Sports & Recreation
Joe Martina
In 1924 New Orleans pitcher Oyster Joe Martina led the Washington Senators baseball team against the New York Giants to win the World Series.
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Government, Politics & Law
John J. McKeithen
John J. McKeithen, the 49th governor of Louisiana, served from 1964 to 1972.
Art
John McCrady
One of the best-known twentieth-century southern artists, John McCrady studied and worked in New Orleans, where he established an influential art school.
History
John McDonogh
Businessman and real estate investor whose extensive involvement with slavery complicates his legacy as a benefactor of public education.
Government, Politics & Law
John McEnery
In 1872 John McEnery was elected governor in one of the most controversial and bizarre elections in Louisiana history.
Art
Joseph Fortune Meyer
Master potter Joseph Fortune Meyer's classic shapes and consistently high standards are, most likely, the reason that Newcomb College art pottery became internationally famous
Art
Joseph Rusling Meeker
Although not a Louisiana resident, landscape painter Joseph Rusling Meeker is well known for his bayou swamp scenes.
Sports & Recreation
Karl Malone
Karl Malone teamed with guard John Stockton while with the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz to form perhaps the greatest guard-forward combo in league history.
Art
Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
Husband and wife documentary photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick have dedicated their careers to examining and presenting the lives, spirit, and culture of black New Orleans.
Music
Lizzie Miles
Lizzie Miles was a vocalist adept at both blues and jazz stylings whose career spanned most of the modern jazz age.
8.8 c. 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.
Architecture
Madame John's Legacy
Madame John's Legacy derives its national landmark status not only from its architectural significance but also from its real and fictional associations with the French Quarter's French and Spanish colonial society.
