List of People From Louisiana

George Washington Baines (1809–1882) Baptist pastor and evangelist, maternal great-grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson
Fred Baden (1934–2009) politician
Algernon Sidney Badger (1839–1905) politician
Bobby Badon (born 1950) politician
Ben Bagert (born 1943) lawyer, politician
Bryant W. Bailey (1868–1961) politician
John Henry Baker (born 1934) politician
Richard Baker (born 1948) former U.S. Representative
Scott Baker (born 1981) starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
Jesse Bankston (1907–2010) politician
Allen Bares (1936–2008) politician
C. E. "Cap" Barham (1905–1972) state senator and later lieutenant governor from 1952 to 1956
Charles C. Barham (1934–2010) state senator from Ruston
Edwards Barham (born 1937) first Republican elected to Louisiana state senate since Reconstruction, served 1976-1980
Mack Barham (1924-2006) Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Robert J. Barham (born 1949) Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; former Republican state senator
Danny Barker (1909–1994) singer/songwriter, musician, writer
Taylor Barras (born 1957) state representative
Greg Barro (born 1957) state senator
Dave Bartholomew (born 1920) musician, composer, promoter
Robert E. "Bob" Barton (born 1948) state representative from Bossier Parish (1996–2000)
Brandon Bass (born 1985) power forward for the Boston Celtics
Ron Bean (1938–2005) politician, pilot for Richard Nixon
Bryan Batt (born 1963) actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men
Arnaz Battle (born 1980) wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Jack Batton (1913–1996) mayor of Minden (1978–1982)
Gary Beard (born 1956) politician
Hazel Beard (born 1930) mayor of Shreveport (1990–1994)
P.G.T. Beauregard (1818–1893) general, inventor
Geoffrey Beene (1927–2004) fashion designer
Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) musician
Demetrius Bell (born 1984) offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
V.J. Bella (born 1927) state legislator and fire marshal
E. J. Bellocq (1873–1949) photographer
Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884) U.S. Senator, Confederate cabinet member, lawyer in Great Britain
Kirt Bennett (1967–2010), businessman and politician
Michael Bennett (born 1985) defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
J. Rayburn Bertrand (1918–2005) mayor of Lafayette
B.G. (born 1980) rapper, musician
Rene J. Bienvenu (1923–1983) university president
Bienville (Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne) (1680–1767) French colonial governor, founder of New Orleans
Walter O. Bigby (1927–1980) politician
Stuart Bishop (born ca. 1975), incoming member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette
Morton Blackwell (born 1939), Louisiana Republican political activist, since relocated to Virginia
Cecil R. Blair (1916–2001) state representative and state senator from Rapides Parish
Joan Blair (born 1960) actress
Newton C. Blanchard (1849–1922) governor of Louisiana from 1904 to 1908; U.S. senator from 1894 to 1897
Terrence Blanchard (born 1962) musician, composer
Kathleen Blanco (born 1942) Governor of Louisiana (2004–2008)
Walter Boasso (born 1960) politician, businessman
Jean Boese (1925–2004) politician and poet laureate
Lindy Boggs (born 1916) congresswoman, ambassador
Buddy Bolden (1877–1930) musician, "inventor of jazz"(?)
William R. "Billy" Boles, Sr. (1927–2008) politician, banker
Skip Bolen photographer
Bruce M. Bolin (born 1950) state representative; district court judge
James E. Bolin (1914–2002) state representative; district court judge; appeal court judge
C. J. Bolin (1924–2007) district court judge in Caddo Parish
James Booker (1939–1983) musician
Billy Joe Booth (1940–1972) Canadian football player for Ottawa Rough Riders of Canadian Football League
Pierre Bossier (1797-1844) first U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1843-1844
Drayton Boucher (1908–1983) politician
Jesse L. Boucher (1912–2004) politician; developer
Savannah Smith Boucher (born 1943) actress
Sherry Boucher (born 1943) actress
Charles Boustany (born 1956) US Representative
John Boutté (born 1958) jazz singer
W. George Bowdon, Jr. (1921–2005) state representative and mayor of Alexandria (1953–1969)
Kenny Bowen (1926–2002) mayor of Lafayette
Shirley D. Bowler (born 1949) state representative
Betsy Vogel Boze (born 1953) University President at Kent State University Stark Campus
Terry Bradshaw (born 1948) Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
Mike Branch (born 1968) politician and commercial pilot
Parey Branton (1918–2011) politician
Wellman Braud (1891–1966) musician
Donna Brazile (born 1959) author, professor, political analyst for the Democratic Party
John Breaux (born 1944) U.S. Senator
Phanor Breazeale (1858-1934) U.S. Representative
Henry L. Bridges (1874–1939) businessman, politician
Reid Brignac (born 1986) shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays
Pat Brister (born 1946) politician
Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967) writer
Chris Broadwater (born 1972) politician
Overton Brooks (1897–1961) politician
Marc Broussard (born 1982) singer/songwriter
Algie D. Brown (1910–2004) politician
Campbell Brown (born 1968) journalist
Edmund Graves Brown (1921–2008) newspaper executive
H. Rap Brown (born 1943) black activist imprisoned in Georgia
Henry Newton Brown, Jr. (born 1941) state appeals court chief judge
James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940) politician
John Calhoun Brown (1879–1964) politician
Ossie Brown (1926–2008) attorney; district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972–1984
Sharon Brown Miss USA 1961
Tom Brown (1888–1958) musician
W. K. Brown (1923–2011) state representative
Roy Brun (born 1953) state representative and judge from Caddo Parish
Peppi Bruneau (born 1942) state representative from Orléans Parish
George Brunies (1902–1974) musician
George E. Burch (1910–1986) noted cardiologist and Tulane Medical School professor
Richard Burford (born 1946) politician
Paul Burke (1926–2009) actor: Naked City,Twelve O'Clock High
Henry Burns (born 1947) politician
Timothy G. Burns (born 1957) politician
Bryan Edward Bush, Jr. (1934–2010), East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney, 1985–1989
Victor Bussie (1919–2011) AFL-CIO president from 1956 to 1997
Noel "Gene" Byars (born 1939) politician
C.E. Byrd (1859-1926) educator, founder of C.E. Byrd High School