Notable Alumni
- Walter Boasso - Former Louisiana state senator from St. Bernard Parish who made national headlines for fighting to combine levee boards in southeast Louisiana; gubernatorial candidate in 2007, Democrat.
- Randy Bush - former Major League baseball player; member of 1987 and 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.
- Joel Chaisson - President of the Louisiana State Senate, attorney
- James H. Clark - co-founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc., and Netscape Communications
- Carl Crane - former state representative from Baton Rouge, 1984–2008, Republican.
- Jim Donelon - former state representative, former president of Jefferson Parish, and current state insurance commissioner.
- Peter J. Fos - President, University of New Orleans
- Ellen DeGeneres - Comedian, television host, and actress.
- Clancy DuBos - columnist, editor and owner of Gambit Weekly, New Orleans' alternative weekly newspaper.
- Peter Halley - painter.
- Chris Hazel - Republican state representative from Rapides Parish since 2008.
- Ervin Johnson - played basketball in the National Basketball Association
- James Letten - U.S. Attorney for the Eastern district of Louisiana.
- Nicholas Lorusso - Republican state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007.
- Paul Mainieri - current Louisiana State University head baseball coach.
- Renny Martyn - contestant on Big Brother 10
- Dawn Richard - Singer/Songwriter formally of Danity Kane, member of Dirty Money.
- Jeffrey D. Sadow - political scientist, columnist, professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport
- Joe Slusarski - former Major League baseball player
- Roy C. Strickland - businessman and politician in Louisiana and later The Woodlands, Texas
- Taryn Terrell - former WWE Diva
- Brian Traxler - former Major League baseball player
- James Wayne "Jim" Tucker - first Republican to become Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction, effective January 14, 2008
- Wally Whitehurst, former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, played for the New York Mets
- Darryl Willis - BP vice president in charge of claims who is featured in commercials about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Jeffrey L. Gangwisch - Filmmaker and Fulbright Media Scholar
- Frank Ocean - R&B/ Hip-Hop artist
Read more about this topic: University Of New Orleans
Famous quotes containing the word notable:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)