Sports & Recreation
Eddie Delahoussaye
Horse racing jockey Eddie Delahoussaye won five Triple Crown races and is a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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Art
Edgar Degas
French impressionist painter Edgar Degas stayed with his Creole relatives in 1872 and 1873, and did some of his important works in New Orleans.
History
Edith Garland Dupre
Edith Garland Dupre was a leading intellectual, civic, and religious leader in Lafayette in the early twentieth century.
Music
Edmond Dédé
Edmond Dédé was a prominent African-American musician and composer in born in New Orleans in the nineteenth century.
Art
Eugene Delcroix
New Orleans photographer Eugene Delcroix's work ranges from studio portraiture to scenes of murky cypress swamps and French Quarter ironwork.
Music
Fats Domino
New Orleans pianist and singer Antoine "Fats" Domino is revered as a founding father of rock & roll, along with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Music
Ferdinand Dunkley
Ferdinand Dunkley was an organist and composer who sought to incorporate Louisiana folklife into his compositions in works such as “Street Cries” and “Bayou Songs.”
Art
George Dunbar
George Dunbar has been a major figure in New Orleans contemporary art for more than five decades.
Art
George Dureau
George Dureau, a quintessential New Orleans artist, also is a nationally recognized painter, sculptor, and photographer.
History
Henriette Delille
Henriette Delille was a free Afro-Creole woman who founded sodalities, or religious sororities, for women of African descent that dedicated themselves to the care of the poor, the enslaved, and free people of color.
Government, Politics & Law
Jacques Dupré
Jacques Dupré;, a Whig, served as acting governor of Louisiana from January 14, 1830, to January 31, 1831.
Art
Jean Despujols
Settling in Shreveport after World War II, French artist Jean Despujols is best known for his paintings of Indochina and World War I.
