List of people from New Orleans

This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or in association with the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana. == Academia == Will W. Alexander, first president of Dillard University and head of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation Stephen Ambrose, historian and University of New Orleans professor William Balée, anthropologist and Tulane University professor Charles C. Bass, physician and researcher in tropical medicine and dental health Elizabeth Bass, physician, educator, and suffragist Stanhope Bayne-Jones, physician, member of US Surgeon General's Committee linking smoking to cancer Joan W. Bennett, biologist and former Tulane University professor Florence Borders, archivist and historian at the Amistad Research Center Cyril Y. Bowers, physician and endocrinology researcher Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College since 2015; born in New Orleans in 1956 Douglas Brinkley, historian, author and former University of New Orleans and Tulane University professor Brené Brown, professor of social work; author George E. Burch, pioneering physician, cardiovascular disease researcher, medical school professor John R. Conniff, educator and university administrator Scott Cowen, former president of Tulane University Richard Cusimano, historian and University of Louisiana at Lafayette distinguished professor Michael DeBakey, pioneer in heart surgery Albert W. Dent, president of Dillard University, chief executive of Flint-Goodridge Hospital James H. Dillard, educator, advocate for education of African-Americans John Duffy, medical historian Michael T. Dugan, educator and accounting scholar Joseph Ewan, botanist and biology professor Alcée Fortier, folklorist, historian, and university professor Mary L. Good, scientist and university professor Clifton H. Johnson, historian and founder of the Amistad Research Center Eamon Kelly, President of Tulane University Salman Khan, educator James A. Knight, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist Rudolph Matas, innovative surgeon at Tulane Medical School Gordon H. Mueller, historian and administrator at the University of New Orleans Ernest Lagarde literature and languages, professor and author Alton Ochsner, surgeon and medical researcher, founded the Ochsner Medical Center Max Rafferty, public school administrator and writer Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist and Nobel Laureate Mary S. Sherman, cancer researcher and physician Royal D. Suttkus, biologist, founder of a major ichthyology collection Lewis Thomas, physician, researcher, and author of popular non-fiction Jeffrey Vitter, computer scientist and Purdue University dean Harold E. Vokes, zoologist and paleontologist == Architecture == Jean-Louis Dolliole, architect-builder who was a free person of color in the Antebellum era James Freret, architect, designed many 19th century homes in New Orleans William Alfred Freret, architect, supervising architect for federal building in the 19th century James Gallier Jr., architect, designed the French Opera House in New Orleans Moise H. Goldstein Sr., architect of extensive designs in the early 20th century Henry Howard, 19th century Irish-American architect Richard Koch, architectural preservationist and photographer Albert C. Ledner, 20th century architect Emile Weil, 20th century architect Leonard Spangenberg, 20th century architect Leon C. Weiss, architect commissioned by Huey P. Long Elizebeth Thomas Werlein, conservationist of the French Quarter of New Orleans == Arts and literature == Enrique Alferez, sculptor John James Audubon, painter, ornithologist, naturalist Vernel Bagneris, playwright, actor, director, singer, dancer Colette Bennet, writer, journalist, poet [1] E. J. Bellocq, photographer Eloise Bibb Thompson, poet, fiction writer, and playwright Skip Bolen, photographer Roark Bradford, fiction writer Poppy Z. Brite, writer William S. Burroughs, writer George Washington Cable, writer Georgine Campbell, painter Truman Capote, writer John Churchill Chase, writer and cartoonist Kate Chopin, writer, feminist Marcus Bruce Christian, poet, folklorist and historian Ben Claassen III, illustrator and comics artist, DIRTFARM Margaret Clark, historian, writer, and educator Andrei Codrescu, poet and commentator Florestine Perrault Collins, photographer Alice Dalsheimer, poet Edgar Degas, artist Thomas Dent, poet and writer John Bull Smith Dimitry Creole author known for Le Tombeau Blanc George Washington Dixon, newspaper editor Alexander John Drysdale, artist Adolphe Duhart, writer and poet George Dureau, artist and photographer Caroline Durieux, artist and printmaker William Faulkner, writer Elissa Minet Fuchs, ballerina Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction writer Whitney Gaskell, writer, attended Tulane Law School which was the setting of her 2006 novel Testing Kate Rolland Golden, artist Shirley Ann Grau, writer Lafcadio Hearn, writer Knute Heldner, artist Lillian Hellman, writer George Herriman, Krazy Kat cartoonist Emma Churchman Hewitt, writer, journalist Walter Isaacson, writer, journalist, public policy analyst Charles Edward Kerbs, erotic artist and playwright Frances Parkinson Keyes, writer Grace King, writer Armand Lanusse, creole poet May Hyman Lesser, medical illustrator Dominique Lapierre, writer Elmore Leonard, author Michael Lewis, writer Shantrelle P. Lewis, curator Bunny Matthews, cartoonist Louis-Alphonse Maureau, painter Robert Bledsoe Mayfield, artist John McCrady, artist James Michalopoulos, artist Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary, artist Gertrude Morgan, artist, musician, poet and preacher Sergio Rossetti Morosini, diplomat, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, naturalist Alice Dunbar Nelson, poet, journalist and political activist Isadora Newman, artist, poet, storyteller, sculptor David Ohle, writer Paul E. Poincy, artist Bart Ramsey, composer, author, singer and jazz musician Matthew Randazzo V, writer Anne Rice, writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction John T. Scott, artist and sculptor Kendall Shaw, abstract expressionist painter John Kennedy Toole, writer of A Confederacy of Dunces Sean Tuohy, sports commentator and restauranter Alexandrea Weis, author Lucille Western, actress Chris Wiltz, novelist William Woodward, painter == Business and economics == Frank Abadie, businessman and horse race promoter.

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List of people from New Orleans

This is a list of notable individuals who are or were natives, or notable as residents of, or in association with the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana. == Academia == Will W. Alexander, first president of Dillard University and head of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation Stephen Ambrose, historian and University of New Orleans professor William Balée, anthropologist and Tulane University professor Charles C. Bass, physician and researcher in tropical medicine and dental health Elizabeth Bass, physician, educator, and suffragist Stanhope Bayne-Jones, physician, member of US Surgeon General's Committee linking smoking to cancer Joan W. Bennett, biologist and former Tulane University professor Florence Borders, archivist and historian at the Amistad Research Center Cyril Y. Bowers, physician and endocrinology researcher Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College since 2015; born in New Orleans in 1956 Douglas Brinkley, historian, author and former University of New Orleans and Tulane University professor Brené Brown, professor of social work; author George E. Burch, pioneering physician, cardiovascular disease researcher, medical school professor John R. Conniff, educator and university administrator Scott Cowen, former president of Tulane University Richard Cusimano, historian and University of Louisiana at Lafayette distinguished professor Michael DeBakey, pioneer in heart surgery Albert W. Dent, president of Dillard University, chief executive of Flint-Goodridge Hospital James H. Dillard, educator, advocate for education of African-Americans John Duffy, medical historian Michael T. Dugan, educator and accounting scholar Joseph Ewan, botanist and biology professor Alcée Fortier, folklorist, historian, and university professor Mary L. Good, scientist and university professor Clifton H. Johnson, historian and founder of the Amistad Research Center Eamon Kelly, President of Tulane University Salman Khan, educator James A. Knight, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist Rudolph Matas, innovative surgeon at Tulane Medical School Gordon H. Mueller, historian and administrator at the University of New Orleans Ernest Lagarde literature and languages, professor and author Alton Ochsner, surgeon and medical researcher, founded the Ochsner Medical Center Max Rafferty, public school administrator and writer Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist and Nobel Laureate Mary S. Sherman, cancer researcher and physician Royal D. Suttkus, biologist, founder of a major ichthyology collection Lewis Thomas, physician, researcher, and author of popular non-fiction Jeffrey Vitter, computer scientist and Purdue University dean Harold E. Vokes, zoologist and paleontologist == Architecture == Jean-Louis Dolliole, architect-builder who was a free person of color in the Antebellum era James Freret, architect, designed many 19th century homes in New Orleans William Alfred Freret, architect, supervising architect for federal building in the 19th century James Gallier Jr., architect, designed the French Opera House in New Orleans Moise H. Goldstein Sr., architect of extensive designs in the early 20th century Henry Howard, 19th century Irish-American architect Richard Koch, architectural preservationist and photographer Albert C. Ledner, 20th century architect Emile Weil, 20th century architect Leonard Spangenberg, 20th century architect Leon C. Weiss, architect commissioned by Huey P. Long Elizebeth Thomas Werlein, conservationist of the French Quarter of New Orleans == Arts and literature == Enrique Alferez, sculptor John James Audubon, painter, ornithologist, naturalist Vernel Bagneris, playwright, actor, director, singer, dancer Colette Bennet, writer, journalist, poet [1] E. J. Bellocq, photographer Eloise Bibb Thompson, poet, fiction writer, and playwright Skip Bolen, photographer Roark Bradford, fiction writer Poppy Z. Brite, writer William S. Burroughs, writer George Washington Cable, writer Georgine Campbell, painter Truman Capote, writer John Churchill Chase, writer and cartoonist Kate Chopin, writer, feminist Marcus Bruce Christian, poet, folklorist and historian Ben Claassen III, illustrator and comics artist, DIRTFARM Margaret Clark, historian, writer, and educator Andrei Codrescu, poet and commentator Florestine Perrault Collins, photographer Alice Dalsheimer, poet Edgar Degas, artist Thomas Dent, poet and writer John Bull Smith Dimitry Creole author known for Le Tombeau Blanc George Washington Dixon, newspaper editor Alexander John Drysdale, artist Adolphe Duhart, writer and poet George Dureau, artist and photographer Caroline Durieux, artist and printmaker William Faulkner, writer Elissa Minet Fuchs, ballerina Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction writer Whitney Gaskell, writer, attended Tulane Law School which was the setting of her 2006 novel Testing Kate Rolland Golden, artist Shirley Ann Grau, writer Lafcadio Hearn, writer Knute Heldner, artist Lillian Hellman, writer George Herriman, Krazy Kat cartoonist Emma Churchman Hewitt, writer, journalist Walter Isaacson, writer, journalist, public policy analyst Charles Edward Kerbs, erotic artist and playwright Frances Parkinson Keyes, writer Grace King, writer Armand Lanusse, creole poet May Hyman Lesser, medical illustrator Dominique Lapierre, writer Elmore Leonard, author Michael Lewis, writer Shantrelle P. Lewis, curator Bunny Matthews, cartoonist Louis-Alphonse Maureau, painter Robert Bledsoe Mayfield, artist John McCrady, artist James Michalopoulos, artist Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary, artist Gertrude Morgan, artist, musician, poet and preacher Sergio Rossetti Morosini, diplomat, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, naturalist Alice Dunbar Nelson, poet, journalist and political activist Isadora Newman, artist, poet, storyteller, sculptor David Ohle, writer Paul E. Poincy, artist Bart Ramsey, composer, author, singer and jazz musician Matthew Randazzo V, writer Anne Rice, writer of vampire tales and other Gothic fiction John T. Scott, artist and sculptor Kendall Shaw, abstract expressionist painter John Kennedy Toole, writer of A Confederacy of Dunces Sean Tuohy, sports commentator and restauranter Alexandrea Weis, author Lucille Western, actress Chris Wiltz, novelist William Woodward, painter == Business and economics == Frank Abadie, businessman and horse race promoter.

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