Sports & Recreation
Jimmy Perrin
Jimmy Perrin made his professional boxing debut in 1933 against Tony Feraci at the Coliseum Arena in New Orleans.
Bourbon Era
Bourbon Era IndexGovernment, Politics & Law
Joe B. Hamiter
Joe Busbey Hamiter served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for five months in 1970.
Music
Joe James
From 1925 until his death in 1964, Joe James was the regular pianist in Kid Thomas’s band.
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.
Music
Joe Robichaux
Traditional jazz and early rhythm and blues pianist Joe Robichaux may be best remembered as bandleader of the New Orleans Rhythm Boys.
Music
Joe Watkins
The nephew of jazz talent Johnny St. Cyr, Joe Watkins was a traditional jazz drummer and vocalist from New Orleans.
Government, Politics & Law
John A. Dixon Jr.
John A. Dixon, Jr. served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1980 to 1990.
Government, Politics & Law
John B. Fournet
John B. Fournet served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1949 to 1970.
Art
John Clemmer
Artist John Clemmer was an active member of the New Orleans art scene from the 1930s-2010s.
Art
John Genin
John Genin as primarily known as a portrait painter, but he also produced historical, genre, and landscape painting in nineteenth century New Orleans.
Folklife
John Lomax
John Avery Lomax was a folklorist and musicologist who, with his son Alan Lomax, made the first recording of the Louisiana blues guitarist Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
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.
