List of people from New Orleans

This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Academia

• Will W. Alexander, first president of Dillard University and head of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
• Stephen Ambrose, historian and University of New Orleans professor
• Charles C. Bass, physician and researcher in tropical medicine and dental health
• Stanhope Bayne-Jones, physician, member of US Surgeon General's Committee linking smoking to cancer
• Joan W. Bennett, biologist and former Tulane University professor
• Cyril Y. Bowers, physician and endocrinology researcher
• Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College since 2015; born in New Orleans in 1956
• Douglas Brinkley, historian, author and former University of New Orleans and Tulane University professor
• Brené Brown, professor of social work; author
• George E. Burch, pioneering physician, cardiovascular disease researcher, medical school professor
• Henry E. Chambers, Louisiana historian and educator
• John R. Conniff, New Orleans educator and university administrator
• Michael DeBakey, pioneer in heart surgery
• Henry C. Dethloff, American historian
• James H. Dillard, educator, advocate for education of African-Americans
• Alcée Fortier, folklorist, historian, and university professor
• Mary L. Good, scientist and university professor
• Edgar Hull, Louisiana physician, professor, and hospital administrator
• Salman Khan, educator
• James A. Knight, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist
• Marietta LeBreton, Louisiana historian
• Rudolph Matas, innovative surgeon at Tulane Medical School
• Alton Ochsner, surgeon and medical researcher, founded the Ochsner Medical Center
• Max Rafferty, public school administrator and writer
• Ed Renwick, political scientist and television commentator
• Charles P. Roland, historian at Tulane and later the University of Kentucky, specializes in American Civil War and American South
• Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist and Nobel Laureate
• Mary S. Sherman, cancer researcher and physician
• Harry V. Sims, surgeon, hospital administrator, gynecological researcher
• Argile Smith, former J. D. Grey Professor of Preaching at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, past interim president of Louisiana College
• Lewis Thomas, physician, researcher, and author of popular non-fiction
• Jeffrey Vitter, computer scientist and Purdue University dean

Arts and literature

• Enrique Alferez, sculptor
• John James Audubon, painter, ornithologist, naturalist
• E. J. Bellocq, photographer
• Skip Bolen, photographer
• Poppy Z. Brite, writer
• George Washington Cable, writer
• Milburn E. Calhoun, book publisher
• Truman Capote, writer
• John Churchill Chase, writer and cartoonist
• Kate Chopin, writer, feminist
• Ben Claassen III, illustrator and comics artist, DIRTFARM
• Andrei Codrescu, poet and commentator
• Edgar Degas, artist
• Thomas Dent, poet and writer
• George Washington Dixon, newspaper editor
• Alexander John Drysdale, artist
• George Dureau, artist and photographer
• William Faulkner, writer
• Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction writer
• Whitney Gaskell, writer, attended Tulane Law School which was the setting of her 2006 novel Testing Kate
• Rolland Golden, artist
• Shirley Ann Grau, writer
• Lafcadio Hearn, writer
• Knute Heldner, artist
• Lillian Hellman, writer
• George Herriman, Krazy Kat cartoonist
• Caroline Hill, actress
• May Lesser Hyman, medical illustrator
• Walter Isaacson, writer, journalist, public policy analyst
• Harnett Kane, author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction
• Frances Parkinson Keyes, writer
• Elmore Leonard, author
• Michael Lewis, writer
• Robert Bledsoe Mayfield, artist
• John McCrady, artist
• James Michalopoulos, artist^[1]
• Andres Molinary, artist
• Alice Dunbar Nelson, poet, journalist and political activist
• John Travis Nixon, journalist, published what became The Monroe News Star and The Crowley Post Signal^[2]
• Renee Peck, writer
• Achille Peretti, artist
• Paul E. Poincy, artist
• Matthew Randazzo V, writer
• Anne Rice, writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction
• Christopher Rice, author
• Stan Rice, poet
• George Rodrigue, artist
• John T. Scott, artist and sculptor
• Kendall Shaw, abstract expressionist painter
• John Kennedy Toole, writer of A Confederacy of Dunces
• Lucille Western, actress
• Tennessee Williams, playwright

Business and economics

• Isaac Delgado, businessman and philanthropist, benefactor of Delgado Community College
• Constant C. Dejoie Sr., African-American business leader
• William Edenborn (1848–1926), industrialist and inventor, owner of Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, which linked Shreveport with New Orleans^[3]
• Avram Glazer, businessman and sports franchise owner
• Daniel Henry Holmes, 19th century businessman
• John McDonogh (1779–1850), shipping, land speculation (world's largest private landholder ca. 1850), philanthropist and namesake of many New Orleans schools
• Alexander Milne, 18th-century businessman and entrepreneur
• T. J. Moran, businessman, restaurateur, and philanthropist^[4]
• Oliver Pollock, merchant, financier of the American Revolutionary War
• Benjamin M. Rosen, computer entrepreneur
• Louis J. Roussel Jr., businessman and political kingmaker
• Clay Shaw, businessman
• Judah Touro, businessman and philanthropist
• Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil (1783–1843), businessman
• David Voelker, businessman and philanthropist^[5]
• Samuel Zemurray, businessman and philanthropist

Cuisine

• John Besh, chef
• Owen Brennan, restaurateur
• Richard Brennan Sr., restaurateur, Commander's Palace
• Leah Chase, chef
• Al Copeland, restaurateur, Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits and Copeland's restaurants
• Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, Ruth's Chris Steak House
• Emeril Lagasse, chef; restaurateur; television personality
• Beulah Levy Ledner, pastry chef
• Austin Leslie, chef
• Paul Prudhomme, chef

Crime

• Axeman of New Orleans, mysterious mass murderer
• Clyde Barrow, robber and murderer
• Sylvestro Carolla, mafia boss
• Antoinette Frank, former New Orleans Police Officer, convicted murderer
• Francis Grevemberg, crime-busting superintendent of the Louisiana state police, 1952–1955
• Ivory Harris, drug trafficker and weapons trafficker
• Jean Lafitte, pirate
• Pierre Lafitte, pirate and brother of Jean Lafitte
• Delphine LaLaurie, socialite and sadist
• Carlos Marcello, businessman and mafia boss
• Captain Bill McDonald, legendary Texas Ranger, attended Soule Commercial College in New Orleans in the early 1870s
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• Bonnie Parker, robber and murderer
• Ronald A. Williams II, murdered New Orleans police officer

Fictional

• Mr. Bingle, snowman that assisted Santa Claus and worked at Maison Blanche Department Store
• Benjamin Button, man who is born old and grows young, in a film loosely adapted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story
• Seymore D. Fair, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Mascot, celebrity cartoon character, advocate for animal, people, and planet welfare
• Gambit, Marvel Comics superhero (X-Men)
• Hazel Levesque, previous residence before moving and first death
• Benjamin Sisko, Starfleet captain (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Film and television

• Neferteri Shepherd, African-American model and actress
• Bryan Batt, actor
• Sandra Bullock, actress, resident
• Kitty Carlisle, entertainer
• Paul Carr, actor
• John Carroll, actor and singer
• Laura Cayouette, actor and author
• Patricia Clarkson, actor
• Marshall Colt, psychologist and former actor
• Frank Joseph Davis, television journalist and cookbook author
• Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, talk show host
• Vance DeGeneres, actor, screenwriter, and musician (bass)
• Raquel "Rocsi" Diaz, television host and personality on BET's 106 and Park
• Faith Domergue, actress
• Donna Douglas, actress (Ellie Mae from The Beverly Hillbillies)
• John Goodman, actor
• Allison Harvard, runner-up of twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model
• Dwight Henry, actor
• Gloria Henry, actress born in New Orleans in 1923
• Cheryl Holdridge, actress and Mouseketeer
• Indigo, actress
• Eddie Jemison, actor
• Bayn Johnson, former child actress and singer
• Leatrice Joy, actress
• Dorothy Lamour, actress
• John Larroquette, actor
• Sabrina LeBeauf, actress
• Anthony Mackie, actor
• Adah Isaacs Menken, actress
• Taylor Miller, actress
• Garrett Morris, comedian (SNL), actor
• Arthel Neville, journalist
• Chris Owens, burlesque performer and entrepreneur
• Pauley Perrette, actress
• Tyler Perry, actor, director
• Wendell Pierce, actor, Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire
• Godfrey Reggio, experimental filmmaker/documentarian (Qatsi trilogy)
• Al Shea, actor and theatre critic
• Sydney Shields, stage actress
• Richard Simmons, entertainer
• Harold Sylvester, film actor
• Sam Trammell, actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in True Blood
• Ben Turpin, silent film comedian
• Ray Walston, actor
• Carl Weathers, actor, football player
• Walter Williams, creator of Mr. Bill
• Cora Witherspoon, actress
• Reese Witherspoon, actress
• Grace Zabriskie, actress

Journalism

• James Carville, Democratic Party political consultant and pundit
• Buddy Diliberto, sports journalist
• Dorothy Dix, journalist
• Charles L. "Pie" Dufour, newspaper columnist and historian
• Hap Glaudi, television sportscaster
• Bryant Gumbel, television anchor
• Greg Gumbel, television sportscaster
• Jim Henderson, television sportscaster
• Taylor Henry, investigative reporter
• Iris Kelso, journalist for three New Orleans newspapers and WDSU television commentator
• Hoda Kotb, television anchor
• Mel Leavitt, television journalist and historian
• Angus Lind, newspaper journalist
• Wayne Mack, television sportscaster
• John Maginnis, journalist, political commentator, and author of The Last Hayride, The Cross to Bear, and The Politics of Reform
• Mary Matalin, Republican Party political consultant
• Patrick McCauley, journalist; edited The Huntsville Times, 1966 to 1994; employed by New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1960 to 1966^[6]
• Bill Monroe, NBC television journalist
• Cokie Roberts, ABC television journalist and commentator for National Public Radio
• Nash Roberts, television meteorologist
• Garland Robinette, investigative journalist
• Howard K. Smith, television anchorman
• Blaine Stewart, television journalist
• Ronnie Virgets, writer and broadcast journalist
• Jack Wardlaw, newspaper investigative journalist, with New Orleans States-Item; then bureau chief in Baton Rouge of the New Orleans Times-Picayune^[7]

Law, politics, and military

• Bryan Adams, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish since 2012; born in New Orleans.^[8]
• Reverend Avery Alexander, civil rights leader, state legislator
• Jeff Arnold, member of the Louisiana House from the Algiers section, 2002–2016
• John B. Babcock, Medal of Honor recipient
• Algernon Sidney Badger, government official during and after Reconstruction^[9]
• Austin Badon, state representative for District 100 in Orleans Parish, 2004–2016; workforce development administrator at Nunez Community College since 2000^[10]
• Ben Bagert, attorney and member of both houses of Louisiana State Legislature
• Diana Bajoie, member of both houses of Louisiana legislature 1976–2008; former member of the New Orleans City Council
• P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general and inventor
• Clyde F. Bel Jr., businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish, 1964 to 1972 and 1975–1980
• Judah P. Benjamin, United States Senator, Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War and Secretary of State
• Kirt Bennett, Republican political activist, founder of Young Leaders Academy in Baton Rouge
• Wesley T. Bishop, member of the Louisiana State Senate; former state representative for District 99 in Orleans Parish; administrator at Southern University at New Orleans^[11]
• Hale Boggs, former U.S. Representative
• Lindy Boggs, former U.S. Representative and retired U.S. Ambassador to The Vatican
• Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., lawyer/lobbyist in Washington, D.C, born in New Orleans in 1940, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs, brother of Cokie Roberts and Barbara Boggs Sigmund
• Edward S. Bopp, retired pharmacist and attorney and state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes from 1977 to 1984; born in New Orleans in 1930
• Joseph Bouie Jr., Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish since 2014; retired faculty member and administrator at Southern University at New Orleans^[12]
• Stephen Bradberry, community organizer, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureate
• Juan Davis Bradburn, freedom fighter for Mexico, officer in the Battle of New Orleans
• Henry Braden, politician
• Elward Thomas Brady Jr., state representative from Terrebonne Parish from 1972 to 1976, born in New Orleans^[13]
• Jared Brossett, member of the New Orleans City Council since 2014; state representative for District 97, 2009–2014
• J. Marshall Brown, insurance agent and politician
• Peppi Bruneau, attorney and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Roy A. Burrell, state representative for Caddo and Bossier parishes since 2004; former New Orleans resident^[14]
• Benjamin F. Butler, administrator of Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War
• Pascal F. Calogero Jr., Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court
• Tom Capella, assessor of Jefferson Parish; former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member; lawyer in his native New Orleans^[15]
• Gary Carter Jr., member of the Louisiana House from the Algiers neighborhood, effective 2016
• James Carville, political consultant, political science professor
• Philip Ciaccio, state representative 1962 to 1966, New Orleans City Council member for District E 1966 to 1982, and circuit court judge from 1982 to 1998
• Walter L. Cohen, politician and businessman
• Harry Connick Sr., district attorney, father of singer Harry Connick Jr.
• Rob Couhig, businessman, attorney, politician
• Milton Joseph Cunningham, attorney, state legislator, state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900
• Étienne de Boré, first Mayor of New Orleans in the U.S. administration
• Jean Noel Destréhan, early Creole politician and plantation owner
• Eddie Doucet, state representative for Jefferson Parish from 1972 to 1988; businessman in Jefferson Parish, born in New Orleans^[16]
• David Duke, state representative for Metairie from 1989 to 1992; White nationalist
• Charles E. Dunbar, attorney, civil service reformer
• H. Garland Dupré, attorney and politician; Speaker of the Louisiana House 1908–1910; U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1910–1924
• Frank Burton Ellis, attorney, politician, federal judge
• Albert Estopinal, former U.S. representative and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
• Robert Faucheux, former Louisiana state representative, educated in New Orleans
• Olaf Fink, member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1972; New Orleans educator^[17]
• C.B. Forgotston, attorney, political activist, state government watchdog
• Garey Forster, radio host, former state representative and state labor secretary
• Hoffman Franklin Fuller, professor-emeritus at Tulane University Law School, authority on tax law
• Randal Gaines, state representative since 2012 for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes; former assistant city attorney in New Orleans^[18]
• Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 1970–1978; known for prosecuting corruption in government^[19]
• Jim Garrison, district attorney of Orleans Parish
• Robert T. Garrity Jr., attorney and former state representative for Jefferson Parish
• Newt Gingrich, U.S. Congressman from Georgia, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• John Grenier, Birmingham lawyer and Alabama Republican Party figure, born in New Orleans in 1930
• Jimmy Harris, African-American Democrat state representative for District 99 since 2016
• F. Edward Hebert, Democrat U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district, 1941 to 1977
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, former member of the New Orleans City Council for District D, 2005 to 2014
• Fred Heebe, New Orleans businessman
• Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, former judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Jennifer Sneed Heebe, former state representative for Jefferson Parish and former member of the Jefferson Parish Council^[20]
• David Heitmeier, state senator for District 7 since 2008, optometrist^[21]
• Francis C. Heitmeier, state senator for District 7, 1988 to 2008; businessman and lobbyist
• David Hennessy, police chief, assassinated in 1890
• Theodore M. Hickey, New Orleans City Council member, 1958–1962; state senator, 1955–1957 and 1963–1984
• Stephanie Hilferty, Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, effective January 2016
• Walker Hines, state representative
• Gerry E. Hinton, state senator from St. Tammany Parish
• Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, army general, subordinate to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
• Nita Rusich Hutter, college administrator and politician
• Girod Jackson, III, state legislator for Jefferson Parish, 2008–2013; former New Orleans resident^[22]
• John E. Jackson, state Republican party chairman, 1929 to 1934; Republican national committeeman, 1934 to 1952, practiced law in New Orleans^[23]
• Bernette Joshua Johnson, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013, native and resident of New Orleans
• Jeannette Knoll, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; reared and educated in New Orleans, where the court meets; resides in Marksville^[24]
• Mary Landrieu, state representative, state treasurer, U.S. senator
• Mitch Landrieu, state representative, lieutenant governor, mayor of New Orleans
• Moon Landrieu, judge and politician, mayor of New Orleans
• Hank Lauricella, former professional football player; state senator from Jefferson Parish, 1972–1996
• Samuel Lawrason, attorney, authored the Lawrason Act on municipal government^[25]
• Sam A. LeBlanc, III, New Orleans attorney, former state legislator, former temporary federal appeals court judge; retired to St. Francisville c. 2006
• W. Burch Lee, state representative; Clerk of Court
• Art Lentini, Metairie attorney who succeeded Hank Lauricella in the state senate (1996–2008)
• Bob Livingston, Republican former U.S. Representative for 1st congressional district
• Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, a Confederate general
• Nicholas Lorusso, Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes from 2007 to 2016
• Bessie Margolin, labor lawyer
• Virginia Martinez, Republican activist, treasurer of the 1980 and 1984 Republican National Conventions
• Danny Martiny, state senator from Jefferson Parish, was born in New Orleans.
• P.J. Mills, politician, businessman
• A. Brown Moore, member of the New Orleans City Council from 1950 to 1957; decorated World War II veteran, lawyer, and businessman
• Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader
• Marc Morial, former mayor, son of Ernest Nathan Morial
• Arthur A. Morrell, New Orleans lawyer; Clerk of court
• Jean-Paul Morrell, New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature^[26]
• deLesseps Story Morrison, former mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States
• deLesseps Morrison Jr., late state representative
• William Mumford, Confederate resistor in Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War
• Ray Nagin, former mayor of New Orleans
• Kenneth L. Odinet Sr., state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes, 1988–2008
• Michael H. O'Keefe, president of the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 1983; convicted felon
• Alejandro O'Reilly, governor of Louisiana, known as "Bloody O'Reilly"
• Lionel Ott, state senator from 1940 to 1945 and New Orleans Finance Commissioner from 1946 to 1954; candidate for lieutenant governor in 1952
• Paul Pastorek, Louisiana state superintendent of education from 2007 to 2011; subsequently general council to Airbus Group, Inc.
• James E. Paxton, district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District based in St. Joseph, practiced law in New Orleans from 1988 to 1993^[27]
• Leander Perez, district judge, district attorney, and president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council
• P.B.S. Pinchback, politician
• Loulan Pitre Jr., New Orleans lawyer and former state representative for Lafourche Parish
• Edward Joseph Price, state representative for District 58, Gonzales businessman, and former resident of New Orleans^[28][29]
• Andrew C. Querbes Sr., banker and mayor of Shreveport from 1902 to 1906
• William P. Quigley, activist attorney and academic
• Max Rafferty, educator author and columnist, California politician, born in New Orleans in 1917
• George W. Reese Jr., New Orleans lawyer; Republican political figure, senatorial nominee in 1960^[30]
• Beth Rickey, political activist who opposed David Duke
• Edward Ripoll, state representative for District 103, 1984–1988; original owner of Bud Rip's Bar in New Orleans, retired to St. Bernard Parish and died in 2006
• Cokie Roberts, journalist, daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs
• Angelo Roppolo, political consultant from Shreveport, born in New Orleans in 1920
• James St. Raymond, businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish from 1988 to 1992
• Tom Schedler, former state senator from St. Tammany Parish and current Louisiana secretary of state
• Ed Scogin, former state representative from St. Tammany Parish
• Pat Screen, Louisiana State University quarterback, lawyer, and Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish
• Ronal W. Serpas, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department since 2010
• Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans from 1893 to 1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana from 1904 to 1948
• James Z. Spearing, attorney, school board member, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1924–1931
• Paul Spitzfaden, Republican mayor of Mandeville, 1984–1996; born in New Orleans, 1920^[31]
• James Sutterfield, first Republican member of the Louisiana House from Orleans Parish since Reconstruction; served 1970–1972
• Dorothy Mae Taylor, first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House, 1971–1980; member of the New Orleans City Council, 1986–1994^[32]
• Addison Roswell Thompson, perennial segregationist candidate for mayor of New Orleans and governor of Louisiana between 1954 and 1975
• Ben C. Toledano, Republican nominee for mayor of New Orleans in 1970 and U.S. Senate in 1972; lawyer and author; New Orleans native, resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi, since 1991^[33]
• A.P. Tureaud, attorney
• Jorge Ubico, exiled president of Guatemala
• José de Villamil (or José Villamil), father of the independence of Ecuador
• Roger F. Villere Jr., politician, chairman of Louisiana Republican Party
• David Vitter, U.S. Senator
• Frank Voelker Jr., lawyer, politician
• John Volz, late U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, leader of the Louisiana Tigers during the US Civil War
• Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012; superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, 2011^[34]
• Robert Wilkie, National Security Assistant to the President
• Alfred C. Williams, lawyer and state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012; born in New Orleans in 1951^[35]
• Clint Williamson, US Ambassador, White House policy official, United Nations envoy
• Peggy Wilson, member of the New Orleans City Council from 1986 to 1998^[36]
• John Minor Wisdom, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Andrew Young, politician

Math, science, and invention

• Ruth Benerito, inventor of wrinkle-free cotton
• Alfred H. Clifford, mathematician
• Isaac Cline, meteorologist and writer
• Jan Hamer, organic chemist
• Benjamin Morgan Harrod, civil engineer
• Andrew Higgins, ship builder and inventor
• Emile Lamm, inventor
• Abraham Louis Levin, physician and inventor of the Levin Tube
• Levi Spear Parmley, inventor of dental floss
• Mark Plotkin, ethnobotanist
• John Leonard Riddell, inventor of the binocular microscope
• Norbert Rilleaux, inventor, engineer
• A. Baldwin Wood, inventor and engineer

Music

Mystick Krewe of Clearlight

• August Alsina, singer/songwriter
• Troy "Trombine Shorty" Andrews, musician
• Phil Anselmo, musician
• Louis Armstrong, musician and entertainer
• B.G., rapper
• Baby Boy Da Prince, rapper
• Achille Baquet, musician
• George Baquet, musician
• Paul Barbarin, musician and composer
• Dave Bartholomew, musician, composer, promoter
• Sidney Bechet, musician
• Better Than Ezra, rock group
• Birdman aka Baby, rapper
• Big Freedia, bounce artist
• Terence Blanchard, musician and composer
• Buddy Bolden, musician, early jazz figure
• James Booker, musician
• Connee Boswell, singer, member of the Boswell Sisters singing group
• Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, singer, member of the Boswell Sisters singing group
• Martha Boswell, singer, member of the Boswell Sisters singing group
• Jimmy Bower, guitarist, drummer
• George Brunis, jazz trombonist
• Collie Buddz, reggae/dancehall artist
• Henry "Professor Longhair" Byrd, pianist, singer
• C-Murder, rapper
• Paul Caporino, songwriter, musician, lead singer of M.O.T.O.
• Alton "Big Al" Carson, blues singer
• Alex Chilton, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star
• Choppa, rapper
• Jon Cleary, funk and R&B musician
• Lee Collins, jazz trumpeter
• Harry Connick Jr., musician and entertainer
• Cowboy Mouth, band
• Barry Cowsill, musician
• Curren$y, rapper
• Edmond Dede, musician, composer
• Fernando del Valle, operatic tenor
• DJ Khaled, DJ
• Dr. John, musician
• Johnny Dodds, jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
• Fats Domino, musician
• Lee Dorsey, singer
• Tom Drummond, bassist of Better Than Ezra
• Champion Jack Dupree, pianist, singer
• Frankie Dusen, jazz trombonist
• Ernie K-Doe, singer, "Emperor of the Universe"
• Lionel Ferbos, jazz musician
• Rico Love, singer/songwriter
• Frankie Ford, singer, entertainer
• Pete Fountain, musician, clarinet player, jazz, pop, and swing
• The Funky Meters, musicians and singers
• George Girard, musician
• Victor Goines, jazz musician, dean of jazz at the Juilliard School
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk, pianist and composer
• Kevin Griffin, musician, lead singer for Better than Ezra
• Donald Harrison, musician
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry, singer and musician
• Al Hirt, musician, trumpet, jazz, pop, and swing
• Moses Hogan, musician, composer
• Linda Hopkins, blues and gospel singer
• Noah Howard, jazz musician
• Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer
• Jay Electronica, rapper and producer
• N.O. Joe, music producer, musician
• Little Sonny Jones, blues singer
• Juvenile, rapper
• Freddie Keppard, jazz cornetist
• Kid Ory, musician
• Earl King, musician
• Papa Jack Laine, bandleader
• Nick LaRocca, early jazz figure
• Meghan Linsey, singer-songwriter, contestant from The Voice season 8
• Lil' Fizz, singer, rapper
• Lil Romeo, rapper
• Lil Wayne, rapper
• Lloyd, singer
• Mac, rapper
• Magic, rapper
• Magnolia Shorty, New Orleans bounce artist
• Mack Maine, rapper
• Dave Malone, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, guitarist and vocalist in The New Orleans Radiators
• Mannie Fresh, rapper, producer, disc jockey
• Wingy Manone, jazz trumpeter, and singer
• Branford Marsalis, musician, alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophones
• Ellis Marsalis Jr., musician and educator, piano
• Ellis Marsalis Sr., music patron, businessman and advocate
• Jason Marsalis, musician (drums, vibraphone)
• Wynton Marsalis, musician, trumpet, cornet, flumpet, flugelhorn
• Master P, rapper, businessman, and mogul
• Irvin Mayfield, musician
• The Medicine Men, producers, singers (Mo B. Dick and Odell), rappers (KLC and Mo B. Dick)
• The Meters, musicians and singers
• Lizzie Miles, singer
• Mr. Quintron, organist
• Deacon John Moore, musician and bandleader
• Jelly Roll Morton, musician and composer, early jazz figure
• Mutemath, band
• Mystick Krewe of Clearlight
• Mystikal, rapper
• The Neville Brothers, musicians and singers
• Ivan Neville, phunk, R&B
• Randy Newman, musician
• Frank Ocean, singer
• Joe "King" Oliver, musician
• Lisette Oropesa, opera singer, soprano
• Jimmy Palao, musician, bandleader
• Earl Palmer, musician
• Partners-N-Crime, rap duo
• Nicholas Payton, musician
• Marguerite Piazza, operatic soprano
• Piggy D., bassist
• George Porter Jr., musician
• Louis Prima, musician (trumpet), singer, bandleader, entertainer, aka "The King of the Swing"
• Professor Longhair, musician
• The Radiators, rock band
• Mac Rebennack, "Dr. John"
• Rebirth Brass Band, band
• Trent Reznor, musician, producer
• Dawn Richard, former member of Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money
• Jason Ross, Seven Mary Three frontman
• Kermit Ruffins, jazz trumpeter, singer and composer
• Silkk the Shocker, rapper
• Bill Sinegal, bassist and songwriter
• Skull Duggery, rapper
• Soulja Slim, rapper
• Brian Stoltz, musician, songwriter, record producer
• Stooges Brass Band, New Orleans funk brass band
• Supagroup, rock band
• Kevin Gates, rapper
• Irma Thomas, rhythm and blues singer, "Soul Queen of New Orleans"
• Allen Toussaint, musician, composer, record producer
• Trombone Shorty, trombone player
• Turk, rapper
• Spencer Williams, songwriter
• Young V, rapper
• Linnzi Zaorski
• Zebra, band
• $uicideboy$, hip-hop duo

Sports

• Ashley Ambrose, former nfl player for several teams including the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints graduated from Alcee Fortier
• Blair Barbier, former baseball player for the Chicago Cubs organization
• Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints
• Delvin Breaux, gridiron football player
• Will Clark, former Major League Baseball star, infielder
• Tazzie Colomb, IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Ernie Danjean, former Green Bay Packers linebacker
• Orleans Darkwa, professional football player
• Tom Dempsey, former MFL kicker, held longest field goal record for over 43 years
• David Dixon, professional sports advocate for the New Orleans Saints, the Louisiana Superdome, USFL, World Championship Tennis
• Scott Dohmann, pitcher, currently a free agent
• Corey Dowden, former National Football League defensive back
• Clyde Drexler, former NBA star, Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Bobby Duhon, professional football player
• Marshall Faulk, football star (St. Louis Rams)
• Steve Foley, former defensive back for the Denver Broncos
• Matt Forté, running back for the Chicago Bears
• John Fourcade, former NFL and CFL quarterback, sports analyst
• Nolan Franz, former Green Bay Packers wide receiver
• Eddie Garcia, former Green Bay Packers placekicker
• Tookie Gilbert, major league baseball player
• Danny Granger, forward for the Detroit Pistons
• Adrian Hardy, NFL player
• Chris Henry, former NFL wide receiver
• Chris Horton, Safety, Washington Redskins
• Kevin Hughes, former NFL offensive tackle
• Tory James, cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Avery Johnson, former National Basketball Association player, former coach of the Dallas Mavericks
• Junkyard Dog, stage name of Sylvester Ritter, former professional wrestler
• Robert Kelley, Washington Redskins running back
• Shaun King, former NFL quarterback
• Kerry Kittles, former NBA player for the New Jersey Nets
• Michael Lewis, former New Orleans Saints wide receiver
• Rydell Malancon, former NFL linebacker
• Archie Manning, former New Orleans Saints quarterback, father of Peyton and Eli
• Eli Manning, New York Giants quarterback
• Peyton Manning, former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback
• Pete Maravich, long-time player for the New Orleans Jazz professional basketball team
• Sammy Martin, former New England Patriots running back
• Tyrann Mathieu, Arizona Cardinals player
• Bo McCalebb, Macedonian basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena
• Max McGee, NFL player on five championship teams
• Sylvester McGrew, former Green Bay Packers defensive end
• Greg Monroe, college basketball player for Georgetown University
• Paul Morphy, world chess champion
• Eddie Murray, prolific NFL placekicker
• Antonio Narcisse, football player
• Mel Ott, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
• Micah Owings, MLB pitcher
• Robert Pack, former NBA player, current assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Audrey Patterson, first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal
• Chris Quinn, former NBA player and current Miami Heat assistant coach
• Eldridge Recasner, former NBA player
• Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Nate Singleton, former wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
• Neil Smith, former defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs
• Truett Smith, football player
• Kordell Stewart, quarterback
• Patrick Surtain, former NFL cornerback
• Ron Swoboda, former New York Mets outfielder
• Ike Taylor, cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Roosevelt Taylor, safety, 1963 NFL champion Chicago Bears
• Taryn Terrell, professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
• Mike Wallace, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Ron Washington, longtime manager of the Texas Rangers
• Reggie Wayne, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
• Aeneas Williams, former corner back for the St. Louis Rams
• Jason Williams (born 1983), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the National Basketball League of Israel
• John "Hot Rod" Williams, longtime professional basketball player
• Korey Williams, Canadian Football League player

Other

• Seymore D. Fair, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, World's 1st. Expo Mascot in the history of World Expo's.
• Ruby Bridges, commemorated for her role, as a child, in integration of the New Orleans Public School System
• Betty DeGeneres, LGBT rights activist
• Emmitt Douglas, former president of the Louisiana NAACP^[37]
• David Ferrie, pilot investigated in the assassination of President Kennedy
• Jean Margaret Gordon, suffragette
• Kate M. Gordon, suffragette
• J. D. Grey, pastor, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention
• Margaret Haughery, philanthropist
• Francis L. Hawks, clergyman
• Marie Alice Heine, first American Princess of Monaco
• Blaine Kern, Mardi Gras float designer and builder
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect
• Marie Laveau, "voodoo queen"
• Jean Alexandre LeMat, inventor
• Angélica María, Mexican entertainer, "La Novia de Mexico"
• Frank H. Mayer, frontiersman^[38]
• Eleanor McMain, civic activist
• Sally Miller: The Lost German Slave Girl
• Allison 'Tootie' Montana, Mardi Gras Indian, "chief of chiefs"
• Paul Morphy, chess master
• Babe Stovall, entertainer, "Mr. Bojangles"
• Paul Tulane, benefactor of Tulane University

See also

• List of people from Louisiana
• List of Loyola University New Orleans people
• List of Tulane University people

References

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