott, state senator from 1940 to 1945 and New Orleans Finance Commissioner from 1946 to 1954; candidate for lieutenant governor in 1952
Paul Pastorek, Louisiana state superintendent of education from 2007 to 2011; subsequently general council to Airbus Group, Inc.
James E. Paxton, district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District based in St. Joseph, practiced law in New Orleans from 1988 to 1993
Leander Perez, district judge, district attorney, and president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council
P.B.S. Pinchback, politician
Loulan Pitre, Jr., New Orleans lawyer and former state representative for Lafourche Parish
Edward Joseph Price, state representative for District 58, Gonzales businessman, and former resident of New Orleans
Andrew C. Querbes Sr., banker and mayor of Shreveport from 1902 to 1906; New Orleans native
William P. Quigley, activist attorney and academic
Max Rafferty, educator author and columnist, California politician, born in New Orleans in 1917
George W. Reese Jr., New Orleans lawyer; Republican political figure, senatorial nominee in 1960
Beth Rickey, political activist who opposed David Duke
Edward Ripoll, state representative for District 103, 1984–1988; original owner of Bud Rip's Bar in New Orleans, retired to St. Bernard Parish and died in 2006
Cokie Roberts, journalist, daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs
Angelo Roppolo, political consultant from Shreveport, born in New Orleans in 1920
James St. Raymond, businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish from 1988 to 1992
Tom Schedler, former state senator from St. Tammany Parish and current Louisiana secretary of state
Ed Scogin, former state representative from St. Tammany Parish
Pat Screen, Louisiana State University quarterback, lawyer, and former Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish
Ronal W. Serpas, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department since 2010
Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans from 1893 to 1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana from 1904 to 1948
James Z. Spearing, attorney, school board member, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1924–1931
Paul Spitzfaden, Republican mayor of Mandeville, 1984–1996; born in New Orleans, 1920
James Sutterfield, first Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Orleans Parish since Reconstruction; served 1970–1972
Dorothy Mae Taylor, first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House, 1971–1980; member of the New Orleans City Council, 1986–1994
Addison Roswell Thompson, perennial segregationist candidate for mayor of New Orleans and governor of Louisiana between 1954 and 1975
Ben C. Toledano, Republican nominee for mayor of New Orleans in 1970 and U.S. Senate in 1972; lawyer and author; New Orleans native, resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi, since 1991
A.P. Tureaud, attorney
Jorge Ubico, exiled president of Guatemala
José de Villamil (or José Villamil), father of the independence of Ecuador
Roger F. Villere Jr., politician, chairman of Louisiana Republican Party
David Vitter, U.S. Senator, 2005 to 2017
David Voelker, businessman
Frank Voelker Jr., lawyer, politician
John Volz, late U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, leader of the Louisiana Tigers during the US Civil War
Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012; superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, 2011
Robert Wilkie, National Security Assistant to the President
Alfred C. Williams, lawyer and state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012; born in New Orleans in 1951
Clint Williamson, US Ambassador, White House policy official, United Nations envoy
Peggy Wilson, member of the New Orleans City Council from 1986 to 1998
John Minor Wisdom, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Andrew Young, politician
Math, science, and invention
Ruth Benerito, inventor of wrinkle-free cotton
Alfred H. Clifford, mathematician
Isaac Cline, meteorologist and writer
Jan Hamer, organic chemist
Benjamin Morgan Harrod, civil engineer
Andrew Higgins, ship builder and inventor
Theodore K. Lawless, dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist
Emile Lamm, inventor
Abraham Louis Levin, physician and inventor of the Levin Tube
Levi Spear Parmley, inventor of dental floss
Mark Plotkin, ethnobotanist
John Leonard Riddell, inventor of the binocular microscope
Norbert Rilleaux, inventor, engineer
A. Baldwin Wood, inventor and engineer
August Alsina, singer/songwriter
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, musician
Phil Anselmo, musician
Louis Armstrong, musician and entertainer
B.G., rapper
Baby Boy Da Prince, rapper
Achille Baquet, musician
George Baquet, musician
Paul Barbarin, musician and composer
Dave Bartholomew, musician, composer, promoter
Sidney Bechet, musician
Better Than Ezra, rock group
Birdman aka Baby, rapper, producer, stunna
Big Freedia, bounce artist
Terence Blanchard, musician and composer
Buddy Bolden, musician, early jazz figure
James Booker, musician
Connee Boswell, singer, member of the Boswell Sisters singing group
Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, singer, member of the Boswell Sisters singing group
Martha Boswell, singer, member of the Boswell Sisters singing group
Jimmy Bower, guitarist, drummer
George Brunis, jazz trombonist
Collie Buddz, reggae/dancehall artist
Henry "Professor Longhair" Byrd, pianist, singer
C-Murder, rapper
Paul Caporino, songwriter, musician, lead singer of M.O.T.O.
Alton "Big Al" Carson, blues singer
Alex Chilton, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star
Choppa, rapper
Jon Cleary, funk and R&B musician
Lee Collins, jazz trumpeter
Harry Connick Jr., musician and entertainer
Cowboy Mouth, band
Barry Cowsill, musician
Curren$y, rapper
Edmond Dede, musician, composer
Fernando del Valle, operatic tenor
DJ Khaled, DJ
Dr. John, musician
Johnny Dodds, jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
Fats Domino, musician
Lee Dorsey, singer
Tom Drummond, bassist of Better Than Ezra
Champion Jack Dupree, pianist, singer
Frankie Dusen, jazz trombonist
Ernie K-Doe, singer, "Emperor of the Universe"
Lionel Ferbos, jazz musician
Rico Love, singer/songwriter
Frankie Ford, singer, entertainer
Pete Fountain, musician, clarinet player, jazz, pop, and swing
Frank Froeba, musician, jazz, pianist, band leader
The Funky Meters, musicians and singers
Kevin Gates, rapper
George Girard, musician
Victor Goines, jazz musician, dean of jazz at the Juilliard School
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, pianist and composer
Kevin Griffin, musician, lead singer for Better than Ezra
Donald Harrison, musician
Clarence "Frogman" Henry, singer and musician
Al Hirt, musician, trumpet, jazz, pop, and swing
Moses Hogan, musician, composer
Linda Hopkins, blues and gospel singer
Noah Howard, jazz musician
Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer
Jay Electronica, rapper and producer
N.O. Joe, music producer, musician
Little Sonny Jones, blues singer
Juvenile, rapper
Freddie Keppard, jazz cornetist
Kid Ory, musician
Earl King, musician
Papa Jack Laine, bandleader
Nick LaRocca, early jazz figure
Meghan Linsey, singer-songwriter, contestant from The Voice season 8
Lil' Fizz, singer, rapper
Lil Romeo, rapper
Lil Wayne, rapper
Lloyd, singer
Mac, rapper
Magic, rapper
Magnolia Shorty, New Orleans bounce artist
Mack Maine, rapper
Dave Malone, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, guitarist and vocalist in The New Orleans Radiators
Mannie Fresh, rapper, producer, disc jockey
Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter, and singer
Branford Marsalis, musician, alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones
Ellis Marsalis Jr., musician and educator, piano
Ellis Marsalis Sr., music patron, businessman and advocate
Jason Marsalis, musician (drums, vibraphone)
Wynton Marsalis, musician, trumpet, cornet, flumpet, flugelhorn
Master P, rapper, businessman, and mogul
Irvin Mayfield, musician
The Medicine Men, producers, singers (Mo B. Dick and Odell), rappers (KLC and Mo B. Dick)
The Meters, musicians and singers
Lizzie Miles, singer
Mr. Quintron, organist
Deacon John Moore, musician and bandleader
Jelly Roll Morton, musician and composer, early jazz figure
Mutemath, band
Mystick Krewe of Clearlight
Mystikal, rapper
The Neville Brothers, musicians and singers
Ivan Neville, phunk, R&B
Randy Newman, musician
Frank Ocean, singer
Joe "King" Oliver, musician
Lisette Oropesa, opera singer, soprano
Jimmy Palao, musician, bandleader
Earl Palmer, musician
Partners-N-Crime, rap duo
Nicholas Payton, musician
Marguerite Piazza, operatic soprano
Piggy D., bassist
George Porter Jr., musician
Louis Prima, musician (trumpet), singer, bandleader, entertainer, aka "The King of the Swing"
Professor Longhair, musician
The Radiators, rock band
Mac Rebennack, "Dr. John"
Rebirth Brass Band, band
Trent Reznor, musician, producer
Dawn Richard, former member of Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money
Jason Ross, Seven Mary Three frontman
Kermit Ruffins, jazz trumpeter, singer and composer
Paul Sanchez, singer-songwriter and guitarist
Silkk the Shocker, rapper
Bill Sinegal, bassist and songwriter
Skull Duggery, rapper
Soulja Slim, rapper
Brian Stoltz, musician, songwriter, record producer
Stooges Brass Band, New Orleans funk brass band
Supagroup, rock band
Irma Thomas, rhythm and blues singer, "Soul Queen of New Orleans"
Allen Toussaint, musician, composer, record producer
Trombone Shorty, trombone player
Turk, rapper
Spencer Williams, songwriter
Young V, rapper
Linnzi Zaorski
Zebra, band
Ashley Ambrose, former NFL player for several teams including the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints graduated from Alcee Fortier
Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints
Delvin Breaux, gridiron football player
Will Clark, former Major League Baseball star, infielder
Tazzie Colomb, IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter
Ernie Danjean, former Green Bay Packers linebacker
Orleans Darkwa, professional football player
Tom Dempsey, former MFL kicker, held longest field goal record for over 43 years
David Dixon, professional sports advocate for the New Orleans Saints, the Louisiana Superdome, USFL, World Championship Tennis
Scott Dohmann, pitcher, currently a free agent
Corey Dowden, former NFL defensive back
Clyde Drexler, former NBA star, Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Bobby Duhon, professional football player
Marshall Faulk, football star (St. Louis Rams)
Steve Foley, former defensive back for the Denver Broncos
Matt Forté, running back for the Chicago Bears
John Fourcade, former NFL and CFL quarterback, sports analyst
Nolan Franz, former Green Bay Packers wide receiver
Eddie Garcia, former Green Bay Packers placekicker
Tookie Gilbert, Major League Baseball player
Danny Granger, forward for the Detroit Pistons
Adrian Hardy, NFL player
Chris Henry, former NFL wide receiver
Chris Horton, Safety, Washington Redskins
Kevin Hughes, former NFL offensive tackle
Tory James, cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals
Avery Johnson, former National Basketball Association player, former coach of the Dallas Mavericks
Junkyard Dog, stage name of Sylvester Ritter, former professional wrestler
Robert Kelley, Washington Redskins running back
Shaun King, former NFL quarterback
Kerry Kittles, former NBA player for the New Jersey Nets
Michael Lewis, former New Orleans Saints wide receiver
Rydell Malancon, former NFL linebacker
Archie Manning, former New Orleans Saints quarterback, father of Peyton and Eli
Eli Manning, New York Giants quarterback
Peyton Manning, former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback
Pete Maravich, long-time player for the New Orleans Jazz professional basketball team
Sammy Martin, former New England Patriots running back
Tyrann Mathieu, Arizona Cardinals player
Bo McCalebb, Macedonian basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena
Max McGee, NFL player on five championship teams
Sylvester McGrew, former Green Bay Packers defensive end
Greg Monroe, college basketball player for Georgetown University
Paul Morphy, world chess champion
Eddie Murray, prolific NFL placekicker
Antonio Narcisse, football player
Mel Ott, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
Micah Owings, MLB pitcher
Robert Pack, former NBA player, current assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder
Audrey Patterson, first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal
Chris Quinn, former NBA player and current Miami Heat assistant coach
Eldridge Recasner, former NBA player
Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
Nate Singleton, former wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
Neil Smith, former defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs
Truett Smith, football player
Kordell Stewart, quarterback
Patrick Surtain, former NFL cornerback
Ron Swoboda, former New York Mets outfielder
Ike Taylor, cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers
Roosevelt Taylor, safety, 1963 NFL champion Chicago Bears
Taryn Terrell, professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Mike Wallace, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Ron Washington, longtime manager of the Texas Rangers
Reggie Wayne, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
Aeneas Williams, former corner back for the St. Louis Rams
Jason Williams (born 1983), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the National Basketball League of Israel
John "Hot Rod" Williams, longtime professional basketball player
Korey Williams, Canadian Football League player
Seymore D. Fair, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, World's first Expo Mascot in the history of World Expos
Ruby Bridges, commemorated for her role, as a child, in integration of the New Orleans Public School System
Betty DeGeneres, LGBT rights activist
Emmitt Douglas, former president of the Louisiana NAACP
David Ferrie, pilot investigated in the assassination of President Kennedy
Jean Margaret Gordon, suffragette
Kate M. Gordon, suffragette
J. D. Grey, pastor, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention
Margaret Haughery, philanthropist
Francis L. Hawks, clergyman
Marie Alice Heine, first American Princess of Monaco
Sir Lady Java, drag queen, actress and transgender rights activist
Blaine Kern, Mardi Gras float designer and builder
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect
Marie Laveau, "voodoo queen"
Jean Alexandre LeMat, inventor
Angélica María, Mexican entertainer, "La Novia de Mexico"
Frank H. Mayer, frontiersman
Eleanor McMain, civic activist
Sally Miller: The Lost German Slave Girl
Allison 'Tootie' Montana, Mardi Gras Indian, "chief of chiefs"
Paul Morphy, chess master
Homer Plessy, early civil rights activist
Babe Stovall, entertainer, "Mr. Bojangles"
Paul Tulane, benefactor of Tulane University
List of people from New Orleans Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
