Notable Alumni
- Walter Boasso - Former Louisiana state senator from St. Bernard Parish who made national headlines for fighting to combine levee boards in southeast Louisiana; gubernatorial candidate in 2007, Democrat.
- Randy Bush - former Major League baseball player; member of 1987 and 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.
- Joel Chaisson - President of the Louisiana State Senate, attorney
- James H. Clark - co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc., and Netscape Communications
- Carl Crane - former state representative from Baton Rouge, 1984–2008, Republican.
- Jim Donelon - former state representative, former president of Jefferson Parish, and current state insurance commissioner.
- Peter J. Fos - President, University of New Orleans
- Ellen DeGeneres - Comedian, television host, and actress.
- Clancy DuBos - columnist, editor and owner of Gambit Weekly, New Orleans' alternative weekly newspaper.
- Peter Halley - painter.
- Chris Hazel - Republican state representative from Rapides Parish since 2008.
- Ervin Johnson - played basketball in the National Basketball Association
- James Letten - U.S. Attorney for the Eastern district of Louisiana.
- Nicholas Lorusso - Republican state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007.
- Paul Mainieri - current Louisiana State University head baseball coach.
- Renny Martyn - contestant on Big Brother 10
- Dawn Richard - Singer/Songwriter formally of Danity Kane, member of Dirty Money.
- Jeffrey D. Sadow - political scientist, columnist, professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport
- Joe Slusarski - former Major League baseball player
- Roy C. Strickland - businessman and politician in Louisiana and later The Woodlands, Texas
- Taryn Terrell - former WWE Diva
- Brian Traxler - former Major League baseball player
- James Wayne "Jim" Tucker - first Republican to become Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction, effective January 14, 2008
- Wally Whitehurst, former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, played for the New York Mets
- Darryl Willis - BP vice president in charge of claims who is featured in commercials about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Jeffrey L. Gangwisch - Filmmaker and Fulbright Media Scholar
- Frank Ocean - R&B/ Hip-Hop artist
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