List of French Americans

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A French American or Franco-American is a citizen of the United States of America of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great Upheaval). About thirteen million U.S. residents are of French descent, and about 1.5 million of them speak the French language at home. Being isolated, mixed with different cultures or ignored the French-Americans developed particular cultures that reflect various of degrees of adaptation of their environments. This gave birth to streams of French-Americans like the Acadians, the Cajuns (literally Acadian pronounced with a southern accent), Louisianans and many others.

The following is a list of notable French Americans:

Lists of Americans

by U.S. state

by ethnicity:

African | Albanian | Arab

Argentine | Armenian | Austrian

Bahamian | Bangladeshi | Belgian

Brazilian | Bulgarian | Cajun

Cambodian | Chinese | Croatian

Cuban | Czech | Danish

Dutch | English

Estonian | Filipino

Finnish | French | German

Greek | Haitian | Hispanic

Hmong | Hungarian | Indian

Indonesian | Iranian

Irish | Israeli | Italian

Jamaican | Japanese | Jewish

Korean | Laotian | Louisiana Creole

Mexican | Native American | Hawaiian

Nicaraguan | Nigerian

Norwegian | Polish

Portuguese | Romanian | Russian

Rusyn | Salvadoran | Scots-Irish

Scottish | Serbian

Slovak | Slovenian

Spanish | Swedish | Swiss

Taiwanese | Turkish | Ukrainian

Vietnamese | Welsh

Contents 1 List 1.1 Business 1.2 Entertainment 1.2.1 Actors 1.2.2 Artists 1.2.3 Musicians 1.2.4 Others 1.3 Explorers 1.4 Law and politics 1.4.1 Congressmen & Senators 1.4.2 Governors & Presidents 1.4.3 Mayors 1.4.4 Others 1.5 Literature 1.5.1 Authors & Writers 1.5.2 Editors & Publishers 1.5.3 Education 1.5.4 Journalism 1.6 Military 1.7 Religion 1.8 Science 1.9 Sports 1.9.1 Baseball 1.9.2 Basketball 1.9.3 Football 1.9.4 Hockey 1.9.5 Nascar 1.9.6 Soccer 1.9.7 Others 1.10 Other 1.10.1 Art 1.10.2 Cuisine 1.10.3 Fictional characters 1.10.4 Other 2 See also 3 References

[edit] List

[edit] Business

• John Vernou Bouvier III (1981-1957) Wall Street stockbroker and father of U.S. First lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
• François Castaing, 27-year veteran automotive executive
• Yvon Chouinard, rock climber, environmentalist and outdoor industry businessman
• Georges Doriot (1899-1988) one of the first American venture capitalists
• Stephen Girard (1750-1831) banker and tradesman from Bordeaux
• Philippe Kahn (1952 - ) mathematician and entrepreneur known as the inventor of the camera phone, a pioneer in the wireless industry, and the founder of Borland^[1]
• Augustus D. Juilliard (1836-1919) businessman whose philanthropy built the renowned conservatory of dance, music, and theatre in New York City that bears his name
• Joseph LaCombe, retired American businessman and owner of Joseph LaCombe Stable Inc., a Thoroughbred horse racing stable
• Robert LeFevre (1911-1986) libertarian businessman and radio personality
• Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, businessman whose family fortune is estimated at $3.4 billion by Forbes
• Hall M. Lyons (1923-1998) son of Charlton, oilman and Republican Party member
• André Meyer (1898 - 1979) Wall Street investment banker^[2]
• Louis J. Michot, businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist and a former Democratic state representative
• Cadillac family, from Limousin, gave name to its first car named Limousine (a.k.a. Limo)
• Pierre Omidyar (1967 - ) entrepreneur, philanthropist/economist, founder and chairman of the eBay auction site^[3]
• Richard Chichester du Pont (1911-1943) American businessman and an aviation and glider pioneer
• Alexis F. du Pont (1879-1948) member of the American du Pont family and helped found St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, father of Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr., founder of U.S. Airways
• Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr. (1905-1996) American aviation pioneer, soldier, philanthropist, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family
• Du Pont family from Nemours, chemical industry
• Felix Rohatyn, businessman and investment banker and has also served in public service as an ambassador
• Paul Tulane (1801-1887) businessman and philanthropist, Tulane University named in his honor

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Actors

• Amy Acker (1976 - ) American actress of French ancestry.
• Dennis Deveaugh, First-generation French-American actor, and stuntman.
• Renée Adorée, French-born American actress
• Lewis Arquette, American film actor, writer and producer
• Patricia Arquette, Emmy Award-winning and a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress.
• Tina Aumont, California-born French actress
• Lucille Ball (1911 – 1989) actress^[4]
• Adrienne Barbeau (1945 - ) 1980s B-movie actress^[5]
• Jean-Marc Barr, French-American film actor and director
• Pierre Bellocq, French-American artist and horse racing cartoonist
• Jessica Biel (1982 - ) American actress of German, English, Choctaw, and French descent.
• Alice Guy-Blaché, pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry
• Tammy Blanchard (Dec.1976 - ) American actress of French ancestry, best known for starring in the film Bella.
• Joan Blondell (1906 - 1979) American actress. Her father Eddie was French.
• Caprice Bourret (1971 - ) French American actress, and model.
• Charles Boyer (1899 - 1978) film actor
• Marlon Brando (1924-2004) Famous American actor of German, Dutch, French, Irish, and English descent
• Jules Brulatour, a pioneering figure in U.S. silent cinema
• Sophia Bush (1982 - ) American actress bestknown as Brooke Davis on One tree hill. She is of French-Canadian and Italian ancestry
• Merritt Cabal (1977 - ) Model of cajun descent.
• Mary Cadorette, American actress
• Trishelle Cannatella (1979 - ) American actress, and model of Cajun ancestry.
• Leslie Caron (1931 - ) film actress and dancer^[6]
• Charisma Carpenter (1970 - ) American actress.
• Jim Carrey (1962- ) Actor. ^[7]
• Mary Castro (1981 - ) American actress, and model of Mexican, French, Spanish, and Irish descent.
• Lacy Chabert (1982 - ) Actress. ^[8]
• Lon Chaney, Sr., silent film actor
• Lon Chaney, Jr., actor and son of Lon Chaney, Sr.
• David Charvet, French-born American actor and singer, husband of Brooke Burke
• Lilyan Chauvin, French-born actress
• Robert Clary (1926 - ) actor, published author, and lecturer^[9]
• Phil Cousineau, author, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker
• Bud Cort (1948 - ) actor^[10]
• Lili Damita, French-born actress
• Alexa Davalos (1982 - ) Actress of French, Dutch, and Greek descent.
• Nikki DeLoach (1979 - ) American actress.
• Julie Delpy (1969 - ) actress^[11]
• Johnny Depp (1961 -) actor, French-Huguenot ancestry.
• Ellen DeGeneres, actress, talk-show host
• Emily Deschanel, actress and daughter of famous cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
• Zooey Deschanel, actress and daughter of famous cinematographer Caleb Deschanel
• Arielle Dombasle (1958 - ) singer and actress working primarily in the cinema of France^[12]
• Fiona Dourif (1981 - ) American actress of French, and Romanian ancestry, daughter of Brad Dourif.
• Nicole duFresne (1977-2005) playwright and actress
• Josh Duhamel, (1972 - ), actor
• Tiffany Dupont (1981 - ) French American actress known for the film "One night with the king".
• Erica Durance (1978 - ) French Canadian actress best known for her role of Lois Lane on the TV show Smallville.
• Jasmine Dustin (1983 - ) American actress and model of French, Scottish, and Native American ancesry.
• James Duval, actor, probably most famous for his roles in Donnie Darko as Frank and as Singh in Go
• Clea DuVall, actress
• Megan Fox (1986 - ) American actress. ^[13]
• Brittny Gastineau (Nov.1983 - ) French American actress, and model. The daughter of former NFL player Mark Gastineau, and Lisa Gastineau.
• Richard Gautier, actor
• Robert Goulet (1933 - 2007) actor/singer^[14]
• Adrian Grenier, actor
• Anne Hathaway (1982 - ) film actress. Of mostly Irish and French ancestry.
• Teri Hatcher (1964 - ) American actress of partial French ancestry famous for her role of Louis Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Susan Mayer in Desperate Housewives. She is also a "Bond Girl", having played Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997.

• Angelina Jolie (1975 - ) actress ^[15][16]
• Victoria Justice (1993 - ) American actress of French, and, Puerto Rican descent
• Minka Kelly (1980- ) American actress best known for her role of Lyla Garrity on NBC's Friday Night Lights. Her biological father is aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay born in France
• Shia LaBeouf (1986 - ) actor, Cajun father
• Sabrina Le Beauf(1958-) Actress,French Creole Most notable role as Sandra on the Cosby show.
• Christopher Lambert (1957 - ) actor ^[17]
• Dorothy Lamour (1914 – 1996) film actress
• John Larroquette, Emmy Award-winning film and television actor
• Eva LaRue (1966 - ) Actress best known for portraying Natalia Vista on CSI: Miami.
• Taylor Lautner (1992 - ) actor/martial artist^[18]
• Eva Le Gallienne, well-known actress, producer, and director, during the first half of the 20th century
• Estephania LeBaron American actress best known for her role in The Alamo.
• Christian LeBlanc (1958-) two-time Emmy Award-winning American actor
• Matt LeBlanc (1967- ) American actor most famously known as Joey Tribbiani on the show Friends.
• Hal LeSueur, actor and brother of Joan Crawford
• Jon Lormer, French-American actor
• Natasha Lyonne, actress
• Brook Mahealani Lee (1971 - ) Eurasian model. Former miss Hawaii, Miss USA, and Miss Universe 1997
• Mike Marshall (actor), French-American actor, son of director William Marshall and half-brother of Tonie Marshall
• Tonie Marshall, French-American actress, son of director William Marshall and half-sister of Mike Marshall (actor)
• Christopher Meloni (1961 - ) actor^[19]
• Rosita Marstini (1887-1948) dancer, stage personality, silent and sound film actress from Nancy, France
• Rose McGowan (1973 - ) American actress best known for Charmed of Irish paternal and French maternal ancestry.
• Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) famous actor
• Jacqueline Pinol American actress of French ancestry.
• Maggie Quigley (1979- ) Is a Euro-Asian American actress and former fashion model, she is known for Mission Impossible III and Balls of Fury
• Kiele Sanchez (1977 - ) actress^[20]
• Reni Santoni, fil, television and voice actor

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• April Scott (1977 - ) American actress of French, Native American, and Spanish ancestry.
• Leelee Sobieski (1983 - ) film actress^[22]
• Ian Somerhalder (12-8-1978 - ) Is an American actor from Louisiana of French, English, Irish, and Choctaw descent. He is most famous for his role of Boone Carlyle on the TV show Lost.
• Shannyn Sossamon (1978- ) Born in Honolulu, Hawaii she is an American actress of French, Hawaiian, Dutch, English, Irish, Filipino and German descent
• Tiffany Taylor (porn star), pornographic actress of Pakistani and French descent.
• Charlize Theron (1975- ) Born in South Africa. Is an American actress of French and German descent.
• Ben Turpin, silent film comedian
• Michael Vartan, famous actor
• Emmanuelle Vaugier (1976- ) Born in Canada. Is a French Canadian actress best known for her role as Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville.
• Laura Vandervoort (1984 - ) Canadian actress of French and Dutch ancestry, portrays Kara Kent on Smallville
• Robin Williams French Canadian on his maternal side.
• Odette Yustman (1985 - ) American actress of Cuban-Jewish, French, and Italian descent.

[edit] Artists

• Louise Bourgeois (1911 - ) Abstract Expressionism Artist. Born in Paris, married an American.
• Isabelle Collin Dufresne (1935 - ) artist, author, and former colleague of Andy Warhol^[23]
• Angela Dufresne, artist based in Brooklyn, NY
• Edgar de Evia, Mexican-born photograph and daughter of famous French pianist Pauline Joutard
• Sean Flynn, photograph whose death in Cambodia remains a mystery, son of actress Lili damita
• Gaston Lachaise (1882 - 1935) Sculptor
• Paul de Longpré, flower painter
• Madonna (1958 -) international singer ^[24]
• René Ricard, artist, poet, and philosopher
• Patrick Tatopoulos, French-American production designer
• Brooke Burke (1971 - ) television personality and model, known for hosting Wild On!(1999-2002). She is of French, Irish, Jewish, and Portuguese ancestry
• Breann McGregor (1985 - ) New Orleans model best known best for winning playboy cyber girl of the year, and is of Irish, and Cajun heritage.
• Ali Landry - actress/model ^[25]
• Josie Maran (1978 - ) American supermodel of partial French ancestry.
• Lauren Benoit American super model.
• Jennifer Lavoie (1971 - )Playboy Playmate, model, Internet entrepreneur.
• Danielle Lacourse (1986 - ) French American miss USA runner up.
• Stephanie Trudeau (1986 - ) French American miss montana winner.
• Maria McBane (1946 - ) model and actress, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for May 1965 issue^[26]
• Linda Moon, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1966 issue ^[27]
• Tila Tequila (1981 - ) Model, singer, and actress of 3/4 Vietnamese, and 1/4 French ancestry.
• Brook Mahealani Lee (1971 - ) Of mixed Korean, Portuguese, French, Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry. Brook was Miss USA and Miss Hawaii USA prior to winning the Miss Universe 1997 pageant.
• Leah Dizon (1986 - ) Actress, model, and singer of French, and Asian ancestry.
• Allie LaForce (Dec. 1988 - ) A beauty queen from Vermilion, Ohio who held the Miss Teen USA 2005 title.
• Jasmin St. Claire (1974 - ) Pornographic actress of Italian, Russian, and French ancestry.
• Michelle Maylene (1987 - ) Pornographic actress of Filipino, and French ancestry.

[edit] Musicians

• Ray Lamontagne (1974 - ) American singer.
• Jaci Velasquez (1979 - ) American singer, grammy award, and dove award winner of Mexican, French, and Spanish ancestry.
• Leah Dizon (1986 - ) Singer, model, actress of French and Asian ancestry.
• Phil Anselmo, (1968-), heavy metal musician.
• Sara Bareilles (1979 - ) American singer, her first single was "Love Song".
• Brent Bourgeois (1958-), American rock musician, songwriter, and producer.
• Wellman Braud, jazz string bass player.
• Lucien Cailliet (1897-1985), American composer, conductor, arranger and clarinetist.
• Marcel Chagnon, American country music singer-songwriter.
• JC Chasez, American singer, songwriter, actor, and producer.
• Alice Cooper (1947-), American singer who has French Huguenot ancestry.
• Joe Dassin (1938-1980), French-speaking musician.^[28]
• Gavin DeGraw (1977-), American singer of French descent.
• George Girard, musician.
• Dan Ingram, Top 40 disc jockey with a forty-year career on radio stations such as WABC (AM) and WCBS-FM in New York.
• Beyoncé Knowles (1981-), American R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She is a French Creole of French and African-American descent.
• Ciara (1985 - ) American R&B singer of Creole, German, and Irish heritage.
• Amel Larrieux (1973-), American R&B/soul singer-songwriter.
• JoJo (1990-), American pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actress.
• Nick Lachey, singer and former member of the 98 Degrees boys band.
• Mylon LeFevre, gospel singer and writer.
• Paz Lenchantin, bass player part of the band A Perfect Circle.
• Madonna (1958-), French-Canadian from her mother's side of the family
• J. B. Lenoir, Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• Madeleine Peyroux, American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
• Yo-Yo Ma, France-born Chinese-American cellist of world renown.
• Pierre Monteux (1875-1964), orchestra conductor.
• Lily Pons (1898-1976), coloratura soprano.^[29]
• Shandi Sinnamon, singer-songwriter.
• Izzy Stradlin, American rock musician.
• Edgard Varèse, French-born composer.

[edit] Others

• Monique Lhuillier(born 1971 in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines - ) Famous fashion designer.
• Charlotte d'Amboise, American actress and dancer and daughter of Jacques d'Amboise
• Christopher d'Amboise, American dancer, choreographer, writer, and theatre director, son of Jacques d'Amboise
• Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer and choreographer
• Kevyn Aucoin, make-up artist and photographer
• Tom Bergeron, Emmy Award-nominated American television personality
• Anthony Bourdain, author and the "Chef-at-Large" of Brasserie Les Halles, based in New York City with locations in Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C..^[30] and host of the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
• Vance DeGeneres, performer, producer, and writer of several television shows
• Caleb Deschanel, American cinematographer
• Michael Goudeau, juggler and an ex-circus clown. He is also a writer and executive producer for the Showtime series Bullshit!
• Lloyd Jacquet, comic-book innovator
• Ted LeFevre, theatrical set designer
• Yolanda "Tongolele" Montes, exotic dancer and actress of the Cinema of Mexico
• Jean-Paul Poulain (?-2007) famous Maine Franco-American Cabaret recording artist
• Oliver Stone, director
• Cyril Takayama, Japanese/French American illusionist
• Garry Trudeau, cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Former First Lady, wife to John F. Kennedy and Fashion Icon
• Paul Verdier, stage director, actor, and playwright, who also had a number of guest parts in American television

[edit] Explorers

• Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (1679 - 1734) French explorer who made the first maps and documentation of the Missouri and Platte rivers.
• Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau born on the Lewis and Clark expedition, depicted on a US $1 coin
• Toussaint Charbonneau member of the Lewis and Clark expedition
• François Chouteau (1797 - 1838) first white settlers of Kansas City, Missouri.
• René Auguste Chouteau (1749 - 1829) trader with American Indians and an influential figure in early St. Louis. Founder of St. Louis.
• George Drouillard translator on the Lewis and Clark expedition
• Marquis Duquesne (1700 - 1778) French Governor of New France. Duquesne served from 1752 through 1755, and is best known for his role in the French and Indian War.^[6]
• Georges Doriot (1899-1987), one of the first venture capitalists. Also a brigadier general in WWII.
• Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (1745 - 1818) first permanent settler in Chicago, Illinois.
• Peter Faneuil (1700 - 1743) colonial merchant and philanthropist who donated Faneuil Hall to Boston^[31]
• Alexander McGillivray (1750 - 1793) leader of the Creek Indians^[32]
• John Bevins Moisant (1868 - 1910) aviator^[33]
• Paul Revere (1734/1735 - 1818) silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution^[34]
• Daniel Roberdeau (1727 - 1795) merchant^[35]

[edit] Law and politics

[edit] Congressmen & Senators

• Daniel Moreau Barringer, Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1843 and 1849
• Elias Boudinot (1740 - 1821) early American statesman^[36]
• Tom DeLay (1947 - ) former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas, the former House Majority Leader, prominent member of the Republican Party^[37]
• Mike Gravel (1930 - ) Alaska former U.S. senator and candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination^[38]
• F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (1855 - 1925) politician who served as a U.S. Congressman, the 20th Governor of Wisconsin from 1901 - 1906, and Senator from Wisconsin from 1905 - 1925 as a member of the Republican Party^[6][39]
• Jay Le Fevre (1893-1970) New York Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1951
• John Baptiste Charles Lucas, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Bernard de Marigny, senator of Louisiana
• Charlie Melancon, US congressman^[40]
• Michael Michaud (1955 - ) Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Millinocket, Maine, first elected in 2002^[41]
• Wilmer Mizell (1930-1999) Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina from 1969-1975.
• Daniel Roberdeau (1727-1795) represented Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779] in the Continental Congress and served as a Brigadier General in the state militia during the Revolutionary War
• John Sevier (1745 - 1815) served four years as the only governor of the State of Franklin and twelve years as governor of Tennessee, and as a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1811 until his death^[42]

[edit] Governors & Presidents

• Armand Beauvais (1783-1843) Governor of Louisiana
• Newton C. Blanchard (1849-1922) United States Representative, Senator, and Governor of Louisiana
• Kathleen Blanco - Governor of Louisiana^[43]
• Thomas Carlin, Governor of Illinois
• Pierre Derbigny (1769-1829) Governor of Louisiana
• Jacques Dupre, Louisiana State Representative, State Senator and Governor of Louisiana
• William Pope Duval (1784-1854) first Governor of Florida
• Edwin Edwards (1927- ) Louisiana Governor for four terms
• Paul Octave Hébert (1818-1880) Governor of Louisiana from 1853-56 and a General in the Confederate Army
• John Tyler (1790-1862) The tenth president of the United States of partial French ancestry.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945),32nd President of the United States, of Dutch and French ancestry respectively
• Richard W. Leche (1898-1965) Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1936 until 1939
• Earl Long (1895-1960) three-time Democratic governor of Louisiana
• Huey Long (1893-1935) Louisiana Governor and a U.S. senator
• Alexander Mouton (1804-1885) United States Senator and Governor of Louisiana
• James A. Noe (1890-1976) Democratic Governor of Louisiana
• Andre B. Roman (1795-1866) Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and twice elected Governor of Louisiana
• Henry S. Thibodaux (1769-1827), Governor of Louisiana, father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton
• Jacques Villeré (1761-1830) second Governor of Louisiana

[edit] Mayors

• Prudent Beaudry mayor of Los Angeles
• Paul Bertus, mayor of New Orleans
• Etienne de Boré, first Mayor of New Orleans
• Jack Breaux, former Republican mayor of Zachary, Louisiana
• Paul Capdevielle, Confederate army officer and then Mayor of New Orleans
• Joey Durel, mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
• Peter Force (1790-1868) mayor of Washington, D.C., and noted archivist
• William Freret, Thirteenth mayor of New Orleans
• Charles Genois (1793-1866) Mayor of New Orleans
• Nicholas Girod, mayor of New Orleans
• John Brennan Hussey, former mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
• Moon Landrieu, judge, former mayor of New Orleans, and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Dud Lastrapes, former mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
• Damien Marchessault, mayor of Los Angeles
• Joseph Edgard Montegut, mayor of New Orleans
• Ashton J. Mouton, former Mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana
• James Pitot, second Mayor of New Orleans
• Louis Philippe de Roffignac, Mayor of New Orleans
• Jacques Roy, former Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana
• J. A. D. Rozier, mayor of New Orleans
• Roy R. Theriot, former Louisiana comptroller and Mayor of Abbeville, Louisiana
• Charles Trudeau, fifth mayor of New orleans

[edit] Others

• Eugene Debs, union organizer
• James Carville - political consultant^[44]

• Michael Raoul Duval, investment banker and lawyer who had Senior White House positions while serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, where he raised to the position of Special Counsel to the President
• Pierre Charles L'Enfant - architect and urban planner^[45]
• John C. Frémont, military officer, explorer and the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States
• John Grenier, one of the figures responsible for the rise of the Republican Party in Alabama
• Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) American Founding Father, army officer, lawyer, politician, leading statesman, financier, and political theorist
• Donald Ray Kennard, former educator and a politician in the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Caroline Kennedy (1957-) daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy
• John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999) son of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy
• Raymond "Lala" Lalonde, former Democratic Louisiana state representative
• Lyndon LaRouche, an American political figure
• Dudley J. LeBlanc, popular member of Democratic Party
• Alexander McGillivray - leader of the Creek Indians^[46]
• Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader
• Libby Pataki, former First Lady of New York
• Hope Portocarrero (1929-1991) former First Lady of Nicaragua
• Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740-1824) French-American politician who served as Delegate from the Orleans Territory to the United States House of Representatives
• Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, botanist and American statesman
• Pierre Salinger - press secretary^[47]
• Pierre Soulé, U.S. politician and diplomat during the mid-19th century, best known for writing the Ostend Manifesto in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States
• Billy Tauzin - politician^[48]
• David Vitter, politician

[edit] Literature

[edit] Authors & Writers

• Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943) author, poet, short story writer and novelist^[6]
• Kate Chopin (1851 - 1904) author of short stories and novels^[49]
• Ève Curie, French author and writer, married an American and worked for the UNICEF
• John Dufresne author^[50]
• Theodore de Laguna, American philosopher known as an early feminist
• John Dufresne, American author
• Will Durant (1885 - 1981) philosopher, historian, and writer^[51]
• Robert Grenier (poet), contemporary American poet who is often associated with the Language School
• Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) novelist, writer, poet, artist, and part of the Beat Generation^[52]
• Sidney Lanier (1842 - 1881) musician and poet^[6][53]
• Richard Le Gallienne, man of letters
• Jonathan Littell, French-American author
• Grace Metalious (1924 - 1964) author, best known for Peyton Place^[54]
• Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) famous for published diaries^[55]
• Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739 - 1817) writer, economist and statesman^[56][6]
• Annie Proulx
• Paul Theroux
• Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) author, development critic, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden (on simple living amongst nature), Civil Disobedience, Resistance to Civil Government, and many other articles and essays^[6][57]
• Gerald Vizenor (1934 - ) poet, novelist and literary theorist. Vizenor is best known as an Anishinaabe writer, but he has written extensively about his French ancestors in texts such as Wordarrows (the narrative persona, "Clement Beaulieu", was the name of his uncle). ^{[58] [59]}
• Marguerite Yourcenar, author and first woman to be elected to the Académie Française, in 1980

[edit] Editors & Publishers

• Camille Cazedessus Jr., editor and publisher
• Joel T. LeFevre, editor-in-chief the Citizens Informer, a quarterly newspaper put out by the Council of Conservative Citizens

[edit] Education

• Vladimir Lefebvre, mathematical psychologist at the University of California, Irvine
• Jean Mayer (1920-1993) renowned French-American nutritionist and the tenth president of Tufts University from 1976 to 1992
• Eric H. du Plessis, professor
• Jeffrey Vitter, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science at Purdue University

[edit] Journalism

• Adras LaBorde (1912 - 1993) Louisiana-based reporter, editor, and columnist^[60]
• Steven Goldman, sports writer on baseball and a commentator on the New York Yankees and at times on the New York Mets
• Richard Grenier, neoconservative cultural columnist for The Washington Times, and a film critic for Commentary and The New York Times
• John R. MacArthur, reporter for The Wall Street Journal (1977), the Washington Star (1978), The Bergen Record (1978–1979), Chicago Sun-Times (1979–1982), and an assistant foreign editor at United Press International (1982).
• E. Annie Proulx, American journalist and author

[edit] Military

• P.G.T. Beauregard general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, writer, civil servant, and inventor.
• Benjamin Bonneville, French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West^[61]
• Mitch Bouyer (1837-1876) interpreter/guide in the Old West following the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25th, 1876
• Claire Lee Chennault, former World War II aviator
• Claudius Crozet, French-born educator and civil engineer
• Stephen Decatur (1779 - 1820) naval officer notable for his heroism in actions at Tripoli, Libya in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812^[6]
• Lewis DuBois - American Revolutionary War commander
• Rene Gagnon (1925 - 1979) one of the U.S. Marines immortalized in the famous World War II photograph (by Joe Rosenthal) of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima^[62]
• Robert Grenier, a longtime CIA officer who served as the CIA's top counter-terrorism official in 2005
• Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, a figure in New France's military who settled in New Orleans in 1808
• Papa Jack Laine, bandleader
• Leon J. LaPorte, four-star general
• Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757 - 1834) aristocrat, considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions for which he became an Honorary Citizen of the United States^[6]
• William Lenoir (general), American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman in late 18th-century and early 19th-century North Carolina
• Andrew Lewis (soldier), pioneer, surveyor, and soldier from Virginia
• Prince Achille Murat, former colonel who settled in New France
• Eugene Roe, World War II medic in the famed Easy Company

[edit] Religion

• Antoine Blanc, fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
• Roy Bourgeois, American priest in the Maryknoll order of the Roman Catholic Church and founder of the human rights group SOA Watch
• Claude Marie Dubuis, second Roman Catholic bishop of Texas
• Peter L'Huillier, retired archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of New York and New Jersey
• Mathias Loras (1792-1858) priest who later became the first Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese in what would become the state of Iowa
• Michael Portier (1795-1859) Roman Catholic bishop and the first Bishop of Mobile
• Tammy Faye Messner

[edit] Science

• John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) ornithologist, naturalist, and painter^[63]
• Daniel Barringer (geologist), geologist and son of Daniel Barringer, congressman
• Philippe Cousteau Jr., environmentalist
• René Dubos (1901 - 1982) microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author^[64][6]
• Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754 - 1825) architect and urban planner^[65]
• William B. Lenoir, former NASA astronaut
• John Bevins Moisant (1868-1910) United States aviator
• Matilde E. Moisant (1878-1964) American pioneer aviatrix and sister of John Bevins Moisant
• Caroline Moreau, American scientist and self described "pro-choice" advocate
• Paco Nathan, computer scientist, author, and performance art show producer
• Bill Nye, also known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy", is an American television program host, science educator, and mechanical engineer
• Norbert Rilleaux, inventor, engineer
• Michel (Michael) Ter-Pogossian (1925-1996) physicist who was the father of Positron emission tomography
• Edward Livingston Trudeau (1848-1915) doctor who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitorium at Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis
• Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and Nobel-Prize winner

[edit] Sports

[edit] Baseball

• Danny Ardoin, baseball player (catcher)
• Lou Boudreau, baseball player
• Mike DeJean, baseball player
• Jim Duquette, current vice president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles
• Leo Durocher, Brooklyn Dodgers player and Manager and Hall of Famer
• Andre Ethier, baseball player, French father
• Mike Fontenot (1980- ) Louisiana State University and Major League Baseball infielder
• Ray Fontenot (1957 - ) former Major League pitcher
• Jeff Francoeur, baseball player
• Chad Gaudin, baseball player
• Tom Glavine, baseball pitcher
• Ron Guidry, former baseball player^[66]
• Cal Hubbard, famous former Baseball umpire
• Nap Lajoie, Hall of Fame former second baseman in Major League Baseball
• Jim Lefebvre, former second baseman, third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball
• John Maine, current New York Mets pitcher
• Andy Pettitte, Starting Pitcher for the NY Yankees
• Edd Roush, Center-field baseball player and hall of famer
• Ryan Theriot, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, born in Baton Rouge, La.

[edit] Basketball

• Paul Arizin, former basketball player and Hall-of-Famer
• Bob Cousy, former NBA player and Hall-of-Famer
• Pat Durham, American former professional basketball
• Dave Fergerson, basketball player who mostly plays in Europe
• Joakim Noah, basketball player recently drafted by the Chicago Bulls
• Tony Parker, basketball player for San Antonio Spurs, 3 time NBA Champion
• Boris Diaw, basketball player for Phoenix Suns

[edit] Football

• Jim Thorpe (1888-1953) Hall of fame football player. He was 1/2Native American, 1/4Irish, and 1/4French. He was also a star baseball, basketball, and an Olympic star.
• Joe DeLamielleure, former American football offensive lineman
• Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback^[67]
• Brett Favre, NFL quarterback
• Gus Frerotte, NFL quarterback
• Mark Gastineau, former New York Jets
• Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback^[68]
• Dick Jauron, Buffalo Bills headcoach
• Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
• Stefan LeFors, football quarterback^[69]
• Steve Largent, NFL hall of famer
• Chad Lavalais, NFL player
• Luke Petitgout, NFL defender on the New York Giants team
• Dick Vermeil, former NFL player

[edit] Hockey

• Guy Hebert, former professional ice hockey goaltender
• Paul Martin, hockey player
• Philippe Sauve, professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Boston Bruins

[edit] Nascar

• Greg Biffle, nascar driver
• Brett Bodine, nascar driver
• Geoff Bodine, nascar driver
• Todd Bodine, nascar driver
• Bill France, Sr. (1909-1992) co-founder of NASCAR
• Terry Labonte, nascar driver and brother of Bobby Labonte
• Bobby Labonte, nascar driver and brother of Terry Labonte
• Randy LaJoie, nascar driver
• Jack Roush, nascar team owner

[edit] Soccer

• Brian Maisonneuve, famous past soccer player
• David Regis (1968 - ) former soccer defender^[70]
• Bert Patenaude, Hall-of-Famer and first player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup
• Quentin Westberg (1986 - ) football (soccer) goalkeeper playing for Troyes AC in France's Ligue 1^[71]

[edit] Others

• Laila Ali (1977 - ) Professional boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali and his Louisiana Creole wife.
• Surya Bonaly (1973 - ) professional figure skater^[72]
• Randy Couture, Mixed Martial Arts champion
• Jean Cruguet (1939 - ) thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing^[73]
• Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey^[74]
• Kent Desormeaux, hall of famer jockey
• Bob Duval, professional golfer and is best known for being the father of David Duval, formerly the top-ranked player in the world
• David Duval professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour
• Eric Guerin, hall of fame jockey^[75]
• Phil Lafleur, professional wrestler
• Jack LaLanne, fitness, exercise and nutritional expert^{[citation needed]}
• Jason Lamy-Chappuis, French Nordic combined athlete who has been competing since 2002
• Greg LeMond, cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France
• John LeRoux, professional wrestler^[76]
• John LeRoux, pro-wrestler
• Mary Pierce, tennis player who won multiple Grand Slam titles
• Allaire du Pont, American sportswoman and a member of the prominent French-American Du Pont family
• Louis Meyer (1904-1995) American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500
• Régis Sénac, fencer and instructor
• Craig Titus, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Triple H (1969 - ) professional wrestler^[77]
• Benny Valger, nicknamed "The French Flash", American professional featherweight boxer who fought from the late 1910s until the 1930s
• Francis Ouimet, golf player

[edit] Other

[edit] Art

• Xavier Fourcade, famous art dealer
• Daniel Wildenstein, world-famous art dealer

[edit] Cuisine

• Anthony Bourdain, American author and the "Chef-at-Large" of Brasserie Les Halles
• Wylie Dufresne, chef and owner of wd~50 restaurant in Manhattan
• Emeril Lagasse, celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author
• Justin Wilson, chef
• Paul Prudhomme, chef

[edit] Fictional characters

• Bobby Boucher, main character played by Adam Sandler in The Waterboy.
• Bill Dauterive from the cartoon King of the Hill.
• Eduard Delacroix, aka "Del", one of the prisoners from The Green Mile
• Jay "Chef" Hicks, an engineman who brings Captain Benjamin Willard to Colonel Walter E. Kurts in Apocalypse Now.
• Caledon Nathan Hockley, future husband of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997 film)
• Captain Benjamin Sisko, commanding officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant in the Star Trek universe

[edit] Other

• Frank Abagnale (1948 - ) famous impostor^[78]
• Jean Lafitte (1780? - 1826?) Gulf of Mexico pirate^[6]
• Alice Heine, American-born Princess of Monaco
• Marie Laveau, voodoo queen
• Carlene LeFevre, competitive eater and wife of Rich LeFevre
• Rich LeFevre, nicknamed "The Locust" is a competitive eater and husband of Carlene LeFevre
• Nadia McCaffrey, humanitarian
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929 - 1994) former First Lady of the United States^[6][79]
• Georges de Paris, French-American tailor of the United States presidents
• Elmo Patrick Sonnier, convicted murderer and rapist executed, played by Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking

[edit] See also

• List of Cajuns
• List of Louisiana Creoles

[edit] References