Government, Politics & Law
Bill Dodd
Lieutenant governor Bill Dodd was a pivotal figure in the "Tidelands Dispute," the war of wills between state and federal authorities over offshore drilling revenue.
David Luhrssen
Government, Politics & Law
Chep Morrison
DeLesseps "Chep" Morrison was best known for his opposition to the powerful Long family in Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
David Duke
David Duke is a polarizing, outspoken advocate of white supremacy whose political campaigns in the 1980s and early 1990s put a modern-day face on the image of racism in the United States.
History
Jimmy Swaggart
Called the "King of Honky Tonk Heaven" by Newsweek in 1982, Ferriday's Jimmy Swaggart was America's most popular televangelist in the 1980s.
History
Madam C. J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, founded a successful hair-care business that eventually employed more than three thousand people.
Madam C. J. Walker
Born in Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, hair care and cosmetics mogul Madam C. J. Walker was the first African American millionaire.
Music
Mickey Gilley
Singer Mickey Gilley's top-10 hits placed him among the most successful country music recording artists in the 1970s and 1980s.
History
P. G. T. Beauregard
P. G. T. Beauregard, born in St. Bernard Parish in 1818, was among the first prominent generals of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
P. G. T. Beauregard
Louisiana native Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general.
Government, Politics & Law
Robert Maestri
Robert Maestri was mayor of New Orleans from 1936 to 1946 and became a powerful crony to fraternal governors Huey Long and Earl Long.
Music
Van Cliburn
Pianist Harvey Lavan “Van” Cliburn, Jr. established the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which has become one of the best-known classical music contests in the United States.
Government, Politics & Law
William Charles Cole Claiborne
William Charles Cole Claiborne was the first territorial and state governor of Louisiana in its transitional years from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 to statehood in 1812.
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