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- Ruby Bridges, commemorated for her role, as a child, in integration of the New Orleans Public School System
- Betty DeGeneres, LGBT-rights activist and spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign.
- Emmitt Douglas, former president of the Louisiana NAACP, lived in New Orleans from 1942-1946.
- David Ferrie, pilot investigated in the assassination of President Kennedy
- Eugene Grace, American Geospatial Analyst 2003-2005 University of New Orleans- Associated Press All American 2004-2005
- J. D. Grey - pastor of the First Baptist Church of New Orleans from 1937 to 1972; president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1952 to 1954
- Margaret Haughery, 19th century philanthopist, "The Bread Woman of New Orleans"
- Francis L. Hawks, Reverend
- Marie Alice Heine, first American Princess of Monaco
- Blaine Kern, leading designer and builder of parade floats
- Jean Alexandre LeMat, inventor
- Marie Laveau, "Voodoo Queen"
- Angélica María, Mexican entertainer "La Novia de Mexico"
- Sally Miller: The Lost German Slave Girl
- Allison 'Tootie' Montana, Mardi Gras Indian, "chief of chiefs"
- Paul Morphy, chess master, unofficial world chess champion
- Babe Stovall, entertainer, "Mr. Bojangles"
- Paul Tulane, nineteenth century benefactor of Tulane University of New Orleans
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