List of Famous people born in Louisiana, United States of America
Michael Cloud
Michael Jonathan Cloud is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 27th congressional district since 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Thomas Porteous
Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served for sixteen years before being impeached and removed from office in December 2010.
Aeneas Williams
Aeneas Demetrius Williams is a former American football player, who played with the Arizona Cardinals and St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Southern University and was drafted in the third round of the 1991 NFL Draft. Williams was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. Aeneas started out as a cornerback then switched to free safety later in his career.
Taijuan Walker
Taijuan Emmanuel Walker is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays.
Trai Turner
Trai Denzell Turner is an American football guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State University. He played for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020.
Nic Pizzolatto
Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto is an American writer, producer and director. He is best known for creating the HBO crime drama series True Detective.
Seimone Augustus
Seimone Delicia Augustus is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Dynamo Kursk, and the U.S. national team. She was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx first overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft, and was traded to the Sparks 14 years later. An eight-time all-star, Augustus has become one of the most recognizable faces in the WNBA, earning MVP honors while leading the Lynx to the 2011 WNBA championship, the first of four that she won with the team.
Prince La La
Lawrence Nelson, who recorded as Prince La La, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. After a single R&B hit, "She Put the Hurt on Me", he died of a drugs overdose, aged 27.
Rob Guillory
Rob Guillory is an American comic book artist. Born, raised, and currently based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Guillory is most known for his art on Chew, published by Image Comics.
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Pruitt Taylor Vince is an American character actor. He became known for his roles in the films Shy People (1987) and Mississippi Burning (1988). He also appeared in Jacob's Ladder (1990), Nobody's Fool (1994), Heavy (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), The Legend of 1900 (1998), Identity (2003), Constantine (2005), Gotti (2018), and Bird Box (2018).