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.
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Louisiana native Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general.
Music
Paul Barbarin
Jazz musician Paul Barbarin was a pioneer and leading representative of classic New Orleans drumming.
Music
Peter Bocage
Peter Bocage was a jazz musician active in brass bands and second line parades in the early twentieth century.
Government, Politics & Law
Pierre Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand
Canadian explorer Pierre Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand, one of the founding fathers of colonial Louisiana, served as acting governor of Louisiana between February 1725 and March 1727.
Music
Polo Barnes
New Orleans jazz clarinetist Paul “Polo” Barnes performed frequently at Preservation Hall in the 1960s.
Music
Professor Longhair
Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Professor Longhair, was a New Orleans rhythm & blues pianist who came to personify the city's cultural renaissance of the 1970s.
Music
Punch Miller
“Punch” Miller, also known as “Kid Punch,” was a New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, and brass band trumpeter and vocalist.
Art
Richmond Barthe
Richmond Barthé's, raised in New Orleans, was a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Much of Barthé's most celebrated sculptures are representations of the nude black male body.
Literature
Roark Bradford
Roark Bradford was a writer and editor for The Times-Picayune and the author of numerous articles, stories, and books in the 1920s and 30s.
Art
Robert Brammer
Itinerant landscape painter Robert Brammer opened a portrait studio in New Orleans in 1842.
Art
Robert S. Brantley
Robert S. Brantley's photography is informed by a study of architectural history and a background in journalism.
