Robert Angers (1919-1988), journalist born in Abbeville, founded Acadiana Profile magazine
Allen Bares, Vermilion Parish native who represented Lafayette Parish in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1972-1992
Sammy Kershaw, country music artist, was born in Kaplan in 1958; ran for lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 2007
Tommy Mouton, Syndicated Radio Announcer, Inventor of World's First Bluetooth Remote Broadcast Microphone; place of birth Abbeville, LA.
Charlton Lyons, considered the "father of the Republican Party in Louisiana", was born in Abbeville in 1894.
Louis "La Chein De Cajun" Clark, Abbeville's Show Dog
Brandon Mitchell, professional American football player
George Petty, artist, was also born in Abbeville in 1894
Ned Theall, member of swamp pop band The Boogie Kings
Roy Theriot, mayor of Abbeville (1954-1960); Louisiana state comptroller (1960-1973, his death)
Sam Theriot, former Vermilion Parish clerk of court (1996-2000), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1979-1996) known for his anti-abortion stance, and a former Abbeville city council member (1978-1979)
Seth Fenwick Miller, Professional cage fighter
Margaret Chauvin Steen Villemez, Outstanding Alumni of ULL, 1982,[9]
Bobby Charles Guidry, Songwriter, Musician, wrote: See You Later Alligator & Walking to New Orleans and others.
Leo Touchet, Photojournalist/Photographer - Published worldwide. 1998 Book: Rejoice When You Die. [10]
Jessica Lynne, Shrimp Festival Queen
Knox Michael "T-Boy" Trahan, Businessman / Musician - Co-Founder and lead triangle player for the Fa-Tras.
Bobby Duhon, native of Abbeville and football player, starred at Abbeville High School, Tulane University, and the New York Giants of the NFL.
Films The 1988 remake of The Blob movie was filmed in Abbeville. Robert J. Flaherty chose Abbeville in 1948 as his base of operations during the filming of "The Louisiana Story." He rented a house in the current downtown area for 15 months over 1946-47.
Angie
Notable People
Angie was the residence of former Louisiana State Representative Lawrence A. "Buster" Sheridan (1919-2001). Sheridan was defeated in the 1987 nonpartisan blanket primary by Jerry A. Thomas, a physician in Franklinton.
Baker
Notable People
Ossie Brown, who served as East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney from 1972—1984, grew up in Baker and graduated from Baker High School. While a student there, he composed the Baker High alma mater [3]
Former Louisiana State Senator Mike Cross was the mayor of Baker from 1976–1981, having been preceded and succeeded in the latter position by Norman E. "Pete" Heine. Heine's successor, Bobby Simpson, a Republican, became the East Baton Rouge mayor-president in 2001.
Former Louisiana State Representative Tony Perkins resided in Baker until he relocated to Washington, D.C., to head the Family Research Council.
W.W. Dumas, the East Baton Rouge Parish mayor-president from 1965–1980, was from Baker, where he relocated after World War II to play semi-professional baseball.
Rufus D. Hayes, the first Louisiana insurance commissioner was an East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge who resided in Baker at the time of his death in 2002.
Baskin
The Baskin High School women's basketball team holds the record for longest winning streak in organized sports. The lady-rams won 218 consecutive games from 1948 to 1953. A span of six years. Once the streak was broken, another 71 game streak continued. In the span of ten years the lady rams led by Hall of Fame coach Tiny Tarbutton would go 315 and 2 with 9 state titles and an average winning margin of over 30 points.
Bastrop
Notable People
Bob Love, NBA Basketball Player Mable John, Motown Records singer, was born in Bastrop.
Ronnie Coleman, professional bodybuilder.
Bill Dickey, Major League Baseball player.
Luther E. Hall, Governor of Louisiana
Sam Hanna, Sr., newspaper publisher began his journalism career at the Bastrop Daily Enterprise.
Sam Little, member of Louisiana House of Representatives
Shane Reynolds, Major League Baseball player.
Talance Sawyer, was also born in Bastrop and later played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Matt DeVille, Tiger Rag Magazine editor from 2002-present. LSU sports writer, radio and television personality.
John Wesley Ryles, Country singer was born in Bastrop in 1950.
Twelve Gauge Valentine, a band, is from Bastrop.
Stump Edington (1969), Major League Baseball player that died in Bastrop.
Ed Head (1980), Major League Baseball player who died in Bastrop.
Calvin Natt, National Basketball Association player who was born in Monroe, but attended Bastrop High School, later NLU and was an NBA All-Star with the Denver Nuggets
Bagalusa
Bogalusa was the birthplace of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa and of New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair.
Breux Bridge
This community is called the "Crawfish Capital of the World", a designation obtained by former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Robert J. "Bob" Angelle.
It is also known for its unusual listing of nicknames in its telephone directory
Notable People
Jake Delhomme, quarterback for the NFL's Cleveland Browns
Branford Marsalis, jazz musician and former band leader for the Tonight Show
Sonny Landreth, musician
Hunter Hayes, musician
Jules Jeanmard, Roman Catholic Bishop
Ali Landry, Miss USA 1996 pageant winner (actually from Nina Station)
Chris Hebert, spinnaker champion
Domanick Williams, former running back for the Houston Texans, 2003 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year
Tim Credeur UFC fighter and Brazilian Jiujitsu Black Belt
Bridge City
Bridge City is host to Louisiana's annual Gumbo Festival
Bunkie
Bunkie is the birthplace of jazz drummer Zutty Singleton.
Sue Eakin, Louisiana historian and former publisher of the Bunkie Record newspaper, resided in Bunkie for most of her life until her death in 2009 at the age of ninety. Her works include Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana.[1]
Since 1987, Bunkie has hosted the annual Louisiana Corn Festival during the second full weekend of June.
Carenco
Notable People
Musician Marc Broussard is a native of the town and titled his major label debut album Carencro after it.
Carencro is also famous as the birthplace of Rockin' Dopsie.
A few miles south of Sunset and Opelousas Louisiana, Carencro is a noted stop off point for Zydeco musicians.
NFL running back for the New England Patriots Kevin Faulk maintains a residence in his home town Carencro
Castor
Notable People
Jamie Fair, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1980-1984
John Len Lacy, represented Bienville Parish in the Louisiana House from 1964-1968
Sallie Williams Lacy, wife of Len Lacy and his successor as a member of the Bienville Parish School Board, having served from 1964-1972
J. Frank McInnis, Louisiana state court judge, 1930-1953
Lee Smith, pitcher, awaiting his nomination to the Baseball Hall of Fame
The Louisiana historian, Sue Eakin, is interred at Cheneyville in the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
Covington
Notable People
Dr. George Boudreaux, creator of Boudreaux's Butt Paste
Jack Donahue, current state senator from St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes; resides in Mandeville
Frank Burton Ellis, state senator (1940-1944), U.S. District Court judge, 1962-1965
Elizabeth Futrall, an opera soprano, was reared in Covington. Her father was minister of the Covington First Baptist Church for many years.
Robert Higgs, a prominent American economist, currently resides in Covington.
Blanche Long -- the First Lady of Louisiana from 1939–1940, 1948–1952, and 1956–1960, was born in Covington in 1902.
NBA all-star "Pistol" Pete Maravich lived in Covington until his death in 1988.
Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, attended school at the C.J. Schoen Middle School, formerly Covington Elementary School, located in downtown Covington.
Author and essayist Walker Percy moved to Covington in 1950 where he and wife Mary "Bunt" Percy reared their two daughters. He wrote most of his works there until his death in 1990. He is buried at St. Joseph Abbey, a monastery north of Covington.
Philip Granville "Phil" Short is a former Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, who served from 1996 until his resignation in 1999. Short, who grew up in Shreveport, unseated the legendary B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn, Sr., in the 1995 general election. He subsequently moved to Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia.
Ian Somerhalder, actor/model was born in Covington.
Michael G. Strain, the commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry. Having won the seat from 28-year incumbent Robert Fred "Bob" Odom.
Diane Winston, businesswoman; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes (1996–2008)
Nilo Silvan, played professional football for Tampa Bay Bucs; born and raised in Covington, La.
Movies filmed in Covington
1995 — Dead Man Walking 1995 — Kingfish 1997 — Kasi Lemmons' Eve's Bayou 2007 — Gretchen Zieske 2008 — The Yellow Handkerchief 2009 — I Love You Phillip Morris 2010 — Pregnancy Pact
Crowley
Crowley is the home of Mastertrak Studios. The studio that is now Mastertrak was founded by J. D. "Jay" Miller in 1955 and has hosted such notable recording artists as Paul Simon and John Fogerty. The studio is known for producing Swamp blues music, as well as segregationist music of the 1960s.
The Crowley High School "Fighting Gents" were State Division 3A Champs in the 1989 football season and had a 8-2 regular season.
Crowley is also the home of Notre Dame High School. Notre Dame is a parish-wide Catholic school whose football program has won 4 state championships and numerous District Champion titles.
Notable People
John Breaux, former US Senator and before that a Representative Jack Brooks, member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1953 to 1995 and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee from 1989 to 1995, born in Crowley
Tommy Casanova, four-time All-Pro Cincinnati Bengals defensive back/punt returner from 1972-1977
Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana, U.S. representative, and state senator
Paul B. Freeland, Presbyterian minister, genealogist, philanthropist, historian of Acadia Parish Winsor Harmon, soap opera actor born on the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination
Chris John, former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and the Louisiana House of Representatives
Edward "Kidd" Jordan, jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, native of Crowley, wife of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Rose Wilder Lane, daughter of famed American Children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder and one of the founders of the American libertarian movement, attended high school in Crowley
Gil Pinac, member of the Crowley City Council (1987-1996), Alderman-at-Large & Mayor Pro-tempore; member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives (1996 - 2008); candidate for Louisiana Public Service Commission (2009)
Edmund Reggie, former Crowley judge; father-in-law of Edward Kennedy
Orlando Thomas, Minnesota Vikings defensive back from 1995-2001
Johnny Rebel, singer of anti-African-American songs
Madam C.J. Walker an American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur, tycoon and philanthropist was born here in 1867.
DeQuincy
Notable People
Freddy Fender recorded a handful of #1 hit singles, including "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights". He has won 3 Grammy awards.
Smiley Lewis was a rhythm and blues musician whose songs have been covered by Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, and Dave Edmunds.
Robert "Babyface" Paige Jr. was a center for the Harlem Globetrotters in the late 70's and early 80's.
Craig Stark is an actor and filmmaker who has appeared on the TV series Empty Nest, Paradise, and Booker. He recently appeared in the horror film 2001 Maniacs and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Charles Clark is the chef at Ibiza restaurant in Houston, Texas. He faced off against Chef Mario Batali on an episode of Iron Chef America, first aired October 21, 2007.
Hanna and Ashley Pérez Mosa from the Mexican duo Ha*Ash, singers
Anthony Pullard, NBA player for the Milwaukee Bucks
DeRidder's Gothic "Hanging" Jail
DeRidder
The building known as the "Old Beauregard Parish Jail" is a structure that is considered one of the most distinctive of its type in the US.[citation needed] The structure has the characteristics of the collegiate Gothic architectural style, with shallow arches, dormer windows, and a central tower. This style was popular with colleges, universities and churches. The iron bars in most of the windows give the structure an eerie appearance. Inside, there is a spiral staircase that leads up to three floors of jail cells. Another history-making fact is that each cell had a toilet, shower, lavatory and window. When the jail was in use, prisoners could often be seen waving from the barred windows.
It was built to house 50 or so prisoners, but held 13 in comfort. The walls are 13 to 21 in (0.33 to 0.53 m) thick, made of reinforced concrete with a blasted finish. The first floor has quarters for the jailer and his family. In the jail's basement, a long corridor leads to the courthouse next door.
In 1928, there was a famous double execution by hanging in the jail for two murderers.[14] These were the only recorded hangings in the jail. The prisoners were hanged by an apparatus at the top of the spiral staircase. After this the jail became known as "the hanging jail".
Donaldsonville
River Road African American Museum
Notable People
Allen Thomas (US Ambassador to Venezuela), Prevost (second recorded Caesarian section) resided here
Claiborne Williams, bandleader
Duncan Kenner - built Ashland, Confederate Ambassador to France and England, horse racer, founder of Kenner Edward
Douglass White, Sr. - Governor of Louisiana (1834-1838), father of the US Chief Justice Francis T. Nicholls - governor of Louisiana (1877-1880, 1888-1892), Conf. General
Jarvis Green - Defensive end, New England Patriots
Henry Johnson - governor of Louisiana (1824-1828)
"King" Joe Oliver, jazz musician
Vinnie Tortorich, author, radio host, athlete
Nicholas Trist - negotiator of Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Pierre Caliste Landry, elected as first African-American mayor in the US (1868)[13]
Plas Johnson, saxophonist
Sarah Vance, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana[citation needed]
Stephen Hopkins - Brig. General, War of 1812/Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana House Speaker (1812)
Victor Maurin - commander of the Donaldsonville Cannoneers, core of the "Louisiana Tigers"
Yvette Pregeant Kane, Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Darrell Ourso, Baton Rouge City Councilman (1999-2008)
Dr. John Harvey Lowery, Prominent African American physician, planter and politician (1894-1941
Doyline
Notable People
James E. Bolin (1914-2002), a district and circuit judge and a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, was born in Doyline.
Jesse L. Boucher (1912-2004), real estate developer and former mayor of Springhill, taught at Doyline High School in the latter 1930s.
John Ardis Cawthon (1907-1984), education professor and regional historian at Louisiana Tech University was reared in Doyline.
Harold Montgomery (1911-1995), lived in Doyline, and was a businessman and conservative state senator from 1960-1968 and 1972-1976.
Jimmy G. Tharpe (1930-2008), founder of Louisiana Baptist University in Shreveport, pastored during the early 1950s the Trinity Baptist Church, then a Missionary Baptist congregation in Doyline but since Independent Baptist.
C.W. Thompson of Doyline was a former president of the Webster Parish School Board who was elected without opposition to succeed James Bolin in the Louisiana House from 1944 until his death in office in 1951.
Mrs. Lizzie P. Thompson filled her husband's seat from 1951-1952, when it was won by E.D. Gleason of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish
The Cajun Music Hall of Fame - Eunice,LA
Eunice
Located in the heart of Cajun country, Eunice is famous for its Cajun music, and in November 1997 the Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum was founded there.[7]
The City of Eunice and the National Park Service sponsor "Laissez les bons temps rouler au rendezvous des cajuns", a live Cajun music show every Saturday night at the Liberty Theatre, an old movie theater that was restored by a "coup de main" by local volunteers after falling into disrepair.[8]
Eunice is home to the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, a unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.[9]
Eunice is host to one of the largest Courir de Mardi Gras (traditional rural French Louisiana Mardi Gras observance,[10] as well as the World Championship Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off.
Notable People
Geno Delafose, zydeco musician [11][12]
Mary Alice Fontenot, author of "Clovis the Crawfish" series of books[13][14]
Gregory L. Fruge, businessman and former state representative (1996-2004)
Danneel Harris, actress
Kyries Hebert, American football free safety for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.
Carlton Loewer, Major League Baseball pitcher
Dennis McGee,Cajun musician [15][16]
Marc Savoy, Cajun accordionist and accordion maker [17]
Dale Sittig, politician
Jay Young, television news anchor
Derrick Ned Pro Football Player
Larry Ned Pro Football Player
Forest Hill
Forest Hill is home to over 60 plant nurseries, and is one of Louisiana's oldest and largest nursery regions. Businesses routinely visit Forest Hill to purchase wholesale plants.
Notable People
Clyde C. Holloway, former Republican U.S. representative from defunct Eighth Congressional District
Kimberly Willis Holt, children's author
Franklin
Civil War
During the Civil War, the Battle of Irish Bend, also known as Neeson's Woods, was fought near Franklin on April 14, 1863. Though eventually forced to retreat, the badly outnumbered Confederate forces commanded by General Richard Taylor cost the Union troops, under General Cuvier Grover, significant losses. Four hundred men were killed or wounded in the confrontation, including Confederate Colonel James Reily, a factor in halting the Union drive to invade Texas
Notable People
Robert Angers, journalist, published the Franklin Banner-Tribune and founded Acadiana Profile magazine
C. C. Aycock, the only three-term Lieutenant governor in modern Louisiana history; former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Donelson Caffery, US Senator who fought for the Confederacy
Murphy J. Foster, Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900, also a U.S. Senator
Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004; former member of the Louisiana State Senate
Wallace Francis, football player, wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons
J. Bertrand Ina, football player, defensive/offensive lineman for Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks
Ernie Ladd, football player for Grambling University under Eddie Robinson, professional career San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers and Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs (1970);
Leonard Marshall, football player for the New York Giants
Rick Norwood, mathematician and comic book publisher
Ned Romero, actor Movies (filmed in the area) Easy Rider (1969) (Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda) The Drowning Pool (1975) (Paul Newman,Joanne Woodward and Melanie Griffith) All the King's Men (2006) (Sean Penn, Jude Law and Anthony Hopkins
Georgetown
Notable People
Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917–1984), he was a member of the state House from 1952–1960 and was the floor leader for Governor Earl Kemp Long
Goldonna
The village is the birthplace of the American romance author Patricia Maxwell, also known as Jennifer Blake, who resides in Quitman in Jackson Parish. Riley J. Wilson, a former U.S. representative who opposed Huey Pierce Long, Jr., was born in Goldonna.
Jambalaya
Gonzales
It has been called the "jambalaya capital of the world" and is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival
Grambling
The city is home to Grambling State University
Notable Grambling State Alumni:
Eight-time Mr. Olympia winner Ronnie Coleman is a noted alumni
actress Natalie Desselle-Reid.
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow
Pinkie C. Wilkerson, served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 until her death in an automobile accident on August 1, 2000.
Singer Erykah Badu attended Grambling State University and once served as a campus Queen.
Former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams, is not only an alumni, but also once served as the Tigers head football coach.
West coast bay area rap artist E-40 also attended Grambling State University.
Grambling State University graduate, Stephanie Finleyhad, was nominated as U.S. Attorney for Louisiana's Western District by President Barack Obama.
Award winning and world renowned jazz artist Michael Thomas is a Grambling alum and he was a member of the Tiger Marching Band along with jazz artists Lovett Hines and Bob French.
The writer Judi-Ann Mason was a double major graduate of Grambling. She began her writing career at Grambling by winning 2 major playwrighting awards through the American College Theatre Festival. As a sophomore her first full length play " Livin' Fat" won the first Norman Lear award. In her senior year lightening struck again when her script "A Star Aint Nothin But a Hole in Heaven' won the first Lorraine Hansberry award. As part of the prize She worked several years with the Lear organization writing for 'Good Times' She later was the head writer for the Black soap 'Generations'. Mason went on to pen the screenplay for Whoopi Goldberg's hit movie 'Sister Act II'. Judi passed away in 2009 at the age of 54
Notable People
Eddie Robinson, football coach for Grambling State University
The Louisiana historian Hubert D. Humphreys (1923-2009) was born and reared there
Gretna
The City of Gretna received considerable press coverage when, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (late August 2005), people who attempted to escape from New Orleans by walking over the Crescent City Connection bridge over the Mississippi River were turned back at gunpoint by City of Gretna Police, along with Crescent City Connection Police and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputies, who set up a roadblock on the bridge in the days following the hurricane. According to eyewitnesses, some of these officers threatened to shoot New Orleans residents and tourists as they attempted to cross into Gretna on foot
Notable People
Joseph Cao, attorney and U.S. Representative
Joe Clay (rockabilly musician)
Kiem Do (former captain and deputy chief of staff for operations in the Republic of Vietnam Navy)
Frankie Ford (rock and roll performer)
John Fourcade (former New Orleans Saints quarterback)
Emmett Hardy (early jazz great)
Lash La Rue (Western film actor)
Greg Monroe, sophomore forward for the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team and projected first-round NBA draft pick in 2010
Mel Ott (1909 - 1958), baseball hall of famer Stanley
Joseph Ott, Roman Catholic bishop
Elfrid Payton (Canadian Football League defensive lineman)
Steve Theriot, Certified Public Accountant in Gretna, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988–1996, and state legislative auditor from 2004–2009, interim Jefferson Parish President
Joseph F. Toomy, insurance broker and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish
Fritz Windhorst, attorney and member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1972–1992
Stephen J. Windhorst, judge and former member of the Louisiana House
Hall Summit
Notable People
Clint Courtney (1927-1975), a major league baseball player.
Jeanerette
Notable People
Jeanerette was the home of Paul N. Cyr, Huey P. Long's lieutenant governor and political opponent
Hiram Eugene—NFL Player
Jena
In recent years Jena has gained international negative attention for supposedly being an example of the "new 'stealth' racism" and discrimination in the United States[2][3][4] with focus through a National Public Radio prime time story on July 30.[5] The town was also featured in a BBC documentary, This World: "Race Hate in Louisiana
Notable People
Mike Francis, prominent businessman and former Louisiana Republican state chairman, was born in Jena.
Jason Hatcher, NFL player and member of the Dallas Cowboys.
Speedy O. Long (1928–2006), a member of the popular Long political dynasty.
Danny Ted McDowell, professional bull rider on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Championship Bull Riding circuits.
Thomas D. "Tommy" Wright, former state representative from Jena
Jennings
Notable People
A.C. Clemons (1921-1992), first Republican in modern times to serve in the Louisiana State Senate
John E. Guinn, current member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jennings
Eugene John Herbert, (1923-1990)S.J. Roman Catholic priest who disappeared in Sri Lanka.
Claude Kirkpatrick (1917-1997), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952-1960] from Jefferson Davis Parish, director of Louisiana Department of Public Works (1960-1964), candidate for governor in 1963, instigator of Toledo Bend Reservoir, president of Baton Rouge General Hospital, and builder of three shopping centers in Baton Rouge
Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (born 1918), member of Louisiana Board of Regents, 1978-1990; music educator; Baptist state official
Dan Morrish, Jennings businessman, former state representative, current state senator
Gerald Theunissen, Jennings banker and former member of both houses of the state legislature
Terry W. Duhon, current Mayor of Jennings. He was first elected in 2003. He has been re-elected twice.
Chancy Croft (born 1937) Born in Jennings. Moved to Odessa, Texas, then Anchorage, Alaska. President of the Alaska Senate (1975-1977), Democratic Party nominee for Alaska governor (1978), President of the University of Alaska Board of Regents (2001-2002).
Kaplan
Notable People
Sammy Kershaw (American Country and Western music singer and songwriter; two-time candidate for lieutenant governor of Louisiana)
Paul Dudley Kershaw (Cajun singer)
Iron Eyes Cody (of Sicilian descent, portrayed Native Americans as actor)
Cedric Benoit (Louisiana Music Hall of Fame member )
Lecompte
Louisiana historian Sue Eakin was reared in the area and graduated from Lecompte High School
Leesville
Notable People
Eddie Fuller - National Football League player, running back with the Buffalo Bills, also played for Louisiana State University and was part of the play which became known as the "Earthquake game".
Demond Mallet - Professional basketball player, guard. Played in the German League and currently with Spanish Joventut Badalona.
Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, Jr. - Politician, former member of the United States House of Representatives, Louisiana House of Representatives, and Louisiana Democratic state chairman; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 2003 and for the Louisiana State Senate in 2007
Tommy W Jinks Jr - Professional in the Financial industry and author
Kevin Mawae - National Football League All-Pro Center for the Tennessee Titans
Keith Munyan - Born in Leesville in 1961 but moved away as a toddler, he is a Los Angeles photographer known for his multiple celebrity clients.
Kresskala R. Stewart became the first African American to become a member of the Golden Cavalier Danceline in 1986.
D'Anthony Smith National Football League Born in Berlin, Germany, but spent his teen years in Leesville while family was stationed at Fort Polk. Attended Pickering High School in Leesville and Louisiana Tech. Jacksonville Jaguars
Llano
Originally Stables, Louisiana, the town was renamed when 200 members of the Socialist commune Llano Del Rio Cooperative Colony in California relocated to this site in 1917, giving the town its present name. It continued to function as a socialist commune with citizens pooling and sharing resources and wealth until 1939.
Loreauville
Notable People
Brian Guidry, visual artist.
Clifton Chenier, Zydeco music artist, is buried in All Souls cemetery in Loreauville
Lucky
Notable People
Joslyn Pennywell, model and contestant on America's Next Top Model. Former Ebony Fashion Fair Model and Miss US 2006-07.
Robert T. Tobin, the only African American to have served as mayor of Minden, was a native of Lucky.
Mandeville is the home town of Cajun fiddler and bandleader Amanda Shaw,
the rock group 12 Stones,
teen singer Brianna Rieffel
The Price Is Right model Rachel Reynolds,
Lost actor Ian Somerhalder,
and Wilco bassist John Stirratt.
Willem McCormick also lived in Mandeville for a few years while writing music before moving to Los Angeles, as did
former US Soccer National Team Player Jason Kreis before entering MLS.
The city council then selected Edward "Buddy" Lyons as interim mayor.[2]
The late Governor David C. Treen spent his latter years in Mandeville.
It is also the home of former State Senator Tom Schedler, formerly of Slidell.
The Battle Of Mansfield
Mansfield
The Battle of Mansfield, a Confederate victory under General Richard Taylor (son of Zachary Taylor), was fought here on April 8, 1864. This battle turned 42,000 Union troops away from their conquest of the Louisiana Confederate capital, Shreveport, and sent them in retreat to New Orleans. The battle is commemorated at the Mansfield State Historic Site some four miles south of Mansfield off Louisiana Highway 175
The film The Great Debaters was partially shot in Mansfield and released on December 25, 2007. The story line involves a 1930s debate team from Marshall, Texas. The downtown scenes of Marshall, however, were actually shot on location in downtown Mansfield. The film stars Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker and was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 2008
Notable People
O.C. Smith (Ocie Lee Smith) was born in Mansfield on June 21, 1932. He was an American singer, who performed with Count Basie's band from 1961 to 1965 and sang on the 1969 Grammy Award-winning recording of the song "Little Green Apples".
Mansfield is the birthplace of major league baseball player Vida Blue (born Vida Rochelle Blue, Jr. on July 28, 1949) who was a left-handed starting pitcher. In a 17-year career, he played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Kansas City Royals.
It is also the birthplace of Albert Lewis (born Albert Ray Lewis on October 6, 1960). Lewis made his professional debut in the NFL in 1983 with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and Los Angeles Raiders over the course of his 16-year career.
John T. "Tommy" Allen, staff photographer for the Washington Post from 1960-2004
Charles Wheaton Elam (1866-1917), state representative
Joseph Barton Elam (1821-1885), U.S. representative
Joe Henry Cooper (1920-1980) Louisiana State Representative
Albert Lewis (born 1960), professional football player
Sidney Maiden (born 1923), blues musician, a singer and harmonica player who played with guitarist K.C. Douglas
Sammy Joe Odom (1941-2001) professional football player. Odom was a college football standout at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches and played a season for the Houston Oilers in 1964.
Mack Charles Reynolds (1935-1991), professional football player
Rawley Tredway (1900-1980), evangelist with Mordecai Ham ministries
H.O. West (1900-1981), department store retailer opened first store in Mansfield before relocating to Minden
Joshua Logan, award winning movie and Broadway director/producer of such classics as South Pacific, Picnic, and many others
Marksville
Notable People
O.C. Smith (Ocie Lee Smith) was born in Mansfield on June 21, 1932. He was an American singer, who performed with Count Basie's band from 1961 to 1965 and sang on the 1969 Grammy Award-winning recording of the song "Little Green Apples".
Mansfield is the birthplace of major league baseball player Vida Blue (born Vida Rochelle Blue, Jr. on July 28, 1949) who was a left-handed starting pitcher. In a 17-year career, he played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Kansas City Royals.
It is also the birthplace of Albert Lewis (born Albert Ray Lewis on October 6, 1960). Lewis made his professional debut in the NFL in 1983 with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and Los Angeles Raiders over the course of his 16-year career.
John T. "Tommy" Allen, staff photographer for the Washington Post from 1960-2004
Charles Wheaton Elam (1866-1917), state representative
Joseph Barton Elam (1821-1885), U.S. representative
Joe Henry Cooper (1920-1980) Louisiana State Representative
Albert Lewis (born 1960), professional football player
Sidney Maiden (born 1923), blues musician, a singer and harmonica player who played with guitarist K.C. Douglas
Sammy Joe Odom (1941-2001) professional football player. Odom was a college football standout at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches and played a season for the Houston Oilers in 1964.
Mack Charles Reynolds (1935-1991), professional football player
Rawley Tredway (1900-1980), evangelist with Mordecai Ham ministries
H.O. West (1900-1981), department store retailer opened first store in Mansfield before relocating to Minden
Joshua Logan, award winning movie and Broadway director/producer of such classics as South Pacific, Picnic, and many others
Maurice Denise Boutte- Actress
Kent Desormeaux Hall of Fame jockey.
Minden
Artist Ben Earl Looney was born in the Yellow Pine community in south Webster Parish and graduated from Minden High School in 1923. He taught art throughout the United States in a career from the 1920s until his death in Lafayette in 1981.
Morgan City
Notable People
Bill Burgo (1988) baseball player.
Charles deGravelles (1913-2008), Louisiana State Republican chairman from 1968-1972
Eddie Dyer (b.October 11, 1899) Major League Baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher.
Sid Gautreaux (1980) baseball player.
Bishop Sam Seamans - Reformed Episcopal Church
Burt Lancon was an Olympic Ice Skater in the 1984 Winter Games.
Grant Dozar is a part of the 2009 LSU Tiger baseball team (Nation Champions)
Denzel Washington shot a scene in Morgan City for his 2006 film, Deja Vu.
Films, etc.
The 2007 film All the Kings Men was partially shot in Morgan City.
Morgan City is home to the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
The Iguanas (New Orleans) recorded a song called "Morgan City" on their album "If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times".
The first Tarzan movie starring Elmo Lincolm was filmed in Morgan City.
Morgan City achieved national recognition when the first oil well out of sight of land was drilled. It was called the Black Gold Rush.
The Movie "Easy Rider" 1969 directed by Dennis Hopper. Starred Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector. The Movie Featured 4 land Marks in Morgan City; 1 The Old Bridge headed west. 2 The old Bridge in Amelia. 3 The Greenwood Overpass headed west near Wyandotte. 4 The Exxon ESSO Humble Station next to the New bridge Exit. This is where the Municipal Pool was. Where the ball park is now.
Napoleonville
Paul Carmouche, former District Attorney of Caddo Parish
Papa Celestin, Jazz bandleader
Brandon Jacobs, NFL running back
Charles Melancon, US congressman
Risley C. Triche, attorney; former state representative
Tramon Williams, NFL cornerback
Kim Willoughby, Team USA Volleyball (2008 Beijing Olympics)
Natchitoches was the site of the 1973 plane crash that claimed the life of singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce had performed a concert on campus for Northwestern State University students at Prather Coliseum. He was killed less than an hour later in a plane headed to Sherman, Texas. The crash may have been a result of the pilot suffering a fatal heart attack
Natchitoches is the home of the oldest general store in Louisiana, the still operating Kaffie-Frederick, Inc., General Mercantile, located on Front Street.[17] The store was co-founded in 1863 by ancestors of Alexandria businessman and former city commissioner Arnold Jack Rosenthal (1923–2010). It has been featured in several nationally televised reality shows such as Duck Dynasty and Cajun Pawn, with the words "If you can't find it anywhere else, you can probably find it at Kaffie-Fredrick."
New Iberia
Avery Island, home of Tabasco sauce and the oldest salt mine in North America.
New Iberia is home to fictional detective Dave Robicheaux and his creator, author James Lee Burke
Kathleen Blanco, former Governor of Louisiana
George Rodrigue, well known Southern artist
Bryan Lourd, Partner, Managing Director and Co-Chairman of Creative Artists Agency
Sheila Dooley, linguist
Mark Roman, NFL defensive back
Kerry Joseph, CFL quarterback
Howie Ferguson, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
Michael Desormeaux, Defensive back for Jacksonville Jaguars
Johnny Hector, running back for the New York Jets
Jared Mitchell, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox
Jon Emminger, professional wrestler working for WWE as Lucky Cannon
Robert Angers (1919–1988), journalist, founder of Acadiana Profile magazine; grew up in New Iberia, leaving in 1950
Scott Bernard, guitarist with Kenny Loggins.
James Lee Burke, mystery writer
Patrick T. Caffery, Sr. Attorney. Former U.S. Representative.
W. Eugene Davis, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
John Duhe, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
John N. Pharr, 1896 Republican-Populist nominee for governor
Bunk Johnson, jazz musician
Jeff Landry, attorney and Republican congressional nominee (2010)
New Roads
Notable People
Pointe Coupee was home to Julien de Lallande Poydras, a merchant, planter, poet, statesman, banker and philanthropist who helped establish the state's first public schools in Pointe Coupee in the early 1800s. He likewise endowed a trust fund to provide impoverished brides with dowries in Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Visitors will find his grave on the grounds of the old Poydras School on Main Street in New Roads, now a museum and cultural center established by the Pointe Coupee Historical Society.
James Ryder Randall, an English professor who wrote the poem "Maryland, My Maryland" in April 1861, at nearby Poydras College on False River. The poem was later put to music. The site is still known as Randall Oak, though the school was destroyed by fire in 1881. The poem is now Maryland's official state song.
Lieutenant General John Archer LeJeune of the United States Marines.
Ernest J. Gaines, African fiction writer, writer-in-residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette;
U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Marie Corinne Morrison
Claiborne Boggs, known as Lindy Boggs;
Former New Orleans Mayor DeLesseps Story Morrison;
Oak Ridge
Abner Wimberly, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers.
Oakdale
Oakdale is home to the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex, a minimum security prison for male inmates, which include former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers who is serving a 25-year sentence for his involvement in the accounting scandal that toppled that company.[3] The prison also is home to former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards who is serving a 10-year sentence for his involvement in a 2000 riverboat gambling racketeering case.
Other notable inmates
former Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama, who was serving a 7-year sentence but has been released pending appeal [4], and
Andrew Fastow, the former Chief Financial Officer for Enron Corporation who is serving six years.
Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown also served time in the facility.[5]
Former New Orleans city councilman Oliver Thomas, currently serving a 37-month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to accepting bribes, is now serving the duration of his sentence at the Oakdale complex
Patterson
Notable People
Dalton Hilliard, running back for New Orleans Saints
Ike Hilliard, wide receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer.
Marguerite Clark, American actress.
Mel Ott, hall of fame rightfielder for the New York Giants.
Clay Hopper, minor league baseball player and manager.
Pineville
The Louisiana Maneuvers Museum provides insight into the huge maneuvers that prepared the United States for World War II and promoted the career of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, known for his organizational skills.
Original LSU in Pineville Louisiana State University was founded by the Louisiana General Assembly in 1853. It was founded under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy and was located near Pineville. The first session began on January 2, 1860, with General William Tecumseh Sherman of Ohio as LSU president
Notable People
Faith Ford – actress
Justin Gaston - Actor, model, and singer who was also a contestant on Nashville Star.
Anjanette Kirkland - track and field athlete
Rashard Lewis - professional basketball player with the Orlando Magic
Devon O'Day - radio personality
Tommy Tenney- evangelist and author
Plaquemine
Plaquemine is the birthplace of radio talk show host Moon Griffon, who broadcasts statewide from Monroe. Griffon is sometimes know as the "Cajun Rush Limbaugh".
The town is also home to former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Robert "Bobby" Freeman
Plaquemine was the birthplace of Motocross Champion Yancy Guerin.
Plaquemine was the birthplace of early jazz pianist and composer Clarence Williams.
Plaquemine was the birth place of WWII medic Eugene Roe.
Former Washington Redskins football player Brian Keith Mitchell played football at Plaquemine High School.
The Battle of Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill
It is best known as the site of The Battle of Pleasant Hill, fought in April 1864. Pleasant Hill was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. Every April, a reenactment of the battle is held. It is one of the few reenactments staged at the actual battlefield of the engagement.
The Pleasant High School Lady Eagles won the 2006-2007 Class C State Championship on March 3, with their record of 36-5, for the first time in eighteen years.
Pleasant Hill is the birthplace and burial site of the legendary Shreveport minister D. L. Dykes, Jr., who pastored the large First United Methodist Church there from 1955-1984. Dykes was a pioneer of television ministry and a voice for racial harmony during the civil rights movement.
Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula calls itself the "Strawberry Capital of the World
Notable People
Irma Thomas
Lindsey Cardinale
Henry "Tank" Powell
Chad Mitchell
Port Allen
Notable People
Port Allen is the hometown of Tracy Porter, the New Orleans Saints cornerback who clinched the Saints' win in Super Bowl XLIV with his late fourth quarter interception of a pass by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. In the aftermath of the Super Bowl win, Port Allen first jokingly renamed the city "Porter Allen" for a day in Porter's honor,[5][6] then later named a street after him
Rayne
It is nicknamed the "Frog Capital of the World", as well as the "Louisiana City of Murals". Rayne holds a yearly Frog Festival the second full weekend in November as of 2008. The yearly Frog Festival, which used to be held on the first full weekend of September following Labor Day, attracts thousands of visitors
St. Martinsville
St. Martinville is widely considered to be the birthplace of the Cajun culture and traditions, and it is in the heart of Cajun Country. There has been a true multicultural community in St. Martinville, with Cajuns, Creoles (French coming via the French West Islands - Guadeloupe, Martinique
St. Martinville is the site of the Evangeline Oak made famous in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem.
It is also the location of an African American Museum, and is included as a destination on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.
St. Martinville Senior High School also has a great sports tradition. The Tigers have won 2 state titles in football and have had a consistently good team since the late 70's years. They have also won state championships in basketball and volleyball. The latest of the 5 championships came in the 2001-02 basketball season People from St. Martinville
Notable People
Jefferson J. DeBlanc (born February 15, 1921), World War II ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient, resided in St. Martinville before and after the war. The heroic story of how DeBlanc became an "ace in a day" was recreated in 2006 using computer graphics and depicted in "Episode 5: Guadalcanal" of The History Channel's series Dogfights, for which he provided first-person commentary.
Carroll Delahoussaye - The first public high school football coach to win 100 games in 10 years. He also is a member of the Louisiana High School Hall of Football Hall of Fame.
Early Doucet - Professional football player. (Wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals)
Darrel Mitchell - Professional basketball player. (European League)
Garland Jean-Batiste - Former NFL football player.
Calvin Borel - Three Time Kentucky Derby winner
Sulphur
Notable People
Casey Daigle is a baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization and husband of softball star Jennie Finch. He graduated from Sulphur High School.
Michael Durham, born in Sulphur, was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge. He has held the ECW and WCW tag titles with his partner, Rocco Rock, who are together known as The Public Enemy.
Rich Ellender is a professional football player He spent one season with the Houston Oilers, which drafted him in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Herman Frasch, inventor of the "Frasch Method" of mining sulphur, was head of Union Sulphur Company. Its headquarters were at the Sulphur Mines, a company town just west of present-day Sulphur. Herman Frasch Elementary School is named after him.
Janice Lynde, from Sulphur, was an original cast member of the CBS soap opera "The Young & The Restless". She played the character Leslie Brooks. She also appeared on "Another World", "One Life To Live", and most recently on HBO's "Six Feet Under".
Howie Simon, a Hollywood publicist, was raised in Sulphur. He represents many stars of daytime TV, especially from "Days of our Lives", and has worked with Grammy-winning singer Gloria Gaynor, Chad Michael Murray, Chris Tucker, Tommy Davidson, Susan Ward, Nadia Bjorlin, and many others.
Chris Hill, a native of Sulphur, was the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Javelin Champion while attending University of Georgia. He was the 2009 USA Track and Field Javelin Champion. He holds the 6th best throw by an American in history
Tallulah
Tallulah is thought to be the place where Delta Air Lines got its early beginnings as the home of an agricultural experiment station which first used airplanes to control cotton pests.
Notable People
Conway Twitty, Country and Western music star. Born Harold Jenkins.
Carl Otis Trimble, first African-American quarterback at Louisiana State University (LSU)
Jimmy "Cooch Eye" Jones, former National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the (Baltimore Bullets)
James "Hang Man" Haynes, former National Football League (NFL) linebacker with the (New Orleans Saints)
Anthony Lucas, former National Football League (NFL) wide receiver with the (Dallas Cowboys & Green Bay Packers)
Joe Osborn, musician Bobby Howard, former American Football League (AFL) & National Football League (NFL) corner back with the San Diego Chargers (1967-1969 AFL, 1970-1974 NFL), the New England Patriots (1975–1977), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1978–1979)
James Silas, former American professional basketball player. Was drafted in the fifth round of the 1972 National Basketball Association Draft by the Houston Rockets but played the majority of his career with the San Antonio Spurs in the ABA. Was known by the "The Snake," "Captain Late," and "The Late Mr. Silas," the latter two referring to the fact that Silas seemed to play his best late in games. On February 28, 1984, Silas's #13 became the first number ever retired by the San Antonio Spurs, and he is currently one of only six players to have received that honor from the franchise.
Tangipahoa
Notable People
Michael Jackson (NFL)
Thibodaux
A sugar cane workers' strike culminated in the "Thibodaux Massacre" of November 1-4, 1887, the second most bloody labor dispute in U.S. history. The strike for higher wages of 10,000 workers (1,000 of whom were white) was organized by the Knights of Labor during rolling period. This was critical to the sugar cane harvest. Planters were alarmed both by outside organizations and the thought of losing their total crops. Plantations in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes were involved. The governor called in the State militia at the planters' request. Efforts to break the strike resulted in the deaths of a total of 30-35 African American workers, chiefly at the hands of white paramilitary members.[8][9] In 2008, Eric Braeden (actor from The Young & The Restless) produced and played the lead role in The Man Who Came Back[10], a movie based on the Thibodaux Massacre[11].
In 1896, the first rural free delivery of mail in Louisiana began in Thibodaux. It was the second in the United States.
The city was mentioned in Hank Williams's "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)", in the 1970s Jerry Reed song "Amos Moses," in the 1990s George Strait song "Adalida," in Dan Baird's 1992 song "Dixie Beauxderaunt," the 1999 Jimmy Buffett song "I will Play for Gumbo," the 2008 Toby Keith song "Creole Woman," and its name is the title of a song by jazz songstress Marcia Ball.
Richard D'Alton Williams, a well-known 19th-century Irish patriot, poet, and physician, died of tuberculosis in Thibodaux in 1862, and is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery. His headstone was later erected that year by Irish members of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, then encamped in Thibodaux.
A famous Mississippi blues musician, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, is buried in Thibodaux, where he often played, and where his manager, Hosea Hill, resided.
Notable People
Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States[15].
Edward Douglass White Sr., Governor of Louisiana[16].
Eric Andolsek, player for Detroit Lions; died from a motor vehicle accident[18].
Jarvis Green, defensive end for the Denver Broncos[19].
Graham Patrick Martin, Television Actor, Two and a Half Men, iCarly, Jonas, The Bill Engvall Show ; Movie Actor, Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door, Rising Stars [20].
John Robichaux, jazz musician[21].
Kody Chamberlain, comic book writer and artist[22].
Mark Davis, professional basketball player[23].
Ronald Joseph Dominique is an American serial killer from the Bayou Blue area of Houma, Louisiana
Damian Johnson, player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team[24].
Alan Faneca, player for the Arizona Cardinals NFL Fooball team
West Monroe
Notable People
Marcus R. Clark, Louisiana Supreme Court justice since 2009
Chris Elrod, Christian comedian and writer
William C. Feazel, oilman, interim U.S. Senator in 1948, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1932-1936
Chuck Finley, Major League Baseball pitcher; California Angels, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals
Bruce Fowler, opera singer
Andy Griggs, country singer
James D. Halsell, astronaut; space shuttle pilot
Sam Hanna Sr., late publisher of Ouachita Citizen newspaper; now published by Sam Hanna, Jr.
Frank Hoffmann, state representative from West Monroe since 2008
Bradie James, NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys who played football at Louisiana State University, Wossman High School, before transferring to West Monroe High School
Lloyd E. Lenard (1922-2008), businessman, author, and pioneer of the Republican Party in Louisiana[3]
Webb Pierce, Country Music Hall of Fame member
Shady R. Wall, politician Andrew Whitworth, NFL offensive guard for the Cincinnati Bengals who played football at Louisiana State University and West Monroe High School
Westlake
Notable People
David LaFleur is a professional American football player He started as a tight end at Louisiana State University and later played for the Dallas Cowboys.
Will Ousley is an artist and native to Westlake
Westwego
In 1977, a grain elevator in Westwego exploded due to a spark igniting grain dust. The explosion killed 36 people. The explosion prompted new safety developments in grain elevators
Notable People
Sidney Arnondin, jazz writer of the song "Lazy River" was resident of and born in Westwego (across the river from New Orleans), March 29, 1901
Benjamin James Melancon, website designer
Ted Haggard, former Evangelical preacher, lived here for a short while in 2007 after a gay prostitution scandal
Winnfield
Winnfield was the home of three Louisiana governors: Huey "Kingfish" Long, Oscar K. Allen and Earl K. Long. Huey became Governor, U.S. Senator, and challenged Franklin Roosevelt for Presidency in 1932. He was killed in 1935. O.K. Allen was elected governor in 1932. Earl "the Louisiana Longshot" held more state jobs than any other Louisianian. Earl long was elected governor in 1939, 1948 and 1956. He was elected to Congress in 1960 but died while the votes were being counted. Culture Portions of the 1989 film Blaze, starring Paul Newman, were filmed in Winnfield
Notable People
Oscar K. Allen[2], Governor of Louisiana, 1932 to 1936
P. J. Brown, professional basketball player
Earl K. Long[2], Governor of Louisiana, 1939 to 1940, 1948 to 1952, and 1956 to 1960
Huey P. Long[2], Governor of Louisiana, 1928 to 1932 and United States Senator, 1932 to 1935
Anthony Thomas, professional American football player
Winnsboro
Notable People
Fred Carter, Jr. - Guitarist and rock and roll singer
Allen "Puddler" Harris - Rock and roll and Country music pianist
L.D. Knox - perennial political candidate who legally changed his name to "None of the Above"
Knox Anthony McFarland - professional football player
John Moffitt - 2004 Olympic silver medalist
Morgan D. Peoples - Historian who specialized in the Long political dynasty
Woody Sauldsberry - NBA player
Calvin A. H. Waller - Lieutenant General, United States Army -- Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Operation Desert Storm
Sammy White - professional football player
Zachary
Notable residents
Donna Douglas, actress famous for playing Elly Mae Clamplett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" situation comedy in the 1960s.
Trindon Holliday (born 1986), wide receiver and running back for the Houston Texans football team.
Roderick Mullen, NFL Cornerback
Doug Williams, former NFL quarterback for the Washington Redskins and MVP of Super Bowl XXII
Robert Pete Williams (1914-1980), blues musician
Kedrick Brown (born 1981), Zachary High School basketball player who was the first Junior College player to be drafted in the NBA draft
