Art
Jim Richard
Jim Richard is best known for his paintings of modernist works of art situated in richly decorated and ominously claustrophobic home interiors.
Contemporary Period
Contemporary Period Index
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 Dumars
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.
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 Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards served as a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024.
Art
John Clemmer
Artist John Clemmer was an active member of the New Orleans art scene from the 1930s-2010s.
Sports & Recreation
John Dane III
Louisianan John Dane III is a competitive sailor who has won championships at the helm of numerous sailing vessels.
Sports & Recreation
John Franks
John Franks dominated the sport of horse racing for over twenty years and became one of the leading stable owners and breeders in the country.
Art
John Geldersma
Artist John Geldersma has assembled a body of work that can best be described as spiritually symbolic totems; carved, smooth, often painted, vertical wooden poles with tapered ends.
Architecture
John Jacob Desmond
Twentieth-century Louisiana architect John Jacob Desmond pioneered a style of regional modernism.
Art
John Scott
John T. Scott, raised in New Orleans's Ninth Ward, is best known for his vibrantly colored kinetic art.
Music
Jolie Blonde
Arguably the most famous Cajun song of all time, "Jolie Blonde" began as a folk melody in French Louisiana.
