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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- Mark Abraham, state representative for Calcasieu Parish, effective 2016; incoming state senator, 2020; Lake Charles businessman
- 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
- David Allen, productivity consultant, author of Getting Things Done
- August Alsina, singer
- William Alston, philosopher
- Jacques Amans, neoclassical portrait artist
- Barry Jean Ancelet, folklorist
- Andy Anders, state representative from Concordia Parish
- David Andrews, actor, JAG
- Phil Anselmo, singer-songwriter, Pantera
- George Arceneaux, judge
- Scott Arceneaux Jr., musician; member of rap duo Suicideboys
- Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, musician
- Amédé Ardoin, musician
- Chris Ardoin, musician
- Sean Ardoin, musician
- 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
- 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
- J. S. Bacon, former state representative from Webster Parish
- Boosie Badazz, rapper
- Larry Bagley, state representative for DeSoto Parish
- Amari Bailey, NBA basketball player
- Richard Baker, former U.S. representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district
- Scott Baker, starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
- Christine Balfa, musician
- Dewey Balfa, fiddler
- George Ballas, inventor of the string trimmer
- Fredo Bang, rapper
- Larry S. Bankston, politician; son of Jesse Bankston
- Edwards Barham, first Republican elected to Louisiana state senate since Reconstruction
- Mack Barham, judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Danny Barker, singer-songwriter, musician, writer
- Taylor Barras, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, effective January 11, 2016
- Amy Coney Barrett, associate justice of the Supreme Court
- Regina Barrow, state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes
- Dave Bartholomew, musician, composer, promoter
- Brandon Bass, power forward for the Boston Celtics
- Bryan Batt, actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men
- Arnaz Battle, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- J. D. Batton, sheriff of Webster Parish
- Carl W. Bauer, politician
- Ralph Norman Bauer, politician
- Hazel Beard, mayor of Shreveport
- P. G. T. Beauregard, general, inventor
- Sidney Bechet, musician
- Odell Beckham Jr., wide receiver for the New York Giants
- Lottie Beebe, politician and educator
- Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer
- 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
- B.G., rapper, musician
- Joseph A. Biedenharn, entrepreneur, first to bottle Coca-Cola; settled in Monroe in 1913
- Bienville , French colonial governor, founder of New Orleans
- Robert Billiot, state representative for Jefferson Parish
- Birdman, rapper and record executive
- Stuart Bishop, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lafayette
- 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, potential "inventor of jazz"
- Skip Bolen, photographer
- James E. Bolin, former state representative; former district court judge; retired appeal court judge
- George Washington Bolton, state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House from Alexandria
- George W. Bond, president of Louisiana Tech University
- James Booker, musician
- Curtis Boozman, state representative from Natchitoches Parish
- Guy Bordelon, Navy flying ace during the Korean War
- Ken Bordelon, former New Orleans Saints linebacker
- 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
- 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 1944–1952
- 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
- Elward Thomas Brady Jr., politician
- Thomas "Bud" Brady, politician
- Mike Branch, politician and commercial pilot
- Tim Brando, CBS Sports announcer
- Carl A. Brasseaux, historian and educator
- Ryan Brasseaux, musicologist
- 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
- Marc Breaux, director
- Sara "D-D" Breaux, former gymnastics coach
- Tim Breaux, former professional basketball player
- Phanor Breazeale, U.S. representative
- Owen Brennan, restaurateur, Brennan's in New Orleans
- Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College in Pineville since 2015
- Bri, musician
- Reid Brignac, shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Pat Brister, Republican politician
- Poppy Z. Brite, writer
- Chris Broadwater, politician
- Clifford Cleveland Brooks, politician
- Lawrence Brooks, supercentenarian, World War II U.S. Army veteran
- Overton Brooks, U.S. representative, 1937–1961
- Jared Brossett, New Orleans politician
- Edwin S. Broussard, U.S. senator, 1921–1933
- Jeffery Broussard, zydeco musician
- 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 parish
es, effective January 2016 - Dee Brown, novelist, historian, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Kalani Brown, player in the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League
- Markel Brown, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- 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
- Roy Brun, state representative and judge from Caddo Parish
- Stanley Brundy, basketball player
- 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
- 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
- George Washington Cable, writer
- 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
- Burl Cain, warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary
- Etienne J. Caire, Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana in 1928 against Huey P. Long
- George A. Caldwell, building contractor; designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana
- 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
- 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
- Julie Cantrell, author
- Joseph Cao, former U.S. representative; lawyer
- Truman Capote, writer, author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Lindsey Cardinale, American Idol finalist, country singer
- Kitty Carlisle, entertainer and television personality; married to playwright Moss Hart
- Thomas G. Carmody, state representative
- Edward M. Carmouche, politician
- Liz Carmouche, mixed martial arts fighter
- Paul Carr, actor
- Joseph "Bébé" Carrière, la la and Cajun musician
- 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
- 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
- Bill Cassidy, U.S. representative, physician
- Don Cazayoux, politician
- Oliver Celestin, football safety player
- 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
- Philip Ciaccio, state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge 1982–1998
- 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
- Andrei Codrescu, author
- 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
- Hamilton D. Coleman, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
- Vincent Coleman, actor
- 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
- Charles C. Cordill, politician
- Daniel Cormier, UFC fighter and Olympic freestyle wrestler
- Lance Cormier, relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Jeff Cox, judge
- Robert Crais, crime novelist
- Oliver Crane, rower
- 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
- Marvin T. Culpepper, politician
- Charles Milton Cunningham, educator, lawyer, newspaperman, politician
- Milton Joseph Cunningham, state representative and state senator; state attorney general
- Cupid, R&B singer
- Currensy, rapper
- Joseph T. Curry, politician; planter
- Israel B. Curtis, politician from Alexandria
- Jacob Cutrera, middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars