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List of people from New Orleans

February 15, 2024

This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or in association with the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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Cuisine edit

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  4. ^ "Adams to seek 85th District House seat". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of people from New Orleans news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives or notable as residents of or in association with the American city of New Orleans Louisiana This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Academia 2 Architecture 3 Arts and literature 4 Business and economics 5 Cuisine 6 Crime 7 Fictional 8 Film and television 9 Journalism 10 Law politics and military 11 Math science and invention 12 Music 13 Religion 14 Sports 15 Other 16 See also 17 ReferencesAcademia editWill W Alexander first president of Dillard University and head of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation Stephen Ambrose historian and University of New Orleans professor William Balee anthropologist and Tulane University professor Charles C Bass physician and researcher in tropical medicine and dental health Elizabeth Bass physician educator and suffragist Stanhope Bayne Jones physician member of US Surgeon General s Committee linking smoking to cancer Joan W Bennett biologist and former Tulane University professor Florence Borders archivist and historian at the Amistad Research Center Cyril Y Bowers physician and endocrinology researcher Rick Brewer president of Louisiana College since 2015 born in New Orleans in 1956 Douglas Brinkley historian author and former University of New Orleans and Tulane University professor Brene Brown professor of social work author George E Burch pioneering physician cardiovascular disease researcher medical school professor John R Conniff educator and university administrator Scott Cowen former president of Tulane University Michael DeBakey pioneer in heart surgery Albert W Dent president of Dillard University chief executive of Flint Goodridge Hospital James H Dillard educator advocate for education of African Americans John Duffy medical historian Michael T Dugan educator and accounting scholar Joseph Ewan botanist and biology professor Alcee Fortier folklorist historian and university professor Mary L Good scientist and university professor Clifton H Johnson historian and founder of the Amistad Research Center Eamon Kelly President of Tulane University Salman Khan educator James A Knight psychiatrist theologian and medical ethicist Rudolph Matas innovative surgeon at Tulane Medical School Gordon H Mueller historian and administrator at the University of New Orleans Ernest Lagarde literature and languages professor and author Alton Ochsner surgeon and medical researcher founded the Ochsner Medical Center Max Rafferty public school administrator and writer Andrew V Schally endocrinologist and Nobel Laureate Mary S Sherman cancer researcher and physician Royal D Suttkus biologist founder of a major ichthyology collection Lewis Thomas physician researcher and author of popular non fiction Jeffrey Vitter computer scientist and Purdue University dean Harold E Vokes zoologist and paleontologistArchitecture editJean Louis Dolliole architect builder who was a free person of color in the Antebellum era James Freret architect designed many 19th century homes in New Orleans William Alfred Freret architect supervising architect for federal building in the 19th century James Gallier Jr architect designed the French Opera House in New Orleans Moise H Goldstein Sr architect of extensive designs in the early 20th century Henry Howard 19th century Irish American architect Richard Koch architectural preservationist and photographer Albert C Ledner 20th century architect Emile Weil 20th century architect Leonard Spangenberg 20th century architect Leon C Weiss architect commissioned by Huey P Long Elizebeth Thomas Werlein conservationist of the French Quarter of New OrleansArts and literature editEnrique Alferez sculptor John James Audubon painter ornithologist naturalist Vernel Bagneris playwright actor director singer dancer E J Bellocq photographer Eloise Bibb Thompson poet fiction writer and playwright Skip Bolen photographer Roark Bradford fiction writer Poppy Z Brite writer William S Burroughs writer George Washington Cable writer Georgine Campbell painter Truman Capote writer John Churchill Chase writer and cartoonist Kate Chopin writer feminist Marcus Bruce Christian poet folklorist and historian Ben Claassen III illustrator and comics artist DIRTFARM Andrei Codrescu poet and commentator Florestine Perrault Collins photographer Alice Dalsheimer poet Edgar Degas artist Thomas Dent poet and writer John Bull Smith Dimitry Creole author known for Le Tombeau Blanc George Washington Dixon newspaper editor Alexander John Drysdale artist George Dureau artist and photographer Caroline Durieux artist and printmaker William Faulkner writer Elissa Minet Fuchs ballerina Daniel F Galouye science fiction writer Whitney Gaskell writer attended Tulane Law School which was the setting of her 2006 novel Testing Kate Rolland Golden artist Shirley Ann Grau writer Lafcadio Hearn writer Knute Heldner artist Lillian Hellman writer George Herriman Krazy Kat cartoonist Emma Churchman Hewitt writer journalist May Hyman Lesser medical illustrator Walter Isaacson writer journalist public policy analyst Charles Edward Kerbs artist Frances Parkinson Keyes writer Grace King writer Dominique Lapierre writer Elmore Leonard author Michael Lewis writer Shantrelle P Lewis curator Bunny Matthews cartoonist Louis Alphonse Maureau painter Robert Bledsoe Mayfield artist John McCrady artist James Michalopoulos artist 1 Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary artist Gertrude Morgan artist musician poet and preacher Sergio Rossetti Morosini diplomat painter sculptor filmmaker naturalist Alice Dunbar Nelson poet journalist and political activist Isadora Newman artist poet storyteller sculptor David Ohle writer Paul E Poincy artist Bart Ramsey composer author singer and jazz musician Matthew Randazzo V writer Anne Rice writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction John T Scott artist and sculptor Kendall Shaw abstract expressionist painter John Kennedy Toole writer of A Confederacy of Dunces Alexandrea Weis author Lucille Western actress Sean Wilde writer William Woodward painterBusiness and economics editFrank Abadie businessman and horse race promoter Micaela Almonester 19th century businesswoman and real estate developer George Bissell entrepreneur founded the first oil company in the United States Isaac Delgado businessman and philanthropist benefactor of Delgado Community College Constant C Dejoie Sr business leader William C Edenborn railroad magnate industrialist and inventor Charles E Fenner businessperson co founder of Fenner amp Beane a forerunner of Merrill Lynch Ruth Fertel businesswoman Ruth s Chris Steakhouse Avram Glazer businessman and sports franchise owner Leon Godchaux businessman and sugar merchant George A Hero entrepreneur known locally as the Drainage King Daniel Henry Holmes 19th century businessman Victor Kiam entrepreneur Thomy Lafon businessman human rights activist John McDonogh 1779 1850 shipping land speculation world s largest private landholder ca 1850 philanthropist and namesake of many New Orleans schools Alexander Milne 18th century businessman and entrepreneur Oliver Pollock merchant financier of the American Revolutionary War Benjamin M Rosen computer entrepreneur John G Schwegmann supermarket innovator Clay Shaw businessman Edgar B Stern Sr businessperson and philanthropist Patrick F Taylor businessperson and philanthropist Judah Touro businessman and philanthropist Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil 1783 1843 businessman Philip P Werlein music publisher and retailer Samuel Zemurray businessman and philanthropistCuisine editEdward Baquet restaurateur and civil rights activist Owen Brennan restaurateur Leah Chase chef Al Copeland restaurateur Popeyes Chicken amp Biscuits and Copeland s restaurants Ruth Fertel restaurateur Ruth s Chris Steak House Beulah Levy Ledner pastry chef Austin Leslie chefCrime editAxeman of New Orleans mysterious mass murderer Sylvestro Carolla mafia boss Wilson Chouest serial rapist and killer of two women in California Antoinette Frank former New Orleans Police Officer Ivory Harris drug trafficker and weapons trafficker Jean Lafitte pirate and brother of Pierre Lafitte Pierre Lafitte pirate and brother of Jean Lafitte Delphine LaLaurie socialite and sadist Carlos Marcello businessman and mafia boss Lee Harvey Oswald assassin Ronald A Williams II murdered New Orleans police officerFictional editMr Bingle snowman that assisted Santa Claus and worked at Maison Blanche Department Store Benjamin Button man who is born old and grows young in a film loosely adapted from an F Scott Fitzgerald short story Louis de Pointe du Lac vampire appearing in Anne Rice s The Vampire Chronicles Ignatius J Reilly hero of John Kennedy Toole s novel A Confederacy of Dunces 1980 Seymore D Fair 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Mascot celebrity cartoon character advocate for animal people and planet welfare Gambit Marvel Comics superhero X Men Marcel Gerard vampire appearing in Julie Plec s The Originals Hazel Levesque previous residence before moving and first death appearing in Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan Morgus the Magnificent mad scientist and horror movie host Dwayne Cassius King Pride NCIS Supervisory Agent NCIS New Orleans Benjamin Sisko Starfleet captain Star Trek Deep Space Nine Princess Tiana heroine of Disney s animated film The Princess and the FrogFilm and television editYahya Abdul Mateen II actor Bryan Batt actor Sandra Bullock actress resident Kitty Carlisle entertainer Paul Carr actor John Carroll actor and singer Laura Cayouette actor and author Patricia Clarkson actress Marshall Colt psychologist and former actor Frank Joseph Davis television journalist and cookbook author Bianca Del Rio drag queen and comedian Ellen DeGeneres comedian talk show host Vance DeGeneres actor screenwriter and musician bass Raquel Rocsi Diaz television host and personality on BET s 106 and Park Faith Domergue actress Donna Douglas actress Ellie Mae from The Beverly Hillbillies Allison Harvard runner up of twelfth cycle of America s Next Top Model Dwight Henry actor Gloria Henry actress born in New Orleans in 1923 Cheryl Holdridge actress and Mouseketeer Indigo actress Eddie Jemison actor Bayn Johnson former child actress and singer Leatrice Joy actress Dorothy Lamour actress John Larroquette actor Sabrina LeBeauf actress Anthony Mackie actor Evan Mather director Tristin Mays actress Adah Isaacs Menken actress Taylor Miller actress Garrett Morris comedian SNL actor Ed Nelson actor 2 Arthel Neville journalist Chris Owens burlesque performer and entrepreneur Pauley Perrette actress Tyler Perry actor director Wendell Pierce actor Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire Godfrey Reggio experimental filmmaker documentarian Qatsi trilogy Stassi Schroeder tv personality model and author Al Shea actor and theatre critic Neferteri Shepherd model and actress Sydney Shields stage actress Richard Simmons entertainer Harold Sylvester film actor Jay Thomas actor Sam Trammell actor best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in True Blood Ben Turpin silent film comedian Ray Walston actor Carl Weathers actor football player Walter Williams creator of Mr Bill Tommy Wiseau actor director Cora Witherspoon actress Reese Witherspoon actress Grace Zabriskie actress Hong Chau actressJournalism editJim Amoss journalist and newspaper editor Dean Baquet journalist and newspaper editor Jason Berry investigative journalist and historian David Bernard television meteorologist James Carville Democratic Party political consultant and pundit Buddy Diliberto sports journalist Charles Patton Dimitry Creole journalist poet and author known for The House in Balfour Street Dorothy Dix journalist Christopher Drew investigative reporter Charles L Pie Dufour newspaper columnist and historian Hap Glaudi television sportscaster Victor Gold journalist and political consultant reared in New Orleans 3 Bryant Gumbel television anchor Greg Gumbel television sportscaster Ira B Harkey Jr newspaper journalist civil rights advocate Jim Henderson television sportscaster Iris Kelso journalist for three New Orleans newspapers and WDSU television commentator Hoda Kotb television anchor Mel Leavitt television journalist and historian Angus Lind newspaper journalist Wayne Mack television sportscaster John Maginnis journalist political commentator and author of The Last Hayride The Cross to Bear and The Politics of Reform Ora Mae Lewis Martin journalist Mary Matalin Republican Party political consultant Bill Monroe NBC television journalist Arthel Neville television anchor Cokie Roberts ABC television journalist and commentator for National Public Radio Nash Roberts television meteorologist Garland Robinette investigative journalist Louis Charles Roudanez founder of The New Orleans Tribune newspaper Lyle Saxon journalist Howard K Smith television anchorman Ronnie Virgets writer and broadcast journalistLaw politics and military editBryan Adams former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish since 2012 born in New Orleans 4 Reverend Avery Alexander civil rights leader state legislator Andres Almonaster y Rojas Spanish civil servant in colonial New Orleans also a philanthropist Jeff Arnold former member of the Louisiana House for the Algiers section 2002 2016 John B Babcock Medal of Honor recipient Amy Coney Barrett U S Supreme Court Justice and academic 5 Jean J Beaufort Union Army corporal and Medal of Honor recipient in the Civil War P G T Beauregard Confederate general and inventor Clyde F Bel Jr businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish 1964 1972 and 1975 1980 Judah P Benjamin U S Senator Confederate Attorney General Secretary of War and Secretary of State David H Berger commandant of the United States Marine Corps Hale Boggs former U S Representative Lindy Boggs former U S Representative and retired U S Ambassador to The Vatican Thomas Hale Boggs Jr lawyer lobbyist in Washington D C born in New Orleans in 1940 son of Hale and Lindy Boggs brother of Cokie Roberts and Barbara Boggs Sigmund Stephen Bradberry community organizer Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award laureate Juan Davis Bradburn freedom fighter for Mexico officer in the Battle of New Orleans Henry Braden politician Elward Thomas Brady Jr state representative from Terrebonne Parish 1972 1976 born in New Orleans 6 Donna Brazile political strategist Jared Brossett member of the New Orleans City Council since 2014 state representative for District 97 2009 2014 J Marshall Brown insurance agent and politician William G Brown 1832 1883 Louisiana state superintendent of education 1872 1876 Benjamin F Butler administrator of Union occupied New Orleans during the Civil War John A Butler U S Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient Pascal F Calogero Jr Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court Gary Carter Jr member of the Louisiana House from the Algiers neighborhood effective 2016 James Carville political consultant political science professor Marlon Coleman Mayor of Muskogee Oklahoma Harry Connick Sr district attorney father of singer Harry Connick Jr A G Crowe politician Milton Joseph Cunningham attorney state legislator state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900 Bernard de Marigny politician and land developer Etienne de Bore first Mayor of New Orleans in the U S administration James D Denegre Minnesota state senator and lawyer Jean Noel Destrehan early Creole politician and plantation owner Alexander Dimitry First Person of Color to become U S Ambassador of Costa Rica and Nicaragua 1859 1861 Andrea Dimitry fought in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 with Andrew Jackson Michel Dragon Lieutenant American Revolutionary War David Duke state representative for Metairie 1989 1992 White nationalist Oscar Dunn first African American governor of a U S state H Garland Dupre attorney and politician Speaker of the Louisiana House 1908 1910 U S representative from Louisiana s 2nd congressional district 1910 1924 Frank Burton Ellis attorney politician federal judge Albert Estopinal former U S representative and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature Olaf Fink member of the Louisiana State Senate 1956 1972 New Orleans educator 7 C B Forgotston attorney political activist state government watchdog Henry L Fuqua governor who defeated Huey Long in an election Randal Gaines state representative since 2012 for St Charles and St John the Baptist parishes former assistant city attorney in New Orleans 8 Jim Garrison district attorney of Orleans Parish Robert T Garrity Jr attorney and former state representative for Jefferson Parish Charles Gayarre state legislator noted for his histories of Louisiana Newt Gingrich U S Congressman from Georgia Speaker of the U S House of Representatives Nicholas Girod early mayor of New Orleans John Grenier Birmingham lawyer and Alabama Republican Party figure born in New Orleans in 1930 Brenda Hatfield former Chief Administrative Officer of the City of New Orleans F Edward Hebert Democrat U S Representative for Louisiana s 1st congressional district 1941 1977 Cynthia Hedge Morrell former member of the New Orleans City Council for District D 2005 2014 Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe former judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana David Heitmeier state senator for District 7 since 2008 optometrist 9 Francis C Heitmeier state senator for District 7 1988 2008 businessman and lobbyist David Hennessy police chief assassinated in 1890 Clay Higgins Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana s 3rd congressional district born in New Orleans in 1961 Stephanie Hilferty Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes effective January 2016 Walker Hines former state representative Jean Joseph Amable Humbert army general subordinate to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans Bernette Joshua Johnson Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013 associate justice 1994 2013 native and resident of New Orleans Jeannette Knoll associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court reared and educated in New Orleans where the court meets resides in Marksville 10 Mary Landrieu state representative state treasurer U S senator Mitch Landrieu state representative lieutenant governor former mayor of New Orleans Moon Landrieu judge and politician mayor of New Orleans Hank Lauricella former professional football player state senator from Jefferson Parish 1972 1996 Bob Livingston Republican former U S Representative for 1st congressional district Edward Livingston drafted Louisiana Civil Code Lt Gen James Longstreet Confederate general Joseph Mansion Louisiana state legislator state tax assessor Bessie Margolin labor lawyer Danny Martiny state senator from Jefferson Parish born in New Orleans Harold A Moise state representative for the 12th Ward Orleans civil court judge 1937 1948 and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1948 1958 Ernest Nathan Morial American political legal and civil rights leader Marc Morial former mayor son of Ernest Nathan Morial deLesseps Story Morrison former mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States deLesseps Morrison Jr late state representative William Mumford Confederate resistor in Union occupied New Orleans during the Civil War Ray Nagin former mayor of New Orleans Michael H O Keefe president of the Louisiana State Senate 1976 1983 convicted felon Alejandro O Reilly governor of Louisiana known as Bloody O Reilly George Pandely New Orleans Assistant Alderman know for the Pandelly Affair Leander Perez district judge district attorney and president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council P B S Pinchback politician James Pitot third mayor of New Orleans Loulan Pitre Jr New Orleans lawyer and former state representative for Lafourche Parish Edward Joseph Price state representative for District 58 Gonzales businessman and former resident of New Orleans 11 12 William P Quigley activist attorney and academic Max Rafferty educator author and columnist California politician born in New Orleans in 1917 Cokie Roberts journalist daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs Steve Scalise House Minority Whip and U S Representative of Louisiana s 1st district 13 Tom Schedler former state senator from St Tammany Parish and current Louisiana secretary of state Pat Screen Louisiana State University quarterback lawyer and former Mayor President of East Baton Rouge Parish Ronal W Serpas Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department since 2010 Joseph A Shakspeare Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the March 14 1891 lynchings Eric Skrmetta attorney from Metairie Louisiana Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1 Jefferson B Snyder lived in New Orleans 1893 1897 later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904 1948 James Z Spearing attorney school board member U S representative from Louisiana s 2nd congressional district 1924 1931 Dorothy Mae Taylor first African American woman to serve in the Louisiana House 1971 1980 member of the New Orleans City Council 1986 1994 14 Charles Laveau Trudeau early 19th century mayor of New Orleans A P Tureaud attorney Jorge Ubico exiled president of Guatemala Jose de Villamil or Jose Villamil father of the independence of Ecuador David Vitter U S Senator 2005 2017 John Volz late U S attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Chatham Roberdeau Wheat leader of the Louisiana Tigers during the US Civil War Edward Douglass White Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John C White Louisiana education superintendent since 2012 superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans 2011 15 Robert Wilkie National Security Assistant to the President John Williams Union Navy sailor awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War Clint Williamson U S Ambassador White House policy official United Nations envoy John Minor Wisdom judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Andrew Young politicianMath science and invention editRuth Benerito inventor of wrinkle free cotton Alfred H Clifford mathematician Isaac Cline meteorologist and writer Theodore John Dimitry Jr optometrist known for developing the Dimitry Erisiphake and the Plastic Eye Bennet Dowler medical scientist Andrew Higgins ship builder and inventor Emile Lamm inventor Theodore K Lawless dermatologist medical researcher and philanthropist Jean Alexandre LeMat inventor Abraham Louis Levin physician and inventor of the Levin Tube Levi Spear Parmley inventor of dental floss Mark Plotkin ethnobotanist John Leonard Riddell inventor of the binocular microscope Norbert Rilleaux inventor engineer Ken Thompson co creator of the Unix operating system C programming language and Go programming language and Turing Award recipient A Baldwin Wood inventor and engineer Angie Jones software engineer automation architectMusic editAugust Alsina singer songwriter Phil Anselmo musician Louis Armstrong musician and entertainer B G rapper Baby Boy Da Prince rapper Achille Baquet musician George Baquet musician Paul Barbarin musician and composer Pat Barberot band leader Danny Barker musician vocalist and writer Dave Bartholomew musician composer promoter Jon Batiste singer composer pianist jazz musician Sidney Bechet musician Better Than Ezra rock group Birdman aka Baby rapper producer Big Freedia bounce artist Terence Blanchard musician and composer Peter Bocage Jazz trumpeter and violinist Buddy Bolden musician early jazz figure Sharkey Bonano Jazz musician James Booker musician Larry Borenstein founder of Preservation Hall Connee Boswell singer member of the Boswell Sisters singing group Helvetia Vet Boswell singer member of the Boswell Sisters singing group Martha Boswell singer member of the Boswell Sisters singing group Pud Brown jazz musician George Brunis jazz trombonist Collie Buddz reggae dancehall artist C Murder rapper Cane Hill nu metal group Paul Caporino songwriter musician lead singer of M O T O Big Al Carson blues singer Alex Chilton songwriter guitarist music producer lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star Choppa rapper Merry Clayton singer Jon Cleary funk and R amp B musician Lee Collins jazz trumpeter Harry Connick Jr musician and entertainer Cowboy Mouth band Barry Cowsill musician Paul Crawford jazz musician music historian Curren y rapper Edmond Dede musician composer Fernando del Valle operatic tenor DJ Khaled DJ Dr John musician Johnny Dodds jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Fats Domino musician Lee Dorsey singer Down metal band Tom Drummond bassist of Better Than Ezra Champion Jack Dupree pianist singer Frankie Dusen jazz trombonist Ernie K Doe singer Emperor of the Universe Lars Edegran bandleader Lionel Ferbos jazz musician Lucky Daye singer songwriter musician performer Giuseppe Ferrata composer pianist and university professor Frankie Ford singer entertainer Pops Foster jazz musician Vernel Fournier jazz drummer Pete Fountain musician clarinet player jazz pop and swing Mannie Fresh DJ producer rapper Frank Froeba musician jazz pianist band leader The Funky Meters musicians and singers Mary Gauthier singer and song writer George Girard musician Victor Goines jazz musician dean of jazz at the Juilliard School Louis Moreau Gottschalk pianist and composer Kevin Griffin musician lead singer for Better than Ezra Gudda Gudda rapper Donald Harrison musician Clarence Frogman Henry singer and musician Al Hirt musician trumpet jazz pop and swing Cha Cha Hogan comedian musician entertainer Moses Hogan musician composer Linda Hopkins blues and gospel singer Noah Howard jazz musician Armand Jump Jackson blues drummer and bandleader 16 Mahalia Jackson gospel singer Pervis Jackson rhythm amp blues singer member of The Spinners Luke James R amp B singer actor Jay Electronica rapper and producer N O Joe music producer musician Little Sonny Jones blues singer Juvenile rapper Freddie Keppard jazz cornetist Kid Ory musician Kidd Kidd rapper Earl King musician Jean Knight singer Solange Knowles musician songwriter Papa Jack Laine bandleader Nick LaRocca early jazz figure Walter Popee Lastie drummer Meghan Linsey singer songwriter contestant from The Voice season 8 Lil Fizz singer rapper Lil Romeo rapper Lil Wayne rapper Lloyd singer Rico Love singer songwriter Mac rapper Magic rapper Magnolia Shorty New Orleans bounce artist Mack Maine rapper Dave Malone songwriter guitarist music producer guitarist and vocalist in The New Orleans Radiators Mannie Fresh rapper producer disc jockey Wingy Manone jazz trumpeter and singer Angelica Maria Mexican singer songwriter and entertainer La Novia de Mexico Paul Mares jazz musician Branford Marsalis musician alto soprano tenor and baritone saxophones Ellis Marsalis Jr musician and educator piano Ellis Marsalis Sr music patron businessman and advocate Jason Marsalis musician drums vibraphone Wynton Marsalis musician trumpet cornet flumpet flugelhorn Master P rapper businessman and mogul Cosimo Matassa music studio entrepreneur Jimmy Maxwell bandleader Irvin Mayfield musician The Medicine Men producers singers Mo B Dick and Odell rappers KLC and Mo B Dick The Meters musicians and singers Lizzie Miles singer Mr Quintron organist Deacon John Moore musician and bandleader Jelly Roll Morton musician and composer early jazz figure Teedra Moses R amp B and soul singer songwriter Mutemath band Mystick Krewe of Clearlight Mystikal rapper The Neville Brothers musicians and singers Ivan Neville phunk R amp B Randy Newman musician Camille Nickerson musician and composer Normani born Normani Kordei Hamilton singer Frank Ocean singer Joe King Oliver musician Lisette Oropesa operatic soprano Jimmy Palao musician bandleader Earl Palmer musician Robert Parker musician and singer Partners N Crime rap duo Nicholas Payton musician Marguerite Piazza operatic soprano Piggy D bassist Genevieve Pitot composer musician dancer George Porter Jr musician Louis Prima musician trumpet singer bandleader entertainer aka The King of the Swing Professor Longhair born Henry Byrd pianist singer The Radiators rock band Mac Rebennack Dr John Rebirth Brass Band band Trent Reznor musician producer Dawn Richard former member of Danity Kane and Diddy Dirty Money Rising Appalachia world folk roots and soul group Jason Ross Seven Mary Three frontman Kermit Ruffins jazz trumpeter singer and composer Bill Russell music historian and composer Marguerite Samuel composer and pianist Paul Sanchez singer songwriter and guitarist Silkk the Shocker rapper Bill Sinegal bassist and songwriter Skull Duggery rapper Soulja Slim rapper Chloe Smith singer songwriter multi instrumentalist Leah Song singer songwriter multi instrumentalist Stooges Brass Band New Orleans funk brass band uicideboy rap duo Babe Stovall blues singer and guitarist Mr Bojangles Supagroup rock band Irma Thomas rhythm and blues singer aka Soul Queen of New Orleans Allen Toussaint musician composer record producer Norman Treigle operatic bass baritone Trombone Shorty born Troy Andrews musician Turk rapper Shirley Verrett operatic mezzo soprano and soprano George Wein founder of the New Orleans Jazz amp Heritage Festival Michael White Jazz musician Charles Hungry Williams Rhythm amp Blues drummer Larry Williams Rock n Roll R amp B pianist Scarface John Williams singer Spencer Williams songwriter Young V rapper Linnzi Zaorski Zebra bandReligion editAleister Crowley Gnostic Bishop poet writer and occultist Antonio de Sedella early Roman Catholic leader in New Orleans Henriette DeLille founder of the order of the Sisters of the Holy Family Jesse Duplantis televangelist J D Grey pastor former president of the Southern Baptist Convention Marie Madeleine Hachard Ursuline abbess documented early history of New Orleans Philip Hannan former archbishop of New Orleans Francis L Hawks clergyman first president of Tulane University Jerome LeDoux Roman Catholic priest Joseph Francis Rummel former archbishop of New Orleans Lory Schaff member of the Sisters of St Joseph who founded centers for adult literacy education Francis Xavier Seelos missionary who ministered to victims of yellow fever epidemics John William Shaw former archbishop of New OrleansSports editAshley Ambrose NFL player Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints graduated from Alcee Fortier High School Nehemiah Atkinson professional tennis player and coach D J Augustin NBA player Amari Bailey born 2004 NBA basketball player 17 Tom Benson owner of the New Orleans Saints Armand Blackmar nineteenth century chess player and music publisher Walter Blattmann Olympic gymnast Delvin Breaux gridiron football player Stanley Brundy basketball player Cethan Carter football player Will Clark former Major League Baseball player Landon Collins NFL player for the New York Giants Tazzie Colomb IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter Scott Cochran special teams coordinator for the Georgia Bulldogs Ernie Danjean former Green Bay Packers linebacker Orleans Darkwa professional football player Tom Dempsey former NFL kicker held longest field goal record for over 43 years David Dixon professional sports advocate for New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome USFL World Championship Tennis Scott Dohmann former MLB pitcher Corey Dowden former NFL defensive back Clyde Drexler former University of Houston and NBA star member of Basketball Hall of Fame Bobby Duhon professional football player Marshall Faulk professional football star St Louis Rams member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Steve Foley former defensive back for Denver Broncos Matt Forte running back for Chicago Bears New York Jets John Fourcade former NFL and CFL quarterback sports analyst De Aaron Fox point guard for Sacramento Kings Nolan Franz former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Leonard Fournette NFL player running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Harry P Gamble football player swimmer gymnast boxer and attorney Eddie Garcia former Green Bay Packers placekicker Larry Gilbert Major League Baseball player Tookie Gilbert Major League Baseball player Tad Gormley athletic trainer coach and official Danny Granger forward for NBA s Indiana Pacers Miami Heat Cortez Hankton former NFL player who is currently the passing game coordinator amp wide receivers coach for the LSU Tigers Adrian Hardy NFL player Chris Henry former NFL wide receiver Chris Horton former NFL safety Kevin Hughes former NFL offensive tackle Tory James former cornerback for Cincinnati Bengals Avery Johnson former National Basketball Association player former coach of Dallas Mavericks Deion Jones NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons Junkyard Dog stage name of Sylvester Ritter former professional wrestler Robert Kelley Washington Redskins running back Shaun King former NFL quarterback Kerry Kittles former NBA player for New Jersey Nets Dominik Koepfer professional tennis player Lester Lautenschlaeger football player politician first director of New Orleans Recreation Department Kendrick Lewis NFL free safety played for Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens attended Ole Miss Michael Lewis former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rydell Malancon former NFL linebacker Archie Manning former New Orleans Saints quarterback father of Peyton and Eli and Cooper Eli Manning former New York Giants quarterback Peyton Manning former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback Pete Maravich basketball Hall of Famer played for LSU and NBA s New Orleans Jazz Sammy Martin former New England Patriots running back Tyrann Mathieu player for NFL s Kansas City Chiefs Bo McCalebb Macedonian basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena Max McGee NFL player on five championship teams Sylvester McGrew former Green Bay Packers defensive end Greg Monroe college basketball player for Georgetown University Paul Morphy world chess champion Patrick Mullins professional soccer player Steve Mura retired pitcher in Major League Baseball Eddie Murray prolific NFL placekicker Antonio Narcisse football player Herman Neugass Track amp field athlete who boycotted the Berlin Olympic trials Mel Ott Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Micah Owings MLB pitcher Robert Pack NBA player assistant coach for New Orleans Pelicans Emmett Pare professional tennis player and coach Joe Pasternack head basketball coach at UC Santa Barbara Audrey Patterson first African American woman to win Olympic medal Chris Quinn former NBA player and current Miami Heat assistant coach Eldridge Recasner former NBA player Ham Richardson professional tennis player Alana Shipp American Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder Nate Singleton former wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers Neil Smith former defensive end Kansas City Chiefs Truett Smith former football player Rusty Staub Major League Baseball player Ricky Starks All Elite Wrestling FTW Heavyweight Champion Kordell Stewart former NFL quarterback Patrick Surtain former NFL cornerback Ron Swoboda former New York Mets outfielder Ike Taylor cornerback Pittsburgh Steelers Roosevelt Taylor safety 1963 NFL champion Chicago Bears Vincent Taylor defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons Taryn Terrell professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Mike Wallace wide receiver for Pittsburgh Steelers Bryce Washington born 1996 basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Ron Washington former MLB player and manager who is currently the third base coach for the Atlanta Braves Reggie Wayne wide receiver for Indianapolis Colts Aeneas Williams former cornerback for St Louis Rams Jason Williams born 1983 basketball player for Hapoel Be er Sheva of the National Basketball League of Israel John Hot Rod Williams longtime professional basketball player Korey Williams Canadian Football League playerOther editRuby Bridges commemorated for her role as a child in racial integration of the New Orleans Public School System Raymond Arroyo employer of EWTN Betty DeGeneres LGBT rights activist Caroline Dormon horticulturalist and historian Marianne Celeste Dragon Creole socialite and the subject of a painting by Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza David Ferrie pilot investigated in the assassination of President Kennedy Myra Clark Gaines socialite and subject of the longest lawsuit in US history Jean Margaret Gordon suffragette Kate M Gordon suffragette Margaret Haughery philanthropist Marie Alice Heine first American Princess of Monaco Sir Lady Java drag queen actress and transgender rights activist Blaine Kern Mardi Gras float designer and builder TJ Kirk Youtuber Marie Laveau voodoo queen Sara T Mayo physician and humanitarian reformer Eleanor McMain civic activist Sally Miller The Lost German Slave Girl Allison Tootie Montana Mardi Gras Indian chief of chiefs Paul Morphy unofficial world chess champion Homer Plessy early civil rights activist Edith Rosenwald Stern philanthropist Paul Tulane benefactor of Tulane University Sylvanie Williams educator and women s club activist Sophie B Wright educator and clubwomanSee also editList of people from Louisiana List of Tulane University people List of Loyola University New Orleans peopleReferences edit Faure Stephen James Michalopoulos Adventures in Painting Inside Northside Retrieved 27 July 2013 Ed Nelson Veteran of Roger Corman s low budget horror movies who The Independent 28 August 2014 Retrieved 8 August 2022 Quin Hillyer June 7 2017 Victor Gold RIP National Review Retrieved June 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