List of Famous people born in Louisiana, United States of America
Marques Johnson
Marques Kevin Johnson is an American former professional basketball player who is a basketball analyst for the Milwaukee Bucks on Fox Sports Net. He played as a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1977–1989, where he was a five-time All-Star. He played the majority of his career with the Bucks.
David Toms
David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer, who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour. From 1992 to 2017, Toms was a member of the PGA Tour, where he won 13 events, including one major, the 2001 PGA Championship. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006, and ranked as high as fifth in 2002 and 2003.
Kedrick Brown
Albert Kedrick Brown is an American professional basketball player who last played for Antalya BŞB, a Turkish professional basketball team.
Danneel Ackles
Danneel Ackles, credited professionally before 2012 as Danneel Harris, is an American actress and model. She played the role of Shannon McBain on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live and Rachel Gatina on the WB/CW television drama series One Tree Hill.
Kramer Robertson
Kramer Reid Robertson is an American professional baseball shortstop in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He attended Louisiana State University (LSU) and played college baseball for the LSU Tigers.
Ryan Harrison
Ryan Harrison is an American professional tennis player. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the 2017 French Open.
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA and World Series of Fighting. He debuted in the company on The Ultimate Fighter 2 television series, losing to Josh Burkman by decision in the first Welterweight elimination bout. Guillard currently holds the UFC record for most TKO/KO victories (eight) in the Lightweight division, surpassing the previous record held by Multi-Divisional Champion B.J. Penn with his knockout of Shane Roller at UFC 132. He again extended this record in his knockout victory over Mac Danzig at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga.
Lance Harris
John Lance Harris is an American businessman and politician from Alexandria, Louisiana. He is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 25 in Rapides Parish. In 2020, Harris ran for Congress in Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He was defeated by fellow Republican Luke Letlow in the runoff election.
Angela Kinsey
Angela Faye Kinsey is an American actress. She is best known for playing Angela Martin in the sitcom The Office (2005–2013). She also appeared in the sitcoms Your Family or Mine (2015) and Haters Back Off (2016–2017).
Brandon Bolden
Brandon Bolden is an American football running back and special teamer for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Mississippi. He was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2012.