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Academia

Will W. Alexander Will Winton Alexander (1884–1956) was chief executive officer of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC) as well as the first president of Dillard University. Early life and education Alexander was born in Marrisville, Missouri in 1884. ...

, first president of

Dillard University Dillard University is a private, historically black university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 and incorporating earlier institutions founded as early as 1869 after the American Civil War, it is affiliated with the United Church of Ch ...

and head of the

Commission on Interracial Cooperation The Commission on Interracial Cooperation (1918–1944) was an organization founded in Atlanta, Georgia, December 18, 1918, and officially incorporated in 1929. Will W. Alexander, pastor of a local white Methodist church, was head of the organizatio ...

Stephen Ambrose Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, most noted for his biographies of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Or ...

, historian and

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

professor *

William Balée William Balée (born 1954) is a professor of anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and educated at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology bef ...

, anthropologist and Tulane University professor *

Charles C. Bass Charles Cassidy Bass (January 29, 1875 – August 1975) was an American medical doctor and researcher on tropical medicine who made significant contributions to understanding malaria, hookworm, and other diseases.Rudolph Matas, New Orleans Medic ...

, physician and researcher in tropical medicine and

dental health Dental Public Health (DPH) is a para-clinical specialty of dentistry that deals with the prevention of oral disease and promotion of oral health. Dental public health is involved in the assessment of key dental health needs and coming up with eff ...

Elizabeth Bass Mary Elizabeth Bass (April 5, 1876 – January 26, 1956) was an American physician, educator and suffragist. She was the first of two women to become faculty members at the medical school of Tulane University along with Edith Ballard. Bass worked ...

, physician, educator, and

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

Stanhope Bayne-Jones Stanhope Bayne-Jones (November 6, 1888 – February 20, 1970) was an American physician, bacteriologist, medical historian and a United States Army medical officer with the rank of brigadier general. Early years Bayne-Jones was born on Nove ...

, physician, member of US Surgeon General's Committee linking

smoking Smoking is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke is typically breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. Most commonly, the substance used is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant, which have bee ...

to cancer * Joan W. Bennett, biologist and former

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

professor *

Florence Borders Florence Edwards Borders (February 24, 1924 – September 7, 2018) was an American archivist, historian, and librarian. She specialized in the preservation of African American historical artifacts, especially those related to Afro-Louisianans. ...

, archivist and historian at the

Amistad Research Center The Amistad Research Center (ARC) is an independent archives and manuscripts repository in the United States that specializes in the history of African Americans and ethnic minorities. It is one of the first institutions of its kind in the United ...

* Cyril Y. Bowers, physician and endocrinology researcher *

Rick Brewer Rick Brewer (born in Stanley, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick businessman and politician, and a former assistant pastor. Early life Brewer was the son of Richard C. Brewer and Emma Hanson. He was an assistant pastor in the Pentecostal Churc ...

, president of Louisiana College since 2015; born in New Orleans in 1956 *

Douglas Brinkley Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is the history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Histori ...

, historian, author and former University of New Orleans and Tulane University professor *

Brené Brown Casandra Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American professor, lecturer, author, and podcast host. Brown is known in particular for her research on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed TEDx talk in 2010. Since ...

, professor of social work; author *

George E. Burch George Edward Burch, M.D. (1910–1986) was a shaper of modern cardiology during the middle part of the twentieth century, whose accomplishments included elucidating the fundamental physiological basis of important cardiovascular diseases, in add ...

, pioneering physician, cardiovascular disease researcher, medical school professor * John R. Conniff, educator and university administrator *

Scott Cowen Scott S. Cowen (born 27 July 1946) is the President Emeritus and Distinguished University Chair of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and pr ...

, former president of Tulane University *

Michael DeBakey Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was a Lebanese-American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College ...

, pioneer in heart surgery *

Albert W. Dent Albert Walter Dent (1904–1984) was an academic administrator who served initially as Business administration, business administrator of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and later as University president, president of Dillard University (1941–1969), a ...

, president of

, chief executive of

Flint-Goodridge Hospital Flint-Goodridge Hospital was a hospital that was for many years located at 2425 Louisiana Avenue, next to LaSalle Street, in uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, US. For almost a century (1896–1983) it served predominantly African-American patients ...

James H. Dillard James Hardy Dillard (October 24, 1856 – August 2, 1940), also known as J. H. Dillard, was an educator from Virginia. The son of slaveholders, Dillard was educated at Washington and Lee University and held a variety of teaching positions. In 1891 ...

, educator, advocate for education of African-Americans * John Duffy, medical historian *

Michael T. Dugan Michael Timothy Dugan (born 1957) is an accounting academic, currently serving as Professor of Accounting at Augusta University. He is noted for research contributions in the area of predictive ability and market-based archival research. Peers ext ...

, educator and accounting scholar * Joseph Ewan, botanist and biology professor *

Alcée Fortier Alcée Fortier (June 5, 1856 – February 14, 1914) was a renowned Professor of Romance Languages at Tulane University in New Orleans. In the late 19th and early 20th century, he published numerous works on language, literature, Louisiana histor ...

, folklorist, historian, and university professor *

Mary L. Good Mary Lowe Good (June 20, 1931 – November 20, 2019) was an American inorganic chemist who worked academically, in industrial research and in government. Good contributed to the understanding of catalysts such as ruthenium which activate or speed ...

, scientist and university professor * Clifton H. Johnson, historian and founder of the

* Eamon Kelly, President of Tulane University *

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...

, educator * James A. Knight, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist *

Rudolph Matas Rudolph Matas (September 12, 1860 – September 23, 1957) was an American surgeon. He was born outside New Orleans in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, and spent much of his childhood in his parents' native land of Spain. Matas returned to New Or ...

, innovative surgeon at

Tulane Medical School The Tulane University School of Medicine is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and is a part of Tulane University. The school is located in the Medical District of the New Orleans Central Business District. History The school was ...

Gordon H. Mueller Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller (born 1940 Philadelphia) is an American historian and Founding President and CEO Emeritus of The National WWII Museum. Career He studied at the University of Vienna, and graduated from the University of North Caro ...

, historian and administrator at the University of New Orleans *

Alton Ochsner Alton Ochsner Sr. (May 4, 1896 – September 24, 1981) was an American surgeon and medical researcher who worked at Tulane University and other New Orleans hospitals before he established The Ochsner Clinic. Now known as Ochsner Medical Cen ...

, surgeon and medical researcher, founded the

Ochsner Medical Center Ochsner Medical Center, historically also known as Ochsner Clinic, Ochsner Hospital, and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, is a hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana, a short distance from the city limits of New Orleans. It is a part of Ochsner Health Syst ...

Max Rafferty Maxwell Lewis Rafferty Jr. (May 7, 1917 – June 13, 1982) was an American writer, educator, and politician. The author of several best-selling books about education, Rafferty served two terms as California State Superintendent of Public Instru ...

, public school administrator and writer *

Andrew V. Schally Andrzej Viktor "Andrew" Schally (born 30 November 1926) is an American endocrinologistAndrew V. Schally"Andrew V. Schally" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. of Polish ancestry, who was a corecipient, with Roger Guillemin and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, of ...

, endocrinologist and

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

* Mary S. Sherman, cancer researcher and physician *

Royal D. Suttkus Royal Dallas Suttkus (May 11, 1920, Bellville, Ohio – December 28, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia) was an ichthyologist and biology professor responsible for creating the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, one of the largest of its kind. It houses approx ...

, biologist, founder of a major ichthyology collection *

Lewis Thomas Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 – December 3, 1993) was an American physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. Thomas was born in Flushing, New York and attended Princeton University ...

, physician, researcher, and author of popular non-fiction *

Jeffrey Vitter Jeffrey Scott Vitter is a U.S. computer scientist and academic administrator. Born in 1955 in New Orleans, Vitter has served in several senior higher education administration posts. He is a former chancellor of the University of Mississippi (Ol ...

, computer scientist and Purdue University dean * Harold E. Vokes, zoologist and paleontologist

Architecture

Jean-Louis Dolliole Jean-Louis Dolliole (1779 – January 9, 1861) was an African-American architect in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, during the 19th century. He was a free man of color who also worked as a cabinetmaker, home builder, contractor, planter and leader ...

, architect-builder who was a free person of color in the Antebellum era * James Freret, architect, designed many 19th century homes in New Orleans *

William Alfred Freret William Alfred Freret, Jr. Will Freret"(b. in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 19, 1833; d. 1911) was an American architect. He served from 1887 to 1888 as head of the Office of the Supervising Architect, which oversaw construction of Federal bu ...

, architect, supervising architect for federal building in the 19th century *

James Gallier Jr. James Gallier Jr. (September 25, 1827 – May 16, 1868), was a prominent architect in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, James Gallier was also a New Orleans architect. James Gallier Jr. graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1848, ...

, architect, designed the

French Opera House The French Opera House, or ''Théâtre de l'Opéra'', was an opera house in New Orleans. It was one of the city's landmarks from its opening in 1859 until it was destroyed by fire in 1919. It stood in the French Quarter at the uptown lake corner o ...

in New Orleans * Moise H. Goldstein Sr., architect of extensive designs in the early 20th century * Henry Howard, 19th century Irish-American architect *

Richard Koch Richard John Koch (born 28 July 1950 in London) is a British management consultant, venture capital investor and author of books on management, marketing and lifestyle. Career Koch has an M.A. from Oxford University and an M.B.A. from Th ...

, architectural preservationist and photographer *

Albert C. Ledner Albert Charles Ledner (January 28, 1924 – November 14, 2017) was an American architect, known for his organic and modernist style of architecture. Among his designs are three buildings for the National Maritime Union, located in New York City, o ...

, 20th century architect *

Emile Weil Emile Weil (January 20, 1878 – January 19, 1945) was a noted architect of New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied with New Orleans artist William Woodward. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works i ...

, 20th century architect *

Leonard Spangenberg Leonard Reese Spangenberg Jr. (1925 ― 2007) was an architect whose residential and commercial designs were built primarily in New Orleans, Louisiana, although he had others elsewhere in North America and the Middle East. His training as an archi ...

, 20th century architect *

Leon C. Weiss Leon Charles Weiss (1882–1953) was an architect in the 20th century who designed various public buildings in Louisiana and Mississippi, especially during the 1930s. Many of Weiss's notable designs were commissioned by populist politician Huey Lo ...

, architect commissioned by

Huey P. Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...

Elizebeth Thomas Werlein Elizebeth Thomas Werlein (28 January 1883 – 24 April 1946) is considered responsible for the preservation of the French Quarter of New Orleans. She was also one of the first women to fly in a plane and she was a philanthropist in the city. Earl ...

, conservationist of the French Quarter of New Orleans

Arts and literature

Enrique Alferez Enrique () is the Spanish language, Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich (given name), Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, D ...

, sculptor *

John James Audubon John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictoria ...

, painter, ornithologist, naturalist *

Vernel Bagneris Vernel Martin Bagneris (born July 31, 1949) is an American playwright, actor, director, singer, and dancer. Early life Bagneris was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. He is the third child of Gloria Diaz Bagneris and Lawrence Bagneris, Sr. ...

, playwright, actor, director, singer, dancer *

E. J. Bellocq Ernest Joseph Bellocq (1873–3 October 1949) was an American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans' le ...

, photographer *

Eloise Bibb Thompson Eloise Bibb Thompson (June 26, 1878 – January 8, 1928) was an American educator, playwright, poet, and journalist. She married fellow journalist and activist Noah D. Thompson. Early life Eloise Alberta Veronica Bibb was born in New Orleans, Loui ...

, poet, fiction writer, and playwright *

Skip Bolen Skip Bolen is a Southern photographer of musicians, architecture, lifestyle and the culture of New Orleans. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, he moved to New Orleans where he began his publishing career as a designer and art director. After moving to ...

, photographer *

Roark Bradford Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford (August 21, 1896, Lauderdale County, Tennessee — November 13, 1948, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American short story writer and novelist. Life He attended University of California, Berkeley, and served as a ...

, fiction writer *

Poppy Z. Brite Billy Martin (born May 25, 1967), formerly Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author. He initially achieved fame in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections. He i ...

, writer *

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

, writer *

George Washington Cable George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist wor ...

, writer * Georgine Campbell, painter *

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

, writer *

John Churchill Chase John Churchill Chase (1905–1986) was a cartoonist and writer. He was known for his editorial cartoons and his works on the history of his native New Orleans and Louisiana in the United States. Career After high school in New Orleans, Chase atte ...

, writer and cartoonist *

Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (, also ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminis ...

, writer, feminist * Marcus Bruce Christian, poet, folklorist and historian *

Ben Claassen III Ben Claassen III is a comics artist and illustrator originally from New Orleans, Louisiana who frequently works with non-traditional media such as stencils, long exposure photography, sign painting techniques, and the use of stop-motion animation v ...

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

and

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...

, ''DIRTFARM'' *

Andrei Codrescu Andrei Codrescu (; born December 20, 1946) is a Romanian-born American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for National Public Radio. He is the winner of the Peabody Award for his film ''Road Scholar'' and the Ovid Prize for p ...

, poet and commentator * Florestine Perrault Collins, photographer * Alice Dalsheimer, poet *

Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is es ...

, artist * Thomas Dent, poet and writer *

George Washington Dixon George Washington Dixon (1801?Many biographies list his birth year as 1808, but Cockrell, ''Demons of Disorder'', 189, argues that 1801 is the correct date. This is based on Dixon's records at a New Orleans hospital, which list him as 60 years ol ...

, newspaper editor * Alexander John Drysdale, artist *

George Dureau George Valentine Dureau (December 28, 1930 – April 7, 2014) was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Robert Mappletho ...

, artist and photographer * Caroline Durieux, artist and printmaker *

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of ...

, writer * Elissa Minet Fuchs, ballerina *

Daniel F. Galouye Daniel Francis Galouye (11 February 1920 – 7 September 1976) was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines, sometimes writing ...

, science fiction writer *

Whitney Gaskell Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books. Biography Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Bac ...

, writer, attended

Tulane Law School Tulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,Rolland Golden Rolland Harve Golden (November 8, 1931 – July 1, 2019) was an American visual artist known mainly for his realism, abstract realism and "Borderline-Surrealisterm", a term he used to describe a style of his where the subject is "not entirely imp ...

, artist *

Shirley Ann Grau Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929August 3, 2020) was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender. In 1965 she w ...

, writer *

Lafcadio Hearn , born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (; el, Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χέρν, Patríkios Lefkádios Chérn, Irish language, Irish: Pádraig Lafcadio O'hEarain), was an Irish people, Irish-Greeks, Greek-Japanese people, Japanese writer, t ...

, writer *

Knute Heldner Knute Heldner (1875 – November 5, 1952) was a Swedish-American artist. Biography Knute August Heldner was born in the village Vederslöv in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden in 1875; some sources say 1877, or 1886 (also giving ...

, artist *

Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism. She was blacklisted aft ...

, writer *

George Herriman George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Krazy Kat'' (1913–1944). More influential than popular, ''Krazy Kat'' had an appreciative audience ...

, ''

Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ...

'' cartoonist *

Emma Churchman Hewitt Emma Churchman Hewitt (, Churchman; February 1, 1850 – 1921) was an American author and journalist. She served as associate editor of ''Ladies' Home Journal'' for four years; later of ''Home Magazine'' in Washington, D.C. and ''Leisure Hours'' i ...

, writer, journalist *

May Hyman Lesser May Hyman Lesser (1927 – July 24, 2001) was an American artist and medical illustrator. Life and education Her father was a doctor. Growing up, she spent time looking through her father's medical books and this is when her fascination w ...

, medical illustrator *

Walter Isaacson Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, ...

, writer, journalist, public policy analyst *

Frances Parkinson Keyes Frances Parkinson Keyes (July 21, 1885 – July 3, 1970) was an American author who wrote about her life as the wife of a U.S. Senator and novels set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. A convert to Roman Catholicism, her later works freq ...

, writer *

Grace King Grace Elizabeth King (November 29, 1852 – January 14, 1932) was an American author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and a leader in historical and literary activities. King began her literary career as a response to George Washin ...

, writer *

Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre (30 July 1931 – 2 December 2022) was a French author. Life Dominique Lapierre was born in Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime, France. At the age of thirteen, he travelled to the U.S. with his father who was a diplomat ...

, writer *

Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thri ...

, author *

Michael Lewis Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) Gale Biography In Context. is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to '' Vanity Fair'' since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. H ...

, writer * Shantrelle P. Lewis, curator *

Bunny Matthews Will Bunn "Bunny" Matthews III (February 15, 1951 – June 1, 2021) was an American cartoonist and writer from the Greater New Orleans Area. He is best known for his depictions of New Orleans characters and local dialect, especially Vic and ...

, cartoonist * Louis-Alphonse Maureau, painter * Robert Bledsoe Mayfield, artist * John McCrady, artist *

James Michalopoulos James Michalopoulos (born 1951) is an American painter and sculptor. He is best known for his colorful interpretations of New Orleans. He has painted the landscape surrounding his home in Burgundy, France; cityscapes and street life in San Franci ...

, artist *

Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary (1866–1948) was an American painter known for her still life paintings and landscapes. Biography Molinary née Seebold was born on August 13, 1866, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Frederic W ...

, artist *

Gertrude Morgan Sister Gertrude Morgan (April 7, 1900 – July 8, 1980) was a self-taught African-American artist, musician, poet and preacher. Born in LaFayette, Alabama, she relocated to New Orleans in 1939, where she lived and worked until her death in 1980. ...

, artist, musician, poet and preacher *

Sergio Rossetti Morosini Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born 1953) is a Brazilian-American Scholar, artist and author of Venetian extraction who served as Brazil's Cultural attaché in New Orleans and is dedicated to preserving the Atlantic Forest and restoring the art in st ...

, diplomat, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, naturalist *

Alice Dunbar Nelson Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved i ...

, poet, journalist and political activist *

Isadora Newman Isadora Newman (April 23, 1878 – 1955) was an American artist, poet, writer, playwright and storyteller. She was born and raised in New Orleans and her work reflected the influences of her youth, particularly the African American and Creole cul ...

, artist, poet, storyteller, sculptor *

David Ohle David Ohle is an American writer, novelist, and a lecturer at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. After receiving his M.A. from KU, he taught at the University of Texas at Austin from 1975 to 1984. In 2002 he began teaching fiction writing and s ...

, writer * Paul E. Poincy, artist * Bart Ramsey, composer, author, singer and jazz musician *

Matthew Randazzo V Matthew Randazzo V (born March 13, 1984) is an American true crime writer and historian originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, who currently lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. Randazzo is of Sicilian-American, Isleño and Cajun desc ...

, writer *

Anne Rice Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature. She was best known for her series of novels ''The Vampire Chronicles''. B ...

, writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction *

John T. Scott John Tarrell Scott (June 30, 1940 – September 1, 2007) was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, collagist, and MacArthur Fellow. The works of Scott meld abstraction with contemporary techniques infused with references to traditional Afri ...

, artist and sculptor *

Kendall Shaw George Kendall Shaw (March 30, 1924 – October 18, 2019) was an American painter who was based in New Orleans, with a career spanning a number of art styles—ranging from abstract expressionism to pop art to minimalism to pattern and design t ...

, abstract expressionist painter *

John Kennedy Toole John Kennedy Toole (; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana whose posthumously published novel, ''A Confederacy of Dunces'', won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981; he also wrote ''The N ...

, writer of ''

A Confederacy of Dunces ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) a ...

'' *

Alexandrea Weis Alexandrea Weis (born in New Orleans) is an American novelist. She was educated as a nurse. She has written a number of novels about New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,Lucille Western Pauline Lucille Western (born in New Orleans, 8 January 1843; died in Brooklyn, New York, 11 January 1877) was an American stage actress .* See also prior listing, "Western, Helen". Biography Her parents were actors. She made her first appearance ...

, actress * William Woodward, painter

Business and economics

* Frank Abadie, businessman and horse race promoter. * Micaela Almonester, 19th-century businesswoman and real estate developer * George Bissell, entrepreneur, founded the first oil company in the United States *

Isaac Delgado Isaac Delgado (1839–1912) was a businessman and sugar dealer who migrated from Jamaica to New Orleans in the late nineteenth century. His success in business made him sufficiently wealthy to become a significant benefactor with philanthropic i ...

, businessman and philanthropist, benefactor of

Delgado Community College Delgado Community College (DCC) is a public community college in Louisiana with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its current campuses are in New Orleans (Orleans Parish) and in Jefferson Parish. The original main campus—Ci ...

* Constant C. Dejoie Sr., business leader *

William C. Edenborn William C. Edenborn (1848–1926) was an inventor, steel industrialist, and railroad magnate. He patented the design for a machine for inexpensive manufacture of barbed wire. Edenborn founded the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, which op ...

, railroad magnate, industrialist and inventor * Charles E. Fenner, businessperson, co-founder of Fenner & Beane, a forerunner of Merrill Lynch *

Ruth Fertel Ruth Ann Udstad Fertel (February 5, 1927April 16, 2002) was a Louisiana businesswoman, best known as the founder of Ruth's Chris Steak Houses, which was founded in 1965. Early life and teaching Ruth Ann Udstad was born into a poor family of Als ...

, businesswoman, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse *

Avram Glazer Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...

, businessman and sports franchise owner *

Leon Godchaux Leon Godchaux (June 10, 1824 – May 18, 1899) was a French-born American businessman, planter, sugar plantation owner and the founder of the Leon Godchaux Clothing Co. department store and Godchaux Sugars Inc.. He lived in Louisiana, where the " ...

, businessman and sugar merchant * Daniel Henry Holmes, 19th-century businessman *

Victor Kiam Victor Kermit Kiam II (December 7, 1926 – May 27, 2001) was an American entrepreneur and TV spokesman for Remington Products, and the owner of the New England Patriots football team from 1988–1991. He was well known for his turnaround of Remi ...

, entrepreneur *

Thomy Lafon Thomy Lafon (December 28, 1810– December 23, 1893) was a Creole of color teacher, businessman, and philanthropist in New Orleans. Biography He was born free on December 28, 1810, to a mixed-race, francophone family. His mother, Modeste ...

, businessman, human rights activist *

John McDonogh John McDonogh (December 29, 1779 – October 26, 1850) was an American entrepreneur whose adult life was spent in south Louisiana and later in Baltimore. He made a fortune in real estate and shipping, and as a slave owner, he supported the Ameri ...

(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 *

Oliver Pollock Oliver Pollock (1737, Bready, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland – December 17, 1823, Pinckneyville, Mississippi) was a merchant and financier of the American Revolutionary War, of which he has long been considered a historically undervalued fi ...

, merchant, financier of the American Revolutionary War *

Benjamin M. Rosen Benjamin "Ben" M. Rosen (born March 11, 1933) is the former chairman and former acting chief executive officer of Compaq and a co-founder of Sevin Rosen Funds. Early life Rosen was born to a Jewish family in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 11, 1 ...

, computer entrepreneur *

John G. Schwegmann John Gerald Schwegmann (August 12, 1911 March 6, 1995) was an American businessman, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. In 1971, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Louisia ...

, supermarket innovator *

Clay Shaw Clay LaVergne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was an American businessman and military officer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Shaw is best known for being the only person brought to trial for involvement in the assassination of John F. ...

, businessman *

Edgar B. Stern Sr Edgar Bloom Stern Sr. (1886–1959) was an American leader in civic, racial, business and governmental affairs for the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was successful at an early age in the cotton business in New Orleans, later diversifying into ...

, businessperson and philanthropist * Patrick F. Taylor, businessperson and philanthropist *

Judah Touro Judah Touro (June 16, 1775 – January 18, 1854) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Early life and career Touro's father Isaac Touro of Holland was chosen as the hazzan at the Touro Synagogue in 1762, a Portuguese Sephardic congre ...

, businessman and philanthropist * Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil (1783–1843), businessman * Philip P. Werlein, music publisher and retailer *

Samuel Zemurray Samuel Zemurray (born Schmuel Zmurri; January 18, 1877 – November 30, 1961), nicknamed "Sam the Banana Man", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company and later became president ...

, businessman and philanthropist

Cuisine

* Owen Brennan, restaurateur *

Leah Chase Leyah (Leah) Chase (née Lange; January 6, 1923 – June 1, 2019) was an American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana. An author and television personality, she was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine, advocating both African-American art and ...

, chef *

Al Copeland Alvin Charles Copeland (February 2, 1944 – March 23, 2008) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Popeyes fast food chain. He was also a successful restaurateur who created many successful upscale restaurants. Personal life Born in New Or ...

, restaurateur, Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and

Copeland's Copeland's is a restaurant chain started by New Orleans native Al Copeland in 1983. It offers New Orleans-style cuisine and a casual sit-down family friendly atmosphere. Significantly expanding in the 1990s, it claimed more than 40 locations in 1 ...

restaurants *

, restaurateur,

Ruth's Chris Steak House Ruth's Chris Steak House is a chain of over 100 steakhouses across the United States, Canada and Mexico. On May 22, 2008, the company underwent rebranding and became part of Ruth's Hospitality Group after its acquisition of Mitchell's Fish Mark ...

Beulah Levy Ledner Beulah Levy Ledner (January 5, 1894 – March 30, 1988) was a dessert and pastry chef in New Orleans, Louisiana, who was most noted for her invention of Doberge cakes, which were an adaptation for Louisiana tastes of the Hungarian/Austrian dish d ...

, pastry chef *

Austin Leslie Austin Leslie (July 2, 1934 – September 29, 2005) was an internationally famous New Orleans, Louisiana, chef whose work defined ' Creole Soul'. He died in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 71 after having been evacuated from New Orleans; he ...

, chef

Crime

Axeman of New Orleans The Axeman of New Orleans was an unidentified American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding communities, including Gretna, Louisiana, Gretna, from May 1918 to October 1919. Press reports during the height of public pa ...

, mysterious mass murderer *

Sylvestro Carolla Silvestro Carollo (, ; June 17, 1896 – June 26, 1970), nicknamed "Silver Dollar Sam", was an Italian-American mob boss, boss of the New Orleans crime family. He transformed the New Orleans's Black Hand gang into a Cosa Nostra crime family, and a ...

, mafia boss *

Wilson Chouest Wilson Claude Chouest Jr. () (born December 2, 1951) is an American criminal known for the murders of two women, one of whom remains unidentified, in the state of California, both occurring within days of each other in July 1980. He has a histor ...

, serial rapist and killer of two women in California *

Antoinette Frank Antoinette Renee Frank (born April 30, 1971) is a former officer of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) who, on March 4, 1995, committed a violent armed robbery at a restaurant which resulted in the killing of two members of the Vietnamese- ...

, former New Orleans Police Officer * Ivory Harris, drug trafficker and weapons trafficker *

Jean Lafitte Jean Lafitte ( – ) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". Thi ...

, pirate and brother of Pierre Lafitte *

Pierre Lafitte Pierre Lafitte (1770–1821) was a pirate in the Gulf of Mexico and smuggler in the early 19th century. He also ran a blacksmith shop in New Orleans, his legitimate business. Pierre was historically less well known than his younger brother, Jean ...

, pirate and brother of Jean Lafitte *

Delphine LaLaurie Marie Delphine Macarty or MacCarthy (March 19, 1787 – December 7, 1849), more commonly known as Madame Blanque or, after her third marriage, as Madame LaLaurie, was a New Orleans socialite and serial killer who tortured and murdered slave ...

, socialite and sadist *

Carlos Marcello Carlos Joseph Marcello (; born Calogero Minacore ; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s. Aside from his role in the American Mafia, he is also n ...

, businessman and mafia boss *

Lee Harvey Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at the age of 12 fo ...

, assassin * Ronald A. Williams II, murdered New Orleans police officer

Fictional

Mr. Bingle Mr. Bingle is a fictional character marketed and sold by department store Dillard's during the holiday season. Originating as a mascot of the Maison Blanche department store in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mr. Bingle has become an important part of ...

, snowman that assisted

Santa Claus Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a Legend, legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring ...

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 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularize ...

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

Louis de Pointe du Lac Louis de Pointe du Lac is a fictional character in Anne Rice's '' The Vampire Chronicles'' series. He begins his life as a mortal man and later becomes a vampire. He is the protagonist who tells his story in ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1 ...

, vampire appearing in

's ''

The Vampire Chronicles ''The Vampire Chronicles'' is a series of gothic horror novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18t ...

'' *

Ignatius J. Reilly ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) a ...

, hero of John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces (1980) *

Seymore D. Fair Seymore D. Fair (a.k.a. Seymour D. Fair, and sometimes called Seymore de Faire or Seymour d'Fair) is a cartoon animal and costumed character who was the official mascot of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. An anthropomorphic white pelican, Seym ...

, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Mascot, celebrity cartoon character, advocate for animal, people, and planet welfare *

Gambit A gambit (from Italian , the act of tripping someone with the leg to make them fall) is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices with the aim of achieving a subsequent advantage. The word ''gambit'' is also sometimes used to describe simi ...

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

superhero A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using his or her powers to help the world become a better place, ...

(

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...

) *

Marcel Gerard Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...

, vampire appearing in

Julie Plec Julie Plec (born May 26, 1972) is an American television producer, writer and director, known for her work on The CW television series ''The Vampire Diaries'' (2009–2017) which she co-created with Kevin Williamson, and its spin-offs '' The Or ...

's '' The Originals'' *

Hazel Levesque A description of most characters featured in various mythology series by Rick Riordan. Overview List indicator(s) * A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to ...

, previous residence before moving and first death, appearing in ''

Heroes of Olympus ''The Heroes of Olympus'' is a pentalogy of fantasy-adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan. The novels detail a conflict between Greek demigods, Roman demigods, and Gaia (Roman name Terra). In the fourth book of the series, ...

'' by Rick Riordan *

Morgus the Magnificent Morgus the Magnificent, also known as Momus Alexander Morgus, is a fictional character created and portrayed by actor Sidney Noel Rideau (aka Sid Noel). From the late 1950s into the 1980s Morgus was a "horror host" of late-night science fiction ...

, mad scientist and horror movie host * Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride, NCIS Supervisory Agent, '' NCIS: New Orleans'' *

Benjamin Sisko Benjamin Lafayette Sisko is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise portrayed by Avery Brooks. He first appeared in the television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (''DS9'') and became prominent on the TV show in the United ...

Starfleet Starfleet is a fictional organization in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. Within this fictional universe, Starfleet is a uniformed space force maintained by the United Federation of Planets ("the Federation") as the principal means for conduc ...

captain ('' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'') *

Princess Tiana Tiana is a fictional character in Walt Disney Pictures' 49th animated feature film ''The Princess and the Frog'' (2009). Created by writers and directors Ron Clements and John Musker and animated by Mark Henn, Tiana, as an adult, is voiced by An ...

, heroine of

Disney's The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

animated film ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American Animation, animated musical film, musical fantasy film, fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The List of Walt Disney Anima ...

Film and television

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (; born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Black Manta in the superhero films ''Aquaman'' (2018) and ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' (2023), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama ' ...

, actor *

Bryan Batt Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series ''Mad Men'' as Salvatore Romano, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in mo ...

, actor *

Sandra Bullock Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sandra Bullock, various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was ...

, actress, resident *

Kitty Carlisle Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn; September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American actress, singer, and spokeswoman for the arts. She was the leading lady of the Marx Brothers movie '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) and was a regular ...

, entertainer * Paul Carr, actor *

John Carroll John Carroll may refer to: People Academia and science *Sir John Carroll (astronomer) (1899–1974), British astronomer *John Alexander Carroll (died 2000), American history professor *John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003), American cognitive sci ...

, actor and singer *

Laura Cayouette Laura Cayouette (born July 11, 1964) is an American actress. Early life Cayouette was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland. Laura graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a BA in English, then graduated a year ...

, actor and author *

Patricia Clarkson Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades incl ...

, actress *

Marshall Colt Marshall Colt (born October 26, 1948) is an American management consultant and combat-decorated, former captain in the United States Navy in San Diego, who was an actor in film and television from 1976 to 1995. He co-starred in the films ''Nort ...

, psychologist and former actor *

Frank Joseph Davis Frank Joseph Davis (1942—2013) was a radio and television personality in New Orleans, Louisiana, distinguished by his tag line "Naturally N'Awlins" that concluded his on-air interviews. He served New Orleans television station WWL-TV and its radi ...

, television journalist and cookbook author *

Bianca Del Rio Roy R. Haylock (born June 27, 1975), better known by the stage name Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer. She is known for winning the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Since her time on ''Drag R ...

, drag queen and comedian *

Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in the sitcom ''Ellen'' from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for " The Puppy Episode". Sh ...

, comedian, talk show host *

Vance DeGeneres Vance Elliott DeGeneres (born September 2, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, musician, film producer and screenwriter, known for his work in television and movies. Early life DeGeneres was born at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, Louisiana t ...

, actor,

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, and musician (bass) * Raquel "Rocsi" Diaz, television host and personality on

BET Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los A ...

's ''

106 and Park ''106 & Park'' is an American hip hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that was broadcast on weekdays at 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT on BET; it aired on a one-day delay on BET International. It was the network's highest- rate ...

'' *

Faith Domergue Faith Marie Domergue (; June 16, 1924 or 1925 – April 4, 1999) was an American film and television actress. Discovered at age sixteen by media and aircraft mogul Howard Hughes, she was signed to a contract with Hughes' RKO Radio Pictur ...

, actress *

Donna Douglas Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1962–1971). Following her acting career, Douglas became ...

, actress (Ellie Mae from ''The Beverly Hillbillies'') *

Allison Harvard Allison Elizabeth Harvard Burke is an American model, artist, actress, and Internet celebrity, best known as the runner-up of both ''America's Next Top Model'' Cycles 12 and '' 17: All-Stars''. Harvard has appeared on a number of magazine cover ...

, runner-up of twelfth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' * Dwight Henry, actor *

Gloria Henry Gloria Henry (born Gloria Eileen McEniry; April 2, 1923 – April 3, 2021) was an American actress, best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis' mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the Columbia Broadcasting Company, CBS family sitcom ''Dennis t ...

, actress born in New Orleans in 1923 *

Cheryl Holdridge Cheryl Lynn Holdridge ('' née'' Phelps; June 20, 1944 – January 6, 2009) was an American actress, best known as an original cast member of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. Early life Holdridge was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother, Juli ...

, actress and Mouseketeer *

Indigo Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', m ...

, actress *

Eddie Jemison Edward Francis Jemison, Jr. (born November 25, 1963) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Livingston Dell in the '' Ocean's'' film trilogy and Mickey Duka in ''The Punisher'', as well as the television series ''Hu ...

, actor *

Bayn Johnson Bayn Johnson (born November 4, 1958) is a former American actress, electric guitarist and singer. She may be best known as Kelly, the female blonde-haired band/group member of the Short Circus in seasons 3-4 of the PBS children's television seri ...

, former child actress and singer *

Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler, who was o ...

, actress *

Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the '' Road to...'' movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing ...

, actress *

John Larroquette John Bernard Larroquette (; born November 25, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the NBC military drama series '' Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1976–1978), the NBC sitcom ''Night Court'' (1984–1992; for which he recei ...

, actor *

Sabrina LeBeauf Sabrina Marie Le Beauf (born March 21, 1958) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sondra Huxtable on the NBC situation comedy ''The Cosby Show''. She has voiced the character Norma Bindlebeep on the Nick at Nite animated series ...

, actress *

Anthony Mackie Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor. Mackie made his acting debut starring in the semi-biographical drama film '' 8 Mile'' (2002). He was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his per ...

, actor *

Evan Mather Evan Mather (born 25 February 1970) is an American landscape architect, urban designer, and filmmaker. He is primarily known for his work in the genre of web film specifically the reconfiguration of personal histories and exploration of memory lan ...

, director *

Tristin Mays Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the ''MacGyver'' series on CBS who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation. Early life and education Mays' parents, Viveca and Mi ...

, actress *

Adah Isaacs Menken Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15, 1835August 10, 1868) was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time.Palmer, Pamela Lynn"Adah Isaacs Menken" ''Handbook of Texas Online,'' published by the Texas State Histor ...

, actress *

Taylor Miller Taylor Miller (born August 18, 1953) is an American soap opera actress. Acting She is best known for her role as Nina Cortlandt on ABC Daytime's '' All My Children'' (''AMC''), which she played from 1979 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1989. Miller re ...

, actress *

Garrett Morris Garrett Isaac Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program ''Saturday Night Live'', appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on ''The Jeffersons'' ...

, comedian (''SNL''), actor *

Ed Nelson Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Michael Rossi in the television series '' Peyton Place''. Nelson appeared in episodes of many TV programs, more than 50 mov ...

, actor *

Arthel Neville Arthel Helena Neville (born October 20, 1962) is an American journalist, television personality, and weekend anchor for Fox News, based in Manhattan alongside co-anchor Eric Shawn. Neville is the daughter of Doris Neville and Art Neville, a Gramm ...

, journalist * Chris Owens, burlesque performer and entrepreneur *

Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American retired actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series '' NCIS'' from 2003 to 2018. Early life Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised throughout the so ...

, actress *

Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of the Madea character, a tough elderly woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmak ...

, actor, director *

Wendell Pierce Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles both on the stage and screen. He first gained notoriety portra ...

, actor, Detective Bunk Moreland in ''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American Crime film, crime drama Television show, television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The ...

'' *

Godfrey Reggio Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films. Life Reggio was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to an old and distinguished Louisiana family descended from Francesco M. de Reggio, an Italian noblem ...

, experimental filmmaker/documentarian (''

Qatsi alt=logo, thumb The ''Qatsi'' trilogy is the informal name given to a series of non-narrative films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass: * '' Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance'' (1982) * '' Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation' ...

'' trilogy) *

Stassi Schroeder Nastassia Bianca Schroeder Clark (born June 24, 1988) is an American television personality, podcast host, fashion blogger, model and author. She is best known for appearing on Bravo's reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules'' (2013–2020). ...

, tv personality model and author * Al Shea, actor and theatre critic *

Neferteri Shepherd Neferteri Sheba Shepherd (born September 8, 1980, now ''Neferteri Plessy'') is an African-American model and actress. She is ''Playboy''s Playmate of the Month for July 2000 and has appeared in ''Playboy'' videos. Shepherd is also a mother of tw ...

, model and actress * Sydney Shields, stage actress *

Richard Simmons Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons (born July 12, 1948) is an American fitness personality and public figure, known for his eccentric, flamboyant, and energetic personality. He has promoted weight-loss programs, most prominently through his ''Swe ...

, entertainer *

Harold Sylvester Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor. Early life and education Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University. Turning ...

, film actor *

Jay Thomas Jay Thomas (born Jon Thomas Terrell; July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. He was heard in New York from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in L ...

, actor *

Sam Trammell Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Merlotte on the HBO fantasy drama series ''True Blood''. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Mil ...

, actor, best known for his role as

Sam Merlotte Sam Merlotte is a fictional character from ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series'' by author Charlaine Harris. Sam lives in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, and is the owner of a bar named Merlotte's. Sam has stra ...

in ''

True Blood ''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development. The serie ...

'' *

Ben Turpin Bernard "Ben" Turpin (September 19, 1869 – July 1, 1940) was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films. His trademarks were his cross-eyed appearance and adeptness at vigorous physical comedy. Turpin wo ...

, silent film comedian *

Ray Walston Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, well known as the title character on ''My Favorite Martian''. His other major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis (''South Paci ...

, actor *

Carl Weathers Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an American actor and former professional football player. He is known for his roles as boxer Apollo Creed in the first four ''Rocky'' films (1976–85), George Dillon in ''Predator'' (1987), Action Jac ...

, actor, football player * Walter Williams, creator of

Mr. Bill Mr. Bill is a clay figurine star of a parody of children's clay animation shows created by Walter Williams in 1974. "The Mr. Bill Show" got its start on ''Saturday Night Live'' as a series of Super 8 films sent in in response to the show's request ...

Tommy Wiseau Thomas P. Wiseau ( or ) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for writing, producing, directing, and starring in the 2003 film ''The Room'', which has been described by many critics as one of the List of films considered the worst, w ...

, actor, director *

Cora Witherspoon Cora Witherspoon (January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1957) was an American stage and film character actress whose career spanned nearly half a century. She began in theatre where she remained rooted even after entering motion pictures in the ...

, actress *

Reese Witherspoon Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, she ...

, actress *

Grace Zabriskie Grace Zabriskie (' Caplinger; born May 17, 1941) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Sarah Palmer in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), Lois Henrickson in '' ...

, actress

Journalism

Jim Amoss Walter James Amoss III (born October 22, 1947) is former editor of ''The Times-Picayune''. Under his leadership and that of the publisher, Ashton Phelps Jr., the paper won two Pulitzer Prizes in 1997 for public service and editorial cartooning, ...

, journalist and newspaper editor *

Jason Berry Jason Berry (born 1949) is an American investigative reporter, author and film director based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is known for pioneering investigative reporting on sexual abuse in the priesthood of the Catholic Church. Life He att ...

, investigative journalist and historian * David Bernard, television meteorologist *

James Carville Chester James Carville Jr. (born October 25, 1944) is an American political consultant, author, and occasional actor who has strategized for candidates for public office in the United States and in at least 23 nations abroad. A Democrat, he is an ...

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

political consultant and pundit * Buddy Diliberto, sports journalist *

Dorothy Dix Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (November 18, 1861 – December 16, 1951), widely known by the pen name Dorothy Dix, was an American journalist and columnist. As the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists, Dix was America's highest paid ...

, journalist * Christopher Drew, investigative reporter * Charles L. "Pie" Dufour, newspaper columnist and historian * Hap Glaudi, television sportscaster * Victor Gold, journalist and political consultant, reared in New Orleans *

Bryant Gumbel Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's ''Today''. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hosted H ...

, television anchor *

Greg Gumbel Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946) is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments for CBS Sports (most notably, the National Football League and NCAA basketball). The older brother of news and sportscaster Bryan ...

, television sportscaster *

Ira B. Harkey Jr. Ira B. Harkey Jr. (January 15, 1918 – October 8, 2006) was an American writer, professor of journalism, and editor and publisher of the ''Pascagoula Chronicle-Star'' in Mississippi from 1951 to 1963. Harkey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize f ...

, newspaper journalist, civil rights advocate * Jim Henderson, television sportscaster *

Iris Kelso Iris Turner Kelso (December 10, 1926 – November 2, 2003) was a Mississippi-born journalist who worked for three newspapers in New Orleans, Louisiana, including the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''. Background Iris Turner was born in Philadel ...

, journalist for three New Orleans newspapers and

WDSU WDSU (channel 6) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on Howard Avenue in the city's Central Business District, and its transmitte ...

television commentator *

Hoda Kotb Hoda Kotb ( ; arz, هدى قطب, ''Hudā Quṭb''; ; born August 9, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show ''Today'' and co-host of its entertainment ...

, television anchor *

Mel Leavitt Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...

, television journalist and historian * Angus Lind, newspaper journalist * Wayne Mack, television sportscaster *

John Maginnis John Edward Maginnis (7 March 1919 – 7 July 2001) was a Northern Irish politician. He was Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Armagh from 1959 until he stood down at the February 1974 general election. He stood unsuccessfully for the Un ...

, journalist, political commentator, and author of ''The Last Hayride'', ''The Cross to Bear'', and ''The Politics of Reform'' * Ora Mae Lewis Martin, journalist *

Mary Matalin Mary Joe Matalin (born August 19, 1953) is an American political consultant well known for her work with the Republican Party. She has served under President Ronald Reagan, was campaign director for George H. W. Bush, was an assistant to Preside ...

Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa *Republican Party (Liberia) * Republican Part ...

political consultant *

Bill Monroe William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre take ...

, NBC television journalist *

, television anchor *

Cokie Roberts Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts (née Boggs; December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019) was an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, ...

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

television journalist and commentator for

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...

Nash Roberts Nash Charles Roberts Jr. (April 13, 1918 – December 18, 2010) was a New Orleans, Louisiana-based meteorologist widely known for the accuracy of his hurricane forecasts. He began his career in weather during World War II. He worked for Admiral ...

, television meteorologist *

Garland Robinette Charles Garland Robinette (born August 21, 1943 in Boutte, Louisiana) is a journalist in the New Orleans area. He was recently the host of "The Think Tank" on New Orleans radio station WWL (AM). Robinette was a news anchor and investigative repo ...

, investigative journalist *

Louis Charles Roudanez Louis Charles Roudanez, M.D. (1823-1890) was an American physician and newspaper publisher. He founded the first African-American newspaper in the American South, ''L'Union'' (1862-1864), which was the first bilingual (French-English) newspaper fo ...

, founder of ''

The New Orleans Tribune ''The New Orleans Tribune'' was a newspaper serving the African-American community of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first Black daily newspaper in the United States. History The ''Tribune'' was founded in 1864 by Dr. Louis Charles Roudane ...

'' newspaper *

Lyle Saxon Lyle Saxon (18911946) was a writer and journalist who reported for ''The Times-Picayune'' in New Orleans, Louisiana. He directed the Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration (WPA) guide to Louisiana. Life Saxon was born on Septem ...

, journalist *

Howard K. Smith Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 – February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as th ...

, television anchorman *

Ronnie Virgets Ronald Edward Virgets (April 4, 1942 – May 20, 2019) was an American writer, commentator, and journalist. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, he lived there for most of his life. Background Virgets attended Sacred HeartElementary School, St ...

, writer and broadcast journalist

Law, politics, and military

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...

, former member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...

from Jefferson Parish since 2012; born in New Orleans. *Reverend

Avery Alexander Avery Caesar Alexander (June 29, 1910 – March 5, 1999) was an American civil rights leader and politician. He graduated from Union Baptist Theological Seminary and was ordained into the Baptist ministry in 1944. He was elected to the Louisiana ...

, civil rights leader, state legislator *

Andres Almonaster y Rojas ''Don'' Andrés Almonaster y Roxas de Estrada (June 19, 1724 in Mairena del Alcor, Spain – April 26, 1798 in New Orleans, ''Luisiana'') was a Spanish civil servant and philanthropist of New Orleans, today chiefly remembered for his nume ...

, Spanish civil servant in colonial New Orleans, also a philanthropist * Jeff Arnold, former member of the Louisiana House for the

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

section, 2002–2016 * John B. Babcock, Medal of Honor recipient *

Amy Coney Barrett Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to serve on the court, she was nominated by President Donald Trump and has served since October 27, 2020. S ...

U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

Justice and academic * Jean J. Beaufort,

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

corporal and

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

recipient in the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

P.G.T. Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 - February 20, 1893) was a Confederate general officer of Louisiana Creole descent who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly ...

, Confederate general and inventor *

Clyde F. Bel Jr. Clyde Francis Bel Jr. (June 11, 1932 – September 6, 2014) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 28th and 90th district of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Bel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son ...

, businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish, 1964–1972 and 1975–1980 *

Judah P. Benjamin Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English ba ...

, U.S. Senator, Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War and Secretary of State *

David H. Berger David Hilberry Berger (born December 21, 1959) is a United States Marine Corps four-star general currently serving as the 38th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. Since his commissioning in 1981, he has served in a variety of command an ...

, commandant of the United States Marine Corps *

Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...

, former U.S. Representative *

Lindy Boggs Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Cong ...

, former U.S. Representative and retired U.S. Ambassador to The Vatican *

Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. (September 18, 1940 – September 15, 2014) was an American lawyer and Lobbying, lobbyist based in Washington, D.C. Biography Boggs was the son of Hale Boggs, Thomas Hale Boggs (1914–1972), a United States House of Rep ...

, lawyer/lobbyist in

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

, born in New Orleans in 1940, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs, brother of

and

Barbara Boggs Sigmund Barbara Boggs Sigmund (May 27, 1939 – October 10, 1990) was an American writer, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician, and civic leader. She served as a Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County Freeholder and mayor of the Boro ...

* Stephen Bradberry, community organizer,

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, was created by the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial in 1984, now known as the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to honour individuals around the world who have shown great courage and have made a significant contr ...

laureate *

Juan Davis Bradburn Juan Davis Bradburn (born John Davis Bradburn; 1787 – April 20, 1842) was a brigadier general in the Mexican Army. His actions as commandant of the garrison at Anahuac in Mexican Texas in 1831 and 1832 led to the events known as the Anahuac Di ...

, freedom fighter for Mexico, officer in the Battle of New Orleans * Henry Braden, politician *

Elward Thomas Brady Jr. Elward Thomas Brady Jr. (September 9, 1926 – April 6, 2007), was a businessman from Houma, Louisiana, Houma in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to ...

, state representative from

Terrebonne Parish Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 111,860, and 110,461 in 2019. In 2020, its population declined to 109,58 ...

1972–1976, born in New Orleans *

Donna Brazile Donna Lease Brazile (; born December 15, 1959) is an American political strategist, campaign manager and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). She is currently an ABC News contributor, ...

, political strategist *

Jared Brossett Jared Christopher Brossett (born October 1982) was a member of the New Orleans City Council from February 2014 to January 2022 representing District D. He served as Chair of the New Orleans City Council's Budget, Audit and Board of Review Committ ...

, member of the New Orleans City Council since 2014; state representative for District 97, 2009–2014 * J. Marshall Brown,

insurance agent Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

and politician *

Benjamin F. Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler is best ...

, administrator of Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War * John A. Butler, U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient *

Pascal F. Calogero Jr. Pascal Frank Calogero Jr. (November 9, 1931 – December 20, 2018), was the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Background A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Calogero attended C.J. Colton Grammar School and gr ...

, Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court * Gary Carter Jr., member of the Louisiana House from the Algiers neighborhood, effective 2016 *

, political consultant, political science professor * Marlon Coleman, Mayor of

Muskogee, Oklahoma Muskogee () is the thirteenth-largest city in Oklahoma and the county seat of Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census, a 6.0 percent decrease ...

Harry Connick Sr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick (born March 27, 1926) is an American attorney who served as the district attorney of Orleans Parish (New Orleans), Louisiana from 1973 to 2003. His son, Harry Connick Jr., is an American musician. Connick is also a ...

, district attorney, father of singer

Harry Connick Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and television host. He has sold over 28million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the Uni ...

* A.G. Crowe, politician *

Milton Joseph Cunningham Milton Joseph Cunningham, also known as Joe Cunningham (March 10, 1842 – October 19, 1916) was a Louisiana attorney and politician who served as Attorney General of Louisiana from 1884 to 1888, and from 1892 to 1900. As Attorney General he su ...

, attorney, state legislator, state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900 *

Bernard de Marigny Jean-Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1785–1868), known as Bernard de Marigny, was a French- Creole American nobleman, playboy, planter, politician, duelist, writer, horse breeder, land developer, and President of the Louisia ...

, politician and land developer *

Étienne de Boré Jean Étienne de Boré (27 December 1741 – 1 February 1820) was a Creole French planter, born in Kaskaskia, Illinois Country, who was known for producing the first granulated sugar in Louisiana. At the time, the area was under Spanish rule. Hi ...

, first Mayor of New Orleans in the U.S. administration * James D. Denegre, Minnesota state senator and lawyer *

Jean Noel Destréhan Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * J ...

, early Creole politician and

plantation owner A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

David Duke David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American white supremacist, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, far-right politician, convicted felon, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1989 to 1992, he was a member ...

, state representative for Metairie 1989–1992; White nationalist *

Oscar Dunn Oscar James Dunn (1822 – November 22, 1871) served as a Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction and was the first African American to act as governor of a U.S. state. In 1868, Dunn became the first elected black ...

, first African-American governor of a U.S. state *

H. Garland Dupré Henry Garland Dupré (July 28, 1873 – February 21, 1924) was from 1910 to 1924 a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, Louisiana. Born in Opelou ...

, attorney and politician; Speaker of the Louisiana House 1908–1910; U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1910–1924 *

Frank Burton Ellis Frank Burton Ellis (February 10, 1907 – November 3, 1969) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Education and career Born in Covington, Louisiana, Ellis attended the Gul ...

, attorney, politician, federal judge *

Albert Estopinal Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was an American Civil War veteran who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1908 to 1919. Biography Albert Estopinal was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, o ...

, former U.S. representative and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature *

Olaf Fink Olaf James Fink (March 15, 1914 – March 26, 1973) was a Louisiana educator and politician who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1972. Born in Algiers, New Orleans, Fink received a B.A. from Spring Hill Colleg ...

, member of the

Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees. Composition The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...

1956–1972; New Orleans educator * C.B. Forgotston, attorney, political activist, state government watchdog * Henry L. Fuqua, governor who defeated Huey Long in an election *

Randal Gaines Randal Gaines is an American politician from the state of Louisiana. He serves in the Louisiana House of Representatives and is a member of the Democratic Party. Gaines is an attorney from LaPlace, Louisiana. He served in the United States Army fo ...

, state representative since 2012 for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes; former assistant city attorney in New Orleans *

Jim Garrison James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he ...

, district attorney of Orleans Parish * Robert T. Garrity Jr., attorney and former state representative for Jefferson Parish *

Charles Gayarré Charles-Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Confederate sympathizer and ...

, state legislator noted for his histories of Louisiana *

Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...

, U.S. Congressman from Georgia, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives *

Nicholas Girod Nicolas Girod (''French spelling'') or Nicholas Girod (April 1751—September 1840) was the fifth mayor of New Orleans, from late in 1812 to September 4, 1815. He was the first mayor of the city after Louisiana entered into the Union as a sta ...

, early mayor of New Orleans *

John Grenier John Edward Grenier (August 24, 1930 – November 6, 2007) was a figure in the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater. Grenier is one of the figures credited with using the Southern Strategy in that campaign and one of the figures responsib ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

lawyer and

Alabama Republican Party The Alabama Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party in Alabama. It is the dominant political party in Alabama. The state party is governed by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. T ...

figure, born in New Orleans in 1930 * Brenda Hatfield, former Chief Administrative Officer of the City of New Orleans *

F. Edward Hebert F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet. F may also refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * F or f, the number 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems * ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function * F-distribution, a cont ...

, Democrat U.S. Representative for

Louisiana's 1st congressional district Louisiana's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district comprises land from the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain south to the Mississippi River delta. It covers most of New Orleans' sub ...

, 1941–1977 *

Cynthia Hedge-Morrell Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (born September 4, 1947) is an African-American teacher, a former school administrator, and a Democratic politician from New Orleans, Louisiana. She served on the New Orleans City Council from 2005 to 2014. Education Hedge- ...

, former member of the New Orleans City Council for District D, 2005–2014 * Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, former judge of the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (in case citations, E.D. La.) is a United States federal court based in New Orleans. Appeals from the Eastern District of Louisiana are taken to the United States Court of Ap ...

David Heitmeier David Richard Heitmeier (born 1961) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member for the Louisiana's 7th State Senate district, 7th district of the Louisiana State Senate. Born in Algiers, New Or ...

, state senator for District 7 since 2008, optometrist * Francis C. Heitmeier, state senator for District 7, 1988–2008; businessman and lobbyist *

David Hennessy David C. Hennessy (1858 – October 16, 1890) was a police chief of New Orleans, Louisiana. As a young detective, he made headlines in 1881 when he captured a notorious Italian criminal, Giuseppe Esposito. In 1888, he was promoted to superintend ...

, police chief, assassinated in 1890 *

Clay Higgins Glen Clay Higgins (born August 24, 1961) is an American politician and reserve law enforcement officer from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, Higgins is the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. The district, which c ...

, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for

Louisiana's 3rd congressional district Louisiana's 3rd congressional district is a United States congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers the southwestern and south central portion of the state, ranging from the Texas border to the Atchafalaya River. ...

; born in New Orleans in 1961 * Stephanie Hilferty, Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, effective January 2016 * Walker Hines, former state representative *

Jean Joseph Amable Humbert General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (22 August 1767 – 3 January 1823) was a French military officer who participated in several notable military conflicts of the late 18th and early 19th century. Born in the townland of La Coâre Saint-Nabord, ...

, army general, subordinate to Andrew Jackson at the

Battle of New Orleans The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French ...

* Bernette Joshua Johnson, Chief Justice of the

Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...

since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013, native and resident of New Orleans *

Jeannette Knoll Alicia Jeannette Theriot Knoll (born January 23, 1943) is a former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Knoll announced that she would retire at the end of 2016 rather than seek re-election. She was succeeded by James T. Genovese (born August ...

, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; reared and educated in New Orleans, where the court meets; resides in Marksville *

Mary Landrieu Mary Loretta Landrieu ( ; born November 23, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Landrieu served as the Louisiana State Treasure ...

, state representative, state treasurer, U.S. senator *

Mitch Landrieu Mitchell Joseph Landrieu ( ; born August 16, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to ...

, state representative, lieutenant governor, former mayor of New Orleans *

Moon Landrieu Moon Edwin Landrieu (born Maurice Edwin Landrieu; July 23, 1930 – September 5, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New Orl ...

, judge and politician, mayor of New Orleans *

Hank Lauricella Francis Edward Lauricella, known as Hank Lauricella (October 9, 1930 – March 25, 2014), was a real estate developer from suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, a college football legend, and a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislatu ...

, former professional football player; state senator from Jefferson Parish, 1972–1996 *

Bob Livingston Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. (born April 30, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999. A Republican, he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the U.S. H ...

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

former U.S. Representative for 1st congressional district *

Edward Livingston Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764May 23, 1836) was an American jurist and statesman. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. Livingston represented both ...

, drafted

Louisiana Civil Code The ''Louisiana Civil Code'' (LCC) constitutes the core of private law in the State of Louisiana. The Louisiana Civil Code is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States: substantive law between ...

* Lt. Gen. James Longstreet,

Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...

general *

Joseph Mansion Joseph Mansion (1877–1937) was a Belgian philologist and a professor at the University of Liège. Life Mansion was born in Ghent on 9 January 1877 and studied at the Collège Sainte-Barbe in the city and at the University of Ghent.A. Van Loey, ...

, Louisiana state legislator, state tax assessor *

Bessie Margolin Bessie Margolin (1909 – June 19, 1996) was an American lawyer and activist. She was a U.S. Department of Labor attorney from 1939 until 1972, arguing numerous cases before the Supreme Court. Margolin undertook a large amount of litigation rel ...

, labor lawyer *

Danny Martiny Daniel R. Martiny, known as Danny Martiny (born June 27, 1951), is a politician and attorney from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, who served between 2008 and 2020 as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 10th district, based in ...

, state senator from

Jefferson Parish Jefferson may refer to: Names * Jefferson (surname) * Jefferson (given name) People * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States * Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foot ...

, born in New Orleans * Harold A. Moise, state representative for the 12th Ward, Orleans civil court judge 1937–1948, and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1948–1958 *

Ernest Nathan Morial Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American political figure and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first African-American mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986. He was the father of M ...

, American political, legal, and civil rights leader *

Marc Morial Marc Haydel Morial (born January 3, 1958) is an American political and civic leader and the current president of the National Urban League. Morial served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002 as the city's youngest Mayor, President of the ...

, former mayor, son of Ernest Nathan Morial *

deLesseps Story Morrison deLesseps Story Morrison Sr., also known as Chep Morrison (January 18, 1912 – May 22, 1964), was an American attorney and politician who was the 54th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1946 to 1961. He then served as an appointee of U.S. ...

, former mayor and ambassador to the

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

deLesseps Morrison Jr. deLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison Jr. (March 11, 1944 – August 21, 1996) was an American lawyer and international business developer and a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980. Early life Toni Morrison ...

, late state representative * William Mumford, Confederate resistor in Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War *

Ray Nagin Clarence Raymond Joseph Nagin Jr. (born June 11, 1956) is an American former politician who was the 60th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 2002 to 2010. A Democrat, Nagin became internationally known in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ka ...

, former mayor of New Orleans * Michael H. O'Keefe, president of the

1976–1983; convicted felon *

Alejandro O'Reilly Alejandro O'Reilly, 1st Count of O'Reilly, KOA (; October 24, 1723 in Baltrasna, Co. Meath, Ireland – March 23, 1794 in Bonete, Spain), English: Alexander, Count of O'Reilly, Irish: ''Alastar Ó Raghallaigh, ''was an Irish-born military reform ...

, governor of Louisiana, known as "Bloody O'Reilly" *

Leander Perez Leander Henry Perez Sr. (July 16, 1891 – March 19, 1969) was the Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century. Officially, he served as a district ...

, district judge, district attorney, and president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council *

P.B.S. Pinchback Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer. Pinchback was the second African American (after Oscar Dunn) to serve as governor and lieutenant governor of a U ...

, politician *

James Pitot James Pitot (1761–1831), also known as Jacques Pitot, was the third Mayor of New Orleans, after Cavelier Petit served for a ten-day interim following Mayor Boré's resignation. Because he had already attained American citizenship, he is som ...

, third mayor of New Orleans * Loulan Pitre Jr., New Orleans lawyer and former state representative for Lafourche Parish * Edward Joseph Price, state representative for District 58,

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businessman, and former resident of New Orleans * William P. Quigley, activist attorney and academic *

, educator author and columnist,

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politician, born in New Orleans in 1917 *

, journalist, daughter of

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and

Steve Scalise Stephen Joseph Scalise (; born October 6, 1965) is an American politician who is the United States House of Representatives Minority Whip and representative for . Scalise is in his eighth House term, having held his seat since 2008. The district ...

House Minority Whip Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are ele ...

and

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

of Louisiana's 1st district *

Tom Schedler John Thomas Schedler is the former Secretary of State of Louisiana The secretary of state of Louisiana (french: Secrétaire d'État de la Louisiane) is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana and serves as t ...

, former state senator from St. Tammany Parish and current Louisiana secretary of state *

Pat Screen James Patrick Screen Jr., known as Pat Screen (May 13, 1943 – September 12, 1994), was an athlete, attorney, and politician from New Orleans. He was elected in 1980 as the Democratic Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1981 to 198 ...

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

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, lawyer, and former

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

-President of

East Baton Rouge Parish East Baton Rouge Parish (french: Paroisse de Bâton Rouge Est) is the most populous List of parishes in Louisiana, parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 U.S. census, its population was 440,171, and 456,781 ...

Ronal W. Serpas Ronal W. Serpas (born c. 1961) is an American university professor at Loyola University New Orleans, and former law enforcement officer who served as the superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, having been appointed to that post by ...

, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department since 2010 *

Joseph A. Shakspeare Joseph Ansoetegui Shakspeare (April 12, 1837 – 22 January 1896) was an American politician in Louisiana; he served as the elected mayor of New Orleans from 1880 to 1882 and from 1888 to 1892. He previously was elected for one term in the st ...

, Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the

March 14, 1891 lynchings The March 14, 1891, New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans and immigrants in New Orleans, Louisiana, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at t ...

Eric Skrmetta Eric Frederick Skrmetta (born October 1, 1958) is an American politician who represents District 1 (largely surburban New Orleans, eastern Florida Parishes, and River Parishes) on the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC), an influential reg ...

, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1 *

Jefferson B. Snyder Jefferson B. Snyder (January 19, 1859 – October 18, 1951), was a lawyer and politician from the Mississippi River River delta, delta country of northeastern Louisiana. Snyder became a virtual political boss of Madison Parish, Louisiana, Mad ...

, lived in New Orleans 1893–1897; later district attorney in three

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parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904–1948 *

James Z. Spearing James Zacharie Spearing (April 23, 1864 – November 2, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based in New Orleans. Born in Alto in Cherokee County, Texas, Spearing moved with his parents in 1866 to ...

, attorney, school board member, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1924–1931 *

Dorothy Mae Taylor Dorothy Mae DeLavallade Taylor (August 10, 1928 – August 18, 2000), was an educator and politician in New Orleans, the first African-American woman to be elected to and serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives. From 1971 to 1980, sh ...

, first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House, 1971–1980; member of the New Orleans City Council, 1986–1994 * Charles Laveau Trudeau, early 19th century mayor of New Orleans * A.P. Tureaud, attorney *

Jorge Ubico Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan dictator. A general in the Guatemalan army, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where ...

, exiled president of Guatemala *

José de Villamil José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(or José Villamil), father of the independence of Ecuador *

David Vitter David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and politician who served as United States Senator for Louisiana from 2005 to 2017. A Republican, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999. ...

, U.S. Senator, 2005–2017 * John Volz, late U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana *

Chatham Roberdeau Wheat Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (April 9, 1826 – June 27, 1862) was a captain in the United States Army Volunteers during the Mexican War, Louisiana State Representative, lawyer, mercenary in Cuba, Mexico, and Italy, adventurer, and major in the C ...

, leader of the

Louisiana Tigers Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the State of Louisiana in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brig ...

during the

US Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1844 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist from Louisiana. White was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief ju ...

, Chief Justice of the

United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

* John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012; superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, 2011 *

Robert Wilkie Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. (born August 2, 1962) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021, during the Trump administration. He was previously Under Secretary of De ...

, National Security Assistant to the President *

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who wa ...

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sailor awarded the

during the

. *

Clint Williamson John Clint Williamson (born August 8, 1961) is an American diplomat, lawyer, and educator who has served in a variety of senior-level roles with the United States Government, the United Nations, and the European Union. Biography Ambassador Willi ...

, U.S. Ambassador, White House policy official, United Nations envoy *

John Minor Wisdom John Minor Wisdom (May 17, 1905 – May 15, 1999), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four", and a United States Republican Party, Republican from Louisiana, was a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appe ...

, judge of the

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * Eastern District of Louisiana * M ...

Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian L ...

, politician

Math, science, and invention

* Ruth Benerito, inventor of wrinkle-free cotton *

Alfred H. Clifford Alfred Hoblitzelle Clifford (July 11, 1908 – December 27, 1992) was an American mathematician born in St. Louis, Missouri who is known for Clifford theory and for his work on semigroups. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale and his PhD at ...

, mathematician * Isaac Cline, meteorologist and writer *

Andrew Higgins Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during W ...

, ship builder and inventor *

Emile Lamm Emile Lamm (24 November 1834 – 12 July 1873, in New Orleans) was a French-born American inventor and dentist. Lamm was born in Aÿ, France, but moved to Louisiana in 1848 at the age of 14. He patented various improvements in techniques of gol ...

, inventor *

Theodore K. Lawless Theodore Kenneth (T.K.)"Theodore La ...

, dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist * Jean Alexandre LeMat, inventor *

Abraham Louis Levin Abraham Louis Levin (December 16, 1880 – September 15, 1940) was an American physician and the inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still widely used for duodenal drainage after surgery and for management of trauma patients.K.G. Swan, et al., ...

, physician and inventor of the Levin Tube * Levi Spear Parmley, inventor of

dental floss Dental floss is a cord of thin filaments used in interdental cleaning to remove food and dental plaque from between teeth or places a toothbrush has difficulty reaching or is unable to reach. Its regular use as part of oral cleaning is designed t ...

Mark Plotkin Mark J. Plotkin (born May 21, 1955) is an ethnobotanist and a plant explorer in the Neotropics, where he is an expert on rainforest ecosystems. Plotkin is an advocate for tropical rainforest conservation and host of Plants of the Gods: Hallucinog ...

, ethnobotanist *

John Leonard Riddell John Leonard Riddell (February 20, 1807 – October 7, 1865) was a science lecturer, botanist, geologist, medical doctor, chemist, microscopist, numismatist, politician, and science fiction author in the United States. He was born in Leyden, Massa ...

, inventor of the binocular microscope * Norbert Rilleaux, inventor, engineer *

Ken Thompson Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4, 1943) is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system. He also invented the B programmi ...

, co-creator of the

Unix Unix (; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and ot ...

operating system ,

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and

Go (programming language) Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It is syntactically similar to C, but with memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing, and CSP-style co ...

and

Turing Award The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in compu ...

recipient *

A. Baldwin Wood Albert Baldwin Wood (December 1, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an inventor and engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1899. Wood was hired by the Sewerage & Water Bo ...

, inventor and engineer * Angie Jones, software engineer, automation architect

Music

August Alsina August Anthony Alsina Jr.(April 8, 2013)R&B Singer August Alsina Talks Working With The Dream, Preps Def Jam Debut, ''Life + Times'' (confirms middle name; other sources confirm he is a "junior") (born September 3, 1992) is an American singer f ...

, singer/songwriter *

Phil Anselmo Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968) is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist best known as the lead singer for Pantera, Down (band), Down, and Superjoint, amongst other musical projects. He is the owner of Housecore Records ...

, musician *

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

, musician and entertainer * B.G., rapper *

Baby Boy Da Prince Baby Boy da Prince is a rapper from New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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, rapper *

Achille Baquet Achille Joseph Baquet (November 15, 1885 – November 20, 1955/1956) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He was an early musician on the Dixieland, New Orleans jazz scene. Baquet was raised in a musical family. His father, Théog� ...

, musician *

George Baquet George Francis Baquet (July 22, 1881 – Jan. 14, 1949) was an American jazz clarinetist, known for his contributions to early jazz in New Orleans. His father, Theogene V. Baquet, eminent New Orleans musician and educator, was also a clarinetis ...

, musician *

Paul Barbarin Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was an American jazz drummer from New Orleans. Career Barbarin grew up in New Orleans in a family of musicians, including his father, three of his brothers, and his nephew (Danny Barker) ...

, musician and composer *

Pat Barberot Pat Barberot (born Ladner Joseph Barberot; March 17, 1926 April 5, 2007) was an American band leader. He was the founder and band leader of one of New Orleans' longest running big bands, the Pat Barberot Orchestra. From the late 1930s until 200 ...

, band leader *

Danny Barker Daniel Moses Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) was an American jazz musician, vocalist, and author from New Orleans. He was a rhythm guitarist for Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter during the 1930s. One of Barker's earl ...

, musician, vocalist, and writer *

Dave Bartholomew David Louis Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019) was an American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer. He was prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Originally ...

, musician, composer, promoter *

Jon Batiste Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists in various genres of music (Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, ...

, singer, composer, pianist, jazz musician *

Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temp ...

, musician *

Better Than Ezra Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with The End Records. The band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and consists of Kevin Griffin (vocals and guitar), Tom Drummond (bass g ...

, rock group * Birdman aka Baby, rapper, producer *

Big Freedia Freddie Ross Jr. (born January 28, 1978), better known by his stage name Big Freedia ( ), is an American rapper and performer known for his work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. Freedia has been credited with helping popu ...

, bounce artist *

Terence Blanchard Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. He started his career in 1982 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, then The Jazz Messengers. He has composed more than forty film scores and performed ...

, musician and composer *

Peter Bocage Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, Jazz trumpeter and violinist *

Buddy Bolden Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an African American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later c ...

, musician, early jazz figure *

Sharkey Bonano Joseph Gustaf "Sharkey" Bonano (April 9, 1904 – March 27, 1972), also known as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas, was an American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist. His musical abilities were sometimes overlooked because of his lo ...

, Jazz musician *

James Booker James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. J ...

, musician *Larry Borenstein, founder of Preservation Hall *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 *Pud Brown, jazz musician *George Brunis, jazz trombonist *Collie Buddz, reggae/dancehall artist *C-Murder, rapper *Cane Hill (band), Cane Hill, nu-metal group *Paul Caporino, songwriter, musician, lead singer of M.O.T.O. *Big Al Carson, blues singer *Alex Chilton, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star *Choppa, rapper *Merry Clayton, singer *Jon Cleary, funk and R&B musician *Lee Collins (musician), Lee Collins, jazz trumpeter *

, musician and entertainer *Cowboy Mouth, band *Barry Cowsill, musician *Paul Crawford (jazz musician), Paul Crawford, jazz musician, music historian *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 *Down (band), Down, metal band *Tom Drummond (musician), Tom Drummond, bassist of

*Champion Jack Dupree, pianist, singer *Frankie Dusen, jazz trombonist *Ernie K-Doe, singer, "Emperor of the Universe" *Lars Edegran, bandleader *Lionel Ferbos, jazz musician *Lucky Daye, singer, songwriter, musician, performer *Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, pianist, and university professor *Frankie Ford, singer, entertainer *Pops Foster, jazz musician *Vernel Fournier, jazz drummer *Pete Fountain, musician, clarinet player, jazz, pop, and swing *Mannie Fresh, DJ, producer, rapper *Frank Froeba, musician, jazz, pianist, band leader *The Funky Meters, musicians and singers *Kevin Gates, rapper *Mary Gauthier, singer and song writer *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 *Gudda Gudda, rapper *Donald Harrison, musician *Frogman Henry, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, singer and musician *Al Hirt, musician, trumpet, jazz, pop, and swing *Cha Cha Hogan, comedian, musician, entertainer *Moses Hogan, musician, composer *Linda Hopkins, blues and gospel singer *Noah Howard, jazz musician *Armand "Jump" Jackson, blues drummer and bandleader *Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer *Pervis Jackson, rhythm & blues singer member of The Spinners (American group), The Spinners *Luke James (singer), Luke James, R&B singer, actor *Jay Electronica, rapper and producer *N.O. Joe, music producer, musician *Little Sonny Jones, blues singer *Juvenile (rapper), Juvenile, rapper *Freddie Keppard, jazz cornetist *Kid Ory, musician *Kidd Kidd, rapper *Earl King, musician *Jean Knight, singer *Solange Knowles, musician, songwriter *Papa Jack Laine, bandleader *Nick LaRocca, early jazz figure *Walter "Popee" Lastie, drummer *Meghan Linsey, singer-songwriter, contestant from ''The Voice (U.S. TV series), The Voice'' The Voice (U.S. season 8), season 8 *Lil' Fizz, singer, rapper *Lil Romeo, rapper *Lil Wayne, rapper *Lloyd (singer), Lloyd, singer *Rico Love, singer/songwriter *Mac (rapper), Mac, rapper *Magic (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 *Angélica María, Mexican singer-songwriter and entertainer, "La Novia de Mexico" *Paul Mares, jazz musician *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 *Cosimo Matassa, music studio entrepreneur *Jimmy Maxwell (bandleader), Jimmy Maxwell, bandleader *Irvin Mayfield, musician *The Medicine Men, producers, singers (Mo B. Dick and Odell (producer), 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 *Teedra Moses, R&B and soul singer-songwriter *Mutemath, band *Mystick Krewe of Clearlight *Mystikal, rapper *Neville Brothers, The Neville Brothers, musicians and singers *Ivan Neville, phunk, R&B *Randy Newman, musician *Camille Nickerson, musician and composer *Normani, born Normani Kordei Hamilton, singer *Frank Ocean, singer *Joe "King" Oliver, musician *Lisette Oropesa, opera singer, soprano *Jimmy Palao, musician, bandleader *Earl Palmer, musician *Robert Parker (singer), Robert Parker, musician and singer *Partners-N-Crime, rap duo *Nicholas Payton, musician *Marguerite Piazza, operatic soprano *Piggy D., bassist *Genevieve Pitot, composer, musician, dancer *George Porter Jr., musician *Louis Prima, musician (trumpet), singer, bandleader, entertainer, aka "The King of the Swing" *Professor Longhair, born Henry Byrd, pianist, singer *The Radiators (American band), The Radiators, rock band *Mac Rebennack, "Dr. John" *Rebirth Brass Band, band *Trent Reznor, musician, producer *Dawn Richard (singer), Dawn Richard, former member of Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money *Rising Appalachia, world, folk, roots, and soul group *Jason Ross (musician), Jason Ross, Seven Mary Three frontman *Kermit Ruffins, jazz trumpeter, singer and composer *Bill Russell (composer), Bill Russell, music historian and composer *Marguerite Samuel, composer and pianist *Paul Sanchez, singer-songwriter and guitarist *Silkk the Shocker, rapper *Bill Sinegal, bassist and songwriter *Skull Duggery (rapper), Skull Duggery, rapper *Soulja Slim, rapper *Chloe Smith, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist *Leah Song, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist *Stooges Brass Band, New Orleans funk brass band *$uicideboy$, rap duo *Babe Stovall, blues singer and guitarist, "Mr. Bojangles (song), Mr. Bojangles" *Supagroup, rock band *Irma Thomas, rhythm and blues singer, aka "Soul Queen of New Orleans" *Allen Toussaint, musician, composer, record producer *Norman Treigle, opera singer *Trombone Shorty, born Troy Andrews, musician *Turk (rapper), Turk, rapper *George Wein, founder of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival *Michael White (clarinetist), Michael White, Jazz musician *Charles "Hungry" Williams, Rhythm & Blues drummer *Larry Williams, Rock 'n' Roll/R&B pianist *"Scarface" John Williams, singer *Spencer Williams, songwriter *Young V, rapper *Linnzi Zaorski *Zebra (American band), Zebra, band

Religion

*Antonio de Sedella, early Roman Catholic leader in New Orleans *Henriette DeLille, founder of the order of the Sisters of the Holy Family (Louisiana), Sisters of the Holy Family *Jesse Duplantis, televangelist *J. D. Grey, pastor, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention *Marie-Madeleine Hachard, Ursuline abbess, documented early history of New Orleans *Philip Hannan, former archbishop of New Orleans *Francis L. Hawks, clergyman, first president of

*Jerome LeDoux, Roman Catholic priest *Joseph Francis Rummel, former archbishop of New Orleans *Lory Schaff, member of the Sisters of St. Joseph who founded centers for adult literacy education *Francis Xavier Seelos, missionary who ministered to victims of yellow fever epidemics *John Shaw (bishop), John William Shaw, former archbishop of New Orleans

Sports

*Ashley Ambrose, NFL player, Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, graduated from Alcee Fortier High School *Nehemiah Atkinson, professional tennis player and coach *D.J. Augustin, NBA player *Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints *Armand Blackmar, nineteenth century chess player and music publisher *Delvin Breaux, gridiron football player *Stanley Brundy, basketball player *Cethan Carter, football player *Will Clark, former Major League Baseball player *Landon Collins, NFL player for the New York Giants *Tazzie Colomb, IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter *Scott Cochran, special teams coordinator for the Georgia Bulldogs football, Georgia Bulldogs *Ernie Danjean, former Green Bay Packers linebacker *Orleans Darkwa, professional football player *Tom Dempsey, former NFL kicker, held longest field goal record for over 43 years *David Dixon (founder of USFL), David Dixon, professional sports advocate for New Orleans Saints, Louisiana Superdome, USFL, World Championship Tennis *Scott Dohmann, former Major League Baseball, MLB pitcher *Corey Dowden, former NFL defensive back *Clyde Drexler, former University of Houston and National Basketball Association, NBA star, member of Basketball Hall of Fame *Bobby Duhon, professional football player *Marshall Faulk, professional American football, football star (St. Louis Rams), member of Pro Football Hall of Fame *Steve Foley (defensive back), Steve Foley, former defensive back for Denver Broncos *Matt Forte, running back for Chicago Bears, New York Jets *John Fourcade, former NFL and CFL quarterback, sports analyst *De'Aaron Fox, point guard for Sacramento Kings *Nolan Franz, former Green Bay Packers wide receiver *Leonard Fournette, NFL player, running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers *Harry P. Gamble, football player, swimmer, gymnast, boxer, and attorney *Eddie Garcia (American football), Eddie Garcia, former Green Bay Packers placekicker *Larry Gilbert (baseball), Larry Gilbert, Major League Baseball player *Tookie Gilbert, Major League Baseball player *Tad Gormley, athletic trainer, coach, and official *Danny Granger, forward for NBA's Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat *Cortez Hankton, former NFL player who is currently the passing game coordinator & wide receivers coach for the LSU Tigers football, LSU Tigers *Adrian Hardy, NFL player *Chris Henry (wide receiver), Chris Henry, former NFL wide receiver *Chris Horton, former NFL safety *Kevin Hughes (American football), Kevin Hughes, former NFL offensive tackle *Tory James, former cornerback for Cincinnati Bengals *Avery Johnson, former National Basketball Association player, former coach of Dallas Mavericks *Deion Jones, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons *Junkyard Dog, stage name of Sylvester Ritter, former professional wrestler *Robert Kelley (American football), Robert Kelley, Washington Redskins running back *Shaun King (American football), Shaun King, former NFL quarterback *Kerry Kittles, former NBA player for New Jersey Nets *Dominik Koepfer, professional tennis player *Lester Lautenschlaeger, football player, politician, first director of New Orleans Recreation Department *Kendrick Lewis, NFL free safety, played for Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, attended University of Mississippi, Ole Miss *Michael Lewis (NFL receiver), 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, basketball Hall of Famer, played for Louisiana State University, LSU and NBA's New Orleans Jazz (NBA team), New Orleans Jazz *Sammy Martin, former New England Patriots running back *Tyrann Mathieu, player for NFL's Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs *Bo McCalebb, North Macedonia, 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 *Patrick Mullins, professional soccer player *Steve Mura, retired pitcher in Major League Baseball *Eddie Murray (American football), Eddie Murray, prolific NFL placekicker *Antonio Narcisse, football player *Herman Neugass, Track & field athlete who boycotted the Berlin Olympic trials *Mel Ott, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer *Micah Owings, MLB pitcher *Robert Pack (basketball), Robert Pack, NBA player, assistant coach for New Orleans Pelicans *Emmett Paré, professional tennis player and coach *Joe Pasternack, head basketball coach at UC Santa Barbara *Audrey Patterson, first African-American woman to win Olympic Games, Olympic medal *Chris Quinn, former NBA player and current Miami Heat assistant coach *Eldridge Recasner, former NBA player *Ham Richardson, professional tennis player *Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder *Nate Singleton, former wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers *Neil Smith (American football), Neil Smith, former defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs *Truett Smith, former football player *Rusty Staub, Major League Baseball player *Ricky Starks, All Elite Wrestling FTW Heavyweight Champion. *Kordell Stewart, former NFL 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 *Vincent Taylor (American football), Vincent Taylor, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons *Taryn Terrell, professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling *Mike Wallace (American football), Mike Wallace, wide receiver for Pittsburgh Steelers *Bryce Washington (basketball), Bryce Washington (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Ron Washington, former MLB player and manager who is currently the third base coach for the Atlanta Braves *Reggie Wayne, wide receiver for Indianapolis Colts *Aeneas Williams, former cornerback for St. Louis Rams *Jason Williams (basketball, born 1983), Jason Williams (born 1983), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva (basketball), Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Liga Leumit (basketball), National Basketball League of Israel *John "Hot Rod" Williams, longtime professional basketball player *Korey Williams, Canadian Football League player

Other

*Ruby Bridges, commemorated for her role, as a child, in racial integration of the New Orleans Public School System *Raymond Arroyo, employer of EWTN *Betty DeGeneres, LGBT rights activist *Caroline Dormon, horticulturalist and historian *David Ferrie, pilot investigated in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy *Myra Clark Gaines, socialite and subject of the longest lawsuit in US history *Jean Margaret Gordon, suffragette *Kate M. Gordon, suffragette *Margaret Haughery, philanthropist *Alice Heine, Marie Alice Heine, first American Princess of Monaco *Sir Lady Java, drag queen, actress and transgender rights activist *Mardi Gras World, Blaine Kern, Mardi Gras float designer and builder *TJ Kirk, Youtuber *Marie Laveau, "voodoo queen" *Sara T. Mayo, physician and humanitarian reformer *Eleanor McMain, civic activist *Sally Miller (American slave), Sally Miller: ''The Lost German Slave Girl'' *Allison 'Tootie' Montana, Mardi Gras Indian, "chief of chiefs" *Paul Morphy, unofficial world chess champion *Homer Plessy, early civil rights activist *Edith Rosenwald Stern, philanthropist *Paul Tulane, benefactor of

*Sylvanie Williams, educator and women's club activist *Sophie B. Wright, educator and clubwoman

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:People From New Orleans, Louisiana Lists of people from Louisiana, New Orleans People from New Orleans, * Lists of people by city in the United States, New Orleans New Orleans-related lists