Notable inhabitants of Baton Rouge

Notable inhabitants, past and present

Sports figures

• Seimone Augustus, WNBA guard for the Minnesota Lynx (b. 1984)
• Brandon Bass, NBA Power Forward for the Dallas Mavericks (b. 1985)
• Billy Cannon, former All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner (b. 1937)
• Michael Clayton, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (b. 1982)
• Glen Davis, forward for the Boston Celtics
• David Dellucci, MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Indians (b. 1973)
• Warrick Dunn, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons (b. 1975)
• Chad Durbin, MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies (b. 1977)
• Alan Faneca, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1976)
• Randall Gay, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints (b. 1982)
• Darryl Hamilton, MLB outfielder for various clubs (b. 1964)
• Fred Haynes (1946-2006), LSU football great, 1964-1968
• Russ Johnson, major league infielder (b. 1973)
• Lolo Jones, American track and field athlete
• Stefan LeFors, NFL quarterback ex-Carolina Panthers; CFL Edmonton Eskimos (b. 1981)
• Travis Minor, NFL running back St.Louis Rams
• 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)
• 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 >
• Kevin Windham, professional motocross racer
• Reggie Torbor, NFL Linebacker for the New York Giants (b.1981)
• Mickey Marshall, BMX professional rider

Entertainers

• Wes Brown, actor We Are Marshall, Glory Road, Beach Girls.
• Donna Douglas, actress from The Beverly Hillbillies (b. 1933)
• Wesley Eure, actor/author
• John Fred, singer, best known for the song Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) (1941-2005)
• 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, American blues musician and actor (b. 1962)
• Lil Boosie, rap artist (b. 1983)
• Reiley McClendon, actor (b. 1990)
• John McConnell, actor, radio personality (b. 1958)
• Cleo Moore, actress (d. 1973)
• Elemore Morgan, Jr, landscape painter and photographer (b. 1931)
• James Paul, Conductor Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Symphony (b. 1940)
• Tabby Thomas, blues musician and club owner (b. 1929)
• Pruitt Taylor Vince, character actor (b. 1960)
• Webbie, rap artist (b. 1985)
• Shane West, actor (b. 1978)
• Lynn Whitfield, actress
• C-Loc, rap artist
• Max Minelli, rap artist (b.1980)
• Trent Dawson, actor from As the World Turns (b.1971)
• John Mese, actor (b.1963)
• Cameron Richardson, Actress, Adrift (b.09/11/1979)

Politicians

• Jesse Bankston (b. 1907), centenarian president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting; longterm member of the Democratic State Central Committee; former confidant of Earl Kemp Long
• James H. Boyce (1922-1990), Caterpillar Company industrialist and chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party, 1972-1976
• Jack Breaux, first Republican mayor of a Louisiana community, mayor of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish from 1966 until his death in 1980
• Overton Brooks, former Louisiana Democratic U.S. representative from 1937-1961, representing the Shreveport district (d. 1961), D
• James H. "Jim" Brown, former state senator, secretary of state, and state insurance commissioner (b. 1940), D
• Theo Cangelosi, (1911-1992), former state representative, lawyer, banker, gubernatorial advisor, D
• Carl Crane, state representative from Baton Rouge since 1984, R
• Charles H. Dillemuth (1912-1989), real estate businessman for whom the "Charles H. Dillemuth Humanitarian of the Year Award" is named; congressional candidate in 1960, civic leader, R
• Jeff Fortenberry, U.S. representative from Nebraska (b. 1960), R
• Clark Gaudin, attorney and first Republican state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish since Reconstruction (b. 1931), R
• Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish (b. 1952), D
• Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins, former Louisiana state representative and three-time U.S. Senate candidate (b. 1947), R
• Donald Ray Kennard, Louisiana state representative from East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes since 1976, R
• Elmer Litchfield, sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1983 to 2006 (b. 1927), R
• Chuck McMains, former state representative and Baton Rouge lobbyist, R
• Henson Moore, U.S. representative from Sixth Congressional District, 1975-1987, R
• Robert Fred "Bob" Odom, state agriculture commissioner, 1980-2008, D
• Dan Richey, former state legislator and political consultant (b. 1948), R
• Buddy Roemer, former governor and Baton Rouge businessman (b. 1943), R
• Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council (b. 1963), R
• Zachary Taylor an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States(1784 – 1850), W
• Sandra Thompson, environmentalist and former director of the Atchafalaya Basin Project, R
• David Treen, former Louisiana governor (b. 1928), R

Military commanders

• Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant for the USMC from 1979-1983 (b. 1922)
• John A. Lejeune, Marine Corps general (d. 1942)

Intellectuals

• Ed Cullen, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate columnist, National Public Radio essayist, author of Letter in a Woodpile
• Margaret Dixon, first woman managing editor of the Morning Advocate (1949-1970), crusader for prison reform and assistance to the mentally ill
• Mike Dunne (1949-2007), environmental reporter for the Morning Advocate
• Stephan Kinsella, American intellectual property lawyer and libertarian legal theorist (b. 1965)
• Lars Kestner, author
• John LaPlante (1953-2007), Capitol Bureau chief for the Morning Advocate
• Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and emeritus professor at Louisiana State University
• Joe Giaime, physics professor at LSU, head of the LIGO Livingston Observatory