List of People From Louisiana

George Washington Cable (1844–1925) writer
James David Cain (born 1938) politician
Milburn E. Calhoun (1930-2012) physician, book publisher
Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974) US ambassador(cousin of Patrick and Donelson Caffery)
Patrick T. Caffery (1932) US Representative (cousin of Jefferson Caffery and grandson of Donelson Caffery)
Donelson Caffery (1835–1906) US Senator (grandfather of Patrick T. Caffery)
Chris Cagle (born 1968) country music artist
Buddy Caldwell (born 1946) attorney general of Louisiana since 2008
David T. Caldwell (1925–1993) Shreveport judge
George A. Caldwell (1892–1966) building contractor; designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana
Sam Caldwell (1892–1953) mayor of Shreveport
Stephen A. Caldwell (1889–1956) educator
Meredith Calhoun (1805-ca. 1866) principal founder of Colfax in Grant Parish
Jorrick Calvin (born 1987) cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles
Eugene P. Campbell (c. 1870-1940) sheriff
Foster Campbell (born 1947) politician
Theo Cangelosi (1911-1992) politician
Barney Cannon (1955–2009) Country music deejay
Billy Cannon (born 1937) LSU Heisman Trophy winner
Joseph Cao (born 1968) former U.S. representative; lawyer
Truman Capote (1924–1984) writer
Lindsey Cardinale (born 1985) American Idol finalist, country singer
Mark T. Carleton (1935–1995) historian
Kitty Carlisle (1910–2007) entertainer; married to playwright Moss Hart
Thomas G. Carmody (born 1961) state representative
Lane Carson (born 1947) first Vietnam veteran to serve in Louisiana House of Representatives
Cecil K. Carter, Jr. (born 1927) state senator
Stephen F. "Steve" Carter (born 1943) state representative
James Carville (born 1944) political consultant
Tommy Casanova (born 1950) American football player, ophthalmologist, politician
Leopold Caspari (1830–1915) politician from Natchitoches
Bill Cassidy (born 1957) U.S. representative, physician
John Ardis Cawthon (1907–1984) historian, educator
Don Cazayoux (born 1964) politician
Henry E. Chambers (1860–1929) historian, educator
Simone B. Champagne (born 1954) politician
Sherri Smith Cheek (born 1966) politician
Kate Chopin (1851–1904) author
Ben Claassen III (born 1978) illustrator and comics artist DIRTFARM
William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817) first US Governor of Louisiana
Lewis Strong Clarke (1837–1906) sugar planter and politician
Ernest S. Clements (1898-1987) politician
Clifton Chenier (1925–1987) Zydeco musician
Claire Chennault (1893–1958) aviator, general
Jack Christian (1911–1972) politician
Morris Claiborne (born 1990) cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
Marcus R. Clark (born 1956) judge
Ryan Clark (born 1979), safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Patricia Clarkson (born 1959) actress
Michael Clayton (born 1982), wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ernest Clements (1898–1987) politician
A.C. "Ace" Clemons, Jr., (1921–1992) first Republican state senator since Reconstruction, switched parties in 1970
Van Cliburn (born 1934) pianist
L. L. Clover (1902–1975) clergyman
Boyer Coe (born 1946) bodybuilder
Walter L. Cohen (1860–1930) politician and businessman
J. Frank Colbert (1882–1949) politician
Frank Estes Cole (1908–1981) politician and educator
Elliot D. Coleman (1881–1960) sheriff and bodyguard at the assassination of Huey P. Long, Jr.
Hamilton D. Coleman (1845-1926) U.S. representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 1889-1991
Vincent Coleman (1901–1971) actor
Ashton B. Collier (1910–1973) state representative from Winn Parish
Marshall Colt (born 1948) actor
Tom Colten (1922–2004) newspaper publisher and politician
Amie Comeaux (1976–1997) country singer
Ward Connerly (born 1939), political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent
Harry Connick, Jr., (born 1967) musician, entertainer
Harry Connick, Sr., (born 1926) district attorney, singer
Patrick Connick (born 1961) politician
John Cooksey (born 1941) US Representative
Joe Henry Cooper (1918–1980) state representative from DeSoto Parish
Lance Cormier (born 1980) relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
Claybrook Cottingham (1881–1949), president Louisiana College and Louisiana Tech University
Rob Couhig (born 1949) politician, businessman
Beth Courtney (born 1945) president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Kent Courtney (1918–1997) Radical Right politician
Carl Crane (born 1939) state representative from Baton Rouge, 1984–2008
Jack Crichton (1916–2007), Texas oil industrialist and Republican candidate for governor of Texas; native of Red River Parish
Lane Crockett (born 1942) entertainment journalist from Shreveport
Greg Cromer (born 1958) state representative from St. Tammany Parish
Mike Cross (born 1944) politician
Noah W. Cross (1908–1976) sheriff of Concordia Parish
Charles Cusimano (born 1954) politician
Floyd D. Culbertson, Jr. (1908–1989) mayor of Minden from 1940 to 1942
Ed Cullen (born 1946) journalist and radio essayist
Allen Ross Culpepper (1944-1969) United States Army captain cited for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War
Cupid (born 1982) R&B singer
Currensy (born 1981) rapper
Jacob Cutrera (born 1988) middle linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Paul N. Cyr (1878–1946) lieutenant governor who quarreled with Huey Pierce Long, Jr.