Notable people buried in Louisiana

• Anne Rice1941-2021
  American author
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Ève Curie1904-2007
  Writer, journalist and pianist, younger daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• John Kennedy Toole1937-1969
  American novelist
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Louis Prima1910-1978
  American musician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• P. G. T. Beauregard1818-1893
  Confederate general
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Buddy Bolden1877-1931
  American cornetist and jazz pioneer
  Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
• Gram Parsons1946-1973
  American singer-songwriter
  Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Jim Garrison1921-1992
  American district attorney
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Kathleen Blanco1942-2019
  American politician
  Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery, Sunset, LA
• Jimmie Davis1899-2000
  American singer, songwriter and 47th Governor of Louisiana
  Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery, Jonesboro, LA
• John Bell Hood1831-1879
  Confederate general
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Marguerite Clark1883-1940
  American actress
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Rod Milburn1950-1997
  American athlete
  Green Chapel Cemetery, Opelousas, LA
• Michael James Adams1930-1967
  Aviator, engineer and astronaut
  Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Lakeshore, LA
• Pierre Nord Alexis1820-1910
  President of Haiti
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Dorothy Dell1915-1934
  American actress
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Carlos Marcello1910-1993
  Italian-American criminal
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Frank Brian1923-2017
  American basketball player
  Young Family Cemetery, Zachary, LA
• Richard Taylor1826-1879
  Confederate general
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Earl King1932-2003
  American songwriter and guitarist
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Newton C. Blanchard1849-1922
  American politician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Bossier City, LA
• William C. C. Claiborne1775-1817
  American frontier politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Samuel D. McEnery1837-1910
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Ted Lyons1900-1986
  American baseball player and coach
  Big Woods Cemetery, Sulphur, LA
• Alexandre Mouton1804-1885
  American politician
  Saint John Cemetery, Lafayette, LA
• Danny Barker1909-1994
  American jazz musician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Sweet Emma Barrett1897-1983
  American musician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Nick LaRocca1889-1961
  American jazz musician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Emile Meyer1910-1987
  American actor
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Al Hirt1922-1999
  American trumpeter and bandleader
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry1937-2024
  American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
  McDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna, LA
• Alvin Olin King1890-1958
  American politician
  Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, LA
• Pierre Soulé1801-1870
  American politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Mel Ott1909-1958
  American baseball player
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Pete Fountain1930-2016
  American clarinetist
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• James A. Noe1890-1976
  American politician
  Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Lakeshore, LA
• Paul Octave Hébert1818-1880
  Confederate Army general
  Saint Raphael Cemetery, Saint Gabriel, LA
• Troy H. Middleton1889-1976
  United States Army general
  Baton Rouge National Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Thomas Overton Moore1804-1876
  American politician
  Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pineville, LA
• Lorenzo Tio1893-1933
  American clarinetist
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Oramel H. Simpson1870-1932
  American politician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Richard W. Leche1898-1965
  American judge and politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Edward James Gay1878-1952
  United States Senator from Louisiana
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Henry C. Warmoth1842-1931
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Stan Rice1942-2002
  American artist
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Michael Hahn1830-1886
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Kim McGuire1955-2016
  American actress, lawyer and writer
  Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Robert F. Kennon1902-1988
  American judge and politician
  Young Family Cemetery, Zachary, LA
• Solomon W. Downs1801-1854
  American politician
  Riverview Cemetery, Richwood, LA
• Shane Gibson1979-2014
  American musician
  Saint Ann Cemetery, Bourg, LA
• Orlando Woolridge1959-2012
  American basketball player
  Hopewell Cemetery, Bernice, LA
• Robert B. Elliott1842-1884
  African American lawyer, politician, civil rights leader
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Charles E. Nash1844-1913
  American politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Walter Guion1849-1927
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Benjamin Flanders1816-1896
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• John McEnery1833-1891
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• William Wright Heard1853-1926
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Dorothy Dix1861-1951
  American newspaper columnist
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Henry S. Thibodaux1769-1827
  American politician
  Halfway Cemetery, Gray, LA
• Jacques Villeré1761-1830
  American politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Henriette DeLille1813-1862
  American nun
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Sam Butera1927-2009
  American musician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• John Leonard Riddell1807-1867
  American scientist
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Sam Zemurray1878-1961
  American businessman
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• John Milliken Parker Sr.1863-1939
  American politician (1863-1939) and Governor from Louisiana
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Pete Herman1896-1973
  American boxer
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• William C. Feazel1895-1965
  American politician
  Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA
• Jessie Hill1932-1996
  American R&B and Louisiana blues singer and songwriter
  Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
• Lizzie Miles1895-1963
  African American blues singer
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Dominique You1775-1830
  Privateer, soldier, and politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Paul Prudhomme1940-2015
  American chef
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Paul Barbarin1899-1969
  American musician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Joachim O. Fernández1896-1978
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Tom Benson1927-2018
  American football executive
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Grace King1852-1932
  Novelist, biographer, historian
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• J. Smith Young1834-1916
  Confederate Army officer and politician
  Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, LA
• Robert H. Barrow1922-2008
  27th Commandant of the Marine Corps
  Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Francisville, LA
• Riley Joseph Wilson1871-1946
  American politician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, LA
• Speedy Long1928-2006
  American politician
  Magnolia Cemetery, Urania, LA
• Arsène Pujo1861-1939
  American politician
  Orange Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, LA
• Billie Pierce1907-1974
  American jazz pianist and singer
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Leon Roppolo1902-1943
  American musician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• George Brunies1902-1974
  American musician
  Lafayette Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, LA
• Harry T. Hays1820-1876
  Confederate Army general
  Lafayette Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, LA
• Adolph Meyer1842-1908
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Isaac Cline1861-1955
  American meteorologist
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Kate M. Gordon1861-1932
  American suffragette
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• William B. Spencer1835-1882
  American politician
  Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Jean Despujols1886-1965
  French painter
  Greenwood Cemetery, Bossier City, LA
• Joseph P. Newsham1837-1919
  Union Army officer
  Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Francisville, LA
• Henry Gray1816-1892
  Confederate Army general
  Springville Cemetery, Coushatta, LA
• Newt V. Mills1899-1996
  American politician
  Indian Village Cemetery, Claiborne, LA
• Walter Hampden Overton1788-1845
  American politician
  McNutt Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, LA
• Henry Warren Ogden1842-1905
  Confederate States of America Army officer and American politician
  Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, LA
• Alfred Mouton1829-1864
  Confederate Army general
  Saint John Cemetery, Lafayette, LA
• Joe Waggonner1918-2007
  American politician
  Plain Dealing Cemetery, Springhill, LA
• Albert G. Blanchard1810-1891
  Confederate Army general
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Carleton Hunt1836-1921
  American politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Alcée Fortier1856-1914
  American philologist and folklorist
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Walter "Fats" Pichon1906-1967
  New Orleans jazz musician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Albert Estopinal1845-1919
  American politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Philemon Thomas1763-1847
  American politician
  Baton Rouge National Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Effingham Lawrence1820-1878
  American politician
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Alcée Louis la Branche1806-1861
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Samuel Louis Gilmore1859-1910
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• John N. Sandlin1872-1957
  American politician
  Minden Cemetery, Minden, LA
• John T. Watkins1854-1925
  American judge
  Minden Cemetery, Minden, LA
• Theodore Stark Wilkinson1847-1921
  Member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Paul H. Maloney1876-1967
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Josie Arlington1864-1914
  American Folks figure, pimp prostitute and hotel Madame
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Helen Turner1858-1958
  American painter
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Roland Jones1813-1869
  American politician
  Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, LA
• John M. Landrum1815-1861
  American politician
  Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, LA
• John Bennett Dawson1798-1845
  American politician
  Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Francisville, LA
• Papa French1910-1977
  American musician
  Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, LA
• Otto Ernest Passman1900-1988
  American politician
  Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Lakeshore, LA
• Kate Stone1841-1907
  American author
  Silver Cross Cemetery, Tallulah, LA
• E. John Ellis1840-1889
  American politician and lawyer
  Ellis Cemetery, Roseland, LA
• Joseph Lawson Hodges, Jr.1922-2000
  American statistician
  Camp Zion Cemetery, Haughton, LA
• Clint Courtney1927-1975
  American baseball player and coach
  Mount Zion Cemetery, Coushatta, LA
• Bolivar E. Kemp1871-1933
  American politician
  Amite Cemetery, Amite, LA
• Arthur Chevrolet1884-1946
  American racing driver
  Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Slidell, LA
• King Ernest Baker1939-2000
  American musician
  Vidalia Cemetery, Vidalia, LA
• Joe Delaney1958-1983
  American football player
  Hawkins Cemetery, Eastwood, LA
• Harold Dejan1909-2002
  American musician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Kid Rena1898-1949
  American musician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Francois Xavier Martin1762-1846
  American politician
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• François Fleischbein1804-1868
  German American painter, daguerreotypist, and ambrotypist
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
• Lyons Wakeman1843-1864
  Gender-nonconforming individual who was assigned female at birth and fought in the American Civil War as a man
  Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, LA
• Julia K. Wetherill Baker1858-1931
  American poet
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Aaron Ward1896-1961
  American baseball player
  Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
• Justin Holland1819-1887
  American musician, guitar pedagogue
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Isaac Edward Morse1809-1866
  American politician
  Lafayette Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, LA
• Rosel George Brown1926-1967
  American writer
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• George Strickland1926-2010
  American baseball player and coach
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• William Plummer Benton1828-1867
  American lawyer and military officer
  Greenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Edward White Robertson1823-1887
  American politician
  Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Andrew Higgins1886-1952
  American businessman
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Charles F. Buck1841-1918
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Thomas Withers Chinn1791-1852
  American politician
  Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Robert C. Davey1853-1908
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Norman Treigle1927-1975
  American operatic bass-baritone
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Eddie Edwards1891-1963
  American jazz musician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• James O'Connor1870-1941
  American politician, Louisiana
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Ruth McEnery Stuart1849-1917
  American writer
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Samuel Matthews Robertson1852-1911
  American politician
  Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
• Nathaniel D. Wallace1845-1894
  American politician
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Theodore Gaillard Hunt1805-1893
  American congressman for Louisiana
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• John Albert Morris1836-1895
  American businessman
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
• Charles Parlange1851-1907
  United States federal judge
  Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA

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