Famous People from New Orleans, Louisiana

• Abdul-Mateen, Yahya

  Cal Abar in the TV version of 'Watchmen'

• Armstrong, Louis

  The charismatic jazz trumpeter who recorded "Hello Dolly"

• Capote, Truman

  Author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's

• Clarkson, Patricia

  Aunt Sarah on TV's Six Feet Under

• Coney Barrett, Amy

  President Trump's Supreme Court Pick Just Before Election 2020

• Connick, Harry Jr.

  Jazz heartthrob and Independence Day star

• Domino, Fats

  Early rock 'n' roll singer of "Blueberry Hill"

• Dr. John

  The New Orleans singer of 1973's "Right Place, Wrong Time"

• Isaacson, Walter

  The journalist/historian who wrote 'Steve Jobs' the bio

• Jackson, Mahalia

  Gospel singing legend

• Leonard, Elmore

  The author of Get Shorty and other funny crime novels

• Lil' Romeo

  Young rapper of "My Baby" and star of TV's Romeo!

• Lil Wayne

  The Grammy-winning rapper of the Tha Carter series of albums

• Manning, Eli

  The New York Giants quarterback who won Super Bowls in 2008 and 2012

• Manning, Peyton

  The veteran quarterback of the NFL's Denver Broncos

• Marsalis, Wynton

  The trumpeter in the Marsalis jazz family

• Newman, Randy

  Oscar-winning composer for the Toy Story movies

• Oswald, Lee Harvey

  Accused assassin of John F. Kennedy

• Perry, Tyler

  Madea in his film Diary of a Mad Black Woman

• Plessy, Homer

  Namesake of the U.S. court case Plessy v. Ferguson

• Rice, Anne

  Author of Interview With The Vampire

• Williams, Stanley Tookie

  Co-founder of the Crips street gang

• Witherspoon, Reese

  The Oscar-winning co-star of Walk the Line

See also: Born in Louisiana