List of people from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Notable people[]
Sports figures[]
- Seimone Augustus, WNBA guard for the Minnesota Lynx (b. 1984)[1]
- Brandon Bass, NBA power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers (b. 1985)[2]
- Odell Beckham Jr., NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns (b. 1992)
- Billy Cannon, former All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner (b. 1937)[3]
- Michael Clayton, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1982)[4]
- Willie Davenport, Olympics gold medal winner[5]
- Glen Davis, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers (b. 1986)[6]
- David Dellucci, MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1973)[7]
- Warrick Dunn, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1975)[8]
- Chad Durbin, MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1977)[9]
- Alan Faneca, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1976)[10]
- Randall Gay, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints (b. 1982)[11]
- Stephen Gostkowski, American football placekicker
- Darryl Hamilton, MLB outfielder for various clubs (b. 1964)[12]
- Jeremy Hill, NFL running back for the New England Patriots
- Russ Johnson, major league infielder (b. 1973)[13]
- Lolo Jones, track and field athlete[14]
- Victor Jones, NFL player
- Stefan LeFors, former quarterback in American and Canadian football[15]
- Norman LeJeune, NFL former football safety[16]
- Pete Maravich, LSU and NBA player in Basketball Hall of Fame[17]
- Todd McClure, NFL offensive lineman for Atlanta Falcons (b. 1977)[18]
- Jerome Meyinsse (b. 1988), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Rod Milburn (b. 1976), Olympic gold medalists
- Travis Minor, NFL running back, St. Louis Rams
- Yohanan Moyal (b. 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Buddy Myer, MLB 2-time All-Star second baseman, batting and stolen base titles[19]
- Aaron Nola (b. 1993), MLB All Star baseball pitcher (b. 1993)
- Shaquille O'Neal, LSU and NBA player in Basketball Hall of Fame[20]
- Jonathan Papelbon, MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1980)[21]
- Carly Patterson, Olympic gold medalist (b. 1988)[citation needed]
- Bob Pettit, Basketball Hall of Famer (b. 1932)[22]
- Andy Pettitte, MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees (b. 1972)[23]
- Bobby Phills, former professional basketball player (d. 2000)[24]
- Pat Screen, former LSU quarterback, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1981 to 1988 (1943–1994)[25]
- Ben Sheets, MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers (b. 1978)[26]
- Marcus Spears, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys (b. 1982)[27]
- Jim Taylor, Football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)[28]
- Tyrus Thomas, NBA forward for the Chicago Bulls (b. 1986)[29]
- Reggie Tongue, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, and Oakland Raiders[30][citation needed]
- Reggie Torbor, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins[31]
- Jimmy Williams, NFL cornerback who graduated from Vanderbilt University and played for the Houston Texans[32]
- Joe Williams, NFL player[33]
- Kevin Windham, professional motocross racer[34]
- Walter Williams, NFL player
Entertainers[]
- Jiminy Glick, Hollywood socialite and former host of Primetime Glick.
- Wes Brown, actor, We Are Marshall, Glory Road, Beach Girls[35]
- Andrei Codrescu, writer[citation needed]
- Bill Conti, conductor and composer
- Stormy Daniels, porn star and porn director (b. 1979)
- Trent Dawson, actor, As the World Turns (b. 1971)
- Don Lemon, CNN TV personality and host of CNN Tonight (b. 1966)
- Donna Douglas, actress, The Beverly Hillbillies (1933-2015)[36]
- Louis Edmonds, actor, All My Children[citation needed]
- Wesley Eure, actor, author[37]
- Foxx, rap artist
- John Fred, singer, best known for the song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" (1941-2005)[38]
- Kevin Gates, rap artist
- Dale Houston, singer, best known for the song "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (1940-2007)[citation needed]
- Randy Jackson, musician, record producer, and American Idol judge (b. 1956)
- Chris Thomas King, blues musician and actor (b. 1962)
- David Lambert, actor (b.1992)
- Boosie Badazz, rap artist (b. 1982)
- Lil Phat, rap artist
- Master P, rap artist
- Rod Masterson, actor (1945-2013)
- Reiley McClendon, actor (b. 1990)
- John McConnell, actor, radio personality (b. 1958)
- Casey McQuiston, author of NYT Bestseller, "Red, White, and Royal Blue"
- Cleo Moore, actress (d. 1973)
- Elemore Morgan Jr., landscape painter and photographer (b. 1931)
- James Paul, Conductor Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Symphony (b. 1940)
- Cameron Richardson, actress, Open Water 2: Adrift (b. 1979)
- Steven Soderbergh, director
- Tabby Thomas, blues musician and club owner (b. 1929)
- Pruitt Taylor Vince, actor (b. 1960)
- Rosalie "Lady Tamborine" Washington, gospel musician and tambourine player (b. 1957)
- Webbie, rap artist (b. 1985)
- Shane West, actor (b. 1978)
- Lynn Whitfield, actress
- Slim Harpo, blues musician
- YoungBoy Never Broke Again, rap artist
- Fredo Bang, rap artist
- , rap artist
Politicians[]
- , president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting; longtime member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee; former confidant of Earl Kemp Long, D (1907-2010)[39]
- Larry S. Bankston, lawyer and former state senator, son of Jesse Bankston, D (b. 1951)[40]
- Regina Barrow (b. 1966), member of the Louisiana State Senate, former state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes, 2005-2016[41]
- (b. 1956), former member of Louisiana House of Representatives, R[42]
- V.J. Bella (b. 1927), former state representative from St. Mary Parish and state fire marshal, based in Baton Rouge, 1990–1992 and 1996–2004, R[citation needed]
- Sherman A. Bernard (1925-2012), state insurance commissioner from 1972 to 1988; convicted felon, D[43]
- Morton Blackwell (b. 1939), political activist in Louisiana and later Virginia, R[citation needed]
- (1922-1990), Caterpillar Company industrialist and chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1972–1976, R[44]
- Mike Branch (b. 1968), state senator and commercial pilot, later of Las Vegas, Nevada, R[citation needed]
- Overton Brooks (1897-1961), U.S. representative from 1937 to 1961, representing Louisiana's 4th congressional district based about Shreveport, was born in Baton Rouge, D[45]
- Chad M. Brown, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016, lives in Plaquemine, former Baton Rouge resident[46]
- H. Rap Brown, African American activist imprisoned in Georgia[47]
- George A. Caldwell, contractor who supervised the construction of twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana; imprisoned in the "Louisiana Hayride" scandals of 1939–1940, D[48]
- Barbara West Carpenter (b. 1943), dean of international relations at Southern University and African-American Democrat state representative from District 63 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016[49]
- Sally Clausen (b. 1945), former university president and commissioner of Louisiana higher education, retired in Baton Rouge[50]
- Thomas G. Clausen (1939-2002), last person to be elected to the since appointed position of Louisiana education superintendent; St. Mary Parish native and Baton Rouge resident[51]
- Luther F. Cole (1925-2013), legislator, judge, state Supreme Court associate justice, D[52]
- (B.S. and M.S. in petroleum engineering), state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1996–2008, D-turned-R-turned-I[53]
- Paula Davis (b. 1973), state representative for District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015[54]
- William J. "Bill" Dodd (1909-1991), state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, member of Louisiana Board of Education, state education superintendent, D[55]
- Gil Dozier, Louisiana agriculture commissioner from 1976 to 1980; convicted felon, D[56]
- , state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman, D[57]
- Rick Edmonds, state representative for District 66 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016, R[58]
- Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police since 2008, R[59]
- Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952-2016), member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the Louisiana House of Representatives in January and February 2016, D[60]
- (1917-2004), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1968–1972; aide to Governor Jimmie Davis, D[61]
- Jimmy Field, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996-2012), R[62]
- Jeff Fortenberry, U.S. representative from Nebraska (b. 1960), R[citation needed]
- Mike Futrell, former state representative and Metro Council member, R[citation needed]
- , retired U.S. attorney and district and circuit court judge, R (b. 1935)[63]
- William H. Gray (1941-2013), U.S. representative from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born in Baton Rouge, first African American to serve as a House majority whip, D[64]
- Douglas D. "Doug" Green (b. c. 1950), state insurance commissioner, 1988–1991; convicted felon, D[citation needed]
- Anthony Guarisco Jr. (b. 1938), former state senator from Morgan City; lawyer, formerly practiced in Baton Rouge, D[65]
- , state representative for St. Martin Parish, 1972–1981; secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 1981 to 1984[66]
- , circuit court judge since 1997 and former member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Baton Rouge[67]
- Dudley A. Guglielmo, (1909-2005) Louisiana insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972, D[68]
- Rufus D. Hayes (1913-2002), first state insurance commissioner, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, former state Democratic chairman, D[citation needed]
- (1926-2013), state representative for Tangipahoa Parish, 1972 to 1996; thereafter resident of Baton Rouge, D[69]
- Betty Heitman, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee from 1983 to 1987; resided in and died in 1994 in Baton Rouge, R[70]
- Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (b. 1952), D[71]
- (b. 1943), state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2010, D[72]
- (b. 1946), Baton Rouge attorney and former state senator, 1976–1988, D[73]
- Barry Ivey (b. 1979), businessman and current member of the Louisiana House from District 65 (b. 1979), R[74]
- Alphonse J. Jackson (1927-2014), state representative from Caddo Parish, 1972–1992; operated public relations firm in Baton Rouge after leaving the legislature; died in and buried in Baton Rouge, D[75]
- Edward C. James (b. 1981), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012, D[76]
- Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (b. 1947), former Louisiana state representative and three-time U.S. Senate candidate, D-turned-R[77]
- Bobby Jindal (b. 1971), Governor and Louisiana congressman, R[78]
- Johnnie Jones (Civil Rights) (b. 1920), member of the Louisiana House between 1972 to 1976.[79]
- Edmond Jordan (b. 1971), member of the Louisiana House since 2016 for District 29 in West and East Baton Rouge parishes[80]
- (1936-2011), Louisiana state representative from East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes from 1976 to 2008, D-turned-R[81]
- Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (b. 1918), former member of Louisiana Board of Regents, D[citation needed]
- Jeannette Knoll (b. 1943), associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; born in Baton Rouge, resident of Marksville, D[82]
- Fred S. LeBlanc, mayor of Baton Rouge (1941-1944), state attorney general (1944-1948; 1952-1956), D[citation needed]
- Coleman Lindsey (1892-1968), state senator, lieutenant governor, state district court judge, D[83]
- John Maginnis (1948-2014), Louisiana political journalist, author, and commentator; reared and resided in Baton Rouge[84]
- Robert M. Marionneaux (b. 1968), attorney and state senator, D[citation needed]
- Sidney McCrory (1911-1985), entomologist who served as state agriculture commissioner from 1956 to 1960, D[citation needed]
- Eugene McGehee (1928-2014), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960–1972; state district court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1978, D[85]
- Nolan Mettetal (1945-2020), Mississippi state representative[86]
- Henson Moore, U.S. representative from Sixth Congressional District, 1975–1987, R[87]
- W. Spencer Myrick, state legislator from West Carroll Parish, later resided in Baton Rouge, D[citation needed]
- (1921-2014), member of the East Baton Rouge city-parish council, 1972–1984, and the Louisiana House from 1984 to 1988 from the Scotlandville area; community organizer and Roman Catholic layman, D[88]
- J. Kelly Nix (b. 1934), Baton Rouge businessman since 1984; Louisiana superintendent of education, 1976 to 1984, D[89]
- Bob Odom (1935-2014), state agriculture commissioner, 1980–2008, D[citation needed]
- Kenneth Osterberger (b. 1930), member of the Louisiana State Senate from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1992; defeated David Duke in 1975, D-turned-R
- , member of the Louisiana House from Baton Rouge; elected 2015, R[90]
- Jessel Ourso, colorful, controversial sheriff of Iberville Parish, began his career in law enforcement in the middle 1950s as a Baton Rouge municipal police officer, D.[91]
- John Victor Parker (1928-2014), judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1979-2014[92]
- Edward Grady Partin (1924-1990), Teamsters Union figure, D
- (b. 1954), former Louisiana state superintendent of education, R[93]
- Tony Perkins (b. 1963), former state representative and president of the Family Research Council, R[94]
- Ralph Perlman, Louisiana state budget director, 1967-1988[95]
- Melvin Rambin, mayor of Monroe from 2000 to 2001; former banker in Baton Rouge, interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, R[96]
- Buddy Roemer, former governor and Baton Rouge businessman (b. 1943), I[97]
- Sean Reilly, state representative from 1988 to 1996 and current chief operations officer of Lamar Advertising, D[citation needed]
- Buddy Roemer, former governor of Louisiana; resides in Baton Rouge, R
- , president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, R
- , member of the Louisiana State Senate for parts of five parishes, including East Baton Rouge and Ascension, from 1976 to 1994, D
- Frank P. Simoneaux, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1982; lawyer in Baton Rouge, D[98]
- Patricia Haynes Smith, state representative for District 67 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2008[99]
- Mason Spencer, state representative from Madison Parish from 1924 to 1936, born in Baton Rouge in 1892, D[citation needed]
- Edward J. Steimel (1922-2016), founding executive director of the , R[100]
- Raymond Strother, political consultant, lived in Baton Rouge from 1960 to 1980, D[101]
- Zachary Taylor, military leader and the twelfth President of the United States(1784–1850), W[102]
- (b. 1975), political consultant, sometimes called the "alter ego" to Governor Bobby Jindal; Baton Rouge native, R[103]
- , environmentalist and former director of the Atchafalaya Basin Project,[citation needed] R
- David Treen, former Louisiana governor (1928-2009), was born in Baton Rouge, R[104]
- Lillian W. Walker, former state representative (1964-1972), D[citation needed]
- Gus Weill, public relations consultant, author, television host, D[105]
- Mack A. "Bodi" White Jr., state representative since 2004, R[106]
- John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012, I[107]
- , state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012, D[108]
- J. Robert Wooley, insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2006; attorney with Adams & Reese in Baton Rouge, D[citation needed]
Military commanders[]
- Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1979 to 1983 (b. 1922)[109]
- Russel Honoré, general, U.S. Army, known for Hurricane Katrina relief
- Junius Wallace Jones, major-general, U.S. Air Force, first Inspector-General of the Air Force (1890-1977)[110]
- John A. Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1920 to 1929 (1867-1942)[111]
Intellectuals[]
- , LSU vocational agricultural professor, 1956–1960; director of the LSU School of Vocational Education, 1960–1962; dean at Louisiana State University at Alexandria, 1962 until his death in 1975[112]
- Louis Berry (1914-1998), civil rights attorney and dean of Southern University Law Center from 1972 to 1974[113]
- David French Boyd (1834-1899), former president and professor at LSU[114]
- (1854-1932), professor and president of LSU[115]
- (1935-1995), Louisiana historian[citation needed]
- John R. Conniff, New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator who served as president of Louisiana Tech University from 1926 to 1928[116]
- Edwin Adams Davis, Louisiana historian[citation needed]
- , journalist[117]
- Mike Dunne (1949-2007), environmental reporter for the Morning Advocate[118]
- (1914-1980), LSU biologist, conservationist, director of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission from 1966 to 1968, United States assistant secretary of the interior from 1969 to 1970[119]
- John Guckenheimer, mathematician, Cornell University[120]
- Kaylee Hartung, CBS News correspondent (b. 1985)[121]
- George Hilton Jones III (1924-2008), Rhodes scholar, author, historian, and professor of history[122]
- Stephan Kinsella, American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist (b. 1965)[citation needed]
- (1953-2007), Capitol Bureau chief for the Morning Advocate[123]
- John L. Loos, historian[124]
- Robert "Bob" Mann, journalist, political historian, LSU scholar[125]
- Mary Elizabeth Moore, Methodist theologian, author, and Boston University School of Theology dean[126]
- (1924-2013), American historian, LSU professor, author of book on Teapot Dome scandal[127]
- Arthur T. Prescott (1863-1942), LSU administrator, founding president of Louisiana Tech University[128]
- Jesse N. Stone (1924-2001), president of the Southern University System, 1974–1985; civil rights attorney[129]
- (1943-2014), press secretary to Governor Edwin Edwards, LSU journalism professor, assistant commissioner of higher education for the Louisiana Board of Regents[130]
- Eric Voegelin (1901-1985), political theorist and professor at LSU[131]
- (1937-2012), Baton Rouge bureau chief of the New Orleans Times-Picayune (1980-2002)[132]
- Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and emeritus professor at Louisiana State University[133]
- Mary Bushnell Williams (1826–1891), American author, poet, translator
- T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor at LSU[134]
Other[]
- Isiah Carey (b. 1970), radio and television broadcast journalist and reporter, known for the "Reporter Goes Ghetto" YouTube video
- Ralph Eggleston, animator at Pixar and director of the academy award-winning short film For the Birds
- Sean Vincent Gillis (born 1962), serial killer
- Yaser Esam Hamdi (b. 1980), captured while fighting in Afghanistan with the Taliban in 2001; known for the Supreme Court case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld[citation needed]
- Todd Graves, entrepreneur and founder of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Don Lemon, news anchor and journalist
- John Allen Muhammad, serial killer and one of the two D.C. Snipers
- Barry Seal, Medellín Cartel Drug Trafficker
- Jimmy Swaggart (b. 1935), American Pentecostal televangelist, singer, pianist, pastor, author, and head of his eponymous named Bible college.[135]
- Matt Tullos (b. 1963), writer and minister[136]
- Rani Whitfield, physician, broadcaster and author[137][138]
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