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This is a list of notable Cajuns, often from the Acadiana or Greater New Orleans regions of French Louisiana, though not limited in geographic origin.

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Arts, culture, and entertainment

Barry Jean Ancelet - writer, folkorist, linguist^[1]
Lee Benoit, accordion player and singer
Tab Benoit, blues guitarist
Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
Jarvis Black, author, artist, musician
Carl A. Brasseaux, historian, writer
Trishelle Cannatella (1979 - ) American actress, and model of Cajun ancestry.
Lacey Chabert, actress
David Cheramie, activist, writer
Amie Comeaux, country music singer
Sheila Dooley, linguist
Michael Doucet, fiddler, singer and songwriter
Val Dufour, (1927-2000), soap opera actor
Edwin Duhon, musician and co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers
Shonda Farr American actress of part cajun ancestry.
Mary Alice Fontenot, children's author
Mary Gauthier, folk singer/songwriter
Rodney Guilbeaux, comedian
Hunter Hayes,accordion player and singer
Leigh Hennessy, film actress and stunt performer
Lash La Rue, (deceased) former actor
Doug Kershaw, Cajun and Country Music musician known as "The Ragin Cajun"
Sammy Kershaw, Country Music singer and current candidate for Louisiana Lt. Governor
Ali Landry, model and actress, 1996 Miss USA^[2]
Lisa Landry, stand-up comedian
Richard LeBoeuf, accordion player and singer
Dayla Monk,Blues Funk artist
Elemore Morgan, Jr., painter
Paul Prudhomme, chef of Cajun cuisine^[3]
Dennis Quaid, actor, musician
Zachary Richard musician, environmentalist, French language preservationist and founder of Action Cadienne
George Rodrigue, painter^[4]
Amanda Shaw, singer, fiddler and actress
Floyd Sonnier^[5]
Wayne Toups - musician
Justin Wilson, chef^[6]
Angela Kinsey, actress most known for The Office (US)
Stephanie Swift (1972- ), adult actress
Tyran Richard (1982 - ) Cajun model.
Walter Williams comidan, film maker

Law and politics

Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana Governor^[7]
John Breaux, former Louisiana US Senator^[8]
Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana^[9]
F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee
Charlie Melancon, US congressman^[10]
Billy Tauzin, politician^[11]
Chet Traylor, Louisiana Supreme Court Justice

Military

Claire Lee Chennault, former World War II aviator
Eugene Roe, World War II medic in the famed Easy Company

Sports

Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey^[12]
Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback^[13]
Brett Favre, NFL quarterback
Andy Pettitte, Starting Pitcher for the NY Yankees
Eric Guerin, hall of fame jockey^[14]
Ron Guidry, former baseball player^[15]
Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback^[16]
Leigh Hennessy, world champion gymnast
Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
Stefan LeFors, football quarterback^[17]
John LeRoux, professional wrestler
Ryan Theriot, shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, born in Baton Rouge, La.^[18]

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.
Ruby Landry, from the V. C. Andrews' Landry series.
Remy LeBeau, aka "Gambit," member of the Marvel Comics X-Men.
Polycarp, local children's TV show host.
Bayou Billy, video game and comic book character in The Adventures of Bayou Billy for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami.

Dave Robisheaux, the detective in New Iberia and New Orleans in the award winning James Lee Burke's crime novels.

References

^ [1] "Barry Jean Ancelet is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun, born in Church Point and raised in Lafayette."
^ Landy - [2] "A Cajun and Breaux Bridge native, Ali Landry was crowned Miss USA in February 1996 at age twenty-two." . m/alil/
^ FrenchQuarter.com: Celebrity French Quarter Chefs
^ [3] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "
^ [4]"A young French-speaking Cajun boy..."
^ [5] "Being half Louisiana French himself..."
^ [6] "she was nicknamed the "Cajun Grandma" and won the election to become the top elected official in the state." [7] ""So many people in Louisiana actually speak French every day and feel French, and I think they're a little disappointed about the situation," says Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a French Acadian whose maiden name was Babineaux. "We're looking at a 200-year historical time when France was our greatest ally.""
^ [8] "John Breaux, a close friend and fellow Cajun." [9]
^ [10] "Louisiana's notorious Cajun politician, Edwin Edwards, who was elected governor four times. He currently resides in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana." [11]
^ News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Lafourche/Terrebonne News | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com
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^ [14] "The California-based Delahoussaye, a Cajun from New Iberia, La., is one of the best riders in Kentucky Derby history."
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^ [17] "Eric Guerin, the twenty-eight-year-old Cajun jockey who rode all of Vanderbilt's top horses under a contract arrangement."
^ [18] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "
^ [19] "The Cajun Cannon" [20]
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^ The Official Site of The Chicago Cubs: Team: Player Information

[22] - Acadian genealogy of southcentral Louisiana Pitre's

[1] [1] "Barry Jean Ancelet is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun, born in Church Point and raised in Lafayette."

[2] Landy - [2] "A Cajun and Breaux Bridge native, Ali Landry was crowned Miss USA in February 1996 at age twenty-two." . m/alil/

[3] FrenchQuarter.com: Celebrity French Quarter Chefs

[4] [3] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "

[5] [4]"A young French-speaking Cajun boy..."

[6] [5] "Being half Louisiana French himself..."

[7] [6] "she was nicknamed the "Cajun Grandma" and won the election to become the top elected official in the state." [7] ""So many people in Louisiana actually speak French every day and feel French, and I think they're a little disappointed about the situation," says Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a French Acadian whose maiden name was Babineaux. "We're looking at a 200-year historical time when France was our greatest ally.""

[8] [8] "John Breaux, a close friend and fellow Cajun." [9]

[9] [10] "Louisiana's notorious Cajun politician, Edwin Edwards, who was elected governor four times. He currently resides in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana." [11]

[10] News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Lafourche/Terrebonne News | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com

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[12] [14] "The California-based Delahoussaye, a Cajun from New Iberia, La., is one of the best riders in Kentucky Derby history."

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[14] [17] "Eric Guerin, the twenty-eight-year-old Cajun jockey who rode all of Vanderbilt's top horses under a contract arrangement."

[15] [18] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "

[16] [19] "The Cajun Cannon" [20]

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[18] The Official Site of The Chicago Cubs: Team: Player Information

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