Biographical Records
Notable People from Louisiana
1,585 notable figures born in Louisiana, showing page 15 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.
Earl St. John
1892 – 1968
film producer
Clint Courtney
1927 – 1975
baseball player
Paul E. Stein
1944 – 2002
military officer
Curtis McHenry
1899 – 1934
U.S. Army soldierfilm actorcomedian
George Strickland
1926 – 2010
baseball player
Edward T. Lewis
1834 – 1927
politicianlawyerjudge
Joseph Lawson Hodges, Jr.
1922 – 2000
statisticianuniversity teachermathematician
George K. Favrot
1868 – 1934
politicianlawyerjudge
Dewey Balfa
1927 – 1992
fiddlersongwritermusician
Glenn Lord
1931 – 2011
literary criticjournalist
Patrick H. Adkins
1948 – 2015
novelist
Samuel Bowers
1924 – 2006
military personnel
Leonard Olivier
1923 – 2014
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Pete Johnson
1948 – 2025
politician
Jerrel Wilson
1941 – 2005
American football player
Edgar Blanchard
1924 – 1972
jazz musician
Vic Stelly
1941 – 2020
politicianteacher
Henry Manne
1928 – 2015
university teacherjuristeconomist
Harold B. McSween
1926 – 2002
bankerpoliticianlawyer
Norman Francis
1931 – 2026
academic
Kelly Cherry
1940 – 2022
novelistpoetwriter
Larry Muhoberac
1937 – 2016
pianistmusicianrecord producer
Edith Ogden Harrison
1862 – 1955
novelistchildren's writerwriter
Charles L. Sullivan
1924 – 1979
lawyer
Huey P. Meaux
1929 – 2011
record producercomposer
Tina Girouard
1946 – 2020
video artistinstallation artistperformance artist
Charlton Reid Beattie
1869 – 1925
lawyerjudge
John McConathy
1930 – 2016
athletics competitorbasketball coachbasketball player
T. Ashton Thompson
1916 – 1965
politician
Pirkle Jones
1914 – 2009
photographer
Eddie Edwards
1891 – 1963
jazz musicianmusician
Eddie Robinson
1919 – 2007
American football coach
Charles Homer Mouton
1823 – 1912
politicianlawyerjudge
Will "Dub" Jones
1928 – 2000
singer
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
1915 – 2010
visual artistartistpoet
Louis Cottrell, Jr.
1911 – 1978
saxophonistjazz musicianbandleader
Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary
1866 – 1948
painterartist
James McCormack
1910 – 1975
military engineermilitary officer
Homer L. Wise
1917 – 1974
military personnel
Tabby Thomas
1929 – 2014
musicianpianist
Georgine Campbell
1861 – 1931
painter
Jimmy D. Long
1931 – 2016
farmerbusinesspersonpolitician
John B. Conway
1939 – 2024
university teachermathematician
Stanley Joseph Ott
1927 – 1992
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Ethel Edwards
1914 – 1999
painter
Wyatt Anderson
1939 – 2023
evolutionary biologistgeneticist
Rosel George Brown
1926 – 1967
science fiction writernovelist
Alcée Louis la Branche
1806 – 1861
diplomatpolitician
deLesseps Story Morrison
1912 – 1964
diplomatpoliticianbusinessperson
Glenn R. Conrad
1932 – 2003
historian