| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Phil Anselmo |
Musician |
30-Jun-1968 |
|
Former vocalist for Pantera |
| Anne L. Armstrong |
Government |
27-Dec-1927 |
30-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
| Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
4-Aug-1901 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Richard Baker |
Politician |
22-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1987-2008 |
| Sidney Barthelemy |
Politician |
17-Mar-1942 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 1986-94 |
| Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard |
Military |
28-May-1818 |
20-Feb-1893 |
Confederate General |
| Sidney Bechet |
Jazz Musician |
14-May-1897 |
14-May-1959 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| Birdman |
Rapper |
15-Feb-1969 |
|
Cash Money Records |
| Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. |
Attorney |
18-Sep-1940 |
15-Sep-2014 |
Patton Boggs |
| Buddy Bolden |
Jazz Musician |
6-Sep-1877 |
4-Nov-1931 |
Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist |
| Charles Boustany |
Politician |
21-Feb-1956 |
|
Congressman, Louisiana 7th |
| Donna Brazile |
Author |
15-Dec-1959 |
|
Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager |
| Poppy Z. Brite |
Author |
25-May-1967 |
|
Are You Loathsome Tonight? |
| Paul Burke |
Actor |
21-Jul-1926 |
13-Sep-2009 |
Det. Adam Flint on Naked City |
| W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
| C-Murder |
Rapper |
9-Mar-1971 |
|
Rapper, serving life for murder |
| George W. Cable |
Author |
12-Oct-1844 |
31-Jan-1925 |
Old Creole Days |
| Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. |
Judge |
9-Nov-1931 |
|
Louisiana Chief Justice |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
In Cold Blood |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Paul Carr |
Actor |
1-Feb-1934 |
17-Feb-2006 |
The Bat People |
| John Carroll |
Actor |
17-Jul-1906 |
24-Apr-1979 |
Flying Tigers |
| Tommy Casanova |
Football |
29-Jul-1950 |
|
Former Cincinnati Bengals DB |
| Bob Clark |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1941 |
4-Apr-2007 |
A Christmas Story |
| Will Clark |
Baseball |
13-Mar-1964 |
|
SF Giants 1st Baseman, 1986-93 |
| Patricia Clarkson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1959 |
|
Pieces of April |
| Harry Connick, Jr. |
Singer |
11-Sep-1967 |
|
Golden voiced singer/actor |
| John H. Dalton |
Military |
31-Dec-1941 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy, 1993-98 |
| Paul Danos |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
Dean, Tuck School of Business |
| Severn Darden |
Actor |
9-Nov-1929 |
27-May-1995 |
Second City |
| Vance DeGeneres |
TV Personality |
2-Sep-1954 |
|
The Daily Show |
| Lurita Alexis Doan |
Government |
4-Jan-1958 |
|
General Services Administration |
| Faith Domergue |
Actor |
16-Jun-1924 |
4-Apr-1999 |
Where Danger Lives |
| Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
| Arnold W. Donald |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Merisant, 2000-03 |
| Clyde Drexler |
Basketball |
22-Jun-1962 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
Author |
19-Jul-1875 |
18-Sep-1935 |
Harlem Renaissance influence |
| Mark Duplass |
Actor |
7-Dec-1976 |
|
Pete on The League |
| Cameron Dye |
Actor |
13-Dec-1959 |
|
Joy of Sex |
| John B. Elstrott |
Educator |
30-May-1948 |
|
Tulane Institute for Entrepreneurship |
| Marshall Faulk |
Football |
26-Feb-1973 |
|
Retired NFL running back |
| John C. Favalora |
Religion |
5-Dec-1935 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Miami |
| Ruth Fertel |
Business |
5-Feb-1927 |
16-Apr-2002 |
Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House |
| Mannie Fresh |
Disc Jockey |
20-Mar-1969 |
|
DJ, hip hop artist, producer |
| Shirley Ann Grau |
Novelist |
8-Jul-1929 |
|
The Keepers of the House |
| Al Green |
Politician |
1-Sep-1947 |
|
Congressman, Texas 9th |
| Bryant Gumbel |
Talk Show Host |
29-Sep-1948 |
|
The Today Show |
| F. Edward Hebert |
Politician |
12-Oct-1901 |
29-Dec-1979 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77 |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Barry Shabaka Henley |
Actor |
15-Sep-1954 |
|
Collateral |
| Robert C. Hinckley |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Former General Counsel, Xilinx |
| Al Hirt |
Jazz Musician |
7-Nov-1922 |
27-Apr-1999 |
Dixieland trumpet player |
| Jeffrey Hunter |
Actor |
25-Nov-1926 |
27-May-1969 |
King of Kings |
| Walter Isaacson |
Author |
20-May-1952 |
|
Former Managing Editor for Time |
| Lisa P. Jackson |
Government |
8-Feb-1962 |
|
EPA Administrator, 2009-13 |
| Mahalia Jackson |
Singer |
26-Oct-1911 |
27-Jan-1972 |
Queen of Gospel Music |
| Rich Jackson |
Football |
22-Jul-1941 |
|
Former Broncos defensive end |
| Dr. John |
Musician |
21-Nov-1940 |
|
Right Place, Wrong Time |
| Avery Johnson |
Basketball |
25-Mar-1965 |
|
NBA Coach |
| Bunk Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
27-Dec-1889 |
7-Jul-1949 |
New Orleans jazz trumpeter |
| Leatrice Joy |
Actor |
7-Nov-1893 |
13-May-1985 |
The Ace of Hearts |
| Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of Marathon Oil |
| Juvenile |
Rapper |
25-Mar-1975 |
|
Back That Ass Up |
| Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
| DJ Khaled |
Rapper |
26-Nov-1975 |
|
Palestinian-American mixtape DJ |
| Salman Khan |
Educator |
11-Oct-1976 |
|
Founder, Khan Academy |
| Victor Kiam |
Business |
7-Dec-1926 |
27-May-2001 |
Liked it so much, he bought the company |
| John E. Koerner III |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
President of Barq's, 1976-95 |
| Dorothy Lamour |
Actor |
10-Dec-1914 |
22-Sep-1996 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Katherine LaNasa |
Actor |
1-Dec-1966 |
|
Bess on Three Sisters |
| Moon Landrieu |
Politician |
23-Jul-1930 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 1970-78 |
| John Larroquette |
Actor |
25-Nov-1947 |
|
Night Court |
| Sabrina Le Beauf |
Actor |
21-Mar-1958 |
|
Sondra Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
| Elmore Leonard |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1925 |
20-Aug-2013 |
Crime novelist, including Swag |
| Michael Lewis |
Author |
15-Oct-1960 |
|
Liar's Poker |
| Lloyd |
Singer |
3-Jan-1986 |
|
R&B Singer, You |
| Anthony Mackie |
Actor |
23-Sep-1979 |
|
The Manchurian Candidate |
| Eli Manning |
Football |
3-Jan-1981 |
|
New York Giants QB |
| Peyton Manning |
Football |
24-Mar-1976 |
|
Four-time MVP quarterback |
| Wynton Marsalis |
Jazz Musician |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Trumpeter |
| Master P |
Actor |
29-Apr-1967 |
|
Rapper, CEO of No Limit Records |
| Brander Matthews |
Critic |
21-Feb-1852 |
31-Mar-1929 |
The Study of American Literature |
| James R. Moffett |
Business |
1938 |
|
Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan |
| Dutch Morial |
Politician |
9-Oct-1929 |
24-Dec-1989 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86 |
| Marc Morial |
Politician |
3-Jan-1958 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 1994-2002 |
| Garrett Morris |
Comic |
25-Jan-1937 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Jelly Roll Morton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Oct-1890 |
10-Jul-1941 |
Jazz composer, pianist |
| John Allen Muhammad |
Criminal |
31-Dec-1960 |
10-Nov-2009 |
Beltway sniper |
| Mystikal |
Rapper |
22-Sep-1970 |
|
New Orleans rapper, Ghetto Fabulous |
| Ray Nagin |
Politician |
11-Jun-1956 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10 |
| Ed Nelson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1928 |
10-Aug-2014 |
Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place |
| Aaron Neville |
Musician |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Nature Boy |
| Art Neville |
Musician |
17-Dec-1937 |
|
One of the Neville Brothers |
| Charles Neville |
Musician |
28-Dec-1938 |
|
One of the Neville Brothers |
| Cyril Neville |
Musician |
10-Oct-1948 |
|
One of the Neville Brothers |
| Randy Newman |
Songwriter |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
I Love L.A., Short People |
| Frank Ocean |
Rapper |
28-Oct-1987 |
|
OFWGKTA rapper |
| Don Ohlmeyer |
Business |
3-Feb-1945 |
|
President of NBC West Coast |
| Revius O. Ortique, Jr. |
Judge |
14-Jun-1924 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court |
| Lee Harvey Oswald |
Assassin |
18-Oct-1939 |
24-Nov-1963 |
Assassin of John F. Kennedy |
| Pauley Perrette |
Actor |
27-Mar-1969 |
|
Abby the lab tech on Navy NCIS |
| Tyler Perry |
Film Director |
13-Sep-1969 |
|
Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
| Wendell Pierce |
Actor |
8-Dec-1962 |
|
Det. Moreland on The Wire |
| June Preisser |
Actor |
26-Jun-1920 |
19-Sep-1984 |
Strike Up the Band |
| Louis Prima |
Singer |
7-Dec-1910 |
24-Aug-1978 |
King of the Swingers |
| Godfrey Reggio |
Film Director |
29-Mar-1940 |
|
QATSI Trilogy |
| Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
| Donna Rice |
Activist |
7-Jan-1958 |
|
Anti-porn crusader, slept with Gary Hart |
| Cedric Richmond |
Politician |
13-Sep-1973 |
|
Congressman, Louisiana 2nd |
| Cokie Roberts |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
ABC's This Week |
| Thomas J. Rodi |
Religion |
27-Mar-1949 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Mobile |
| Lil' Romeo |
Rapper |
19-Aug-1989 |
|
Rapper-son of Master P |
| Steve Scalise |
Politician |
6-Oct-1965 |
|
Congressman, Louisiana 1st |
| Silkk the Shocker |
Rapper |
18-Jun-1975 |
|
Younger brother of Master P and C-Murder |
| Richard Simmons |
Fitness Guru |
12-Jul-1948 |
|
Flamboyant weight loss guru |
| Penelope Spheeris |
Film Director |
2-Dec-1945 |
|
Wayne's World |
| Gerald J. St. Pé |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Litton Ship Systems |
| Rusty Staub |
Baseball |
1-Apr-1944 |
|
2716 career hits |
| Alfred Holt Stone |
Scholar |
16-Oct-1870 |
11-May-1955 |
Studies in the American Race Problem |
| Gene Taylor |
Politician |
17-Sep-1953 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 1989-2011 |
| Ken Thompson |
Computer Programmer |
4-Feb-1943 |
|
Co-creator of UNIX |
| John Kennedy Toole |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1937 |
26-Mar-1969 |
A Confederacy of Dunces |
| Allen Toussaint |
Musician |
14-Jan-1938 |
9-Nov-2015 |
Influential New Orleans composer/producer |
| Sam Trammell |
Actor |
15-May-1971 |
|
Sam Merlotte on True Blood |
| Ben Turpin |
Actor |
19-Sep-1869 |
1-Jul-1940 |
Cross-eyed comic actor |
| Shirley Verrett |
Singer |
31-May-1931 |
5-Nov-2010 |
Mezzo-soprano at the Met |
| David Vitter |
Politician |
3-May-1961 |
|
US Senator from Louisiana |
| Ron Washington |
Baseball |
29-Apr-1952 |
|
Former Manager, Texas Rangers |
| Lil' Wayne |
Rapper |
27-Sep-1982 |
|
Tha Carter |
| Carl Weathers |
Actor |
14-Jan-1948 |
|
Action Jackson |
| Elizabeth A. Weaver |
Judge |
28-Mar-1941 |
21-Apr-2015 |
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1994-2010 |
| John Giffen Weinmann |
Attorney |
29-Aug-1928 |
|
White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93 |
| Frederick Weller |
Actor |
1966 |
|
Marshall Mann on In Plain Sight |
| Larry Williams |
Musician |
10-May-1935 |
7-Jan-1980 |
Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie |
| Tookie Williams |
Criminal |
29-Dec-1953 |
13-Dec-2005 |
Co-Founder, West Side Crips |
| John Minor Wisdom |
Judge |
17-May-1905 |
15-May-1999 |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77 |
| Cora Witherspoon |
Actor |
5-Jan-1890 |
17-Nov-1957 |
The Bank Dick |
| Reese Witherspoon |
Actor |
22-Mar-1976 |
|
Legally Blonde |
| Andrew Young |
Politician |
12-Mar-1932 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90 |
| Grace Zabriskie |
Actor |
17-May-1941 |
|
Sarah Palmer in Twin Peaks |
