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Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her vocal ability, artistic reinventions, and live performances, she is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 21st century. Credited with shaping popular music, Beyoncé is often deemed one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
Fats Domino
American pianist and singer (1928–2017)
Ice-T
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip-hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "") and released another album, Power (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified platinum by the RIAA. His next three albums, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech..
Solange Knowles
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
John Kennedy Toole
American novelist (1937–1969)
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)
P. G. T. Beauregard
Confederate general (1818–1893)
Ava DuVernay
American film director
Brett Favre
American football player (born 1969)
George Herriman
American cartoonist (1880-1944)
Harry Lennix
American actor
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Tina Knowles
American businesswoman and fashion designer, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist (1886–1973)
Marie Laveau
American Voodoo practitioner
Lynn Whitfield
American actress
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American musician and composer (1829-1869)
Delphine LaLaurie
American serial killer (1787–1849)
Ray Nagin
American politician and businessman
Kelly Oubre Jr.
American basketball player
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician (1906-1980)
LaTavia Roberson
American R&B singer
Dawn Richard
American singer (born 1983)
Adah Isaacs Menken
American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)
Clifton Chenier
American zydeco accordion player and singer (1925–1987)
Carmen De Lavallade
American dancer (1931–2025)
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1922–2004)
Don Lemon
Don Renaldo Lemon-Clark is an American television journalist best known for being a host on CNN from 2014 until 2023. He anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. Lemon worked as a news correspondent for NBC on its programming, such as Today and NBC Nightly News.
Plaçage
Plaçage was a recognized extralegal system in French slave colonies of North America (including the Caribbean) by which ethnic European men entered into civil unions with non-Europeans of African, Native American and mixed-race descent. The term comes from the French meaning "to place with". The women were not legally recognized as wives but were known as placées; their relationships were recognized among the free people of color as mariages de la main gauche or left-handed marriages. They became institutionalized with contracts or negotiations that settled property on the woman and her childr
Freddie Keppard
American jazz Cornettist (1889-1933)
Jimmie Noone
American musician (1895–1944)
Danny Barker
American jazz musician (1909–1994)
Ernest James Bellocq
American photographer (1873–1949)
Joseph Marshall Walker
American politician, Louisiana (1784-1856)
Louisiana Creole people
ethnic group
Omer Simeon
American jazz clarinetist (1902–1959)
Sabrina Le Beauf
American actress
Arna Bontemps
American poet, novelist (1902–1973)
Alcide Nunez
Early jazz clarinetist (1884–1934)
Andre B. Roman
American politician (1795-1866)
Jacques Villeré
American politician (1761–1830)
Victor Séjour
French writer (1817–1874)
Amédé Ardoin
American Louisiana Creole musician (1898–1942)
Lionel Batiste
American jazz and blues musician (1931–2012)
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
American socialite (1859-1915)
Norbert Rillieux
inventor and engineer (1806–1894)
Queen Ida
American zydeco musician
Dean Baquet
American journalist
Travis Etienne
American football player (born 1999)
Wellman Braud
American musician (1891–1966)
Curtis J. Guillory
Catholic bishop
Regis Prograis
American boxer
Marc Morial
American politician
John Ricard
Catholic bishop
Chris Rene
American musician
C. J. Chenier
American musician
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer (1895-1963)
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist (1878–1961)
John L. Nelson
American jazz musician, songwriter