List of people from New Orleans, Louisiana

List of people from New Orleans, Louisiana

This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Contents

Academia

Arts and literature

Business and economics

  • William Edenborn (1848–1926), industrialist and inventor, owner of Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, which linked Shreveport with New Orleans[1]
  • Daniel Henry Holmes, 19th century businessman
  • Chris Owens; Burlesque performer and entrepreneur
  • Oliver Pollock, merchant, financier of the American Revolutionary War
  • Louis J. Roussel, Jr., businessman and political kingmaker
  • Clay Shaw, businessman
  • Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil (1783–1843), businessman
  • John McDonogh (1779–1850), shipping, land speculation (world's largest prive landholder ca. 1850), philanthropist and namesake of many New Orleans schools

Cuisine

Crime

Film and television

Journalism

Law, politics, and military

Math, science, and invention

Music

Sports

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ "Greggory E. Davies, William Edenborn of Winn Parish, La.". files.usgwarchives.org. http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/winn/bios/edenborn.txt. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Badger, Algernon Sidney". Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php. Retrieved February 6, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Lawrason, Samuel McCutcheon". Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.com). http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php. Retrieved December 27, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Douglas, Emmitt Jame". A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php. Retrieved December 16, 2010. 

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