As one of the most prominent Mississippi River plantation owners of colonial Louisiana, Jean Noel Destrehan built a prosperous farming operation around the stately River Road manor that still bears his family name.
Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte is best remembered for his painting of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer best known for "Les Indes galantes", an opera-ballet published in 1735.
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.
Ancestors of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians avoided resettlement and remained in Louisiana following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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.
Artist John James Audubon completed some of his most notable paintings for "The Birds of America" while in Louisiana.
Businessman and real estate investor whose extensive involvement with slavery complicates his legacy as a benefactor of public education.
John Vanderlyn, the first American painter to study in Paris, exhibited his work in New Orleans in 1821 and 1828.
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.
José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza was a Spanish portraitist in colonial Louisiana.
Composer and cellist Joseph Arquier lived in New Orleans between 1800 and 1804.
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