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Alice Heine
Alice Heine (February 10, 1858 – December 22, 1925) styled HSH The Princess of Monaco, and also The Duchess of Richelieu, was the American-born second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco, a great-grandfather of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. -
Sarah Breedlove
Sarah (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) also known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. She made her fortune by developing and marketing a successful line of beauty and hair products for black women under the company she founded, Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. -
George Herriman
George (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among people in the arts. Gilbert Seldes' article "The Krazy Kat Who Walks by Himself" was the earliest example of a critic from the high arts giving serious attention to a comic strip. -
Clementine Hunter
Clementine (late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught African-American folk artist from the Cane River region in Louisiana -
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
(October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) "Jelly Roll Morton" is an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. -
Huey P. Long
(August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935) nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. -
Earl Long
(August 26, 1895 – September 5, 1960) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Louisiana for three non-consecutive terms. Long termed himself the "last of the red hot poppas" of politics, referring to his stump-speaking skills. He served from 1939 to 1940, 1948 to 1952, and 1956 to 1960. -
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Louis Armstrong born
(1901 - 1971) Famous trumpet player and singer; considered by many to one of the best jazz musicians ever. Born in New Orleans, LA -
Tony Chachere
Tony (June 1905- March 1995) born in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States is most commonly known as the founder of his eponymous Tony Chachere's Creole Foods seasonings and ingredients brand and its original product, Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning. -
Tony Canzoneri
(November 6, 1908 – December 9, 1959) was an American professional boxer. Canzoneri was a three-time world champion and held a total of five world titles.
Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions. -
Edwin Edwards
Edwin (born August 7, 1927) 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. He served a total of 16 years in office. -
Geoffrey Beene
(1927 - 2004) Fashion designer who founded Geoffrey Beene Inc. on 7th Avenue in Manhatten. His career spanned over 40 years before he died. Born in Haynesville -
Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr.
Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928) is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. Domino released five gold (million-copy-selling) records before 1955.Domino also had 35 Top 40 American hits and has a music style based on traditional rhythm and blues ensembles of bass, piano, electric guitar, drums, and saxophone. -
Dave Treen
Dave (July 16, 1928 – October 29, 2009) was an American attorney and politician from Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana – the first Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He was the first Republican in modern times to have served in the U.S. House of Representatives from his state. -
Michael DeBakey
Artificial Heart (1908 - 2008) Doctor that developed the first artificial heart. Born in Lake Charles, LA -
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
Kathleen (born December 15, 1942) served as the 54th Governor of Louisiana, having served from January 2004 until January 2008. She was the first woman to be elected to the office of governor of Louisiana. -
Greg Gumbel
(born May 3, 1946) was born in New Orleans. He is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network (most notably, the National Football League and NCAA basketball). The older brother of news and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel, he became the first African-American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001. -
Ellen DeGeneres
(born January 26, 1958) is stand-up comedian, television host, and actress. She starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show since 2003. -
David Filo
(born April 20, 1966) is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang. His Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server Pages, on visits to early versions of the Yahoo! web site.
