Government, Politics & Law
Jimmie Davis
Country music singer Jimmie Davis served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana, from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964.
Country music singer Jimmie Davis served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana, from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964.
Louisianan Joe Delaney played with the Kansas City Chiefs after a record-setting turn at Northwestern State in Nachitoches.
Despite growing up in a region where football was king, Shreveport native Joe Dumars enjoyed a successful career as a player and executive in the NBA.
John A. Dixon, Jr. served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1980 to 1990.
Louisianan John Dane III is a competitive sailor who has won championships at the helm of numerous sailing vessels.
Twentieth-century Louisiana architect John Jacob Desmond pioneered a style of regional modernism.
In 1989, jockey Kent Desormeaux's 598 first place finishes set the record for most wins in a single season.
Vocalist Lee Dorsey recorded some of the biggest rhythm and blues hits of the 1960s.
Louis Develle, a French artist active in New Orleans, was best known for his set designs at the Théatre d’Orléans.
Known as “Kid” all her life to her family and re-named “Memphis Minnie” by the recording industry, New Orleans native Lizzie Douglas was a prominent and pioneering guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and blues recording artist.
Michael Deas is a New Orleans artist who has gained acclaim with his high-profile commissions of famous Americans' portraits.
Oscar James Dunn became one of the first Black men to serve in an executive political position in the United States when he was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 1868.
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