List of people from Louisiana

A

• Mark Abraham – state representative for Calcasieu Parish, effective 2016; incoming state senator, 2020; Lake Charles businessman
• Bo Ackal – state representative for Iberia Parish
• Danneel Ackles – actress, model, One Life to Live, One Tree Hill, Friends with Benefits, Supernatural
• Bert A. Adams – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Vernon Parish
• Bryan Adams – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish
• Jamar Adcock – politician and banker
• Joe Adcock – major league baseball player from Coushatta
• Trace Adkins – singer-songwriter originally from Sarepta
• Joe W. Aguillard – president of Louisiana College
• Kermit Alexander – NFL player; president of NFL Players Association
• Robert Alford – cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
• Bret Allain – politician
• David Allen – productivity consultant, author of Getting Things Done
• Louise Alley – KWKH radio personality and Shreveport advertising agency owner
• August Alsina – singer
• William Alston – philosopher
• Jacques Amans – neoclassical portrait artist
• Andy Anders – state representative from Concordia Parish
• Charles Anding – state representative from Ouachita Parish
• David Andrews – actor, Gordon Cresswell on JAG
• J. Burton Angelle – politician from Breaux Bridge
• Scott Angelle – member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, son of J. Burton Angelle
• Phil Anselmo – singer-songwriter, Pantera
• George Arceneaux Jr. – judge
• James Armes – state representative for Beauregard and Vernon parishes
• Louis Armstrong – musician and entertainer
• Jeff Arnold – politician
• Daniel F. Ashford – politician and planter
• Evelyn Ashford – Olympic sprint champion
• Elizabeth Ashley – actress, films and television's Evening Shade
• Nnamdi Asomugha – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• James Benjamin Aswell – US Representative and college president
• William B. Atkins – member of both houses of the state legislature from Concordia Parish
• Douglas F. Attaway – newspaper publisher and television station owner in Shreveport; advocate of Red River navigation
• D. J. Augustin – point guard for the Chicago Bulls
• Lisa Aukland – professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Lonnie O. Aulds – politician
• Ray Authement – longest-serving public university president in the United States; president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• The Axeman – serial killer
• Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock – speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and lieutenant governor

  B

• Keith Babb – Monroe television personality; auctioneer of American Quarter Horses
• J. S. Bacon – former state representative from Webster Parish
• Odon Bacqué – former state representative from Lafayette
• Algernon Sidney Badger – politician
• Austin Badon – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish
• Larry Bagley – state representative for DeSoto Parish
• Diana Bajoie – Democratic politician
• Richard Baker – former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district
• Scott Baker – starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
• George Ballas – inventor of the string trimmer
• Larry S. Bankston – politician; son of Jesse Bankston
• Charles C. Barham – state senator from Ruston; son of C. E. Barham
• Edwards Barham – first Republican elected to Louisiana state senate since Reconstruction
• Mack Barham – Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Robert J. Barham – Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Republican former state senator
• Danny Barker – singer-songwriter, musician, writer
• Taylor Barras – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, effective January 11, 2016
• Regina Barrow – state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes
• Dave Bartholomew – musician, composer, promoter
• Robert E. "Bob" Barton – state representative from Bossier Parish
• Brandon Bass – power forward for the Boston Celtics
• Robert W. Bates – former agent of the United States Secret Service
• J. D. Batton – sheriff of Webster Parish
• Carl W. Bauer – politician
• Ralph Norman Bauer – politician
• Bryan Batt – actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men
• Arnaz Battle – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Hazel Beard – mayor of Shreveport
• P.G.T. Beauregard – general, inventor
• Odell Beckham Jr. – wide receiver for the New York Giants
• Lottie Beebe – politician and educator
• Geoffrey Beene – fashion designer
• Sidney Bechet – musician
• Clyde F. Bel Jr. – businessman and stare representative for Orleans Parish
• Demetress Bell – offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
• V.J. Bella – state legislator and fire marshal
• E. J. Bellocq – photographer
• Judah P. Benjamin – U.S. Senator, Confederate cabinet member, lawyer in Great Britain
• Michael Bennett – defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
• Sherman A. Bernard – politician
• Louis Berry – civil rights attorney from Alexandria
• Johnny Berthelot – politician
• Henry Bethard – attorney and former state representative from Red River Parish
• B.G. – rapper, musician
• Joseph A. Biedenharn – entrepreneur, first to bottle Coca-Cola; settled in Monroe in 1913
• Rene J. Bienvenu – university president
• Bienville – French colonial governor, founder of New Orleans
• Robert Billiot – state representative for Jefferson Parish
• Stuart Bishop – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lafayette
• Wesley T. Bishop – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish
• Evelyn Blackmon – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from West Monroe
• Morton Blackwell – Louisiana Republican political activist, since relocated to Virginia
• Brian Blade – award-winning, Grammy-nominated, jazz musician, bandleader, conductor
• Newton C. Blanchard – governor of Louisiana ; U.S. senator
• Terrence Blanchard – musician, composer
• Kathleen Blanco – Governor of Louisiana
• Alexander Boarman – politician
• Walter Boasso – politician, businessman
• Hale Boggs – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
• Lindy Boggs – wife of Hale Boggs and his successor in Congress, Ambassador to the Vatican
• Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. – lawyer and lobbyist, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs
• William Benton Boggs – first mayor of Plain Dealing ; state senator for Bossier and Webster parishes
• Brandon Bolden – running back for the New England Patriots
• Buddy Bolden – musician, "inventor of jazz"
• Skip Bolen – photographer
• James E. Bolin – former state representative; former district court judge; retired appeal court judge
• Donald G. Bollinger – shipbuilder and Republican state chairman
• George Washington Bolton – state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House from Alexandria
• James C. Bolton – Alexandria banker and civic figure
• James W. Bolton – Alexandria banker and politician
• Peggy Bolton – Alexandria civic and community leader
• George W. Bond – president of Louisiana Tech University
• James Booker – musician
• Curtis Boozman – state representative from Natchitoches Parish
• Edward S. Bopp – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes
• Calvin Borel – jockey, winner of 2007, 2009 and 2010 Kentucky Derby
• Pierre Bossier – first U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• Savannah Smith Boucher – actress
• Sherry Boucher – actress
• Gerald Boudreaux – African-American state senator for Lafayette, St. Landry, and St. Martin parishes, effective 2016
• Joseph Bouie Jr. – African-American educator and politician
• MacKenzie Bourg – singer-songwriter and contestant on American Idol season 15
• Charles Boustany – US Representative
• Denise Boutte – model, actress, Meet the Browns
• John Boutté – jazz singer
• Shirley D. Bowler – state representative
• Jimmy Boyd – state representative for Bossier Parish from 1944 to 1952
• Thomas Duckett Boyd – president of Northwestern State University and LSU
• Betsy Vogel Boze – University President at Kent State University Stark Campus
• Harley Bozeman – politician, journalist, and historian
• Henry Braden – African-American politician
• Terry Bradshaw – Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Fox television commentator
• Mike Branch – politician and commercial pilot
• Allen Bradley – former state representative from DeRidder
• Tim Brando CBS Sports – announcer
• Elward Thomas Brady Jr. – politician
• Thomas "Bud" Brady – politician
• Parey Branton – politician
• Wellman Braud – musician
• Donna Brazile – author, professor, political analyst for the Democratic Party
• Delvin Breaux – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
• John Breaux – U.S. Senator
• Phanor Breazeale – U.S. Representative
• Owen Brennan – restaurateur, Brennan's in New Orleans
• Richard Brennan Sr. – restaurateur, Commander's Palace in New Orleans
• Rick Brewer – president of Louisiana College in Pineville since 2015
• Reid Brignac – shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Armand Brinkhaus – former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish
• Pat Brister – Republican politician
• T. C. Brister – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Poppy Z. Brite – writer
• Chris Broadwater – politician
• Clifford Cleveland Brooks – politician
• Overton Brooks – politician; planter
• Jared Brossett – New Orleans politician
• Edwin S. Broussard – U.S. senator, 1921–1933
• Marc Broussard – singer-songwriter
• Robert F. Broussard – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district 1897–1915 and U.S. senator 1915–1918
• Campbell Brown – journalist
• Chad M. Brown – state representative for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016
• Dee Brown – novelist, historian, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• H. Rap Brown – black activist imprisoned in Georgia
• Henry Newton Brown Jr. – state appeals court chief judge
• J. Marshall Brown – politician
• Sharon Brown – 1961 Miss USA
• Terry R. Brown – state representative from Grant Parish since 2012
• Tom Brown – musician
• Troy E. Brown – former member of the Louisiana State Senate from Assumption Parish
• W. K. Brown – state representative
• Roy Brun – state representative and judge from Caddo Parish
• Peppi Bruneau – state representative from Orléans Parish
• George Brunies – musician
• C.L. Bryant – African-American Baptist minister and conservative talk show host over KEEL radio in Shreveport
• Sherri Smith Buffington – politician
• George E. Burch – cardiologist and Tulane Medical School professor
• Dewey E. Burchett Jr. – state court judge for Bossier and Webster parishes
• James Lee Burke – crime novelist, born in Texas, raised in Louisiana
• Paul Burke – actor: Naked City, Twelve O'Clock High, The Thomas Crown Affair
• James Burton – guitarist
• C.E. Byrd – educator, founder of C.E. Byrd High School

  C

• George Washington Cable – writer
• Burl Cain – warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary
• Etienne J. Caire – Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana in 1928 against Huey P. Long
• Riemer Calhoun – state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes
• Bill Callegari – member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County; native of Avoyelles Parish
• Jefferson Caffery – US ambassador; cousin of Patrick T. Caffery and Donelson Caffery
• Patrick T. Caffery – US Representative; cousin of Jefferson Caffery and grandson of Donelson Caffery
• Donelson Caffery – US Senator; grandfather of Patrick T. Caffery
• Chris Cagle – country music artist
• George A. Caldwell – building contractor; designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana
• Jorrick Calvin – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Foster Campbell – politician
• William Derwood Cann Jr. – World War II lieutenant colonel; mayor of Monroe
• Billy Cannon – football player for LSU, Heisman Trophy winner
• Joseph Cao – former U.S. representative; lawyer
• Tom Capella – assessor of Jefferson Parish and former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member
• Truman Capote – writer, author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Lindsey Cardinale – American Idol finalist, country singer
• Harvey Locke Carey – lawyer and United States District Attorney
• Kitty Carlisle – entertainer and television personality; married to playwright Moss Hart
• W. W. Carloss – first state representative from Webster Parish ; fought in the Siege of Port Hudson
• Thomas G. Carmody – state representative
• Edward M. Carmouche – politician
• Liz Carmouche – mixed martial arts fighter
• Paul Carr – actor
• Lane Carson – first Vietnam War veteran to serve in Louisiana House of Representatives
• Gary Carter Jr. – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, effective 2016
• J. J. Carter – politician from Webster Parish
• Robby Carter – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Feliciana, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa parishes, 1996–2008 and since 2016
• James Carville – political consultant and television commentator
• Tommy Casanova – football player, ophthalmologist, politician
• Edgar Cason – businessman and philanthropist
• Bill Cassidy – U.S. representative, physician
• Don Cazayoux – politician
• Leonard J. Chabert – politician
• Marty J. Chabert – politician
• Norby Chabert – politician
• Tina Chandler – IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Pokey Chatman – basketball player, WNBA head coach
• Clifton Chenier – Zydeco musician
• Claire Chennault – aviator, general
• Jimmy Childress – state and national championship high school football coach
• Jay Chevalier – singer
• Monnie T. Cheves – educator and state legislator
• Kate Chopin – author
• Benny Gay Christian – state representative for Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes, 1964–74
• Philip Ciaccio – state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge from 1982 to 1998
• Ben Claassen III – illustrator and comics artist, DIRTFARM
• Morris Claiborne – cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
• William C. C. Claiborne – first US Governor of Louisiana
• Ryan Clark – safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Clem S. Clarke – oilman and politician from Shreveport
• Patricia Clarkson – Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
• Sally Clausen – university president and commissioner of higher education
• Thomas G. Clausen – last elected Louisiana state superintendent of education
• Michael Clayton – wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• A.C. "Ace" Clemons Jr. – first Republican state senator since Reconstruction; switched parties in 1970
• Bill Cleveland – Crowley real estate developer and member of both houses of Louisiana state legislature ; defeated for third term in state Senate in 1964 by Edwin Edwards
• Van Cliburn – classical pianist
• George Henry Clinton – politician
• Carl B. Close – politician
• James E. Cofer – president of University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2002–2010
• J. Frank Colbert – politician
• Luther F. Cole – state representative and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Elliot D. Coleman – sheriff and bodyguard at the assassination of Huey P. Long Jr.
• Hamilton D. Coleman – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
• Vincent Coleman – actor
• Ashton B. Collier – state representative from Winn Parish
• La'el Collins – offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
• Landon Collins – safety for the New York Giants
• Tazzie Colomb – IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Marshall Colt – actor
• Amie Comeaux – country singer
• Ward Connerly – political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
• Harry Connick Jr. – musician, entertainer, actor
• Harry Connick Sr. – district attorney, singer
• Patrick Connick – politician
• John R. Conniff – educator
• Charlie Cook – political analyst
• John Cooksey – US Representative
• Donnie Copeland – Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; Pentecostal pastor in North Little Rock, native of Monroe, Louisiana
• Hyram Copeland – politician
• Charles C. Cordill – politician
• Lance Cormier – relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Jeff Cox – judge
• Kenny Ray Cox – state representative for Natchitoches, Red River and Desoto parishes ; former United States Army lieutenant colonel
• Robert Crais – crime novelist
• Clifford Ann Creed – pro golfer
• Scott Crichton – state district court judge in Shreveport
• Greg Cromer – state representative from St. Tammany Parish
• Brenham C. Crothers – politician
• John David Crow – football player and coach, born in Union Parish
• Allen Ross Culpepper – United States Army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War
• Marvin T. Culpepper – politician
• Robert C. Culpepper – state senator for Jackson and Ouachita parishes and judge from Alexandria
• William A. Culpepper – judge based in Alexandria, son of Robert C. Culpepper
• Charles Milton Cunningham – educator, lawyer, newspaperman, politician
• Milton Joseph Cunningham – state representative and state senator; state attorney general
• William Tharp Cunningham – planter, attorney, state representative, and judge from Natchitoches Parish
• W. Peyton Cunningham – newspaper publisher and member of the Louisiana House from Natchitoches Parish
• Cupid – R&B singer
• Currensy – rapper
• Robert Houston Curry – state representative for Bossier Parish; wounded Confederate Army soldier
• Joseph T. Curry – politician; planter
• Israel "Bo" Curtis – African-American politician from Alexandria
• Jacob Cutrera – middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars

  D

• Casey Daigle – former MLB pitcher
• Mike Danahay – state representative for Calcasieu Parish
• William Daniel – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish
• Stormy Daniels – porn actress, stripper
• Jay Dardenne – former state senator, Louisiana secretary of state, and lieutenant governor ; candidate for governor
• George W. D'Artois – Shreveport public safety commissioner
• Buster Davis – wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
• Edwin Adams Davis – historian
• Glen Davis – power forward and center for LSU and the Los Angeles Clippers
• Jackson B. Davis – attorney and former state senator
• Jimmie Davis – singer, Governor of Louisiana
• Willie Davis – Hall of Fame defensive end for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers
• Keyunta Dawson – defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts
• Jay Dean – mayor of Longview, Texas, 2005–15; incoming Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, effective 2017; reared in Opelousas
• Cleveland Dear – politician
• Michael E. DeBakey – pioneering cardiovascular surgeon
• Edmond Dede – musician, composer
• Jesse C. Deen – state representative for Bossier and Webster parishes, 1972–88
• Larry Deen – sheriff of Bossier Parish, 1988–2012
• Ellen DeGeneres – comedian, actress, television personality
• Kitty DeGree – Monroe real estate developer and philanthropist
• Joe Delaney – running back for Northwestern State University and for the Kansas City Chiefs; died saving children from swimming hole
• Jake Delhomme – quarterback for University of Louisiana at Lafayette and for Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII
• David Dellucci – MLB outfielder, played primarily with the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Numa T. Delouche – state representative from Natchitoches Parish
• George Dement – politician
• Tim Dement – amateur boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• James L. Dennis – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; former judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court; former state representative
• Catherine Dent – actress, Danni Sofer on The Shield
• Natalie Desselle-Reid – actress
• Henry C. Dethloff – historian
• Charles W. DeWitt Jr. – politician and rancher
• F.O. "Potch" Didier – sheriff
• Juba Diez – state representative from Ascension Parish
• Herbert B. Dixon – former state representative and school board member from Rapides Parish
• Lurita Doan – Administrator of the General Services Administration under President George W. Bush
• James Dobson – evangelical Christian author, psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family
• William Joseph "Bill" Dodd – politician
• John J. Doles Jr. – banker
• John J. Doles Sr. – Plain Dealing banker and state senator
• James R. Domengeaux – U.S. representative; French language cultural activist
• Fats Domino – musician
• Vol Dooley – sheriff of Bossier Parish
• Caroline Dormon – naturalist, horticulturist, promoter of Kisatchie National Forest
• Glenn Dorsey – defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
• E. S. Dortch – planter and politician from Bossier Parish
• Lorenzo Doss – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
• Cat Doucet – sheriff
• Early Doucet – wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals
• Eddie Doucet – state representative for Jefferson Parish ; businessman
• Donna Douglas – actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
• Hunt Downer – politician; National Guard officer
• C. H. "Sammy" Downs – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Rapides Parish
• James Crawford "Jam" Downs – former district attorney for Rapides Parish
• James U. Downs – retired superior court judge in western North Carolina, born and reared in Shreveport
• Gil Dozier – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
• Dee D. Drell – U.S. district judge in Alexandria
• R. Harmon Drew Sr. – city judge, state representative
• Richard Maxwell Drew – judge and state representative
• Clyde Drexler – basketball player, University of Houston, NBA and U.S. Olympic team, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
• Francis Dugas – politician
• John Malcolm Duhé Jr. – retired state court, U.S. district, and appellate court judge from New Iberia and Lafayette
• Chris Duhon – NBA point guard
• David Duke – former state representative, former Ku Klux Klansman
• Lance Dunbar – running back for the Dallas Cowboys
• Ken Duncan – state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman
• Warrick Dunn – NFL running back
• Mark Duper – Miami Dolphins wide receiver
• Adrian G. Duplantier – U.S. District Judge and former state senator from Orleans Parish
• Jay Duplass – film director
• Gilbert L. Dupré – politician from St. Landry Parish
• H. Garland Dupré – politician
• Champion Jack Dupree – boxer, musician
• Chad Durbin – MLB pitcher
• Joey Durel – mayor of Lafayette
• Stanwood Duval – federal judge in New Orleans
• Stephen Dwight – member of the Louisiana House for Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes
• Wilbur Dyer – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish
• W.E. "Bill" Dykes – politician

  E

• Richard Eastham – actor
• William C. Edenborn - railroad magnate, steel industrialist, inventor
• Rick Edmonds – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish; Baptist minister
• Mike Edmonson – superintendent of the Louisiana State Police
• Edwin Edwards – former Governor of Louisiana
• Lavar Edwards – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Ronnie Edwards – Baton Rouge politician
• Troy Edwards – football player
• Charles Wheaton Elam – politician
• Joseph Barton Elam Sr. – politician
• Allen J. Ellender – Member of Congress, United States Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate
• Frank Burton Ellis – politician
• Faye Emerson – actress
• Julie Emerson – state representative for Lafayette and St. Landry parishes
• E. D. Estilette – politician from St. Landry Parish
• Albert Estopinal – politician
• James R. Eubank – lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish
• John D. Ewing – newspaper executive
• Robert Wilson Ewing III – newspaper executive; photographer

  F

• Jamie Fair – former state representative
• Jimmy Faircloth – former executive counsel to Governor Bobby Jindal; attorney in Alexandria-Pineville
• Reid Falconer – state representative for St. Tammany Parish, effective 2016
• Ralph Falsetta – politician from Ascension Parish
• Rick L. Farrar – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Dillon Farrell – center for the San Francisco 49ers
• Chris Faser Jr. – politician
• Robert Faucheux – state representative for St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, 1996–2004; attorney in LaPlace
• Ron Faucheux – state representative for Orleans Parish, 1976–84; political pundit
• Clarence Faulk – publisher, broadcaster, businessman from Ruston
• Kevin Faulk – New England Patriots running back, LSU Hall of Famer
• Marshall Faulk – Hall of Fame running back, television commentator
• Trev Faulk – St. Louis Rams linebacker
• William C. Feazel – interim U.S. Senator in 1948; former state representative from Ouachita Parish
• Lionel Ferbos – jazz musician from New Orleans
• Jimmy Field – Louisiana Public Service Commissioner
• T. T. Fields – politician
• David Filo – co-founder of Yahoo!
• Olaf Fink – educator and state senator for Orleans Parish from 1956 to 1972
• Valerie Fitzenreiter – author, unschooling advocate
• Jimmy Fitzmorris – politician, lieutenant governor
• Sean Patrick Flanery – actor
• John C. Fleming – U.S. representative; medical doctor
• Dan Flores – historian of the American West
• D. J. Fluker – offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
• Cheston Folkes – politician
• Warren Davis Folkes – politician
• Jerry Fontenot – assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers
• Mary Alice Fontenot – author
• Mike Fontenot – second baseman for the San Francisco Giants
• Elizabeth Erny Foote – judge
• Faith Ford – actress
• Frankie Ford – singer
• C. B. Forgotston – state government watchdog
• Barbara Forrest – philosopher and prominent critic of the intelligent design movement
• Matt Forte – running back for the Chicago Bears
• Ezola B. Foster – conservative political activist, writer, and politician
• Mike Foster – Governor of Louisiana
• Murphy J. Foster – Governor of Louisiana
• Pete Fountain – musician
• Mike Francis – businessman, Republican former state party chairman
• A. B. Franklin – state representative for Calcasieu Parish
• Tillman Franks – country musician and manager
• Mannie Fresh – record producer, musician
• J. Isaac Friedman – state representative and state senator from Natchitoches Parish
• Leon Friedman – state representative from Natchitoches Parish
• W. C. Friley – educator and Baptist clergyman
• Lawrence T. Fuglaar – state representative from Rapides Parish ; drowning victim
• Hoffman Franklin Fuller – professor emeritus at Tulane University Law School, authority on tax law
• Samuel B. Fuller – founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier
• Henry L. Fuqua – Governor of Louisiana
• J. B. Fuselier – Cajun musician from Oberlin, Louisiana
• Mike Futrell – politician

  G

• Ernest Gaines – author
• Randal Gaines – African American; lawyer; educator; state representative for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes
• Gerald J. Gallinghouse – U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Daniel F. Galouye – science fiction writer
• Count Bernardo de Gálvez – Spanish governor; viceroy of New Spain
• John Sidney Garrett – former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Claiborne Parish
• Jim Garrison – former New Orleans district attorney; later a state judge
• Robert T. Garrity Jr. – 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
• Chad Gaudin – MLB pitcher
• Randall Gay – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
• Terry W. Gee – state representative and businessman
• Johnny Giavotella – second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels
• Philip H. Gilbert – politician; former lieutenant governor
• Mickey Gilley – musician; singer; nightclub owner
• David 'Bo' Ginn – state senator or Morehouse Parish
• George Girard – musician
• Leslie Glasgow – professor; conservationist; government administrator
• Hap Glaudi – New Orleans sports journalist
• Mary Smith Gleason – state representative
• Edgar Godbold – president of Louisiana College
• H. N. Goff – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Victor Gold – journalist and political consultant
• John Goodman – actor
• Alfred Goodwill – businessman from Minden; owned largest general store in Louisiana in the 1880s in Minden
• Cletis Gordon – cornerback for the United Football League's Florida Tuskers
• James M. Goslin – sheriff of Caddo Parish
• Stephen Gostkowski – placekicker for the New England Patriots
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk – pianist; composer
• Lucille May Grace – first woman in statewide elected office as register of state lands
• R. W. "Buzzy" Graham – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Shirley Ann Grau – writer
• Webster "Webbie" Gradney Jr. – rapper
• Danny Granger – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
• Veleka Gray – actress; writer; producer
• Douglas D. "Doug" Green – politician
• Howard Green – nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers
• BenJarvus Green-Ellis – running back for the New England Patriots
• Thomas A. "Tom" Greene – former state senator
• John Grenier – Republican politician in Alabama; born in New Orleans
• Grits Gresham – sportsman; journalist
• J. D. Grey – clergyman
• Bob Griffin – broadcast journalist; from Shreveport
• Robert Groves – sociologist; Director of the United States Census Bureau under U.S. President Barack Obama
• Anthony Guarisco Jr. – politician
• Dudley A. Guglielmo – insurance commissioner
• Dick Guidry – politician; businessman from Lafourche Parish
• Greg G. Guidry – member of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jesse J. Guidry – state representative and secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; from St. Martin Parish
• John Michael Guidry – circuit court judge; former member of both houses of the state legislature from Baton Rouge
• Richard Guidry – advocate of French language in Louisiana
• Ron Guidry – Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Brandon Guillory – businessman
• Elbert Guillory – politician
• Mickey Guillory – retired state police officer; state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes
• G. Earl Guinn – president of Louisiana College
• Bryant Gumbel – television journalist
• Greg Gumbel – sportscaster
• Buddy Guy – blues musician

  H

• Billy Hagan – NASCAR owner and racer, businessman
• Richard T. Haik – United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
• Ted Haik – politician
• Jeff Hall – state representative for Rapides Parish
• Pike Hall Jr. – judge from Shreveport
• William Pike Hall Sr. – lawyer and politician in Shreveport
• Jan Hamer – organic chemist
• Rusty Hamer – child actor
• John Martin Hamley – politician
• Paul Jude Hardy – state senator, secretary of state, lieutenant governor
• Henry E. Hardtner – lumberman, conservationist, politician, founder of Urania
• George W. Hardy Jr. – mayor of Shreveport and judge of the state circuit court of appeal
• John Spencer Hardy – lieutenant general in the United States Air Force
• Robert Harling – playwright, screenwriter and film director, wrote Steel Magnolias
• Winsor Harmon – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Lance Harris – state representative
• Mary Johnson Harris – educator from Shreveport
• Will Harris – relief pitcher for the Houston Astros
• Damon Harrison – nose tackle for the New York Giants
• Joe Harrison – state representative
• Ryan Harrison – professional tennis player
• Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway – former sheriff of Grant Parish
• Torrence "Lil Boosie" Hatch – rapper
• Jason Hatcher – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Don Hathaway – Shreveport public works commissioner ; Caddo Parish sheriff
• Richmond C. Hathorn – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Kenny Havard – politician
• Elvin Hayes – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Hunter Hayes – country singer
• Rufus D. Hayes – first state insurance commissioner, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, Democratic state chairman
• O. H. Haynes Jr. – Webster Parish sheriff
• William Wright Heard – governor of Louisiana
• Bobby Hebert – New Orleans Saints quarterback known as "Cajun Cannon"
• Dennis Paul Hebert – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish, 1972–96
• Felix Edward Hébert – journalist, politician
• Paul M. Hebert – judge, Louisiana State University Law Center dean
• Troy Hebert – politician
• Lee Hedges – champion football coach in Shreveport
• Fred Heebe – New Orleans real estate developer
• Jennifer Sneed Heebe – politician
• Talmadge L. Heflin – former member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Marie Alice Heine – first American Princess of Monaco
• Betty Heitman – Republican politician
• David Heitmeier – state senator for Orleans Parish ; optometrist
• Francis C. Heitmeier – former state senator for Orleans Parish; lawyer and lobbyist
• Knute Heldner – impressionist artist
• Lillian Hellman – playwright and screenwriter
• Devery Henderson – wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints
• Lloyd Hendrick – Shreveport lawyer and state senator for DeSoto and Caddo parishes
• Ellis Henican – journalist, commentator, talk show host
• Jeff Hennessy – trampoline coach
• Leigh Hennessy – world champion gymnast and movie stuntwoman
• Shelley Hennig – actress, Days of Our Lives
• Charlie Hennigan – football player
• Gilbert Franklin Hennigan – politician
• Cameron Henry – politician
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry – singer, musician
• Gloria Henry – actress, CBS's Dennis the Menace
• Bob Hensgens – state representative
• George Herriman – Krazy Kat cartoonist
• Charles R. Herring – chiropractor; served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish
• Louis Herthum – actor, Murder, She Wrote
• Jacob Hester – fullback for the San Diego Chargers
• Theodore M. Hickey – New Orleans City Council member and state senator; introduced bill establishing the University of New Orleans
• W. W. Hicks – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish
• Andrew Higgins – shipbuilder, industrialist
• Clay Higgins – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, beginning 2017
• Stephanie Hilferty – state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes since 2016
• Dorothy Sue Hill – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes since 2008
• Herman Ray Hill – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes
• Kenny Hill – NFL defensive back
• Corey Hilliard – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
• Quin Hillyer – columnist and editor
• Donald E. Hines – politician and physician
• Walker Hines – state representative from Orleans Parish
• Al Hirt – musician
• Valarie Hodges – politician
• Melvin L. Holden – first African-American mayor of Baton Rouge
• Cheryl Holdridge – actor
• Trindon Holliday – wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Giants
• Earl Holliman – actor
• Harry Hollins – state representative for Calcasieu Parish from 1964 to 1980
• Ken Hollis – state senator from Jefferson Parish
• Paul Hollis – state representative from St. Tammany Parish
• Clyde C. Holloway – former US Representative; member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission
• Ben F. Holt – politician
• Jay F. Honeycutt – former director of the Kennedy Space Center
• Dalton W. Honoré – politician
• Russel L. Honoré – general during Hurricane Katrina relief
• Taylor Horn – singer and actress
• Dodie Horton – state representative for Bossier Parish, effective 2016
• Son House – blues singer and guitarist
• TJ House – pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
• Alton Hardy Howard – co-founder of Howard Brothers Discount Stores; gospel songwriter
• Jaye Howard – nose tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs
• V. E. Howard – Church of Christ clergyman, founder of radio International Gospel Hour
• W. L. "Jack" Howard – mayor of Monroe and partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores
• Arlene Howell – Miss USA 1958 and actress: Bourbon Street Beat
• Jerry Huckaby – US Representative
• Thomas H. Hudson – Baton Rouge attorney and former state senator
• Jefferson D. Hughes III – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013
• William Clark Hughes – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives ; Bossier Parish farmer
• Guy E. Humphries Jr. – state court judge in Alexandria
• Melvin Hunt – assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks
• Clementine Hunter – folk artist
• Jeffrey Hunter actor – The Searchers, King of Kings; born in New Orleans; reared in Wisconsin
• Marcus Hunter – politician
• Carolyn Huntoon – scientist
• John Brennan Hussey – mayor of Shreveport from 1982 to 1990
• Mike "Pete" Huval – politician

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• Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville – founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France
• Iron Eyes Cody – actor; native of Kaplan
• Melvin Irvin – state representative from Gonzales in Ascension Parish
• Walter Isaacson – author; journalist; president and chief executive officer, Aspen Institute
• Barry Ivey – politician

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• George W. Jack – federal judge
• Wellborn Jack – state representative from Caddo Parish
• Whitfield Jack – Shreveport attorney and United States Army colonel in World War II and United States Army Reserve major general
• Alphonse J. Jackson – educator, civil rights activist, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish
• Girod Jackson III – former state representative for Jefferson Parish
• John E. Jackson – chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1929–34; Republican national committeeman, 1934–52; practice law in New Orleans
• John M. Jackson – actor, JAG
• Lisa Jackson – administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Barack Obama
• Mahalia Jackson – gospel singer
• Randy Jackson – musician, entrepreneur, television personality
• Randy Jackson – guitarist and lead singer of rock band Zebra
• Tyson Jackson – defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
• Brandon Jacobs – running back for the New York Giants
• Bradie James – linebacker for the Houston Texans
• Edward C. James – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish
• Antawn Jamison – NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Rajarsi Janakananda – former president of the Self-Realization Fellowship
• Lemuel Jeanpierre – center for the Seattle Seahawks
• Patrick O. Jefferson – state representative for Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln parishes ; lawyer in Arcadia
• Eddie Jemison – actor, Hung, Bruce Almighty, and Ocean's Eleven and its sequels
• Faith Jenkins – attorney, legal commentator, Miss Louisiana 2000
• Mykel Shannon Jenkins – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
• Woody Jenkins – politician, newspaper publisher
• J. Thomas Jewell – politician from New Roads
• Bobby Jindal – Governor of Louisiana
• Ronnie Johns – politician
• Andrew R. Johnson – state senator and mayor of Homer; named Ashland, Louisiana
• Avery Johnson – NBA player and coach
• Bernette Joshua Johnson – Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013
• Bill Johnson – jazz musician
• Damaris Johnson – wide receiver and punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Mike Johnson – U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district since 2017; former state representative and constitutional attorney from Bossier Parish
• Quinn Johnson – fullback for the Green Bay Packers
• John Bennett Johnston Jr. – U.S. Senator ; lobbyist ; state senator ; state representative
• Bert Jones – football quarterback, LSU and NFL's Baltimore Colts
• Chad Jones – safety for the New York Giants
• Deion Jones – linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
• Donald Edward Jones – mayor of Bossier City
• Donnie Jones – punter for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Dub Jones – NFL and AAFC running back
• Edgar Jones – linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
• E. Holman Jones – state representative
• Fred W. Jones Jr. – city, district and state circuit court judge from Ruston
• Gary Lee Jones – Republican member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Jacoby Jones – wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens
• Perry Jones III – player for the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones – president and baseball coach at Grambling State University
• Sam Houston Jones – Governor of Louisiana
• Sam S. Jones – politician, businessman
• Henderson Jordan – Bienville Parish sheriff, in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde
• Michael I. Jordan – Professor at University of California, Berkeley, researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence
• J. E. Jumonville Jr. – state senator and horse breeder from Pointe Coupee Parish
• J. E. Jumonville Sr. – state senator and natural gas developer from Pointe Coupee Parish
• Juvenile – rapper

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• Harnett Kane – New Orleans-based author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction
• Kelly Keeling – singer-songwriter from Houma
• Perry Keith – politician
• William P. Kellogg – Member of Congress; Governor; United States Senator
• Iris Kelso – New Orleans journalist
• Bolivar E. Kemp – U.S. representative
• Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. – Louisiana Attorney General
• John Neely Kennedy – Louisiana State Treasurer
• Robert F. Kennon – Governor of Louisiana
• James Peter Kent – newspaper publisher; politician from Minden in Webster Parish
• Doug Kershaw – musician, singer
• Sammy Kershaw – musician; singer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
• Ernie K-Doe – singer; billed himself as the "Emperor of the Universe"
• DJ Khaled – record producer; radio personality; DJ; record label executive
• Nat G. Kiefer – state senator from New Orleans
• John Sidney Killen – farmer; state representative from Claiborne and Webster parishes
• Catherine D. Kimball – retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Clyde Kimball – state representative for Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes
• Claude King – country singer-songwriter; known for "Wolverton Mountain"
• Earl King – musician
• Ralph E. King – physician; state senator from Franklin Parish
• Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick – music educator; former member of Louisiana Board of Regents
• Mark Klein – singer
• Neil Haven Klock – sugar planter; politician from Rapides Parish
• Jeannette Knoll – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jesse Monroe Knowles – politician; survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II

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• John LaBruzzo – politician
• Eddie Lacy – running back for the Green Bay Packers
• Adolphe Lafargue – newspaper publisher; state legislator; judge; from Marksville
• Malcolm Lafargue – U.S. attorney in Shreveport
• Ed Lafitte – baseball player
• Jean Lafitte – blacksmith; pirate
• Juan LaFonta – former state representative for Orleans Parish and New Orleans lawyer
• Papa Jack Laine – bandleader
• Maxie Lambright – football coach
• Dorothy Lamour – actress
• Edgar H. Lancaster Jr. – former state representative and interim judge
• Katherine LaNasa – actress, Judging Amy
• Mary Landrieu – US Senator
• Mitch Landrieu – politician
• Moon Landrieu – judge, politician
• Ali Landry – actress; model; Miss USA
• Jarvis Landry – wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
• Jeff Landry – politician
• Lisa Landry – comedian
• Nancy Landry – politician
• Terry Landry – state representative for Lafayette, Iberia, and St. Martin parishes since 2012; former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police
• Eric Laneuville – actor; television director, St. Elsewhere, Room 222
• Nick LaRocca – self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• John Larroquette – actor
• Hank Lauricella – football player; state senator
• Marie Laveau – Voodoo priestess
• Theodore K. Lawless – dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist
• Rollo C. Lawrence – mayor of Pineville, 1930–46; first superintendent of Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1948–51
• Claude "Buddy" Leach – politician; businessman
• Lead Belly – musician
• Alexander McIntyre Leary – mayor of Minden ; director of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Shreveport
• Ronald Leary – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
• Bernard LeBas – pharmacist; state representative for Evangeline and St. Landry parishes
• Dudley J. LeBlanc – politician; businessman; made a fortune in the patent medicine Hadacol
• Fred S. LeBlanc – politician
• Jerry Luke LeBlanc – politician
• Samuel A. LeBlanc I – lawyer; state representative; state court judge; grandfather of Sam A. LeBlanc III
• Conway LeBleu – state representative for Calcasieu and Cameron parishes, 1964–88
• Richard Leche – Governor of Louisiana
• Joseph E. LeDoux – neuroscientist
• David Lee – football player
• Harry Lee – Jefferson Parish sheriff
• Rory Lee – president of Louisiana College
• Swords Lee – businessman and politician in Grant Parish and Alexandria
• Walter C. Lee – member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education ; retired educator in Shreveport
• Walter L. Lee – Clerk of Court in Evangeline Parish
• W. Burch Lee – state representative for Webster Parish ; clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• Keith Lehr – two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, born and resides in Bossier City
• John A. Lejeune – Marine Corps general
• Don Lemon – journalist and television anchor; host of CNN Newsroom
• Countess Leon – founder of Germantown Colony in Webster Parish
• Elmore Leonard – crime and western novelist; born in New Orleans
• Joe LeSage – former state senator for Caddo Parish; LSU supervisor and Shreveport attorney
• Jim Leslie – journalist; advertising executive; assassinated in Baton Rouge
• Jared Leto – actor; lead singer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Shannon Leto – drummer of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, occasional actor
• Zachary Levi – actor, Less than Perfect, Chuck
• Jerry Lee Lewis – musician
• Keenan Lewis – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
• Michael Lewis – author; financial journalist; ', '
• Patrick Lewis – center for the Seattle Seahawks
• Rashard Lewis – forward for the Orlando Magic
• Lil Wayne – rapper
• Coleman Lindsey – politician
• Meghan Linsey – musician, singer/songwriter, and contestant on The Voice season 8
• F. A. Little Jr. – judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• Little Walter – blues harmonica player
• Lloyd Harlin Polite – R&B singer
• Nate Livings – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
• Bob Livingston – Member of Congress
• Edward Livingston – Member of Congress; United States Secretary of State
• Lloyd – contemporary R&B and hip hop artist
• Bennie Logan – nose tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Earl Kemp Long – Governor of Louisiana
• George S. Long – US Representative
• Gerald Long – Republican state senator from Natchitoches; only elected Republican official of the Long family
• Huey Pierce Long Jr. – Governor of Louisiana; US Senator
• Jimmy D. Long – politician
• Russell Long – US Senator
• Speedy O. Long – US Representative; district attorney from La Salle Parish
• Professor Longhair – musician
• John L. Loos – historian
• Joseph Lopinto – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Morris Lottinger Jr. – politician
• Morris Lottinger Sr. – politician
• Lance Louis – offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts
• Aaron Loup – relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
• Margaret Lowenthal – first woman state representative for Calcasieu Parish, service from 1980 to 1988
• Fred L. Lowery – clergyman; author
• J. A. W. Lowry – politician in Bossier Parish
• Bobby Lowther – only two-sport All-American at Louisiana State University
• Cornelius Lucas – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
• Jay Luneau – state senator and lawyer from Alexandria, effective 2016
• Robert L. Lynn – president of Louisiana College from 1975 to 1997
• Hall Lyons – oilman; politician
• Ted Lyons – Hall of Fame baseball player

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• Sherman Q. Mack – politician
• Anthony Mackie – actor, Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker,
• Magic Sam – blues music pioneer
• John Maginnis – journalist; author
• Mikie Mahtook – outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Karl Malone – Hall of Fame basketball player, mainly with the Utah Jazz
• Jeff Mangum – musician; founder of Neutral Milk Hotel
• Robert "Bob" Mann – journalist, historian
• Archie Manning – former New Orleans Saints quarterback; father of Eli, Cooper and Peyton
• Cooper Manning – television personality; brother of Eli and Peyton
• Eli Manning – New York Giants quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Peyton and Cooper
• Peyton Manning – retired Denver Broncos quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Eli and Cooper
• Tommy Manzella – shortstop for the Colorado Rockies
• "Pistol" Pete Maravich – basketball player, LSU and NBA Hall of Famer
• Paul Mares – musician
• Anna Margaret – singer
• Angélica María – Mexican actress and singer
• Robert M. Marionneaux – politician
• Branford Marsalis – musician
• Ellis Marsalis Jr. – musician; educator
• Ellis Marsalis Sr. – poultry farmer; jazz musician; hotelier; civil rights activist
• Wynton Marsalis – musician
• Leonard Marshall – former defensive end, primarily for the New York Giants
• Samuel W. Martien – planter; politician
• Wade O. Martin Jr. – secretary of state
• Danny Martiny – politician
• Charles A. Marvin – district attorney; judge
• Rod Masterson – actor
• Tyrann Mathieu – free safety and cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals
• Frank H. Mayer – American frontiersman born in New Orleans; most associated with Park County, Colorado
• Vance McAllister – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district
• W. T. McCain – politician from Grant Parish
• Jay McCallum – state district court judge since 2003; former state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes
• James T. McCalman – state senator from Claiborne and Bienville parishes
• Todd McClure – center for the Atlanta Falcons
• John McConathy – professional basketball player and educator
• Mike McConathy – basketball coach at Northwestern State University since 1999; son of John McConathy
• Billy McCormack – Southern Baptist clergyman; national director of the Christian Coalition of America
• C. L. McCrary – state representative for Bienville Parish
• Jim McCrery – US Representative
• Sidney McCrory – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
• Charles R. McDonald – former state representative from Morehouse and Ouachita parishes
• Jack McFarland – state representative from Winn Parish, effective 2016
• Eugene McGehee – state legislator; judge; from East Baton Rouge Parish
• Tim McGraw – country musician; actor
• John McKeithen – Governor of Louisiana
• W. Fox McKeithen – Louisiana secretary of state
• Charles E. McKenzie – U.S. representative
• Baylus Benjamin McKinney – Christian singer-songwriter
• Joe McKnight – tailback for the New York Jets
• James M. McLemore – politician; businessman
• A. J. McNamara – state representative; U.S. District Judge from Jefferson Parish
• Gil Meche – MLB pitcher
• D. L. Menard – Cajun musician from Erath
• Adah Isaacs Menken – actress
• Mildred Methvin – judge
• Emile Meyer – actor
• Quintin Mikell – safety for the St. Louis Rams
• Lizzie Miles – singer
• Wade Miley – relief pitcher for the Houston Astros
• Gregory A. Miller – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Charles Parish
• Roderick Miller – politician; lawyer
• Percy "Master P" Miller – musician; actor; record producer; athlete
• Fred H. Mills Jr. – politician, pharmacist, banker
• Jordan Mills – offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears
• Newt V. Mills – U.S. representative
• Paul Millsap – power forward for the Utah Jazz
• Alexander Milne – businessman; slave trader; philanthropist
• Barkevious Mingo – outside linebacker for the New England Patriots
• H. Lane Mitchell – Shreveport commissioner of public works
• RJ Mitte – actor, Walt Jr. on Breaking Bad
• Beth Mizell – state senator for St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes since 2016
• Randy Moffett – educator
• Bill Monroe – journalist, host of Meet the Press
• Greg Monroe – center for the Detroit Pistons
• Billy Montgomery – politician; former educator
• Little Brother Montgomery – musician
• Chris Mooney – journalist and author
• A. Brown Moore – businessman; politician
• Cleo Moore – actress
• Danny Roy Moore – state senator from Claiborne Parish
• Ellen Bryan Moore – Register of State Lands; captain in Women's Army Corps during World War II
• Mewelde Moore – running back for the Indianapolis Colts
• W. Henson Moore – US Representative
• T. J. Moran – businessman; restaurateur; philanthropist; from Baton Rouge
• Jackie Moreland – professional basketball player
• Aaron Morgan – outside linebacker and defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Cecil Morgan – 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. – landscape painter and photographer
• Lewis L. Morgan – U.S. representative; gubernatorial runoff candidate
• S. M. Morgan Jr. – state representative from Red River Parish
• Dutch Morial – judge; mayor of New Orleans
• Arthur A. Morrell – New Orleans clerk of the criminal court ; state representative
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell – member of the New Orleans City Council
• Jean-Paul Morrell – New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
• Jay Morris – state representative from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes
• deLesseps Morrison Jr. – state representative from Orleans Parish
• deLesseps S. "Chep" Morrison – mayor of New Orleans; ambassador to the Organization of American States; three-time gubernatorial candidate
• Logan Morrison – outfielder and first baseman for the Seattle Mariners
• Jelly Roll Morton – musician; composer; self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• Morgus the Magnificent – fictional horror host
• Paul Morphy – world chess champion
• Garrett Morris – actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live
• Isaac Edward Morse – Attorney General of Louisiana; US Member of Congress
• Alexander Mouton – Governor; United States Senator
• Jonas Mouton – linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
• Bernhard Müller – colonizer of Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish
• Robert J. Munson – state representatives from Rapides Parish
• W. Spencer Myrick – state legislator from West Carroll Parish

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• Ray Nagin – mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina; convicted felon
• George Nattin – mayor of Bossier City
• Edward F. Neild – architect; from Shreveport
• Ed Nelson – actor: Peyton Place
• Sydney B. Nelson – state senator
• Aaron Neville – singer
• Arthel Neville – anchor for Fox News
• Drake Nevis – defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
• Josephine Louise Newcomb – philanthropist
• Jewel Joseph Newman – politician; from the Scotlandville neighborhood of Baton Rouge
• Randy Newman – singer-songwriter; pianist
• Francis T. Nicholls – Governor of Louisiana
• Lance E. Nichols – actor, Treme
• Elwyn Nicholson – state senator from Jefferson Parish
• J. Kelly Nix – politician; businessman
• Taurean Nixon – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
• James A. Noe – Governor of Louisiana ; oil driller; broadcaster
• Rico Noel – outfielder for the New York Yankees
• Burl Noggle – historian
• Aaron Nola - MLB All Star baseball pitcher
• Dave Norris – mayor of West Monroe
• William Wiley Norris III – city, district, and circuit court judge from West Monroe
• Solomon Northrup, abolitionist
• Barbara Norton – state representative for Caddo Parish
• Alcide Nunez – musician
• Samuel B. Nunez Jr. – politician
• William Harold "Billy" Nungesser – Republican politician

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• Prentiss Oakley – Bienville Parish sheriff ; in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in 1934
• Frank Ocean – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer
• Alton Ochsner – surgeon; medical researcher
• Kenneth L. Odinet Sr. – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes
• Bob Odom – state agriculture commissioner ; longest-serving individual in that office
• Ethma Odum – pioneer woman television personality at KALB-TV in Alexandria
• Arthur J. O'Keefe Sr. – mayor of New Orleans
• Michael H. O'Keefe – politician; convicted felon
• Henry Warren Ogden – politician
• Taylor W. O'Hearn – politician
• Shaquille O'Neal – former LSU and NBA player, Basketball Hall of Famer
• Joe "King" Oliver – jazz musician
• Virgil Orr – state representative; vice president, Louisiana Tech University
• Joe Osborn – musician
• Kenneth Osterberger – state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972 to 1992; former opponent of David Duke
• Lee Harvey Oswald – presumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• Lionel Ott – politician; businessman
• George T. Oubre – politician; from St. James Parish
• Darrell Ourso – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish
• Jessel Ourso – sheriff of Iberville Parish
• John H. Overton – US Senator
• Mel Ott – Hall of Fame baseball player
• Don Owen – news anchor; politician

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• Robert Pack – NBA player and coach
• Frank Page – radio broadcaster, KWKH in Shreveport
• James George Palmer – Mayor of Shreveport ; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals
• Jonathan Papelbon – closer for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Robert Parish – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Hugh G. Parker Jr. – architect
• Larry Parker – businessman; state representative from Rapides Parish
• John M. Parker – Governor of Louisiana
• John Victor Parker – federal judge
• Mel Parnell – pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Edward Grady Partin – Teamsters Union business agent in Baton Rouge
• Otto Passman – U.S. Representative
• Paul Pastorek – politician, lawyer, educational specialist
• William S. Patout III – sugar grower in Iberia Parish
• David I. Patten – politician
• Carly Patterson – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
• B. R. Patton – state senator from Lincoln and Union parishes
• Felix Octave Pavy – physician and politician from St. Landry Parish
• James E. Paxton – district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District
• E. N. Payne – state representative for Webster Parish
• Elfrid Payton – Point guard for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association
• Nicholas Payton – musician
• Joe Raymond Peace – football coach
• Dave L. Pearce – politician
• Kevin Pearson – politician
• Jesse Pearson – actor and screenwriter
• Charles B. Peatross – circuit court judge in Shreveport
• William S. Peck Jr. – politician
• William S. Peck Sr. – politician
• Harvey Peltier Jr. – politician
• Harvey Peltier Sr. – politician
• Leander Perez – District judge; political boss of St. Bernard and Plaquemine parishes
• Tony Perkins – conservative politician; head of the Family Research Council
• Ralph Perlman – state budget director
• Pauley Perrette – singer and actress
• Ryan Perrilloux – quarterback
• Jonathan W. Perry – politician
• Tyler Perry – television and film producer, writer, actor, director
• Jace Peterson – second baseman for the Atlanta Braves
• Bob Pettit – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Andy Pettitte – former starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and Houston Astros
• Marguerite Piazza – operatic soprano
• John S. Pickett Jr. – state representative; state court judge; from Sabine Parish
• Abe E. Pierce III – politician; educator
• Webb Pierce – singer
• Wendell Pierce – actor, Bunk Moreland on The Wire
• Juan Pierre – outfielder for the Miami Marlins
• Vincent Pierre – state representative for Lafayette Parish
• P.B.S. Pinchback – politician, Governor of Louisiana
• Glen Pitre – filmmaker
• Loulan Pitre Jr. – lawyer in New Orleans; former state representative for Lafourche Parish
• Montgomery Pittman – actor, screenwriter, producer, known for 77 Sunset Strip
• Leonidas Polk – Confederate general; Episcopal bishop; founder of
• Tracy Porter – cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
• Henry "Tank" Powell – politician
• Mike Powell – Shreveport politician
• Robert E. Powell – mayor of Monroe from 1979 to 1996
• Julien de Lallande Poydras – poet, politician
• Steve Prator – Caddo Parish sheriff
• Phil Preis – politician
• Sister Helen Prejean – activist
• Arthur T. Prescott – educator and founding president of Louisiana Tech University
• Dak Prescott – quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys
• Edward J. Price – state representative for Ascension, Iberville, and St. James parishes
• Louis Prima – musician, entertainer
• Professor Longhair – musician
• Albin Provosty – politician from New Roads
• Paul Prudhomme – chef
• Keith M. Pyburn – state representative for Caddo Parish

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• Chris Quinn – point guard for the New Jersey Nets

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• Paul Rae – actor
• Max Rafferty – author ;educator; California politician
• Henry Ragas – early jazz pianist
• Kevin Rahm – actor
• Tanner Rainey – relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
• Melvin Rambin – politician; banker
• Rueben Randle – wide receiver for the New York Giants
• Kevin Rankin – actor, Friday Night Lights, Trauma, Unforgettable
• Ed Rand – state representative from Rapides Parish
• Joseph E. Ransdell – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district; U.S. senator
• John Rarick – US Representative; state court judge
• Clyde V. Ratcliff – politician; planter
• Eddy Raven – singer-songwriter
• Donald Rawson – historian
• Shawn Reaves – actor
• Mac "Dr John" Rebbenack – pianist, singer-songwriter
• Ed Reed – NFL free safety
• Willis Reed – Hall of Fame basketball player with the New York Knicks; NBA head coach
• Pee Wee Reese – Hall of Fame shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers
• Terry Reeves – district attorney for Winn Parish
• Godfrey Reggio – filmmaker
• Eric Reid – safety for the San Francisco 49ers
• Sean Reilly – state representative; chief operating officer of Lamar Advertising Company
• Ed Renwick – political scientist
• Darius Reynaud – wide receiver and running back for the Tennessee Titans
• Gene Reynolds – state representative
• Slater Rhea – American singer and TV personality famous in China; born in Alexandria
• Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes – politician
• Anne Rice – author
• Jerome "Dee" Richard – politician
• Teddy Riley – jazz trumpeter
• Norbert Rilleaux – inventor; engineer
• Edward Ripoll – state representative; bar owner in New Orleans
• Neil Riser – state senator, 2008 to 2020; candidate for state representative, 2019
• Randy Roach – mayor of Lake Charles since 2000
• Joel Robideaux – politician
• Cokie Roberts – television journalist; author; daughter of Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs
• Robert Roberts Jr. – politician from Union and Webster parishes
• Kay Robertson – television personality
• Phil Robertson – television personality
• Si Robertson – television personality
• Scotty Robertson – basketball coach
• Greg Robinson – offensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams
• W. C. Robinson – educator
• George Rodrigue – "Blue Dog" artist
• Buddy Roemer – governor of Louisiana
• Charles E. Roemer II – state commissioner of administration
• Chas Roemer – president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Ned Romero – actor; originally from Franklin
• Ralph L. Ropp – president of Louisiana Tech University
• Leon Roppolo – musician
• Jacques Roy – mayor of Alexandria
• Alvin Benjamin Rubin – federal judge
• Barry Rubin – Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL
• Robert Edwin Russ – founder of Ruston, Louisiana
• Bill Russell – Hall of Fame center for the Boston Celtics; NBA coach
• Weldon Russell – politician; businessman

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• Jeffrey D. Sadow – political scientist; columnist; educator
• Larry Sale – sheriff of Claiborne Parish
• Joe R. Salter – politician, educator
• A. T. "Apple" Sanders Jr. – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish
• Roy Sanders – educator; state legislator from Natchitoches Parish
• John N. Sandlin – U. S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• McIntyre H. Sandlin – politician in Minden
• Nicholas J. Sandlin – politician in Webster Parish
• Jean Oliver Sartor – artist
• Kurtis Scaletta – writer
• Clay Schexnayder – state representative; businessman
• John Schroder – former state representative from Covington; businessman
• Mike Scifres – punter for the San Diego Chargers
• Ashley Scott – actress, model, Jericho, Dark Angel, Birds of Prey
• Nauman Scott – U.S. District Court judge
• Pat Screen – mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish
• Alan Seabaugh – state representative
• J.C. Seaman – state representative from Tensas Parish
• Sam Seamans – Anglican Church bishop in Mountain Home, Arkansas; born in Morgan City
• Aaron Selber Jr. – businessman and philanthropist
• Joe Sevario – state senator from Ascension Parish, 1976–94
• Henry Clay Sevier – politician
• V. C. Shannon – politician
• Amanda Shaw – actress; singer; fiddler
• Rhonda Shear – beauty queen; television host
• Ben Sheets – MLB pitcher
• Clarence Shelmon – NFL offensive coordinator
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd – musician
• Alana Shipp – American-Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Chris Shivers – professional bull rider
• Henry Miller Shreve – inventor; steamboat captain
• Phil Short – state senator; relocated to Virginia
• Rockin' Sidney – Zydeco musician
• Richard Simmons – fitness authority; television personality
• Scott M. Simon – state representative
• Tharold Simon – cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks
• Frank P. Simoneaux – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish
• C. O. Simpkins Sr. – state representative from Shreveport; civil rights activist, and dentist
• Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Jr. – physician and historian, reared in Shreveport
• Oramel H. Simpson – Governor of Louisiana
• Fulwar Skipwith – diplomat; politician
• Eric Skrmetta – politician
• John Slidell – U.S. Senator; Confederate diplomat
• Soulja Slim – musician
• Donald Sloan – guard for the Atlanta Hawks
• LeRoy Smallenberger – Republican lawyer; politician
• Argile Smith – interim president of Louisiana College
• Dorothy Garrett Smith – first woman president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• George Luke Smith – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• Howard K. Smith – television journalist; reporter
• James Peyton Smith – politician
• Jasper K. Smith – politician
• John R. Smith – politician
• Otis Smith – New England Patriots cornerback; Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach
• Patricia Haynes Smith – state representative from Baton Rouge
• Ada Jack Carver Snell – short story writer
• Jefferson B. Snyder – politician
• Robert H. Snyder – politician
• Guy Sockrider – politician
• Steven Soderbergh – film producer; screenwriter; cinematographer; director
• Floyd Soileau – record producer
• Ian Somerhalder – actor; model
• Art Sour – State Representative from Shreveport
• James Z. Spearing – politician
• Britney Spears – singer
• Jamie Lynn Spears – actress
• Marcus Spears – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Freddie Spencer – world motorcycle champion
• Mason Spencer – politician
• Tommy Spinks – football player
• Paul Spitzfaden – mayor of Mandeville, 1984–96
• Tam Spiva – screenwriter
• Frank Spooner – businessman and politician
• David Theophilus Stafford – sheriff of Rapides Parish, 1888–1904
• Grove Stafford – state senator for Rapides Parish, 1940–48
• Leroy Augustus Stafford – Confederate brigadier general
• Tom Stagg – Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• Richard Stalder – secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
• Rusty Staub – MLB right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman
• Edward J. Steimel – lobbyist and founder of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
• Craig Steltz – safety for the Chicago Bears
• Alton Sterling – black man fatally shot by a police officer in Baton Rouge
• E. L. Stewart – Minden lawyer and state representative for Webster Parish from 1904 to 1908
• Kordell Stewart – NFL quarterback and wide receiver
• Karen St. Germain – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes
• Dennis Stine – businessman and politician from Lake Charles
• Tim Stine – businessman and politician from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish
• Ford E. Stinson – lawyer and state legislator from Bossier Parish
• Julie Stokes – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Brandon Stokley – wide receiver for the Denver Broncos
• Elliott Stonecipher – political analyst; consultant; pollster from Shreveport
• Jimmy Strain – politician and pediatrician
• Michael G. Strain – veterinarian; state representative; Commissioner of the Louisiana Departmentof Agriculture and Forestry
• Izzy Stradlin – singer, guitarist and backing vocal at Guns N' Roses
• James St. Raymond – state representative for Orleans Parish ; businessman
• Roy C. Strickland – businessman, politician
• Raymond Strother – political consultant
• James Sudduth – mayor of Lake Charles, 1965–73; 1989–93
• Patrick Surtain – NFL cornerback
• James Sutterfield – lawyer; Republican member of the Louisiana House from Orleans Parish
• Hal Sutton – PGA Tour golfer
• Jimmy Swaggart – evangelist
• Marc Swayze – comic book writer and illustrator
• Stephanie Swift – actress
• Stromile Swift – NBA player
• Harold Sylvester – actor, Married... with Children, Today's F.B.I., Shaky Ground

  T

• Joseph Talamo – jockey
• Kirk Talbot – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Irvin Talton – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish
• Elmer R. Tapper – politician
• Gregory Tarver – civil rights activist, state senator from Caddo Parish
• Ray Tarver – dentist; represented Natchitoches Parish in state House of Representatives
• John Adam Tassin Jr, MD doctor; represented Avoyelles, Evangeline and Allen Parishes in State Senate
• Albert Tate – state and federal judge
• Billy Tauzin – US Representative; lobbyist
• Dorothy Mae Taylor – first African-American woman in the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Ike Taylor – cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Jim Taylor – Hall of Fame fullback, primarily with the Green Bay Packers
• Joe Gray Taylor – historian
• Richard Taylor – Confederate general
• Zachary Taylor – 12th President of the United States; US Army general
• Lloyd George Teekell – politician
• Benjamin Milam Teekell – state representative from Red River Parish
• Garrett Temple – point guard for the San Antonio Spurs
• Suzanne Haik Terrell – politician
• Byron Thames – actor and musician, Father Murphy
• Sam H. Theriot – politician
• Ryan Theriot – infielder for the San Francisco Giants
• Major Thibaut – politician
• Keith Thibodeaux – actor
• Ledricka Thierry – politician
• Dallas Thomas – offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins
• Mike Thomas – wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tyrus Thomas – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
• Addison Roswell Thompson – segregationist politician
• Jeff R. Thompson – politician
• Ken Thompson – pioneer of computer science
• Lizzie P. Thompson – state representative
• Richard S. Thompson – state representative from Grant Parish
• Sandra Thompson – politician; environmentalist
• Steve D. Thompson – member of the Louisiana State Senate from Franklin Parish
• T. Ashton Thompson – U.S. representative
• Dale Thorn – journalist; Louisiana State University professor; press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards
• Marcus Thornton – shooting guard for the New Orleans Hornets
• George H. Tichenor – surgeon; pioneer in antiseptics
• E. M. Toler – physician; coroner; state senator for East and West Feliciana parishes
• Tommy Tomlinson – guitarist; inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
• David Toms – PGA Tour golfer
• Charles Emery Tooke Jr. – lawyer; state senator
• John Kennedy Toole – author of Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces
• Reggie Torbor – former NFL linebacker
• Ned Touchstone – politician; publisher
• Wayne Toups – musician
• Allen Toussaint – New Orleans musician; composer; record producer
• Donald Trahan – state representative for Lafayette and Vermilion parishes
• John D. Travis – state representative from East Feliciana Parish, 1984 to 2000
• David C. Treen – US Representative ; Governor of Louisiana
• Risley C. Triche – attorney; state representative
• Ralph T. Troy – mayor of Monroe
• Simon W. Tudor – businessman; educator
• Paul Tulane – businessman; philanthropist
• Ben Turpin – silent film comedian
• Odessa Turner – NFL wide receiver
• Trai Turner – guard for the Carolina Panthers
• Marshall H. Twitchell – politician; planter; diplomat
• Ollie Tyler – educator; politician

  U

• Chris Ullo – member of both houses of the state legislature from Jefferson Parish

  V

• Steve Van Buren – Hall of Fame halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Rose Van Thyn – Holocaust survivor in Shreveport
• William Washington Vance – politician
• Andrew Varona – race car driver
• Troy Verges – country music songwriter
• Lester Vetter – politician; from Red River Parish
• Jeffrey P. Victory – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Jacques Villeré – Creole; Governor of Louisiana; general
• Pruitt Taylor Vince – film and television character actor
• David Vitter – U.S. Senator
• Jeffrey Vitter – computer science professor and researcher; 17th chancellor of the University of Mississippi
• David Voelker – entrepreneur
• Frank Voelker Jr. – lawyer; politician
• John Volz – U.S. attorney; prosecuted high-profile corruption cases in the 1980s
• Cole Vosbury – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on The Voice season 5

  W

• David Wade – general
• Thomas M. Wade – politician; educator
• Von Wafer – shooting guard for the Orlando Magic
• Joseph David Waggonner Jr. – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• W. E. "Willie" Waggonner – sheriff of Bossier Parish
• Bryan Wagner – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council
• Madam C. J. Walker – business tycoon
• Joseph Marshall Walker – Governor of Louisiana
• Lillian W. Walker – politician
• Taijuan Walker – starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Mike Wallace – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Dayton Waller – former state representative from Caddo Parish
• Ray Walston actor – My Favorite Martian
• Mike Walsworth – state senator from Ouachita Parish
• Donald Ellsworth Walter – former U.S. attorney; U.S. district judge in Shreveport
• Rick Ward III – state senator from Iberville Parish
• Jack Wardlaw – journalist
• Henry C. Warmoth – Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction
• Ron Washington – manager for the Texas Rangers
• J. Louis Watkins Jr. – judge; politician
• John D. Watkins – state senator and judge in Webster Parish
• John T. Watkins – state court judge; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district
• Muse Watson – actor, Prison Break, NCIS
• Reggie Wayne – wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
• Carl Weathers – NFL player; actor, Apollo Creed in the Rocky films
• Blayne Weaver – actor
• Corey Webster – cornerback for the New York Giants
• Gus Weill – political consultant and author
• Carl Weiss – physician; purported assassin of Huey Pierce Long Jr.
• Fred Weller – actor, In Plain Sight, Missing Persons
• Rebecca Wells – actress; playwright; author
• Vernon Wells – outfielder for the New York Yankees
• Charcandrick West – running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Shane West – actor
• Lloyd F. Wheat – state senator from Natchitoches and Red River parishes
• Bodi White – politician
• Edward Douglass White – Chief Justice of the United States
• John C. White – Louisiana state superintendent of education
• Malinda Brumfield White – state representative from Bogalusa, effective 2016
• Tony Joe White – singer-songwriter; musician
• Wally Whitehurst – former MLB pitcher
• Lynn Whitfield – actress
• Lenar Whitney – politician
• Jonathan Wilhite – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
• Robert L. Wilkie – Assistant Secretary of Defense
• Aeneas Williams – Hall of Fame defensive back in the NFL
• Alfred C. Williams – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish
• A. L. Williams – retired football coach
• Brian "Baby" Williams – record executive; record producer; entrepreneur; musician
• Chris Williams – offensive guard for the Chicago Bears
• Duke Williams – safety for the Buffalo Bills
• Gerald Williams – former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Hank Williams Jr. – singer
• Kyle Williams – defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills
• Lucinda Williams – singer-songwriter; musician
• Patrick C. Williams – state representative for Caddo Parish
• T. Harry Williams – historian
• Tramon Williams – cornerback for the Green Bay Packers
• Norris C. Williamson – politician
• Edwin E. Willis – US Representative
• Tom Willmott – state representative from Jefferson Parish
• Harry D. Wilson – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
• Justin E. Wilson – Cajun; raconteur; chef; humorist; politician
• Peggy Wilson – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council
• Riley J. Wilson – U.S. representative
• Rush Wimberly – politician
• Stephen J. Windhorst – judge; state representative
• John D. Winters – historian
• Tommy Wiseau – screenwriter; director; producer; executive producer; actor
• Reese Witherspoon – Academy Award-winning actress
• A. Baldwin Wood – inventor; engineer
• Susan Ward – actress; model
• Ebony Woodruff – state representative for Jefferson Parish from 2013 to 2016
• Xavier Woods – safety for the Dallas Cowboys
• J. Robert Wooley – politician
• Orlando Woolridge – NBA power forward for several teams
• G. L. P. Wren – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature; farmer in Webster Parish
• Zelma Wyche – politician; civil rights activist

  Y

• Andrew Young – politician and civil rights advocate
• Lester Young – musician
• Thaddeus Young – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
• Peter Youree – Shreveport businessman

  Z

• Samuel Zemurray – businessman; philanthropist
• Jerome Zeringue – state representative for Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, effective 2016
• Buckwheat Zydeco – musician