[edit] Notable inhabitants, past and present [edit] Sports figures - Willie Davenport Olympics Gold Medal Winner
- Seimone Augustus, WNBA guard for the Minnesota Lynx (b. 1984)
- Brandon Bass, NBA Power Forward for the Dallas Mavericks (b. 1985)
- Billy Cannon, former All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner (b. 1937)
- Michael Clayton, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1982)
- Glen Davis, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics (b. 1986)
- David Dellucci, MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1973)
- Warrick Dunn, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1975)
- Chad Durbin, MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies (b. 1977)
- Alan Faneca, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1976)
- Randall Gay, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints (b. 1982)
- Darryl Hamilton, MLB outfielder for various clubs (b. 1964)
- Fred Haynes (1946-2006), LSU football great, 1964-1968
- Russ Johnson, major league infielder (b. 1973)
- Lolo Jones, American track and field athlete
- Stefan LeFors, NFL quarterback ex-Carolina Panthers; CFL Edmonton Eskimos (b. 1981)
- Pete Maravich, NBA
- Travis Minor, NFL running back St.Louis Rams
- Shaquille O'Neal, NBA
- Jonathan Papelbon, MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1980)
- Carly Patterson, Olympic gold medalist (b. 1988)
- Bob Pettit, Basketball Hall of Famer (b. 1932)
- Andy Pettitte, MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees (b. 1972)
- Bobby Phills, former professional basketball player (d. 2000)
- Pat Screen (1943-1994), former LSU quarterback, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (1981-1988)
- Ben Sheets, MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers (b. 1978)
- Marcus Spears, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys (b. 1982)
- Jim Taylor, Football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)
- Tyrus Thomas, NBA forward for the Chicago Bulls (b. 1986)
- Reggie Tongue, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, and Oakland Raiders[1]
- Kevin Windham, professional motocross racer
- Reggie Torbor, NFL Linebacker for the Miami Dolphins (b.1981)
- Mickey Marshall, BMX professional rider
[edit] Entertainers - Wes Brown, actor We Are Marshall, Glory Road, Beach Girls.
- Andrei Codrescu, writer
- Donna Douglas, actress from The Beverly Hillbillies (b. 1933)
- Wesley Eure, actor/author
- John Fred, singer, best known for the song Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) (1941-2005)
- Dale Houston, singer, best known for the song I'm Leaving It Up To You (1940-2007)
- Foxx, rap artist
- Randy Jackson, musician, record producer, and American Idol judge (b. 1956)
- Chris Thomas King, American blues musician and actor (b. 1962)
- Lil Boosie, rap artist (b. 1983)
- Master P, rap artist
- Reiley McClendon, actor (b. 1990)
- John McConnell, actor, radio personality (b. 1958)
- Cleo Moore, actress (d. 1973)
- Elemore Morgan, Jr, landscape painter and photographer (b. 1931)
- James Paul, Conductor Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Symphony (b. 1940)
- Tabby Thomas, blues musician and club owner (b. 1929)
- Pruitt Taylor Vince, character actor (b. 1960)
- Webbie, rap artist (b. 1985)
- Shane West, actor (b. 1978)
- Lynn Whitfield, actress
- C-Loc, rap artist
- Max Minelli, rap artist (b.1980)
- Trent Dawson, actor from As the World Turns (b.1971)
- John Mese, actor (b.1963)
- Cameron Richardson, Actress, Adrift (b.09/11/1979)
- Steven Soderbergh, Director
- Bill Conti, Conductor
- Bailey Purvis, Finalist on High School Musical:Get in the Picture
- Stormy Daniels, female pornstar and porn director (b.1979)
[edit] Politicians - Jesse Bankston (b. 1907), centenarian president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting; longterm member of the Democratic State Central Committee; former confidant of Earl Kemp Long D
- Gary Beard (b. 1956), former member of Louisiana House of Representatives R
- Murphy Bell (1921-2008), civil rights attorney D
- James H. Boyce (1922-1990), Caterpillar Company industrialist and chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1972-1976
- Mike Branch (b. 1968), state senator and commercial pilot, later of Las Vegas, Nevada, R
- Jack Breaux, first Republican mayor of a Louisiana community, mayor of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish from 1966 until his death in 1980
- Overton Brooks, former Louisiana Democratic U.S. representative from 1937-1961, representing the Shreveport district (d. 1961), D
- H. Rap Brown, African American activist imprisoned in Georgia
- James H. "Jim" Brown, former state senator, secretary of state, and state insurance commissioner (b. 1940), D
- Ossie Brown, (1926-2008), former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney (1972-1984), D
- Victor Bussie (b. 1919), former president of Louisiana AFL-CIO, D
- Theo Cangelosi, (1911-1992), former state representative, lawyer, banker, gubernatorial advisor, D
- Carl Crane, state representative from Baton Rouge, 1984-2008, R
- Mike Cross, state representative, 1981-1996; mayor of Baker, 1976-1981, D
- J.D. DeBlieux (1912-2005), state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish; perhaps the first white politician in the era of desegregation to embrace the civil rights agenda, D
- Charles H. Dillemuth (1912-1989), real estate businessman for whom the "Charles H. Dillemuth Humanitarian of the Year Award" is named; congressional candidate in 1960, civic leader, R
- William J. "Bill" Dodd (1909-1991), state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, member of Louisiana Board of Education, state education superintendent
- W.W. "Woody" Dumas, former mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, D
- Heulette Fontenot, former state representative from Livingston Parish and state senator from Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes; author of Pet Evacuation Act of 2006 R
- Jeff Fortenberry, U.S. representative from Nebraska (b. 1960), R
- Clark Gaudin, attorney and first Republican state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish since Reconstruction (b. 1931), R
- Gaston Gerald (born 1931), former state senator, D
- Francis Grevemberg (1914-2008), Republican candidate for governor in 1960, R
- Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (b. 1952), D
- Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins, former Louisiana state representative and three-time U.S. Senate candidate (b. 1947), R
- Bobby Jindal, Governor and Louisiana congressman (b. 1971), R
- Donald Ray Kennard, Louisiana state representative from East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes since 1976, R
- 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, D
- Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (b. 1918), former member of Louisiana Board of Regents, D
- Dan Kyle (b. 1937), former legislative auditor, R
- Coleman Lindsey (1892-1968), state senator, lieutenant governor, state district court judge. D
- Elmer Litchfield (1927-2008), sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1983 to 2006, R
- Blanche Long -- First Lady of Louisiana (1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960), D
- Tom Ed McHugh, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President (1989-2000) (b. 1943), R
- Chuck McMains, former state representative and Baton Rouge lobbyist, R
- P.J. Mills, Baton Rouge native and former state representative from Caddo Parish, D
- Henson Moore, U.S. representative from Sixth Congressional District, 1975-1987, R
- Robert Fred "Bob" Odom, state agriculture commissioner, 1980-2008, D
- Dan Richey, former state legislator and political consultant (b. 1948), R
- Buddy Roemer, former governor and Baton Rouge businessman (b. 1943), R
- Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council (b. 1963), R
- Bobby Simpson, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President (2001-2004) (b. 1953), R
- Zachary Taylor, American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States(1784 – 1850), W
- David William Thomas (1876-1961), mayor of Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] from 1936-1940, taught journalism at LSU and completed his law degree there as well, D
- Sandra Thompson, environmentalist and former director of the Atchafalaya Basin Project, R
- David Treen, former Louisiana governor (1928-2009), R
- John S. Treen, politician, R
[edit] Military commanders [edit] Intellectuals - David French Boyd (1834-1899), former president and professor at LSU
- Thomas Duckett Boyd, former president and professor at LSU
- Ed Cullen, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate columnist, National Public Radio essayist, author of Letter in a Woodpile
- Kenneth L. Dixon, journalist
- Margaret Dixon, first woman managing editor of the Morning Advocate (1949-1970), crusader for prison reform and assistance to the mentally ill
- Mike Dunne (1949-2007), environmental reporter for the Morning Advocate
- Stephan Kinsella, American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist (b. 1965)
- Lars Kestner, author
- Albert H. Meier, scientist and inventor
- John LaPlante (1953-2007), Capitol Bureau chief for the Morning Advocate
- Lewis P. Simpson, author, editor, and professor at LSU
- Eric Voegelin, (1901–1985), political theorist and professor at LSU
- H. Jesse Walker, geographer and Boyd professor at LSU
- Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and emeritus professor at Louisiana State University
- T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize winning author and professor at LSU
- Joe Giaime, physics professor at LSU, head of the LIGO Livingston Observatory
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