Notable People

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Lucian Adams - Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient 1922-2003
Johnnie Allan 1938-
Kelly Asbury 1960-
Douglas Reagan Ault 1950-2004
G. W. Bailey 1944-
Jerry Ball  
Benny Barnes 1936-1987
Morris "Buddy" Benz  
Rod Bernard  
Jack Brooks 1922-
"Jivin Gene" Bourgeois  
Sidney Bowman 1907-1987
Garland Boyette 1940-
Zachary Breaux 1960-1997
Lonnie Brooks  
Grace Broussard  
Joseph Eloi Broussard 1866-1956
Aaron Brown 1943-
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924-2005
Cliff Bruner 1915-2000
Alanson Burson  
James Anthony "Bubba" Busceme 1952-
Chad "Pimp C" Butler 1973-2007
Tracy Byrd 1966-
Morris Carona 1918-
Chichester Chaplin 1800-1874
Bobby Charles  
Clifton Chenier 1925-1987
Mark Chesnutt 1963-
Harry H. Choates 1922-1951
Jimmy Clanton  
Donnie Cole 1956-
Major General Harold E. Collins 1924-
Jesse Martin Combs 1889-1953
Samuel Bronson Cooper 1850-1918
Walter Joshua Crawford 1873-1924
Frank Cricchio  
Michael Angelo Cunningham 1889-1959
Richard William "Dick" Dowling 1838-1867
Shane Dronett 1971-
Arleigh Elton Duff 1924-
Ted Dunbar 1937-
Frank Eidom 1932-1955
Adrian Johan Elings  
Gloria Byrns Evans 1922-
Margaret Murphy Ezzell 1902-1987
Mel Farr 1944-
Miller Farr 1943-
Julius D. Feigelson 1941-
Christie Flanagan 1905-1991
Marty Fleckman 1944-
Frankie Ford 1939-
John Fred  
David Hess Garner 1807-1864
Jacob Harmon Garner 1814-1887
John W. Gates 1855-1911
Robert Giblin 1952-
Austin "Goose" Gonsoulin  
Larry Graham 1946-
Henry R. Green  
Joseph Grigsby 1771-1841
William G. "Bill" Hall 1929-1983

Ronnie Halliburton

1968-
Gary Hammond 1949-
Mack Henry Hannah, Jr. 1904-1994
Patrick "SuperHawk" Hardy 1949-
Duriel Harris 1954-
Lee Hazlewood 1929-2007
Xavier Hernandez 1965-
Thomas O. Hicks 1946-
Pattillo Higgins 1863-1955
Gus Hollomon 1945-
Dale Houston  
Kenneth Ray Houston 1944-
T. K. Hulin  
"Ivory" Joe Hunter 1911-1974
Barbara Jean Jacket  
Luke Jackson  
Jerry Count Jackson 1943-
Stephen Jesse Jackson  
Harry Haag James 1916-1983
Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter 1903-1998
Dr. Daniel "Stormy" Johnson  
Jimmy Johnson 1943-
George Jones 1931-
L. Q. Jones (Justus Ellis McQueen) 1927-
Janis Lyn Joplin 1943-1970
Paul Jorgenson 1934-
Louie Kelcher 1953-
Edmund A. Kelly 1870-1955
Evelyn Keyes 1916-
Robert Kidd 1774-1890
Robert Troy Kimball 1947-
Ernie Ladd 1938-2007
Harold Ledoux 1926-
Bobby Leopold 1957-
Jerry Levias 1946-
Bruce Lietzke 1951-
James Walter Long 1900-1952
Valeria "The Wolfe" Mahfood  
Robert Rudolph "Bob" Marquis 1924-2007
Dr. Almer M. McAfee 1886-1972
Jerry McAfee 1916-1995
Bob Mcdill 1944
Charles "Chuck" McElroy 1967-
James Alfred McFaddin 1840-1916
William Perry Herring McFaddin 1856-1935
Tim McKyer 1963-
Tommy McLain  
Huey P. Meaux 1929
Richard "Dick" Menchaca 1921-
Raymond Meyer 1933-
Henry Millard 1796?-1844
Tiny Moore 1920-1987
Aubrey Wilson Mullican 1909-1967
Barbara Lynn Ozen 1942-
George A. Pattillo ca. 1796-1871
Jess Phillips 1947-
O. A. "Bum" Phillips  
Phil Phillips  
Wade Phillips 1947-
Johnny Preston 1939-
Joseph Perkins Pulsifer 1805-1861
Jack M. Rains 1937-
Robert Rauschenberg 1925-
Carroll Resweber 1936-
Leah Rhodes 1902-1986
Jiles Perry "Big Bopper" Richardson, Jr. 1930-1959
Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter 1905-1974
Rudy Robbins  
Coleman Roddy  
Dan Rogas 1926-
Bill Rogers 1938-2005
Ramon Sandoval  
Brian Schnexnayder 1953-
Ronnie Shields  
Robert Allan Shivers 1907-1985
Lorena Simon 1897-1995
Percy Sledge 1940-
Charles "Bubba" Smith 1945-
Edward "Tody" Smith 1948-1999
Andrew Farney Smyth 1817-1879
Jo-El Sonnier  
Billie Jo Spears 1937-
Charles "Cotton" Speyrer 1949-

Hazel Steck

1921-1994
Arthur Edward Stilwell 1859-1928
Warren Storm 1937-
Raymond Strother 1940-
Isaac Payton Sweat 1944-1990
Thelma "Tad" Tadlock 1931-2000
B. J. Thomas  
Wayne Toups  
John Tower 1925-1991
Billy Tubbs  
Clay Walker 1969-
Joe Washburn 1904-1974
"Little Joe" Washington 1954-
Ben Weber  
Glenn Wells 1943-2006
Tony Joe White 1943-
Edgar Holland Winter 1946-
John Dawson Winter, III. 1944-
Jimmy Wyble 1922-
James Harold Young 1937-1983
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias 1911-1956

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