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Louisiana Creole people Louisiana Creoles (french: Créoles de la Louisiane, lou, Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, es, Criollos de Luisiana) are people descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of bo ...

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Don Albert ''For the architect, see Don Albert & Partners.'' Albert Dominique, better known as Don Albert (August 5, 1908, New Orleans – January 1980, San Antonio, Texas) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Albert's uncle was Natty Dominique. ...

(1908–1980) – jazz trumpeter and bandleader *

Veronica Porché Ali Veronica Porché Anderson (formerly Porché Ali, ) is an American woman, the widow of American singer Carl Anderson (singer), Carl Anderson and formerly the third wife of American boxer Muhammad Ali. She is the mother of Ali's two daughters Han ...

(born 1955) – actress and psychologist and the former wife of boxing legend Muhammad Ali *

Fernest Arceneaux Fernest Arceneaux (August 27, 1940 – September 4, 2008) was a French speaking Creole Zydeco accordionist and singer from Louisiana. Biography Arceneaux was born to a large Creole family based in Carencro, Louisiana. Arceneaux first picked up h ...

(1940–2008) – zydeco accordionist and singer from

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (November 16, 1915 – May 16, 2007) was a Creole accordionist who specialized in the Creole music called "la la music" or "la musique Creole" (closely related to Cajun music) and was influential in what became zydec ...

(1915–2007) – accordionist *

Amede Ardoin Amede or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Amédé Ardoin (1898–1942), U.S. Louisiana Creole musician * Amede Breaux (1900–1975), U.S. Cajun musician * Amédé Froger (died 1956), Mayor of Boufarik assassinated during the Battle of Algie ...

(1898–1942) – zydeco musician *

Chris Ardoin Chris Ardoin (born April 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, LouisianaChris and Sean Ardoin Interview, Blues & Soul Records Magazine No. 53, 2003) is a zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the young artists that helped form nouveau zydeco, a new st ...

(born 1981) – zydeco accordionist and singer *

Sean Ardoin Sean Ardoin (Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1969) is an American Zydeco musician, singer and four-time Grammy Award nominee. He is best known for live performance appearances including Carnegie Hall, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and record ...

(born 1970) – zydeco musician and singer *

K.D. Aubert Karen Denise Aubert, (born December 6, 1978) also known as K.D. Rose, is an American actress, fashion model and singer. She owns her own record label, Roseland. Early life Aubert was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on December 6, 1978. She des ...

(born 1978) – actress and fashion model * Vernel Bagneris (born 1949) – playwright, actor, director, singer, and dancer; named after his cousin

Vernel Fournier Vernel Anthony Fournier (July 30, 1928 – November 4, 2000) and, from 1975, known as Amir Rushdan, was an American jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Ahmad Jamal from 1956 to 1962. Biography Fournier was born in New Orleans, ...

Louis Barbarin Louis Barbarin (nickname Lil Barb; October 24, 1902 – May 12, 1997) was a New Orleans jazz drummer. Early life Barbarin was born in New Orleans on October 24, 1902. His father was Isidore Barbarin, and his brothers Paul, Lucien, and William all ...

(1902–1997) –

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jazz drummer *

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) ...

(1899–1969) – New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the best of the pre-

Big Band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s an ...

era jazz drummers * Achille Baquet (1885–1955) – jazz clarinetist and saxophonist *

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 ...

(1881–1949) –

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

ist, known for his contributions to early jazz in New Orleans * Blue Lu Barker (1913–1998) – jazz and

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

singer; her better known recordings included "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Look What Baby's Got For You" * Danny Barker (1909–1994) – jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukulele player * Richmond Barthé (1901–1989) – sculptor * Dave Bartholomew (1918–2019) – musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century * Jon Batiste (born 1986) – singer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and bandleader from Kenner, Louisiana; music director and bandleader for ''

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'' and its band Stay Human *

Lionel Batiste "Uncle" Lionel Batiste (February 11, 1931 – July 8, 2012) was a jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans. He began his music career at the age of 11 playing bass drum with the Square Deal Social & Pleasure Club. He was the bass drum ...

(1931–2012) – jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans * Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) – jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Troian Bellisario in Manila

Troian Bellisario Troian Avery Bellisario (born October 28, 1985) is an American actress. A graduate of the University of Southern California, in 2010, she received her breakthrough role as Spencer Hastings in the Freeform drama series ''Pretty Little Liars'' ( ...

(born 1985) – actress; stars as Spencer Hastings in the

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series '' Pretty Little Liars'' * E.J. Bellocq (1873–1949) – photographer *

Jimmy Bertrand Jimmy Bertrand (February 24, 1900 – August 1960) was an American jazz and blues percussionist. Background Bertrand was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was active on the Chicago blues and jazz scene of the 1920s. Bertrand recorded with Louis ...

(1900–1960) – jazz and blues drummer * Alex Bigard (1899–1978) –

drummer. He was the brother of

Barney Bigard Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone. Biography Bigard was born in New Orleans to Creole parents, Ale ...

and a cousin of

Natty Dominique Anatie "Natty" Dominique (August 2, 1896 – August 30, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, and most notable for his long body of work with Johnny Dodds Johnny Dodds (; April 12, 1892 � ...

and

A.J. Piron Armand John "A.J." Piron (August 16, 1888 – February 17, 1943) was an American jazz violinist who led a dance band during the 1920s. Biography In 1915, Piron and Clarence Williams started the Piron and Williams Publishing Company. In their ...

, and was involved for decades with the New Orleans jazz scene. Barney Bigard 1947

(1906–1980) – jazz clarinetist * Esther Bigeou (1895–1936) –

singer; billed as "The Girl with the Million Dollar Smile"; one of the classic female blues singers popular in the 1920s * Eddie Bo (1930–2009) – singer and pianist from New Orleans *

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 ...

(1887–1967) –

cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ...

player; also played violin professionally, as well as sometimes

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

, and

xylophone The xylophone (; ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), the xylophone essentially consists of a set of tuned wooden keys arranged in the ...

; cousin of New Orleans R&B musician Eddie Bo *

Denise Boutte Denise Boutte (born January 19, 1982) is an American actress and model, who has appeared in the films ''Why Did I Get Married? ''Why Did I Get Married?'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film adaptation written, produced, directed, and starring ...

(born 1982) – actress and model *

John Boutté John Boutté (born November 3, 1958) Boutté studied business at Xavier University of Louisiana where he was in ROTC. After he graduated, he was commissioned in the U.S. Army where he served for the next four years. When he returned, he started ...

(born 1958) – jazz singer * Wellman Braud (1891–1966) – jazz upright bassist *

John Brunious John Brunious Jr. (October 12, 1940 – February 12, 2008) was a jazz trumpeter and a bandleader for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans. Biography The family lived in the Seventh Ward neighborhood of New Orleans. His father, John Bru ...

(born 1940) – jazz trumpeter * Wendell Brunious (born 1954) – jazz trumpeter * Calvin Carriere (1921–2002) – fiddler *

Chubby Carrier Roy "Chubby" Carrier is an American zydeco musician. He is the leader of Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band. Biography Carrier's father and grandfather both played zydeco music, and his cousins recorded under the name The Carrier Brot ...

(born 1967) – zydeco musician * Roy Carrier (1947–2010) – zydeco musician * Inez Catalon (c. 1913–1994) – Creole singer *

Papa Celestin Oscar Phillip Celestin (January 1, 1884 – December 15, 1954) better known by stage name Papa Celestin was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Life and career Celestin was born in Napoleonville, Louisiana, to a Creole family, son of a s ...

(1884–1954) – jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and vocalist *

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 ...

(1923–2019) – chef, author and television personality *

Boozoo Chavis Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis (pronounced CHAY-viss) (October 23, 1930 – May 5, 2001) was an American accordion player, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was one of the pioneers of zydeco, the fusion of Cajun and blues music developed ...

(1930–2001) – musician and one of the pioneers of zydeco music *

Clifton Chenier Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), was an American Creole musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music which arose from Creole music, with rhythm and blues, R&B, blues, and Cajun music, Cajun influences. He sang a ...

(1925–1987) – zydeco musician *

C.J. Chenier C. J. Chenier (born Clayton Joseph Thompson, September 28, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur, Texas) is the Louisiana Creole people, Creole son of the Grammy Award-winning "King of Zydeco", Louisiana musician, Clifton Chenier. In 1987, Ch ...

(born 1957) – zydeco musician and son of the

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-winning "King of Zydeco", Clifton Chenier * Frank Christian (1887–1973) – early jazz trumpeter *

Savannah Churchill Savannah Churchill (born Savannah Valentine Roberts, August 21, 1920 – April 19, 1974) was an American rhythm and blues singer in the 1940s and 1950s. She is best known for her number-one R&B single "I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)." Life ...

(1920–1974) – singer of pop, jazz, and blues music * Robert Colescott (1925–2009) – painter * Warrington Colescott (1921–2018) – artist * Florestine Perrault Collins (1895–1988) – photographer *

Charles Connor Charles Connor (January 14, 1935 – July 31, 2021) was an American drummer, best known as a member of Little Richard's band. Richard's shout of "a-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom" at the beginning of "Tutti Frutti" is said to be a reference ...

(1935–2021) – drummer, best known as a member of

Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the " ...

's band * Louis Cottrell, Jr. (1911–1978) – jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist * Coline Creuzot (born 1985) – singer and

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songwriter; granddaughter of Percy Creuzot Jr, founder of

Frenchy's Chicken Frenchy's Chicken is a restaurant chain in Houston, Texas selling Louisiana Creole cuisine. It was established in 1969 by Percy "Frenchy" Creuzot Jr. In 2010 Allan Turner of the ''Houston Chronicle'' wrote that the original location, still opera ...

, a popular creole restaurant chain based in Houston *

Joe Darensbourg Joe Darensbourg (July 9, 1906 – May 24, 1985) was an American, New Orleans-based jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, notable for his work with Buddy Petit, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Creath, Fate Marable, Andy Kirk, Kid Ory, Wingy Manone, J ...

(1906–1985) – jazz clarinetist and saxophonist notable for his work with

Buddy Petit Buddie Petit (born Joseph Crawford; ca. 1897 – July 4, 1931), also spelled Buddy Petit, was an American early jazz cornetist. His early life is somewhat mysterious, with dates of his birth given in various sources ranging from 1887 to 1897. He ...

, Jelly Roll Morton,

Charlie Creath Charles Cyril Creath (December 30, 1890, Ironton, Missouri – October 23, 1951, Chicago, Illinois) was an American jazz trumpeter, saxophonist, accordionist, and bandleader. Creath played in traveling circuses and in theater bands in the dec ...

, Fate Marable, Andy Kirk, Kid Ory,

Wingy Manone Joseph Matthews "Wingy" Manone (February 13, 1900 – July 9, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader. His recordings included " Tar Paper Stomp", "Nickel in the Slot", "Downright Disgusted Blues", "There'll Come a ...

Joe Liggins Joseph Christopher Liggins, Jr. (born Theodro Elliott; July 9, 1916 – July 26, 1987) was an American R&B, jazz and blues pianist and vocalist who led Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers in the 1940s and 1950s. His band appeared often on the ''B ...

and

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 ...

Damita Jo DeBlanc Damita Jo DeBlanc (August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998), known professionally as Damita Jo, was an American actress, comedian, and singer. Her second marriage was to her manager James "Biddy" Wood in 1961. Biography DeBlanc was born in Austin ...

(1930–1998) – actress, comedian, and

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performer * Edmonde Dede (1829–1903) – composer Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

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 ...

(1834–1917) – artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings; cousin of Norbert Rillieux; eldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, and Augustin De Gas, a banker *

Harold Dejan Harold Andrew "Duke" Dejan (February 4, 1909 – July 5, 2002) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in New Orleans. Dejan is best remembered as leader of the Olympia Brass Band, including during the 1960s and 1970s when it was con ...

(1909–2002) – jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader GenoDelafose2006

Geno Delafose Geno Delafose (born February 6, 1971) is an American zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the younger generations of the genre who has created the sound known as the nouveau zydeco. His sound is deeply rooted in traditional Creole music ...

(born 1972) – zydeco accordionist *

John Delafose John Irvin Delafose (April 16, 1939 – September 18, 1994) was an American French-speaking Creole Zydeco accordionist from Louisiana. Early life Delafose was born in the unincorporated village of Duralde, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, near Mamo ...

(1939–1994) – zydeco accordionist *

Louis Nelson Delisle "Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle (January 28, 1885 – August 20, 1949) was an American early twentieth-century Dixieland jazz clarinetist in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He also played double bass, banjo, and accordion. Early life and e ...

(1885–1949) – Dixieland jazz clarinetist *

Brandon DeShazer Brandon Makkole DeShazer (born January 2, 1984 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American actor and former model. Biography Early life DeShazer was born in Racine, Wisconsin to singer Bruce DeShazer i.e. Tony Christian guitarist of Prince protege ...

(born 1984) – actor, model *

Sidney Desvigne Sidney Desvigne (September 11, 1893 – December 2, 1959) was an American jazz trumpeter. Desvigne played in a large number of noted 1910s and 1920s-era New Orleans Jazz ensembles, including Leonard Bechet's Silver Bell Band, the Maple Leaf Orc ...

(1893–1959) – jazz trumpeter. *

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 ...

(1924–1999) – television and film actress Faith Domergue 1946

(1896–1982) – jazz trumpeter * Fats Domino (1928–2017) – classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist *

Rockin' Dopsie Alton Jay Rubin (February 10, 1932 – August 26, 1993), who performed as Rockin' Dopsie (sometimes Rockin' Dupsee), was an American zydeco singer and accordion player who enjoyed popular success first in Europe and later in the United States. B ...

(1932–1993) – leading zydeco musician and button accordion player who enjoyed popular success first in Europe and later in the United States *

Peter DuConge Peter DuConge (1902-1966) was an American jazz reedist, active in the early New Orleans jazz scene. DuConge was raised in a musical family. His father was a journeyman barber, and had a bass, singing voice. His mother, Daniska, was a soprano. Sh ...

(1903–1967) – jazz reedist *

Lawrence Duhe Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

(1887–1960) – jazz clarinetist and bandleader; member of Sugar Johnnie's New Orleans Creole Orchestra * Honore Dutrey (1894–1934) – Dixieland jazz trombonist * Ava DuVernay (born 1972) – film director, producer, screenwriter *

Sheila E. Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist and singer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band. After leaving t ...

(born 1957) – percussionist, singer, composer and producer *

Mignon Faget Mignon Faget (born November 1933) is a jewelry designer based in her native New Orleans, Louisiana. Faget has long been acknowledged as one of New Orleans' premier designers of fine jewelry. Her family settled in the city in the late 18th centur ...

(born 1933) – jewelry designer based in her native New Orleans *

Lionel Ferbos Lionel Charles Ferbos (July 17, 1911 – July 19, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was from New Orleans, Louisiana. At 103, Ferbos was the oldest jazz musician in New Orleans. A native New Orleanian whose career centered almost exclusive ...

(1911–2014) – New Orleans jazz trumpeter *

Lil' Fizz Dreux Pierre Frédéric (born November 26, 1985) better known by his stage name Lil' Fizz, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor best known for being the youngest member and rapper of the R&B group B2K. Formerly, he starred on th ...

(born 1985) – rapper, former

B2K B2K (Boys of the New Millennium) was an American boy band that was active from 1998 to 2004, and again from 2018 to 2019. In 1998, the group was formed by American dance choreographer Dave Scott and Interscope A&R Keshia Gamble. The members ...

member * Canray Fontenot (1922–1995) – fiddle player *

(1928–2000) – jazz drummer *

D'Jalma Garnier D'Jalma Garnier is a musician and composer best known for Creole and Cajun fiddle and "outside" musical compositions and collaborations with other artists. Biography His musical heritage descends from the Camelia Brass Band in New Orleans ...

(born 1954) – musician and composer * Tony Garnier (born 1956) – bassist (both double bass and bass guitar), best known as an accompanist to

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

, with whom he has played since 1989 * Virginie Amelie Avegno Gautreau (1859–1915) – model and socialite *

Louis Moreau Gottschalk Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works. He spent most of his working career outside the United States. Life and car ...

(1829–1869) – composer and pianist, known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces *

George Guesnon Creole George Guesnon (May 25, 1907, New Orleans, Louisiana – May 6, 1968, New Orleans) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and singer. When he was twelve years old, Guesnon bought a ukulele under the influence of an uncle who played gu ...

(1907–1968) – jazz banjoist, guitarist, composer, and singer George Herriman and fans

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 ...

(1880–1944) – cartoonist, known for his comic strip ''Krazy Kat'' *

Andrew Hilaire Andrew Henry Hilaire (February 1, 1899 – August 3, 1935) was an American jazz drummer active from the 1910s to early-1930s. Early life Hilaire was born in New Orleans of a middle-class, Creole of color family that lived in the French Qu ...

(1899–1935) – jazz drummer * Marques Houston (born 1981) – singer and actor JulienHudsonSelfPortrait

* Julien Hudson (1811–1844) – painter and art teacher *

Clementine Hunter Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen) (late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. Hunter was born ...

(1886–1988) – self-taught

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from the

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region in Louisiana *

Queen Ida Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory (born January 15, 1929) is a Louisiana Creole accordionist. She was the first female accordion player to lead a zydeco band. Queen Ida's music is an eclectic mix of R&B, Caribbean, and Cajun, though the presence of ...

(born 1929) – zydeco accordion player * Ice-T (born 1958) – musician and actor * Michelle Jacques – singer and music educator * Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004) – jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "

Flying Home "Flying Home" is a jazz and jump blues composition written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton with lyrics by Sid Robin. Background It was reportedly developed while Hampton was in the Benny Goodman band. A gig in 1939 required the band to fly f ...

", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo *

Russell Jacquet Russell Jacquet (December 4, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American trumpeter. Jacquet was born on December 4, 1917 in Saint Martinville, Louisiana, United States. He was the elder brother of well-known tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, wh ...

(1917–1990) – trumpeter. He was the elder brother of well-known tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, who he worked with through the years. *

Al Jarreau Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. His 1981 album '' Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R ...

(1940–2017) – singer and musician. He received a total of seven

s and was nominated for over a dozen more. Jarreau is perhaps best known for his 1981 album '' Breakin' Away''. * Beau Jocque (1953–1999) – zydeco musician * Beverly Johnson (born 1952) – model, actress, and businesswoman *

Ty Granderson Jones Tyrone Granderson Jones (born January 19, 1964) is a Creole American actor, screenwriter and producer.Leatrice Joy (1893–1985) – actress most prolific during the

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era * Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) – R&B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "

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" which went to No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart in the U.S. *

Freddie Keppard Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard; February 27, 1890 – July 15, 1933) was an American jazz cornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and suc ...

(1890–1993) – jazz cornetist Beyonce - The Formation World Tour, at Wembley Stadium in London, England

* Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981) – R&B singer * Solange Knowles (born 1986) – R&B singer * Tina Knowles (born 1954) – fashion designer *

The Knux The Knux are an American alternative hip hop duo, formed in 2003, composed of brothers Kentrell "Krispy" Lindsey (formerly known as Krispy Kream) and Alvin "Joey" Lindsey (formerly known as Rah Al Millio). Both brothers are multi-instrumentali ...

(born 1982 & 1984) – musicians, rappers, singers, record producers *

Dorothy LaBostrie Dorothy LaBostrie (May 28, 1928 – November 4, 2007), later Dorothy LaBostrie Black, was an American songwriter, best known for co-writing Little Richard's 1955 hit "Tutti Frutti". Early life and songwriting career She was born in Rayland, ...

(1929–2007) – songwriter, best known for co-writing

's 1955 hit "Tutti Frutti" * Lenny LaCour (born 1932) – record producer, songwriter and performer, particularly active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s * Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996) – actress and singer *

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; married to Suge Knight *Janee Michelle (born 1946) – actress, model, and businessperson best known for her role in the 1974 horror film ''The House on Skull Mountain'' *Lizzie Miles (1895–1963) – blues singer *Ziggy Modeliste (born 1948) – drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters *Allison Montana (1922–2005) – New Orleans cultural icon who acted as the Mardi Gras Indian "chief of chiefs" for over 50 years *Deacon John Moore (born 1941) – blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll musician, singer, and bandleader *Morris W. Morris (1845–1906) – American Civil War soldier of the Louisiana Native Guards; stage actor * Jelly Roll Morton (1885–1941) – virtuoso pianist, bandleader and composer *Archibald Motley (1891–1981) – painter *Idris Muhammad (1939–2014) –

drummer who recorded extensively with many musicians, including Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu. *Aaron Neville (born 1941) – soul and R&B singer and musician. *Albert Nicholas (1900–1973) – jazz reed (instrument), reed playerMax Jones, ''Jazz Talking: Profiles, Interviews, and Other Riffs on Jazz Musicians,'' Da Capo Press, 2000, pg. 26 *Wooden Joe Nicholas (1883–1957) – jazz trumpeter and

ist, active in the early New Orleans jazz scene *Jimmie Noone (1895–1944) – jazz clarinetist and bandleader *Brittany O'Grady (born 1996) – actress who plays Simone Davis on the TV series ''Star (U.S. TV series), Star'' * Kid Ory (1886–1973) – jazz trombonist and bandleader *Jimmy Palao (1879–1925) – jazz bandleader *Ernest "Doc" Paulin (1907–2007) – jazz trumpeter and bandleader *Alcide Pavageau (1888–1969) – jazz guitarist and double-bassist *Manuel Perez (musician), Manuel Perez (1871–1946) – clarinetist and bandleader *Buddie Petit (1890–1931) – early jazz cornetist *Joseph Petit (1873–1945) – jazz trombonist *Fats Pichon (1906–1967) – jazz pianist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter *Alphonse Picou (1878–1961) – jazz clarinetist *De De Pierce (1904–1973) – trumpeter and

ist; best remembered for the songs "Peanut Vendor" and "Dippermouth Blues", both with Billie Pierce *Armand J. Piron (1888–1943) – jazz violinist, band leader, and composer *Deborah Pratt (born 1951) – actress, writer and television producer *Prince (musician), Prince (1958–2016) – singer-songwriter, musician and producer *Regis Prograis (born 1989) – professional boxer * *Wardell Quezergue (1930–2011) – music arranger, producer, and bandleader * *Chris Rene (born 1982) – singer-songwriter, musician and producer from Santa Cruz, California *Googie Rene (1927–2007) – musician and songwriter *Leon Rene (1902–1982) – music composer of R&B and rock and roll songs in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s *Dawn Richard (singer), Dawn Richard (1983) – singer-songwriter *Robert Ri'chard (born 1983) – actor Nicole Richie 2012

*Nicole Richie (born 1981) – television personality, fashion designer *LaTavia Roberson (born 1981) – singe-songwriter, and actress *Joe Robichaux (1900–1965) – jazz pianist; nephew of John Robichaux *John Robichaux (1866–1939) – jazz bandleader, drummer, and violinist; uncle of Joseph Robichaux *RuPaul (born 1960) – actor, drag queen, model, author, television personality, and recording artist *Betye Saar (born 1926) – artist known for her work in the field of Assemblage (art), assemblage *Brytni Sarpy (born 1987) – actress best known for her portrayal of Valerie Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'' *Rockin' Sidney (1938–1998) – R&B, zydeco, and soul musician *Omer Simeon (1902–1959) – jazz clarinetist TerranceSimien

*Terrance Simien (born 1965) – zydeco musician, vocalist, and songwriter *Lil' Buck Sinegal (1944–2019) – blues and zydeco musician *Roger Guenveur Smith (born 1955) – actor, director, and writer *Betty Reid Soskin (born 1921) – National Park Ranger, Park Ranger with the National Park Service, assigned to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California *Tracie Spencer (born 1976) – R&B and pop singer-songwriter, actress, and model *Johnny St. Cyr (1890–1966) – jazz Banjo#Six-string banjos, banjoist and guitarist *Raven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer *William J. Tennyson Jr. (1923–1959) – jazz musician *Andre Thierry (born 1979) – Grammy-nominated zydeco musician; leads the band Zydeco Magic *Lorenzo Tio Jr. (1893–1933) – jazz clarinetist *Allen Toussaint (1938–2015) – musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans Rhythm and blues, R&B *Mr. T (born 1952) – actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series ''The A-Team'' and as boxing, boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film ''Rocky III'', and for his appearances as a professional wrestler *Vicki Vann (born 1980) – country music artist, model and actress *Little Walter (1930–1968) – blues musician and singer *Lynn Whitfield (born 1953) – actress *Nathan Williams (Zydeco), Nathan Williams (born 1964) – zydeco accordionist and singer *Buckwheat Zydeco (1947–2016) – accordionist and zydeco musician

Business

*Danny Bakewell (born 1946) – civil rights activist and entrepreneur; owner of the Bakewell Company, which includes among its holdings the New Orleans radio station WBOK and the ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' newspaper; Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association *Alvin J. Boutte (1929–2012) — founder and CEO of the largest Black-owned bank in the United States, civil rights activist, Chicago civic leader *Joseph Eloi Broussard (1866–1956) – pioneer rice grower and miller in Texas *Jean Pierre Chouteau (1758–1849) – fur trader, merchant, politician and slaveholder *Marie Couvent (1757–1837) – philanthropist and businesswoman *Percy Creuzot (1924–2010) – restaurateur who founded

in Houston, Texas; due to his success, he became known as "the African-American, black Colonel Sanders" *Constant C. Dejoie, Sr. (1881–1970) – publisher and founder of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper *Lurita Doan (born 1958) – businesswoman, political commentator, and former political appointee; administrator of the United States General Services Administration, the government's contracting agency, 2006–2008, during the administration of Republican U.S. President George W. Bush *Harold Doley (born 1947) – businessman *Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (?–1818) – businessman and founder of Chicago *Roy F. Guste – author of ten Louisiana French-Creole cuisine cookbooks; fifth-generation proprietor of New Orleans' famed Antoine's Restaurant, established in 1840 *Thomy Lafon (1810–1893) – businessman, philanthropist, and human rights activist *Austin Leslie (1934–2005) – internationally famous New Orleans chef whose work defined "Creole Soul" *Miriam Leslie (1836–1914) – publisher and author *Marie Thérèse Coincoin (1742–1816) – médecine, planter, and businesswoman in Natchitoches Parish *Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba (1795–1874) – businesswoman *Mary Ellen Pleasant (between 1814 and 1817–1904) – entrepreneur and human rights activist *Iris Rideau (born 1937) – winemaker, businesswoman and activist *Charles Rochon (1673–1733) – French colonist and was one of the four founders of modern-day Mobile, Alabama. *Plaçage#RosetteRochon, Rosette Rochon (1767) – daughter of Pierre Rochon, a shipbuilder from a Québécois family (family name was Rocheron in Québec), and his mulâtresse slave-consort Marianne, who bore him five other children. Rochon came to speculate in real estate in the French Quarter; she eventually owned rental property, opened grocery stores, made loans, bought and sold mortgages, and owned and rented out (hired out) slaves. *Desiree Rogers (born 1959) – former White House Social Secretary and businesswoman *Peter A. Sarpy (1804–1865) – businessman *Jacques Telesphore Roman (1800–1848) – businessman *Virginie de Ternant (1818–1887) – businesswoman

Education

*Earl Barthe (1922–2010) – plasterer and plastering historian *Brian J. Costello (born 1966) – historian, author, archivist and humanitarian. He is an 11th generation resident of New Roads, Louisiana, seat of Pointe Coupee Parish. He is three-quarters French and one-quarter Italian in ethnicity. He is a recognized, and one of the few remaining, speakers of Louisiana Creole French, having been immersed in childhood in the dialect spoken in Pointe Coupee Parish. *Toi Derricotte (born 1941) – poet and a professor of writing at the University of Pittsburgh *Edouard Dessommes (1845–1908) – French language writer *Caroline Durieux (1896–1989) – lithographer, and Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University *Alcée Fortier (1856–1914) – late 19th-century professor of languages and folklore; influential in preservation of the French language in Louisiana *Norman Francis (born 1931) – President of Xavier University of Louisiana *Sheryl St. Germain (born 1954) – poet, essayist, and professor *Andrew Jolivette – author and lecturer; associate professor in American Indian Studies and instructor in Ethnic Studies, Educational Leadership, and Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University *Sybil Kein – poet, playwright, scholar and musician *Suzette M. Malveaux (born 1966) – Professor of Law and former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America *Camille Nickerson (1888–1982) – pianist, composer, arranger, collector, and Howard University professor from 1926 to 1962 *Etnah Rochon Boutte (1880-1973) — educator, pharmacist, an activist; executive secretary of the Circle for Negro War Relief; co-founder, NAACP Anti-Lynching Crusaders *Gilbert L. Rochon – 6th University president, president of Tuskegee University, 2010–2013 *Neal Ferdinand Simeon (1916–1963) – mechanical engineer and teacher

Journalism

*Dean Baquet (born 1956) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; executive editor of ''The New York Times'' *Chris Broussard (born 1968) – color analyst, sports analyst for ESPN, who mainly covers the National Basketball Association, NBA; columnist for ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com; makes appearances on ESPN's ''NBA Fastbreak'' as an analyst *Merri Dee (born 1936) – philanthropist and former television journalist *Bryant Gumbel (born 1948) – television journalist *Greg Gumbel (born 1946) – television sportscaster *Aristide Laurent (1941–2011) – publisher and LGBT civil rights advocate; co-founded ''The Los Angeles Advocate'' (now known as ''The Advocate (LGBT magazine), The Advocate'') in 1967 with Sam Allen, Bill Rau, and Richard Mitch *Charlie LeDuff (born 1966) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer *Don Lemon (born 1966) – television news anchor; host of ''CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, CNN Tonight'' *Suzanne Malveaux (born 1966) – television news reporter *Arthel Neville (born 1962) – journalist and television personality

Law and politics

*Caesar Antoine (1836–1921) – Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, businessman, soldier, editor *Larry Bagneris, Jr. (born 1946) – social and political activist from New Orleans *Sidney Barthelemy (born 1942) – former mayor of New Orleans *Armand Julie Beauvais (1783–1843) – 7th governor of Louisiana *Pierre Evariste Jean-Baptiste Bossier (1797–1844) – Louisiana state senator, 1833–1843; namesake of Bossier Parish, Louisiana *Henry Braden (1944–2013) – lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from his native

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, Louisiana. *Donna Brazile (born 1959) – author, academic, and political analyst; Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee *Allen Broussard (1929–1996) – judge who rose to become a justice of the California Supreme Court *LaToya Cantrell (born 1972) - current Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana *Ward Connerly (born 1939) – former University of California regent, moderate conservative political activist, and businessman *Don Cravins, Jr. (born 1972) – Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from the State of Louisiana *Pierre Derbigny (1769–1829) – 6th governor of Louisiana RodolpheDesdunes1911

*Dan Desdunes (1870–1929) – civil rights activist and musician in New Orleans and Omaha *Rodolphe Desdunes (1849–1928) – civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist, and customs officer primarily active in New Orleans *Jean Noel Destrehan (1754–1823) – politician in Louisiana and one-time owner of Destréhan Plantation, one of Louisiana's most famous antebellum historical landmarks *Antoine Dubuclet (1810–1887) – State Treasurer of Louisiana *Jacques Dupre (1773–1846) – 8th Governor of Louisiana *Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) – served as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive Rep

*Keith Ellison (born 1963) – U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district *William Freret (1804–1864) – mayor of New Orleans, 1840–1842, and 1843–1844 *Charles Gayarré (1805–1895) – lawyer, judge, politician, historian, essayist, dramatist and novelist *Curtis Graves (born 1938) – politician and photographer *Jamal Harrison Bryant, Gizelle Graves (born 1970) – model and reality TV star *Paul Octave Hebert (1818–1880) – 14th Governor of Louisiana from 1853 to 1856 and a general in the Confederate Army *Alexis Herman (born 1947) – politician; 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor, serving under President Bill Clinton; previously Assistant to the President and Director of the White House White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of Public Engagement *Valerie Jarrett (born 1956) – senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Obama administration; lawyer and businesswoman. Jerrett is a descendant of French colonist Charles Rochon *Paul Lafargue (1842–1911) – French revolutionary Marxism, Marxist Socialism, socialist journalist, literary critic, political writer and activist *Eric LaFleur (born 1964) – Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate; first elected in 2007; previously member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 38 (Evangeline Parish, Evangeline and St. Landry Parish, St. Landry parishes), 2000–2008; first elected without opposition to an open seat vacated by Dirk Deville; re-elected four years later in 2003 with 81% of the vote *Mary Landrieu (born 1955) – politician, entrepreneur, and former United States Senate, U.S. Senator from the state of

. *Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) – politician and lawyer who is the 61st Mayor of New Orleans. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Landrieu served as the 51st Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010 prior to becoming mayor. *Moon Landrieu (born 1930) – served as the 56th Mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978. He also is a former judge. He represented

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' 12th Ward of New Orleans, Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966 and served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970. *Pierre Caliste Landry (1841–1921) – Mayor of Donaldsonville, Louisiana *Richard W. Leche (1898–1965) – 44th governor of Louisiana, 1936–1939 Ivan L

*Ivan L. R. Lemelle (born 1950) – United States federal judge *Bernard de Marigny (1785–1868) – politician *François Xavier Martin (1762–1846) – jurist and author, the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana, and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

*John Willis Menard (1838–1893) – U.S. Congressman *Ernest Nathan Morial (1929–1989) – political figure and leading civil rights advocate *Marc Morial (born 1958) – former mayor of New Orleans; son of Ernest Nathan Morial *Ray Nagin (born 1956) – former mayor of New Orleans *Revius Ortique, Jr. (1924–2008) – justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and civil rights activist *James Pitot (1761–1831) – second mayor of New Orleans *Homer Plessy (1863–1925) – plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' *Geronimo Pratt (1947–2011) – human rights activist *Denis Prieur (mayor), Denis Prieur – 10th mayor of New Orleans [19/politics/rice.morgan_1_corn-bread-fried-chicken-condoleezza-rice?_s=PM:POLITICS "Condoleezza Rice: 'I cannot imagine myself running for office'"] , "cnn.com", January 19, 2011 *Robert Rochon Taylor (1899-1957), housing activist and banker, first black member of the Chicago Housing Authority, namesake of the Robert Taylor Homes *Andre B. Roman (1795–1866) – 9th governor of Louisiana, cousin of Sen. Pierre Bossier *Angela Rye (born 1979) – attorney and political commentator, her paternal grandfather was born in Shreveport, Louisiana *A.P. Tureaud (1899–1972) – attorney for the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP *Jacques Villere (1761–1830) – 2nd governor of Louisiana *Joseph Marshall Walker (1784–1856) – 13th governor of Louisiana, 1850–1853 *Lionel Wilson (politician), Lionel Wilson (1915–1998) – mayor of Oakland, California, serving three terms, 1977–1991 *Andrew Young (born 1932) – Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and mayor of Atlanta

Literature

*Arna Bontemps (1902–1973) – poet; noted member of the Harlem Renaissance *Anatole Broyard (1920–1990) – native of New Orleans, 20th-century writer and critic who worked in New York City *Kate Chopin (1850–1904) – author, forerunner to feminism *Marcus Bruce Christian (1900–1976) – poet, writer, historian and folklorist *Sidonie de la Houssaye (1820–1894) – writer *Armand Lanusse (1810–1867) – poet and educator *Willard Motley (1909–1965) – writer *Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935) – poet, journalist and political activist *Anais Nin (1903–1977) – author *Brenda Marie Osbey (born 1957) – poet *John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) – author; won a Pulitzer Prize for his Picaresque novel ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' (1980) *Jean Toomer (1894–1967) – poet and novelist *Victor Sejour (1817–1874) – writer *Fatima Shaik (born 1952) – writer of children's and adult literature *Jesmyn Ward (born 1977) – novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and a 2012 Alex Awards, Alex Award with her second novel ''Salvage the Bones'', a story about familial love and community covering the 10 days preceding Hurricane Katrina, the day of the cyclone, and the day after.

Military

*Edward Gabriel Andre Barrett (1827–1880) – Commodore (United States), Commodore in the US Navy, United States Navy *P. G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893) – general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; writer, civil servant and inventor *Renato Beluche (1780–1860) – Venezuelan merchant and privateer *Sherian Cadoria (born 1943) – retired General in the United States Army *Andre Cailloux (1825–1863) – officer in the Confederate and Union armies *Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958) – military aviator *Jerome G. Cooper (born 1936) – former Officer (armed forces), officer of the United States Marine Corps; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs), 1989–1992; United States Ambassador to Jamaica, 1994–1997 *Russel L. Honoré (born 1947) – commanding general of the U.S. First Army in Fort Gillem, Georgia, and commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast *John A. Lejeune (1867–1942) – 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps *Stephen W. Rochon – Rear Admiral; former Director of the Executive Residence; White House Chief Usher

Religion

*Henriette Delille (1812–1862) – founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family (Louisiana), Sisters of the Holy Family, declared venerable by the Pope in 2010 *Curtis J. Guillory (born 1943) – Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, Texas *Marie Laveau (1794–1881) – practitioner of voodoo *Leonard Olivier (1923–2014) – retired auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington *Harold Robert Perry (1916–1991) – auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans *John Ricard (born 1940) – prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; fourth Bishop (Catholicism), Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee

Science and technology

*John James Audubon (1785–1851) – ornithologist, naturalist, and painter *Antoine Philippe de Marigny (1721–1779) – geographer and explorer *Paul Du Chaillu (1831–1903) – French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist; became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa; researched the prehistory of Scandinavia *Barthelemy Lafon (1769–1820) – notable Creole architect, engineer, city planner, and Cadastre, surveyor in New Orleans *Jean Alexandre LeMat (1824–1883) – best known for the percussion cap revolver that bears his name (LeMat revolver) * Norbert Rillieux (1806–1894) – inventor and engineer *Jean-Louis Dolliole (1779–1861), architect-builder in New Orleans, Louisiana Boyd Melson (cropped)

Sports

*Laila Ali (born 1977) – former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007; daughter of the late heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali with his third wife,

; the eighth of her father's nine children *Jonathan Babineaux (born 1981) - former defensive tackle for the National Football League *Jordan Babineaux (born 1983) - former safety for the National Football League *Daniel Cormier (born 1979) – mixed martial artist (UFC) and former Olympic wrestler *Jimmy Doyle (boxer), Jimmy Doyle (1924–1947) – welterweight boxing, boxer *Joe Dumars (born 1963) – retired basketball player in the National Basketball Association; played for the Detroit Pistons 1985–1999 *Ralph Dupas (1935–2008) – boxer from New Orleans; won the world light middleweight championship *Brett Favre (born 1969) – Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame National Football League, NFL Quarterback *Matt Forte (born 1985) – running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League *Jermaine Kearse (born 1990) – football player *Oliver Marcelle (1895–1949) – professional baseball player *Tyrann Mathieu (born 1992) – free safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League *Boyd Melson (born 1981) – light middleweight boxer *Paul Charles Morphy (1837–1884) – chess master, lawyer *Kelly Oubre Jr. (born 1995) – professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA) *Xavier Paul (born 1985) – professional baseball outfielder; has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks *Regis Prograis (born 1989) – Professional boxing, professional boxer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Prograis is currently the World Boxing Council, WBC Interim championship, interim light-welterweight champion. *Don Prudhomme (born 1941) – Drag racing, professional drag racer and 4-time National Hot Rod Association, NHRA Funny Car champion. *CC Sabathia (born 1980) – professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees *Paul Sentell (1879–1923) – professional baseball player

Other

*Charles Deslondes (1777–1811) – one of the slave leaders of the 1811 German Coast uprising, a Slavery in the United States, slave revolt that began on January 8, 1811, in the Territory of Orleans *Delphine LaLaurie (1787–1849) – socialite and murderer *Sinnamon Love (born 1973) – pornographic film actor, pornographic actress *Jean Saint Malo (d. 1784) – leader of a group of runaway slaves, known as Maroon (people), maroons, in Louisiana (New Spain), Spanish LouisianaM.G. Houzeau
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