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

Antoinette Renee Frank is a former New Orleans police officer who, on March 4, 1995, committed a violent armed robbery at a restaurant which resulted in the killing of two members of the family who ran the establishment, and fellow New Orleans Police Department officer Ronald A. Williams II. She was aided by an accomplice, a drug dealer and probable lover, Rogers Lacaze. Frank is the only woman on death row in Louisiana, at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel, Louisiana.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the United States Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs from 2013 to 2017. Following her work as a diplomat, Thomas-Greenfield became a senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C.

Demetress Carte Bell is a former American football offensive tackle. After playing college football for Northwestern State, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played for the Bills for four seasons and one season in Philadelphia. Impressively, Bell made the NFL and played for half a decade without ever having played a down of high school football, or having gone to college with the intent of playing football. He is the son of former basketball star Karl Malone.

Edward Earl Reed Jr. is an American former professional football player and current assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Miami. Reed was a safety in the National Football League (NFL), spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, where he was a two-time consensus All-American. He was drafted by the Ravens in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft and played 11 seasons for Baltimore before playing with the Houston Texans and New York Jets in 2013.

Kelly Paul Oubre Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Oubre played one season of college basketball for the University of Kansas before being selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 15th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, who then traded him to the Washington Wizards. Oubre has also played for the Phoenix Suns.

Stephen Carroll Gostkowski is an American football placekicker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. One of just two kickers drafted, Gostkowski was the only rookie kicker to make an NFL roster that year. He has won three Super Bowls with the Patriots and played in six.

Alyssa Carson is an American space enthusiast.

Jermell De'Avante Charlo is an American professional boxer. He is currently a unified light middleweight world champion, having held the WBC title since 2019, and the WBA (Super), IBF and Ring magazine titles since September 2020. His identical twin brother, Jermall Charlo, is also a professional boxer and world champion. In 2017, Jermell was ranked as the world's best active light middleweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB). As of April 2020, he is ranked as the world's best active light middleweight by both BoxRec and The Ring magazine, and ranked fourth in the world by the TBRB.

John Bel Edwards is an American politician and attorney serving as the 56th governor of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the Democratic leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives for two terms.

Bryan Christopher Williams, better known by his stage name Birdman, is an American rapper, record executive, and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and public face of Cash Money Records which he founded with his older brother Ronald "Slim" Williams in 1992. Birdman released his eponymous debut album in 2002, and has gone on to release four solo studio albums in total. Aside from his solo career, he is also a member of the hip-hop duo Big Tymers, along with producer Mannie Fresh.