List of people from Louisiana

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

 * Ashley Grace (born 1987, Lake Charles) - She is singer-songwriter, member of the pop-country duo Ha*Ash
 * Mark Abraham (born 1953) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish, effective 2016; Lake Charles businessman
 * Morris N. Abrams (1919–1975) – educator
 * 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
 * Joe W. Aguillard (born 1956) – president of Louisiana College (2005–14)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)

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
 * Bryant W. Bailey (1868–1961) – politician
 * George Washington Baines (1809–1882) – Baptist pastor and evangelist, maternal great-grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson
 * Diana Bajoie (born 1948) – Democratic politician
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Demetress Bell (born 1984) – offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
 * 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
 * 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 Jr. (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
 * 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)
 * Drayton Boucher (1908–1983) – politician
 * 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 on 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
 * 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
 * Clifford Cleveland Brooks (1886–1944) – politician
 * Overton Brooks (1897–1961) – politician; planter
 * Jared Brossett (born 1982) – New Orleans politician
 * Edwin S. Broussard (1870–1934) – U.S. senator, 1921–1933
 * Marc Broussard (born 1982) – singer-songwriter
 * Robert F. Broussard – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district 1897–1915 and U.S. senator 1915–1918
 * 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
 * Dee Brown (1908–2002) – novelist, historian, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
 * 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
 * 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
 * Troy E. Brown (born 1971) – former member of the Louisiana State Senate from Assumption Parish
 * 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
 * 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)
 * C.E. Byrd (1859–1926) – educator, founder of C.E. Byrd High School

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)
 * 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)
 * 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 United States District Attorney
 * 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
 * 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) – 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * James E. Cofer (born 1949) – president of University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2002–2010
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Charles Cusimano (born 1954) – politician
 * Jacob Cutrera (born 1988) – middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
 * Paul N. Cyr (1878–1946) – lieutenant governor who quarreled with Huey Pierce Long Jr.

D

 * Casey Daigle (born 1981) – former MLB pitcher
 * Mike Danahay (born 1957) – state representative for Calcasieu Parish (since 2008)
 * William Daniel (born 1955) – state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish (1996–2008)
 * Stormy Daniels (born 1979) – porn actress, stripper
 * 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)
 * 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 (1918–2016) – attorney and former state senator
 * Jimmie Davis (1899–2000) – singer, Governor of Louisiana
 * Willie Davis (born 1934) – Hall of Fame defensive end for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers
 * Keyunta Dawson (born 1985) – defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts
 * 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
 * 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
 * Hollis Downs (born 1946) – state representative
 * Gil Dozier (1934–2013) – Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1976–80)
 * Dee D. Drell (born 1947) – U.S. district judge in Alexandria
 * Harmon Drew Jr. (born 1946) – appeals court judge, musician
 * R. Harmon Drew Sr. (1916–1995) – city judge, state representative
 * 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
 * Charles E. Dunbar (1888–1959) – attorney and civil service reformer
 * Lance Dunbar (born 1990) – running back for the Dallas Cowboys
 * 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) – 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

E

 * 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
 * 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
 * John D. Ewing (1892–1952) – newspaper executive
 * Randy Ewing (born 1944) – politician and businessman
 * Robert Wilson Ewing, I (1859–1931) – newspaper executive
 * Robert Wilson Ewing III (1935–2007) – newspaper executive; photographer

F

 * 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
 * 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
 * Matt Forte (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
 * 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
 * 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

G

 * 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
 * Daniel F. Galouye (1920–1976) – science fiction writer
 * 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. (born 1964) – member since 2012 of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 1; a Metairie 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
 * Gaston Gerald (born 1931) – politician
 * 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
 * Philip H. Gilbert (1870–1932) – politician; former lieutenant governor
 * Mickey Gilley (born 1936) – musician; singer; nightclub owner
 * David 'Bo' Ginn (born 1951) – state senator or Morehouse Parish (1980–88)
 * George Girard (1930–1957) – musician
 * 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)
 * Victor Gold (1928–2017) – journalist and political consultant
 * 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 the 1880s in Minden
 * 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
 * Brandon Guillory (born 1985) – businessman
 * Elbert Guillory (born 1944) – politician
 * Mickey Guillory (born 1940) – retired state police officer; state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes (since 2004)
 * 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
 * Bryant Gumbel (born 1948) – television journalist
 * Greg Gumbel (born 1946) – sportscaster
 * Stephen L. Gunn (born 1946) – politician
 * William J. Guste (1922–2013) – state attorney general
 * Buddy Guy (born 1936) – blues musician

H

 * Hanna Nicole (born 1985, Lake Charles) - She is singer-songwriter, member of the pop-country duo Ha*Ash
 * 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
 * T. H. Harris (1869–1942) – state superintendent of education (1908–40)
 * Will Harris (born 1984) – relief pitcher for the Houston Astros
 * Damon Harrison (born 1988) – nose tackle for the New York Giants
 * Joe Harrison (born c. 1952) – state representative
 * Ryan Harrison (born 1992) – professional tennis player
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * William Wright Heard (1853–1926) – governor of Louisiana (1900–04)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * Louis Herthum (born 1956) – actor, Murder, She Wrote
 * 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
 * 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) – U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, beginning 2017
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Melvin Hunt (born 1969) – assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks
 * 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

I

 * 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

J

 * 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
 * Deion Jones (born 1994) – linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
 * 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. 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
 * 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
 * Kelly Keeling (born 1966) – singer-songwriter from Houma
 * J.E. Keeny (1860–1939) – educator
 * 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"
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Theodore K. Lawless (1892–1971) – dermatologist, medical researcher, and philanthropist
 * 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
 * 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 Cameron 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
 * 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 on 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * John McKeithen (1918–1999) – Governor of Louisiana (1964–72)
 * W. Fox McKeithen (1946–2005) – Louisiana secretary of state (1988–2005)
 * 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
 * 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
 * E. R. Minchew (1908–2001) – educator
 * Barkevious Mingo (born 1990) – outside linebacker for the New England Patriots
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Aaron Nola (born 1993) - MLB All Star baseball pitcher
 * 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
 * Solomon Northrup (1807-1863), abolitionist
 * Barbara Norton (born 1946) – state representative for Caddo Parish (since 2008)
 * Rick Nowlin (born 1948) – politician
 * Wyatt Luther Nugent (1891–1936) – sheriff; killed in the 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 (1937–2018) – 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

P

 * 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
 * B. R. Patton (1920–1999) – state senator from Lincoln and Union parishes (1956–64)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * Phil Preis (born 1950) – politician
 * Sister Helen Prejean (born 1938) – activist
 * Arthur T. Prescott (1863–1942) – educator and founding president of Louisiana Tech University
 * Dak Prescott (born 1993) – quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys
 * 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)

Q

 * 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

R

 * 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 (1942–2016) – 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. "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
 * 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)
 * 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
 * Slater Rhea (Shuai De, 帅德) – American singer and TV personality famous in China; born in Alexandria
 * 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 (1943–2019) – television journalist; author; daughter of Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs
 * Robert Roberts Jr. (1872 – date of death missing) – politician from Union and Webster parishes
 * 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
 * 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

S

 * Jeffrey D. Sadow (born 1962) – political scientist; columnist; educator
 * Larry Sale (1893–1977) – sheriff of Claiborne Parish
 * Joe R. Salter (born 1943) – politician, educator
 * 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 1961) – former state representative from Covington; 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (1944–2018) – 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
 * Alton Sterling (1979–2016) – black man fatally shot by a police officer in Baton Rouge
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Jimmy Swaggart (born 1935) – evangelist
 * Liz Swaine (born 1960) – broadcast journalist
 * 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 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 President of the United States; 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
 * 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
 * Rose Van Thyn (1921–2010) – Holocaust survivor in Shreveport
 * William Washington Vance (1849–1900) – politician
 * Andrew Varona - race car driver
 * 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
 * Roger F. Villere Jr. (born 1949) – politician
 * Pruitt Taylor Vince (born 1960) – film and television character actor
 * Charles L. Vining Jr. (1935–2003) – 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 on 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
 * Taijuan Walker (born 1992) – starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks
 * 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) – Chief Justice of the United States
 * 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
 * Norris C. Williamson (1874–1949) – politician
 * 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
 * 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
 * Zelma Wyche (1918–1999) – politician; civil rights activist
 * Captan Jack Wyly (1917–2006) – politician

Y

 * 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