List of Cajuns
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This is a list of notable Cajuns, often from the Acadiana or Greater New Orleans regions of French Louisiana, though not limited in geographic origin.
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Arts, culture, and entertainment
- Barry Jean Ancelet - writer, folkorist, linguist[1]
- Lee Benoit, accordion player and singer
- Tab Benoit, blues guitarist
- Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
- Jarvis Black, author, artist, musician
- Carl A. Brasseaux, historian, writer
- Trishelle Cannatella (1979 - ) American actress, and model of Cajun ancestry.
- Lacey Chabert, actress
- David Cheramie, activist, writer
- Amie Comeaux, country music singer
- Sheila Dooley, linguist
- Michael Doucet, fiddler, singer and songwriter
- Val Dufour, (1927-2000), soap opera actor
- Edwin Duhon, musician and co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers
- Shonda Farr American actress of part cajun ancestry.
- Mary Alice Fontenot, children's author
- Mary Gauthier, folk singer/songwriter
- Rodney Guilbeaux, comedian
- Hunter Hayes,accordion player and singer
- Leigh Hennessy, film actress and stunt performer
- Lash La Rue, (deceased) former actor
- Doug Kershaw, Cajun and Country Music musician known as "The Ragin Cajun"
- Sammy Kershaw, Country Music singer and current candidate for Louisiana Lt. Governor
- Ali Landry, model and actress, 1996 Miss USA[2]
- Lisa Landry, stand-up comedian
- Richard LeBoeuf, accordion player and singer
- Dayla Monk,Blues Funk artist
- Elemore Morgan, Jr., painter
- Paul Prudhomme, chef of Cajun cuisine[3]
- Dennis Quaid, actor, musician
- Zachary Richard musician, environmentalist, French language preservationist and founder of Action Cadienne
- George Rodrigue, painter[4]
- Amanda Shaw, singer, fiddler and actress
- Floyd Sonnier[5]
- Wayne Toups - musician
- Justin Wilson, chef[6]
- Angela Kinsey, actress most known for The Office (US)
- Stephanie Swift (1972- ), adult actress
- Tyran Richard (1982 - ) Cajun model.
- Walter Williams comidan, film maker
Law and politics
- Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana Governor[7]
- John Breaux, former Louisiana US Senator[8]
- Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana[9]
- F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee
- Charlie Melancon, US congressman[10]
- Billy Tauzin, politician[11]
- Chet Traylor, Louisiana Supreme Court Justice
Military
- Claire Lee Chennault, former World War II aviator
- Eugene Roe, World War II medic in the famed Easy Company
Sports
- Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey[12]
- Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback[13]
- Brett Favre, NFL quarterback
- Andy Pettitte, Starting Pitcher for the NY Yankees
- Eric Guerin, hall of fame jockey[14]
- Ron Guidry, former baseball player[15]
- Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback[16]
- Leigh Hennessy, world champion gymnast
- Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
- Stefan LeFors, football quarterback[17]
- John LeRoux, professional wrestler
- Ryan Theriot, shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, born in Baton Rouge, La.[18]
Fictional characters
- Bobby Boucher, main character played by Adam Sandler in The Waterboy.
- Bill Dauterive from the cartoon King of the Hill.
- Eduard Delacroix, aka "Del", one of the prisoners from The Green Mile.
- Jay "Chef" Hicks, an engineman who brings Captain Benjamin Willard to Colonel Walter E. Kurts in Apocalypse Now.
- Ruby Landry, from the V. C. Andrews' Landry series.
- Remy LeBeau, aka "Gambit," member of the Marvel Comics X-Men.
- Polycarp, local children's TV show host.
- Bayou Billy, video game and comic book character in The Adventures of Bayou Billy for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami.
Dave Robisheaux, the detective in New Iberia and New Orleans in the award winning James Lee Burke's crime novels.
See also
References
- ^ [1] "Barry Jean Ancelet is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun, born in Church Point and raised in Lafayette."
- ^ Landy - [2] "A Cajun and Breaux Bridge native, Ali Landry was crowned Miss USA in February 1996 at age twenty-two." . m/alil/
- ^ FrenchQuarter.com: Celebrity French Quarter Chefs
- ^ [3] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "
- ^ [4]"A young French-speaking Cajun boy..."
- ^ [5] "Being half Louisiana French himself..."
- ^ [6] "she was nicknamed the "Cajun Grandma" and won the election to become the top elected official in the state." [7] ""So many people in Louisiana actually speak French every day and feel French, and I think they're a little disappointed about the situation," says Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a French Acadian whose maiden name was Babineaux. "We're looking at a 200-year historical time when France was our greatest ally.""
- ^ [8] "John Breaux, a close friend and fellow Cajun." [9]
- ^ [10] "Louisiana's notorious Cajun politician, Edwin Edwards, who was elected governor four times. He currently resides in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana." [11]
- ^ News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Lafourche/Terrebonne News | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com
- ^ [12] [13]
- ^ [14] "The California-based Delahoussaye, a Cajun from New Iberia, La., is one of the best riders in Kentucky Derby history."
- ^ [15] [16]
- ^ [17] "Eric Guerin, the twenty-eight-year-old Cajun jockey who rode all of Vanderbilt's top horses under a contract arrangement."
- ^ [18] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "
- ^ [19] "The Cajun Cannon" [20]
- ^ [21]
- ^ The Official Site of The Chicago Cubs: Team: Player Information
- [22] - Acadian genealogy of southcentral Louisiana Pitre's