List of people from Louisiana

The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Louisiana.

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A

• Mark Abraham (born 1953) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish, effective 2016; Lake Charles businessman
• Morris N. Abrams (1919–1975) – educator
• Jennifer Abshire (born 1977) – professional bodybuilder
• Bo Ackal (1934–1999) – state representative for Iberia Parish (1972–1996)
• Bert A. Adams (1916–2003) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Vernon Parish (1956–1968)
• Bryan Adams (born 1963) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish
• Jamar Adcock (1917–1991) – politician and banker
• Trace Adkins (born 1962) – singer-songwriter
• Robert Adley (born 1947) – politician from Bossier Parish
• Joe W. Aguillard (born 1956) – president of Louisiana College (2005–2014)
• Fuaed Abdo Ahmed (c. 1993–2013) – gunman who in August 2013 killed two hostages in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish
• John Alario (born 1943) – politician
• Kermit Alexander (born 1941) – NFL player; president of NFL Players Association (1971–1972)
• Robert Alford (born 1988) – cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
• Bret Allain (born c. 1958) – politician
• Calhoun Allen (1921–1991) – mayor of Shreveport (1970–1978)
• David Allen (born 1945) – productivity consultant, author of Getting Things Done
• Ray R. Allen (1920–2010) – secretary-treasurer and finance director in Alexandria (1963–1979)
• Louise Alley (1927-2015) - KWKH radio personality and Shreveport advertising agency owner
• August Alsina (1992) – singer
• William Alston (1921–2009) – philosopher
• Jacques Amans (1801–1888) – neoclassical portrait artist
• Jody Amedee (born c. 1968) – politician
• Cliff Ammons (1918–1981) – state representative; known as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir"
• Andy Anders (born 1956) – state representative from Concordia Parish
• Charles Anding (1928–2004) – state representative from Ouachita Parish (1988–1996)
• David Andrews (born 1952) – actor, Gordon Cresswell on JAG
• J. Burton Angelle (1924-1997) - politician from Breaux Bridge
• Scott Angelle (born 1961) – member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, son of J. Burton Angelle
• Ernest Angelo (born 1934) – Texas oilman and politician reared in Louisiana
• Robert Angers (1919–1988) – journalist, founded Acadiana Profile magazine
• Phil Anselmo (born 1968) – singer-songwriter, Pantera
• Conrad Appel (born 1951) – state senator from Jefferson Parish
• George Arceneaux, Jr. (1928–1993) – judge
• James Armes (born 1951) – state representative for Beauregard and Vernon parishes (since 2008)
• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) – musician and entertainer
• Tommy G. Armstrong (born 1941) – politician
• Jeff Arnold (born 1967) – politician
• Daniel F. Ashford (1879–1929) – politician and planter
• Evelyn Ashford (born 1957) – Olympic sprint champion
• Elizabeth Ashley (born 1939) – actress, films and television's Evening Shade
• Nnamdi Asomugha (born 1981) – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• James Benjamin Aswell (1869–1931) – US Representative and college president
• Al Ater (born 1953) – politician
• William B. Atkins (born 1947) – member of both houses of the state legislature from Concordia Parish
• Douglas F. Attaway (1910–1994) – newspaper publisher and television station owner in Shreveport; advocate of Red River navigation
• D. J. Augustin (born 1987) – point guard for the Chicago Bulls
• Lisa Aukland (born 1957) – professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Lonnie O. Aulds (1925–1984) – politician
• Ray Authement (born 1928) – longest-serving public university president in the United States; president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1974–2008)
• The Axeman (fl. 1918) – serial killer
• Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915–1987) – speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952–1956) and lieutenant governor (1960–1972)
• H. Welborn Ayres (1900–1985) – judge

B

• Keith Babb (born 1944) – Monroe television personality; auctioneer of American Quarter Horses
• J. S. Bacon (1858–1939) – former state representative from Webster Parish
• Odon Bacqué (born 1944) – former state representative from Lafayette
• Fred Baden (1934–2009) – mayor of Pineville (1970–1998)
• Algernon Sidney Badger (1839–1905) – politician
• Austin Badon (born 1964) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish (since 2004)
• Bobby Badon (born 1950) – politician
• Ben Bagert (born 1943) – lawyer, politician
• Larry Bagley (born 1949) - state representative from Desoto Parish
• Harrison Bagwell (1913–1973) – lawyer, Republican politician
• Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr. (1915–2010) – judge from Natchitoches Parish
• Bryant W. Bailey (1868–1961) – politician
• George Washington Baines (1809–1882) – Baptist pastor and evangelist, maternal great-grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson
• Diana Bajoie (born 1948) – politician
• John Henry Baker (born 1934) – politician
• Richard Baker (born 1948) – former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district
• Scott Baker (born 1981) – starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
• George Ballas (1925–2011) – inventor of the string trimmer
• Jesse Bankston (1907–2010) – politician
• Larry S. Bankston (born 1951) – politician; son of Jesse Bankston
• Allen Bares (1936–2008) – politician
• C. E. "Cap" Barham (1905–1972) – state senator and later lieutenant governor (1952–1956)
• Charles C. Barham (1934–2010) – state senator from Ruston; son of C. E. Barham
• Edwards Barham (born 1937) – first Republican elected to Louisiana state senate since Reconstruction (1976–1980)
• Mack Barham (1924–2006) – Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Robert J. Barham (born 1949) – Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Republican former state senator
• Danny Barker (1909–1994) – singer-songwriter, musician, writer
• Taylor Barras (born 1957) – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, effective January 11, 2016
• Greg Barro (born 1957) – former state senator for Caddo Parish
• Regina Barrow (born 1966) – state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes (since 2005)
• Dave Bartholomew (born 1920) – musician, composer, promoter
• Robert E. "Bob" Barton (born 1948) – state representative from Bossier Parish (1996–2000)
• Brandon Bass (born 1985) – power forward for the Boston Celtics
• Robert W. Bates (born 1941) – former agent of the United States Secret Service
• Jack Batton (1913–1996) – mayor of Minden (1978–1982)
• J. D. Batton (1911–1981) – sheriff of Webster Parish (1952–1964)
• Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013) – politician
• Ralph Norman Bauer (1899–1963) – politician
• Bryan Batt (born 1963) – actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men
• Arnaz Battle (born 1980) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Jack Batton (1913–1996) – mayor of Minden (1978–1982)
• Ron Bean (1938–2005) – politician, pilot for Richard Nixon
• Gary Beard (born 1956) – politician
• Hazel Beard (born 1930) – mayor of Shreveport (1990–1994)
• P.G.T. Beauregard (1818–1893) – general, inventor
• Odell Beckham, Jr. (born 1992) – wide receiver for the New York Giants
• Lottie Beebe (born 1953) – politician and educator
• Geoffrey Beene (1927–2004) – fashion designer
• Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) – musician
• Clyde F. Bel, Jr. (c. 1932–2014) – businessman and stare representative for Orleans Parish
• Demetrius Bell (born 1984) – offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Thornton F. Bell (1878–1938) – judge from Caddo Parish
• V.J. Bella (born 1927) – state legislator and fire marshal
• E. J. Bellocq (1873–1949) – photographer
• Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884)– U.S. Senator, Confederate cabinet member, lawyer in Great Britain
• Kirt Bennett (1967–2010) – businessman and politician
• Michael Bennett (born 1985) – defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
• Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012) – politician
• Louis Berry (1914–1998) – civil rights attorney from Alexandria
• Johnny Berthelot (born 1951) – politician
• J. Rayburn Bertrand (1918–2005) – mayor of Lafayette
• Henry Bethard (born 1924) – attorney and former state representative from Red River Parish
• B.G. (born 1980) – rapper, musician
• Joseph A. Biedenharn (1866–1952) – entrepreneur, first to bottle Coca-Cola; settled in Monroe in 1913
• Rene J. Bienvenu (1923–1983) – university president
• Bienville (Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne) (1680–1767) – French colonial governor, founder of New Orleans
• Walter O. Bigby (1927–1980) – politician
• Robert Billiot (born 1953) – state representative for Jefferson Parish (since 2008)
• Stuart Bishop (born 1975) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lafayette
• Wesley T. Bishop (born 1967) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish
• Frank Blackburn (born 1944) – interim mayor of Bossier City (1983–1984)
• Evelyn Blackmon (1924–2014) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from West Monroe (1984–1988)
• Morton Blackwell (born 1939) – Louisiana Republican political activist, since relocated to Virginia
• Brian Blade (born 1970) – award winning, Grammy-nominated, jazz musician, bandleader, conductor
• Cecil R. Blair (1916–2001) – state representative and state senator from Rapides Parish
• Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922) – governor of Louisiana (1904–1908); U.S. senator (1894–1897)
• Terrence Blanchard (born 1962) – musician, composer
• Kathleen Blanco (born 1942) – Governor of Louisiana (2004–2008)
• Alexander Boarman (1839–1916) – politician
• Walter Boasso (born 1960) – politician, businessman
• Jean Boese (1925–2004) – politician and poet laureate
• Holly Boffy (born 1978) – member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education since 2012
• Hale Boggs (1914–1972) – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
• Lindy Boggs (1916–2013) – wife of Hale Boggs and his successor in Congress, Ambassador to the Vatican
• Thomas Hale Boggs (1940–2014) – lawyer and lobbyist, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs
• William Benton Boggs (1854–1922) – first mayor of Plain Dealing (1890); state senator for Bossier and Webster parishes (1908–1916)
• Brandon Bolden (born 1990) – running back for the New England Patriots
• Buddy Bolden (1877–1930) – musician, "inventor of jazz"(?)
• William R. "Billy" Boles, Sr. (1927–2008) – politician, banker
• Skip Bolen – photographer
• Bruce M. Bolin (born 1950) – state representative; district court judge
• James E. Bolin (1914–2002) – former state representative; former district court judge; retired appeal court judge
• C. J. Bolin (1924–2007) – district court judge in Caddo Parish
• Donald G. Bollinger (1915–2000) – shipbuilder and Republican state chairman
• Al Bolton (1925–2014) – television and radio meteorologist in Shreveport
• George Washington Bolton (1841–1931) – state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House from Alexandria
• James C. Bolton (1899–1974) – Alexandria banker and civic figure
• James W. Bolton (1869–1936) – Alexandria banker and politician
• Peggy Bolton (1917–1987) – Alexandria civic and community leader
• Robert H. Bolton (1908–2003) – Alexandria banker
• George W. Bond (1891–1974) – president of Louisiana Tech University (1928–1936)
• James Booker (1939–1983) – musician
• Billy Joe Booth (1940–1972) – Canadian football player for Ottawa Rough Riders of Canadian Football League
• Curtis Boozman (1898–1979) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish
• Edward S. Bopp (born 1930) – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes (1977–1984)
• Calvin Borel (born 1966) – jockey, winner of 2007, 2009 and 2010 Kentucky Derby
• Pierre Bossier (1797–1844) – first U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1843–1844)
• Ronnie Broughton (born 1941) - chairman of the Louisiana Constitution Party
• Drayton Boucher (1908–1983) – politician
• Jesse L. Boucher (1912–2004) – politician; developer
• Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943) – actress
• Sherry Boucher (born 1943) – actress
• Gerald Boudreaux – African-American state senator for Lafayette, St. Landry, and St. Martin parishes, effective 2016
• Joseph Bouie, Jr. (born 1946) – African-American educator and politician
• Charles Boustany (born 1956) – US Representative
• Denise Boutte (born 1982) – model, actress, Meet the Browns
• John Boutté (born 1958) – jazz singer
• W. George Bowdon, Jr. (1921–2005) – state representative and mayor of Alexandria (1953–1969)
• Kenny Bowen (1926–2002) – mayor of Lafayette
• Shirley D. Bowler (born 1949) – state representative
• James H. Boyce (1922–1990) – Republican state chairman (1972–1976)
• Jimmy Boyd – state representative for Bossier Parish from 1944 to 1952
• Thomas Duckett Boyd (1854–1932) – president of Northwestern State University (1888–1896) and LSU (1896–1926)
• Betsy Vogel Boze (born 1953) – University President at Kent State University Stark Campus
• Harley Bozeman (1891–1971) – politician, journalist, and historian
• Henry Braden (1944–2013) – African-American politician
• Terry Bradshaw (born 1948) – Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Fox television commentator
• Mike Branch (born 1968) – politician and commercial pilot
• Allen Bradley (born 1951) - former state representative from DeRidder
• Tim Brando (born 1956) CBS Sports – announcer
• Elward Thomas Brady, Jr. (c. 1926–2007) – politician
• Thomas "Bud" Brady (1938–2011) – politician
• Parey Branton (1918–2011) – politician
• Wellman Braud (1891–1966) – musician
• Donna Brazile (born 1959) – author, professor, political analyst for the Democratic Party
• Delvin Breaux (born 1989) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
• John Breaux (born 1944) – U.S. Senator
• Phanor Breazeale (1858–1934) – U.S. Representative
• Owen Brennan (1910–1954) – restaurateur, Brennan's in New Orleans
• Richard Brennan, Sr. – restaurateur, Commander's Palace in New Orleans
• Rick Brewer (born 1956) - president of Louisiana College in Pineville since 2015
• Henry L. Bridges (1874–1939) – businessman, politician
• Reid Brignac (born 1986) – shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Armand Brinkhaus (born 1935) – former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish
• Pat Brister (born 1946) – Republican politician
• T. C. Brister (1907–1976) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1940–1944, 1948–1952 and 1968–1972)
• Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967) – writer
• Chris Broadwater (born 1972) – politician
• Eric John Brock (1966–2011) – Shreveport historian
• Clifford Cleveland Brooks (1886–1944) – politician
• Overton Brooks (1897–1961) – politician; planter
• Jared Brossett (born 1982) – New Orleans politician
• Marc Broussard (born 1982) – singer-songwriter
• Algie D. Brown (1910–2004) – politician
• Campbell Brown (born 1968) – journalist
• Chad M. Brown (born 1970) – state representative for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016
• Edmund Graves Brown (1921–2008) – newspaper executive
• H. Rap Brown (born 1943) – black activist imprisoned in Georgia
• Henry Newton Brown, Jr. (born 1941) – state appeals court chief judge
• James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940) – politician
• J. Marshall Brown (1924-deceased) – politician
• John Calhoun Brown (1879–1964) – politician
• Ossie Brown (1926–2008) – attorney; district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish (1972–1984)
• Sharon Brown – 1961 Miss USA
• Terry R. Brown – state representative from Grant Parish since 2012
• Tom Brown (1888–1958) – musician
• W. K. Brown (1923–2011) – state representative
• Roy Brun (born 1953) – state representative and judge from Caddo Parish
• Peppi Bruneau (born 1942) – state representative from Orléans Parish
• George Brunies (1902–1974) – musician
• C.L. Bryant (born 1956) – African-American Baptist minister and conservative talk show host over KEEL radio in Shreveport
• Sherri Smith Buffington (born 1966) – politician
• George E. Burch (1910–1986) – cardiologist and Tulane Medical School professor
• Dewey E. Burchett, Jr. (1939–2009) – state court judge for Bossier and Webster parishes (1988–2008)
• Richard Burford (born 1946) – politician
• James Lee Burke (born 1936) – crime novelist, born in Texas, raised in Louisiana
• Paul Burke (1926–2009) – actor: Naked City, Twelve O'Clock High, The Thomas Crown Affair
• Henry Burns (born 1947) – politician
• Timothy G. Burns (born 1957) – politician
• W. W. Burnside (1882–1966) – politician; planter
• Roy A. Burrell (born 1952) – state representative for Caddo and Bossier parishes since 2004
• James Burton (born 1939) – guitarist
• Bryan Edward Bush, Jr. (1934–2010) – East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney (1985–1989)
• Victor Bussie (1919–2011) – AFL-CIO president (1956–1997)
• Noel "Gene" Byars (born 1939) – mayor of Minden from 1982 to 1989
• C.E. Byrd (1859–1926) – educator, founder of C.E. Byrd High School

C

• George Washington Cable (1844–1925) – writer
• Burl Cain (born 1942) – warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (since 1995)
• James David Cain (born 1938) – politician
• Etienne J. Caire (1868–1955) – Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana in 1928 against Huey P. Long
• Milburn E. Calhoun (1930–2012) – physician, book publisher
• Riemer Calhoun (1909–1994) – state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes (1944–1952)
• Bill Callegari (born 1941) – member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County; native of Avoyelles Parish
• Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974) – US ambassador; cousin of Patrick T. Caffery and Donelson Caffery
• Patrick T. Caffery (1932–2013) – US Representative; cousin of Jefferson Caffery and grandson of Donelson Caffery
• Donelson Caffery (1835–1906) – US Senator; grandfather of Patrick T. Caffery
• Chris Cagle (born 1968) – country music artist
• Buddy Caldwell (born 1946) – attorney general of Louisiana (since 2008)
• David T. Caldwell (1925–1993) – Shreveport judge
• George A. Caldwell (1892–1966) – building contractor; designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana
• Sam Caldwell (1892–1953) – mayor of Shreveport
• Stephen A. Caldwell (1889–1956) – educator
• Meredith Calhoun (1805–c. 1866) – principal founder of Colfax in Grant Parish
• Jorrick Calvin (born 1987) – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Jake W. Cameron (1913–1999) – mayor of Bossier City (1957–1961)
• Eugene P. Campbell (c. 1870–1940) – sheriff
• Foster Campbell (born 1947) – politician
• Theo Cangelosi (1911–1992) – politician
• William Derwood Cann, Jr. (1919–2010) – World War II lieutenant colonel; mayor of Monroe (1978–1979)
• Barney Cannon (1955–2009) – Country music deejay
• Billy Cannon (born 1937) – football player for LSU, Heisman Trophy winner
• Joseph Cao (born 1968) – former U.S. representative; lawyer
• Tom Capella (born 1965) – assessor of Jefferson Parish and former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member
• Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer, author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Lindsey Cardinale (born 1985) – American Idol finalist, country singer
• Harvey Locke Carey (1915–1984) – lawyer and politician
• Mark T. Carleton (1935–1995) – historian
• Kitty Carlisle (1910–2007) – entertainer and television personality; married to playwright Moss Hart
• W. W. Carloss (1833–1900) – first state representative from Webster Parish (1874–1878); fought in the Siege of Port Hudson
• Thomas G. Carmody (born 1961) – state representative
• Edward M. Carmouche (1921–1990) – politician
• Liz Carmouche (born 1984) – mixed martial arts fighter
• Paul Carr (1934–2006) – actor
• Lane Carson (born 1947) – first Vietnam War veteran to serve in Louisiana House of Representatives
• Cecil K. Carter, Jr. (c. 1929–1987) – politician from Shreveport
• Gary Carter, Jr. (born 1974) - member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, effective 2016
• J. J. Carter (1832–1907) – politician from Webster Parish
• Stephen F. "Steve" Carter (born 1943) – state representative
• James Carville (born 1944) – political consultant and television commentator
• Tommy Casanova (born 1950) – American football player, ophthalmologist, politician
• Edgar Cason (born 1952) – businessman and philanthropist
• Leopold Caspari (1830–1915) – politician from Natchitoches
• Bill Cassidy (born 1957) – U.S. representative, physician
• James L. Cathey, Jr. (1919–1996) – mayor of Bossier City (1973–1977)
• Elenora Albrecht Cawthon (1917–2014) – educator
• John Ardis Cawthon (1907–1984) – historian, educator
• Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1967) – politician
• Don Cazayoux (born 1964) – politician
• Leonard J. Chabert (c. 1932 – 1991) – politician
• Marty J. Chabert (born c. 1956) – politician
• Norby Chabert (born 1976) – politician
• Henry E. Chambers (1860–1929) – historian, educator
• Simone B. Champagne (born 1954) – politician
• Tina Chandler (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Pokey Chatman (born 1969) – basketball player, WNBA head coach
• Clifton Chenier (1925–1987) – Zydeco musician
• Claire Chennault (1893–1958) – aviator, general
• Jimmy Childress (1932-2015) - state and national championship high school football coach
• Jack Christian (1911–1972) – politician
• Jay Chevalier (born 1936) – singer
• Monnie T. Cheves (1902–1988) – educator and state legislator
• Kate Chopin (1851–1904) – author
• Benny Gay Christian (1925-1982) = state representative for Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes, 1964 to 1974
• Philip Ciaccio (1927-2015), state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge from 1982 to 1998
• Ben Claassen, III (born 1978) – illustrator and comics artist DIRTFARM
• Morris Claiborne (born 1990) – cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
• William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817) – first US Governor of Louisiana
• Marcus R. Clark (born 1956) – judge
• Ryan Clark (born 1979) – safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Clem S. Clarke (1897–1967) – oilman and politician from Shreveport
• Lewis Strong Clarke (1837–1906) – sugar planter and politician^[1]
• Patricia Clarkson (born 1959) – Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
• Sally Clausen (born 1945) – university president and commissioner of higher education
• Thomas G. Clausen (1939–2002) – last elected Louisiana state superintendent of education
• Michael Clayton (born 1982) – wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Ernest S. Clements (1898–1987) – politician
• A.C. "Ace" Clemons, Jr. (1921–1992) – first Republican state senator since Reconstruction; switched parties in 1970
• Bill Cleveland (1902–1974) – Crowley real estate developer and member of both houses of Louisiana state legislature (1944–1964); defeated for third term in state Senate in 1964 by Edwin Edwards
• Van Cliburn (1934–2013) – classical pianist
• George Henry Clinton – politician
• Carl B. Close (1907–1980) – politician
• Boyer Coe (born 1946) – bodybuilder
• Walter L. Cohen (1860–1930) – politician and businessman
• J. Frank Colbert (1882–1949) – politician
• Frank Estes Cole (1908–1981) – politician and educator
• Luther F. Cole (1925–2013) – state representative and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Elliot D. Coleman (1881–1963) – sheriff and bodyguard at the assassination of Huey P. Long, Jr.
• Hamilton D. Coleman (1845–1926) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (1889–1991)
• Vincent Coleman (1901–1971) – actor
• Ashton B. Collier (1910–1973) – state representative from Winn Parish
• La'el Collins (born 1993) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
• Landon Collins (born 1994) – safety for the New York Giants
• Tazzie Colomb (born 1966) – IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Marshall Colt (born 1948) – actor
• Tom Colten (1922–2004) – newspaper publisher and politician
• Amie Comeaux (1976–1997) – country singer
• Ward Connerly (born 1939) – political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
• Harry Connick, Jr. (born 1967) – musician, entertainer, actor
• Harry Connick, Sr. (born 1926) – district attorney, singer
• Patrick Connick (born 1961) – politician
• John R. Conniff (1874–1957) – educator
• Charlie Cook (born 1953) – political analyst
• John Cooksey (born 1941) – US Representative
• Joe Henry Cooper (1918–1980) – state representative from DeSoto Parish
• Hyram Copeland (born 1940) – politician
• Charles C. Cordill (1845–1916) – politician
• Lance Cormier (born 1980) – relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Joe Cornelius, Sr. (born 1942) – politician
• Claybrook Cottingham (1881–1949) – president Louisiana College and Louisiana Tech University
• Rob Couhig (born 1949) – politician, businessman
• Beth Courtney (born 1945) – president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• Kent Courtney (1918–1997) – radical right politician
• Jeff Cox (born 1962) – judge
• Kenny Ray Cox (born 1957) – state representative for Natchitoches, Red River and Desoto parishes (since 2012); former United States Army lieutenant colonel
• Michael Owens Craig (born 1968) – judge of Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court since 2009
• Robert Crais (born 1953) – crime novelist
• Carl Crane (born 1939) – state representative from Baton Rouge (1984–2008)
• Clifford Ann Creed (born 1938) – pro golfer
• Jack Crichton (1916–2007) – Texas oil industrialist and Republican candidate for governor of Texas; native of Red River Parish
• Scott Crichton (born 1954) – state district court judge in Shreveport
• Lane Crockett (born 1942) – entertainment journalist from Shreveport
• Greg Cromer (born 1958) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish
• Mike Cross (1944–2013) – politician
• Noah W. Cross (1908–1976) – sheriff of Concordia Parish
• Brenham C. Crothers (1905–1984) – politician
• John David Crow (1935–2015) – football player and coach, born in Union Parish
• Charles Cusimano (born 1954) – politician
• Floyd D. Culbertson, Jr. (1908–1989) – mayor of Minden (1940–1942)
• Ed Cullen (born 1946) – journalist and radio essayist
• Allen Ross Culpepper (1944–1969) – United States Army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War
• Bobby Culpepper (1941-2015) - lawyer and politician from Jonesboro
• Marvin T. Culpepper (1908–1970) – politician
• Robert C. Culpepper (1873-1950) - state senator for Jackson and Ouachita parishes and judge from Alexandria
• William A. Culpepper (1916-2015) - judge based in Alexandria, son of Robert C. Culpepper
• Charles Milton Cunningham (1877–1936) – educator, lawyer, newspaperman, politician
• Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842–1916) – state representative and state senator; state attorney general (1884–1888 and 1892–1900)
• William Tharp Cunningham (1871–1952) – planter, attorney, state representative, and judge from Natchitoches Parish
• W. Peyton Cunningham (1901–1971) – newspaper publisher and member of the Louisiana House from Natchitoches Parish (1932–1940)
• Cupid (born 1982) – R&B singer
• Currensy (born 1981) – rapper
• Robert Houston Curry (1842-1992) - state representative for Bossier Parish; wounded Confederate Army soldier
• Joseph T. Curry (1895–1961) – politician; planter
• Israel "Bo" Curtis (1932–2012) – African-American politician from Alexandria
• Jacob Cutrera (born 1988) – middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Paul N. Cyr (1878–1946) – lieutenant governor who quarreled with Huey Pierce Long, Jr.

D

• Casey Daigle (born 1981) – relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Mike Danahay (born 1957) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)
• William Daniel (born 1955) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (1996–2008)
• Jay Dardenne (born 1954) – former state senator, Louisiana secretary of state, and lieutenant governor (since 2010); candidate for governor (2015)
• George W. D'Artois (1925–1977) – Shreveport public safety commissioner (1962–1976)
• Zach Dasher (born 1978) – politician
• John T. David (1897–1974) – politician
• William Mackenzie Davidson (1856–1930) – politician and planter
• Buster Davis (born 1985) – wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
• Edwin Adams Davis (1904–1994) – historian
• Glen Davis (born 1986) – power forward and center for LSU and the Los Angeles Clippers
• Jackson B. Davis (born 1918) – attorney and former state senator
• Jimmie Davis (1899–2000) – singer, Governor of Louisiana
• Paul M. Davis, Jr. (1919–2007) – orthopedic surgeon and medical author
• Willie Davis (born 1934) – Hall of Fame defensive end for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers
• Tommy Davis (born 1942) – mayor of Minden, Louisiana (since 2013)
• Keyunta Dawson (born 1985) – defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts
• Nelder Dawson (1928–2006) – newspaper executive
• Lynn Dean (born 1923) – politician
• Pap Dean (born 1915) – cartoonist
• Cleveland Dear (1888–1950) – politician
• Michael E. DeBakey (born 1908) – pioneering cardiovascular surgeon
• Edmond Dede (1827–1903) – musician, composer
• J.D. DeBlieux (1912–2005) – state senator for East Baton Rouge Parish
• Robert DeBlieux (1933–2010) – historic preservationist and mayor of Natchitoches, 1976–1980
• Jesse C. Deen (1922-2015) – state representative for Bossier and Webster parishes, 1972 to 1988
• Larry Deen (born 1948) – sheriff of Bossier Parish, 1988–2012
• Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958) – comedian, actress, television personality
• Charles deGravelles (1913–2008) – Republican politician and businessman from Lafayette
• Kitty DeGree (1922-2012) - Monroe real estate developer and philanthropist
• Joe Delaney (1958–1983) – running back for Northwestern State University and for the Kansas City Chiefs; died saving children from swimming hole
• Virginia deGravelles (born 1915) – former Republican national committeewoman
• Jake Delhomme (born 1975) – quarterback for University of Louisiana at Lafayette and for Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII
• David Dellucci (born 1973) – MLB outfielder, played primarily with the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Vail M. Delony (1901–1967) – politician
• Numa T. Delouche (1888–1965) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish (1944–1948)
• George Dement (1922–2014) – politician
• Tim Dement (born 1958) – amateur boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• James L. Dennis (born 1936) – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; former judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court; former state representative
• Catherine Dent (born 1965) – actress, Danni Sofer on The Shield
• Helen Derr (1918–2011) – journalist with and religion editor of The Alexandria Town Talk
• Leo Deslatte (born 1946) - mayor of Pineville from 1998 to 1999
• John Desmond (1922–2008) – architect
• George Despot (1927–1991) – politician and businessman
• Natalie Desselle-Reid (born 1967) – actress
• Henry C. Dethloff (born 1934) – historian
• Charles W. DeWitt, Jr. (born 1947) – politician and rancher
• S. S. DeWitt (1914–1998) – politician
• F.O. "Potch" Didier (1919–2007) – sheriff
• Juba Diez (born 1944) – state representative from Ascension Parish (1976–2004)
• Herbert B. Dixon (born 1949) – former state representative and school board member from Rapides Parish
• Margaret Dixon (1908–1970) – newspaper editor
• Lurita Doan (born 1958) – Administrator of the General Services Administration under President George W. Bush
• James Dobson (born 1936) – evangelical Christian author, psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family
• William Joseph "Bill" Dodd (1909–1991) – politician
• Monroe E. Dodd (1878–1952) – Baptist clergyman, educator, and early radio evangelist in Shreveport
• John J. Doles, Jr. (1922–2004) – banker
• John J. Doles, Sr. (1895–1970) – Plain Dealing banker and state senator (1952–1956)
• James R. Domengeaux (1907–1988) – U.S. representative; French language cultural activist
• Fats Domino (born 1928) – musician
• Jim Donelon (born 1944) – politician
• Vol Dooley (1927–2014) – sheriff of Bossier Parish (1976–1988)
• Caroline Dormon (1888–1971) – naturalist, horticulturist, promoter of Kisatchie National Forest
• Glenn Dorsey (born 1985) – defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
• E. S. Dortch (1841–1943) – planter and politician from Bossier Parish
• Lorenzo Doss (born 1994) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
• Cat Doucet (1899–1975) – sheriff
• Early Doucet (born 1985) – wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals
• Eddie Doucet (1924–2008) – state representative for Jefferson Parish (1972–1988); businessman
• Donna Douglas (born 1933) – actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
• Emmitt Douglas (1926–1981) – president of the Louisiana NAACP (1966–1981)
• Gordon Dove (born 1957) – state representative; Houma businessman
• Hunt Downer (born 1946) – politician; National Guard officer
• C. H. "Sammy" Downs (1911–1985) – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Rapides Parish
• James Crawford "Jam" Downs (born 1940) – former district attorney for Rapides Parish
• James U. Downs (born 1941) – retired superior court judge in western North Carolina, born and reared in Shreveport
• J. Earl Downs (1905–1998) – commissioner of public safety in Shreveport (1954–1962)
• Hollis Downs (born 1946) – state representative
• U. T. Downs (1880–1941) – mayor of Pineville and sheriff of Rapides Parish
• Gil Dozier (1934–2013) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1976–1980)
• Dee D. Drell (born 1947) – U.S. district judge in Alexandria
• Harmon Caldwell Drew (1889–1950) – district attorney and state district and circuit court judge
• Harmon Drew, Jr. (born 1946) – appeals court judge, musician
• R. Harmon Drew, Sr. (1916–1995) – city judge, state representative
• Richard Cleveland Drew (1848–1919) – state district and circuit court judge
• Richard Maxwell Drew (1822–1850) – judge and state representative
• Clyde Drexler (born 1962) – basketball player, University of Houston, NBA and U.S. Olympic team, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
• Francis Dugas (1919–2008) – politician
• John Malcolm Duhé, Jr. (born 1933) – retired state court, U.S. district, and appellate court judge from New Iberia and Lafayette
• Chris Duhon (born 1982) – NBA point guard
• David Duke (born 1950) – former state representative, former Ku Klux Klansman
• W.W. Dumas (1916–1993) – Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (1965–1981)
• Charles E. Dunbar (1888–1959) – attorney and civil service reformer
• Lance Dunbar (born 1990) – running back for the Dallas Cowboys
• Samuel Dunbar (1931–2014) – businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana
• Ken Duncan (born 1945) - state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman
• Forrest Dunn (born 1928) – politician and museum curator
• Warrick Dunn (born 1975) – NFL running back
• Mark Duper (born 1959) – Miami Dolphins wide receiver
• Adrian G. Duplantier (1929–2007) – U.S. District Judge and former state senator from Orleans Parish
• Jay Duplass (born 1973) – film director
• Gilbert L. Dupré (1858–1946) – politician from St. Landry Parish
• H. Garland Dupré (1873–1924) – politician
• Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909–1992) – boxer, musician
• Chad Durbin (born 1977) – MLB pitcher
• Joey Durel (born 1953) – mayor of Lafayette (since 2004)
• Craig Durrett (1955–2015) – journalist
• Claude B. Duval (1914–1986) – state senator from Houma
• Stanwood Duval (born 1942) – federal judge in New Orleans
• Stephen Dwight (born 1977) – incoming member of the Louisiana House for Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes
• Jack M. Dyer (born c. 1925) – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (1960–1964)
• Wilbur Dyer (1907–1985) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish (1974–1980)
• B.G. Dyess (1922–2013) – Southern Baptist minister and politician
• D.L. Dykes, Jr. (1917-1997) - pastor of First United Methodist Church of Shreveport, 1955 to 1984; liberal theologian
• W.E. "Bill" Dykes (1925–2015) – politician

E

• Sue Eakin (1918–2009) – historian; editor of Twelve Years a Slave
• Richard Eastham (1916–2005) – actor
• John H. Eastman (1861–1938) – mayor of Shreveport (1910–1914)
• William Edenborn (1848–1926) – businessman and inventor
• Mike Edmonson (born 1958) – superintendent of the Louisiana State Police (since 2008)
• Edwin Edwards (born 1927) – former Governor of Louisiana
• Lavar Edwards (born 1990) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Troy Edwards (born 1977) – football player
• Charles Wheaton Elam (1866–1917) – politician
• Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. (1821–1885) – politician
• Joseph Barton Elam, Jr. (1878–1935) – politician and journalist
• Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972) – Member of Congress, United States Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate
• Frank Burton Ellis (1907–1969) – politician
• Faye Emerson (1917–1983) – actress
• Julie Emerson (born 1988) - state representative for Lafayette and St. Landry parishes
• John C. Ensminger (born 1934) – politician
• Dale M. Erdey (born 1954) – politician
• E. D. Estilette (1833–1919) – politician from St. Landry Parish
• Albert Estopinal (1845–1919) – politician
• Albert Estopinal, Jr. (1869–1952) – politician
• James R. Eubank (1914–1952) – lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish
• Randy Ewing (born 1944) – politician and businessman
• John D. Ewing (1892–1952) – newspaper executive
• Robert Wilson Ewing, I (1859–1931) – newspaper executive
• Robert Wilson Ewing, III (1935–2007) – newspaper executive; photographer

F

• Jamie Fair (born 1946) – former state representative
• Jimmy Faircloth (born 1964) – former executive counsel to Governor Bobby Jindal; attorney in Alexandria-Pineville
• Reid Falconer (born 1956) - state representative for St. Tammany Parish, effective 2016
• Ralph Falsetta (1914-1999) – politician from Ascension Parish
• James R. Fannin (born 1949) – politician
• Clyde Fant (1905–1973) – mayor of Shreveport
• Lenny Fant (1923–1998) – basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (1957–1979)
• Rick L. Farrar – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Dillon Farrell (born 1990) – center for the San Francisco 49ers
• Chris Faser, Jr. (1917–2004) – politician
• Robert Faucheux (born 1950) - state representative for St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, 1996 to 2004; attorney in LaPlace
• Ron Faucheux (born 1950) - state representative for Orleans Parish, 1976-1984; political pundit
• Clarence Faulk (1909–2010) – publisher, broadcaster, businessman from Ruston
• Kevin Faulk (born 1976) – New England Patriots running back, LSU Hall of Famer
• Marshall Faulk (born 1973) – Hall of Fame running back, television commentator
• Trev Faulk (born 1981) – St. Louis Rams linebacker
• William C. Feazel (1895–1965) – interim U.S. Senator in 1948; former state representative from Ouachita Parish
• Lionel Ferbos (1911–2014) – jazz musician from New Orleans
• Jimmy Field (born 1940) – Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996–2012)
• Clarence R. Fields (born 1955) - mayor of Pineville since 1999
• T. T. Fields (1912–1994) – politician
• David Filo (born 1966) – co-founder of Yahoo!
• Olaf Fink (1914-1973) – educator and state senator for Orleans Parish from 1956 to 1972
• Valerie Fitzenreiter (born 1955) – author, unschooling advocate
• Jimmy Fitzmorris (born 1921) – politician, lieutenant governor
• Dan Flavin (born 1957) – politician
• John C. Fleming (born 1952) – U.S. representative; medical doctor
• William J. Fleniken (1908–1979) – U.S. attorney and state district court judge in Caddo Parish
• Dan Flores (born 1948) – historian of the American West
• J. Howell Flournoy (1891–1966) – sheriff of Caddo Parish (1940–1966)
• D. J. Fluker (born 1991) – offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
• Cheston Folkes (1863–1941) – politician
• Warren Davis Folkes (1898–1997) – politician
• Heulette Fontenot (born 1961) – former state representative and state senator from Livingston Parish
• Jerry Fontenot (born 1966) – assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers
• Mary Alice Fontenot (1910–2003) – author
• Mike Fontenot (born 1980) – second baseman for the San Francisco Giants
• Elizabeth Erny Foote (born 1953) – judge
• George M. Foote (1919–2010) – judge
• Faith Ford (born 1964) – actress
• Frankie Ford (born 1939) – singer
• C.B. Forgotston (1945-2016) – state government watchdog
• Barbara Forrest (born 20th century) – philosopher and prominent critic of the intelligent design movement
• Garey Forster (born 1950) – radio host, former state representative
• Connell Fort (1867–1937) – mayor of Minden
• Matt Forté (born 1985) – running back for the Chicago Bears
• Paul Lee Foshee, Sr. (born 1932) – former state representative and state senator
• Ezola B. Foster (born 1938) – conservative political activist, writer, and politician
• Mike Foster (born 1930) – Governor of Louisiana
• Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921) – Governor of Louisiana
• Pete Fountain (born 1930) – musician
• John B. Fournet (1895–1984) – Speaker of the Louisiana House, lieutenant governor, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Douglas Fowler (1906–1980) – politician
• H. M. Fowler (1918–2014) – politician
• Jerry Marston Fowler (1940–2009) – politician and convicted felon
• Mike Francis (born 1946) – businessman, Republican former state party chairman
• A. B. Franklin (born 1948) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)
• Tillman Franks (1920–2006) – country musician and manager
• Lether Frazar (1904–1960) – politician and college president, author of state teacher retirement law
• A.A. Fredericks (1891–1975) – politician and college president
• Dennis Freeman (1940–2007) – mayor of Logansport
• Mannie Fresh (born 1974) – record producer, musician
• J. Isaac Friedman (1877–1949) – state representative and state senator from Natchitoches Parish
• Leon Friedman (1886–1948) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish (1932–1940)
• Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979) – member of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury and both houses of the state legislature
• W. C. Friley (1845–1911) – educator and Baptist clergyman
• Gregory L. Fruge (born 1948) – Republican former state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes; businessman in Eunice
• Robert L. Frye (1927–2011) – educator
• Lawrence T. Fuglaar (1895–1972) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1948–1952); drowning victim
• Frank Fulco (1908–1999) – politician
• Hoffman Franklin Fuller (born 1932) – professor emeritus at Tulane University Law School, authority on tax law
• Hoffman L. Fuller (1899–1983) – mayor of Bossier City (1937–1953)
• Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988) – founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier
• Thomas Wafer Fuller (1867–1920) – politician, educator, publisher
• Alexander Fulton (birth date unknown – died c. 1818) founder of Alexandria
• Henry L. Fuqua (1865–1926) – Governor of Louisiana (1924–1926, his death)
• Charles Fuselier (born 1942) – sheriff of St. Martin Parish (1980–2003)
• J. B. Fuselier (1901–1975) – Cajun musician from Oberlin, Louisiana
• Mike Futrell (born 1960) – politician
• P. Elmo Futrell, Jr. (1916–1993) – politician

G

• Ernest Gaines (born 1933) – author
• Randal Gaines (born 1955) – African American; lawyer; educator; state representative for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes (since 2012)
• Gerald J. Gallinghouse (1920–2007) – U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Count Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) – Spanish governor; viceroy of New Spain
• James C. Gardner (1924–2010) – mayor of Shreveport (1954–1958); called "Mr. Shreveport"
• John Sidney Garrett (1921–2005) – former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Claiborne Parish
• Jim Garrison (1921–1992) – former New Orleans district attorney; later a state judge
• Robert T. Garrity, Jr. (born 1949) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Jefferson Parish
• James Garvey, Jr. – member since 2012 of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 1; a Metairie lawyer
• Leon Gary (1912–2000) – politician; mayor of Houma, 1946 to 1962
• Chad Gaudin (born 1983) – MLB pitcher
• Randall Gay (born 1982) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
• Terry W. Gee (1940–2014) – state representative and businessman
• A. B. George (1829–1899) – politician in Minden and Shreveport
• Gaston Gerald (born 1931) – politician
• Brett Geymann (born 1961) – state representative
• Johnny Giavotella (born 1987) – second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels
• H. Lawrence Gibbs (1919–1993) – politician
• J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert (1922–2014) – state representative and state senator
• Mickey Gilley (born 1936) – musician; singer; nightclub owner
• David 'Bo' Ginn (born 1951) – state senator from Morehouse Parish (1980–1988)
• George Girard (1930–1957) – musician
• Howard B. Gist, Jr. (1919–2011) – attorney
• Leslie Glasgow (1914–1980) – professor; conservationist; government administrator
• Hap Glaudi (1912–1989) – New Orleans sports journalist
• E.D. Gleason (1899–1959) – state representative
• Mary Smith Gleason (1899–1967) – state representative
• Edgar Godbold (1879–1952) – president of Louisiana College (1942–1951)
• H. N. Goff (1910–1978) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1952–1956)
• Ron Gomez (born 1934) – former state representative from Lafayette Parish
• Douglas Gonzales (born 1935) – retired judge; from Baton Rougen
• John Goodman (born 1952) – actor
• Alfred Goodwill (1830–1905) – businessman from Minden; owned largest general store in Louisiana in 1880s in Minden
• Jasper Goodwill (1889–1974) – mayor of Minden (1955–1958); grandson of Alfred Goodwill
• Cletis Gordon (born 1982) – cornerback for the United Football League's Florida Tuskers
• James M. Goslin (1915–2001) – sheriff of Caddo Parish (1966–1976)
• Stephen Gostkowski (born 1984) – placekicker for the New England Patriots
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) – pianist; composer
• Lucille May Grace (1900–1957) – first woman in statewide elected office as register of state lands
• R. W. "Buzzy" Graham (1937–2014) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1968–1972)
• Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929) – writer
• Webster "Webbie" Gradney, Jr. (born 1985) – rapper
• Danny Granger (born 1983) – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
• Camille Gravel (1915–2005) – lawyer; advisor to governors
• E. W. Gravolet (1919–1968) – politician
• Veleka Gray (born 1951) – actress; writer; producer
• Douglas D. "Doug" Green (born c. 1950) – politician
• Howard Green (born 1979) – nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers
• BenJarvus Green-Ellis (born 1985) – running back for the New England Patriots
• Hunter Greene (born 1966) – state representative
• Thomas A. "Tom" Greene (born 1948) – former state senator
• Allen C. Gremillion (1929–1971) – politician
• Jack P.F. Gremillion (1914–2001) – attorney general
• John Grenier (1930–2007) – Republican politician in Alabama; born in New Orleans
• Grits Gresham (1922–2008) – sportsman; journalist
• J. D. Grey (1906–1985) – clergyman
• Bob Griffin (born 1934) – broadcast journalist; from Shreveport
• Moon Griffon (born 1961) – statewide conservative radio talk show host
• Robert Groves (born 1948) – sociologist; Director of the United States Census Bureau under U.S. President Barack Obama
• Anthony Guarisco, Jr. (born 1938) – politician
• Dudley A. Guglielmo (1909–2005) – insurance commissioner
• Troyce Guice (1932–2008) – businessman, politician
• Dick Guidry (1929–2014) – politician; businessman from Lafourche Parish
• Greg G. Guidry (born 1960) - member of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jesse J. Guidry (c. 1921-1987) - state representative and secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; from St. Martin Parish
• John Michael Guidry (born 1962) - circuit court judge; former member of both houses of the state legislature from Baton Rouge
• Richard Guidry (1949–2008) – advocate of French language in Louisiana
• Ron Guidry (born 1950) – Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Elbert Guillory (born 1944) – politician
• Billy Guin (born 1927) – Republican politician from Shreveport
• G. Earl Guinn (1912–2004) – president of Louisiana College (1951–1975)
• John E. Guinn (born 1953) – politician
• Brandon Guillory (born 1985) – businessman
• Mickey Guillory (born 1940) – retired state police officer; state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes (since 2004)
• Bryant Gumbel (born 1948) – television journalist
• Greg Gumbel (born 1946) – sportscaster
• Stephen L. Gunn (born 1946) – politician
• William J. "Billy" Guste, Jr. (1922–2013) – state attorney general
• Buddy Guy (born 1936) – blues musician

H

• Billy Hagan (1932–2007) – NASCAR owner and racer, businessman
• Richard T. Haik (born 1950) – United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
• Ted Haik (born 1945) – politician
• Jeff Hall (born 1951) – state representative for Rapides Parish (since 2015)
• Pike Hall, Jr. (1931–1999) – judge from Shreveport
• William Pike Hall, Sr. (1896–1945) – lawyer and politician in Shreveport
• Jan Hamer (1927–2008) – organic chemist
• Rusty Hamer (1947–1990) – child actor
• John Martin Hamley (1883–1942) – politician
• Bryant Hammett (born 1956) – politician
• Kernan "Skip" Hand (born 1945) – politician
• Sam Hanna, Sr. (1933–2006) – newspaper publisher
• Paul Jude Hardy (born 1942) – state senator, secretary of state, lieutenant governor
• Henry E. Hardtner (1870–1935) – lumberman, conservationist, politician, founder of Urania
• George W. Hardy, Jr. (1900–1967) – mayor of Shreveport and judge of the state circuit court of appeal
• John Spencer Hardy (1913–2012) – lieutenant general in the United States Air Force
• Robert Harling (born 1951) – playwright, screenwriter and film director, wrote Steel Magnolias
• Winsor Harmon (born 1963) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Allen "Puddler" Harris (born 1936) – pianist for Ricky Nelson and Jimmie Davis
• Eric W. Harris (1916–2007) – businessman
• Lance Harris (born 1961) – state representative
• Mary Johnson Harris - educator
• T. H. Harris (1869–1942) – state superintendent of education (1908–1940)
• Will Harris (born 1984) – relief pitcher for the Houston Astros
• Joe Harrison (born c. 1952) – state representative
• Benjamin Morgan Harrod (1837–1912) – engineer
• Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway (born 1939) – former sheriff of Grant Parish
• Torrence "Lil Boosie" Hatch (born 1982) – rapper
• Jason Hatcher (born 1982) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Don Hathaway (born 1928) – Shreveport public works commissioner (1970–1978); Caddo Parish sheriff (1980–2000)
• Richmond C. Hathorn (1893–1941) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1936–1940)
• Bert Hatten (born 1927) – mayor of West Monroe (1966–1978); newspaper managing editor and publisher
• Kenny Havard (born 1971) – politician
• Elvin Hayes (born 1945) – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Hunter Hayes (born 1991) – country singer
• Rufus D. Hayes (1913–2002) – first state insurance commissioner, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, Democratic state chairman
• Fred Haynes (1946–2006) – LSU football player
• O.H. Haynes, Jr. (1920–1996) – Webster Parish sheriff (1964–1980)
• O. H. Haynes, Sr. (1888–1969) – Webster Parish sheriff (1933–1952)
• William Wright Heard (1853–1926) – governor of Louisiana (1900–1904)
• George E. Hearn (1926–2010) – psychologist
• Bobby Hebert (born 1960) – New Orleans Saints quarterback known as "Cajun Cannon"
• Dennis Paul Hebert (1926-2015), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish, 1972-1996
• Felix Edward Hébert (1901–1979) – journalist, politician
• Malcolm P. Hebert (1926–2006) – Alexandria politician
• Paul M. Hebert (1907–1977) – judge, Louisiana State University Law Center dean
• Troy Hebert (born 1966) – politician
• Lee Hedges (born 1929) – champion football coach in Shreveport
• Fred Heebe (born 1952) – New Orleans real estate developer
• Jennifer Sneed Heebe (born 1966) – politician
• Talmadge L. Heflin (born 1940) – former member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Marie Alice Heine (1858–1925) – first American Princess of Monaco
• Norman E. "Pete" Heine (born 1928) – politician
• Betty Heitman (1929–1994) – Republican politician
• David Heitmeier (born 1961) – state senator for Orleans Parish (since 2008); optometrist
• Francis C. Heitmeier (born 1950) – former state senator for Orleans Parish; lawyer and lobbyist
• Knute Heldner (1875–1952) – impressionist artist
• Lillian Hellman (1905–1984) – playwright and screenwriter
• Devery Henderson (born 1982) – wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints
• William Kennon Henderson, Jr. (1880–1945) – founder of radio station KWKH in Shreveport
• Lloyd Hendrick (born c. 1909 – date of death missing) – state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes (1940–1948)
• Ellis Henican – journalist, commentator, talk show host
• Jeff Hennessy – trampoline coach
• Leigh Hennessy – world champion gymnast and movie stuntwoman
• Shelley Hennig (born 1987) – actress, Days of Our Lives
• Charlie Hennigan (born 1935) – football player
• Gilbert Franklin Hennigan (1883–1960) – politician
• Cameron Henry (born 1974) – politician
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937) – singer, musician
• E. L. "Bubba" Henry (born 1936) – politician, lawyer, lobbyist
• Gloria Henry (born 1923) – actress, CBS's Dennis the Menace
• L. B. Henry (1920–2008) – politician
• Bob Hensgens (born 1955) – politician
• George Herriman (1880–1944) – Krazy Kat cartoonist
• Charles R. Herring (born 1945) – chiropractor; served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish (1988–1992)
• Jacob Hester (born 1985) – fullback for the San Diego Chargers
• W. Scott Heywood (1872–1950) – state senator, discovered oil in Jeff Davis Parish in 1901
• Theodore M. Hickey (1910–1993) – New Orleans City Council member and state senator; introduced bill establishing the University of New Orleans
• Thomas Hickman (1872–1950) – mayor of Bossier City (1925–1937)
• W. W. Hicks (1843–1925) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1900–1904)
• Andrew Higgins (1886–1952) – shipbuilder, industrialist
• Wiley W. Hilburn (1938–2014) – journalist, educator
• Charles Franklin Hildebrand (1893–1966) – journalist
• Stephanie Hilferty (born 1985) – state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes since 2016
• Dorothy Sue Hill (born 1939) – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes since 2008
• Herman Ray Hill (born 1937) – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes (1996–2008)
• Kenny Hill (born 1958) – NFL defensive back
• Corey Hilliard (born 1985) – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
• Quin Hillyer (born 1964) – columnist and editor
• Donald E. Hines (born 1933) – politician and physician
• Walker Hines (born 1984) – state representative from Orleans Parish
• Gerry E. Hinton (1930–2000) – state senator, pioneer of chiropractic profession
• Al Hirt (1922–1999) – musician
• Valarie Hodges (born 1955) – politician
• Frank A. Hoffmann (born 1944) – state representative
• Melvin L. Holden (born 1952) – first African-American mayor of Baton Rouge
• Cheryl Holdridge (1944–2009) – actor
• Trindon Holliday (born 1986) – wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Giants
• Earl Holliman (born 1928) – actor
• Dan Hollingsworth (born 1934) – politician
• Harry Hollins (1932-1989) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish from 1964 to 1980
• Ken Hollis (1942–2010) – state senator from Jefferson Parish (1982–2008)
• Paul Hollis (born 1972) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish
• Clyde C. Holloway (born 1943) – former US Representative; member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission
• Ben F. Holt (1925–1995) – politician
• Jay F. Honeycutt (born 1937) – former director of the Kennedy Space Center
• Dalton W. Honoré (born 1943) – politician
• Russel L. Honoré (born 1947) – general during Hurricane Katrina relief
• Taylor Horn (born 1992) – singer and actress
• Dodie Horton – state representative for Bossier Parish, effective 2016
• Son House (1902–1988) – blues singer and guitarist
• TJ House (born 1989) – pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
• Alton Hardy Howard (1925–2006) – co-founder of Howard Brothers Discount Stores; gospel songwriter
• Frank A. Howard (born 1938) – politician
• Jaye Howard (born 1988) – nose tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Perry H. Howard (1922–2009) – sociologist at Louisiana State University who researched into Louisiana politics
• V. E. Howard (1911–2000) – Church of Christ clergyman, founder of radio International Gospel Hour
• W. L. "Jack" Howard (1921–2004) – mayor of Monroe and partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores
• Arlene Howell (born 1939) – Miss USA 1958 and actress: Bourbon Street Beat
• Ewald Max Hoyer – first mayor of Bossier City at incorporation as a town in 1907
• Jerry Huckaby (born 1941) – US Representative
• Morley Hudson (1917–2001) – State Representative, advocate for the mentally retarded
• Sarah Hudson-Pierce (born 1948) – author and book publisher from Shreveport
• Thomas H. Hudson (born 1946) – Baton Rouge attorney and former state senator
• Jefferson D. Hughes, III (born 1952) - associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013
• William Clark Hughes (1868–1930) – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1926–1928); Bossier Parish farmer
• Edgar Hull (1904–1984) – physician
• Hubert D. Humphreys (1923–2009) – historian
• Guy E. Humphries, Jr. (1923–2010) – state court judge in Alexandria
• John S. Hunt, III (1928–2001) – Monroe attorney; politician
• Clementine Hunter (c. 1886–1988) – folk artist
• Jeffrey Hunter (1926–1969) actor, The Searchers, King of Kings; born in New Orleans; reared in Wisconsin
• Marcus Hunter (born 1979) – politician
• Carolyn Huntoon (born 1940) – scientist
• John Brennan Hussey (born 1934) - mayor of Shreveport from 1982 to 1990
• Nita Rusich Hutter (born 1949) – politician
• Mike "Pete" Huval (born c. 1956) – politician

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• Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661–1706) – founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France
• Richard Ieyoub (born 1944) – Louisiana Attorney General (1992–2004)
• Iron Eyes Cody (1904–1999) – actor; native of Kaplan
• Melvin Irvin (1942–2014) – state representative from Gonzales in Ascension Parish (1984–1992)
• Walter Isaacson (born 1952) – author; journalist; president and chief executive officer, Aspen Institute
• Barry Ivey (born 1979) – politician

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• George W. Jack (1875–1924) – federal judge
• Wellborn Jack (1907–1991) – state representative from Caddo Parish (1940–1964)
• Whitfield Jack (1906–1989) – Shreveport attorney and United States Army colonel in World War II and United States Army Reserve major general
• Alphonse J. Jackson (1927–2014) – educator, civil rights activist, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish (1972–1992)
• Girod Jackson, III (born 1972) – former state representative for Jefferson Parish
• John E. Jackson (1892-1989) – chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1929 to 1934; Republican national committeeman, 1934 to 1952; practice law in New Orleans
• John M. Jackson (born 1950) – actor, JAG
• Lisa Jackson (born 1962) – administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Barack Obama
• Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) – gospel singer
• Shelby M. Jackson (1903–1972) – state education superintendent (1948–1964)
• Randy Jackson (born 1956) – musician, entrepreneur, television personality
• Randy Jackson (born 1955) – guitarist and lead singer of rock band Zebra
• Tyson Jackson (born 1986) – defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
• Brandon Jacobs (born 1982) – running back for the New York Giants
• Charles Jacobs (born 1970) - state court judge from Springhill since 2015
• Bradie James (born 1981) – linebacker for the Houston Texans
• Edward C. James – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2012)
• Antawn Jamison (born 1976) – NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Rajarsi Janakananda (1892–1955) – former president of the Self-Realization Fellowship
• Lemuel Jeanpierre (born 1987) – center for the Seattle Seahawks
• Patrick O. Jefferson (born 1968) – state representative for Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln parishes (since 2012); lawyer in Arcadia
• Eddie Jemison (born 1963) – actor, Hung, Bruce Almighty, and Ocean's Eleven and its sequels
• Faith Jenkins (born 20th century) – attorney, legal commentator, Miss Louisiana 2000
• Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born 1969) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Woody Jenkins (born 1947) – politician, newspaper publisher
• J. Thomas Jewell (1909–1993) – politician from New Roads
• Bobby Jindal (born 1971) – Governor of Louisiana
• Ronnie Johns (born 1949) – politician
• Andrew R. Johnson (1856–1933) – state senator and mayor of Homer; named Ashland, Louisiana
• Avery Johnson (born 1965) – NBA player and coach
• Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943) – Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994-2013
• Bill Johnson (1872–1972) – jazz musician
• Damaris Johnson (born 1989) – wide receiver and punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Neal Lane "Lanny" Johnson (born 1940) – school superintendent, former state representative
• Mike Johnson (born 1972) – state representative and constitutional attorney from Bossier Parish
• Quinn Johnson (born 1986) – fullback for the Green Bay Packers
• John Bennett Johnston, Jr. (born 1932) – U.S. Senator (1972–1997); lobbyist, (since 1997); state senator (1968–1972); state representative (1964–1968)
• Bert Jones (born 1951) – football quarterback, LSU and NFL's Baltimore Colts
• Chad Jones (born 1988) – safety for the New York Giants
• Donald Edward Jones (born 1949) – mayor of Bossier City (1984–1989)
• Donnie Jones (born 1980) – punter for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Dub Jones (born 1924) – NFL and AAFC running back
• Edgar Jones (born 1984) – linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
• E. Holman Jones (1926–2014) – state representative
• Fred W. Jones, Jr. (1924–2000) – city, district and state circuit court judge from Ruston
• Gary Lee Jones (born 1946) - Republican member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Howard M. Jones (1900–1980) – politician
• Jacoby Jones (born 1984) – wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens
• Perry Jones III (born 1991) – player for the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1905–1982) – president and baseball coach at Grambling State University (1936–1977)
• Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones (born 1939) – politician, businessman
• Sam Houston Jones (1897–1978) – Governor of Louisiana
• Sam S. Jones (born 1953) – politician, businessman
• Theodore "Ted" Jones (born 1934) – politician, lawyer, lobbyist
• Henderson Jordan (1896–1958) – Bienville Parish sheriff, in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde
• J. Lomax Jordan (born 1952) – state senator from Lafayette (1992–2000)
• Michael I. Jordan (born 1956) - Professor at University of California, Berkeley, researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence
• Curtis Joubert (born 1931) – politician
• J. E. Jumonville, Jr. (born 1942) – state senator and horse breeder from Pointe Coupee Parish
• J. E. Jumonville, Sr. (1919–1983) – state senator and natural gas developer from Pointe Coupee Parish
• Juvenile (born 1975) – rapper

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• Harnett Kane (1910–1984) – New Orleans-based author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction
• Ed Karst (1931–1992) – mayor of Alexandria (1969–1973); gubernatorial candidate (1991)
• Kay Katz (born 1940) – state representative from Ouachita Parish; Republican National Committeewoman from Louisiana
• Jack Keahey (1935–2007) – president of Tensas River Levee District
• Kelly Keeling (born 1966) – singer-songwriter from Houma
• J.E. Keeny (1860–1939) – educator
• Willie E. Kees, Jr. (1916-2003) - mayor of Pineville from 1946 to 1952; worked to raise Red River levee to prevent future flooding
• Bill P. Keith (born 1934) – author; former member of the Louisiana State Senate
• Perry Keith (1847–1935) – politician
• William P. Kellogg (1830–1918) – Member of Congress; Governor; United States Senator
• Donald G. Kelly (born 1941) – state senator from Natchitoches (1976–1996)
• Iris Kelso (1926–2003) – New Orleans journalist
• Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933) – U.S. representative (1925–1933)
• Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. (1904–1965) – Louisiana Attorney General (1948–1952)
• Donald Ray Kennard (1936–2011) – state representative from Baton Rouge (1976–2008)
• John Neely Kennedy (born 1951) – Louisiana State Treasurer
• Edward Kennon (born 1938) – businessman, politician
• Robert F. Kennon (1902–1988) – Governor of Louisiana (1952–1956)
• James Peter Kent (1866–1937) – newspaper publisher; politician from Minden in Webster Parish
• Doug Kershaw (born 1936) – musician, singer
• Sammy Kershaw (born 1958) – musician; singer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
• Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) – singer; billed himself as the "Emperor of the Universe"
• DJ Khaled (born 1975) – record producer; radio personality; DJ; record label executive
• Nat G. Kiefer (1939–1985) – state senator from New Orleans
• John Sidney Killen (1826–1903) – farmer; state representative from Claiborne and Webster parishes
• Arnold R. Kilpatrick (1920–2005) – educator
• K.D. Kilpatrick (1928–2010) – state senator from Ruston
• Catherine D. Kimball (born 1945) – retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Clyde Kimball (born 1942) – state representative for Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes (1976–1992)
• Claude King (1923–2013) – country singer-songwriter; known for "Wolverton Mountain"
• Earl King (1934–2003) – musician
• Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010) – novelist
• Ralph E. King (1902–1974) – physician; state senator from Franklin Parish
• Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) – politician and businessman
• Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (born 1918) – music educator; former member of Louisiana Board of Regents
• Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr. (born 1936) – judge
• Graydon K. Kitchens, Sr. (1903–1988) – lawyer; politician
• Chuck Kleckley (born 1960) – state representative
• Mark Klein (born 1993) – singer
• Neil Haven Klock (1896–1978) – sugar planter; politician from Rapides Parish
• Jeannette Knoll (born 1943) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jesse Monroe Knowles (1919–2006) – politician; survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II
• L.D. Knox (1929–2009) – politician
• Allison Kolb (1915–1973) – politician
• Robert Kostelka (born 1933) – district attorney; judge; state senator from Monroe
• Suzanne Mayfield Krieger (born 1953) – politician
• Dan Kyle (born 1937) – politician
• John S. Kyser (1900–1975) – educator

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• Adras LaBorde (1912–1993) – journalist, Alexandria Daily Town Talk
• Raymond Laborde (1927-2016) – politician and department store owner
• John LaBruzzo (born 1970) – politician
• Eddie Lacy (born 1990) – running back for the Green Bay Packers
• Len Lacy (1900–1998) – politician
• Horace Ladymon (born 1929) – businessman
• Adolphe Lafargue (1855–1917) – newspaper publisher; state legislator; judge; from Marksville
• Alvan Lafargue (1883–1963) – physician; politician
• Malcolm Lafargue (1908–1963) – U.S. attorney in Shreveport (1940s)
• Ed Lafitte (1886–1971) – baseball player
• Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1826) – blacksmith; pirate
• Juan LaFonta (born 1972) – former state representative for Orleans Parish and New Orleans lawyer
• Papa Jack Laine (1873–1966) – bandleader
• Eddie J. Lambert (born 1956) – state representative
• Louis Lambert (born 1940) – politician
• Maxie Lambright (1924–1980) – football coach
• Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996) – actress
• Charles D. Lancaster, Jr. (born 1943) – former state representative
• Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr. (1918–2009) – former state representative and interim judge
• Katherine LaNasa (born 1966) – actress, Judging Amy
• Mary Landrieu (born 1955) – US Senator
• Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) – politician
• Moon Landrieu (born 1930) – judge, politician
• Ali Landry (born 1973) – actress; model; Miss USA (1996)
• Jarvis Landry (born 1992) – wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
• Jeff Landry (born 1970) – politician
• Lisa Landry (born 1977) – comedian
• Nancy Landry (born 1962) – politician
• Terry Landry – state representative for Lafayette, Iberia, and St. Martin parishes since 2012; former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police
• Eric Laneuville (born 1952) – actor; television director, St. Elsewhere, Room 222
• Carroll E. Lanier (1926–2012) – mayor of Alexandria (1977–1982)
• Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) – self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• John Larroquette (born 1947) – actor
• Dud Lastrapes (born 1929) – mayor of Lafayette (1980–1992)
• Hank Lauricella (1930–2014) – football player; state senator
• Marie Laveau (c. 1794 – c. 1881) – Voodoo priestess
• Samuel Lawrason (1852–1924) – state senator; authored Lawrason Act regarding Louisiana municipal government
• Rollo C. Lawrence (1894-1968) - mayor of Pineville, 1930-1946; first superintendent of Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1948-1951
• Claude "Buddy" Leach (born 1934) – politician; businessman
• Lead Belly (1885–1949) – musician
• Alexander McIntyre Leary (1873–1937) – mayor of Minden (1903–1905); director of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Shreveport (1935–1937)
• Ronald Leary (born 1989) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
• Bernard LeBas (born 1943) – pharmacist; state representative for Evangeline and St. Landry parishes (since 2008)
• Dudley J. LeBlanc (1894–1971) – politician; businessman; made a fortune in the patent medicine Hadacol
• Fred S. LeBlanc – politician
• Jerry Luke LeBlanc (born 1956) – politician
• Patrick LeBlanc (1954–2008) – architect; businessman; politician
• Sam A. LeBlanc, III (born 1938) – lawyer; state representative
• Samuel A. LeBlanc, I (1886–1955) – lawyer; state representative; state court judge; grandfather of Sam A. LeBlanc, III
• Conway LeBleu (1918-2007) - state representative for Calcasieu and Camerosn parishes, 1964 to 1988
• Marietta LeBreton (1936–2009) – historian at Northwestern State University
• Richard Leche (1898–1965) – Governor of Louisiana
• Joseph E. LeDoux (born 1949) – neuroscientist
• David Lee (born 1943) – football player
• Harry Lee (1932–2007) – Jefferson Parish sheriff
• James Nelson Lee (c. 1923–2014) – city and state court judge in Avoyelles Parish
• Rory Lee (born 1949) – president of Louisiana College (1997–2004)
• Swords Lee (1859–1929) – businessman and politician in Grant Parish and Alexandria
• Walter C. Lee (born 1934) – member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (1991–2014); retired educator in Shreveport
• Walter L. Lee (born 1921) – Clerk of Court in Evangeline Parish (1956–2012)
• W. Burch Lee (1883–1939) – state representative for Webster Parish (1914–1916); clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (1918–1933)
• Keith Lehr (born 1963), two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, born and resides in Bossier City
• John A. Lejeune (1867–1942) – Marine Corps general
• Don Lemon (born 1966) – journalist and television anchor; host of CNN Newsroom
• Lloyd E. Lenard (1922–2008) – politician, businessman, author
• Art Lentini (born 1953) – former state senator
• Countess Leon (1798–1881) – founder of Germantown Colony in Webster Parish
• Elmore Leonard (1925–2013) – crime and western novelist; born in New Orleans
• Joe LeSage (1928-2015) – former state for Caddo Parish; LSU supervisor and Shreveport attorney
• Jim Leslie (1937–1976) – journalist; advertising executive; assassinated in Baton Rouge
• Jared Leto (born 1971) – actor; lead singer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Shannon Leto (born 1970) – drummer of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, occasional actor
• Zachary Levi (born 1980) – actor, Less than Perfect, Chuck
• Jerry Lee Lewis (born 1935) – musician
• Keenan Lewis (born 1986) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
• Michael Lewis (born 1960) – author; financial journalist; Moneyball, The Blind Side
• Patrick Lewis (born 1991) – center for the Seattle Seahawks
• Rashard Lewis (born 1979) – forward for the Orlando Magic
• Tony Ligi (born 1955) – politician
• Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.) – rapper
• Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968) – politician
• F.A. Little, Jr. (born 1936) – judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• Sam Little (born 1950) – politician
• Little Walter (1930–1968) – blues harmonica player
• Lloyd Harlin Polite (born 1986) – R&B singer
• Nate Livings (born 1982) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
• Bob Livingston (born 1943) – Member of Congress (1977–1999)
• Edward Livingston (1764–1836) – Member of Congress; United States Secretary of State
• Lloyd (born 1986) – contemporary R&B and hip hop artist
• Bennie Logan (born 1989) – nose tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
• George M. Lomax (1849–1917) – state representative from Lincoln Parish; introduced the enabling legislation to establish Louisiana Tech University
• Blanche Long (1902–1998) – First Lady of Louisiana (1939–1940, 1948–1954, 1956–1960); wife of Earl Long
• Earl Kemp Long (1895–1960) – Governor of Louisiana (1939–1940, 1948–1952 and 1956–1960)
• George S. Long (1883–1958) – US Representative
• Gerald Long (born 1944) – Republican state senator from Natchitoches; only elected Republican official of the Long family
• Gillis William Long (1923–1985) – US Representative
• Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (1893–1935) – Governor of Louisiana; US Senator
• Jimmy D. Long (born 1931) – politician
• Russell Long (1918–2003) – US Senator
• Speedy O. Long (1928–2006) – US Representative; district attorney from La Salle Parish
• Professor Longhair (1918–1980) – musician
• John L. Loos (1918–2011) – historian
• Joseph Lopinto (born c. 1976) – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Nicholas Lorusso (born 1966) – state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007
• Morris Lottinger, Jr. (born c. 1938) – politician
• Morris Lottinger, Sr. (1902–1978) – politician
• Lance Louis (born 1985) – offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts
• Aaron Loup (born 1987) – relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
• Cecil C. Lowe (1923–2013) – judge
• W. Matt Lowe (1872–1955) – mayor of Minden (1916–1920); Webster Parish police juror (1940–1954)
• Margaret Lowenthal (1929-2003) - first woman state representative for Calcasieu Parish, service from 1980 to 1988
• Fred L. Lowery (born 1943) – clergyman; author
• Walter M. Lowrey (1921–1980) – historian
• J. A. W. Lowry (1848–1899) – politician in Bossier Parish
• Bobby Lowther (1923–2015) – only two-sport (basketball and track and field) All-American at Louisiana State University (1946)
• Cornelius Lucas (born 1991) – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
• Jay Luneau (born 1962) - state senator and lawyer from Alexandria, effective 2016
• William Hawthorn Lynch (1929–2004) – journalist; first Louisiana inspector general
• Bruce Lynn (born 1925) – politician
• Robert L. Lynn (born 1931) – president of Louisiana College from 1975–1997
• Charlton Lyons (1894–1973) – oilman; "father of modern Republican Party in Louisiana"
• Hall Lyons (1923–1998) – oilman; politician
• Ted Lyons (1900–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball player

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• Sherman Q. Mack (born 1972) – politician
• Anthony Mackie (born 1979) – actor, Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker, Captain America
• Ragan Madden (1910–1990) – state representative; district attorney; from Lincoln Parish
• Magic Sam (1937–1969) – blues music pioneer
• John Maginnis (1948–2014) – journalist; author
• Mikie Mahtook (born 1989) – outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Karl Malone (born 1963) – Hall of Fame basketball player, mainly with the Utah Jazz
• Max T. Malone (born 1953) – geologist; state senator
• Jeff Mangum (born 1970) – musician; founder of Neutral Milk Hotel
• Robert "Bob" Mann (born 1958) – journalist, historian
• Archie Manning (born 1949) – former New Orleans Saints quarterback; father of Eli Manning and Peyton Manning
• Eli Manning (born 1982) – New York Giants quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Peyton Manning
• Peyton Manning (born 1976) – Denver Broncos quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Eli Manning
• Tommy Manzella (born 1983) – shortstop for the Colorado Rockies
• Charles E. Maple (1932–2006) – journalist
• "Pistol" Pete Maravich (1947–1988) – basketball player, LSU and NBA Hall of Famer
• Paul Mares (1900–1949) – musician
• Anna Margaret (born 1996) – singer
• Angélica María (born 1944) – Mexican actress and singer
• Robert M. Marionneaux (born 1968) – politician
• Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – musician
• Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (born 1934) – musician; educator
• Ellis Marsalis, Sr. (1908–2004) – poultry farmer; jazz musician; hotelier; civil rights activist
• Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) – musician
• Leonard Marshall (born 1961) – former defensive end, primarily for the New York Giants
• Samuel W. Martien (1854–1946) – planter; politician
• Roy O. Martin, Jr. (1921–2007) – timber businessman; philanthropist; from Alexandria
• Wade O. Martin, Jr. (1911–1990) – secretary of state
• Wade O. Martin, Sr. (1885–1956) – politician
• Danny Martiny (born 1951) – politician
• Virginia Martinez (1922–1992) – Louisiana Republican national committeewoman (1977–1992, her death)
• Charles A. Marvin (1929–2003) – district attorney; judge
• Schuyler Marvin (born 1962) – district attorney
• Rod Masterson (1945–2013) – actor
• Tyrann Mathieu (born 1992) – free safety and cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals
• Frank H. Mayer (1850–1954) – American frontiersman born in New Orleans; most associated with Park County, Colorado
• Vance McAllister (born 1974) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district
• W. T. McCain (1913–1993) – politician from Grant Parish
• Jay McCallum (born 1960) - state district court judge since 2003; former state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes
• James T. McCalman (1914–1977) – state senator from Claiborne and Bienville parishes (1960–1964)
• Patrick McCauley (1927–2015) – journalist; originally from Alexandria, Louisiana
• Enos McClendon (1917–2003) – judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court (1960–1978)
• Todd McClure (born 1977) – center for the Atlanta Falcons
• Charles McConnell (1923–2000) – politician
• James L. McCorkle, Jr. (born 1935) – historian
• Billy McCormack (1928–2012) – Southern Baptist clergyman; national director of the Christian Coalition of America
• Burgess McCranie (1905–1977) – mayor of Bossier City (1953–1957)
• C. L. McCrary (1905–1989) – state representative from Bienville Parish (1960–1964)
• Jim McCrery (born 1949) – US Representative
• Sidney McCrory (1911–1985) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1956–1960)
• Charles R. McDonald (born 1938) – former state representative from Morehouse and Ouachita parishes
• Jack McFarland (born 1969) - state representative from Winn Parish, effective 2016
• Eugene McGehee (1928–2014) – state legislator; judge; from East Baton Rouge Parish
• Tim McGraw (born 1967) – country musician; actor
• Tom Ed McHugh (born 1943) – politician
• J. Frank McInnis (1886–1959) – judge
• John McKeithen (1918–1999) – Governor of Louisiana (1964–1972)
• W. Fox McKeithen (1946–2005) – Louisiana secretary of state (1988–2005)
• Charles E. McKenzie (1896–1956) – U.S. representative
• Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886–1952) – Christian singer-songwriter
• Joe McKnight (born 1988) – tailback for the New York Jets
• James M. McLemore (1907–1997) – politician; businessman
• Chuck McMains (born 1948) – state representative; Baton Rouge lobbyist
• Royce L. McMahen (1923–1999) – veterinarian; sheriff of Webster Parish (1980–1996)
• A. J. McNamara (1936–2014) – state representative; U.S. District Judge from Jefferson Parish
• Joe McPherson (born 1950) – state senator from Rapides Parish
• Tom McVea (born 1945) – state representative
• Gil Meche (born 1978) – MLB pitcher
• D. L. Menard (born 1932) – Cajun musician from Erath
• Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868) – actress
• DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr. (1924–2005) – Alexandria attorney
• Mildred Methvin (born 1952) – judge
• Myrtis Methvin (1895–1977) – mayor of Castor in Bienville Parish (1933–1945); second woman mayor in the state of Louisiana
• Emile Meyer (1910–1987) – actor
• Louis J. Michot (born 1922) – businessman; former state superintendent of education; state representative from Lafayette
• Michael J. Michot (born 1963) – businessman; state senator from Lafayette (since 2000)
• Quintin Mikell (born 1980) – safety for the St. Louis Rams
• Lizzie Miles (1895–1963) – singer
• Wade Miley (born 1986) – starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Gregory A. Miller (born 1962) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Charles Parish
• Roderick Miller (1924–2005) – politician; lawyer
• Percy "Master P" Miller (born 1967) – musician; actor; record producer; athlete
• Fred H. Mills, Jr. (born 1955) – politician, pharmacist, banker
• Jordan Mills (born 1990) – offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears
• Newt V. Mills (1899–1996) – U.S. representative
• P. J. Mills (born 1934) – politician; businessman
• Paul Millsap (born 1985) – power forward for the Utah Jazz
• Alexander Milne (1742–1838) – businessman; slave trader; philanthropist
• Leland G. Mims (1901–1979) – politician
• E. R. Minchew (1908–2001) – educator
• Jim Mitchell (1946-2015) - judge of the 30th Judicial District Court in Leesville from 2009 until his death
• H. Lane Mitchell (1895–1978) – Shreveport commissioner of public works (1934–1968)
• RJ Mitte (born 1992) – actor, Walt, Jr. on Breaking Bad
• Randy Moffett (born 1947) – educator
• Robert W. Mondy (1908–1997) – historian
• Nickie Monica (born 1960) – politician
• Bill Monroe (1920–2011) – journalist, host of Meet the Press (1975–1984)
• Greg Monroe (born 1990) – center for the Detroit Pistons
• Billy Montgomery (born 1937) – politician; former educator
• Harold Montgomery (1911–1995) – state senator; businessman
• John Willard "Jack" Montgomery, Sr. (born 1936) – state senator; lawyer
• Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906–1985) – musician
• Chris Mooney (born 1977), journalist and author
• A. Brown Moore (1911–1987) – businessman; politician
• Cleo Moore (1923–1973) – actress (1950s)
• Danny Roy Moore (born 1925) – state senator from Claiborne Parish (1964–1968)
• Ellen Bryan Moore (1912–1999) – Register of State Lands; captain in Women's Army Corps during World War II
• Mewelde Moore (born 1982) – running back for the Indianapolis Colts
• W. Henson Moore (born 1939) – US Representative
• T. J. Moran (1930–2015) – businessman; restaurateur; philanthropist; from Baton Rouge
• Jackie Moreland (1938–1971) – professional basketball player
• Aaron Morgan (born 1988) – outside linebacker and defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Cecil Morgan (1898–1999) – state legislator; led the impeachment forces against Huey Pierce Long, Jr.; executive with Standard Oil Company; dean of Tulane University Law School
• Elemore Morgan, Jr. (1931–2008) – landscape painter and photographer
• Lewis L. Morgan (1876–1950) – U.S. representative; gubernatorial runoff candidate (1944)
• S. M. Morgan, Jr. (1922–1982) – state representative from Red River Parish (1964–1968)
• Dutch Morial (1929–1989) – judge; mayor of New Orleans
• Arthur A. Morrell (born 1943) – New Orleans clerk of the criminal court (since 2006); state representative (1984–2006)
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (born 1947) – member of the New Orleans City Council
• Jean-Paul Morrell (born 1978) – New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
• Jay Morris (born 1958) – state representative from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes
• James Hollis "Jim" Morris (born 1954) – state representative from Caddo and Bossier parishes
• Dan Morrish (born 1950) – member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
• deLesseps Morrison, Jr. (1944–1996) – state representative from Orleans Parish
• deLesseps S. "Chep" Morrison (1912–1964) – mayor of New Orleans; ambassador to the Organization of American States; three-time gubernatorial candidate
• Jacob Haight Morrison (1905–1974) – politician; historical preservationist
• James H. Morrison (1908–2000) – US Representative
• Logan Morrison (born 1987) – outfielder and first baseman for the Seattle Mariners
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941) – musician; composer; self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• Morgus the Magnificent – fictional horror host (1950s–1980s)
• Paul Morphy (1837–1884) – world chess champion
• Garrett Morris (born 1937) – actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live
• Isaac Edward Morse (1809–1866) – Attorney General of Louisiana; US Member of Congress^[2]
• Alexander Mouton (1804–1885) – Governor; United States Senator
• Ashton J. Mouton (1916–1988) – mayor of Lafayette
• Jonas Mouton (born 1988) – linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
• George B. Mowad (1932–2000) – mayor of Oakdale; physician; developer
• Bernhard Müller (1788–1834) – colonizer of Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish
• Robert J. Munson (1912–1996) – state representatives from Rapides Parish (1956–1973)
• W. Spencer Myrick (1913–2001) – state legislator from West Carroll Parish

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• Ray Nagin (born 1956) – mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina; convicted felon
• L.D. "Buddy" Napper (1925–2013) – state representative from Lincoln Parish
• Christopher Columbus Nash (1838 – 20th century) – Grant Parish sheriff; founder of the White League (1874)
• George Nattin (1918–2002) – mayor of Bossier City (1961–1973)
• George Nattin, Jr. (1940–2014) – LSU basketball player and businessman
• Edward F. Neild (1884–1955) – architect; from Shreveport
• Ed Nelson (1928–2014) – actor: Peyton Place
• Sydney B. Nelson (born 1935) – state senator
• Mike Nerren (born 1963) – state court judge
• J. H. Netterville (1879–1943) – plantation manager in Tensas Parish
• Ben Nevers (born 1946) – state senator
• Aaron Neville (born 1941) – singer
• Arthel Neville (born 1962) – anchor for Fox News
• Drake Nevis (born 1989) – defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
• Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901) – philanthropist (Newcomb College)
• Jewel Joseph Newman (1921–2014) – politician; from the Scotlandville neighborhood of Baton Rouge
• Randy Newman (born 1943) – singer-songwriter; pianist
• Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) – Governor of Louisiana
• Lance E. Nichols (born 1955) – actor, Treme
• Elwyn Nicholson (1923–2014) – state senator from Jefferson Parish (1972–1988)
• Enoch T. Nix (1920–2001) – banker; president of the Louisiana State Board of Education
• J. Kelly Nix (born 1934) – politician; businessman
• John Travis Nixon (1867–1909) – publisher of what became The Monroe News-Star and The Crowley Post Signal
• Taurean Nixon (born 1991) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
• James A. Noe (1890–1976) – Governor of Louisiana (for five months in 1936); oil driller; broadcaster
• Rico Noel (born 1989) – outfielder for the New York Yankees
• Burl Noggle (1924–2013) – historian
• Frank T. Norman (1914–1994) – mayor of Minden (1958–1966); top official of Masonic Lodge
• Dave Norris (born 1942) – mayor of West Monroe (since 1978)
• Barbara Norton (born 1946) – state representative for Caddo Parish (since 2008)
• Rick Nowlin (born 1948) – politician
• Wyatt Luther Nugent (1891–1936) – sheriff; killed in line of duty in Grant Parish
• Alcide Nunez (1884–1934) – musician
• Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. (born 1930) – politician
• William Harold "Billy" Nungesser (born 1959) – Republican politician
• William A. "Billy" Nungesser (1929–2006) – Republican politician

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• Prentiss Oakley (1905–1957) – Bienville Parish sheriff (1940–1952); in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in 1934
• Frank Ocean (born 1987) – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer
• Alton Ochsner (1896–1981) – surgeon; medical researcher
• Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr. (born 1930) – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes (1988–2008)
• Bob Odom (1935–2014) – state agriculture commissioner (1980–2008); longest-serving individual in that office
• Ethma Odum (1931–2009) – pioneer woman television personality at KALB-TV in Alexandria
• Arthur J. O'Keefe, Sr. (1876–1943) – mayor of New Orleans (1926–1929)
• Michael H. O'Keefe (born 1932) – politician; convicted felon
• Henry Warren Ogden (1842–1905) – politician
• Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907–1997) – politician
• B.F. O'Neal, Jr. (1922–2004) – politician
• Shaquille O'Neal – former LSU and NBA player, Basketball Hall of Famer
• Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938) – jazz musician
• Virgil Orr (born 1923) – state representative; vice president, Louisiana Tech University
• Joe Osborn (born 1937) – musician
• Kenneth Osterberger (born 1930) – politician
• Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963) – presumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• Lionel Ott (1894–1987) – politician; businessman
• George T. Oubre (1918–1998) – politician; from St. James Parish
• Darrell Ourso (born 1964) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2015)
• Jessel Ourso (1932–1978) – sheriff of Iberville Parish
• W. Darrell Overdyke (1907–1973) – historian
• John H. Overton (1875–1948) – US Senator
• Mel Ott (1909–1958) – Hall of Fame baseball player
• Don Owen (1930–2012) – news anchor; politician

P

• Robert Pack (born 1969) – NBA player and coach
• Stephen B. Packard – Reconstruction politician
• Frank Page (1925–2013) – radio broadcaster, KWKH in Shreveport
• James George Palmer (1875–1952) – Mayor of Shreveport (1930–1932); Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals (1932–1933)
• Jonathan Papelbon (born 1980) – closer for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Robert Parish (born 1953) – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Hugh G. Parker, Jr. (1934–2007) – architect
• Larry Parker (1922–1996) – businessman; state representative from Rapides Parish
• John M. Parker (1863–1939) – Governor of Louisiana (1920–1924)
• John Victor Parker (1928–2014) – federal judge (1979–2014)
• Mary Evelyn Parker (1920–2015) – state treasurer (1968–1987)
• Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990) – Teamsters Union business agent in Baton Rouge
• Otto Passman (1900–1988) – U.S. Representative
• Paul Pastorek (born 1954) – politician, lawyer, educational specialist
• William S. Patout, III (born 1932) - sugar grower in Iberia Parish
• David I. Patten (1920–1998) – politician
• Carly Patterson (born 1988) – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
• Jacob E. "Pat" Patterson (1924–2010) – politician
• B. R. Patton (1920–1999) – state senator from Lincoln and Union parishes (1956–1964)
• Benjamin Pavy (1874–1943) – judge of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District Court; opponent of the Long family; father-in-law of Carl Weiss, M.D.
• Felix Octave Pavy (1879–1962) – physician and politician from St. Landry Parish
• James E. Paxton (born 1963) – district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District
• E. N. Payne (1873–1951) – state representative for Webster Parish (1932–1936)
• John William Payne (1877–1933) – Natchitoches Parish sheriff (1914–1933)
• Elfrid Payton (born 1994) - Point guard for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association
• Nicholas Payton (born 1973) – musician
• Joe Raymond Peace (born 1945) – football coach
• Dave L. Pearce (1904–1984) – politician
• Kevin Pearson (born 1959) – politician
• Jesse Pearson (1930-1979) – actor and screenwriter
• Charles B. Peatross (1940–2015) – circuit court judge in Shreveport
• William S. Peck, Jr. (1916–1987) – politician
• William S. Peck, Sr. (1873–1946) – politician
• Harvey Peltier, Jr. (1923–1980) – politician
• Harvey Peltier, Sr. (1899–1977) – politician
• Louis Pendleton (1931–2007) – civil rights activist
• Morgan D. Peoples (1919–1998) – historian
• Leander Perez (1891–1969) – District judge; political boss of St. Bernard and Plaquemine parishes (1919–1969)
• Tony Perkins (born 1963) – conservative politician; head of the Family Research Council
• Ralph Perlman (1917–2013) – state budget director (1967–1988)
• Pauley Perrette (born 1969) – singer and actress (NCIS)
• Ryan Perrilloux (born 1987) – quarterback for the Florida Tarpons
• Jonathan W. Perry (born 1973) – politician
• Tyler Perry (born 1969) – television and film producer, writer, actor, director
• Jace Peterson (born 1990) – second baseman for the Atlanta Braves
• Bob Pettit (born 1932) – Hall of Fame basketball player (1954–1965)
• Andy Pettitte (born 1972) – former starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and Houston Astros
• Rupert Peyton (1899–1982) – politician, journalist, historian
• Marguerite Piazza (born 1926) – operatic soprano
• Elizabeth Pickett (born 1959) – state appeals court judge
• John S. Pickett, Jr. (1920–2014) – state representative; state court judge; from Sabine Parish
• Abe E. Pierce, III (born 1934) – politician; educator
• Webb Pierce (1921–1991) – singer
• Wendell Pierce (born 1962) – actor, Bunk Moreland on The Wire
• Juan Pierre (born 1977) – outfielder for the Miami Marlins
• Vincent Pierre (born 1964) – state representative for Lafayette Parish (since 2012)
• Gil Pinac (born 1951) – politician
• P.B.S. Pinchback (1837–1921) – politician, Governor of Louisiana
• Glen Pitre (born 1955) – filmmaker
• Loulan Pitre, Jr. (born 1961) – lawyer in New Orleans; former state representative for Lafourche Parish
• Montgomery Pittman (1917–1962) – actor, screenwriter, producer, known for 77 Sunset Strip
• Elton C. Pody (1938–2011) – mayor of Ruston (1983–1991)
• Leonidas Polk (1806–1864) – Confederate general; Episcopal bishop; founder of Sewanee: The University of the South
• Erich Ponti (born 1965) – politician
• Tracy Porter (born 1986) – cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
• Bryan A. Poston (1924–2009) – politician
• Charles M. Poston, Sr. (1898–1968) – politician
• Henry "Tank" Powell (born 1945) – politician
• Mike Powell (born 1961) – Shreveport politician
• Robert E. "Bob" Powell (born 1923) – mayor of Monroe (1979–1996)
• Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824) – poet, politician
• Steve Prator (born 1951) – Caddo Parish sheriff
• Fred Preaus (1912–1987) – state highway director (1952–1955); gubernatorial candidate (1956)
• Edwin G. Preis (1916–2011) – politician
• Phil Preis (born 1950) – politician
• Sister Helen Prejean (born 1938) – activist
• Arthur T. Prescott (1863–1942) – educator and founding president of Louisiana Tech University
• Edward J. Price (born 1953) – state representative for Ascension, Iberville, and St. James parishes (since 2012)
• O. E. Price (1924–2006) – judge
• Louis Prima (1910–1978) – musician, entertainer
• Professor Longhair (1918–1980) – musician
• Albin Provosty (1865–1932) – politician from New Roads
• Paul Prudhomme (born 1940) – chef
• Robert G. Pugh (1924–2007) – Shreveport lawyer; gubernatorial advisor
• Stephen E. "Steve" Pugh (born 1961) – politician
• Keith M. Pyburn (1910–1967) – state representative for Caddo Parish (1948–1952)

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• Andrew C. Quebes, Sr. (1864–1939) – mayor of Shreveport (1902–1906)
• Chris Quinn (born 1983) – point guard for the New Jersey Nets
• Julie Quinn (born 1966) – state senator from Jefferson Parish

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• Paul Rae (born 1968) – actor
• Max Rafferty (1917–1982) – author ;educator; California politician
• Henry Ragas (1897–1919) – early jazz pianist
• Kevin Rahm (born 1971) – actor
• William Rainach (1913–1978) – politician
• Melvin Rambin (1941–2001) – politician; banker
• W.L. Rambo (1917–1984) – politician
• Rueben Randle (born 1991) – wide receiver for the New York Giants
• Ned Randolph (born 1942) – state representative; state senator; mayor of Alexandria (1986–2006)
• Kevin Rankin (born 1976) – actor, Friday Night Lights, Trauma, Unforgettable
• Ed Rand (1920–1999) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1960–1964)
• Francis Xavier Ransdell (1861–1939) – state court judge from East Carroll Parish
• Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district; U.S. senator (1913–1931)
• John Rarick (1924–2009) – US Representative; state court judge
• Clyde V. Ratcliff (1879–1952) – politician; planter
• B.B. "Bennie" Rayburn, Jr. (1944–2006) – Washington Parish sheriff
• B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn, Sr. (1916–2008) – politician
• Eddy Raven (born 1944) – singer-songwriter
• Donald Rawson (1925–2014) – historian
• Shawn Reaves (born 1978) – actor
• Mac "Dr John" Rebbenack (born 1940) – pianist, singer-songwriter
• Ed Reed (born 1978) – NFL free safety
• Willis Reed (born 1942) – Hall of Fame basketball player with the New York Knicks; NBA head coach
• Bob Reese (1929–2004) – Republican politician from Jackson and Natchitoches parishes
• George W. Reese, Jr. (1923–1998) – Republican politician from New Orleans
• Pee Wee Reese (1918–1999) – Hall of Fame shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers
• Terry Reeves (1946–2005) – district attorney for Winn Parish (1991–2005, his death)
• Edmund Reggie (1926–2013) – lawyer; judge; father of Victoria Reggie Kennedy; father-in-law of Edward M. Kennedy
• Godfrey Reggio (born 1940) – filmmaker
• Eric Reid (born 1991) – safety for the San Francisco 49ers
• Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. (1928–2012) – state representative; chief executive officer of Lamar Advertising Company
• Sean Reilly (born 1961) – state representative; chief operating officer of Lamar Advertising Company
• Ed Renwick (born 1938) – political scientist
• Darius Reynaud (born 1985) – wide receiver and running back for the Tennessee Titans
• Gene Reynolds (born 1950) – state representative
• Rachel Reynolds (born 1982) - model on the game show The Price is Right
• Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes (1909–1997) – politician
• Anne Rice (born 1941) – author
• Jerome "Dee" Richard (born 1955) – politician
• Edwin Sanders "E. S." Richardson (1875–1950) – educator
• Norman L. Richardson (1935–1999) – journalist
• Dan Richey (born 1948) – politician
• Beth Rickey (1956–2009) – political activist who opposed David Duke
• Teddy Riley (1924–1992) – jazz trumpeter
• Norbert Rilleaux (1806–1894) – inventor; engineer
• Edward Ripoll (1924–2006) – state representative; bar owner in New Orleans
• Neil Riser (born 1962) – state senator since 2008
• Randy Roach (born 1951) – mayor of Lake Charles since 2000
• Joel Robideaux (born 1962) – politician
• Cokie Roberts (born 1943) – television journalist; author; daughter of Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs
• Robert Roberts, Jr. (1872 – date of death missing) – politician from Union and Webster parishes
• Bill Robertson (1938–2013) – politician
• Kay Robertson (born 1950) – television personality
• Phil Robertson (born 1946) – television personality
• Si Robertson (born 1948) – television personality
• Scotty Robertson (1930–2011) – basketball coach
• Greg Robinson (born 1992) – offensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams
• John M. Robinson (born 1949) – judge
• W. C. Robinson (1861–1914) – educator
• George Rodrigue (1944–2013) – "Blue Dog" artist
• Buddy Roemer (born 1943) – governor of Louisiana (1988–1992)
• Charles E. Roemer, II (1923–2012) – state commissioner of administration (1972–1980)
• Chas Roemer (born 1970) – president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (since 2012)
• B. H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977) – politician from DeSoto Parish
• Charles P. Roland (born 1918) – historian
• Ned Romero (born 1925) – actor; originally from Franklin
• Ralph L. Ropp (1897–1982) – president of Louisiana Tech University (1949–1962)
• Angelo Roppolo (1920–2012) – political consultant
• Leon Roppolo (1902–1943) – musician
• Sol Rosenberg (1926–2009) – Monroe industrialist; Dachau concentration camp survivor
• Louis J. Roussel, Jr. (1906–2001) – businessman
• Chris Roy, Jr. (born 1962) – state representative from Alexandria
• Jacques Roy (born 1970) – mayor of Alexandria (since 2006)
• Alvin Benjamin Rubin (1920–1991) – federal judge
• Robert Edwin Russ (1830–1902) – founder of Ruston, Louisiana
• Bill Russell (born 1934) – Hall of Fame center for the Boston Celtics; NBA coach
• Weldon Russell (born 1946) – politician; businessman

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• Jeffrey D. Sadow (born 1962) – political scientist; columnist; educator
• Larry Sale (1893–1977) – sheriff of Claiborne Parish
• Joe R. Salter (born 1943) – politician, educator
• Joe Sampite (1931–2012) – politician
• A. T. "Apple" Sanders, Jr. (1926–1989) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish (1956–1964)
• Roy Sanders (1904–1976) – educator; state legislator from Natchitoches Parish
• John N. Sandlin (1872–1957) – U. S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1921–1937)
• McIntyre H. Sandlin (c. 1870–1955) – politician in Minden
• Nicholas J. Sandlin (1832–1896) – politician in Webster Parish
• Jean Oliver Sartor (1918–2007) – artist
• Kurtis Scaletta – writer
• Tom Schedler (born 1950) – Louisiana secretary of state
• Clay Schexnayder (born 1969) – state representative; businessman
• Fred L. Schiele (1933–2002) – state representative; sheriff of Concordia Parish
• Matthew P. "Pete" Schneider, III (born 1953) – politician; businessman
• John Schroder (born 1966) – politician; businessman
• John F. Schwegmann (born 1946) – politician; businessman
• John G. Schwegmann (1911–1995) – politician; businessman
• Melinda Schwegmann (born 1947) – Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1992–1996)
• Mike Scifres (born 1980) – punter for the San Diego Chargers
• Ed Scogin (1921–1999) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish (1972–1992)
• Charles R. Scott (1947–2015) – judge; district attorney for Caddo Parish
• Jock Scott (1947–2009) – politician, historian, lawyer
• Nauman Scott (1916–2001) – U.S. District Court judge
• W. Ray Scott (1923–2008) – mayor of Natchitoches (1960–1976)
• Pat Screen (1943–1994) – mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish (1981–1988)
• Alan Seabaugh (born 1967) – state representative
• J.C. Seaman (1898–1964) – state representative from Tensas Parish (1944–1964)
• Sam Seamans (born 1967) – Anglican Church bishop in Mountain Home, Arkansas; born in Morgan City
• Aaron Selber, Jr. (1927–2013) – businessman and philanthropist
• Parker Self (born 1959) – judge
• Joe Sevario (born 1944) - state senator from Ascension Parish, 1976-1994
• Andrew Jackson Sevier (1872–1941) – sheriff
• Andrew L. Sevier (1894–1962) – politician
• Henry Clay Sevier (1896–1974) – politician
• William Putnam Sevier (1899–1985) – politician
• George W. Shannon (1914–1998) – newspaper editor
• V. C. Shannon (1910–1989) – politician
• Amanda Shaw (born 1990) – actress; singer; fiddler
• B.L. "Buddy" Shaw (born 1933) – politician; educator
• Rhonda Shear (born 1954) – beauty queen; television host
• Ben Sheets (born 1978) – MLB pitcher
• Virginia Shehee (1923-2015) – Shreveport businesswoman and civic figure; first woman to serve in Louisiana State Senate (1976–1980) who did not succeed her husband
• Eddy Shell (1937–2008) – educator; politician from Bossier Parish
• Clarence Shelmon (born 1952) – NFL offensive coordinator
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1977) – musician
• Lawrence A. Sheridan (1919–2001) – state representative
• Alana Shipp (born 1982) – American-Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Chris Shivers (born 1978) – professional bull rider
• Jimmy G. Shoalmire (1940–1982) – historian
• Don Shows (1940–2014) – football coach
• Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1854) – inventor; steamboat captain
• Phil Short (born 1947) – state senator; relocated to Virginia
• Rockin' Sidney (1938–1998) – Zydeco musician
• Richard Simmons (born 1948) – fitness authority; television personality
• Scott M. Simon (born 1961) – state representative
• Tharold Simon (born 1991) – cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks
• Frank P. Simoneaux (born 1933) – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (1972–1982)
• C. O. Simpkins, Sr. (born 1925) - state representative from Shreveport; civil rights activist, and dentist
• Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins, Jr. (born 1947) - physician and historian, reared in Shreveport
• Bobby R. Simpson (born 1953) – politician
• Oramel H. Simpson (1870–1932) – Governor of Louisiana (1926–1928)
• Dale Sittig (born 1941) – politician
• Fulwar Skipwith (1765–1839) – diplomat; politician
• Eric Skrmetta (born 1958) – politician
• John Slidell (1793–1871) – U.S. Senator; Confederate diplomat
• Soulja Slim (1977–2003) – musician
• Donald Sloan (born 1988) – guard for the Atlanta Hawks
• LeRoy Smallenberger (1912–2002) – Republican lawyer; politician
• Argile Smith (born 1955) – interim president of Louisiana College (2014–2015)
• Dorothy Garrett Smith (c. 1932–1990) – first woman president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Floyd W. Smith, Jr. (1932–2010) – politician
• George Luke Smith (1837–1884) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• Howard K. Smith (1914–2002) – television journalist; reporter
• James Monroe Smith (1888–1949) – president of Louisiana State University (1930s)
• James Peyton Smith (1925–2006) – politician
• Jane H. Smith (born 1948) – first woman high school principal, school superintendent, and state legislator from Bossier Parish
• Jasper K. Smith (1905–1992) – politician
• Joe D. Smith, Jr. (1922–2008) – newspaper publisher; businessman
• John R. Smith (born 1945) – politician
• Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith (born 1948) – politician; businessman
• Otis Smith (born 1965) – New England Patriots cornerback; Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach
• Patricia Haynes Smith (born 1946) – state representative from Baton Rouge
• P.K. Smith (1917–1983) – state representative; Winnfield businessman
• Ada Jack Carver Snell (1890–1972) – short story writer
• David Snell (1921–1987) – journalist and cartoonist for Life Magazine
• Jefferson B. Snyder (1859–1951) – politician
• John K. Snyder (1922–1993) – mayor of Alexandria (1973–1977, 1982–1986)
• Robert C. Snyder (1919–2011) – professor of English at Louisiana Tech University
• Robert H. Snyder (died 1906) – politician
• Guy Sockrider (1921–2011) – politician
• Steven Soderbergh (born 1963) – film producer; screenwriter; cinematographer; director
• Floyd Soileau (born 1938) – record producer
• Ian Somerhalder (born 1978) – actor; model
• Art Sour (1924–2000) – State Representative from Shreveport (1972–1992)
• James Z. Spearing (1864–1942) – politician
• Britney Spears (born 1981) – singer
• Jamie Lynn Spears (born 1991) – actress
• Marcus Spears (born 1983) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Freddie Spencer (born 1961) – world motorcycle champion
• Mason Spencer (1892–1962) – politician
• Tommy Spinks (1948–2007) – football player
• Paul Spitzfaden (1920-2000) - mayor of Mandeville, 1984-1996
• Tam Spiva (born 1932) – screenwriter
• Frank Spooner (born 1937) – businessman and politician
• David Theophilus Stafford (1849–1926) – sheriff of Rapides Parish, 1888-1904
• Grove Stafford (1897-1975) - state senator for Rapides Parish, 1940-1948
• Leroy Augustus Stafford (1822–1864) – Confederate brigadier general
• Tom Stagg (1923–2015) – Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• Richard Stalder (born 1951) – secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
• Rusty Staub (born 1944) – former MLB right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman
• Edward J. Steimel (born 1922) – founder of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
• Victor T. "Vic" Stelly (born 1941) – politician
• Craig Steltz (born 1986) – safety for the Chicago Bears
• E. L. Stewart (1872–1956) Minden lawyer and state representative for Webster Parish (1904–1908)
• Kordell Stewart (born 1972) NFL quarterback and wide receiver
• William G. Stewart (1854–1925) – farmer and Webster Parish School Board president
• Karen St. Germain (born c. 1957) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes (since 2004)
• Dennis Stine (born 1952) - businessman and politician from Lake Charles
• Tim Stine (born 1956) - businessman and politician from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish
• Ford E. Stinson (1914–1989) – lawyer and state legislator from Bossier Parish
• Ford E. Stinson, Jr. (born 1952) – state district court judge in Bossier and Webster parishes
• Julie Stokes (born 1969) – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Brandon Stokley (born 1976) – wide receiver for the Denver Broncos
• Jesse N. Stone (1924–2001) – civil rights activist; Southern University System president (1974–1985)
• Elliott Stonecipher (born 1951) – political analyst; consultant; pollster from Shreveport
• Jimmy Strain (1926–1973) – politician and pediatrician
• Michael G. Strain (born 1959) – veterinarian; state representative; Commissioner of the Louisiana Departmentof Agriculture and Forestry
• Izzy Stradlin (born 1962) – singer, guitarist and backing vocal at Guns N' Roses
• James St. Raymond (born c. 1957) – state representative for Orleans Parish (1988–1992); businessman
• Roy C. Strickland (1942–2010) – businessman, politician
• Raymond Strother (born 1940) – political consultant
• James Sudduth (1917-1995) - mayor of Lake Charles, 1965-1973; 1989-1993
• Patrick Surtain (born 1976) – NFL cornerback
• James Sutterfield (born 1942) – lawyer; Republican member of the Louisiana House from Orleans Parish (1970–1972)
• Hal Sutton (born 1958) – PGA Tour golfer
• Liz Swaine (born 1960) – broadcast journalist
• Jimmy Swaggart (born 1935) – evangelist
• Marc Swayze (1913–2012) – comic book writer and illustrator
• Lawson Swearingen (born 1944) – state senator from Ouachita Parish; president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Stephanie Swift (born 1972) – actress
• Stromile Swift (born 1979) – NBA player
• Harold Sylvester (born 1949) – actor, Married... with Children, Today's F.B.I., Shaky Ground

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• Joseph Tabarlet (1900–1951) – politician
• Joseph Talamo (born 1990) – jockey
• Kirk Talbot (born 1969) – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Irvin Talton – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1880–1884)
• Elmer R. Tapper (1929–2011) – politician
• Ed Tarpley (born 1953) – politician
• Gregory Tarver (born 1946) – civil rights activist, state senator from Caddo Parish
• Ray Tarver (1921–1972) – dentist; represented Natchitoches Parish in state House of Representatives (1964–1968)
• Albert Tate (1920–1986) – state and federal judge
• Billy Tauzin (born 1943) – US Representative; lobbyist
• Dorothy Mae Taylor (1928–2000) – first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1971–1980)
• F. Jay Taylor (1923–2011) – university president
• Ike Taylor (born 1980) – cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Jim Taylor (born 1935) – Hall of Fame fullback, primarily with the Green Bay Packers
• Joe Gray Taylor (1920–1987) – historian
• Richard Taylor (1826–1879) – Confederate general
• Zachary Taylor (1784–1850) – 12th US President; US Army general
• Lloyd George Teekell (1922–1996) – politician
• Benjamin Milam Teekell (1867–1942) – state representative from Red River Parish (1920–1928)
• Timmy Teepell (born 1975) – political consultant
• Garrett Temple (born 1986) – point guard for the San Antonio Spurs
• Ricky Templet (born 1963) – politician
• Suzanne Haik Terrell (born 1954) – politician
• Harold M. Terry (1925-2016) - sheriff of Caddo Parish, 1976-1980
• Byron Thames (born 1969) – actor and musician, Father Murphy
• Roy R. Theriot (1914–1973) – politician
• Sam H. Theriot (born 1954) – politician
• Ryan Theriot (born 1979) – infielder for the San Francisco Giants
• Steve Theriot (born 1946) – politician
• Gerald Theunissen (born 1933) – banker; politician
• Major Thibaut (born 1977) – politician
• David Thibodaux (1953–2007) – politician; educator; author
• Keith Thibodeaux (born 1950) – actor
• Ledricka Thierry (born 1978) – politician
• Dallas Thomas (born 1989) – offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins
• David William Thomas (1876–1961) – politician; educator; journalist; attorney
• Jerry A. Thomas (born 1953) – politician; physician
• Lee Emmett Thomas (1866–1935) – politician
• Mike Thomas (born 1987) – wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tyrus Thomas (born 1986) – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
• Addison Roswell Thompson (1911–1976) – segregationist politician
• C.W. Thompson (1890–1951) – politician
• Francis C. Thompson (born 1941) – politician
• Jeff R. Thompson (born 1965) – politician
• Ken Thompson (born 1943) – pioneer of computer science
• Lizzie P. Thompson (1894–1973) – state representative
• Michael F. "Mike" Thompson (born 1942) – politician; home builder
• Richard S. Thompson (1916–1997) – state representative from Grant Parish
• Sandra Thompson (born 1946) – politician; environmentalist
• Steve D. Thompson (born 1935) – member of the Louisiana State Senate from Franklin Parish (1988–1996)
• T. Ashton Thompson (1916–1965) – U.S. representative
• William Y. Thompson (1922–2013) – historian
• Dale Thorn (1943–2014) – journalist; Louisiana State University professor; press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards
• Tom Thornhill (born 1952) – attorney; state representative
• Marcus Thornton (born 1987) – shooting guard for the New Orleans Hornets
• George H. Tichenor (1837–1923) – surgeon; pioneer in antiseptics
• Stanley R. Tiner (born 1942) – journalist
• Ben C. Toledano (born 1932) – politician; journalist
• E. M. Toler (1874–1954) – physician; coroner; state senator for East and West Feliciana parishes (1944–1954)
• Tommy Tomlinson (1930–1982) – guitarist; inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
• David Toms (born 1967) – PGA Tour golfer
• Charles Emery Tooke, Jr. (1912–1986) – lawyer; state senator
• John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) – author of Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces
• Joseph F. Toomy (born 1948) – politician
• Reggie Torbor (born 1981) – former NFL linebacker
• Ned Touchstone (1926–1988) – politician; publisher
• Wayne Toups (born 1958) – musician
• Allen Toussaint (1938-2015) – New Orleans musician; composer; record producer
• Thomas Taylor Townsend (born 1963) – state representative
• Donald Trahan (born 1959) – state representative for Lafayette and Vermilion parishes (2004–2008)
• Chet D. Traylor (born 1945) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1997–2009)
• David C. Treen (1928–2009) – US Representative (1973–1980); Governor of Louisiana (1980–1984)
• John S. Treen (born 1926) – homebuilder; Republican politician
• Risley C. Triche (1927–2012) – attorney; state representative
• Robert O. Trout (1904–1995) – sociologist
• Ralph T. Troy (1935–2014) – mayor of Monroe (1972–1976)
• James Wayne "Jim" Tucker (born 1964) – politician; first Republican Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction
• Robert Beall "Buddy" Tudor, Jr. (1935–2010) – real estate developer
• Simon W. Tudor (1887–1956) – businessman; educator
• Paul Tulane (1801–1887) – businessman; philanthropist
• Ben Turpin (1869–1940) – silent film comedian
• Odessa Turner (born 1964) – NFL wide receiver
• Trai Turner (born 1993) – guard for the Carolina Panthers
• Marshall H. Twitchell (1840–1905) – politician; planter; diplomat
• Ollie Tyler (born 1945) – educator; politician

U

• Chris Ullo (1928–2014) – member of both houses of the state legislature from Jefferson Parish (1972–2008)

V

• Steve Van Buren (1920–2012) – Hall of Fame halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• William Washington Vance (1849–1900) – politician
• Pattie W. Van Hook (1927–1991) – Shreveport physician; first woman president of the Louisiana State Medical Society
• Rose Van Thyn (1921–2010) – Holocaust survivor in Shreveport
• Troy Verges (born 20th century) – country music songwriter
• J. Emile Verret (1885–1965) – lieutenant governor (1944–1948); defeated Earl Kemp Long
• Lester Vetter (1910–1960) – politician; from Red River Parish
• Jeffrey P. Victory (born 1946) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jacques Villeré (1760–1830) – Creole; Governor of Louisiana; general
• Pruitt Taylor Vince (born 1960) – film and television character actor
• Charles L. Vining, Jr. (1935–2003) – politician
• Roger F. Villere, Jr. (born 1949) – politician
• David Vitter (born 1961) – U.S. Senator
• David Voelker (1953–2013) – entrepreneur
• Frank Voelker, Jr. (1921–2002) – lawyer; politician
• Frank Voelker, Sr. (1892–1963) – judge
• Kenneth Volentine (born 1941) – politician
• John Volz (1936–2011) – U.S. attorney; prosecuted high-profile corruption cases in the 1980s

W

• Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell (born 1948) – judge; former state representative from Shreveport
• David Wade (1911–1990) – general
• Thomas M. Wade (1860–1929) – politician; educator
• Von Wafer (born 1985) – shooting guard for the Orlando Magic
• Joseph David Waggonner, Jr. (1918–2007) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• W. E. "Willie" Waggonner (1905–1976) – sheriff of Bossier Parish (1948–1976)
• Bryan Wagner (born 1943) – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council
• R. B. Walden (1901–1966) – politician
• Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) – business tycoon
• Joseph Marshall Walker (1786–1856) – Governor of Louisiana
• Lillian W. Walker (born 1923) – politician
• Lorenz James "Lo" Walker (born 1933) – politician; retired United States Air Force officer
• George T. Walker (1913–2011) – university president
• Morgan W. Walker, Jr. (1928–2008) – businessman
• Morgan W. Walker, Sr. (1893–1983) – businessman
• Taijuan Walker (born 1992) – starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
• William Stewart Walker (1914–1999) – U.S. Army officer; congressional candidate
• Shady R. Wall (1922–1985) – politician; banker
• Mike Wallace (born 1986) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Dayton Waller (1925–2015) – former state representative from Caddo Parish
• Ray Walston (1914–2001) actor, My Favorite Martian
• Mike Walsworth (born 1956) – state senator from Ouachita Parish
• Donald Ellsworth Walter (born 1936) – former U.S. attorney; U.S. district judge in Shreveport
• Rick Ward, III (born 1982) – state senator from Iberville Parish
• Jack Wardlaw (1937–2012) – journalist
• Lula Wardlow (1876–1970) – first woman mayor of a Louisiana community, having served in Montgomery in Grant Parish (1926–1930)
• Ed Ware (born 1927) – lawyer; district attorney for Rapides Parish (1967–1984)
• Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931) – Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction
• Ron Washington (born 1952) – manager for the Texas Rangers
• J. Louis Watkins, Jr. (1929–1997) – judge; politician
• John D. Watkins (1828–1895) – judge and politician in Webster Parish
• John T. Watkins (1854–1925) – state court judge; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1905–1921)
• Arthur C. Watson (1909–1984) – politician
• Eugene P. Watson (1911–1964) – librarian
• Muse Watson (born 1948) – actor, Prison Break, NCIS
• Reggie Wayne (born 1978) – wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
• Carl Weathers (born 1948) – NFL player; actor, Apollo Creed in the Rocky films
• Blayne Weaver (born 1976) – actor
• Loy F. Weaver (born 1942) – retired banker; state legislator
• Corey Webster (born 1982) – cornerback for the New York Giants
• Gus Weill (born 1933) – political consultant and author
• Carl Weiss (1906–1935) – physician; purported assassin of Huey Pierce Long, Jr.
• Fred Weller (born 1966) – actor, In Plain Sight, Missing Persons
• Rebecca Wells (born 20th century) – actress; playwright; author
• Vernon Wells (born 1978) – outfielder for the New York Yankees
• Charcandrick West (born 1991) – running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
• H. O. West (1900–1981) – founder of West Brothers clothing stores
• Shane West (born 1978) – actor
• Lloyd F. Wheat (born 1923) – state senator from Natchitoches and Red River parishes (1948–1952)
• Bodi White (born 1956) – politician
• Edward Douglass White (1845–1921) – Supreme Court Chief Justice
• John C. White (born 1975) – Louisiana state superintendent of education (since 2012)
• Malinda Brumfield White (born 1967) - state representative from Bogalusa, effective 2016
• Tony Joe White (born 1943) – singer-songwriter; musician
• Wally Whitehurst (born 1964) – former MLB pitcher
• Lynn Whitfield (born 1953) – actress
• Lenar Whitney (born 1959) – politician
• Les Whitt (1951–2008) – zookeeper in Alexandria
• Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker (1906–1993) – musician
• V. V. Whittington (1893–1974) – state senator; banker
• Randy Wiggins (born 1951) – state representative; insurance agent
• Jonathan Wilhite (born 1984) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
• Pinkie C. Wilkerson (1948–2000) – state representative; attorney
• Robert L. Wilkie (born 1962) – Assistant Secretary of Defense
• W. Scott Wilkinson (1895–1985) – Shreveport attorney; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1920–1924)
• Aeneas Williams (born 1968) – Hall of Fame defensive back in the NFL
• Alfred C. Williams (1951-2015) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2015)
• A. L. Williams (born 1934) – retired football coach
• Brian "Baby" Williams (born 1969) – record executive; record producer; entrepreneur; musician
• Chris Williams (born 1985) – offensive guard for the Chicago Bears
• Duke Williams (born 1990) – safety for the Buffalo Bills
• Gerald Williams (born 1966) – former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Hank Williams, Jr. (born 1949) – singer
• Kyle Williams (born 1983) – defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills
• Lucinda Williams (born 1963) – singer-songwriter; musician
• Patrick C. Williams (born 1963) – state representative for Caddo Parish
• T. Harry Williams (1909–1979) – historian
• Tramon Williams (born 1983) – cornerback for the Green Bay Packers
• Don W. Williamson (born 1927) – politician; businessman
• James Whitfield Williamson (1925–2008) – politician; businessman
• Norris C. Williamson (1874–1949) – politician
• H. L. Willis (1892-1979) - mayor of Pineville, 1952-1954, long-term building superintendent at Louisiana College
• Edwin E. Willis (1904–1972) – US Representative (1949–1969)
• Tom Willmott (born 1960) – state representative from Jefferson Parish (since 2008)
• Harry D. Wilson (1869–1948) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1916–1948)
• Justin E. Wilson (1914–2001) – Cajun; raconteur; chef; humorist; politician
• Peggy Wilson (born 1937) – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council
• Riley J. Wilson (1871–1946) – U.S. representative
• Lorris M. Wimberly (1898–1962) – former Speaker of the Louisiana House
• Rush Wimberly (1873–1943) – politician
• Fritz Windhorst (born 1935) – former state senator
• Stephen J. Windhorst (born 1957) – judge; state representative
• Diane Winston (born 1948) – state representative
• John D. Winters (1917–1998) – historian
• Tommy Wiseau (born 1968) – screenwriter; director; producer; executive producer; actor
• Reese Witherspoon (born 1976) – Academy Award-winning actress
• A. Baldwin Wood (1879–1956) – inventor; engineer
• Susan Ward (born 1976) – actress; model
• Ebony Woodruff (born 1980) – state representative for Jefferson Parish from 2013 to 2016
• M. B. Woodward – second mayor of Bossier City (1910–1919)
• J. Robert Wooley (born 1953) – politician
• Orlando Woolridge (1959–2012) – NBA power forward for several teams
• Ernest Wooton (born 1941) – politician
• G. L. P. Wren (1836–1901) – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature; farmer in Webster Parish
• Monty M. Wyche (1926–2014) – state court judge
• Zelma Wyche (1918–1999) – politician; civil rights activist
• Captan Jack Wyly (1917–2006) – politician

Y

• T. M. Yarbrough – mayor of Bossier City (1919–1921)
• Henry L. Yelverton (1928–2009) – judge
• Andrew Young (born 1932) – politician and civil rights advocate
• Aubrey W. Young (1922–2010) – drug and alcohol abuse coordinator within the Department of Health and Hospitals (1965–1999); aide-de-camp to Governor John McKeithen
• Lester Young (1909–1959) – musician
• Thaddeus Young (born 1988) – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
• Peter Youree (1843–1914) – Shreveport businessman

Z

• Samuel Zemurray (1877–1961) – businessman; philanthropist
• Jerome Zeringue (born 1962) – state representative for Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, effective 2016
• Buckwheat Zydeco (born 1947) – musician

See also

• Lists of Americans

Notes

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