Architecture
Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte
Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte is best remembered for his painting of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
Spanish Colonial Period
Spanish Colonial Period Index
Music
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer best known for "Les Indes galantes", an opera-ballet published in 1735.
Peoples of Louisiana
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians is one of four Louisiana tribes recognized by the federal government and one of fifteen recognized by the state.
7.10 d.-e. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Ancestors of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians avoided resettlement and remained in Louisiana following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
History
Jim Bowie
Although Jim Bowie is known for his role in the Battle of the Alamo, he was raised in Louisiana, where he engaged in land schemes and slave smuggling.
Art
John James Audubon
Artist John James Audubon completed some of his most notable paintings for "The Birds of America" while in Louisiana.
History
John McDonogh
Businessman and real estate investor whose extensive involvement with slavery complicates his legacy as a benefactor of public education.
Art
John Vanderlyn
John Vanderlyn, the first American painter to study in Paris, exhibited his work in New Orleans in 1821 and 1828.
Art
John Wesley Jarvis
John Wesley Jarvis was as well-known for his eccentric personality and dress as he was for his talent as a portrait and landscape painter.
Art
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza was a Spanish portraitist in colonial Louisiana.
Music
Joseph Arquier
Composer and cellist Joseph Arquier lived in New Orleans between 1800 and 1804.
Government, Politics & Law
Juan San Maló
Juan San Maló (Jean St. Malo) was the leader of a group of self-liberated formerly enslaved people who founded their own maroon resistance community in the bayous and wetlands southeast of New Orleans, in present-day St. Bernard Parish.
