List of people from New Orleans
This is a list of notable people who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or relation with the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Academia[change | change source]
- Stephen Ambrose, historian and University of New Orleans professor
- Mary L. Good, scientist and university professor
- Salman Khan, educator
- Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist and Nobel Laureate
Architecture[change | change source]
- Leon C. Weiss, architect commissioned by Huey P. Long
Arts and literature[change | change source]
- John James Audubon, painter, ornithologist, naturalist
- Roark Bradford, fiction writer
- Poppy Z. Brite, writer
- William S. Burroughs, writer
- George Washington Cable, writer
- Truman Capote, writer
- Kate Chopin, writer, feminist
- Andrei Codrescu, poet and commentator
- Edgar Degas, artist
- George Washington Dixon, newspaper editor
- George Dureau, artist and photographer
- William Faulkner, writer
- Rolland Golden, artist
- Shirley Ann Grau, writer
- Lafcadio Hearn, writer
- Lillian Hellman, writer
- George Herriman, Krazy Kat cartoonist
- Walter Isaacson, writer, journalist, public policy analyst
- Frances Parkinson Keyes, writer
- Dominique Lapierre, writer
- Elmore Leonard, author
- Michael Lewis, writer
- Bunny Matthews, cartoonist
- John McCrady, artist
- James Michalopoulos, artist[1]
- Anne Rice, writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction
- John Kennedy Toole, writer of A Confederacy of Dunces
Business and economics[change | change source]
- Isaac Delgado, businessman and philanthropist, benefactor of Delgado Community College
- Avram Glazer, businessman and sports franchise owner
- John McDonogh (1779–1850), shipping, land speculation (world's largest private landholder ca. 1850), philanthropist and namesake of many New Orleans schools
- Clay Shaw, businessman
- David Voelker, businessman and philanthropist[2]
- Samuel Zemurray, businessman and philanthropist
Cuisine[change | change source]
- Leah Chase, chef
- Ruth Fertel, businesswoman and restaurateur, Ruth's Chris Steak House
Crime[change | change source]
- Axeman of New Orleans, mysterious mass murderer
- Antoinette Frank, former New Orleans Police Officer
- Jean Lafitte, pirate and brother of Pierre Lafitte
- Pierre Lafitte, pirate and brother of Jean Lafitte
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin
Movie and television[change | change source]
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, actor
- Sandra Bullock, actress, resident
- Kitty Carlisle, entertainer
- John Carroll, actor and singer
- Laura Cayouette, actor and author
- Patricia Clarkson, actress
- Marshall Colt, psychologist and former actor
- Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, talk show host
- Vance DeGeneres, actor, screenwriter, and musician (bass)
- Raquel "Rocsi" Diaz, television host and personality on BET's 106 and Park
- Faith Domergue, actress
- Donna Douglas, actress (Ellie Mae from The Beverly Hillbillies)
- Allison Harvard, runner-up of twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model
- Dwight Henry, actor
- Gloria Henry, actress born in 1923
- Eddie Jemison, actor
- Bayn Johnson, former actress and singer
- Leatrice Joy, actress
- Dorothy Lamour, actress
- John Larroquette, actor
- Anthony Mackie, actor
- Adah Isaacs Menken, actress
- Garrett Morris, comedian (SNL), actor
- Ed Nelson, actor[3]
- Arthel Neville, journalist
- Pauley Perrette, actress
- Tyler Perry, actor, director
- Wendell Pierce, actor (Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire)
- Godfrey Reggio, experimental filmmaker/documentarian (Qatsi trilogy)
- Neferteri Shepherd, model and actress
- Richard Simmons, entertainer
- Harold Sylvester, actor
- Jay Thomas, actor
- Sam Trammell, actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in True Blood
- Ben Turpin, silent film comedian
- Ray Walston, actor
- Carl Weathers, actor, football player
- Tommy Wiseau, actor, director
- Reese Witherspoon, actress
- Grace Zabriskie, actress
- Bianca Del Rio, drag queen and comedian; best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race
Law, politics, and military[change | change source]
- Bryan Adams, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish since 2012; born in New Orleans.[4]
- Reverend Avery Alexander, civil rights leader, state legislator
- Andres Almonaster y Rojas, Spanish civil servant in colonial New Orleans, also a philanthropist
- Jeff Arnold, former member of the Louisiana House for the Algiers section, 2002–2016
- John B. Babcock, Medal of Honor recipient
- Algernon Sidney Badger, government official during and after Reconstruction[5]
- Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and academic[6]
- P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general and inventor
- Clyde F. Bel Jr., businessman and state representative for Orleans Parish, 1964–1972 and 1975–1980
- Judah P. Benjamin, U.S. Senator, Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War and Secretary of State
- David H. Berger, commandant of the United States Marine Corps
- Hale Boggs, former U.S. Representative
- Lindy Boggs, former U.S. Representative and retired U.S. Ambassador to The Vatican
- Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., lawyer/lobbyist in Washington, D.C., born in New Orleans in 1940, son of Hale and Lindy Boggs, brother of Cokie Roberts and Barbara Boggs Sigmund
- Joseph Bouie Jr., Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish since 2014; retired faculty member and administrator at Southern University at New Orleans[7]
- Stephen Bradberry, community organizer, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureate
- Juan Davis Bradburn, freedom fighter for Mexico, officer in the Battle of New Orleans
- Henry Braden, politician
- Elward Thomas Brady Jr., state representative from Terrebonne Parish 1972–1976, born in New Orleans[8]
- Donna Brazile, political strategist
- Jared Brossett, member of the New Orleans City Council since 2014; state representative for District 97, 2009–2014
- J. Marshall Brown, insurance agent and politician
- Benjamin F. Butler, administrator of Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War
- John A. Butler, U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
- Pascal F. Calogero Jr., Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court
- Gary Carter Jr., member of the Louisiana House from the Algiers neighborhood, effective 2016
- James Carville, political consultant, political science professor
- Harry Connick Sr., district attorney, father of singer Harry Connick Jr.
- A.G. Crowe, politician
- Milton Joseph Cunningham, attorney, state legislator, state attorney general for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900
- Bernard de Marigny, politician and land developer
- Étienne de Boré, first Mayor of New Orleans in the U.S. administration
- James D. Denegre, Minnesota state senator and lawyer
- Jean Noel Destréhan, early Creole politician and plantation owner
- David Duke, state representative for Metairie 1989–1992; White nationalist
- H. Garland Dupré, attorney and politician; Speaker of the Louisiana House 1908–1910; U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1910–1924
- Frank Burton Ellis, attorney, politician, federal judge
- Albert Estopinal, former U.S. representative and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature
- Olaf Fink, member of the Louisiana State Senate 1956–1972; New Orleans educator[9]
- C.B. Forgotston, attorney, political activist, state government watchdog
- Henry L. Fuqua, governor who defeated Huey Long in an election
- Randal Gaines, state representative since 2012 for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes; former assistant city attorney in New Orleans[10]
- Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 1970–1978; known for prosecuting corruption in government[11]
- Jim Garrison, district attorney of Orleans Parish
- Robert T. Garrity Jr., attorney and former state representative for Jefferson Parish
- Charles Gayarré, state legislator noted for his histories of Louisiana
- Newt Gingrich, U.S. Congressman from Georgia, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Nicholas Girod, early mayor of New Orleans
- John Grenier, Birmingham lawyer and Alabama Republican Party figure, born in New Orleans in 1930
- Brenda Hatfield, former Chief Administrative Officer of the City of New Orleans
- F. Edward Hebert, Democrat U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district, 1941–1977
- Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, former member of the New Orleans City Council for District D, 2005–2014
- Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, former judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- David Heitmeier, state senator for District 7 since 2008, optometrist[12]
- Francis C. Heitmeier, state senator for District 7, 1988–2008; businessman and lobbyist
- David Hennessy, police chief, assassinated in 1890
- Clay Higgins, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district; born in New Orleans in 1961
- Stephanie Hilferty, Republican state representative for Orleans and Jefferson parishes, effective January 2016
- Walker Hines, former state representative
- Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, army general, subordinate to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
- Bernette Joshua Johnson, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994–2013, native and resident of New Orleans
- Jeannette Knoll, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; reared and educated in New Orleans, where the court meets; resides in Marksville[13]
- Mary Landrieu, state representative, state treasurer, U.S. senator
- Mitch Landrieu, state representative, lieutenant governor, former mayor of New Orleans
- Moon Landrieu, judge and politician, mayor of New Orleans
- Hank Lauricella, former professional football player; state senator from Jefferson Parish, 1972–1996
- Bob Livingston, Republican former U.S. Representative for 1st congressional district
- Edward Livingston, drafted Louisiana Civil Code
- Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, Confederate general
- Joseph Mansion, Louisiana state legislator, state tax assessor
- Bessie Margolin, labor lawyer
- Danny Martiny, state senator from Jefferson Parish, born in New Orleans
- Harold A. Moise, state representative for the 12th Ward, Orleans civil court judge 1937–1948, and associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1948–1958
- Ernest Nathan Morial, American political, legal, and civil rights leader
- Marc Morial, former mayor, son of Ernest Nathan Morial
- deLesseps Story Morrison, former mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States
- deLesseps Morrison Jr., late state representative
- William Mumford, Confederate resistor in Union-occupied New Orleans during the Civil War
- Ray Nagin, former mayor of New Orleans
- Michael H. O'Keefe, president of the Louisiana State Senate 1976–1983; convicted felon
- Alejandro O'Reilly, governor of Louisiana, known as "Bloody O'Reilly"
- James E. Paxton, district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District based in St. Joseph, practiced law in New Orleans 1988–1993[14]
- Leander Perez, district judge, district attorney, and president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council
- P.B.S. Pinchback, politician
- James Pitot, third mayor of New Orleans
- Loulan Pitre Jr., New Orleans lawyer and former state representative for Lafourche Parish
- Edward Joseph Price, state representative for District 58, Gonzales businessman, and former resident of New Orleans[15][16]
- William P. Quigley, activist attorney and academic
- Max Rafferty, educator author and columnist, California politician, born in New Orleans in 1917
- Cokie Roberts, journalist, daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs
- Steve Scalise, House Minority Whip and U.S. Representative of Louisiana's 1st district[17]
- Tom Schedler, former state senator from St. Tammany Parish and current Louisiana secretary of state
- Pat Screen, Louisiana State University quarterback, lawyer, and former Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish
- Ronal W. Serpas, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department since 2010
- Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the March 14, 1891 lynchings
- Eric Skrmetta, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1
- Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans 1893–1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904–1948
- James Z. Spearing, attorney, school board member, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1924–1931
- Dorothy Mae Taylor, first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House, 1971–1980; member of the New Orleans City Council, 1986–1994[18]
- Charles Laveau Trudeau, early 19th century mayor of New Orleans
- A.P. Tureaud, attorney
- Jorge Ubico, exiled president of Guatemala
- José de Villamil (or José Villamil), father of the independence of Ecuador
- David Vitter, U.S. Senator, 2005–2017
- David Voelker, businessman
- Frank Voelker Jr., lawyer, politician
- John Volz, late U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, leader of the Louisiana Tigers during the US Civil War
- Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012; superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, 2011[19]
- Robert Wilkie, National Security Assistant to the President
- Clint Williamson, U.S. Ambassador, White House policy official, United Nations envoy
- John Minor Wisdom, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Andrew Young, politician
Invention[change | change source]
- Levi Spear Parmley, inventor of dental floss
- John Leonard Riddell, inventor of the binocular microscope
Musicians[change | change source]
Sports[change | change source]
- D.J. Augustin, NBA player
- Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints
- Will Clark, former Major League Baseball star, infielder
- Orleans Darkwa, professional football player
- Tom Dempsey, former NFL kicker, held longest field goal record for over 43 years
- David Dixon, professional sports advocate for New Orleans Saints, Louisiana Superdome, USFL, World Championship Tennis
- Scott Dohmann, former MLB pitcher
- Corey Dowden, former NFL defensive back
- Clyde Drexler, former University of Houston and NBA star, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
- Bobby Duhon, professional football player
- Marshall Faulk, professional football star (St. Louis Rams), member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Steve Foley, former defensive back for Denver Broncos
- Matt Forte, running back for Chicago Bears, New York Jets
- John Fourcade, former NFL and CFL quarterback, sports analyst
- Nolan Franz, former Green Bay Packers wide receiver
- Leonard Fournette, NFL player, running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Harry P. Gamble, football player, swimmer, gymnast, boxer, and attorney
- Eddie Garcia, former Green Bay Packers placekicker
- Larry Gilbert, Major League Baseball player
- Tad Gormley, athletic trainer, coach, and official
- Danny Granger, forward for NBA's Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat
- Cortez Hankton, former NFL player who is currently the passing game coordinator & wide receivers coach for the LSU Tigers
- Adrian Hardy, NFL player
- Chris Henry, former NFL wide receiver
- Kevin Hughes, former NFL offensive tackle
- Avery Johnson, former National Basketball Association player, former coach of Dallas Mavericks
- Deion Jones, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
- Junkyard Dog, stage name of Sylvester Ritter, former professional wrestler
- Robert Kelley, Washington Redskins running back
- Shaun King, former NFL quarterback
- Kerry Kittles, former NBA player for New Jersey Nets
- Dominik Koepfer, professional tennis player
- Lester Lautenschlaeger, football player, politician, first director of New Orleans Recreation Department
- Kendrick Lewis, NFL free safety, played for Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, attended Ole Miss
- Rydell Malancon, former NFL linebacker
- Archie Manning, former New Orleans Saints quarterback, father of Peyton and Eli
- Eli Manning, New York Giants quarterback
- Peyton Manning, former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback
- Pete Maravich, basketball Hall of Famer, played for LSU and NBA's New Orleans Jazz
- Sammy Martin, former New England Patriots running back
- Tyrann Mathieu, player for NFL's Kansas City Chiefs
- Bo McCalebb, Macedonian basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena
- Max McGee, NFL player on five championship teams
- Sylvester McGrew, former Green Bay Packers defensive end
- Greg Monroe, college basketball player for Georgetown University
- Paul Morphy, world chess champion
- Patrick Mullins, professional soccer player
- Steve Mura, retired pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Eddie Murray, prolific NFL placekicker
- Antonio Narcisse, football player
- Herman Neugass, Track & field athlete who boycotted the Berlin Olympic trials
- Mel Ott, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
- Micah Owings, MLB pitcher
- Robert Pack, NBA player, assistant coach for New Orleans Pelicans
- Emmett Paré, professional tennis player and coach
- Joe Pasternack, head basketball coach at UC Santa Barbara
- Audrey Patterson, first African-American woman to win Olympic medal
- Chris Quinn, former NBA player and current Miami Heat assistant coach
- Eldridge Recasner, former NBA player
- Ham Richardson, professional tennis player
- Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Nate Singleton, former wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers
- Neil Smith, former defensive end, Kansas City Chiefs
- Truett Smith, former football player
- Rusty Staub, Major League Baseball player
- Ricky Starks, professional wrestler for All Elite Wrestling
- Kordell Stewart, former NFL quarterback
- Patrick Surtain, former NFL cornerback
- Ron Swoboda, former New York Mets outfielder
- Ike Taylor, cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Roosevelt Taylor, safety, 1963 NFL champion, Chicago Bears
- Vincent Taylor, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
- Taryn Terrell, professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Mike Wallace, wide receiver for Pittsburgh Steelers
- Aeneas Williams, former cornerback for St. Louis Rams
- Jason Williams (born 1983), basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the National Basketball League of Israel
- John "Hot Rod" Williams, longtime professional basketball player
Other[change | change source]
- Ruby Bridges, commemorated for her role, as a child, in racial integration of the New Orleans Public School System
- David Ferrie, pilot investigated in the assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Marie Alice Heine, first American Princess of Monaco
- Marie Laveau, "voodoo queen"
- Paul Morphy, unofficial world chess champion
- Homer Plessy, early civil rights activist in the Plessy v. Ferguson case
- Paul Tulane, benefactor of Tulane University
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Faure, Stephen. "James Michalopoulos: Adventures in Painting". Inside Northside. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ "David Voelker, 'one of the great saints of the recovery,' dies at 60". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Ed Nelson: Veteran of Roger Corman's low-budget horror movies who". The Independent. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ↑ "Adams to seek 85th District House seat". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Badger, Algernon Sidney". Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Archived from the original on October 13, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Amy Coney Barrett". Biography. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ↑ "Joseph J. Bouie". intelius.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Robert Morris, "Local businessman, former legislator dies", April 8, 2007". houmatoday.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Fink, Olaf J". A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography by the Louisiana Historical Association. Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Randal L. Gaines' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Gerald Joseph Gallinghouse". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ↑ "David Heitmeier's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Justice Jeannett Theriot Knoll". lasc.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ "James E. Paxton". sixthda.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Edward J. Price". house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Edward J. Price". intelius.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Official Congressional Directory 114th Congress, 2015-2016, Convened January 2015. Government Printing Office. 30 March 2016. ISBN 9780160929977. Retrieved 16 March 2021 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Michael Radcliff (June 14, 2011). "Remembering Dorothy Mae Taylor: The First Lady of 1300 Perdido St". The Louisiana Weekly. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- ↑ "John White's appointment as Louisiana education superintendent assures continuity for reforms: An editorial, January 13, 2012". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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