List of Famous people born in Louisiana, United States of America

Benny Michael Anders is a former star player at the Guy Lewis-coached University of Houston basketball teams during the early 1980s. The team featured a set of players called the Phi Slama Jama basketball fraternity that included Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Alvin Franklin, Reid Gettys, Larry Micheaux and Anders. According to the 30 for 30 documentary, Benny Anders now resides in Detroit, Michigan.

Kyle Derrick Williams is a former American football defensive tackle who spent his entire 13 year career with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, and was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft, playing 13 seasons with them before retiring following the 2018 season.

Freddie Ross Jr., better known by her stage name Big Freedia, is an American rapper known for her work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. Freedia has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which was largely underground since developing in the early 1990s. Freedia identifies herself as a gay man and has stated that she does not care which pronoun is used to refer to her.

Bryce Homer Drew is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Grand Canyon University. Previously he served as the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores and in the same capacity at his alma mater, Valparaiso, having succeeded his father, Homer Drew. Bryce's brother, Scott, also coached at Valpo before becoming the head coach of the Baylor Bears. As a player, Bryce Drew was known for his buzzer-beating shot in the first round of Valparaiso's run in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. He went on to play six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a backup point guard for the Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Hornets.

Andrew James Whitworth is an American football offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Whitworth has been voted to the Pro Bowl four times, and has been named a First-Team All-Pro twice during his career.

Thomas Alfred Maddox is a former football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), the XFL, and the Arena Football League. He is one of four players to have won both Super Bowl and XFL championships.

Ali Germaine Landry is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1996. She played Rita Lefleur on the UPN sitcom Eve and was the Doritos Girl in a 1998 Super Bowl commercial. In 1998, she was named by People magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.

Carl Austin Weiss Sr. was an American physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who was controversially implicated in the assassination of U.S. Senator Huey Long at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8, 1935.

Paul Millsap is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A power forward from Louisiana Tech University, Millsap was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 2006 NBA draft and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. He played in Utah until 2013, when he became a member of the Hawks. He is a four-time NBA All-Star.

Sadie Carroway Robertson Huff is an American actress and reality television star on the A&E show Duck Dynasty.