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* [[Virgil Orr]] (born 1923) – [[Louisiana State Legislature|state representative]]; vice president, [[Louisiana Tech University]] |
* [[Virgil Orr]] (born 1923) – [[Louisiana State Legislature|state representative]]; vice president, [[Louisiana Tech University]] |
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* [[Joe Osborn]] (born 1937) – musician |
* [[Joe Osborn]] (born 1937) – musician |
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* [[Kenneth Osterberger]] ( |
* [[Kenneth Osterberger]] (1930-2016) – state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972 to 1992; former opponent of [[David Duke]] |
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* [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] (1939–1963) – presumed assassin of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] |
* [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] (1939–1963) – presumed assassin of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] |
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* [[Lionel Ott]] (1894–1987) – politician; businessman |
* [[Lionel Ott]] (1894–1987) – politician; businessman |
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The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Louisiana.
A
- Mark Abraham (born 1953) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish, effective 2016; Lake Charles businessman
- Morris N. Abrams (1919–1975) – educator
- Jennifer Abshire (born 1977) – professional bodybuilder
- Bo Ackal (1934–1999) – state representative for Iberia Parish (1972–96)
- Bert A. Adams (1916–2003) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Vernon Parish (1956–68)
- Bryan Adams (born 1963) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish
- Jamar Adcock (1917–1991) – politician and banker
- Joe Adcock (1927–1999) – major league baseball player from Coushatta
- Trace Adkins (born 1962) – singer-songwriter originally from Sarepta
- Robert Adley (born 1947) – politician from Bossier Parish
- Joe W. Aguillard (born 1956) – president of Louisiana College (2005–14)
- Fuaed Abdo Ahmed (c. 1993–2013) – gunman who in August 2013 killed two hostages in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish
- John Alario (born 1943) – politician
- Kermit Alexander (born 1941) – NFL player; president of NFL Players Association (1971–72)
- Robert Alford (born 1988) – cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
- Bret Allain (born c. 1958) – politician
- Calhoun Allen (1921–1991) – mayor of Shreveport (1970–78)
- David Allen (born 1945) – productivity consultant, author of Getting Things Done
- Ray R. Allen (1920–2010) – secretary-treasurer and finance director in Alexandria (1963–79)
- Louise Alley (1927–2015) – KWKH radio personality and Shreveport advertising agency owner
- August Alsina (1992) – singer
- William Alston (1921–2009) – philosopher
- Jacques Amans (1801–1888) – neoclassical portrait artist
- Jody Amedee (born 1967) – former state senator from Ascension Parish
- Cliff Ammons (1918–1981) – state representative; known as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir"
- Andy Anders (born 1956) – state representative from Concordia Parish
- Charles Anding (1928–2004) – state representative from Ouachita Parish (1988–96)
- David Andrews (born 1952) – actor, Gordon Cresswell on JAG
- J. Burton Angelle (1924–1997) – politician from Breaux Bridge
- Scott Angelle (born 1961) – member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, son of J. Burton Angelle
- Ernest Angelo (born 1934) – Texas oilman and politician reared in Louisiana
- Robert Angers (1919–1988) – journalist, founded Acadiana Profile magazine
- Phil Anselmo (born 1968) – singer-songwriter, Pantera
- Conrad Appel (born 1951) – state senator from Jefferson Parish
- George Arceneaux Jr. (1928–1993) – judge
- James Armes (born 1951) – state representative for Beauregard and Vernon parishes (since 2008)
- Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) – musician and entertainer
- Tommy G. Armstrong (born 1941) – politician
- Jeff Arnold (born 1967) – politician
- Daniel F. Ashford (1879–1929) – politician and planter
- Evelyn Ashford (born 1957) – Olympic sprint champion
- Elizabeth Ashley (born 1939) – actress, films and television's Evening Shade
- Nnamdi Asomugha (born 1981) – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
- James Benjamin Aswell (1869–1931) – US Representative and college president
- Al Ater (born 1953) – politician
- William B. Atkins (born 1947) – member of both houses of the state legislature from Concordia Parish
- Douglas F. Attaway (1910–1994) – newspaper publisher and television station owner in Shreveport; advocate of Red River navigation
- D. J. Augustin (born 1987) – point guard for the Chicago Bulls
- Lisa Aukland (born 1957) – professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Lonnie O. Aulds (1925–1984) – politician
- Ray Authement (born 1928) – longest-serving public university president in the United States; president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1974–2008)
- The Axeman (fl. 1918) – serial killer
- Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915–1987) – speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952–56) and lieutenant governor (1960–72)
- H. Welborn Ayres (1900–1985) – judge
B
- Keith Babb (born 1944) – Monroe television personality; auctioneer of American Quarter Horses
- J. S. Bacon (1858–1939) – former state representative from Webster Parish
- Odon Bacqué (born 1944) – former state representative from Lafayette
- Fred Baden (1934–2009) – mayor of Pineville (1970–98)
- Algernon Sidney Badger (1839–1905) – politician
- Austin Badon (born 1964) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish (since 2004)
- Bobby Badon (born 1950) – politician
- Ben Bagert (born 1943) – lawyer, politician
- Larry Bagley (born 1949) – state representative for DeSoto Parish
- John Bagneris (born 1950) – state representative for eastern Orleans Parish since 2016
- Harrison Bagwell (1913–1973) – lawyer, Republican politician
- Julian Edwin Bailes Sr. (1915–2010) – judge from Natchitoches Parish
- Bryant W. Bailey (1868–1961) – politician
- William B. Bailey (1838–1896) – newspaper founder and mayor of Lafayette
- George Washington Baines (1809–1882) – Baptist pastor and evangelist, maternal great-grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson
- Diana Bajoie (born 1948) – Democratic politician
- John Henry Baker (1934–2015) – Republican politician from Franklin Parish
- Richard Baker (born 1948) – former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district
- Scott Baker (born 1981) – starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
- George Ballas (1925–2011) – inventor of the string trimmer
- Jesse Bankston (1907–2010) – politician
- Larry S. Bankston (born 1951) – politician; son of Jesse Bankston
- Allen Bares (1936–2008) – politician
- C. E. "Cap" Barham (1905–1972) – state senator and later lieutenant governor (1952–56)
- Charles C. Barham (1934–2010) – state senator from Ruston; son of C. E. Barham
- Edwards Barham (born 1937) – first Republican elected to Louisiana state senate since Reconstruction (1976–80)
- Mack Barham (1924–2006) – Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Robert J. Barham (born 1949) – Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Republican former state senator
- Danny Barker (1909–1994) – singer-songwriter, musician, writer
- Taylor Barras (born 1957) – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, effective January 11, 2016
- Greg Barro (born 1957) – former state senator for Caddo Parish
- Regina Barrow (born 1966) – state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes (since 2005)
- Dave Bartholomew (born 1920) – musician, composer, promoter
- Robert E. "Bob" Barton (born 1948) – state representative from Bossier Parish (1996–2000)
- Brandon Bass (born 1985) – power forward for the Boston Celtics
- Robert W. Bates (born 1941) – former agent of the United States Secret Service
- Jack Batton (1913–1996) – mayor of Minden (1978–82)
- J. D. Batton (1911–1981) – sheriff of Webster Parish (1952–64)
- Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013) – politician
- Ralph Norman Bauer (1899–1963) – politician
- Bryan Batt (born 1963) – actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men
- Arnaz Battle (born 1980) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jack Batton (1913–1996) – mayor of Minden (1978–82)
- Ron Bean (1938–2005) – politician, pilot for Richard Nixon
- Gary Beard (born 1956) – politician
- Hazel Beard (born 1930) – mayor of Shreveport (1990–94)
- P.G.T. Beauregard (1818–1893) – general, inventor
- Odell Beckham Jr. (born 1992) – wide receiver for the New York Giants
- Lottie Beebe (born 1953) – politician and educator
- Geoffrey Beene (1927–2004) – fashion designer
- Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) – musician
- Clyde F. Bel Jr. (c. 1932–2014) – businessman and stare representative for Orleans Parish
- Demetrius Bell (born 1984) – offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Thornton F. Bell (1878–1938) – judge from Caddo Parish
- V.J. Bella (born 1927) – state legislator and fire marshal
- E. J. Bellocq (1873–1949) – photographer
- Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884) – U.S. Senator, Confederate cabinet member, lawyer in Great Britain
- Kirt Bennett (1967–2010) – businessman and politician
- Michael Bennett (born 1985) – defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
- Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012) – politician
- Louis Berry (1914–1998) – civil rights attorney from Alexandria
- Johnny Berthelot (born 1951) – politician
- J. Rayburn Bertrand (1918–2005) – mayor of Lafayette
- Henry Bethard (born 1924) – attorney and former state representative from Red River Parish
- B.G. (born 1980) – rapper, musician
- Joseph A. Biedenharn (1866–1952) – entrepreneur, first to bottle Coca-Cola; settled in Monroe in 1913
- Rene J. Bienvenu (1923–1983) – university president
- Bienville (Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne) (1680–1767) – French colonial governor, founder of New Orleans
- Walter O. Bigby (1927–1980) – politician
- Robert Billiot (born 1953) – state representative for Jefferson Parish (since 2008)
- Stuart Bishop (born 1975) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lafayette
- Wesley T. Bishop (born 1967) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish
- Frank Blackburn (born 1944) – interim mayor of Bossier City (1983–84)
- Evelyn Blackmon (1924–2014) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from West Monroe (1984–88)
- Morton Blackwell (born 1939) – Louisiana Republican political activist, since relocated to Virginia
- Brian Blade (born 1970) – award winning, Grammy-nominated, jazz musician, bandleader, conductor
- Cecil R. Blair (1916–2001) – state representative and state senator from Rapides Parish
- Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922) – governor of Louisiana (1904–08); U.S. senator (1894–97)
- Terrence Blanchard (born 1962) – musician, composer
- Kathleen Blanco (born 1942) – Governor of Louisiana (2004–08)
- Alexander Boarman (1839–1916) – politician
- Walter Boasso (born 1960) – politician, businessman
- Jean Boese (1925–2004) – politician and poet laureate
- Hale Boggs (1914–1972) – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
- Lindy Boggs (1916–2013) – wife of Hale Boggs and his successor in Congress, Ambassador to the Vatican
- Thomas Hale Boggs (1940–2014) – lawyer and lobbyist, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs
- William Benton Boggs (1854–1922) – first mayor of Plain Dealing (1890); state senator for Bossier and Webster parishes (1908–16)
- Brandon Bolden (born 1990) – running back for the New England Patriots
- Buddy Bolden (1877–1930) – musician, "inventor of jazz"(?)
- William R. "Billy" Boles Sr. (1927–2008) – politician, banker
- Skip Bolen – photographer
- Bruce M. Bolin (born 1950) – state representative; district court judge
- James E. Bolin (1914–2002) – former state representative; former district court judge; retired appeal court judge
- C. J. Bolin (1924–2007) – district court judge in Caddo Parish
- Donald G. Bollinger (1915–2000) – shipbuilder and Republican state chairman
- Al Bolton (1925–2014) – television and radio meteorologist in Shreveport
- George Washington Bolton (1841–1931) – state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House from Alexandria
- James C. Bolton (1899–1974) – Alexandria banker and civic figure
- James W. Bolton (1869–1936) – Alexandria banker and politician
- Peggy Bolton (1917–1987) – Alexandria civic and community leader
- Robert H. Bolton (1908–2003) – Alexandria banker
- George W. Bond (1891–1974) – president of Louisiana Tech University (1928–36)
- James Booker (1939–1983) – musician
- Billy Joe Booth (1940–1972) – Canadian football player for Ottawa Rough Riders of Canadian Football League
- Curtis Boozman (1898–1979) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish
- Edward S. Bopp (born 1930) – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes (1977–84)
- Calvin Borel (born 1966) – jockey, winner of 2007, 2009 and 2010 Kentucky Derby
- Pierre Bossier (1797–1844) – first U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1843–44)
- Ronnie Broughton (born 1941) – chairman of the Louisiana Constitution Party
- Drayton Boucher (1908–1983) – politician
- Jesse L. Boucher (1912–2004) – politician; developer
- Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943) – actress
- Sherry Boucher (born 1943) – actress
- Gerald Boudreaux – African-American state senator for Lafayette, St. Landry, and St. Martin parishes, effective 2016
- Joseph Bouie Jr. (born 1946) – African-American educator and politician
- MacKenzie Bourg (born 1992) - singer-songwriter and contestant from American Idol season 15
- Charles Boustany (born 1956) – US Representative
- Denise Boutte (born 1982) – model, actress, Meet the Browns
- John Boutté (born 1958) – jazz singer
- W. George Bowdon Jr. (1921–2005) – state representative and mayor of Alexandria (1953–69)
- Kenny Bowen (1926–2002) – mayor of Lafayette
- Shirley D. Bowler (born 1949) – state representative
- James H. Boyce (1922–1990) – Republican state chairman (1972–76)
- Jimmy Boyd – state representative for Bossier Parish from 1944 to 1952
- Thomas Duckett Boyd (1854–1932) – president of Northwestern State University (1888–96) and LSU (1896–1926)
- Betsy Vogel Boze (born 1953) – University President at Kent State University Stark Campus
- Harley Bozeman (1891–1971) – politician, journalist, and historian
- Henry Braden (1944–2013) – African-American politician
- Terry Bradshaw (born 1948) – Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, Fox television commentator
- Mike Branch (born 1968) – politician and commercial pilot
- Allen Bradley (born 1951) – former state representative from DeRidder
- Tim Brando (born 1956) CBS Sports – announcer
- Elward Thomas Brady Jr. (c. 1926–2007) – politician
- Thomas "Bud" Brady (1938–2011) – politician
- Parey Branton (1918–2011) – politician
- Wellman Braud (1891–1966) – musician
- Donna Brazile (born 1959) – author, professor, political analyst for the Democratic Party
- Delvin Breaux (born 1989) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
- John Breaux (born 1944) – U.S. Senator
- Phanor Breazeale (1858–1934) – U.S. Representative
- Owen Brennan (1910–1954) – restaurateur, Brennan's in New Orleans
- Richard Brennan Sr. – restaurateur, Commander's Palace in New Orleans
- Rick Brewer (born 1956) – president of Louisiana College in Pineville since 2015
- Henry L. Bridges (1874–1939) – businessman, politician
- Reid Brignac (born 1986) – shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Armand Brinkhaus (born 1935) – former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Landry Parish
- Pat Brister (born 1946) – Republican politician
- T. C. Brister (1907–1976) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1940–44, 1948–52 and 1968–72)
- Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967) – writer
- Chris Broadwater (born 1972) – politician
- Eric John Brock (1966–2011) – Shreveport historian
- Clifford Cleveland Brooks (1886–1944) – politician
- Overton Brooks (1897–1961) – politician; planter
- Jared Brossett (born 1982) – New Orleans politician
- Marc Broussard (born 1982) – singer-songwriter
- Algie D. Brown (1910–2004) – politician
- Campbell Brown (born 1968) – journalist
- Chad M. Brown (born 1970) – state representative for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016
- Edmund Graves Brown (1921–2008) – newspaper executive
- H. Rap Brown (born 1943) – black activist imprisoned in Georgia
- Henry Newton Brown Jr. (born 1941) – state appeals court chief judge
- James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940) – politician
- J. Marshall Brown (1924–deceased) – politician
- John Calhoun Brown (1879–1964) – politician
- Ossie Brown (1926–2008) – attorney; district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish (1972–84)
- Sharon Brown – 1961 Miss USA
- Terry R. Brown – state representative from Grant Parish since 2012
- Tom Brown (1888–1958) – musician
- W. K. Brown (1923–2011) – state representative
- Roy Brun (born 1953) – state representative and judge from Caddo Parish
- Peppi Bruneau (born 1942) – state representative from Orléans Parish
- George Brunies (1902–1974) – musician
- C.L. Bryant (born 1956) – African-American Baptist minister and conservative talk show host over KEEL radio in Shreveport
- Sherri Smith Buffington (born 1966) – politician
- George E. Burch (1910–1986) – cardiologist and Tulane Medical School professor
- Dewey E. Burchett Jr. (1939–2009) – state court judge for Bossier and Webster parishes (1988–2008)
- Richard Burford (born 1946) – politician
- James Lee Burke (born 1936) – crime novelist, born in Texas, raised in Louisiana
- Paul Burke (1926–2009) – actor: Naked City, Twelve O'Clock High, The Thomas Crown Affair
- Henry Burns (born 1947) – politician
- Timothy G. Burns (born 1957) – politician
- W. W. Burnside (1882–1966) – politician; planter
- Roy A. Burrell (born 1952) – state representative for Caddo and Bossier parishes since 2004
- James Burton (born 1939) – guitarist
- Bryan Edward Bush Jr. (1934–2010) – East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney (1985–89)
- Victor Bussie (1919–2011) – AFL-CIO president (1956–1997)
- Noel "Gene" Byars (born 1939) – mayor of Minden from 1982 to 1989
- C.E. Byrd (1859–1926) – educator, founder of C.E. Byrd High School
- Jerry Byrd (1935–2016) - sportswriter for the defunct Shreveport Journal (1957–91) and the Bossier Press-Tribune, 1993–2012
C
- George Washington Cable (1844–1925) – writer
- Burl Cain (born 1942) – warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (since 1995)
- James David Cain (born 1938) – politician
- Etienne J. Caire (1868–1955) – Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana in 1928 against Huey P. Long
- Milburn E. Calhoun (1930–2012) – physician, book publisher
- Riemer Calhoun (1909–1994) – state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes (1944–52)
- Bill Callegari (born 1941) – member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County; native of Avoyelles Parish
- Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974) – US ambassador; cousin of Patrick T. Caffery and Donelson Caffery
- Patrick T. Caffery (1932–2013) – US Representative; cousin of Jefferson Caffery and grandson of Donelson Caffery
- Donelson Caffery (1835–1906) – US Senator; grandfather of Patrick T. Caffery
- Chris Cagle (born 1968) – country music artist
- Buddy Caldwell (born 1946) – attorney general of Louisiana (since 2008)
- David T. Caldwell (1925–1993) – Shreveport judge
- George A. Caldwell (1892–1966) – building contractor; designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana
- Sam Caldwell (1892–1953) – mayor of Shreveport
- Stephen A. Caldwell (1889–1956) – educator
- Meredith Calhoun (1805–c. 1866) – principal founder of Colfax in Grant Parish
- Jorrick Calvin (born 1987) – cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Jake W. Cameron (1913–1999) – mayor of Bossier City (1957–61)
- Eugene P. Campbell (c. 1870–1940) – sheriff
- Foster Campbell (born 1947) – politician
- Theo Cangelosi (1911–1992) – politician
- William Derwood Cann Jr. (1919–2010) – World War II lieutenant colonel; mayor of Monroe (1978–79)
- Barney Cannon (1955–2009) – Country music deejay
- Billy Cannon (born 1937) – football player for LSU, Heisman Trophy winner
- Joseph Cao (born 1968) – former U.S. representative; lawyer
- Tom Capella (born 1965) – assessor of Jefferson Parish and former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member
- Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer, author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Lindsey Cardinale (born 1985) – American Idol finalist, country singer
- Harvey Locke Carey (1915–1984) – lawyer and politician
- Mark T. Carleton (1935–1995) – historian
- Kitty Carlisle (1910–2007) – entertainer and television personality; married to playwright Moss Hart
- W. W. Carloss (1833–1900) – first state representative from Webster Parish (1874–78); fought in the Siege of Port Hudson
- Thomas G. Carmody (born 1961) – state representative
- Edward M. Carmouche (1921–1990) – politician
- Liz Carmouche (born 1984) – mixed martial arts fighter
- Barbara West Carpenter (born 1943) - state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016
- Paul Carr (1934–2006) – actor
- Lane Carson (born 1947) – first Vietnam War veteran to serve in Louisiana House of Representatives
- Cecil K. Carter Jr. (c. 1929–1987) – politician from Shreveport
- Gary Carter Jr. (born 1974) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, effective 2016
- J. J. Carter (1832–1907) – politician from Webster Parish
- Robby Carter (born 1960) - member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Feliciana, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa parishes, 1996–2008 and since 2016
- Stephen F. "Steve" Carter (born 1943) – state representative
- James Carville (born 1944) – political consultant and television commentator
- Tommy Casanova (born 1950) – American football player, ophthalmologist, politician
- Edgar Cason (born 1952) – businessman and philanthropist
- Leopold Caspari (1830–1915) – politician from Natchitoches
- Bill Cassidy (born 1957) – U.S. representative, physician
- James L. Cathey Jr. (1919–1996) – mayor of Bossier City (1973–77)
- Elenora Albrecht Cawthon (1917–2014) – educator
- John Ardis Cawthon (1907–1984) – historian, educator
- Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1967) – politician
- Don Cazayoux (born 1964) – politician
- Leonard J. Chabert (c. 1932–1991) – politician
- Marty J. Chabert (born c. 1956) – politician
- Norby Chabert (born 1976) – politician
- Henry E. Chambers (1860–1929) – historian, educator
- Simone B. Champagne (born 1954) – politician
- Tina Chandler (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Pokey Chatman (born 1969) – basketball player, WNBA head coach
- Clifton Chenier (1925–1987) – Zydeco musician
- Claire Chennault (1893–1958) – aviator, general
- Jimmy Childress (1932–2015) – state and national championship high school football coach
- Jack Christian (1911–1972) – politician
- Jay Chevalier (born 1936) – singer
- Monnie T. Cheves (1902–1988) – educator and state legislator
- Kate Chopin (1851–1904) – author
- Benny Gay Christian (1925–1982) – state representative for Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes, 1964–74
- Philip Ciaccio (1927–2015) – state representative, New Orleans City Council member, state circuit judge from 1982 to 1998
- Ben Claassen, III (born 1978) – illustrator and comics artist DIRTFARM
- Morris Claiborne (born 1990) – cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
- William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817) – first US Governor of Louisiana
- Marcus R. Clark (born 1956) – judge
- Ryan Clark (born 1979) – safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Clem S. Clarke (1897–1967) – oilman and politician from Shreveport
- Lewis Strong Clarke (1837–1906) – sugar planter and politician[1]
- Patricia Clarkson (born 1959) – Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
- Sally Clausen (born 1945) – university president and commissioner of higher education
- Thomas G. Clausen (1939–2002) – last elected Louisiana state superintendent of education
- Michael Clayton (born 1982) – wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Ernest S. Clements (1898–1987) – politician
- A.C. "Ace" Clemons Jr. (1921–1992) – first Republican state senator since Reconstruction; switched parties in 1970
- Bill Cleveland (1902–1974) – Crowley real estate developer and member of both houses of Louisiana state legislature (1944–64); defeated for third term in state Senate in 1964 by Edwin Edwards
- Van Cliburn (1934–2013) – classical pianist
- George Henry Clinton – politician
- Carl B. Close (1907–1980) – politician
- Boyer Coe (born 1946) – bodybuilder
- Walter L. Cohen (1860–1930) – politician and businessman
- J. Frank Colbert (1882–1949) – politician
- Frank Estes Cole (1908–1981) – politician and educator
- Luther F. Cole (1925–2013) – state representative and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Elliot D. Coleman (1881–1963) – sheriff and bodyguard at the assassination of Huey P. Long Jr.
- Hamilton D. Coleman (1845–1926) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district (1889–1991)
- Vincent Coleman (1901–1971) – actor
- Ashton B. Collier (1910–1973) – state representative from Winn Parish
- La'el Collins (born 1993) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
- Landon Collins (born 1994) – safety for the New York Giants
- Tazzie Colomb (born 1966) – IFBB professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Marshall Colt (born 1948) – actor
- Tom Colten (1922–2004) – newspaper publisher and politician
- Amie Comeaux (1976–1997) – country singer
- Ward Connerly (born 1939) – political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
- Harry Connick Jr. (born 1967) – musician, entertainer, actor
- Harry Connick Sr. (born 1926) – district attorney, singer
- Patrick Connick (born 1961) – politician
- John R. Conniff (1874–1957) – educator
- Charlie Cook (born 1953) – political analyst
- John Cooksey (born 1941) – US Representative
- Joe Henry Cooper (1918–1980) – state representative from DeSoto Parish
- Donnie Copeland (born 1961) - Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; Pentecostal pastor in North Little Rock, native of Monroe, Louisiana
- Hyram Copeland (born 1940) – politician
- Charles C. Cordill (1845–1916) – politician
- Lance Cormier (born 1980) – relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Joe Cornelius Sr. (born 1942) – politician
- Claybrook Cottingham (1881–1949) – president Louisiana College and Louisiana Tech University
- Rob Couhig (born 1949) – politician, businessman
- Beth Courtney (born 1945) – president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Kent Courtney (1918–1997) – radical right politician
- Jeff Cox (born 1962) – judge
- Kenny Ray Cox (born 1957) – state representative for Natchitoches, Red River and Desoto parishes (since 2012); former United States Army lieutenant colonel
- Michael Owens Craig (born 1968) – judge of Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court since 2009
- Robert Crais (born 1953) – crime novelist
- Carl Crane (born 1939) – state representative from Baton Rouge (1984–2008)
- Clifford Ann Creed (born 1938) – pro golfer
- Jack Crichton (1916–2007) – Texas oil industrialist and Republican candidate for governor of Texas; native of Red River Parish
- Scott Crichton (born 1954) – state district court judge in Shreveport
- Lane Crockett (born 1942) – entertainment journalist from Shreveport
- Greg Cromer (born 1958) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish
- Mike Cross (1944–2013) – politician
- Noah W. Cross (1908–1976) – sheriff of Concordia Parish
- Brenham C. Crothers (1905–1984) – politician
- John David Crow (1935–2015) – football player and coach, born in Union Parish
- Charles Cusimano (born 1954) – politician
- Floyd D. Culbertson Jr. (1908–1989) – mayor of Minden (1940–42)
- Ed Cullen (born 1946) – journalist and radio essayist
- Allen Ross Culpepper (1944–1969) – United States Army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War
- Bobby Culpepper (1941–2015) – lawyer and politician from Jonesboro
- Marvin T. Culpepper (1908–1970) – politician
- Robert C. Culpepper (1873–1950) – state senator for Jackson and Ouachita parishes and judge from Alexandria
- William A. Culpepper (1916–2015) – judge based in Alexandria, son of Robert C. Culpepper
- Charles Milton Cunningham (1877–1936) – educator, lawyer, newspaperman, politician
- Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842–1916) – state representative and state senator; state attorney general (1884–88 and 1892–1900)
- William Tharp Cunningham (1871–1952) – planter, attorney, state representative, and judge from Natchitoches Parish
- W. Peyton Cunningham (1901–1971) – newspaper publisher and member of the Louisiana House from Natchitoches Parish (1932–40)
- Cupid (born 1982) – R&B singer
- Currensy (born 1981) – rapper
- Robert Houston Curry (1842–1992) – state representative for Bossier Parish; wounded Confederate Army soldier
- Joseph T. Curry (1895–1961) – politician; planter
- Israel "Bo" Curtis (1932–2012) – African-American politician from Alexandria
- Jacob Cutrera (born 1988) – middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Paul N. Cyr (1878–1946) – lieutenant governor who quarreled with Huey Pierce Long Jr.
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- Casey Daigle (born 1981) – relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
- Mike Danahay (born 1957) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)
- William Daniel (born 1955) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (1996–2008)
- Jay Dardenne (born 1954) – former state senator, Louisiana secretary of state, and lieutenant governor (since 2010); candidate for governor (2015)
- George W. D'Artois (1925–1977) – Shreveport public safety commissioner (1962–76)
- Zach Dasher (born 1978) – politician
- John T. David (1897–1974) – politician
- William Mackenzie Davidson (1856–1930) – politician and planter
- Buster Davis (born 1985) – wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
- Edwin Adams Davis (1904–1994) – historian
- Glen Davis (born 1986) – power forward and center for LSU and the Los Angeles Clippers
- Jackson B. Davis (born 1918) – attorney and former state senator
- Jimmie Davis (1899–2000) – singer, Governor of Louisiana
- Paula Davis (born 1973) - state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015
- Paul M. Davis Jr. (1919–2007) – orthopedic surgeon and medical author
- Willie Davis (born 1934) – Hall of Fame defensive end for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers
- Tommy Davis (born 1942) – mayor of Minden, Louisiana (since 2013)
- Keyunta Dawson (born 1985) – defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts
- Nelder Dawson (1928–2006) – newspaper executive
- Jay Dean (born 1953) – mayor of Longview, Texas, 2005–15; inconing Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, effective 2017; reared in Opelousas
- Lynn Dean (born 1923) – politician
- Pap Dean (born 1915) – cartoonist
- Cleveland Dear (1888–1950) – politician
- Michael E. DeBakey (born 1908) – pioneering cardiovascular surgeon
- Edmond Dede (1827–1903) – musician, composer
- J.D. DeBlieux (1912–2005) – state senator for East Baton Rouge Parish
- Robert DeBlieux (1933–2010) – historic preservationist and mayor of Natchitoches, 1976–80
- Jesse C. Deen (1922–2015) – state representative for Bossier and Webster parishes, 1972–88
- Larry Deen (born 1948) – sheriff of Bossier Parish, 1988–2012
- Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958) – comedian, actress, television personality
- Charles deGravelles (1913–2008) – Republican politician and businessman from Lafayette
- Kitty DeGree (1922–2012) – Monroe real estate developer and philanthropist
- Joe Delaney (1958–1983) – running back for Northwestern State University and for the Kansas City Chiefs; died saving children from swimming hole
- Virginia deGravelles (born 1915) – former Republican national committeewoman
- Jake Delhomme (born 1975) – quarterback for University of Louisiana at Lafayette and for Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII
- David Dellucci (born 1973) – MLB outfielder, played primarily with the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Vail M. Delony (1901–1967) – politician
- Numa T. Delouche (1888–1965) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish (1944–48)
- George Dement (1922–2014) – politician
- Tim Dement (born 1958) – amateur boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- James L. Dennis (born 1936) – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; former judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court; former state representative
- Catherine Dent (born 1965) – actress, Danni Sofer on The Shield
- Helen Derr (1918–2011) – journalist with and religion editor of The Alexandria Town Talk
- Leo Deslatte (born 1946) – mayor of Pineville from 1998 to 1999
- John Desmond (1922–2008) – architect
- George Despot (1927–1991) – politician and businessman
- Natalie Desselle-Reid (born 1967) – actress
- Henry C. Dethloff (born 1934) – historian
- Charles W. DeWitt Jr. (born 1947) – politician and rancher
- S. S. DeWitt (1914–1998) – politician
- F.O. "Potch" Didier (1919–2007) – sheriff
- Juba Diez (born 1944) – state representative from Ascension Parish (1976–2004)
- Herbert B. Dixon (born 1949) – former state representative and school board member from Rapides Parish
- Margaret Dixon (1908–1970) – newspaper editor
- Lurita Doan (born 1958) – Administrator of the General Services Administration under President George W. Bush
- James Dobson (born 1936) – evangelical Christian author, psychologist, founder of Focus on the Family
- William Joseph "Bill" Dodd (1909–1991) – politician
- Monroe E. Dodd (1878–1952) – Baptist clergyman, educator, and early radio evangelist in Shreveport
- John J. Doles Jr. (1922–2004) – banker
- John J. Doles Sr. (1895–1970) – Plain Dealing banker and state senator (1952–56)
- James R. Domengeaux (1907–1988) – U.S. representative; French language cultural activist
- Fats Domino (born 1928) – musician
- Jim Donelon (born 1944) – politician
- Vol Dooley (1927–2014) – sheriff of Bossier Parish (1976–88)
- Caroline Dormon (1888–1971) – naturalist, horticulturist, promoter of Kisatchie National Forest
- Glenn Dorsey (born 1985) – defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
- E. S. Dortch (1841–1943) – planter and politician from Bossier Parish
- Lorenzo Doss (born 1994) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
- Cat Doucet (1899–1975) – sheriff
- Early Doucet (born 1985) – wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals
- Eddie Doucet (1924–2008) – state representative for Jefferson Parish (1972–88); businessman
- Donna Douglas (born 1933) – actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
- Emmitt Douglas (1926–1981) – president of the Louisiana NAACP (1966–81)
- Gordon Dove (born 1957) – state representative; Houma businessman
- Hunt Downer (born 1946) – politician; National Guard officer
- C. H. "Sammy" Downs (1911–1985) – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Rapides Parish
- James Crawford "Jam" Downs (born 1940) – former district attorney for Rapides Parish
- James U. Downs (born 1941) – retired superior court judge in western North Carolina, born and reared in Shreveport
- J. Earl Downs (1905–1998) – commissioner of public safety in Shreveport (1954–62)
- Hollis Downs (born 1946) – state representative
- U. T. Downs (1880–1941) – mayor of Pineville and sheriff of Rapides Parish
- Gil Dozier (1934–2013) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1976–80)
- Dee D. Drell (born 1947) – U.S. district judge in Alexandria
- Harmon Caldwell Drew (1889–1950) – district attorney and state district and circuit court judge
- Harmon Drew Jr. (born 1946) – appeals court judge, musician
- R. Harmon Drew Sr. (1916–1995) – city judge, state representative
- Richard Cleveland Drew (1848–1919) – state district and circuit court judge
- Richard Maxwell Drew (1822–1850) – judge and state representative
- Clyde Drexler (born 1962) – basketball player, University of Houston, NBA and U.S. Olympic team, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
- Francis Dugas (1919–2008) – politician
- John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (born 1933) – retired state court, U.S. district, and appellate court judge from New Iberia and Lafayette
- Chris Duhon (born 1982) – NBA point guard
- David Duke (born 1950) – former state representative, former Ku Klux Klansman
- W.W. Dumas (1916–1993) – Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (1965–81)
- Charles E. Dunbar (1888–1959) – attorney and civil service reformer
- Lance Dunbar (born 1990) – running back for the Dallas Cowboys
- Samuel Dunbar (1931–2014) – businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana
- Ken Duncan (born 1945) – state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman
- Forrest Dunn (born 1928) – politician and museum curator
- Warrick Dunn (born 1975) – NFL running back
- Mark Duper (born 1959) – Miami Dolphins wide receiver
- Adrian G. Duplantier (1929–2007) – U.S. District Judge and former state senator from Orleans Parish
- Jay Duplass (born 1973) – film director
- Gilbert L. Dupré (1858–1946) – politician from St. Landry Parish
- H. Garland Dupré (1873–1924) – politician
- Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909–1992) – boxer, musician
- Chad Durbin (born 1977) – MLB pitcher
- Joey Durel (born 1953) – mayor of Lafayette (since 2004)
- Claude B. Duval (1914–1986) – state senator from Houma
- Stanwood Duval (born 1942) – federal judge in New Orleans
- Stephen Dwight (born 1977) – incoming member of the Louisiana House for Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes
- Jack M. Dyer (born c. 1925) – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (1960–64)
- Wilbur Dyer (1907–1985) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish (1974–80)
- B.G. Dyess (1922–2013) – Southern Baptist minister and politician
- D.L. Dykes Jr. (1917–1997) – pastor of First United Methodist Church of Shreveport, 1955–84; liberal theologian
- W.E. "Bill" Dykes (1925–2015) – politician
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- Sue Eakin (1918–2009) – historian; editor of Twelve Years a Slave
- Richard Eastham (1916–2005) – actor
- John H. Eastman (1861–1938) – mayor of Shreveport (1910–14)
- William Edenborn (1848–1926) – businessman and inventor
- Rick Edmonds (born 1956) - state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish; Baptist minister
- Mike Edmonson (born 1958) – superintendent of the Louisiana State Police (since 2008)
- Edwin Edwards (born 1927) – former Governor of Louisiana
- Lavar Edwards (born 1990) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
- Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952 – 2016) – Baton Rouge politician
- Troy Edwards (born 1977) – football player
- Charles Wheaton Elam (1866–1917) – politician
- Joseph Barton Elam Sr. (1821–1885) – politician
- Joseph Barton Elam Jr. (1878–1935) – politician and journalist
- Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972) – Member of Congress, United States Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate
- Frank Burton Ellis (1907–1969) – politician
- Faye Emerson (1917–1983) – actress
- Julie Emerson (born 1988) – state representative for Lafayette and St. Landry parishes
- John C. Ensminger (born 1934) – politician
- Dale M. Erdey (born 1954) – politician
- E. D. Estilette (1833–1919) – politician from St. Landry Parish
- Albert Estopinal (1845–1919) – politician
- Albert Estopinal Jr. (1869–1952) – politician
- James R. Eubank (1914–1952) – lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish
- Randy Ewing (born 1944) – politician and businessman
- John D. Ewing (1892–1952) – newspaper executive
- Robert Wilson Ewing, I (1859–1931) – newspaper executive
- Robert Wilson Ewing, III (1935–2007) – newspaper executive; photographer
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- Jamie Fair (born 1946) – former state representative
- Jimmy Faircloth (born 1964) – former executive counsel to Governor Bobby Jindal; attorney in Alexandria-Pineville
- Reid Falconer (born 1956) – state representative for St. Tammany Parish, effective 2016
- Ralph Falsetta (1914–1999) – politician from Ascension Parish
- James R. Fannin (born 1949) – politician
- Clyde Fant (1905–1973) – mayor of Shreveport
- Lenny Fant (1923–1998) – basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (1957–79)
- Rick L. Farrar – state representative from Rapides Parish
- Dillon Farrell (born 1990) – center for the San Francisco 49ers
- Chris Faser Jr. (1917–2004) – politician
- Robert Faucheux (born 1950) – state representative for St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, 1996–2004; attorney in LaPlace
- Ron Faucheux (born 1950) – state representative for Orleans Parish, 1976–84; political pundit
- Clarence Faulk (1909–2010) – publisher, broadcaster, businessman from Ruston
- Kevin Faulk (born 1976) – New England Patriots running back, LSU Hall of Famer
- Marshall Faulk (born 1973) – Hall of Fame running back, television commentator
- Trev Faulk (born 1981) – St. Louis Rams linebacker
- William C. Feazel (1895–1965) – interim U.S. Senator in 1948; former state representative from Ouachita Parish
- Lionel Ferbos (1911–2014) – jazz musician from New Orleans
- Jimmy Field (born 1940) – Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996–2012)
- Clarence R. Fields (born 1955) – mayor of Pineville since 1999
- T. T. Fields (1912–1994) – politician
- David Filo (born 1966) – co-founder of Yahoo!
- Olaf Fink (1914–1973) – educator and state senator for Orleans Parish from 1956 to 1972
- Valerie Fitzenreiter (born 1955) – author, unschooling advocate
- Jimmy Fitzmorris (born 1921) – politician, lieutenant governor
- Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965) – actor
- Dan Flavin (born 1957) – politician
- John C. Fleming (born 1952) – U.S. representative; medical doctor
- William J. Fleniken (1908–1979) – U.S. attorney and state district court judge in Caddo Parish
- Dan Flores (born 1948) – historian of the American West
- J. Howell Flournoy (1891–1966) – sheriff of Caddo Parish (1940–66)
- D. J. Fluker (born 1991) – offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
- Cheston Folkes (1863–1941) – politician
- Warren Davis Folkes (1898–1997) – politician
- Heulette Fontenot (born 1961) – former state representative and state senator from Livingston Parish
- Jerry Fontenot (born 1966) – assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers
- Mary Alice Fontenot (1910–2003) – author
- Mike Fontenot (born 1980) – second baseman for the San Francisco Giants
- Elizabeth Erny Foote (born 1953) – judge
- George M. Foote (1919–2010) – judge
- Faith Ford (born 1964) – actress
- Frankie Ford (born 1939) – singer
- C. B. Forgotston (1945–2016) – state government watchdog
- Barbara Forrest (born 20th century) – philosopher and prominent critic of the intelligent design movement
- Garey Forster (born 1950) – radio host, former state representative
- Connell Fort (1867–1937) – mayor of Minden
- Matt Forté (born 1985) – running back for the Chicago Bears
- Paul Lee Foshee Sr. (born 1932) – former state representative and state senator
- Ezola B. Foster (born 1938) – conservative political activist, writer, and politician
- Mike Foster (born 1930) – Governor of Louisiana
- Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921) – Governor of Louisiana
- Pete Fountain (1930–2016) – musician
- John B. Fournet (1895–1984) – Speaker of the Louisiana House, lieutenant governor, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Douglas Fowler (1906–1980) – politician
- H. M. Fowler (1918–2014) – politician
- Jerry Marston Fowler (1940–2009) – politician and convicted felon
- Mike Francis (born 1946) – businessman, Republican former state party chairman
- A. B. Franklin (born 1948) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)
- Tillman Franks (1920–2006) – country musician and manager
- Lether Frazar (1904–1960) – politician and college president, author of state teacher retirement law
- A.A. Fredericks (1891–1975) – politician and college president
- Dennis Freeman (1940–2007) – mayor of Logansport
- Bobby Freeman (1934–2016) – lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1988
- Mannie Fresh (born 1974) – record producer, musician
- J. Isaac Friedman (1877–1949) – state representative and state senator from Natchitoches Parish
- Leon Friedman (1886–1948) – state representative from Natchitoches Parish (1932–40)
- Sylvan Friedman (1908–1979) – member of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury and both houses of the state legislature
- W. C. Friley (1845–1911) – educator and Baptist clergyman
- Gregory L. Fruge (born 1948) – Republican former state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes; businessman in Eunice
- Robert L. Frye (1927–2011) – educator
- Lawrence T. Fuglaar (1895–1972) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1948–52); drowning victim
- Frank Fulco (1908–1999) – politician
- Hoffman Franklin Fuller (born 1932) – professor emeritus at Tulane University Law School, authority on tax law
- Hoffman L. Fuller (1899–1983) – mayor of Bossier City (1937–53)
- Samuel B. Fuller (1905–1988) – founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier
- Thomas Wafer Fuller (1867–1920) – politician, educator, publisher
- Alexander Fulton (birth date unknown – died c. 1818) founder of Alexandria
- Henry L. Fuqua (1865–1926) – Governor of Louisiana (1924–26, his death)
- Charles Fuselier (born 1942) – sheriff of St. Martin Parish (1980–2003)
- J. B. Fuselier (1901–1975) – Cajun musician from Oberlin, Louisiana
- Mike Futrell (born 1960) – politician
- P. Elmo Futrell Jr. (1916–1993) – politician
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- Ernest Gaines (born 1933) – author
- Randal Gaines (born 1955) – African American; lawyer; educator; state representative for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes (since 2012)
- Gerald J. Gallinghouse (1920–2007) – U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- Count Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) – Spanish governor; viceroy of New Spain
- James C. Gardner (1924–2010) – mayor of Shreveport (1954–58); called "Mr. Shreveport"
- John Sidney Garrett (1921–2005) – former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Claiborne Parish
- Jim Garrison (1921–1992) – former New Orleans district attorney; later a state judge
- Robert T. Garrity Jr. (born 1949) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Jefferson Parish
- James Garvey Jr. – member since 2012 of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 1; a Metairie lawyer
- Leon Gary (1912–2000) – politician; mayor of Houma, 1946–62
- Ryan Gatti (born 1974) – state senator for District 36 since 2016; Bossier City lawyer
- Chad Gaudin (born 1983) – MLB pitcher
- Randall Gay (born 1982) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
- Terry W. Gee (1940–2014) – state representative and businessman
- A. B. George (1829–1899) – politician in Minden and Shreveport
- Gaston Gerald (born 1931) – politician
- Ray Germany (born 1936) – basketball player and coach
- Brett Geymann (born 1961) – state representative
- Johnny Giavotella (born 1987) – second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels
- H. Lawrence Gibbs (1919–1993) – politician
- J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert (1922–2014) – state representative and state senator
- Mickey Gilley (born 1936) – musician; singer; nightclub owner
- David 'Bo' Ginn (born 1951) – state senator from Morehouse Parish (1980–88)
- George Girard (1930–1957) – musician
- Howard B. Gist Jr. (1919–2011) – attorney
- Leslie Glasgow (1914–1980) – professor; conservationist; government administrator
- Hap Glaudi (1912–1989) – New Orleans sports journalist
- E.D. Gleason (1899–1959) – state representative
- Mary Smith Gleason (1899–1967) – state representative
- Edgar Godbold (1879–1952) – president of Louisiana College (1942–51)
- H. N. Goff (1910–1978) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1952–56)
- Ron Gomez (born 1934) – former state representative from Lafayette Parish
- Douglas Gonzales (born 1935) – retired judge; from Baton Rougen
- John Goodman (born 1952) – actor
- Alfred Goodwill (1830–1905) – businessman from Minden; owned largest general store in Louisiana in 1880s in Minden
- Jasper Goodwill (1889–1974) – mayor of Minden (1955–58); grandson of Alfred Goodwill
- Cletis Gordon (born 1982) – cornerback for the United Football League's Florida Tuskers
- James M. Goslin (1915–2001) – sheriff of Caddo Parish (1966–76)
- Stephen Gostkowski (born 1984) – placekicker for the New England Patriots
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) – pianist; composer
- Lucille May Grace (1900–1957) – first woman in statewide elected office as register of state lands
- R. W. "Buzzy" Graham (1937–2014) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1968–72)
- Shirley Ann Grau (born 1929) – writer
- Webster "Webbie" Gradney Jr. (born 1985) – rapper
- Danny Granger (born 1983) – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
- Camille Gravel (1915–2005) – lawyer; advisor to governors
- E. W. Gravolet (1919–1968) – politician
- Veleka Gray (born 1951) – actress; writer; producer
- Douglas D. "Doug" Green (born c. 1950) – politician
- Howard Green (born 1979) – nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers
- BenJarvus Green-Ellis (born 1985) – running back for the New England Patriots
- Hunter Greene (born 1966) – state representative
- Thomas A. "Tom" Greene (born 1948) – former state senator
- Allen C. Gremillion (1929–1971) – politician
- Jack P.F. Gremillion (1914–2001) – attorney general
- John Grenier (1930–2007) – Republican politician in Alabama; born in New Orleans
- Grits Gresham (1922–2008) – sportsman; journalist
- J. D. Grey (1906–1985) – clergyman
- Bob Griffin (born 1934) – broadcast journalist; from Shreveport
- Moon Griffon (born 1961) – statewide conservative radio talk show host
- Robert Groves (born 1948) – sociologist; Director of the United States Census Bureau under U.S. President Barack Obama
- Anthony Guarisco Jr. (born 1938) – politician
- Dudley A. Guglielmo (1909–2005) – insurance commissioner
- Troyce Guice (1932–2008) – businessman, politician
- Dick Guidry (1929–2014) – politician; businessman from Lafourche Parish
- Greg G. Guidry (born 1960) – member of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Jesse J. Guidry (c. 1921–1987) – state representative and secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; from St. Martin Parish
- John Michael Guidry (born 1962) – circuit court judge; former member of both houses of the state legislature from Baton Rouge
- Richard Guidry (1949–2008) – advocate of French language in Louisiana
- Ron Guidry (born 1950) – Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the New York Yankees
- Elbert Guillory (born 1944) – politician
- Billy Guin (born 1927) – Republican politician from Shreveport
- G. Earl Guinn (1912–2004) – president of Louisiana College (1951–75)
- John E. Guinn (born 1953) – politician
- Brandon Guillory (born 1985) – businessman
- Mickey Guillory (born 1940) – retired state police officer; state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes (since 2004)
- Bryant Gumbel (born 1948) – television journalist
- Greg Gumbel (born 1946) – sportscaster
- Stephen L. Gunn (born 1946) – politician
- William J. "Billy" Guste Jr. (1922–2013) – state attorney general
- Buddy Guy (born 1936) – blues musician
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- Billy Hagan (1932–2007) – NASCAR owner and racer, businessman
- Richard T. Haik (born 1950) – United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
- Ted Haik (born 1945) – politician
- Jeff Hall (born 1951) – state representative for Rapides Parish (since 2015)
- Pike Hall Jr. (1931–1999) – judge from Shreveport
- William Pike Hall Sr. (1896–1945) – lawyer and politician in Shreveport
- Jan Hamer (1927–2008) – organic chemist
- Rusty Hamer (1947–1990) – child actor
- John Martin Hamley (1883–1942) – politician
- Bryant Hammett (born 1956) – politician
- Kernan "Skip" Hand (born 1945) – politician
- Sam Hanna Sr. (1933–2006) – newspaper publisher
- Paul Jude Hardy (born 1942) – state senator, secretary of state, lieutenant governor
- Henry E. Hardtner (1870–1935) – lumberman, conservationist, politician, founder of Urania
- George W. Hardy Jr. (1900–1967) – mayor of Shreveport and judge of the state circuit court of appeal
- John Spencer Hardy (1913–2012) – lieutenant general in the United States Air Force
- Robert Harling (born 1951) – playwright, screenwriter and film director, wrote Steel Magnolias
- Winsor Harmon (born 1963) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Allen "Puddler" Harris (born 1936) – pianist for Ricky Nelson and Jimmie Davis
- Danneel Harris (born 1979) – actress, model, One Life to Live, One Tree Hill, Friends with Benefits
- Eric W. Harris (1916–2007) – businessman
- Lance Harris (born 1961) – state representative
- Mary Johnson Harris (born 1963) – educator from Shreveport
- Jimmy Harris - state representative for Orleans Parish since 2016
- T. H. Harris (1869–1942) – state superintendent of education (1908–40)
- Will Harris (born 1984) – relief pitcher for the Houston Astros
- Joe Harrison (born c. 1952) – state representative
- Benjamin Morgan Harrod (1837–1912) – engineer
- Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway (born 1939) – former sheriff of Grant Parish
- Torrence "Lil Boosie" Hatch (born 1982) – rapper
- Jason Hatcher (born 1982) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
- Don Hathaway (born 1928) – Shreveport public works commissioner (1970–78); Caddo Parish sheriff (1980–2000)
- Richmond C. Hathorn (1893–1941) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1936–40)
- Bert Hatten (born 1927) – mayor of West Monroe (1966–78); newspaper managing editor and publisher
- Kenny Havard (born 1971) – politician
- Elvin Hayes (born 1945) – Hall of Fame basketball player
- Hunter Hayes (born 1991) – country singer
- Rufus D. Hayes (1913–2002) – first state insurance commissioner, East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, Democratic state chairman
- Fred Haynes (1946–2006) – LSU football player
- O. H. Haynes Jr. (1920–1996) – Webster Parish sheriff (1964–80)
- O. H. Haynes Sr. (1888–1969) – Webster Parish sheriff (1933–52)
- William Wright Heard (1853–1926) – governor of Louisiana (1900–04)
- George E. Hearn (1926–2010) – psychologist
- Bobby Hebert (born 1960) – New Orleans Saints quarterback known as "Cajun Cannon"
- Dennis Paul Hebert (1926–2015) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish, 1972–96
- Felix Edward Hébert (1901–1979) – journalist, politician
- Malcolm P. Hebert (1926–2006) – Alexandria politician
- Paul M. Hebert (1907–1977) – judge, Louisiana State University Law Center dean
- Troy Hebert (born 1966) – politician
- Lee Hedges (born 1929) – champion football coach in Shreveport
- Fred Heebe (born 1952) – New Orleans real estate developer
- Jennifer Sneed Heebe (born 1966) – politician
- Talmadge L. Heflin (born 1940) – former member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Marie Alice Heine (1858–1925) – first American Princess of Monaco
- Norman E. "Pete" Heine (born 1928) – politician
- Betty Heitman (1929–1994) – Republican politician
- David Heitmeier (born 1961) – state senator for Orleans Parish (since 2008); optometrist
- Francis C. Heitmeier (born 1950) – former state senator for Orleans Parish; lawyer and lobbyist
- Knute Heldner (1875–1952) – impressionist artist
- Lillian Hellman (1905–1984) – playwright and screenwriter
- The Hemphills - gospel music singing group from 1967 to 1990, began in Bastrop, Louisiana
- Devery Henderson (born 1982) – wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints
- William Kennon Henderson Jr. (1880–1945) – founder of radio station KWKH in Shreveport
- Lloyd Hendrick (1908–1951) – Shreveport lawyer and state senator for DeSoto and Caddo parishes (1940–48)
- Ellis Henican (born 1958) – journalist, commentator, talk show host
- Jeff Hennessy – trampoline coach
- Leigh Hennessy – world champion gymnast and movie stuntwoman
- Shelley Hennig (born 1987) – actress, Days of Our Lives
- Charlie Hennigan (born 1935) – football player
- Gilbert Franklin Hennigan (1883–1960) – politician
- Cameron Henry (born 1974) – politician
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937) – singer, musician
- E. L. "Bubba" Henry (born 1936) – politician, lawyer, lobbyist
- Gloria Henry (born 1923) – actress, CBS's Dennis the Menace
- L. B. Henry (1920–2008) – politician
- Bob Hensgens (born 1955) – state representative
- George Herriman (1880–1944) – Krazy Kat cartoonist
- Charles R. Herring (born 1945) – chiropractor; served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish (1988–92)
- Jacob Hester (born 1985) – fullback for the San Diego Chargers
- W. Scott Heywood (1872–1950) – state senator, discovered oil in Jeff Davis Parish in 1901
- Theodore M. Hickey (1910–1993) – New Orleans City Council member and state senator; introduced bill establishing the University of New Orleans
- Thomas Hickman (1872–1950) – mayor of Bossier City (1925–37)
- W. W. Hicks (1843–1925) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1900–04)
- Andrew Higgins (1886–1952) – shipbuilder, industrialist
- Clay Higgins (born 1961) - Crime Stoppers narrator and congressional candidate
- Wiley W. Hilburn (1938–2014) – journalist, educator
- Charles Franklin Hildebrand (1893–1966) – journalist
- Stephanie Hilferty (born 1985) – state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes since 2016
- Dorothy Sue Hill (born 1939) – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes since 2008
- Herman Ray Hill (born 1937) – state representative for Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes (1996–2008)
- Kenny Hill (born 1958) – NFL defensive back
- Corey Hilliard (born 1985) – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
- Quin Hillyer (born 1964) – columnist and editor
- Donald E. Hines (born 1933) – politician and physician
- Walker Hines (born 1984) – state representative from Orleans Parish
- Gerry E. Hinton (1930–2000) – state senator, pioneer of chiropractic profession
- Al Hirt (1922–1999) – musician
- Valarie Hodges (born 1955) – politician
- Frank A. Hoffmann (born 1944) – state representative
- Melvin L. Holden (born 1952) – first African-American mayor of Baton Rouge
- Cheryl Holdridge (1944–2009) – actor
- Trindon Holliday (born 1986) – wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Giants
- Earl Holliman (born 1928) – actor
- Dan Hollingsworth (born 1934) – politician
- Harry Hollins (1932–1989) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish from 1964 to 1980
- Ken Hollis (1942–2010) – state senator from Jefferson Parish (1982–2008)
- Paul Hollis (born 1972) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish
- Clyde C. Holloway (born 1943) – former US Representative; member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission
- Ben F. Holt (1925–1995) – politician
- Jay F. Honeycutt (born 1937) – former director of the Kennedy Space Center
- Dalton W. Honoré (born 1943) – politician
- Russel L. Honoré (born 1947) – general during Hurricane Katrina relief
- Taylor Horn (born 1992) – singer and actress
- Dodie Horton – state representative for Bossier Parish, effective 2016
- Son House (1902–1988) – blues singer and guitarist
- TJ House (born 1989) – pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
- Alton Hardy Howard (1925–2006) – co-founder of Howard Brothers Discount Stores; gospel songwriter
- Frank A. Howard (born 1938) – politician
- Jaye Howard (born 1988) – nose tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Perry H. Howard (1922–2009) – sociologist at Louisiana State University who researched into Louisiana politics
- V. E. Howard (1911–2000) – Church of Christ clergyman, founder of radio International Gospel Hour
- W. L. "Jack" Howard (1921–2004) – mayor of Monroe and partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores
- Arlene Howell (born 1939) – Miss USA 1958 and actress: Bourbon Street Beat
- Ewald Max Hoyer – first mayor of Bossier City at incorporation as a town in 1907
- Jerry Huckaby (born 1941) – US Representative
- Morley Hudson (1917–2001) – State Representative, advocate for the mentally retarded
- Sarah Hudson-Pierce (born 1948) – author and book publisher from Shreveport
- Thomas H. Hudson (born 1946) – Baton Rouge attorney and former state senator
- Jefferson D. Hughes, III (born 1952) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013
- William Clark Hughes (1868–1930) – Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1926–28); Bossier Parish farmer
- Edgar Hull (1904–1984) – physician
- Hubert D. Humphreys (1923–2009) – historian
- Guy E. Humphries Jr. (1923–2010) – state court judge in Alexandria
- John S. Hunt, III (1928–2001) – Monroe attorney; politician
- Clementine Hunter (c. 1886–1988) – folk artist
- Jeffrey Hunter (1926–1969) actor – The Searchers, King of Kings; born in New Orleans; reared in Wisconsin
- Marcus Hunter (born 1979) – politician
- Carolyn Huntoon (born 1940) – scientist
- John Brennan Hussey (born 1934) – mayor of Shreveport from 1982 to 1990
- Nita Rusich Hutter (born 1949) – politician
- Mike "Pete" Huval (born c. 1956) – politician
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- Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661–1706) – founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France
- Richard Ieyoub (born 1944) – Louisiana Attorney General (1992–2004)
- Iron Eyes Cody (1904–1999) – actor; native of Kaplan
- Melvin Irvin (1942–2014) – state representative from Gonzales in Ascension Parish (1984–92)
- Walter Isaacson (born 1952) – author; journalist; president and chief executive officer, Aspen Institute
- Barry Ivey (born 1979) – politician
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- George W. Jack (1875–1924) – federal judge
- Wellborn Jack (1907–1991) – state representative from Caddo Parish (1940–64)
- Whitfield Jack (1906–1989) – Shreveport attorney and United States Army colonel in World War II and United States Army Reserve major general
- Alphonse J. Jackson (1927–2014) – educator, civil rights activist, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish (1972–92)
- Girod Jackson, III (born 1972) – former state representative for Jefferson Parish
- John E. Jackson (1892–1989) – chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1929–34; Republican national committeeman, 1934–52; practice law in New Orleans
- John M. Jackson (born 1950) – actor, JAG
- Lisa Jackson (born 1962) – administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Barack Obama
- Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) – gospel singer
- Shelby M. Jackson (1903–1972) – state education superintendent (1948–64)
- Randy Jackson (born 1956) – musician, entrepreneur, television personality
- Randy Jackson (born 1955) – guitarist and lead singer of rock band Zebra
- Tyson Jackson (born 1986) – defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
- Brandon Jacobs (born 1982) – running back for the New York Giants
- Charles Jacobs (born 1970) – state court judge from Springhill since 2015
- Bradie James (born 1981) – linebacker for the Houston Texans
- Edward C. James – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2012)
- Antawn Jamison (born 1976) – NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Rajarsi Janakananda (1892–1955) – former president of the Self-Realization Fellowship
- Lemuel Jeanpierre (born 1987) – center for the Seattle Seahawks
- Patrick O. Jefferson (born 1968) – state representative for Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln parishes (since 2012); lawyer in Arcadia
- Eddie Jemison (born 1963) – actor, Hung, Bruce Almighty, and Ocean's Eleven and its sequels
- Faith Jenkins (born 20th century) – attorney, legal commentator, Miss Louisiana 2000
- Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born 1969) – actor, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Woody Jenkins (born 1947) – politician, newspaper publisher
- J. Thomas Jewell (1909–1993) – politician from New Roads
- Bobby Jindal (born 1971) – Governor of Louisiana
- Ronnie Johns (born 1949) – politician
- Andrew R. Johnson (1856–1933) – state senator and mayor of Homer; named Ashland, Louisiana
- Avery Johnson (born 1965) – NBA player and coach
- Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943) – Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013
- Bill Johnson (1872–1972) – jazz musician
- Damaris Johnson (born 1989) – wide receiver and punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Neal Lane "Lanny" Johnson (born 1940) – school superintendent, former state representative
- Mike Johnson (born 1972) – state representative and constitutional attorney from Bossier Parish
- Quinn Johnson (born 1986) – fullback for the Green Bay Packers
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born 1932) – U.S. Senator (1972–97); lobbyist, (since 1997); state senator (1968–72); state representative (1964–68)
- Bert Jones (born 1951) – football quarterback, LSU and NFL's Baltimore Colts
- Chad Jones (born 1988) – safety for the New York Giants
- Donald Edward Jones (born 1949) – mayor of Bossier City (1984–89)
- Donnie Jones (born 1980) – punter for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Dub Jones (born 1924) – NFL and AAFC running back
- Edgar Jones (born 1984) – linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
- E. Edward Jones (1931–2016) – civil rights advocate from Shreveport
- E. Holman Jones (1926–2014) – state representative
- Fred W. Jones Jr. (1924–2000) – city, district and state circuit court judge from Ruston
- Gary Lee Jones (born 1946) – Republican member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Howard M. Jones (1900–1980) – politician
- Jacoby Jones (born 1984) – wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens
- Perry Jones III (born 1991) – player for the Oklahoma City Thunder
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1905–1982) – president and baseball coach at Grambling State University (1936–77)
- Robert Gambrell "Bob" Jones (born 1939) – politician, businessman
- Sam Houston Jones (1897–1978) – Governor of Louisiana
- Sam S. Jones (born 1953) – politician, businessman
- Theodore "Ted" Jones (born 1934) – politician, lawyer, lobbyist
- Edmond Jordan (born 1971) - lawyer and state representative from West and East Baton Rouge parishes since 2016
- Henderson Jordan (1896–1958) – Bienville Parish sheriff, in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde
- J. Lomax Jordan (born 1952) – state senator from Lafayette (1992–2000)
- Michael I. Jordan (born 1956) – Professor at University of California, Berkeley, researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Curtis Joubert (born 1931) – politician
- J. E. Jumonville Jr. (born 1942) – state senator and horse breeder from Pointe Coupee Parish
- J. E. Jumonville Sr. (1919–1983) – state senator and natural gas developer from Pointe Coupee Parish
- Juvenile (born 1975) – rapper
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- Harnett Kane (1910–1984) – New Orleans-based author of southern history, geography, culture, and fiction
- Ed Karst (1931–1992) – mayor of Alexandria (1969–73); gubernatorial candidate (1991)
- Kay Katz (born 1940) – state representative from Ouachita Parish; Republican National Committeewoman from Louisiana
- Jack Keahey (1935–2007) – president of Tensas River Levee District
- Kelly Keeling (born 1966) – singer-songwriter from Houma
- J.E. Keeny (1860–1939) – educator
- Willie E. Kees Jr. (1916–2003) – mayor of Pineville from 1946 to 1952; worked to raise Red River levee to prevent future flooding
- Bill P. Keith (born 1934) – author; former member of the Louisiana State Senate
- Perry Keith (1847–1935) – politician
- William P. Kellogg (1830–1918) – Member of Congress; Governor; United States Senator
- Donald G. Kelly (born 1941) – state senator from Natchitoches (1976–96)
- Iris Kelso (1926–2003) – New Orleans journalist
- Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933) – U.S. representative (1925–33)
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. (1904–1965) – Louisiana Attorney General (1948–52)
- Donald Ray Kennard (1936–2011) – state representative from Baton Rouge (1976–2008)
- John Neely Kennedy (born 1951) – Louisiana State Treasurer
- Edward Kennon (born 1938) – businessman, politician
- Robert F. Kennon (1902–1988) – Governor of Louisiana (1952–56)
- James Peter Kent (1866–1937) – newspaper publisher; politician from Minden in Webster Parish
- Doug Kershaw (born 1936) – musician, singer
- Sammy Kershaw (born 1958) – musician; singer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
- Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) – singer; billed himself as the "Emperor of the Universe"
- Philip Barton Key Jr. (1804–1854) – planter and state legislator from Lafourche Parish
- DJ Khaled (born 1975) – record producer; radio personality; DJ; record label executive
- Nat G. Kiefer (1939–1985) – state senator from New Orleans
- John Sidney Killen (1826–1903) – farmer; state representative from Claiborne and Webster parishes
- Arnold R. Kilpatrick (1920–2005) – educator
- K.D. Kilpatrick (1928–2010) – state senator from Ruston
- Catherine D. Kimball (born 1945) – retired chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Clyde Kimball (born 1942) – state representative for Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes (1976–92)
- Claude King (1923–2013) – country singer-songwriter; known for "Wolverton Mountain"
- Earl King (1934–2003) – musician
- Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010) – novelist
- Ralph E. King (1902–1974) – physician; state senator from Franklin Parish
- Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) – politician and businessman
- Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (born 1918) – music educator; former member of Louisiana Board of Regents
- Graydon K. Kitchens Jr. (born 1936) – judge
- Graydon K. Kitchens Sr. (1903–1988) – lawyer; politician
- Chuck Kleckley (born 1960) – state representative
- Mark Klein (born 1993) – singer
- Neil Haven Klock (1896–1978) – sugar planter; politician from Rapides Parish
- Jeannette Knoll (born 1943) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Jesse Monroe Knowles (1919–2006) – politician; survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II
- L.D. Knox (1929–2009) – politician
- Allison Kolb (1915–1973) – politician
- Robert Kostelka (born 1933) – district attorney; judge; state senator from Monroe
- Suzanne Mayfield Krieger (born 1953) – politician
- Dan Kyle (born 1937) – politician
- John S. Kyser (1900–1975) – educator
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- Adras LaBorde (1912–1993) – journalist, Alexandria Daily Town Talk
- Raymond Laborde (1927–2016) – politician and department store owner
- John LaBruzzo (born 1970) – politician
- Eddie Lacy (born 1990) – running back for the Green Bay Packers
- Len Lacy (1900–1998) – politician
- Horace Ladymon (born 1929) – businessman
- Adolphe Lafargue (1855–1917) – newspaper publisher; state legislator; judge; from Marksville
- Alvan Lafargue (1883–1963) – physician; politician
- Malcolm Lafargue (1908–1963) – U.S. attorney in Shreveport (1940s)
- Ed Lafitte (1886–1971) – baseball player
- Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1826) – blacksmith; pirate
- Juan LaFonta (born 1972) – former state representative for Orleans Parish and New Orleans lawyer
- Papa Jack Laine (1873–1966) – bandleader
- Eddie J. Lambert (born 1956) – state representative
- Louis Lambert (born 1940) – politician
- Maxie Lambright (1924–1980) – football coach
- Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996) – actress
- Charles D. Lancaster Jr. (born 1943) – former state representative
- Edgar H. Lancaster Jr. (1918–2009) – former state representative and interim judge
- Katherine LaNasa (born 1966) – actress, Judging Amy
- Mary Landrieu (born 1955) – US Senator
- Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) – politician
- Moon Landrieu (born 1930) – judge, politician
- Ali Landry (born 1973) – actress; model; Miss USA (1996)
- Jarvis Landry (born 1992) – wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
- Jeff Landry (born 1970) – politician
- Lisa Landry (born 1977) – comedian
- Nancy Landry (born 1962) – politician
- Terry Landry – state representative for Lafayette, Iberia, and St. Martin parishes since 2012; former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police
- Eric Laneuville (born 1952) – actor; television director, St. Elsewhere, Room 222
- Carroll E. Lanier (1926–2012) – mayor of Alexandria (1977–82)
- Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) – self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
- John Larroquette (born 1947) – actor
- Dud Lastrapes (born 1929) – mayor of Lafayette (1980–92)
- Hank Lauricella (1930–2014) – football player; state senator
- Marie Laveau (c. 1794 – c. 1881) – Voodoo priestess
- Samuel Lawrason (1852–1924) – state senator; authored Lawrason Act regarding Louisiana municipal government
- Rollo C. Lawrence (1894–1968) – mayor of Pineville, 1930–46; first superintendent of Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1948–51
- Claude "Buddy" Leach (born 1934) – politician; businessman
- Lead Belly (1885–1949) – musician
- Alexander McIntyre Leary (1873–1937) – mayor of Minden (1903–05); director of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Shreveport (1935–37)
- Ronald Leary (born 1989) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
- Bernard LeBas (born 1943) – pharmacist; state representative for Evangeline and St. Landry parishes (since 2008)
- Dudley J. LeBlanc (1894–1971) – politician; businessman; made a fortune in the patent medicine Hadacol
- Fred S. LeBlanc – politician
- Jerry Luke LeBlanc (born 1956) – politician
- Patrick LeBlanc (1954–2008) – architect; businessman; politician
- Sam A. LeBlanc, III (born 1938) – lawyer; state representative
- Samuel A. LeBlanc, I (1886–1955) – lawyer; state representative; state court judge; grandfather of Sam A. LeBlanc, III
- Conway LeBleu (1918–2007) – state representative for Calcasieu and Camerosn parishes, 1964–88
- Marietta LeBreton (1936–2009) – historian at Northwestern State University
- Richard Leche (1898–1965) – Governor of Louisiana
- Joseph E. LeDoux (born 1949) – neuroscientist
- David Lee (born 1943) – football player
- Harry Lee (1932–2007) – Jefferson Parish sheriff
- James Nelson Lee (c. 1923–2014) – city and state court judge in Avoyelles Parish
- Rory Lee (born 1949) – president of Louisiana College (1997–2004)
- Swords Lee (1859–1929) – businessman and politician in Grant Parish and Alexandria
- Walter C. Lee (born 1934) – member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (1991–2014); retired educator in Shreveport
- Walter L. Lee (born 1921) – Clerk of Court in Evangeline Parish (1956–2012)
- W. Burch Lee (1883–1939) – state representative for Webster Parish (1914–16); clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (1918–33)
- Keith Lehr (born 1963) – two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, born and resides in Bossier City
- John A. Lejeune (1867–1942) – Marine Corps general
- Don Lemon (born 1966) – journalist and television anchor; host of CNN Newsroom
- Lloyd E. Lenard (1922–2008) – politician, businessman, author
- Art Lentini (born 1953) – former state senator
- Countess Leon (1798–1881) – founder of Germantown Colony in Webster Parish
- Elmore Leonard (1925–2013) – crime and western novelist; born in New Orleans
- Joe LeSage (1928–2015) – former state for Caddo Parish; LSU supervisor and Shreveport attorney
- Jim Leslie (1937–1976) – journalist; advertising executive; assassinated in Baton Rouge
- Jared Leto (born 1971) – actor; lead singer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Shannon Leto (born 1970) – drummer of the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, occasional actor
- Zachary Levi (born 1980) – actor, Less than Perfect, Chuck
- Jerry Lee Lewis (born 1935) – musician
- Keenan Lewis (born 1986) – cornerback for the New Orleans Saints
- Michael Lewis (born 1960) – author; financial journalist; Moneyball, The Blind Side
- Patrick Lewis (born 1991) – center for the Seattle Seahawks
- Rashard Lewis (born 1979) – forward for the Orlando Magic
- Tony Ligi (born 1955) – politician
- Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) – rapper
- Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968) – politician
- Meghan Linsey (born 1985) - musician, singer/songwriter, and contestant from The Voice season 8
- F. A. Little Jr. (born 1936) – judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- Sam Little (born 1950) – politician
- Little Walter (1930–1968) – blues harmonica player
- Lloyd Harlin Polite (born 1986) – R&B singer
- Nate Livings (born 1982) – guard for the Dallas Cowboys
- Bob Livingston (born 1943) – Member of Congress (1977–99)
- Edward Livingston (1764–1836) – Member of Congress; United States Secretary of State
- Lloyd (born 1986) – contemporary R&B and hip hop artist
- Bennie Logan (born 1989) – nose tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
- George M. Lomax (1849–1917) – state representative from Lincoln Parish; introduced the enabling legislation to establish Louisiana Tech University
- Blanche Long (1902–1998) – First Lady of Louisiana (1939–40, 1948–54, 1956–60); wife of Earl Long
- Earl Kemp Long (1895–1960) – Governor of Louisiana (1939–40, 1948–52 and 1956–60)
- George S. Long (1883–1958) – US Representative
- Gerald Long (born 1944) – Republican state senator from Natchitoches; only elected Republican official of the Long family
- Gillis William Long (1923–1985) – US Representative
- Huey Pierce Long Jr. (1893–1935) – Governor of Louisiana; US Senator
- Jimmy D. Long (born 1931) – politician
- Russell Long (1918–2003) – US Senator
- Speedy O. Long (1928–2006) – US Representative; district attorney from La Salle Parish
- Professor Longhair (1918–1980) – musician
- John L. Loos (1918–2011) – historian
- Joseph Lopinto (born c. 1976) – state representative from Jefferson Parish
- Nicholas Lorusso (born 1966) – state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007
- Morris Lottinger Jr. (born c. 1938) – politician
- Morris Lottinger Sr. (1902–1978) – politician
- Lance Louis (born 1985) – offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts
- Aaron Loup (born 1987) – relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Cecil C. Lowe (1923–2013) – judge
- W. Matt Lowe (1872–1955) – mayor of Minden (1916–20); Webster Parish police juror (1940–54)
- Margaret Lowenthal (1929–2003) – first woman state representative for Calcasieu Parish, service from 1980 to 1988
- Fred L. Lowery (born 1943) – clergyman; author
- Walter M. Lowrey (1921–1980) – historian
- J. A. W. Lowry (1848–1899) – politician in Bossier Parish
- Bobby Lowther (1923–2015) – only two-sport (basketball and track and field) All-American at Louisiana State University (1946)
- Cornelius Lucas (born 1991) – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
- Jay Luneau (born 1962) – state senator and lawyer from Alexandria, effective 2016
- William Hawthorn Lynch (1929–2004) – journalist; first Louisiana inspector general
- Bruce Lynn (born 1925) – politician
- Robert L. Lynn (born 1931) – president of Louisiana College from 1975 to 1997
- Charlton Lyons (1894–1973) – oilman; "father of modern Republican Party in Louisiana"
- Hall Lyons (1923–1998) – oilman; politician
- Ted Lyons (1900–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball player
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- Sherman Q. Mack (born 1972) – politician
- Anthony Mackie (born 1979) – actor, Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker, Captain America
- Ragan Madden (1910–1990) – state representative; district attorney; from Lincoln Parish
- Tanner Magee (born 1980) – state representative since 2016; attorney in Houma
- Magic Sam (1937–1969) – blues music pioneer
- John Maginnis (1948–2014) – journalist; author
- Mikie Mahtook (born 1989) – outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Karl Malone (born 1963) – Hall of Fame basketball player, mainly with the Utah Jazz
- Max T. Malone (born 1953) – geologist; state senator
- Jeff Mangum (born 1970) – musician; founder of Neutral Milk Hotel
- Robert "Bob" Mann (born 1958) – journalist, historian
- Archie Manning (born 1949) – former New Orleans Saints quarterback; father of Eli, Cooper and Peyton
- Cooper Manning (born 1974) - television personality; brother of Eli and Peyton
- Eli Manning (born 1981) – New York Giants quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Peyton and Cooper
- Peyton Manning (born 1976) – retired Denver Broncos quarterback; son of Archie Manning; brother of Eli and Cooper
- Tommy Manzella (born 1983) – shortstop for the Colorado Rockies
- Charles E. Maple (1932–2006) – journalist
- "Pistol" Pete Maravich (1947–1988) – basketball player, LSU and NBA Hall of Famer
- Paul Mares (1900–1949) – musician
- Anna Margaret (born 1996) – singer
- Angélica María (born 1944) – Mexican actress and singer
- Robert M. Marionneaux (born 1968) – politician
- Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – musician
- Ellis Marsalis Jr. (born 1934) – musician; educator
- Ellis Marsalis Sr. (1908–2004) – poultry farmer; jazz musician; hotelier; civil rights activist
- Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) – musician
- Leonard Marshall (born 1961) – former defensive end, primarily for the New York Giants
- Samuel W. Martien (1854–1946) – planter; politician
- Roy O. Martin Jr. (1921–2007) – timber businessman; philanthropist; from Alexandria
- Wade O. Martin Jr. (1911–1990) – secretary of state
- Wade O. Martin Sr. (1885–1956) – politician
- Danny Martiny (born 1951) – politician
- Virginia Martinez (1922–1992) – Louisiana Republican national committeewoman (1977–92, her death)
- Charles A. Marvin (1929–2003) – district attorney; judge
- Schuyler Marvin (born 1962) – district attorney
- Rod Masterson (1945–2013) – actor
- Tyrann Mathieu (born 1992) – free safety and cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals
- Frank H. Mayer (1850–1954) – American frontiersman born in New Orleans; most associated with Park County, Colorado
- Vance McAllister (born 1974) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district
- W. T. McCain (1913–1993) – politician from Grant Parish
- Jay McCallum (born 1960) – state district court judge since 2003; former state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes
- James T. McCalman (1914–1977) – state senator from Claiborne and Bienville parishes (1960–64)
- Patrick McCauley (1927–2015) – journalist; originally from Alexandria, Louisiana
- Enos McClendon (1917–2003) – judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court (1960–78)
- Todd McClure (born 1977) – center for the Atlanta Falcons
- John McConathy (1930–2016) - professional basketball player and educator
- Mike McConathy (born 1955) - basketball coach at Northwestern State University since 1999; son of John McConathy
- Charles McConnell (1923–2000) – Webster parish politician
- James L. McCorkle Jr. (born 1935) – historian of the American South
- Billy McCormack (1928–2012) – Southern Baptist clergyman; national director of the Christian Coalition of America
- Burgess McCranie (1905–1977) – mayor of Bossier City (1953–57)
- C. L. McCrary (1905–1989) – state representative for Bienville Parish (1960–64)
- Jim McCrery (born 1949) – US Representative
- Sidney McCrory (1911–1985) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1956–60)
- Charles R. McDonald (born 1938) – former state representative from Morehouse and Ouachita parishes
- Jack McFarland (born 1969) – state representative from Winn Parish, effective 2016
- Eugene McGehee (1928–2014) – state legislator; judge; from East Baton Rouge Parish
- Tim McGraw (born 1967) – country musician; actor
- Tom Ed McHugh (born 1943) – politician
- J. Frank McInnis (1886–1959) – judge
- John McKeithen (1918–1999) – Governor of Louisiana (1964–72)
- W. Fox McKeithen (1946–2005) – Louisiana secretary of state (1988–2005)
- Reuben Neil McKellar (1855–1933) – mayor of Shreveport from 1896 to 1900
- Charles E. McKenzie (1896–1956) – U.S. representative
- Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886–1952) – Christian singer-songwriter
- Joe McKnight (born 1988) – tailback for the New York Jets
- James M. McLemore (1907–1997) – politician; businessman
- Chuck McMains (born 1948) – state representative; Baton Rouge lobbyist
- Royce L. McMahen (1923–1999) – veterinarian; sheriff of Webster Parish (1980–96)
- A. J. McNamara (1936–2014) – state representative; U.S. District Judge from Jefferson Parish
- Joe McPherson (born 1950) – state senator from Rapides Parish
- Tom McVea (born 1945) – state representative
- Gil Meche (born 1978) – MLB pitcher
- D. L. Menard (born 1932) – Cajun musician from Erath
- Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868) – actress
- DeWitt T. Methvin Jr. (1924–2005) – Alexandria attorney
- Mildred Methvin (born 1952) – judge
- Myrtis Methvin (1895–1977) – mayor of Castor in Bienville Parish (1933–45); second woman mayor in the state of Louisiana
- Emile Meyer (1910–1987) – actor
- Louis J. Michot (born 1922) – businessman; former state superintendent of education; state representative from Lafayette
- Michael J. Michot (born 1963) – businessman; state senator from Lafayette (since 2000)
- Quintin Mikell (born 1980) – safety for the St. Louis Rams
- Lizzie Miles (1895–1963) – singer
- Wade Miley (born 1986) – starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- John Milkovich (born 1957) – state senator for District 38; Shreveport attorney
- Dustin Miller (born 1987) - state representative for St. Landry Parish since 2016
- Gregory A. Miller (born 1962) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Charles Parish
- Roderick Miller (1924–2005) – politician; lawyer
- Percy "Master P" Miller (born 1967) – musician; actor; record producer; athlete
- Fred H. Mills Jr. (born 1955) – politician, pharmacist, banker
- Jordan Mills (born 1990) – offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears
- Newt V. Mills (1899–1996) – U.S. representative
- P. J. Mills (born 1934) – politician; businessman
- Paul Millsap (born 1985) – power forward for the Utah Jazz
- Alexander Milne (1742–1838) – businessman; slave trader; philanthropist
- Leland G. Mims (1901–1979) – politician
- E. R. Minchew (1908–2001) – educator
- Jim Mitchell (1946–2015) – judge of the 30th Judicial District Court in Leesville from 2009 until his death
- H. Lane Mitchell (1895–1978) – Shreveport commissioner of public works (1934–68)
- RJ Mitte (born 1992) – actor, Walt Jr. on Breaking Bad
- Beth Mizell (born 1952) - state senator for St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes since 2016
- Randy Moffett (born 1947) – educator
- Robert W. Mondy (1908–1997) – historian
- Nickie Monica (born 1960) – politician
- Bill Monroe (1920–2011) – journalist, host of Meet the Press (1975–84)
- Greg Monroe (born 1990) – center for the Detroit Pistons
- Billy Montgomery (born 1937) – politician; former educator
- Harold Montgomery (1911–1995) – state senator; businessman
- John Willard "Jack" Montgomery Sr. (born 1936) – state senator; lawyer
- Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906–1985) – musician
- Chris Mooney (born 1977) – journalist and author
- A. Brown Moore (1911–1987) – businessman; politician
- Cleo Moore (1923–1973) – actress (1950s)
- Danny Roy Moore (born 1925) – state senator from Claiborne Parish (1964–68)
- Ellen Bryan Moore (1912–1999) – Register of State Lands; captain in Women's Army Corps during World War II
- Mewelde Moore (born 1982) – running back for the Indianapolis Colts
- W. Henson Moore (born 1939) – US Representative
- T. J. Moran (1930–2015) – businessman; restaurateur; philanthropist; from Baton Rouge
- Jackie Moreland (1938–1971) – professional basketball player
- Aaron Morgan (born 1988) – outside linebacker and defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Cecil Morgan (1898–1999) – state legislator; led the impeachment forces against Huey Pierce Long Jr.; executive with Standard Oil Company; dean of Tulane University Law School
- Elemore Morgan Jr. (1931–2008) – landscape painter and photographer
- Lewis L. Morgan (1876–1950) – U.S. representative; gubernatorial runoff candidate (1944)
- S. M. Morgan Jr. (1922–1982) – state representative from Red River Parish (1964–68)
- Dutch Morial (1929–1989) – judge; mayor of New Orleans
- Arthur A. Morrell (born 1943) – New Orleans clerk of the criminal court (since 2006); state representative (1984–2006)
- Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (born 1947) – member of the New Orleans City Council
- Jean-Paul Morrell (born 1978) – New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
- Jay Morris (born 1958) – state representative from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes
- James Hollis "Jim" Morris (born 1954) – state representative from Caddo and Bossier parishes
- Dan Morrish (born 1950) – member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
- deLesseps Morrison Jr. (1944–1996) – state representative from Orleans Parish
- deLesseps S. "Chep" Morrison (1912–1964) – mayor of New Orleans; ambassador to the Organization of American States; three-time gubernatorial candidate
- Jacob Haight Morrison (1905–1974) – politician; historical preservationist
- James H. Morrison (1908–2000) – US Representative
- Logan Morrison (born 1987) – outfielder and first baseman for the Seattle Mariners
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941) – musician; composer; self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
- Morgus the Magnificent – fictional horror host (1950s–1980s)
- Paul Morphy (1837–1884) – world chess champion
- Garrett Morris (born 1937) – actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live
- Isaac Edward Morse (1809–1866) – Attorney General of Louisiana; US Member of Congress[2]
- Alexander Mouton (1804–1885) – Governor; United States Senator
- Ashton J. Mouton (1916–1988) – mayor of Lafayette
- Jonas Mouton (born 1988) – linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
- George B. Mowad (1932–2000) – mayor of Oakdale; physician; developer
- Bernhard Müller (1788–1834) – colonizer of Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish
- Robert J. Munson (1912–1996) – state representatives from Rapides Parish (1956–73)
- W. Spencer Myrick (1913–2001) – state legislator from West Carroll Parish
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- Ray Nagin (born 1956) – mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina; convicted felon
- L.D. "Buddy" Napper (1925–2013) – state representative from Lincoln Parish
- Christopher Columbus Nash (1838 – 20th century) – Grant Parish sheriff; founder of the White League (1874)
- George Nattin (1918–2002) – mayor of Bossier City (1961–73)
- George Nattin Jr. (1940–2014) – LSU basketball player and businessman
- Edward F. Neild (1884–1955) – architect; from Shreveport
- Ed Nelson (1928–2014) – actor: Peyton Place
- Sydney B. Nelson (born 1935) – state senator
- Mike Nerren (born 1963) – state court judge
- J. H. Netterville (1879–1943) – plantation manager in Tensas Parish
- Ben Nevers (born 1946) – state senator
- Aaron Neville (born 1941) – singer
- Arthel Neville (born 1962) – anchor for Fox News
- Drake Nevis (born 1989) – defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
- Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901) – philanthropist (Newcomb College)
- Jewel Joseph Newman (1921–2014) – politician; from the Scotlandville neighborhood of Baton Rouge
- Randy Newman (born 1943) – singer-songwriter; pianist
- Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) – Governor of Louisiana
- Lance E. Nichols (born 1955) – actor, Treme
- Elwyn Nicholson (1923–2014) – state senator from Jefferson Parish (1972–88)
- Enoch T. Nix (1920–2001) – banker; president of the Louisiana State Board of Education
- J. Kelly Nix (born 1934) – politician; businessman
- John Travis Nixon (1867–1909) – publisher of what became The Monroe News-Star and The Crowley Post Signal
- Taurean Nixon (born 1991) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
- James A. Noe (1890–1976) – Governor of Louisiana (for five months in 1936); oil driller; broadcaster
- Rico Noel (born 1989) – outfielder for the New York Yankees
- Burl Noggle (1924–2013) – historian
- Frank T. Norman (1914–1994) – mayor of Minden (1958–66); top official of Masonic Lodge
- Dave Norris (born 1942) – mayor of West Monroe (since 1978)
- William Wiley Norris, III (1936–2016) - city, district, and circuit court judge from West Monroe
- Barbara Norton (born 1946) – state representative for Caddo Parish (since 2008)
- Rick Nowlin (born 1948) – politician
- Wyatt Luther Nugent (1891–1936) – sheriff; killed in line of duty in Grant Parish
- Alcide Nunez (1884–1934) – musician
- Samuel B. Nunez Jr. (born 1930) – politician
- William Harold "Billy" Nungesser (born 1959) – Republican politician
- William A. "Billy" Nungesser (1929–2006) – Republican politician
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- Prentiss Oakley (1905–1957) – Bienville Parish sheriff (1940–52); in posse that ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in 1934
- Frank Ocean (born 1987) – Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer
- Alton Ochsner (1896–1981) – surgeon; medical researcher
- Kenneth L. Odinet Sr. (born 1930) – state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes (1988–2008)
- Bob Odom (1935–2014) – state agriculture commissioner (1980–2008); longest-serving individual in that office
- Ethma Odum (1931–2009) – pioneer woman television personality at KALB-TV in Alexandria
- Arthur J. O'Keefe Sr. (1876–1943) – mayor of New Orleans (1926–29)
- Michael H. O'Keefe (born 1932) – politician; convicted felon
- Henry Warren Ogden (1842–1905) – politician
- Taylor W. O'Hearn (1907–1997) – politician
- B. F. O'Neal Jr. (1922–2004) – politician
- Shaquille O'Neal – former LSU and NBA player, Basketball Hall of Famer
- Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938) – jazz musician
- Virgil Orr (born 1923) – state representative; vice president, Louisiana Tech University
- Joe Osborn (born 1937) – musician
- Kenneth Osterberger (1930-2016) – state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972 to 1992; former opponent of David Duke
- Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963) – presumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
- Lionel Ott (1894–1987) – politician; businessman
- George T. Oubre (1918–1998) – politician; from St. James Parish
- Darrell Ourso (born 1964) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2015)
- Jessel Ourso (1932–1978) – sheriff of Iberville Parish
- W. Darrell Overdyke (1907–1973) – historian
- John H. Overton (1875–1948) – US Senator
- Mel Ott (1909–1958) – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Don Owen (1930–2012) – news anchor; politician
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- Robert Pack (born 1969) – NBA player and coach
- Stephen B. Packard – Reconstruction politician
- Frank Page (1925–2013) – radio broadcaster, KWKH in Shreveport
- James George Palmer (1875–1952) – Mayor of Shreveport (1930–32); Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals (1932–33)
- Jonathan Papelbon (born 1980) – closer for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Robert Parish (born 1953) – Hall of Fame basketball player
- Hugh G. Parker Jr. (1934–2007) – architect
- Larry Parker (1922–1996) – businessman; state representative from Rapides Parish
- John M. Parker (1863–1939) – Governor of Louisiana (1920–24)
- John Victor Parker (1928–2014) – federal judge (1979–2014)
- Mary Evelyn Parker (1920–2015) – state treasurer (1968–87)
- Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990) – Teamsters Union business agent in Baton Rouge
- Otto Passman (1900–1988) – U.S. Representative
- Paul Pastorek (born 1954) – politician, lawyer, educational specialist
- William S. Patout, III (born 1932) – sugar grower in Iberia Parish
- David I. Patten (1920–1998) – politician
- Carly Patterson (born 1988) – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
- Jacob E. "Pat" Patterson (1924–2010) – politician
- B. R. Patton (1920–1999) – state senator from Lincoln and Union parishes (1956–64)
- Benjamin Pavy (1874–1943) – judge of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District Court; opponent of the Long family; father-in-law of Carl Weiss, M.D.
- Felix Octave Pavy (1879–1962) – physician and politician from St. Landry Parish
- James E. Paxton (born 1963) – district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District
- E. N. Payne (1873–1951) – state representative for Webster Parish (1932–36)
- John William Payne (1877–1933) – Natchitoches Parish sheriff (1914–33)
- Elfrid Payton (born 1994) – Point guard for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association
- Nicholas Payton (born 1973) – musician
- Joe Raymond Peace (born 1945) – football coach
- Dave L. Pearce (1904–1984) – politician
- Kevin Pearson (born 1959) – politician
- Jesse Pearson (1930–1979) – actor and screenwriter
- Charles B. Peatross (1940–2015) – circuit court judge in Shreveport
- William S. Peck Jr. (1916–1987) – politician
- William S. Peck Sr. (1873–1946) – politician
- Harvey Peltier Jr. (1923–1980) – politician
- Harvey Peltier Sr. (1899–1977) – politician
- Louis Pendleton (1931–2007) – civil rights activist
- Morgan D. Peoples (1919–1998) – historian
- Leander Perez (1891–1969) – District judge; political boss of St. Bernard and Plaquemine parishes (1919–69)
- Tony Perkins (born 1963) – conservative politician; head of the Family Research Council
- Ralph Perlman (1917–2013) – state budget director (1967–88)
- Pauley Perrette (born 1969) – singer and actress (NCIS)
- Ryan Perrilloux (born 1987) – quarterback for the Florida Tarpons
- Jonathan W. Perry (born 1973) – politician
- Tyler Perry (born 1969) – television and film producer, writer, actor, director
- Jace Peterson (born 1990) – second baseman for the Atlanta Braves
- Bob Pettit (born 1932) – Hall of Fame basketball player (1954–65)
- Andy Pettitte (born 1972) – former starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and Houston Astros
- Rupert Peyton (1899–1982) – politician, journalist, historian
- Marguerite Piazza (born 1926) – operatic soprano
- Elizabeth Pickett (born 1959) – state appeals court judge
- John S. Pickett Jr. (1920–2014) – state representative; state court judge; from Sabine Parish
- Abe E. Pierce, III (born 1934) – politician; educator
- Webb Pierce (1921–1991) – singer
- Wendell Pierce (born 1962) – actor, Bunk Moreland on The Wire
- Juan Pierre (born 1977) – outfielder for the Miami Marlins
- Vincent Pierre (born 1964) – state representative for Lafayette Parish (since 2012)
- Gil Pinac (born 1951) – politician
- P.B.S. Pinchback (1837–1921) – politician, Governor of Louisiana
- Glen Pitre (born 1955) – filmmaker
- Loulan Pitre Jr. (born 1961) – lawyer in New Orleans; former state representative for Lafourche Parish
- Montgomery Pittman (1917–1962) – actor, screenwriter, producer, known for 77 Sunset Strip
- Elton C. Pody (1938–2011) – mayor of Ruston (1983–91)
- Leonidas Polk (1806–1864) – Confederate general; Episcopal bishop; founder of Sewanee: The University of the South
- Erich Ponti (born 1965) – politician
- Tracy Porter (born 1986) – cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
- Bryan A. Poston (1924–2009) – politician
- Charles M. Poston Sr. (1898–1968) – politician
- Henry "Tank" Powell (born 1945) – politician
- Mike Powell (born 1961) – Shreveport politician
- Robert E. Powell (1923–1997) – mayor of Monroe from 1979 to 1996
- Julien de Lallande Poydras (1740–1824) – poet, politician
- Steve Prator (born 1951) – Caddo Parish sheriff
- Fred Preaus (1912–1987) – state highway director (1952–55); gubernatorial candidate (1956)
- Edwin G. Preis (1916–2011) – politician
- Phil Preis (born 1950) – politician
- Sister Helen Prejean (born 1938) – activist
- Arthur T. Prescott (1863–1942) – educator and founding president of Louisiana Tech University
- Edward J. Price (born 1953) – state representative for Ascension, Iberville, and St. James parishes (since 2012)
- O. E. Price (1924–2006) – judge
- Louis Prima (1910–1978) – musician, entertainer
- Professor Longhair (1918–1980) – musician
- Albin Provosty (1865–1932) – politician from New Roads
- Paul Prudhomme (born 1940) – chef
- Robert G. Pugh (1924–2007) – Shreveport lawyer; gubernatorial advisor
- Stephen E. "Steve" Pugh (born 1961) – politician
- Keith M. Pyburn (1910–1967) – state representative for Caddo Parish (1948–52)
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- Andrew C. Quebes Sr. (1864–1939) – mayor of Shreveport (1902–06)
- Chris Quinn (born 1983) – point guard for the New Jersey Nets
- Julie Quinn (born 1966) – state senator from Jefferson Parish
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- Paul Rae (born 1968) – actor
- Max Rafferty (1917–1982) – author ;educator; California politician
- Henry Ragas (1897–1919) – early jazz pianist
- Kevin Rahm (born 1971) – actor
- William Rainach (1913–1978) – politician
- Melvin Rambin (1941–2001) – politician; banker
- W.L. Rambo (1917–1984) – politician
- Rueben Randle (born 1991) – wide receiver for the New York Giants
- Ned Randolph (born 1942) – state representative; state senator; mayor of Alexandria (1986–2006)
- Kevin Rankin (born 1976) – actor, Friday Night Lights, Trauma, Unforgettable
- Ed Rand (1920–1999) – state representative from Rapides Parish (1960–64)
- Francis Xavier Ransdell (1861–1939) – state court judge from East Carroll Parish
- Joseph E. Ransdell (1858–1954) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district; U.S. senator (1913–31)
- John Rarick (1924–2009) – US Representative; state court judge
- Clyde V. Ratcliff (1879–1952) – politician; planter
- B.B. "Bennie" Rayburn Jr. (1944–2006) – Washington Parish sheriff
- B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn Sr. (1916–2008) – politician
- Eddy Raven (born 1944) – singer-songwriter
- Donald Rawson (1925–2014) – historian
- Shawn Reaves (born 1978) – actor
- Mac "Dr John" Rebbenack (born 1940) – pianist, singer-songwriter
- Ed Reed (born 1978) – NFL free safety
- Willis Reed (born 1942) – Hall of Fame basketball player with the New York Knicks; NBA head coach
- Bob Reese (1929–2004) – Republican politician from Jackson and Natchitoches parishes
- George W. Reese Jr. (1923–1998) – Republican politician from New Orleans
- Pee Wee Reese (1918–1999) – Hall of Fame shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers
- Terry Reeves (1946–2005) – district attorney for Winn Parish (1991–2005, his death)
- Edmund Reggie (1926–2013) – lawyer; judge; father of Victoria Reggie Kennedy; father-in-law of Edward M. Kennedy
- Godfrey Reggio (born 1940) – filmmaker
- Eric Reid (born 1991) – safety for the San Francisco 49ers
- Kevin P. Reilly Sr. (1928–2012) – state representative; chief executive officer of Lamar Advertising Company
- Sean Reilly (born 1961) – state representative; chief operating officer of Lamar Advertising Company
- Ed Renwick (born 1938) – political scientist
- Darius Reynaud (born 1985) – wide receiver and running back for the Tennessee Titans
- Gene Reynolds (born 1950) – state representative
- Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes (1909–1997) – politician
- Anne Rice (born 1941) – author
- Jerome "Dee" Richard (born 1955) – politician
- Edwin Sanders "E. S." Richardson (1875–1950) – educator
- Norman L. Richardson (1935–1999) – journalist
- Dan Richey (born 1948) – politician
- Beth Rickey (1956–2009) – political activist who opposed David Duke
- Teddy Riley (1924–1992) – jazz trumpeter
- Norbert Rilleaux (1806–1894) – inventor; engineer
- Edward Ripoll (1924–2006) – state representative; bar owner in New Orleans
- Neil Riser (born 1962) – state senator since 2008
- Randy Roach (born 1951) – mayor of Lake Charles since 2000
- Joel Robideaux (born 1962) – politician
- Cokie Roberts (born 1943) – television journalist; author; daughter of Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs
- Robert Roberts Jr. (1872 – date of death missing) – politician from Union and Webster parishes
- Bill Robertson (1938–2013) – politician
- Kay Robertson (born 1950) – television personality
- Phil Robertson (born 1946) – television personality
- Si Robertson (born 1948) – television personality
- Scotty Robertson (1930–2011) – basketball coach
- Greg Robinson (born 1992) – offensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams
- John M. Robinson (born 1949) – judge
- W. C. Robinson (1861–1914) – educator
- George Rodrigue (1944–2013) – "Blue Dog" artist
- Buddy Roemer (born 1943) – governor of Louisiana (1988–92)
- Charles E. Roemer, II (1923–2012) – state commissioner of administration (1972–80)
- Chas Roemer (born 1970) – president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (since 2012)
- B. H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977) – politician from DeSoto Parish
- Charles P. Roland (born 1918) – historian
- Ned Romero (born 1925) – actor; originally from Franklin
- Ralph L. Ropp (1897–1982) – president of Louisiana Tech University (1949–62)
- Angelo Roppolo (1920–2012) – political consultant
- Leon Roppolo (1902–1943) – musician
- Sol Rosenberg (1926–2009) – Monroe industrialist; Dachau concentration camp survivor
- Louis J. Roussel Jr. (1906–2001) – businessman
- Chris Roy Jr. (born 1962) – state representative from Alexandria
- Jacques Roy (born 1970) – mayor of Alexandria (since 2006)
- Alvin Benjamin Rubin (1920–1991) – federal judge
- Robert Edwin Russ (1830–1902) – founder of Ruston, Louisiana
- Bill Russell (born 1934) – Hall of Fame center for the Boston Celtics; NBA coach
- Weldon Russell (born 1946) – politician; businessman
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- Jeffrey D. Sadow (born 1962) – political scientist; columnist; educator
- Larry Sale (1893–1977) – sheriff of Claiborne Parish
- Joe R. Salter (born 1943) – politician, educator
- Joe Sampite (1931–2012) – politician
- A. T. "Apple" Sanders Jr. (1926–1989) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish (1956–64)
- Roy Sanders (1904–1976) – educator; state legislator from Natchitoches Parish
- John N. Sandlin (1872–1957) – U. S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1921–37)
- McIntyre H. Sandlin (c. 1870–1955) – politician in Minden
- Nicholas J. Sandlin (1832–1896) – politician in Webster Parish
- Jean Oliver Sartor (1918–2007) – artist
- Kurtis Scaletta – writer
- Tom Schedler (born 1950) – Louisiana secretary of state
- Clay Schexnayder (born 1969) – state representative; businessman
- Fred L. Schiele (1933–2002) – state representative; sheriff of Concordia Parish
- Matthew P. "Pete" Schneider, III (born 1953) – politician; businessman
- John Schroder (born 1966) – politician; businessman
- John F. Schwegmann (born 1946) – politician; businessman
- John G. Schwegmann (1911–1995) – politician; businessman
- Melinda Schwegmann (born 1947) – Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1992–96)
- Mike Scifres (born 1980) – punter for the San Diego Chargers
- Ed Scogin (1921–1999) – state representative from St. Tammany Parish (1972–92)
- Ashley Scott (born 1977) – actress, model, Jericho, Dark Angel, Birds of Prey
- Jock Scott (1947–2009) – politician, historian, lawyer
- Nauman Scott (1916–2001) – U.S. District Court judge
- W. Ray Scott (1923–2008) – mayor of Natchitoches (1960–76)
- Pat Screen (1943–1994) – mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish (1981–88)
- Alan Seabaugh (born 1967) – state representative
- J.C. Seaman (1898–1964) – state representative from Tensas Parish (1944–64)
- Sam Seamans (born 1967) – Anglican Church bishop in Mountain Home, Arkansas; born in Morgan City
- Aaron Selber Jr. (1927–2013) – businessman and philanthropist
- Parker Self (born 1959) – judge of the 26th Judicial District Court in Bossier Parish
- Joe Sevario (born 1944) – state senator from Ascension Parish, 1976–94
- Andrew Jackson Sevier (1872–1941) – sheriff
- Andrew L. Sevier (1894–1962) – politician
- Henry Clay Sevier (1896–1974) – politician
- William Putnam Sevier (1899–1985) – politician
- George W. Shannon (1914–1998) – newspaper editor
- V. C. Shannon (1910–1989) – politician
- Amanda Shaw (born 1990) – actress; singer; fiddler
- B.L. "Buddy" Shaw (born 1933) – politician; educator
- Rhonda Shear (born 1954) – beauty queen; television host
- Ben Sheets (born 1978) – MLB pitcher
- Virginia Shehee (1923–2015) – Shreveport businesswoman and civic figure; first woman to serve in Louisiana State Senate (1976–80) who did not succeed her husband
- Eddy Shell (1937–2008) – educator; politician from Bossier Parish
- Clarence Shelmon (born 1952) – NFL offensive coordinator
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1977) – musician
- Lawrence A. Sheridan (1919–2001) – state representative
- Alana Shipp (born 1982) – American-Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Chris Shivers (born 1978) – professional bull rider
- Jimmy G. Shoalmire (1940–1982) – historian
- Don Shows (1940–2014) – football coach
- Henry Miller Shreve (1785–1854) – inventor; steamboat captain
- Phil Short (born 1947) – state senator; relocated to Virginia
- Rockin' Sidney (1938–1998) – Zydeco musician
- Richard Simmons (born 1948) – fitness authority; television personality
- Scott M. Simon (born 1961) – state representative
- Tharold Simon (born 1991) – cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks
- Frank P. Simoneaux (born 1933) – state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (1972–82)
- C. O. Simpkins Sr. (born 1925) – state representative from Shreveport; civil rights activist, and dentist
- Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Jr. (born 1947) – physician and historian, reared in Shreveport
- Bobby R. Simpson (born 1953) – politician
- Oramel H. Simpson (1870–1932) – Governor of Louisiana (1926–28)
- Dale Sittig (born 1941) – politician
- Fulwar Skipwith (1765–1839) – diplomat; politician
- Eric Skrmetta (born 1958) – politician
- John Slidell (1793–1871) – U.S. Senator; Confederate diplomat
- Soulja Slim (1977–2003) – musician
- Donald Sloan (born 1988) – guard for the Atlanta Hawks
- LeRoy Smallenberger (1912–2002) – Republican lawyer; politician
- Argile Smith (born 1955) – interim president of Louisiana College (2014–15)
- Dorothy Garrett Smith (c. 1932–1990) – first woman president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Floyd W. Smith Jr. (1932–2010) – politician
- George Luke Smith (1837–1884) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
- Howard K. Smith (1914–2002) – television journalist; reporter
- James Monroe Smith (1888–1949) – president of Louisiana State University (1930s)
- James Peyton Smith (1925–2006) – politician
- Jane H. Smith (born 1948) – first woman high school principal, school superintendent, and state legislator from Bossier Parish
- Jasper K. Smith (1905–1992) – politician
- Joe D. Smith Jr. (1922–2008) – newspaper publisher; businessman
- John R. Smith (born 1945) – politician
- Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith (born 1948) – politician; businessman
- Otis Smith (born 1965) – New England Patriots cornerback; Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach
- Patricia Haynes Smith (born 1946) – state representative from Baton Rouge
- P.K. Smith (1917–1983) – state representative; Winnfield businessman
- Ada Jack Carver Snell (1890–1972) – short story writer
- David Snell (1921–1987) – journalist and cartoonist for Life Magazine
- Jefferson B. Snyder (1859–1951) – politician
- John K. Snyder (1922–1993) – mayor of Alexandria (1973–77, 1982–86)
- Robert C. Snyder (1919–2011) – professor of English at Louisiana Tech University
- Robert H. Snyder (died 1906) – politician
- Guy Sockrider (1921–2011) – politician
- Steven Soderbergh (born 1963) – film producer; screenwriter; cinematographer; director
- Floyd Soileau (born 1938) – record producer
- Ian Somerhalder (born 1978) – actor; model
- Art Sour (1924–2000) – State Representative from Shreveport (1972–92)
- James Z. Spearing (1864–1942) – politician
- Britney Spears (born 1981) – singer
- Jamie Lynn Spears (born 1991) – actress
- Marcus Spears (born 1983) – defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
- Freddie Spencer (born 1961) – world motorcycle champion
- Mason Spencer (1892–1962) – politician
- Tommy Spinks (1948–2007) – football player
- Paul Spitzfaden (1920–2000) – mayor of Mandeville, 1984–96
- Tam Spiva (born 1932) – screenwriter
- Frank Spooner (born 1937) – businessman and politician
- David Theophilus Stafford (1849–1926) – sheriff of Rapides Parish, 1888–1904
- Grove Stafford (1897–1975) – state senator for Rapides Parish, 1940–48
- Leroy Augustus Stafford (1822–1864) – Confederate brigadier general
- Tom Stagg (1923–2015) – Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- Richard Stalder (born 1951) – secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
- Rusty Staub (born 1944) – former MLB right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman
- Edward J. Steimel (1922–2016) – lobbyist and founder of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
- Vic Stelly (born 1941) – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lake Charles; author of the Stelly Plan
- Craig Steltz (born 1986) – safety for the Chicago Bears
- E. L. Stewart (1872–1956) – Minden lawyer and state representative for Webster Parish from 1904 to 1908
- Kordell Stewart (born 1972) – NFL quarterback and wide receiver
- William G. Stewart (1854–1925) – farmer and Webster Parish School Board president
- Karen St. Germain (born c. 1957) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes (since 2004)
- Dennis Stine (born 1952) – businessman and politician from Lake Charles
- Tim Stine (born 1956) – businessman and politician from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish
- Ford E. Stinson (1914–1989) – lawyer and state legislator from Bossier Parish
- Ford E. Stinson Jr. (born 1952) – state district court judge in Bossier and Webster parishes
- Julie Stokes (born 1969) – state representative from Jefferson Parish
- Brandon Stokley (born 1976) – wide receiver for the Denver Broncos
- Jesse N. Stone (1924–2001) – civil rights activist; Southern University System president (1974–85)
- Elliott Stonecipher (born 1951) – political analyst; consultant; pollster from Shreveport
- Jimmy Strain (1926–1973) – politician and pediatrician
- Michael G. Strain (born 1959) – veterinarian; state representative; Commissioner of the Louisiana Departmentof Agriculture and Forestry
- Izzy Stradlin (born 1962) – singer, guitarist and backing vocal at Guns N' Roses
- James St. Raymond (born c. 1957) – state representative for Orleans Parish (1988–92); businessman
- Roy C. Strickland (1942–2010) – businessman, politician
- Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. (1927–2016) - Louisiana National Guard adjutant general, 1980–97
- Raymond Strother (born 1940) – political consultant
- James Sudduth (1917–1995) – mayor of Lake Charles, 1965–73; 1989–93
- Patrick Surtain (born 1976) – NFL cornerback
- James Sutterfield (born 1942) – lawyer; Republican member of the Louisiana House from Orleans Parish (1970–72)
- Hal Sutton (born 1958) – PGA Tour golfer
- Liz Swaine (born 1960) – broadcast journalist
- Jimmy Swaggart (born 1935) – evangelist
- Marc Swayze (1913–2012) – comic book writer and illustrator
- Lawson Swearingen (born 1944) – state senator from Ouachita Parish; president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Stephanie Swift (born 1972) – actress
- Stromile Swift (born 1979) – NBA player
- Harold Sylvester (born 1949) – actor, Married... with Children, Today's F.B.I., Shaky Ground
T
- Joseph Tabarlet (1900–1951) – politician
- Joseph Talamo (born 1990) – jockey
- Kirk Talbot (born 1969) – state representative from Jefferson Parish
- Irvin Talton – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Webster Parish (1880–84)
- Elmer R. Tapper (1929–2011) – politician
- Ed Tarpley (born 1953) – politician
- Gregory Tarver (born 1946) – civil rights activist, state senator from Caddo Parish
- Ray Tarver (1921–1972) – dentist; represented Natchitoches Parish in state House of Representatives (1964–68)
- Albert Tate (1920–1986) – state and federal judge
- Billy Tauzin (born 1943) – US Representative; lobbyist
- Dorothy Mae Taylor (1928–2000) – first African-American woman in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1971–80)
- F. Jay Taylor (1923–2011) – university president
- Ike Taylor (born 1980) – cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jim Taylor (born 1935) – Hall of Fame fullback, primarily with the Green Bay Packers
- Joe Gray Taylor (1920–1987) – historian
- Richard Taylor (1826–1879) – Confederate general
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850) – 12th US President; US Army general
- Lloyd George Teekell (1922–1996) – politician
- Benjamin Milam Teekell (1867–1942) – state representative from Red River Parish (1920–28)
- Timmy Teepell (born 1975) – political consultant
- Garrett Temple (born 1986) – point guard for the San Antonio Spurs
- Ricky Templet (born 1963) – politician
- Suzanne Haik Terrell (born 1954) – politician
- Byron Thames (born 1969) – actor and musician, Father Murphy
- Roy R. Theriot (1914–1973) – politician
- Sam H. Theriot (born 1954) – politician
- Ryan Theriot (born 1979) – infielder for the San Francisco Giants
- Steve Theriot (born 1946) – politician
- Gerald Theunissen (born 1933) – banker; politician
- Major Thibaut (born 1977) – politician
- David Thibodaux (1953–2007) – politician; educator; author
- Keith Thibodeaux (born 1950) – actor
- Ledricka Thierry (born 1978) – politician
- Dallas Thomas (born 1989) – offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins
- David William Thomas (1876–1961) – politician; educator; journalist; attorney
- Jerry A. Thomas (born 1953) – politician; physician
- Lee Emmett Thomas (1866–1935) – politician
- Mike Thomas (born 1987) – wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Tyrus Thomas (born 1986) – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
- Addison Roswell Thompson (1911–1976) – segregationist politician
- C.W. Thompson (1890–1951) – politician
- Francis C. Thompson (born 1941) – politician
- Jeff R. Thompson (born 1965) – politician
- Ken Thompson (born 1943) – pioneer of computer science
- Lizzie P. Thompson (1894–1973) – state representative
- Michael F. "Mike" Thompson (born 1942) – politician; home builder
- Richard S. Thompson (1916–1997) – state representative from Grant Parish
- Sandra Thompson (born 1946) – politician; environmentalist
- Steve D. Thompson (born 1935) – member of the Louisiana State Senate from Franklin Parish (1988–96)
- T. Ashton Thompson (1916–1965) – U.S. representative
- William Y. Thompson (1922–2013) – historian
- Dale Thorn (1943–2014) – journalist; Louisiana State University professor; press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards
- Tom Thornhill (born 1952) – attorney; state representative
- Marcus Thornton (born 1987) – shooting guard for the New Orleans Hornets
- George H. Tichenor (1837–1923) – surgeon; pioneer in antiseptics
- Stanley R. Tiner (born 1942) – journalist
- Ben C. Toledano (born 1932) – politician; journalist
- E. M. Toler (1874–1954) – physician; coroner; state senator for East and West Feliciana parishes (1944–54)
- Tommy Tomlinson (1930–1982) – guitarist; inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
- David Toms (born 1967) – PGA Tour golfer
- Charles Emery Tooke Jr. (1912–1986) – lawyer; state senator
- John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) – author of Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces
- Joseph F. Toomy (born 1948) – politician
- Reggie Torbor (born 1981) – former NFL linebacker
- Ned Touchstone (1926–1988) – politician; publisher
- Wayne Toups (born 1958) – musician
- Allen Toussaint (1938–2015) – New Orleans musician; composer; record producer
- Thomas Taylor Townsend (born 1963) – state representative
- Donald Trahan (born 1959) – state representative for Lafayette and Vermilion parishes (2004–08)
- John D. Travis (1940–2016) – state representative from East Feliciana Parish, 1984 to 2000
- Chet D. Traylor (born 1945) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1997–2009)
- David C. Treen (1928–2009) – US Representative (1973–80); Governor of Louisiana (1980–84)
- John S. Treen (born 1926) – homebuilder; Republican politician
- Risley C. Triche (1927–2012) – attorney; state representative
- Robert O. Trout (1904–1995) – sociologist
- Ralph T. Troy (1935–2014) – mayor of Monroe (1972–76)
- James Wayne "Jim" Tucker (born 1964) – first Republican Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction
- Robert Beall "Buddy" Tudor Jr. (1935–2010) – real estate developer
- Simon W. Tudor (1887–1956) – businessman; educator
- Paul Tulane (1801–1887) – businessman; philanthropist
- Ben Turpin (1869–1940) – silent film comedian
- Odessa Turner (born 1964) – NFL wide receiver
- Trai Turner (born 1993) – guard for the Carolina Panthers
- Marshall H. Twitchell (1840–1905) – politician; planter; diplomat
- Ollie Tyler (born 1945) – educator; politician
U
- Chris Ullo (1928–2014) – member of both houses of the state legislature from Jefferson Parish (1972–2008)
V
- Steve Van Buren (1920–2012) – Hall of Fame halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles
- William Washington Vance (1849–1900) – politician
- Pattie W. Van Hook (1927–1991) – Shreveport physician; first woman president of the Louisiana State Medical Society
- Rose Van Thyn (1921–2010) – Holocaust survivor in Shreveport
- Troy Verges (born 20th century) – country music songwriter
- J. Emile Verret (1885–1965) – lieutenant governor (1944–48); defeated Earl Kemp Long
- Lester Vetter (1910–1960) – politician; from Red River Parish
- Jeffrey P. Victory (born 1946) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Jacques Villeré (1760–1830) – Creole; Governor of Louisiana; general
- Pruitt Taylor Vince (born 1960) – film and television character actor
- Charles L. Vining Jr. (1935–2003) – politician
- Roger F. Villere Jr. (born 1949) – politician
- David Vitter (born 1961) – U.S. Senator
- David Voelker (1953–2013) – entrepreneur
- Frank Voelker Jr. (1921–2002) – lawyer; politician
- Frank Voelker Sr. (1892–1963) – judge
- Kenneth Volentine (born 1941) – politician
- John Volz (1936–2011) – U.S. attorney; prosecuted high-profile corruption cases in the 1980s
- Cole Vosbury (born 1991) – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant from The Voice season 5
W
- Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell (born 1948) – judge; former state representative from Shreveport
- David Wade (1911–1990) – general
- Thomas M. Wade (1860–1929) – politician; educator
- Von Wafer (born 1985) – shooting guard for the Orlando Magic
- Joseph David Waggonner Jr. (1918–2007) – U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
- W. E. "Willie" Waggonner (1905–1976) – sheriff of Bossier Parish (1948–76)
- Bryan Wagner (born 1943) – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council
- R. B. Walden (1901–1966) – politician
- Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) – business tycoon
- Joseph Marshall Walker (1786–1856) – Governor of Louisiana
- Lillian W. Walker (born 1923) – politician
- Lorenz James "Lo" Walker (born 1933) – politician; retired United States Air Force officer
- George T. Walker (1913–2011) – university president
- Morgan W. Walker Jr. (1928–2008) – businessman
- Morgan W. Walker Sr. (1893–1983) – businessman
- Taijuan Walker (born 1992) – starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
- William Stewart Walker (1914–1999) – U.S. Army officer; congressional candidate
- Shady R. Wall (1922–1985) – politician; banker
- Mike Wallace (born 1986) – wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Dayton Waller (1925–2015) – former state representative from Caddo Parish
- Ray Walston (1914–2001) actor – My Favorite Martian
- Mike Walsworth (born 1956) – state senator from Ouachita Parish
- Donald Ellsworth Walter (born 1936) – former U.S. attorney; U.S. district judge in Shreveport
- Rick Ward, III (born 1982) – state senator from Iberville Parish
- Jack Wardlaw (1937–2012) – journalist
- Lula Wardlow (1876–1970) – first woman mayor in Louisiana, having served in Montgomery (1926–30)
- Ed Ware (1927–2016) – lawyer; district attorney for Rapides Parish (1967–84)
- Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931) – Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction
- Ron Washington (born 1952) – manager for the Texas Rangers
- J. Louis Watkins Jr. (1929–1997) – judge; politician
- John D. Watkins (1828–1895) – state senator and judge in Webster Parish
- John T. Watkins (1854–1925) – state court judge; U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district (1905–21)
- Arthur C. Watson (1909–1984) – politician
- Eugene P. Watson (1911–1964) – librarian
- Muse Watson (born 1948) – actor, Prison Break, NCIS
- Reggie Wayne (born 1978) – wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
- Carl Weathers (born 1948) – NFL player; actor, Apollo Creed in the Rocky films
- Blayne Weaver (born 1976) – actor
- Loy F. Weaver (born 1942) – retired banker; state legislator
- Corey Webster (born 1982) – cornerback for the New York Giants
- Gus Weill (born 1933) – political consultant and author
- Carl Weiss (1906–1935) – physician; purported assassin of Huey Pierce Long Jr.
- Fred Weller (born 1966) – actor, In Plain Sight, Missing Persons
- Rebecca Wells (born 20th century) – actress; playwright; author
- Vernon Wells (born 1978) – outfielder for the New York Yankees
- Charcandrick West (born 1991) – running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
- H. O. West (1900–1981) – founder of West Brothers clothing stores
- Shane West (born 1978) – actor
- Lloyd F. Wheat (born 1923) – state senator from Natchitoches and Red River parishes (1948–52)
- Bodi White (born 1956) – politician
- Edward Douglass White (1845–1921) – Supreme Court Chief Justice
- John C. White (born 1975) – Louisiana state superintendent of education (since 2012)
- Malinda Brumfield White (born 1967) – state representative from Bogalusa, effective 2016
- Tony Joe White (born 1943) – singer-songwriter; musician
- Wally Whitehurst (born 1964) – former MLB pitcher
- Lynn Whitfield (born 1953) – actress
- Lenar Whitney (born 1959) – politician
- Les Whitt (1951–2008) – zookeeper in Alexandria
- Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker (1906–1993) – musician
- V. V. Whittington (1893–1974) – state senator; banker
- Randy Wiggins (born 1951) – state representative; insurance agent
- Jonathan Wilhite (born 1984) – cornerback for the Denver Broncos
- Pinkie C. Wilkerson (1948–2000) – state representative; attorney
- Robert L. Wilkie (born 1962) – Assistant Secretary of Defense
- W. Scott Wilkinson (1895–1985) – Shreveport attorney; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1920–24)
- Aeneas Williams (born 1968) – Hall of Fame defensive back in the NFL
- Alfred C. Williams (1951–2015) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (since 2015)
- A. L. Williams (born 1934) – retired football coach
- Brian "Baby" Williams (born 1969) – record executive; record producer; entrepreneur; musician
- Chris Williams (born 1985) – offensive guard for the Chicago Bears
- Duke Williams (born 1990) – safety for the Buffalo Bills
- Gerald Williams (born 1966) – former Major League Baseball outfielder
- Hank Williams Jr. (born 1949) – singer
- Kyle Williams (born 1983) – defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills
- Lucinda Williams (born 1963) – singer-songwriter; musician
- Patrick C. Williams (born 1963) – state representative for Caddo Parish
- T. Harry Williams (1909–1979) – historian
- Tramon Williams (born 1983) – cornerback for the Green Bay Packers
- Don W. Williamson (born 1927) – politician; businessman
- James Whitfield Williamson (1925–2008) – politician; businessman
- Norris C. Williamson (1874–1949) – politician
- H. L. Willis (1892–1979) – mayor of Pineville, 1952–54, long-term building superintendent at Louisiana College
- Edwin E. Willis (1904–1972) – US Representative (1949–69)
- Tom Willmott (born 1960) – state representative from Jefferson Parish (since 2008)
- Harry D. Wilson (1869–1948) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1916–48)
- Justin E. Wilson (1914–2001) – Cajun; raconteur; chef; humorist; politician
- Peggy Wilson (born 1937) – Republican politician; former member of the New Orleans City Council
- Riley J. Wilson (1871–1946) – U.S. representative
- Lorris M. Wimberly (1898–1962) – former Speaker of the Louisiana House
- Rush Wimberly (1873–1943) – politician
- Fritz Windhorst (born 1935) – former state senator
- Stephen J. Windhorst (born 1957) – judge; state representative
- Diane Winston (born 1948) – state representative
- John D. Winters (1917–1998) – historian
- Tommy Wiseau (born 1968) – screenwriter; director; producer; executive producer; actor
- Reese Witherspoon (born 1976) – Academy Award-winning actress
- A. Baldwin Wood (1879–1956) – inventor; engineer
- Susan Ward (born 1976) – actress; model
- Ebony Woodruff (born 1980) – state representative for Jefferson Parish from 2013 to 2016
- M. B. Woodward – second mayor of Bossier City (1910–19)
- J. Robert Wooley (born 1953) – politician
- Orlando Woolridge (1959–2012) – NBA power forward for several teams
- Ernest Wooton (born 1941) – politician
- G. L. P. Wren (1836–1901) – member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature; farmer in Webster Parish
- Monty M. Wyche (1926–2014) – state court judge
- Zelma Wyche (1918–1999) – politician; civil rights activist
- Captan Jack Wyly (1917–2006) – politician
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- T. M. Yarbrough – mayor of Bossier City (1919–21)
- Henry L. Yelverton (1928–2009) – judge
- Andrew Young (born 1932) – politician and civil rights advocate
- Aubrey W. Young (1922–2010) – drug and alcohol abuse coordinator within the Department of Health and Hospitals (1965–99); aide-de-camp to Governor John McKeithen
- Lester Young (1909–1959) – musician
- Thaddeus Young (born 1988) – small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
- Peter Youree (1843–1914) – Shreveport businessman
Z
- Samuel Zemurray (1877–1961) – businessman; philanthropist
- Jerome Zeringue (born 1962) – state representative for Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, effective 2016
- Buckwheat Zydeco (born 1947) – musician
See also
Notes
- ^ "Clarke, Lewis Strong". Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.com). Retrieved December 21, 2010.
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