List of Famous people born in Louisiana, United States of America
Steve Ensminger
Steve Ensminger is an American football coach and former player. He is an offensive analyst at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Casey Daigle
Sean Casey Daigle is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Damon Harrison
Damon Paul Harrison, nicknamed "Snacks" Harrison, is an American football nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at William Penn University and was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He has also been a member of the New York Giants, Detroit Lions, and Seattle Seahawks. According to Pro Football Focus, he led the league in run-stop percentage between 2013 and 2016.
Chris Howard
Christopher L. Howard is a retired professional American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Howard had been drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. His professional football career was haunted by fumble troubles, which caused the Broncos to release him before he played a regular season game for them. Howard began to have fumble problems again when the Jaguars acquired and promoted him to a role as a regular player.
Aaron Holiday
Aaron Shawn Holiday is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. The guard played in high school in Los Angeles, where he was ranked among the top players nationally. Holiday was a starter as a college freshman in 2015–16 before becoming the Bruins' leading reserve the following year. As a junior, he returned to the starting lineup as the Bruins' point guard, and earned All-American recognition as well as first-team all-conference and all-defensive honors in the Pac-12. Holiday was selected by the Pacers in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 23rd overall pick. He is the younger brother of NBA players Jrue and Justin Holiday.
Toya Johnson
Antonia "Toya" Johnson (born October 26, 1983) is an American reality television personality, rapper, businesswoman, and author.
Mark Duplass
Mark David Duplass is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. He is the brother of filmmaker Jay Duplass, and together the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996, and have written and directed the films The Puffy Chair (2005), Baghead (2008), Cyrus (2010), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012). Duplass played the role of Pete Eckhart in the FX television series The League (2009–2015). He was also one of the stars of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) with Aubrey Plaza.
Regis Prograis
Regis Prograis is an American professional boxer. He held the WBA light welterweight title in 2019 and the WBC interim light welterweight title in 2018. As of July 2020, he is ranked as the world's second best active light welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and third by The Ring magazine and BoxRec. Prograis currently has an 83.3% knockout-to-win ratio.
Aaron Neville
Aaron Joseph Neville is an American R&B and soul vocalist and musician. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that went to #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. His debut single, from 1966, was #1 on the Soul chart for five weeks.
Reggie Wayne
Reginald Wayne is a former American football wide receiver who spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Miami, and was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 2001 NFL Draft. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Wayne was a member of the Colts' Super Bowl XLI championship team that beat the Chicago Bears. He ranks tenth all-time in NFL career receptions, tenth all-time in NFL receiving yards, and 24th all-time in career touchdown receptions. On December 14, 2014, Wayne played in both his 209th game and his 142nd win as a member of the Colts, breaking the franchise records set by Peyton Manning.