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List of Louisiana Creoles

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This is a list of notable Louisiana Creole people.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Louisiana Creoles or must have references showing they are Louisiana Creoles and are notable.

List

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Arts, culture, and entertainment

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Don Albert
Troian Bellisario in Manila in February 2013
Barney Bigard
Edgar Degas
  • Edgar Degas (1834–1917) – artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings; cousin of Norbert Rillieux; eldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, and Augustin De Gas, a banker
  • Harold Dejan (1909–2002) – jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader[22][23]
Geno Delafose
George Herriman
Julien Hudson
Beyoncé Knowles
Rosie Ledet
Tristin Mays
Adah Isaacs Menken
Nicole Richie in store appearance at the 2012 David Jones Photo Call in Sydney
Terrance Simien

Business

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Lurita Doan

Education

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Earl Barthe

Journalism

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Bryant Gumbel in 2013

Law and politics

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Caesar Antoine
Rodolphe Desdunes
  • Dan Desdunes (1870–1929) – civil rights activist and musician in New Orleans and Omaha
  • Rodolphe Desdunes (1849–1928) – civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist, and customs officer primarily active in New Orleans
  • Jean Noel Destrehan (1754–1823) – politician in Louisiana and one-time owner of Destréhan Plantation, one of Louisiana's most famous antebellum historical landmarks
  • Antoine Dubuclet (1810–1887) – State Treasurer of Louisiana
  • Jacques Dupre (1773–1846) – 8th Governor of Louisiana[107]
  • Edwin Edwards (1927–2021) – served as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive
Keith Ellison
Ivan L.R. Lemelle
John Willis Menard

Literature

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Victor Séjour

Military

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P.G.T. Beauregard

Religion

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Henriette DeLille

Science and technology

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Boyd Melson
Paul Sentell
Brett Favre

Sports

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Other

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See also

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References

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