List of people from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Notable people
Sports figures
- Seimone Augustus, WNBA guard for the Minnesota Lynx (b. 1984)[1]
- Brandon Bass, NBA power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers (b. 1985)[2]
- Odell Beckham Jr., NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants (b. 1992)
- Billy Cannon, former All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner (b. 1937)[3]
- Michael Clayton, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1982)[4]
- Willie Davenport, Olympics gold medal winner[5]
- Glen Davis, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers (b. 1986)[6]
- David Dellucci, MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1973)[7]
- Warrick Dunn, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1975)[8]
- Chad Durbin, MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1977)[9]
- Alan Faneca, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1976)[10]
- Randall Gay, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints (b. 1982)[11]
- Darryl Hamilton, MLB outfielder for various clubs (b. 1964)[12]
- Fred Haynes (1946–2006), LSU football great, 1964–1968[citation needed]
- Jeremy Hill, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Russ Johnson, major league infielder (b. 1973)[13]
- Lolo Jones, track and field athlete[14]
- Victor Jones, NFL player
- Stefan LeFors, former quarterback in American and Canadian football[15]
- Norman LeJeune, NFL former football safety[16]
- Pete Maravich, LSU and NBA player in Basketball Hall of Fame[17]
- Todd McClure, NFL offensive lineman for Atlanta Falcons (b. 1977)[18]
- Travis Minor, NFL running back, St. Louis Rams
- Yohanan Moyal (born 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Buddy Myer, MLB 2-time All-Star second baseman, batting and stolen base titles[19]
- Shaquille O'Neal, NBA[20]
- Jonathan Papelbon, MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1980)[21]
- Carly Patterson, Olympic gold medalist (b. 1988)[citation needed]
- Bob Pettit, Basketball Hall of Famer (b. 1932)[22]
- Andy Pettitte, MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees (b. 1972)[23]
- Bobby Phills, former professional basketball player (d. 2000)[24]
- Pat Screen, former LSU quarterback, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1981 to 1988 (1943–1994)[25]
- Ben Sheets, MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers (b. 1978)[26]
- Marcus Spears, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys (b. 1982)[27]
- Jim Taylor, Football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)[28]
- Tyrus Thomas, NBA forward for the Chicago Bulls (b. 1986)[29]
- Reggie Tongue, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, and Oakland Raiders[1][citation needed]
- Reggie Torbor, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins[30]
- Jimmy Williams, NFL cornerback who graduated from Vanderbilt University and plays for the Houston Texans[31]
- Joe Williams, NFL player[32]
- Kevin Windham, professional motocross racer[33]
- Walter Williams, NFL player
Entertainers
- Wes Brown, actor, We Are Marshall, Glory Road, Beach Girls[34]
- Andrei Codrescu, writer[citation needed]
- Bill Conti, conductor and composer
- Stormy Daniels, porn star and porn director (b. 1979)
- Trent Dawson, actor, As the World Turns (b. 1971)
- Don Lemon, CNN news anchor and host of CNN Tonight (b. 1966)
- Ursin DeRoche, guitarist, (b. 1976)[35]
- Donna Douglas, actress, The Beverly Hillbillies (b. 1933)[36]
- Louis Edmonds, actor, All My Children[citation needed]
- Wesley Eure, actor, author[37]
- Foxx, rap artist
- John Fred, singer, best known for the song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" (1941–2005)[citation needed]
- Kevin Gates, rap artist
- Dale Houston, singer, best known for the song "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (1940–2007)[citation needed]
- Randy Jackson, musician, record producer, and American Idol judge (b. 1956)
- Chris Thomas King, blues musician and actor (b. 1962)
- David Lambert, actor (b.1992)
- Lil Boosie, rap artist (b. 1983)
- Lil Phat, rap artist
- Master P, rap artist
- Rod Masterson, actor (1945-2013)
- Reiley McClendon, actor (b. 1990)
- John McConnell, actor, radio personality (b. 1958)
- Christian Mixon, actor (b. 1969)
- Cleo Moore, actress (d. 1973)
- Elemore Morgan, Jr., landscape painter and photographer (b. 1931)
- James Paul, Conductor Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Symphony (b. 1940)
- Cameron Richardson, actress, Open Water 2: Adrift (b. 1979)
- Steven Soderbergh, director
- Tabby Thomas, blues musician and club owner (b. 1929)
- Pruitt Taylor Vince, actor (b. 1960)
- Webbie, rap artist (b. 1985)
- Shane West, actor (b. 1978)
- Lynn Whitfield, actress
Politicians
- Harrison Bagwell, Baton Rouge lawyer and Republican political activist; gubernatorial nominee in 1952, R[38]
- Jesse Bankston, president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting; longtime member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee; former confidant of Earl Kemp Long, D (1907–2010)[39]
- Larry S. Bankston, lawyer and former state senator, son of Jesse Bankston, D (b. 1951)[40]
- Regina Barrow (born 1966), member of the Louisiana State Senate, former state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes, 2005-2016[41]
- Gary Beard (born 1956), former member of Louisiana House of Representatives, R[42]
- V.J. Bella (born 1927), former state representative from St. Mary Parish and state fire marshal, based in Baton Rouge, 1990–1992 and 1996–2004, R[43]
- Kirt Bennett (1967-2010), businessman and politician, R[44]
- Sherman A. Bernard (1925-2012), state insurance commissioner from 1972-1988; convicted felon, D[45]
- Morton Blackwell (born 1939), political activist in Louisiana and later Virginia, R[citation needed]
- James H. Boyce (1922-1990), Caterpillar Company industrialist and chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1972-1976, R[46]
- Mike Branch (b. 1968), state senator and commercial pilot, later of Las Vegas, Nevada, R[citation needed]
- Jack Breaux, first Republican mayor of a Louisiana community, mayor of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish from 1966 until his death in 1980, R[citation needed]
- Overton Brooks (1897-1961), U.S. representative from 1937-1961, representing Louisiana's 4th congressional district based about Shreveport, was born in Baton Rouge, D[47]
- Chad M. Brown, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016, lives in Plaquemine, former Baton Rouge resident[48]
- H. Rap Brown, African American activist imprisoned in Georgia[49]
- James H. "Jim" Brown, former state senator, secretary of state, and state insurance commissioner (b. 1940), D[citation needed]
- Ossie Brown, (1926-2008), former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney, 1972-1984, D[50]
- Bryan Edward Bush, Jr. (1934-2010), EBR district attorney, 1985-1989; unseated Ossie Brown in 1984, R[51]
- Victor Bussie (1919-2011), former president of Louisiana AFL-CIO, D[52]
- George A. Caldwell, contractor who supervisxed the construction of twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana; imprisoned in the "Louisiana Hayride" scandals of 1939-1940, D[53]
- Theo Cangelosi, (1911-1992), former state representative, lawyer, banker, gubernatorial advisor, D[citation needed]
- Barbara West Carpenter (born 1943), dean of international relations at Southern University and African-American Democrat state representative from District 63 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016[54]
- Stephen F. "Steve" Carter (born 1943), former LSU assistant athletic director, businessman, and current state representative from District 68 in Baton Rouge, R[55]
- Jack Christian (1911-1972), mayor-president from 1957-1964, D[citation needed]
- Sally Clausen (born 1945), former university president and commissioner of Louisiana higher education, retired in Baton Rouge[56]
- Thomas G. Clausen (1939-2002), last person to be elected to the since appointed position of Louisiana education superintendent; St. Mary Parish native and Baton Rouge resident[57]
- Luther F. Cole (1925-2013), legislator, judge, state Supreme Court associate justice, D[58]
- Tom Colten (1922-2004), director of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development during the 1980s; former mayor of Minden, Louisiana, R[citation needed]
- Carl Crane, state representative from Baton Rouge, 1984-2008, R[59]
- Mike Cross, state representative, 1981-1996; mayor of Baker, 1976-1981, D[citation needed]
- William Daniel (B.S. and M.S. in petroleum engineering), state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1996-2008, D-turned-R-turned-I[60]
- Paula Davis (born 1973), state representative for District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015[61]
- J.D. DeBlieux (1912-2005), state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish; perhaps the first white politician in the era of desegregation to embrace the civil rights agenda, D[62]
- Charles H. Dillemuth (1912-1989), real estate businessman for whom the "Charles H. Dillemuth Humanitarian of the Year Award" is named; congressional candidate in 1960, civic leader, R[citation needed]
- William J. "Bill" Dodd (1909-1991), state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, member of Louisiana Board of Education, state education superintendent, D[63]
- Emmitt Douglas, president of the Louisiana NAACP from 1966 until his death in 1981, D[64]
- Gil Dozier, Louisiana agriculture commissioner from 1976 to 1980; convicted felon, D[65]
- W. W. "Woody" Dumas, former mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, D[citation needed]
- Ken Duncan, state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman, D[66]
- Jack M. Dyer, former state representative (1960-1964), D[citation needed]
- Rick Edmonds, state representative for District 66 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016, R[67]
- Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police since 2008, R[68]
- Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952-2016), member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the Louisiana House of Representatives in January and February 2016, D[69]
- Chris Faser, Jr. (1917-2004), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1968-1972; aide to Governor Jimmie Davis, D[70]
- Jimmy Field, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996-2012), R[71]
- Heulette Fontenot, former state representative from Livingston Parish and state senator from Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes; author of Pet Evacuation Act of 2006, R[72]
- Jeff Fortenberry, U.S. representative from Nebraska (b. 1960), R[citation needed]
- Mike Futrell, former state representative and Metro Council member, R[73]
- Clark Gaudin, attorney and first Republican state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish since Reconstruction (b. 1931), R[citation needed]
- Gaston Gerald, former state senator, D (b. 1931)[74]
- Ron Gomez, former state representative from Lafayette Parish, born in Baton Rouge, D-turned-R (b. 1934)[75]
- Douglas Gonzales, retired U.S. attorney and district and circuit court judge, R (b. 1935)[76]
- William H. Gray (1941-2013), U.S. representative from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born in Baton Rouge, first African American to serve as a House majority whip, D[77]
- Douglas D. "Doug" Green (born c. 1950), state insurance commissioner, 1988-1991; convicted felon, D[citation needed]
- Hunter Greene (born 1966), former state representative and current family court judge, R[78]
- Francis Grevemberg (1914-2008), Republican candidate for governor in 1960, R[citation needed]
- Anthony Guarisco, Jr. (born 1938), former state senator from Morgan City; lawyer, formerly practiced in Baton Rouge, D[79]
- Jesse J. Guidry, state representative for St. Martin Parish, 1972-1981; secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 1981 to 1984[80]
- John Michael Guidry, circuit court judge since 1997 and former member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Baton Rouge[81]
- Dudley A. Guglielmo, (1909-2005) Louisiana insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972, D[82]
- T. H. Harris (1869-1942), state superintendent education, 1908–1940, D[83]
- Rufus D. Hayes (1913-2002), first state insurance commissioner, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, former state Democratic chairman, D[citation needed]
- Dennis Paul Hebert (1926-2013), state representative for Tangipahoa Parish, 1972 to 1996; thereafter resident of Baton Rouge, D[84]
- Betty Heitman, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee from 1983 to 1987; resided in and died in 1994 in Baton Rouge, R[85]
- Charles R. Herring - chiropractor from Baton Rouge since 1998; served in Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish, 1988-1992, D-turned-R[86]
- Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (b. 1952), D[87]
- Dalton W. Honoré (born 1943), state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2010, D[88]
- Thomas H. Hudson (born 1946), Baton Rouge attorney and former state senator, 1976-1988, D[89]
- Barry Ivey (born 1979), businessman and current member of the Louisiana House from District 65 (b. 1979), R[90]
- Alphonse J. Jackson (1927-2014), state representative from Caddo Parish, 1972-1992; operated public relations firm in Baton Rouge after leaving the legislature; died in and buried in Baton Rouge, D[91]
- Edward C. James (born 1981), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012, D[92]
- Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (born 1947), former Louisiana state representative and three-time U.S. Senate candidate, D-turned-R[93]
- Bobby Jindal (born 1971), Governor and Louisiana congressman, R[94]
- Theodore "Ted" Jones (born 1934), Louisiana lawyer, lobbyist, and political appointee; resides in Baton Rouge, D[95]
- Edmond Jordan (born 1971), member of the Louisiana House since 2016 for District 29 in West and East Baton Rouge parishes[96]
- Donald Ray Kennard (1936-2011), Louisiana state representative from East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes from 1976–2008, D-turned-R[97]
- Claude Kirkpatrick, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952-1960) from Jefferson Davis Parish, director of Louisiana Department of Public Works (1960–1964), candidate for governor in 1963, instigator of Toledo Bend Reservoir, president of Baton Rouge General Hospital, and builder of three shopping centers in Baton Rouge, D[98]
- Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (b. 1918), former member of Louisiana Board of Regents, D[99]
- Jeannette Knoll (born 1943), associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; born in Baton Rouge, resident of Marksville, D[100]
- Dan Kyle (born 1937), former legislative auditor, R[101]
- Fred S. LeBlanc, mayor of Baton Rouge (1941-1944), state attorney general (1944–1948; 1952–1956), D[citation needed]
- Coleman Lindsey (1892-1968), state senator, lieutenant governor, state district court judge, D[102]
- Elmer Litchfield (1927-2008), sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1983 to 2006, R[103]
- Blanche Long, First Lady of Louisiana (1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960), D[citation needed]
- John Maginnis (1948-2014), Louisiana political journalist, author, and commentator; reared and resided in Baton Rouge[104]
- Robert M. Marionneaux (born 1968), attorney and state senator, D[105]
- Sidney McCrory (1911-1985), entomologist who served as state agriculture commissioner from 1956 to 1960, D[citation needed]
- Eugene McGehee (1928-2014), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960-1972; state district court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972-1978, D[106]
- Tom Ed McHugh, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President (1989–2000) (b. 1943), R[citation needed]
- Chuck McMains, former state representative and Baton Rouge lobbyist, R[107]
- P.J. Mills, Baton Rouge native and former state representative from Caddo Parish, D[citation needed]
- Henson Moore, U.S. representative from Sixth Congressional District, 1975-1987, R[108]
- W. Spencer Myrick, state legislator from West Carroll Parish, later resided in Baton Rouge, D[citation needed]
- Jewel Joseph Newman (1921-2014), member of the East Baton Rouge city-parish council, 1972-1984, and the Louisiana House from 1984 to 1988 from the Scotlandville area; community organizer and Roman Catholic layman, D[109]
- J. Kelly Nix (born 1934), Baton Rouge businessman since 1984; Louisiana superintendent of education, 1976 to 1984, D[110]
- Bob Odom (1935-2014), state agriculture commissioner, 1980-2008, D[citation needed]
- Kenneth Osterberger (born 1930), member of the Louisiana State Senate from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972-1992; defeated David Duke in 1975, D-turned-R
- Darrell Ourso, member of the Louisiana House from Baton Rouge; elected 2015, R[111]
- Jessel Ourso, colorful, controversial sheriff of Iberville Parish, began his career in law enforcement in the middle 1950s as a Baton Rouge municipal police officer, D.[112]
- John Victor Parker (1928-2014), judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1979-2014[113]
- Mary Evelyn Parker (1920-2015), state treasurer from 1968 to 1987, long-term Baton Rouge resident, D.[114]
- Edward Grady Partin (1924-1990), Teamsters Union figure, D
- Paul Pastorek (born 1954), former Louisiana state superintendent of education, R[115]
- Tony Perkins (born 1963), former state representative and president of the Family Research Council, R[116]
- Ralph Perlman, Louisiana state budget director, 1967-1988[117]
- Melvin Rambin, mayor of Monroe from 2000 to 2001; former banker in Baton Rouge, interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, R[118]
- Dan Richey (born 1948), former state legislator and political consultant (b. 1948), D-turned-R[citation needed]
- Buddy Roemer, former governor and Baton Rouge businessman (b. 1943), I[119]
- Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. (1928-2012), state representative from 1972–1988 and retired chief executive officer of Lamar Advertising Company, D[120]
- Sean Reilly, state representative from 1988–1996 and current chief operations officer of Lamar Advertising, D[121]
- Buddy Roemer, former governor of Louisiana; resides in Baton Rouge, R
- Chas Roemer, president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, R
- Mary E. Roper, East Baton Rouge Parish parish attorney since 2008; first woman to hold this position in the history of East Baton Rouge, (b. 1966) I[citation needed]
- A. T. "Apple" Sanders, Jr. (1926-1989), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1956 to 1964, D
- Joe Sevario, member of the Louisiana State Senate for parts of five parishes, including East Baton Rouge and Ascension, from 1976 to 1994, D
- Frank P. Simoneaux, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972-1982; lawyer in Baton Rouge, D[122]
- Bobby Simpson, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President (2001-2004) (b. 1953), R[citation needed]
- Patricia Haynes Smith, state representative for District 67 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2008[123]
- Mason Spencer, state representative from Madison Parish from 1924 to 1936, born in Baton Rouge in 1892, D[citation needed]
- Edward J. Steimel (1922-2016), founding executive director of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, R[124]
- Raymond Strother, political consultant, lived in Baton Rouge from 1960 to 1980, D[125]
- Zachary Taylor, military leader and the twelfth President of the United States(1784–1850), W[126]
- Timmy Teepell (born 1975), political consultant, sometimes called the "alter ego" to Governor Bobby Jindal; Baton Rouge native, R[127]
- David William Thomas (1876-1961), mayor of Minden from 1936–1940, taught journalism at LSU and completed his law degree there as well, D[citation needed]
- Sandra Thompson, environmentalist and former director of the Atchafalaya Basin Project,[citation needed] R
- David Treen, former Louisiana governor (1928-2009), was born in Baton Rouge, R[128]
- John S. Treen, politician, R[citation needed]
- R.B. Walden (1901-1966), director of Louisiana Department Hospitals and former mayor of Winnsboro, D[129]
- Lillian W. Walker, former state representative (1964-1972), D[citation needed]
- Gus Weill, public relations consultant, author, television host, D[130]
- Mack A. "Bodi" White, Jr., state representative since 2004, R[131]
- John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012, I[132]
- Alfred C. Williams, state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012, D[133]
- J. Robert Wooley, insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2006; attorney with Adams & Reese in Baton Rouge, D[134]
- Aubrey W. Young (1922-2010), drug and alcohol abuse coordinator within the Department of Health and Hospitals, 1965–1999; aide-de-camp to Governor John McKeithen, D[135]
Military commanders
- Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1979-1983 (b. 1922)[136]
- Francis Grevemberg, U.S. Army colonel and crusading head of the Louisiana State Police from 1952-1955 (1914-2008)[137]
- Russel Honoré, general, United States Army, known for Hurricane Katrina relief
- Junius Wallace Jones, major-general, United States Air Force, first Inspector-General of the Air Force (1890-1977)[138]
- John A. Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1920-1929 (1867-1942)[139]
Intellectuals
- Morris N. Abrams, LSU vocational agricultural professor, 1956-1960; director of the LSU School of Vocational Education, 1960-1962; dean at Louisiana State University at Alexandria, 1962 until his death in 1975[140]
- Louis Berry (1914-1998), civil rights attorney and dean of Southern University Law Center from 1972 to 1974[141]
- David French Boyd (1834-1899), former president and professor at LSU[142]
- Thomas Duckett Boyd (1854-1932), professor and president of LSU[143]
- Stephen A. Caldwell (1889-1956), educator with LSU[144]
- Mark T. Carleton (1935-1995), Louisiana historian[145]
- John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator who served as president of Louisiana Tech University from 1926 to 1928[146]
- Beth Courtney, president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting since 1985[147]
- Ed Cullen, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate columnist, National Public Radio essayist, author of Letter in a Woodpile[148]
- Edwin Adams Davis, Louisiana historian[citation needed]
- Kenneth L. Dixon, journalist[149]
- Margaret Dixon, first woman managing editor of the Morning Advocate (1949–1970), crusader for prison reform and assistance to the mentally ill[citation needed]
- Mike Dunne (1949-2007), environmental reporter for the Morning Advocate[150]
- Leslie Glasgow (1914-1980), LSU biologist, conservationist, director of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission from 1966 to 1968, United States assistant secretary of the interior from 1969 to 1970[151]
- John Guckenheimer, mathematician, Cornell University[152]
- Kaylee Hartung, CBS News correspondent (b. 1985)[153]
- Perry H. Howard (1922-2009), sociologist who researched Louisiana politics[citation needed]
- George Hilton Jones III (1924-2008), Rhodes scholar, author, historian, and professor of history[154]
- Stephan Kinsella, American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist (b. 1965)[citation needed]
- John LaPlante (1953-2007), Capitol Bureau chief for the Morning Advocate[155]
- John L. Loos, historian[156]
- William Hawthorn Lynch, investigative journalist, first Louisiana inspector general, operated Baton Rouge bureau of New Orleans Times-Picayune[157]
- Robert "Bob" Mann, journalist, political historian, LSU scholar[158]
- Mary Elizabeth Moore, Methodist theologian, author, and Boston University School of Theology dean[159]
- Burl Noggle (1924-2013), American historian, LSU professor, author of book on Teapot Dome scandal[160]
- Arthur T. Prescott (1863-1942), LSU administrator, founding president of Louisiana Tech University[161]
- James Monroe Smith (1888-1949), president of LSU from 1930-1939; removed in the "Louisiana Hayride" scandals of 1939[162]
- Jesse N. Stone (1924-2001), president of the Southern University System, 1974-1985; civil rights attorney[163]
- William Y. Thompson (1922-2013), historian[164]
- Dale Thorn (1943-2014), press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards, LSU journalism professor, assistant commissioner of higher education for the Louisiana Board of Regents[165]
- Eric Voegelin (1901-1985), political theorist and professor at LSU[166]
- Regnal Wallace (1934-2016), Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation director of public relations and creator of the long-running television series, This Week in Louisiana Agriculture, which premiered in 1981[167]
- Jack Wardlaw (1937-2012), Baton Rouge bureau chief of the New Orleans Times-Picayune (1980-2002)[168]
- Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and emeritus professor at Louisiana State University[169]
- T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor at LSU[170]
Other
- Yaser Esam Hamdi (b. 1980), captured while fighting in Afghanistan with the Taliban in 2001; known for the Supreme Court case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld[citation needed]
- John Allen Muhammad, mass murderer and co-conspirator in the Beltway sniper attacks
- T. J. Moran, businessman, restaurateur, and philanthropist in Baton Rouge[171]
- Alli Sims (b. 1983), socialite and cousin of Britney Spears
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