List of People From Louisiana

Ed Karst (1931–1992), mayor of Alexandria (1969–1973), gubernatorial candidate, 1991
Kay Katz (born 1940), state representative from Ouachita Parish and Republican National Committeewoman from Louisiana
Jack Keahey (1935–2007), president of Tensas Basin Levee District
Kelly Keeling (born 1966), Houma, Louisiana, Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist
J.E. Keeny (1860–1939), educator
Bill P. Keith (born 1934), author in Longview, Texas, and former member of the Louisiana State Senate
Perry P. Keith (1847-1935), state representative; co-founder of Keithville in Caddo Parish
William P. Kellogg (1830–1918) Congressman, Governor and United States Senator
Donald G. Kelly (born 1941), state senator from Natchitoches, 1976–1996
Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933), U.S. representative from 1925 to 1933
Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. (1904–1965), Louisiana attorney general from 1948 to 1952
Donald Ray Kennard (1936–2011), state representative from Baton Rouge, 1976–2008
John Neely Kennedy (born 1951) current Louisiana State Treasurer
Edward Kennon (born 1938) businessman; politician
Robert F. Kennon (1902–1988) Governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956
Doug Kershaw (born 1936) musician, singer
Sammy Kershaw (born 1958) musician, singer, candidate for lieutenant governor
Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) singer, "Emperor of the Universe"
DJ Khaled (born 1975), record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive
Nat G. Kiefer (1939–1985) state senator from New Orleans
Arnold R. Kilpatrick (1920–2005) educator
K.D. Kilpatrick (1928–2010) state senator from Ruston
Catherine D. Kimball (born 1945) chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010) novelist
Earl King (1934–2003) musician
Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) politician and businessman
Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (born 1918) music educator; former member of Louisiana Board of Regents
Chuck Kleckley (born 1960) state representative
Mark Klein (born 1993) singer
Jesse Monroe Knowles (1919–2006) politician and survivor of Bataan Death March
L.D. Knox (1929–2009) politician
Allison Kolb (1915–1973) politician
Robert Kostelka (born 1933) district attorney, judge, and state senator from Monroe
Suzanne Mayfield Krieger (born 1953) politician
Dan Kyle (born 1937) politician
John S. Kyser (1900–1975) educator