Government & Politics
Edward Livingston
Edward Livingston worked on Louisiana's civil and criminal codes and played a role in the battle of New Orleans.
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Literature
Elmore Leonard Jr.
Louisiana author Elmore Leonard, Jr. writes crime fiction and westerns.
Art
Eugene Loving
Eugene Loving was an artist and etcher who worked in the French Quarter of New Orleans from the 1930s until his death in 1971.
Music
George Lewis
George Lewis was a traditional jazz and brass band clarinet player, arranger, and bandleader from New Orleans.
Art
George Long
Photographer George Long is a well-known chronicler of New Orleans street culture, locales, events, and people.
History
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
The visit of General Lafayette to the United States in 1824–1825 was the occasion for a yearlong celebration unmatched in American history.
Literature
Henry Clay Lewis
Henry Clay Lewis trained as a doctor in Louisiana and also contributed to the nineteenth-century literary genre of southwestern humor.
Art
Herman Leonard
Herman Leonard is considered to by many to be the most significant photographer of jazz musicians in the post-World War II era.
Music
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter is one of the most important grassroots musicians of the twentieth century.
Government & Politics
Huey P. Long Jr.
Huey Long rose to prominence during the Great Depression as the governor of Louisiana.
Music
Iry LeJeune
At a time when popular Cajun music leaned heavily toward western swing bands featuring the fiddle, Iry LeJeune is credited with reintoducing the traditional Cajun accordian.
Art
Janie Verret Luster
Janie Verrett Luster is a master palmetto basket weaver and cultural preservationist of the United Houma Nation, a state-recognized tribe from southeast Louisiana.
