List of people from New Orleans

A

• Rick Abao, jazz musician, composer and entertainer
• Alvin Alcorn, Jazz Musicians
• Oliver Alcorn, jazz and blues musicians
• Phil Anselmo, musicians
• Louis Armstrong, jazz musician and singer
• Boyd Atkins, jazz musician, arranger and composer

B

• Lucinda Ballard, costume designer
• Lionel Batiste, singer and percussionist
• Johnny Bayer Dorffer, Jazz Musicians
• Germaine Bazzle, jazz singer
• Sidney Bechet, jazz musician
• Al Bernard, singer
• Barney Bigard, a clarinetist
• Birdman, rapper
• Ed Blackwell, jazz drummer
• Eddie Bo, musician
• Buddy Bolden, trumpeter
• James Booker, blues, boogie and jazz pianist, organist and singer
• Connee Boswell, blues and jazz singer
• Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny, U.S. Senator
• Lillian Boutté, singer, since 1986 " musical ambassador of New Orleans "
• Poppy Z. Brite, writer
• Roy Brown, blues musician
• Merritt Brunies, Jazz Musicians
• John Brunious senior jazz musicians
• John Brunious junior, jazz musician
• Albert Burbank, jazz musician
• Duke Burrell, jazz musician
• Sam Butera, tenor saxophonist and arranger

C

• George Washington Cable, writer
• Louis Placide Canonge, journalist and writer
• Truman Capote, writer
• Kitty Carlisle, singer and actress
• Emile Christian, jazz trombonist and bassist
• Edward Clark, 8th Governor of Texas
• Joseph "Red" Clark, a jazz musician
• Patricia Clarkson, Actress
• James Lawton Collins, two -star general
• J. Lawton Collins, 4 -star general; Corps Commander during the Second World War
• Lee Collins, jazz trumpeter and bandleader
• Harry Connick, singer, pianist and actor
• Fred Crane, actor and radio presenter

D

• Wallace Davenport, jazz trumpeter
• Allen Daviau, Cinematographer
• Stanton Davis, jazz trumpeter and wings hornist
• Edmond Dede, composer and violinist
• Ellen DeGeneres, actress
• Harold Dejan, jazz musician and band leader
• Jack Delaney jazz musicians
• George Dixon, a jazz musician
• Baby Dodds, jazz drummer
• Fats Domino, blues musicians
• Dr. John, rock'n'roll, blues and jazz musician and music producer
• Clyde Drexler, Basketball Player
• Champion Jack Dupree, blues singer and pianist
• Honoré Dutrey, jazz trombonist

F

• Marshall Faulk, football player
• Sal Franz Ella, Jazz Musicians
• Bob French, jazz musician and radio presenter
• Cie Frazier, Jazz Musicians

G

• Daniel F. Galouye, journalist and science fiction writer
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Pianist and Composer
• Danny Granger, Basketball Player

B

• Herb Hardesty, R & B saxophonist
• John Hébert, bassist
• Lillian Hellman, writer
• Barry Shabaka Henley, Actor
• George Herriman, cartoonist and caricaturist
• Art Hillery, jazz musician and composer
• Linda Hopkins, blues and gospel singer
• Clint Houston, Jazz Musicians
• Noah Howard, jazz saxophonist
• Armand Hug, jazz pianist

J

• Anthony Jackson, pianist, singer and composer
• Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer
• Papa Charlie Jackson, blues musician
• Leroy Jones, jazz musician
• Bernard Johnson, jazz musician and plays
• Bunk Johnson, cornetist and trumpeter
• Kent Jordan, Jazz Musicians
• Marlon Jordan, Jazz Musicians
• Joseph Kirk, jazz musician
• Waldren " Frog" Joseph, Jazz Musicians
• Juvenile, a rap musician

K

• Freddie Keppard, cornetist
• Freddie Kohlman, jazz drummer

L

• Alfred " Pantsy " Laine, a jazz musician
• Charles Lucien Lambert, Composer
• Dorothy Lamour, actress
• Moon Landrieu, politicians
• Nick LaRocca, cornetist, bandleader and jazz pioneer
• John Larroquette, actor
• Marie Laveau, Voodoo Priestess
• Sabrina Le Beauf, Actress
• Elmore Leonard, writer
• Steve Lewis, a jazz musician
• George Lewis, Jazz Musicians
• John Lindsay, a jazz musician
• Lil Wayne, rapper
• Lloyd, R & B singer
• Fred Lonzo, Jazz Musicians
• Warren Luening, Jazz Musicians

M

• Sherwood Mangiapane, Jazz Musicians
• Eli Manning, football player
• Peyton Manning, football player
• Angélica María, singer and actress
• Lawrence Marrero, Jazz Musicians
• Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist
• Delfeayo Marsalis, jazz trombonist
• Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter
• Bo McCalebb, American- Macedonian Basketball Players
• Paul Morphy, Chess Players
• John Allen Muhammad, serial killers
• Mystikal, rap musicians

N

• Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans
• Aaron Neville, Charles Neville, Ivan Neville and the other Neville Brothers, musicians

O

• Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy

P

• Earl C. Palmer, rhythm and blues and rock and roll drummer
• Roy Palmer, Jazz Musicians
• Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, Jazz Musicians
• Walter Payton, jazz musician, music teacher
• Santo Pecora, jazz trombonist
• Nat Perillat, jazz and R & B saxophonist
• Tom Piazza writer
• Fats Pichon jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
• Paul Poincy, painter
• Greg Poss, Hockey Coach
• Benny Powell, Jazz Musicians
• Alton Purnell, Jazz Musicians

Q

• Wardell Quezergue, composer and music producer

R

• Martin Ransohoff, film producer
• Godfrey Reggio, director
• Anne Rice, writer
• Kermit Ruffins, jazz musician

S

• Bill Sheppard, music producer
• Gregg Stafford, Jazz Musicians
• Johnny rock, jazz musician

T

• Sam Theard, singer and songwriter
• Blanche Thomas, singer
• Ken Thompson, computer
• Richard Alvin Tonry, politicians
• John Kennedy Toole, writer
• Allen Toussaint, musician
• Nat Towles, jazz bassist and bandleader
• Earl Turbinton, jazz saxophonist

V

• Louis Varney, French composer of operettas
• Shirley Verrett, Opera Singer

W

• Ray Walston, actor
• Kenny Washington, jazz singer
• Tuts Washington, blues pianist
• Lil Wayne, rapper
• Joseph R. West, politician and Union general in the American Civil War
• Johnny Wiggs, jazz cornet player and bandleader
• Jerrel Wilson football player
• George Dale Williams, arranger and composer
• Spencer Williams, musician and songwriter
• Reese Witherspoon, actress
• Michael Wolff, a musician, composer and actor

Y

• Andrew Young, Civil Rights Activist

Z

• Chester Zardis, Jazz Musicians

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