Music
Alvin Batiste
Jazz clarinetist and composer Alvin Batiste was the highly regarded teacher of many noted jazz musicians.
Late-20th Century
Late-20th Century Index
Art
Amy Weiskopf
Louisiana artist Amy Weiskopf gained national recognition for her elegant and graceful still-life paintings.
Music
Andrew Jefferson
Andrew Jefferson was a New Orleans traditional jazz and brass band drummer and vocalist.
Music
Andrew Morgan
Andrew Morgan was a New Orleans traditional jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and audience favorite at Preservation Hall.
Music
Andy Anderson
Jazz trumpeter Andy Anderson had a successful career working in many jazz clubs and dance halls in New Orleans from the 1920s through the 1960s.
Art
Angela Gregory
Angela Gregory is widely referred to as the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture.
History
Angola Three
Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace, known as the Angola Three, survived over four decades of solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Art
Ann Hornback
Painter Ann Hornback incorporates dreamlike, surrealistic scenes of nature and animals, usually with a central female figure, into her work.
Art
Anna Williams
Anna Williams was a self-taught quilter, considered to be one of the twentieth century's most significant fiber artists.
Literature
Anne Rice
Anne Rice, a New Orleans-born author, was well known for her historical novels and fictional vampires.
Foodways
Antoine’s Restaurant
Founded in 1840, Antoine’s Restaurant is the oldest continually family-owned and -operated restaurant in the United States.
History
Archbishop Joseph Rummel
Archbishop Joseph Rummel was among the first religious leaders in Louisiana to proclaim the immorality of racism and ordered the desegregation of Catholic schools in New Orleans.
