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People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors. Trace Adkins singer, songwriter Phil Anselmo singer, songwriter Louis Armstrong musician, singer Evelyn Ashford olympic champion Vernel Bagneris actor Danny Barker musician Dave Bartholomew producer, arranger, songwriter P. G. T. Beauregard confederate army general, author, inventor Sidney Bechet musician Arthur P. Bedou photographer Geoffrey Beene fashion designer E. J. Bellocq photographer Willie Birch artist Kathleen Blanco politician Vida Blue baseball player Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs politician Arna W. Bontemps poet, member harlem renaissance James Booker musician, singer Calvin Borel jockey John Ed Bradley writer, author Terry Bradshaw football player Poppy Brite author Marc Broussard singer, songwriter Tom "Red" Brown musician James Lee Burke author (born in TX) George Washington Cable author Truman Capote author Lindsey Cardinale singer Kitty Carlisle singer, actress James Carville political consultant Wayne Causey baseball player Tony Chachere founder tony's seasonings Jimmy Clanton singer William "Will" Clark baseball player Patricia Clarkson actress Van Cliburn concert pianist Vincent Coleman actor Harry Connick, Jr. musician, actor James "Jimmie" Davis singer, politician William "Willie" Davis football player Michael DeBakey physician, inventor Ellen DeGeneres actress Edward "Eddie" Delahoussaye jockey Jake Delhommne football player David Dellucci baseball player Antoine "Fats" Domino musician, singer, songwriter Donna Douglas actress Clyde Drexler basketball player Joe Dumars basketball player Warrick Dunn football player Mark Duper football player Edwin Edwards politician Kevin Faulk football player Marshall Faulk football player Trev Faulk football player David Filo co-founder yahoo Mary Alice Fontenot author Faith Ford actress Pete Fountain musician Ernest Gaines author Tim Gautreaux author Mickey Gilley musician, singer Louis Moreau Gottschalk pianist Shirley Ann Grau author Tom Gresham writer, radio talk show host, editor Andy Griggs singer Ronald Guidry baseball player Bryant Gumbel television newscaster Greg Gumbel television sportscaster Windsor Harmon actor Danneel Harris actress Elvin Hayes basketball player Alice Heine princess of monaco Lillian Hellman playwright George Herriman cartoonist Al Hirt musician Clementine Hunter artist Mahalia Jackson singer Randy Jackson singer, american idol judge Avery Johnson basketball player, coach Charles "Charlie" Joiner football player Bertram "Bert" Jones football player Doug Kershaw singer Sammy Kershaw singer Grace King author Ed Lafitte baseball player Dorothy Lamour actress Ali Landry model, actress, miss usa John Larroquette actor Elmore Leonard author, screenwriter Jerry Lee Lewis singer, musician Lil Wayne rapper Pat Listach baseball player Huey Long politician Ted Lyons baseball player Karl Malone basketball player Archie Manning football player (father Eli and Peyton) Eli Manning football player Peyton Manning football player "Pistol Pete" Maravich basketball player (born in PA) Branford Marsalis musician Wynton Marsalis musician Tim McGraw singer Adah Isaacs Menken actress Percy Miller (Master P) musician Cleo Moore actress Garrett Morris actor, comedian Jelly Roll Morton musician Kimberly "Kim" Mulkey basketball player, coach Aaron Neville singer Francis T. Nicholls attorney, politician, brigadier general Huey Newton activist Clad Ogea baseball player Melvin "Mel" Ott baseball player Carly Patterson olympic champion Mickey Patterson olympic champion Tyler Perry playwright, screenwriter, director Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit basketball player Andrew Pettitte baseball player Bobby Phills basketball player Louis Prima musician, songwriter, singer Paul Prudhomme chef Willis Reed basketball player Anne Rice author Norbert Rillieux inventor, engineer Johnny Rivers singer, songwriter Cokie Roberts news journalist Edward "Eddie" Robinson college football coach Johnny Nolan Robinson football player George Rodrigue artist Bill Russell basketball player John Wesley Ryles singer, songwriter Coleen Salley author, educator Richard Simmons fitness expert Howard K. Smith journalist, reporter Jackie Smith football player Ian Somerhalder actor Britney Spears singer Jamie Lynn Spears actress Freddie Spencer motorcycle racer Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub baseball player Kordell Stewart football player Patrick Surtain football player Hal Sutton golfer Jimmy Swaggart evangelist James Charles "Jim" Taylor football player David Toms golfer John Kennedy Toole author Allen Toussaint musician, songwriter Ben Turpin comedian, actor Ray Walston actor Reginald DeVincey Wayne football player Rebecca Wells author Edward Douglass White, Jr. politician, jurist Wally Whitehurst baseball player Lynn Whitfield actress Douglas "Doug" Williams football player Hank Williams, Jr. singer Richard Williams tennis coach Justin Wilson chef Reese Witherspoon actress Is someone missing from this list?
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