This is a list of notable Louisiana Creole people.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Louisiana Creoles or must have references showing they are Louisiana Creoles and are notable.
Don Albert (1908–1980) – jazz trumpeter and bandleader[1]
Veronica Porché Ali (born 1955) – actress and psychologist and the former wife of boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Debbie Allen (born 1950) – actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities[2]
Fernest Arceneaux (1940–2008) – zydecoaccordionist and singer from Louisiana
Chris Ardoin (born 1981) – zydeco accordionist and singer
Sean Ardoin (born 1970) – zydeco musician and singer
K.D. Aubert (born 1978) – actress and fashion model
Vernel Bagneris (born 1949) – playwright, actor, director, singer, and dancer; named after his cousin Vernel Fournier[3]
Louis Barbarin (1902–1997) – New Orleans jazz drummer
Paul Barbarin (1899–1969) – New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the best of the pre-Big Band era jazz drummers
Achille Baquet (1885–1955) – jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
George Baquet (1881–1949) – jazzclarinetist, known for his contributions to early jazz in New Orleans
Blue Lu Barker (1913–1998) – jazz and blues singer; her better known recordings included "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Look What Baby's Got For You"
Danny Barker (1909–1994) – jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukulele player[4][5]
Richmond Barthé (1901–1989) – sculptor
Dave Bartholomew (1918–2019) – musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century[6]
Jon Batiste (born 1986) – singer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and bandleader from Kenner, Louisiana; music director and bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and its band Stay Human[7][8]
Lionel Batiste (1931–2012) – jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans
Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) – jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer
Troian Bellisario (born 1985) – actress; stars as Spencer Hastings in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars
E.J. Bellocq (1873–1949) – photographer
Jimmy Bertrand (1900–1960) – jazz and blues drummer[9]
Alex Bigard (1899–1978) – jazz drummer. He was the brother of Barney Bigard and a cousin of Natty Dominique and A.J. Piron, and was involved for decades with the New Orleans jazz scene.
Esther Bigeou (1895–1936) – blues singer; billed as "The Girl with the Million Dollar Smile"; one of the classic female blues singers popular in the 1920s[11]
Eddie Bo (1930–2009) – singer and pianist from New Orleans[12]
Peter Bocage (1887–1967) – cornet player; also played violin professionally, as well as sometimes trombone, banjo, and xylophone; cousin of New Orleans R&B musician Eddie Bo[13][14]
Charles Connor (1935–2021) – drummer, best known as a member of Little Richard's band[19][20]
Louis Cottrell, Jr. (1911–1978) – jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
Coline Creuzot (born 1985) – singer and Sony ATV songwriter; granddaughter of Percy Creuzot Jr, founder of Frenchy's Chicken, a popular creole restaurant chain based in Houston
Joe Darensbourg (1906–1985) – jazz clarinetist and saxophonist notable for his work with Buddy Petit, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Creath, Fate Marable, Andy Kirk, Kid Ory, Wingy Manone, Joe Liggins and Louis Armstrong[21]
Damita Jo DeBlanc (1930–1998) – actress, comedian, and lounge music performer[22]
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) – artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings; cousin of Norbert Rillieux; eldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, and Augustin De Gas, a banker
Harold Dejan (1909–2002) – jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader[23][24]
Fats Domino (1928–2017) – classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist[28]
Rockin' Dopsie (1932–1993) – leading zydeco musician and button accordion player who enjoyed popular success first in Europe and later in the United States
Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004) – jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo[35]
Russell Jacquet (1917–1990) – trumpeter. He was the elder brother of well-known tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, who he worked with through the years.
Al Jarreau (1940–2017) – singer and musician. He received a total of seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. Jarreau is perhaps best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away.[36][37]
Beau Jocque (1953–1999) – zydeco musician
Beverly Johnson (born 1952) – model, actress, and businesswoman[38]
Ty Granderson Jones (born 1964) – actor, screenwriter and producer
Leatrice Joy (1893–1985) – actress most prolific during the silent film era
Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) – R&B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law" which went to No. 1 on the Billboardpop chart in the U.S.[39]
The Knux (born 1982 & 1984) – musicians, rappers, singers, record producers
Dorothy LaBostrie (1929–2007) – songwriter, best known for co-writing Little Richard's 1955 hit "Tutti Frutti"
Lenny LaCour (born 1932) – record producer, songwriter and performer, particularly active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s
Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996) – actress and singer[41][42]
Vilayna LaSalle – model
Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896) – pianist and composer
Lucien-Léon Guillaume Lambert (1858–1945) – pianist and composer
Sidney Lambert (born 1838) – pianist and composer
Carmen De Lavallade (born 1931) – choreographer, actress
Bianca Lawson (born 1979) – film and television actress; known for roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior and Pretty Little Liars; had recurring roles in the series Sister, Sister, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Steve Harvey Show, Dawson's Creek, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Vampire Diaries, and Teen Wolf
Sabrina Le Beauf (born 1958) – actress; played Sandra on the television series The Cosby Show
Jeni Le Gon (1916–2012) – dancer, dance instructor, and actress[43]
Rosie Ledet (born 1971) – zydeco singer and accordion player
Harry Lennix (born 1964) – actor; best known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats and as Boyd Langton in the Joss Whedon television series Dollhouse
Idris Muhammad (1939–2014) – jazz drummer who recorded extensively with many musicians, including Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu.[55]Template:Self-published inline[56]Template:Self-published inline
Aaron Neville (born 1941) – soul and R&B singer and musician.
Albert Nicholas (1900–1973) – jazz reed player[57]
Wooden Joe Nicholas (1883–1957) – jazz trumpeter and cornetist, active in the early New Orleans jazz scene[57]
Jimmie Noone (1895–1944) – jazz clarinetist and bandleader[58]
Brittany O'Grady (born 1996) – actress who plays Simone Davis on the TV series Star[59]
Kid Ory (1886–1973) – jazz trombonist and bandleader[60]
Jimmy Palao (1879–1925) – jazz bandleader
Ernest "Doc" Paulin (1907–2007) – jazz trumpeter and bandleader
Alcide Pavageau (1888–1969) – jazz guitarist and double-bassist[61]
Manuel Perez (1871–1946) – clarinetist and bandleader
Buddie Petit (1890–1931) – early jazz cornetist[62]
Joseph Petit (1873–1945) – jazz trombonist
Fats Pichon (1906–1967) – jazz pianist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter
Alphonse Picou (1878–1961) – jazz clarinetist
De De Pierce (1904–1973) – trumpeter and cornetist; best remembered for the songs "Peanut Vendor" and "Dippermouth Blues", both with Billie Pierce[63]
Armand J. Piron (1888–1943) – jazz violinist, band leader, and composer[64]
Deborah Pratt (born 1951) – actress, writer and television producer
Wardell Quezergue (1930–2011) – music arranger, producer, and bandleader[66]
Phylicia Rashād (born 1948) – Tony Award-winning actress and singer, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show[67]
Chris Rene (born 1982) – singer-songwriter, musician and producer from Santa Cruz, California
Googie Rene (1927–2007) – musician and songwriter
Leon Rene (1902–1982) – music composer of R&B and rock and roll songs in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s
Dawn Richard (1983) – singer-songwriter
Robert Ri'chard (born 1983) – actor
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Nicole Richie in store appearance at the 2012 David Jones Photo Call in Sydney
Nicole Richie (born 1981) – television personality, fashion designer[68]
LaTavia Roberson (born 1981) – singe-songwriter, and actress
Joe Robichaux (1900–1965) – jazz pianist; nephew of John Robichaux
John Robichaux (1866–1939) – jazz bandleader, drummer, and violinist; uncle of Joseph Robichaux[69]
RuPaul (born 1960) – actor, drag queen, model, author, television personality, and recording artist[70]
Betye Saar (born 1926) – artist known for her work in the field of assemblage[71][72][73]
Brytni Sarpy (born 1987) – actress best known for her portrayal of Valerie Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital[74]
Rockin' Sidney (1938–1998) – R&B, zydeco, and soul musician
Terrance Simien (born 1965) – zydeco musician, vocalist, and songwriter
Lil' Buck Sinegal (1944–2019) – blues and zydeco musician
Roger Guenveur Smith (born 1955) – actor, director, and writer[75]
Jake Smollett (born 1989) – actor
Jurnee Smollett (born 1986) – actress; known for the role of Jess Merriweather on the television series Friday Night Lights, as well as roles in the films Eve's Bayou and The Great Debaters
Jussie Smollett (born 1983) – actor, singer and photographer; plays Jamal Lyon in the Fox music-industry primetime soap opera Empire
Betty Reid Soskin (born 1921) – Park Ranger with the National Park Service, assigned to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California
Tracie Spencer (born 1976) – R&B and pop singer-songwriter, actress, and model[76]
David Starfire – producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ based in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Johnny St. Cyr (1890–1966) – jazz banjoist and guitarist[77]
Raven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer
William J. Tennyson Jr. (1923–1959) – jazz musician
Andre Thierry (born 1979) – Grammy-nominated zydeco musician; leads the band Zydeco Magic[78][79]
Lorenzo Tio Jr. (1893–1933) – jazz clarinetist
Allen Toussaint (1938–2015) – musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B
Mr. T (born 1952) – actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxerClubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler[80]
Vicki Vann (born 1980) – country music artist, model and actress
Little Walter (1930–1968) – blues musician and singer[81]
Lynn Whitfield (born 1953) – actress
Nathan Williams (born 1964) – zydeco accordionist and singer
Buckwheat Zydeco (1947–2016) – accordionist and zydeco musician
Business[]
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Lurita Doan
Danny Bakewell (born 1946) – civil rights activist and entrepreneur; owner of the Bakewell Company, which includes among its holdings the New Orleans radio station WBOK and the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper; Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association[82]
Alvin J. Boutte (1929–2012) — founder and CEO of the largest Black-owned bank in the United States, civil rights activist, Chicago civic leader
Joseph Eloi Broussard (1866–1956) – pioneer rice grower and miller in Texas
Jean Pierre Chouteau (1758–1849) – fur trader, merchant, politician and slaveholder
Marie Couvent (1757–1837) – philanthropist and businesswoman
Percy Creuzot (1924–2010) – restaurateur who founded Frenchy's Chicken in Houston, Texas; due to his success, he became known as "the blackColonel Sanders"
Constant C. Dejoie, Sr. (1881–1970) – publisher and founder of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper
Lurita Doan (born 1958) – businesswoman, political commentator, and former political appointee; administrator of the United States General Services Administration, the government's contracting agency, 2006–2008, during the administration of Republican U.S. President George W. Bush[83]
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (?–1818) – businessman and founder of Chicago[85]
Roy F. Guste – author of ten Louisiana French-Creole cuisine cookbooks; fifth-generation proprietor of New Orleans' famed Antoine's Restaurant, established in 1840
Thomy Lafon (1810–1893) – businessman, philanthropist, and human rights activist
Austin Leslie (1934–2005) – internationally famous New Orleans chef whose work defined "Creole Soul"
Miriam Leslie (1836–1914) – publisher and author[86][87][88]
Marie Therese Metoyer (1742–1816) – médecine, planter, and businesswoman in Natchitoches Parish
Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba (1795–1874) – businesswoman[89]
Mary Ellen Pleasant (between 1814 and 1817–1904) – entrepreneur and human rights activist[90]
Iris Rideau (born 1937) – winemaker, businesswoman and activist
Charles Rochon (1673–1733) – French colonist and was one of the four founders of modern-day Mobile, Alabama.
Rosette Rochon (1767) – daughter of Pierre Rochon, a shipbuilder from a Québécois family (family name was Rocheron in Québec), and his mulâtresse slave-consort Marianne, who bore him five other children. Rochon came to speculate in real estate in the French Quarter; she eventually owned rental property, opened grocery stores, made loans, bought and sold mortgages, and owned and rented out (hired out) slaves.
Desiree Rogers (born 1959) – former White House Social Secretary and businesswoman[91]
Peter A. Sarpy (1804–1865) – businessman
Jacques Telesphore Roman (1800–1848) – businessman
Earl Barthe (1922–2010) – plasterer and plastering historian
Brian J. Costello (born 1966) – historian, author, archivist and humanitarian. He is an 11th generation resident of New Roads, Louisiana, seat of Pointe Coupee Parish. He is three-quarters French and one-quarter Italian in ethnicity. He is a recognized, and one of the few remaining, speakers of Louisiana Creole French, having been immersed in childhood in the dialect spoken in Pointe Coupee Parish.[92]
Toi Derricotte (born 1941) – poet and a professor of writing at the University of Pittsburgh
Edouard Dessommes (1845–1908) – French language writer
Caroline Durieux (1896–1989) – lithographer, and Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University[93]
Alcée Fortier (1856–1914) – late 19th-century professor of languages and folklore; influential in preservation of the French language in Louisiana
Norman Francis (born 1931) – President of Xavier University of Louisiana
Sheryl St. Germain (born 1954) – poet, essayist, and professor
Andrew Jolivette – author and lecturer; associate professor in American Indian Studies and instructor in Ethnic Studies, Educational Leadership, and Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University
Sybil Kein – poet, playwright, scholar and musician
Suzette M. Malveaux (born 1966) – Professor of Law and former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
Camille Nickerson (1888–1982) – pianist, composer, arranger, collector, and Howard University professor from 1926 to 1962
Etnah Rochon Boutte (1880-1973) — educator, pharmacist, an activist; executive secretary of the Circle for Negro War Relief; co-founder, NAACP Anti-Lynching Crusaders
Gilbert L. Rochon – 6th president of Tuskegee University, 2010–2013
Neal Ferdinand Simeon (1916–1963) – mechanical engineer and teacher
Journalism[]
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Bryant Gumbel in 2013
Dean Baquet (born 1956) – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist; executive editor of The New York Times[94][95]
Chris Broussard (born 1968) – sports analyst for ESPN, who mainly covers the NBA; columnist for ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com; makes appearances on ESPN's NBA Fastbreak as an analyst[96]
Merri Dee (born 1936) – philanthropist and former television journalist[97]
Bryant Gumbel (born 1948) – television journalist
Greg Gumbel (born 1946) – television sportscaster
Aristide Laurent (1941–2011) – publisher and LGBT civil rights advocate; co-founded The Los Angeles Advocate (now known as The Advocate) in 1967 with Sam Allen, Bill Rau, and Richard Mitch
Charlie LeDuff (born 1966) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer[98]
Don Lemon (born 1966) – television news anchor; host of CNN Tonight[99]
Suzanne Malveaux (born 1966) – television news reporter[100]
Arthel Neville (born 1962) – journalist and television personality
Dan Desdunes (1870–1929) – civil rights activist and musician in New Orleans and Omaha
Rodolphe Desdunes (1849–1928) – civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist, and customs officer primarily active in New Orleans
Jean Noel Destrehan (1754–1823) – politician in Louisiana and one-time owner of Destréhan Plantation, one of Louisiana's most famous antebellum historical landmarks
Antoine Dubuclet (1810–1887) – State Treasurer of Louisiana
Jacques Dupre (1773–1846) – 8th Governor of Louisiana[109]
Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) – served as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive
Keith Ellison (born 1963) – U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district[110][111][112]
William Freret (1804–1864) – mayor of New Orleans, 1840–1842, and 1843–1844
Charles Gayarré (1805–1895) – lawyer, judge, politician, historian, essayist, dramatist and novelist[113]
Curtis Graves (born 1938) – politician and photographer
Gizelle Graves (born 1970) – model and reality TV star
Paul Octave Hebert (1818–1880) – 14th Governor of Louisiana from 1853 to 1856 and a general in the Confederate Army[114]
Alexis Herman (born 1947) – politician; 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor, serving under President Bill Clinton; previously Assistant to the President and Director of the White HouseOffice of Public Engagement[115]
Valerie Jarrett (born 1956) – senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Obama administration; lawyer and businesswoman. Jerrett is a descendant of French colonist Charles Rochon[116][117]
Paul Lafargue (1842–1911) – French revolutionary Marxistsocialist journalist, literary critic, political writer and activist[118][119]
Eric LaFleur (born 1964) – Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate; first elected in 2007; previously member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 38 (Evangeline and St. Landry parishes), 2000–2008; first elected without opposition to an open seat vacated by Dirk Deville; re-elected four years later in 2003 with 81% of the vote[120]
Mary Landrieu (born 1955) – politician, entrepreneur, and former U.S. Senator from the state of Louisiana.
Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) – politician and lawyer who is the 61st Mayor of New Orleans. A Democrat, Landrieu served as the 51st Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010 prior to becoming mayor.
Moon Landrieu (born 1930) – served as the 56th Mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978. He also is a former judge. He represented New Orleans' Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966 and served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970.[121]
Pierre Caliste Landry (1841–1921) – Mayor of Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Richard W. Leche (1898–1965) – 44th governor of Louisiana, 1936–1939
Ivan L. R. Lemelle (born 1950) – United States federal judge
Bernard de Marigny (1785–1868) – politician
François Xavier Martin (1762–1846) – jurist and author, the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana, and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
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John Willis Menard
John Willis Menard (1838–1893) – U.S. Congressman[122]
Ernest Nathan Morial (1929–1989) – political figure and leading civil rights advocate[123]
Marc Morial (born 1958) – former mayor of New Orleans; son of Ernest Nathan Morial
Ray Nagin (born 1956) – former mayor of New Orleans[124]
Revius Ortique, Jr. (1924–2008) – justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and civil rights activist[125]
Vincent Pierre (born 1964) – former businessman from Lafayette, Louisiana; Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 44; has represented a portion of Lafayette Parish since 2012
James Pitot (1761–1831) – second mayor of New Orleans
Homer Plessy (1863–1925) – plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson[126]
Geronimo Pratt (1947–2011) – human rights activist[127][128]
Denis Prieur – 10th mayor of New Orleans
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice (born 1954) – 66th United States Secretary of State[129]
Robert Rochon Taylor (1899-1957), housing activist and banker, first black member of the Chicago Housing Authority, namesake of the Robert Taylor Homes
Andre B. Roman (1795–1866) – 9th governor of Louisiana, cousin of Sen. Pierre Bossier
Angela Rye (born 1979) – attorney and political commentator, her paternal grandfather was born in Shreveport, Louisiana
A.P. Tureaud (1899–1972) – attorney for the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP[130]
Jacques Villere (1761–1830) – 2nd governor of Louisiana
Joseph Marshall Walker (1784–1856) – 13th governor of Louisiana, 1850–1853
Andrew Young (born 1932) – Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and mayor of Atlanta[132]
Literature[]
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Victor Séjour
Arna Bontemps (1902–1973) – poet; noted member of the Harlem Renaissance
Anatole Broyard (1920–1990) – native of New Orleans, 20th-century writer and critic who worked in New York City
Kate Chopin (1850–1904) – author, forerunner to feminism
Marcus Bruce Christian (1900–1976) – poet, writer, historian and folklorist
Sidonie de la Houssaye (1820–1894) – writer
Armand Lanusse (1810–1867) – poet and educator
Willard Motley (1909–1965) – writer
Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935) – poet, journalist and political activist[133]
John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) – author; won a Pulitzer Prize for his Picaresque novelA Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
Jean Toomer (1894–1967) – poet and novelist[Citation needed]
Victor Sejour (1817–1874) – writer
Fatima Shaik (born 1952) – writer of children's and adult literature
Jesmyn Ward (born 1977) – novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and a 2012 Alex Award with her second novel Salvage the Bones, a story about familial love and community covering the 10 days preceding Hurricane Katrina, the day of the cyclone, and the day after.[136]
Military[]
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P.G.T. Beauregard
Edward Gabriel Andre Barrett (1827–1880) – Commodore in the United States Navy
P. G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893) – general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; writer, civil servant and inventor[137]
Renato Beluche (1780–1860) – Venezuelan merchant and privateer
Sherian Cadoria (born 1943) – retired General in the United States Army[138]
Andre Cailloux (1825–1863) – officer in the Confederate and Union armies
Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958) – military aviator
Jerome G. Cooper (born 1936) – former officer of the United States Marine Corps; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs), 1989–1992; United States Ambassador to Jamaica, 1994–1997[139]
Russel L. Honoré (born 1947) – commanding general of the U.S. First Army in Fort Gillem, Georgia, and commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast[140]
John A. Lejeune (1867–1942) – 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps[141]
Stephen W. Rochon – Rear Admiral; former Director of the Executive Residence; White House Chief Usher[142]
Henriette Delille (1812–1862) – founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family, declared venerable by the Pope in 2010
Curtis J. Guillory (born 1943) – Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, Texas
Marie Laveau (1794–1881) – practitioner of voodoo[143]
Leonard Olivier (1923–2014) – retired auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
Harold Robert Perry (1916–1991) – auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans
John Ricard (born 1940) – prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Science and technology[]
John James Audubon (1785–1851) – ornithologist, naturalist, and painter[144]
Dr. Moritz V. Craven (1928–2014) – Doctor of Dental Surgery, Master of Public Health - became famous as one of the first Creoles to graduate from University of Texas School of Dentistry
Dr. Judith B Craven (born 1945) – Medical doctor. Became famous for ending epidemic in Houston, Texas as Director of the City of Houston Department of Public Health; Regent at University of Texas appointed by Gov. Rick Perry.
Antoine Philippe de Marigny (1721–1779) – geographer and explorer
Paul Du Chaillu (1831–1903) – French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist; became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa; researched the prehistory of Scandinavia[145]
Barthelemy Lafon (1769–1820) – notable Creole architect, engineer, city planner, and surveyor in New Orleans
Jean Alexandre LeMat (1824–1883) – best known for the percussion caprevolver that bears his name (LeMat revolver)[146][147]
Norbert Rillieux (1806–1894) – inventor and engineer[148]
Jean-Louis Dolliole (1779–1861), architect-builder in New Orleans, Louisiana
Laila Ali (born 1977) – former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007; daughter of the late heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali with his third wife, Veronica Porché Ali; the eighth of her father's nine children[149]
Daniel Cormier (born 1979) – mixed martial artist (UFC) and former Olympic wrestler
Joe Dumars (born 1963) – retired basketball player in the National Basketball Association; played for the Detroit Pistons 1985–1999[150][151]
Ralph Dupas (1935–2008) – boxer from New Orleans; won the world light middleweight championship[152]
Brett Favre (born 1969) – Hall of FameNFLQuarterback[153][154]
Matt Forte (born 1985) – running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League
Jermaine Kearse (born 1990) – football player
Oliver Marcelle (1895–1949) – professional baseball player
Tyrann Mathieu (born 1992) – free safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League
Boyd Melson (born 1981) – light middleweight boxer
Paul Charles Morphy (1837–1884) – chess master, lawyer[155]
Kelly Oubre Jr. (born 1995) – professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Xavier Paul (born 1985) – professional baseballoutfielder; has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks[156]
Regis Prograis (born 1989) – professional boxer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Prograis is currently the WBCinterim light-welterweight champion.[157][158]
Don Prudhomme (born 1941) – professional drag racer and 4-time NHRAFunny Car champion.[159]
CC Sabathia (born 1980) – professional baseballpitcher for the New York Yankees[160]
Paul Sentell (1879–1923) – professional baseball player[161]
Other[]
Charles Deslondes (1777–1811) – one of the slave leaders of the 1811 German Coast uprising, a slave revolt that began on January 8, 1811, in the Territory of Orleans[162]
Delphine LaLaurie (1787–1849) – socialite and murderer
Sinnamon Love (born 1973) – pornographic actress[163]
Jean Saint Malo (d. 1784) – leader of a group of runaway slaves, known as maroons, in Spanish Louisiana[164]
Lulu White (1868–1931) – brothel madam, procuress and entrepreneur in New Orleans during the Storyville period
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↑Linda Dahl, Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazz Women, Limelight Edition, 1995, pg. 110
↑Robert Baron, Ana C. Cara, Creolization as Cultural Creativity, University Press of Mississippi, 2011, pg. 58
↑William Carter, Preservation Hall: Music from the Heart, Bayou Press Ltd, 1991, pg. 52
↑Thomas Brothers, Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2006, pg. 195
↑"John Boutté: New Orleans Jazz Vocalist". http://www.johnboutte.com. "Born into a large Creole family that goes back seven generations in Louisiana, he was exposed to music early in life, soaking up New Orleans jazz, soul, blues and gospel, then adding his own Creole traditions along the way."
↑Wirt, John (September 5, 1993). "Music's In Her Blood: Inez Catalon's Creole Heritage Evident in the Variety of Songs She Sings". The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA): p. MAG section, 15.
↑ 17.017.1Joseph, Pat (Spring 2011). "Killing the Serpent". California (Cal Alumni Association). http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2011-articles-faith/killing-serpent. "The painter Robert Colescott, who died in 2009 at age 83, is often remembered as the first African American to earn a solo exhibit in the Venice Biennale—a milestone not reached, incredibly, until 1997. In truth, Colescott was of Creole stock, mixed in race and culture. His parents, both musicians, emigrated from New Orleans to Oakland in no small part to be near the University of California.".
↑David Evans, Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues, University of Illinois Press, 2008, pg. 386
↑Arthur Bradley, On and Off the Bandstand: A Collection of Essays Related to the Great Bands, the story of jazz, and the years when there was non-vocal popular music for adults, iUniverse Inc., 2005
↑Ivy Crane Wilson, Hollywood in the 1940s: the stars' own stories, Frederick Ungar Pub. Co, 1980, pg. 123
↑B. James Gladstone, The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer, Chicago Review Press, 2013, pg. 48
↑Charles B. Hersch, Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans, University of Chicago Press, 2007, pg. 154
↑Lee Collins, Mary Spriggs Collins, Frank Gillis, John W. Miner, Oh, Didn't He Ramble: The Life Story of Lee Collins, University of Illinois Press, 1989, pg. 15
↑Jessie Carney Smith, Notable Black American Women, Book 2, Gale Research Inc., 1996, pg. 525
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↑Alan Lomax, Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz", University of California Press, 1973, pg. 101
↑"Yahoo News". https://news.yahoo.com/exorcism-voodoo-scary-san-francisco-urban-legends-172500775.html. "According to local legends recorded at FoundSF.com, Pleasant was a person of African heritage who lived as a white woman during the mid-1800s. However, she was never far from her Creole ancestry and was a secret agent for the Underground Railroad. After she moved from the Canadian border to New Orleans, Pleasant allegedly studied under the voodoo high priestess Marie Laveau."
↑{{Louisiana State Senate records on-line begin with the year 1880."Pierre Bossier", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 1 (1988), p. 92 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress David Colvin,"Bossier's Forgotten Man," Shreveport Times, October 24, 1965 Clifton D. Cardin Bossier Parish historian, The Diary of John Quincy Adams}}
↑Beverly Jacques Anderson, Cherished Memories: Snapshots of Life and Lessons from a 1950s New Orleans Creole Village, iUniverse, 2011, pg. 139
↑James Carville, Had Enough?: A Handbook for Fighting Back, Simon & Schuster, 2003, pg. 22
↑Clyde Woods, Development Drowned and Reborn: The Blues and Bourbon Restorations in Post-Katrina New Orleans, University of Georgia Press, 2017, pg. 213
↑James L. Newman, Encountering Gorillas: A Chronicle of Discovery, Exploitation, Understanding, and Survival, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013, p. 23
↑"Fanbase". http://www.fanbase.com/Paul-Sentell. "Paul Sentell now takes the Honor of Being the first Player of Color to play in the Major Leagues as he was a French Creole from Louisiana."
↑Cécile Accilien, Jessica Adams, Elmide Méléance, Ulrick Jean-Pierre, Revolutionary Freedoms: A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti, Caribbean Studies Press, 2006, pp. 44–45
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