List of people from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

This is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at some point in their life.

## Sportspeople
* Seimone Augustus, former WNBA player who is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks (b. 1984) 
* Brandon Bass, NBA power forward (b. 1985) 
* Billy Cannon, former All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner (b. 1937) 
* Michael Clayton, former NFL wide receiver (b. 1982) 
* Willie Davenport, Olympics gold medal winner 
* Glen Davis, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers (b. 1986) 
* David Dellucci, MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1973) 
* Warrick Dunn, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1975) 
* Chad Durbin, MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1977) 
* Alan Faneca, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1976)
* Randall Gay, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints (b. 1982) 
* Stephen Gostkowski, American football placekicker
* Darryl Hamilton, MLB outfielder for various clubs (b. 1964) 
*Jeremy Hill, NFL running back for the New England Patriots
* Russ Johnson, major league infielder (b. 1973) 
* Lolo Jones, track and field athlete 
* Stefan LeFors, former quarterback in American and Canadian football 
* Norman LeJeune, NFL former football safety 
* Pete Maravich, LSU and NBA player in Basketball Hall of Fame
* Todd McClure, former NFL offensive lineman for Atlanta Falcons (b. 1977) 
* Buddy Myer, MLB 2-time All-Star second baseman, batting and stolen base titles 
*Aaron Nola, MLB All Star baseball pitcher (b. 1993)
* Jonathan Papelbon, MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (b. 1980) 
* Carly Patterson, Olympic gold medalist (b. 1988)
* Bob Pettit, Basketball Hall of Famer (b. 1932) 
* Andy Pettitte, MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees (b. 1972) 
* Bobby Phills, former professional basketball player (d. 2000) 
* Pat Screen, former LSU quarterback, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1981 to 1988  (1943–1994) 
* Ben Sheets, MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers (b. 1978) 
* Marcus Spears, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys (b. 1982) 
* Jim Taylor, Football Hall of Famer (b. 1935) 
* Tyrus Thomas, NBA forward for the Chicago Bulls (b. 1986) 
* Reggie Tongue, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, and Oakland Raiders
* Reggie Torbor, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins
* Jimmy Williams, NFL cornerback who graduated from Vanderbilt University and played for the Houston Texans
* Joe Williams, NFL player
* Kevin Windham, professional motocross racer 

## Entertainers
* Boosie Badazz, rap artist (b. 1982)
* Wes Brown, actor, *We Are Marshall*, *Glory Road*, *Beach Girls*
* Andrei Codrescu, writer
* 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) 
* Louis Edmonds, actor, *All My Children*
* Wesley Eure, actor, author 
* John Fred, singer, best known for the song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" (1941-2005)
* Larry Garner, blues guitarist
* Kevin Gates, rap artist
* Jiminy Glick, fictional Hollywood socialite and former host of *Primetime Glick*
* Dale Houston, singer, best known for the song "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (1940-2007)
* 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)
* Jonathon "Boogie" Long, blues rock musician
* 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"
* Elemore Morgan Jr., landscape painter and photographer (b. 1931)
* James Paul, Conductor Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Symphony (b. 1940)
* Cameron Richardson, actress, *Open Water 2: Adrift* (b. 1979)
* Percy Sledge, singer, "When a Man Loves a Woman"
* Slim Harpo, blues musician
* Steven Soderbergh, director
* Tabby Thomas, blues musician and club owner (b. 1929)
* 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

## Politicians
* Larry S. Bankston, lawyer and former state senator, son of Jesse Bankston, D (b. 1951)
* Regina Barrow (b. 1966), member of the Louisiana State Senate, former state representative for East and West Baton Rouge parishes, 2005-2016
* 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 
*Sherman A. Bernard (1925-2012), state insurance commissioner from 1972 to 1988; convicted felon, D
* Morton Blackwell (b. 1939), political activist in Louisiana and later Virginia, R
* Mike Branch (b. 1968), state senator and commercial pilot, later of Las Vegas, Nevada, R
* Overton Brooks (1897-1961), U.S. representative from 1937 to 1961, representing Louisiana's 4th congressional district based about Shreveport, was born in Baton Rouge, D 
*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
* H. Rap Brown, African American activist imprisoned in Georgia 
*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
*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
*Sally Clausen (b. 1945), former university president and commissioner of Louisiana higher education, retired in Baton Rouge
* 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
* Luther F. Cole (1925-2013), legislator, judge, state Supreme Court associate justice, D 
* Paula Davis (b. 1973), state representative for District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015
*William J. "Bill" Dodd (1909-1991), state representative, lieutenant governor, state auditor, member of Louisiana Board of Education, state education superintendent, D
*Gil Dozier, Louisiana agriculture commissioner from 1976 to 1980; convicted felon, D
*Rick Edmonds, state representative for District 66 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2016, R
* Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police since 2008, R
* Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952–2016), member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the Louisiana House of Representatives in January and February 2016, D 
* Jimmy Field, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner (1996-2012), R 
*Jeff Fortenberry, U.S. representative from Nebraska (b. 1960), R
* Mike Futrell, former state representative and Metro Council member, R 
* 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 
* Douglas D. "Doug" Green (b. c. 1950), state insurance commissioner, 1988–1991; convicted felon, D
*Anthony Guarisco Jr. (b. 1938), former state senator from Morgan City; lawyer, formerly practiced in Baton Rouge, D
* Dudley A. Guglielmo, (1909-2005) Louisiana insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972, D 
*Rufus D. Hayes (1913-2002), first state insurance commissioner, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, former state Democratic chairman, D
* Betty Heitman, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee from 1983 to 1987; resided in and died in 1994 in Baton Rouge, R
* Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (b. 1952), D 
* Barry Ivey (b. 1979), businessman and current member of the Louisiana House from District 65 (b. 1979), R 
* Alphonse J. Jackson (1927-2014), state representative from Caddo Parish, 1972–1992; operated public relations firm in Baton Rouge after leaving the legislature; died in and buried in Baton Rouge, D 
* Edward C. James (b. 1981), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2012, D
*Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins (b. 1947), former Louisiana state representative and three-time U.S. Senate candidate, D-turned-R 
* Bobby Jindal (b. 1971), Governor and Louisiana congressman, R 
* Johnnie Jones (Civil Rights) (b. 1920), member of the Louisiana House between 1972 and 1976.
* Edmond Jordan (b. 1971), member of the Louisiana House since 2016 for District 29 in West and East Baton Rouge parishes 
*Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (b. 1918), former member of Louisiana Board of Regents, D
*Jeannette Knoll (b. 1943), associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; born in Baton Rouge, resident of Marksville, D
*Fred S. LeBlanc, mayor of Baton Rouge (1941-1944), state attorney general (1944-1948; 1952–1956), D
*Coleman Lindsey (1892-1968), state senator, lieutenant governor, state district court judge, D 
*John Maginnis (1948-2014), Louisiana political journalist, author, and commentator; reared and resided in Baton Rouge
* Robert M. Marionneaux (b. 1968), attorney and state senator, D 
* Sidney McCrory (1911-1985), entomologist who served as state agriculture commissioner from 1956 to 1960, D
*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 
* Nolan Mettetal (1945-2020), Mississippi state representative
*Henson Moore, U.S. representative from Sixth Congressional District, 1975–1987, R
* W. Spencer Myrick, state legislator from West Carroll Parish, later resided in Baton Rouge, D
* J. Kelly Nix (b. 1934), Baton Rouge businessman since 1984; Louisiana superintendent of education, 1976 to 1984, D
* Bob Odom (1935-2014), state agriculture commissioner, 1980–2008, D
* 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.
* John Victor Parker (1928-2014), judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1979-2014
*Edward Grady Partin (1924-1990), Teamsters Union figure, D
* Tony Perkins (b. 1963), former state representative and president of the Family Research Council, R
* Ralph Perlman, Louisiana state budget director, 1967-1988
* Melvin Rambin, mayor of Monroe from 2000 to 2001; former banker in Baton Rouge, interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, R
*Buddy Roemer, former governor and Baton Rouge businessman (b. 1943), I
*Sean Reilly, state representative from 1988 to 1996 and current chief operations officer of Lamar Advertising, D
*Buddy Roemer, former governor of Louisiana; resides in Baton Rouge
* Frank P. Simoneaux, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1982; lawyer in Baton Rouge, D
*Patricia Haynes Smith, state representative for District 67 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2008
* Mason Spencer, state representative from Madison Parish from 1924 to 1936, born in Baton Rouge in 1892, D
* Raymond Strother, political consultant, lived in Baton Rouge from 1960 to 1980, D
* Zachary Taylor, military leader and the twelfth President of the United States(1784–1850), W 
* David C. Treen, former Louisiana governor (1928-2009), was born in Baton Rouge, R 
*Lillian W. Walker, former state representative (1964-1972), D
* Gus Weill, public relations consultant, author, television host, D 
* Mack A. "Bodi" White Jr., state representative since 2004, R 
* John C. White, Louisiana education superintendent since 2012, I
* J. Robert Wooley, insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2006; attorney with Adams & Reese in Baton Rouge, D

## Related pages
*List of people from Louisiana

## References