Art
Mark Sindler
Photographer Mark Sindler spent several years documenting Vietnamese and Laotian communities along the Gulf Coast in his "Vietnamese Documentary Project"
Late-20th Century
Late-20th Century Index
History
Martha Gilmore Robinson
Martha Gilmore Robinson worked in New Orleans for five decades on to improve local government and promote historic preservation.
Art
Martin Payton
Sculptor Martin Payton is best known for his improvisational compositions made from found industrial steel parts assembled into rhythmic forms inspired by jazz music, African symbolism, and his African American heritage.
Art
Matthew Anderson IV
For three decades, photographer Matt Anderson has focused his camera on New Orleans's musicians, cultural events, and the performing arts.
Sports & Recreation
Mel Parnell
New Orleans born Mel Parnell had an All-Star career as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Art
Melissa Bonin
Lafayette painter Melissa Bonin paints landscapes, she says, "that permit me to sit on the edge of abstraction and reality." The painter's interest in abstraction began with her studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Music
Memphis Minnie
Known as “Kid” all her life to her family and re-named “Memphis Minnie” by the recording industry, New Orleans native Lizzie Douglas was a prominent and pioneering guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and blues recording artist.
Art
Michael Book
Photographer Michael Book's work ranges in character from observations of the details in everyday life to sweeping landscapes.
Art
Michael Deas
Michael Deas is a New Orleans artist who has gained acclaim with his high-profile commissions of famous Americans' portraits.
Art
Michael P. Smith
The subjects of New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith's works include the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, individual musicians, brass bands, jazz funerals, social aid and pleasure club parades, and spiritual churches.
Music
Mickey Gilley
Singer Mickey Gilley's top-10 hits placed him among the most successful country music recording artists in the 1970s and 1980s.
Government, Politics & Law
Mike Foster Jr.
Murphy J. "Mike" Foster Jr., the 53rd governor of Louisiana, served from 1996 to 2004.
