Music
Dinos Constantinides
Dinos Constantinides' orchestral works have been performed to rave reviews by symphony orchestras throughout the world, including premiers at Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
East Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Index
Government, Politics & Law
Earl Long
Earl Kemp Long served three nonconsecutive terms as Louisiana governor.
History
General Claire Chennault and the Flying Tigers
During World War II General Claire Chennault led the Flying Tigers, a group of American volunteer pilots who assisted the Chinese Air Force.
Sports & Recreation
Ham Richardson
Ham Richardson was one of the top-rated mens tennis players in the world in the 1950s.
Government, Politics & Law
Huey P. Long Jr.
Huey Long rose to prominence during the Great Depression as governor of Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
8.12 h. Huey P. Long Jr.
Huey Long rose from ordinary beginnings in Winn Parish to become Louisiana’s most famous politician.
Disasters
Hurricane Gustav
Hurricane Gustav was the first major storm to test New Orleans’s rehabbed defenses after Hurricane Katrina.
Government, Politics & Law
James Noe
James Noe served as the interim governor of Louisiana after the death of Governor Oscar "O. K." Allen.
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.
History
Jimmy Swaggart
Called the "King of Honky Tonk Heaven" by Newsweek in 1982, Ferriday's Jimmy Swaggart was America's most popular televangelist in the 1980s.
Sports & Recreation
Joe Brown
Boxer Joe Brown made his professional debut at age seventeen at the Victory Arena in New Orleans.
Music
Kenneth Blanchard Klaus
Kenneth B. Klaus was a composer, conductor, and musicologist in Baton Rouge during the twentieth century.
