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List of Louisiana Creoles
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This is a list of famous Louisiana Creole people.
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- K. D. Aubert (1978 - ) actress and former fashion model[1]
- John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) ornithologist, naturalist, and painter[2]
- Richmond Barthé (1901 - 1989) sculptor recognized as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation
- Sidney Bechet (1897 - 1959) jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
- E. J. Bellocq (1873 - 1949) professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century
- P. G. T. Beauregard (1818 - 1893) known as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, also a writer, civil servant, and inventor[3]
- Barney Bigard (1906 - 1980) jazz clarinetist[4]
- Ward Connerly (1939 - ) former University of California Regent, moderate conservative political activist, and businessman[5]
- Fats Domino (1928 - ) classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist[6]
- Dreux Pierre Frederic (1985 - ) award winning rapper, formerly a member of the now disbanded R'n'B quartet, B2K
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829 - 1869) composer and pianist, known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces[7]
- Bryant Gumbel (1948 - ) television personality for news and sports programs[8]
- George Herriman (1880 - 1944) cartoonist, known for his comic strip Krazy Kat[9]
- Russel L. Honoré (1947 - ) commanding general of the U.S. First Army in Fort Gillem, Georgia, and current commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina-affected areas across the Gulf Coast[10]
- Illinois Jacquet (1922 - 2004) jazz tenor saxophonist famous for his solo on "Flying Home"[11]
- Sybil Kein - poet, playwright, scholar, and musician
- Beyoncé Knowles (1981 - ) Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, Golden Globe Award-nominated actress, dancer, and fashion designer and model for House of Deréon
- Marie Laveau (1794 - 1881) practitioner of voodoo[12]
- Suzanne Malveaux (1966 - ) television news reporter[13]
- Ernest Nathan Morial (1929 - 1989) political figure and leading civil rights advocate[14]
- Morris W. Morris (1845 - 1906) stage actor[15]
- Jelly Roll Morton (1885 - 1941) virtuoso pianist, bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music[16]
- Ray Nagin (1956 - ) mayor of New Orleans
- Kid Ory (1886 - 1973) jazz trombonist and bandleader[17]
- Bill Pickett (1871 - 1932) cowboy/rodeo performer[18]
- Armand J. Piron (1888 - 1943) jazz violinist, band leader, and composer[19]
- Homer Plessy (1863 - 1925) plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson[20]
- Dawn Angelique Richard (1983-) R&B group member of Danity Kane.
- Norbert Rillieux (1806 - 1894) inventor/engineer[21]