Al Hirt trumpeter, New Orleans
Bryant Gumbel TV newscaster, New Orleans
Cokie Roberts journalist, New Orleans
Dorothy Lamour actress, New Orleans
Edward Douglas White jurist, Lafourche Parish
Fats Domino musician, New Orleans
Geoffrey Beene fashion designer, Haynesville
Huey Newton black activist, New Orleans
Huey P. Long politician, Winnfield
Jelly Roll Morton jazz musician, composer, New Orleans
Jerry Lee Lewis singer, Ferriday
Kitty Carlisle singer, actress, New Orleans
Kordell Stewart football player, Marrero
Lillian Hellman playwright, New Orleans
Louis Armstrong musician, New Orleans
Louis Moreau Gottschalk pianist, composer, New Orleans
Mahalia Jackson gospel singer, New Orleans
Michael De Bakey heart surgeon, Lake Charles
Paul Prudhomme chef, Opelousas
Ray Walston actor, New Orleans
Truman Capote writer, New Orleans
Van Cliburn concert pianist, Shreveport
Wynton Marsalis musician, New Orleans