This is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at some point.
Pete Maravich
Jarell Martin
Buddy Myer
Andy Pettitte
Seimone Augustus , former WNBA player who is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks (b. 1984)[1]
Frank Bartley , basketball player for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Lega Basket Serie A (b. 1994)
Brandon Bass , NBA power forward (b. 1985)[2]
Billy Cannon , former All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner (d. 2018)[3]
Michael Clayton , former NFL wide receiver (b. 1982)[4]
Willie Davenport , Olympics gold medal winner[5]
Brad Davis , college football coach (b. 1980)
Glen Davis , NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers (b. 1986)[6]
David Dellucci , MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1973)[7]
Warrick Dunn , NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1975)[8]
Chad Durbin , MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1977)[9]
Alan Faneca , NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1976)[10]
Langston Galloway , NBA G League player for the College Park Skyhawks (b. 1991)
Randall Gay , NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints (b. 1982)[11]
Stephen Gostkowski , American football placekicker
Darryl Hamilton , MLB outfielder for various clubs (b. 1964)[12]
Jeremy Hill , NFL running back for the New England Patriots
Russ Johnson , major league infielder (b. 1973)[13]
Lolo Jones , track and field athlete[14]
Victor Jones , NFL player
Stefan LeFors , former quarterback in American and Canadian football [15]
Norman LeJeune , former NFL football safety[16]
Donnie Lewis , NFL Player
Pete Maravich , LSU and NBA player in Basketball Hall of Fame [17]
Jarell Martin (born 1994), American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Skylar Mays , NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks (b. 1997)
Todd McClure , former NFL offensive lineman for Atlanta Falcons (b. 1977)[18]
Jerome Meyinsse (b. 1988), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Rod Milburn (b. 1976), Olympic gold medalist
Travis Minor , NFL running back, St. Louis Rams
Yohanan Moyal (b. 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
Buddy Myer , MLB 2-time All-Star second baseman, batting and stolen base titles[19]
Aaron Nola , MLB All Star baseball pitcher (b. 1993)
Jonathan Papelbon , MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1980)[20]
Carly Patterson , Olympic gold medalist (b. 1988)[ citation needed ]
Bob Pettit , Basketball Hall of Famer (b. 1932)[21]
Andy Pettitte , MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees (b. 1972)[22]
Bobby Phills , former professional basketball player (d. 2000)[23]
Brandon Sampson (born 1997), professional basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Pat Screen , former LSU quarterback, Mayor -President of East Baton Rouge Parish, 1981–1988 (1943–1994)[24]
Ben Sheets , MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers (b. 1978)[25]
Josh Smith , baseball player (b. 1997)
Marcus Spears , NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys (b. 1982)[26]
Johnathan Stove , basketball player (b. 1995)
Sasha "Magi" Sullivan , esports player (b. 1999)[27]
Jim Taylor , Football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)[28]
Tyrus Thomas , NBA forward for the Chicago Bulls (b. 1986)[29]
Reggie Tongue , NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs , Seattle Seahawks , New York Jets , and Oakland Raiders [30] [ citation needed ]
Reggie Torbor , NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins [31]
Jimmy Williams , NFL cornerback who graduated from Vanderbilt University and played for the Houston Texans [32]
Joe Williams , NFL player[33]
Walter Williams , NFL player
Kevin Windham , professional motocross racer[34]
Boosie Badazz , rap artist (b. 1982)
Wes Brown , actor, We Are Marshall , Glory Road , Beach Girls [35]
Andrei Codrescu , writer[ citation needed ]
Bill Conti , conductor and composer
Stormy Daniels , porn star and porn director (b. 1979)
Trent Dawson , actor, As the World Turns (b. 1971)
Donna Douglas , actress, The Beverly Hillbillies (1933–2015)[36]
Louis Edmonds , actor, All My Children [ citation needed ]
Wesley Eure , actor, author[37]
Foxx , rap artist
John Fred , singer, best known for the song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" (1941–2005)[38]
Fredo Bang , rap artist
Larry Garner , blues guitarist
Kevin Gates , rap artist
Slim Harpo , blues musician
Dale Houston , singer, best known for the song "I'm Leaving It Up to You " (1940–2007)[39]
Randy Jackson , musician, record producer, and American Idol judge (b. 1956)
Chris Thomas King , blues musician and actor (b. 1962)
David Lambert , actor (b. 1992)
Don Lemon , CNN TV personality and host of CNN Tonight (b. 1966)
Lil Phat , rap artist
Jonathon "Boogie" Long , blues rock musician[40]
Master P , rap artist
Rod Masterson , actor (1945–2013)
Reiley McClendon , actor (b. 1990)
John McConnell , actor, radio personality (b. 1958)
Casey McQuiston , author of NYT bestseller Red, White, and Royal Blue
Cleo Moore , actress (d. 1973)
Elemore Morgan Jr. , landscape painter and photographer (d. 2008)
Brooks Nader , model and actress (b. 1997)
James Paul , Conductor Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Symphony (b. 1940)
Cameron Richardson , actress, Open Water 2: Adrift (b. 1979)
Rob49 , rap artist
Percy Sledge , singer, "When a Man Loves a Woman "
Steven Soderbergh , director
Tabby Thomas , blues musician and club owner (d. 2014)
Pruitt Taylor Vince , actor (b. 1960)
Rosalie "Lady Tamborine" Washington , gospel musician and tambourine player (b. 1957)
Webbie , rap artist (b. 1985)
Shane West , actor (b. 1978)
Lynn Whitfield , actress
YoungBoy Never Broke Again , rap artist
Larry S. Bankston , lawyer and former state senator, son of Jesse Bankston, D (b. 1951)[41]
Regina Barrow (b. 1966), member of the Louisiana State Senate , former state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes, 2005–2016[42]
V.J. Bella (b. 1927), former state representative from St. Mary Parish and state fire marshal, based in Baton Rouge, 1990–1992 and 1996–2004, R[ citation needed ]
Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012), state insurance commissioner , 1972–1988; convicted felon, D[43]
Morton Blackwell (b. 1939), political activist in Louisiana and later Virginia, R[ citation needed ]
Mike Branch (b. 1968), state senator and commercial pilot , later of Las Vegas , Nevada , R[ citation needed ]
Overton Brooks (1897–1961), U.S. representative , 1937–1961, representing Louisiana's 4th congressional district based about Shreveport , born in Baton Rouge, D[44]
Chad M. Brown , member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Iberville and Assumption parishes, effective January 2016, lives in Plaquemine, former Baton Rouge resident[45]
H. Rap Brown , African American activist imprisoned in Georgia [46]
George A. Caldwell , contractor who supervised the construction of twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana; imprisoned in the "Louisiana Hayride" scandals of 1939–1940, D[47]
Barbara West Carpenter (b. 1943), dean of international relations at Southern University and African-American Democrat state representative from District 63 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016[48]
Sally Clausen (b. 1945), former university president and commissioner of Louisiana higher education, retired in Baton Rouge[49]
Thomas G. Clausen (1939–2002), last person to be elected to the since appointed position of Louisiana education superintendent; St. Mary Parish native and Baton Rouge resident[50]
Luther F. Cole (1925–2013), legislator, judge, state Supreme Court associate justice, D[51]
Paula Davis (b. 1973), state representative for District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015[52]
William J. "Bill" Dodd (1909–1991), state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, member of Louisiana Board of Education, state education superintendent, D[53]
Gil Dozier , Louisiana agriculture commissioner , 1976–1980; convicted felon, D[54]
Rick Edmonds , state representative for District 66 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016, R[55]
Mike Edmonson , superintendent of the Louisiana State Police since 2008, R[56]
Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952–2016), member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the Louisiana House of Representatives in January and February 2016, D[57]
Jimmy Field , Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996–2012), R[58]
Jeff Fortenberry , U.S. representative from Nebraska (b. 1960), R[ citation needed ]
Mike Futrell , former state representative and Metro Council member, R[ citation needed ]
William H. Gray (1941–2013), U.S. representative from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , born in Baton Rouge, first African American to serve as a House majority whip, D[59]
Douglas D. "Doug" Green (b. c. 1950), state insurance commissioner, 1988–1991; convicted felon, D[ citation needed ]
Anthony Guarisco Jr. (b. 1938), former state senator from Morgan City ; lawyer, formerly practiced in Baton Rouge, D[60]
Dudley A. Guglielmo (1909–2005), Louisiana insurance commissioner 1964–1972, D[61]
Rufus D. Hayes (1913–2002), first state insurance commissioner, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, former state Democratic chairman, D[ citation needed ]
Betty Heitman , co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee , 1983–1987; resided in and died in 1994 in Baton Rouge, R[62]
Kip Holden , Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (b. 1952), D[63]
Barry Ivey (b. 1979), businessman and current member of the Louisiana House from District 65 (b. 1979), R[64]
Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (b. 1947), former Louisiana state representative and three-time U.S. Senate candidate, D-turned-R[65]
Bobby Jindal (b. 1971), Governor and Louisiana congressman, R[66]
Johnnie Jones (1920–2022), member of the Louisiana House, 1972–1976[67]
Edmond Jordan (b. 1971), member of the Louisiana House since 2016 for District 29 in West and East Baton Rouge parishes[68]
Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (1918–2014), former member of Louisiana Board of Regents , D[ citation needed ]
Jeannette Knoll (b. 1943), associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court ; born in Baton Rouge, resident of Marksville, D[69]
Fred S. LeBlanc , mayor of Baton Rouge (1941–1944), state attorney general (1944–1948; 1952–1956), D[ citation needed ]
Coleman Lindsey (1892–1968), state senator, lieutenant governor, state district court judge, D[70]
John Maginnis (1948–2014), Louisiana political journalist, author, and commentator; reared and resided in Baton Rouge[71]
Robert M. Marionneaux (b. 1968), attorney and state senator, D[ citation needed ]
Sidney McCrory (1911–1985), entomologist who served as state agriculture commissioner, 1956–1960, D[ citation needed ]
Eugene McGehee (1928–2014), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960–1972; state district court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1978, D[72]
Nolan Mettetal (1945–2020), Mississippi state representative[73]
Henson Moore , U.S. representative from Sixth Congressional District, 1975–1987, R[74]
W. Spencer Myrick , state legislator from West Carroll Parish , later resided in Baton Rouge, D[ citation needed ]
J. Kelly Nix (b. 1934), Baton Rouge businessman since 1984; Louisiana superintendent of education, 1976–1984, D[75]
Bob Odom (1935–2014), state agriculture commissioner, 1980–2008, D[ citation needed ]
Kenneth Osterberger (1930–2016), member of the Louisiana State Senate from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1992; defeated David Duke in 1975, D-turned-R
Jessel Ourso , colorful, controversial sheriff of Iberville Parish, began his career in law enforcement in the middle 1950s as a Baton Rouge municipal police officer, D[76]
John Victor Parker (1928–2014), judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana , 1979–2014[77]
Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990), Teamsters Union figure, D
Tony Perkins (b. 1963), former state representative and president of the Family Research Council , R[78]
Ralph Perlman , Louisiana state budget director, 1967–1988[79]
Melvin Rambin , mayor of Monroe , 2000–2001; former banker in Baton Rouge, interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, R[80]
Buddy Roemer , former governor and Baton Rouge businessman (b. 1943), I[81]
Frank P. Simoneaux , member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1982; lawyer in Baton Rouge, D[82]
Patricia Haynes Smith , state representative for District 67 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2008[83]
Mason Spencer , state representative from Madison Parish , 1924–1936, born in Baton Rouge in 1892, D[ citation needed ]
Raymond Strother , political consultant , lived in Baton Rouge, 1960–1980, D[84]
Zachary Taylor , military leader and the twelfth President of the United States (1784–1850), W[85]
David Treen , former Louisiana governor (1928–2009), born in Baton Rouge, R[86]
Lillian W. Walker , former state representative (1964–1972), D[ citation needed ]
Gus Weill , public relations consultant, author, television host, D[87]
Mack A. "Bodi" White Jr. , state representative since 2004, R[88]
John C. White , Louisiana education superintendent since 2012, I[89]
J. Robert Wooley , insurance commissioner, 2000–2006; attorney with Adams & Reese in Baton Rouge, D[ citation needed ]
Robert H. Barrow , 27th commandant of the Marine Corps, 1979–1983 (1922–2008)[90]
Paris Davis , U.S. Army special forces colonel and recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War
Stephen O. Fuqua , major general who served as U.S. Army Chief of Infantry [91]
Russel Honoré , general, U.S. Army , known for Hurricane Katrina relief
John A. Lejeune , 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps , 1920–1929 (1867–1942)[92]
Junius Wallace Jones , major general, U.S. Air Force , first Inspector-General of the Air Force (1890–1977)[93]
Homer L. Wise , Medal of Honor recipient during World War II
Louis Berry (1914–1998), civil rights attorney and dean of Southern University Law Center , 1972–1974[94]
David French Boyd (1834–1899), former president and professor at LSU[95]
John R. Conniff , New Orleans and Baton Rouge educator who served as president of Louisiana Tech University , 1926–1928[96]
Edwin Adams Davis , Louisiana historian[ citation needed ]
Mike Dunne (1949–2007), environmental reporter for the Morning Advocate [97]
John Guckenheimer , mathematician, Cornell University[98]
Kaylee Hartung , CBS News correspondent (b. 1985)[99]
George Hilton Jones III (1924–2008), Rhodes scholar, author, historian, and professor of history[100]
Stephan Kinsella , intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist (b. 1965)[ citation needed ]
Charles H. Loeb , journalist
John L. Loos , historian[101]
Mary Elizabeth Moore , Methodist theologian, author, and Boston University School of Theology dean[102]
Arthur T. Prescott (1863–1942), LSU administrator, founding president of Louisiana Tech University [103]
Jesse N. Stone (1924–2001), president of the Southern University System , 1974–1985; civil rights attorney[104]
Eric Voegelin (1901–1985), political theorist and professor at LSU[105]
Eugene Wigner , Nobel Prize -winning physicist and emeritus professor at Louisiana State University[106]
Mary Bushnell Williams (1826-1891), author, poet, translator
T. Harry Williams , Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor at LSU[107]
Julie Cantrell (b. 1973), bestselling novelist and editor
Isiah Carey (b. 1970), radio and television broadcast journalist and reporter, known for the "Reporter Goes Ghetto" YouTube video
Ralph Eggleston , animator at Pixar and director of the Academy Award-winning short film For the Birds
Yaser Esam Hamdi (b. 1980), captured while fighting in Afghanistan with the Taliban in 2001; known for the Supreme Court case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld [ citation needed ]
Todd Graves , entrepreneur and founder of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Don Lemon , news anchor and journalist
Barry Seal , Medellín Cartel drug trafficker
Jimmy Swaggart (b. 1935), Pentecostal televangelist, singer, pianist, pastor, author, and head of his eponymous named Bible college[108]
Matt Tullos (b. 1963), writer and minister[109]
Rani Whitfield , physician, broadcaster and author[110] [111]
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