This is a list of famous Louisiana Creole people.

Creole people

• K.D. Aubert - actress/model^* "Baby doll-eyed, Creole model K.D. Aubert"
• John James Audubon - ornithologist/naturalist/painter^*
• Richmond Barthé - sculptor
• E. J. Bellocq - photographer
• Joan Bennett - actress^*
• P.G.T. Beauregard - Civil War general^* "a Creole born near New Orleans..."
• Ward Connerly - politician/businessman^*
• The DeBarge family - singers
• Fats Domino - musician^*
• Morton Downey, Jr. - television talk show host^*
• Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable - first non-Native settler in Chicago^*
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk - composer/pianist^*
• Bryant Gumbel - TV journalist^*
• James Augustine Healy - first African-American Catholic bishop^*
• George Herriman - cartoonist^*
• Russel L. Honoré - army general^*
• Illinois Jacquet - jazz tenor^*
• Sybil Kein - French Creole language poet
• Beyoncé Knowles - pop star
• Jean Lafitte - pirate^*
• Chad Lavalais - NFL defensive lineman
• Marie Laveau - "Voodoo Queen"^*
• Suzanne Malveaux - news reporter^*
• Ernest Nathan Morial - first African-American mayor of New Orleans^*
• Morris W. Morris - stage actor^*
• Jelly Roll Morton - jazz musician^*
• Ray Nagin - mayor of New Orleans
• Kid Ory - jazz trombonist^*
• Bill Pickett - cowboy/rodeo performer^*
• P. B. S. Pinchback - first African-American governor of a U.S. state^*
• Armand J. Piron - jazz musician^*
• Homer Plessy - historical figure^*
• Norbert Rillieux - inventor/engineer^*
• Rockin' Sidney - musician, writer, producer

See also

• List of French Americans
• List of Cajuns

References

Footnotes

Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin | Louisiana Creoles | Louisiana Creole