Geography of Shreveport - Notable People

Notable People

For Shreveport's notable sports figures, see separate list in "Sports" above.

• Dave Alexander a.k.a. "Omar Sharif" - (1938-2012), blues musician
• Caesar Antoine (1836–1921), one of three African Americans to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana; tenure, 1872 to 1876; state senator from Caddo Parish, and Shreveport businessman
• Kevyn Aucoin (1962–2002) make-up artist and photographer
• John N. Bahcall (1934–2005) American astrophysicist, best known for contributions to the solar neutrino problem.
• Reuben Bell (1945–2004), African American soul singer and song writer for blues artist, Bobby "Blue" Bland
• Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960), American actress, most famous for role of "Barbara Cooper Royer" on sitcom One Day at a Time; lived in Shreveport as a child
• Brian Blade- (born 1970), award winning jazz drummer for Brian Blade and the Fellowship, EmmyLou Harris, Daniel Lanois, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Seal
• Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), mayor of Shreveport, U.S. representative, federal judge
• Tim Brando (born 1956), CBS Sports announcer, born in Shreveport and still resides there
• Billy Bretherton (born 1968), Star of A&E's Billy the Exterminator
• Eric John Brock (1966-2011), Shreveport historian
• Kix Brooks, a.k.a. Leon Eric Brooks, III - (born 1955), Country musician, half of duo Brooks & Dunn
• Overton Brooks (1897–1961), U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district from 1937 to 1961 and namesake of the Shreveport Veterans Affairs Hospital
• James Burton (born 1939), guitarist; former backup guitarist for Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson
• C. E. Byrd (1859–1926), founder of C.E. Byrd High School
• Sam Caldwell (1892–1953), mayor of Shreveport, 1934–1946
• Thomas G. Carmody (born 1961), state representative and former member of the Shreveport City Council
• Pat Carroll - (born 1927), Emmy Award winning actress and comedian
• Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington (born 1966) - Louisiana state senator from south Caddo and De Soto parishes
• Van Cliburn (born 1934), American pianist
• Johnnie L. Cochran (1937–2005), criminal defense attorney
• Charlie Cook (born 1953), author of The Cook Political Report
• John William Corrington (1932–1988), novelist, screenwriter, poet, and dramatist
• Jack Crichton - (1916–2007), Texas oil and gas industrialist and 1964 Republican gubernatorial nominee in Texas, reared in Shreveport
• Monroe E. Dodd (1878–1952), pioneer radio evangelist, pastor of First Baptist Church of Shreveport, 1912–1950, founder of Dodd College for Girls
• John H. Eastman (1861–1938), mayor of Shreveport from 1910 to 1914
• William Edenborn (1848–1926), industrialist and inventor from Winn Parish, died in Shreveport and is interred at Forest Park Cemetery
• William C. Feazel (1895–1965), influential oilman and politician, U.S. Senator (1948)
• J. Howell Flournoy (1891–1966), sheriff of Caddo Parish from 1940 until his death
• Homer Flynn, spokesman for the avant garde music and visual arts group The Residents, member of their production company Cryptic Corporation and rumored to be the founding member and lead singer of the group.
• Hunter Greene (born 1966), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish, born in Shreveport
• John Spencer Hardy -(1913-2012), Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force; chief of operations for the United States Army Air Corps in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II
• Augustus F. Hawkins (1907–2007), Congressman (1963–1991)
• George E. Hearn (1926–2010), psychologist at Louisiana College, reared in Shreveport
• William Kennon Henderson, Jr. - (1880–1945), founder of radio station KWKH
• Hubert D. Humphreys (1923–2009), Louisiana historian and author
• Edgar Hull (1904–1984), co-founder of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport; resided in Shreveport in 1928 and from 1966-1973.
• Tom Jarriel (born 1934), Television reporter and investigative correspondent, winner of multiple Emmy Awards
• William Joyce (writer) (born 1957), author and illustrator of children's books and screenwriter
• Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010), suspense novelist
• Huddie Ledbetter a.k.a. Leadbelly (1885–1949), blues guitarist/singer
• Jared Leto (born 1971), actor, Lead Singer/Rhythm Guitarist of 30 Seconds to Mars.
• Joshua Logan (1908–1988), Broadway director of South Pacific and Mister Roberts, reared in Shreveport.
• Walter M. Lowrey (1921–1980), historian
• Charlton Lyons (1894–1973), politician
• Susybelle Lyons (1923–2007), socialiste
• Judi Ann Mason (1955—2009), American television writer, producer and playwright
• Billy McCormack (1928-2012), Baptist pastor, director and vice president of the Christian Coalition of America
• Mary Miles Minter (1902–1984), silent film star and a central figure in the scandal surrounding the 1922 murder of pioneer movie star William Desmond Taylor
• Henry Warren Ogden (1842–1905), member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th congressional district and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• Oliver, a.k.a. William Oliver Swofford (1945–2000), singer, songwriter, and musician
• W. Darrell Overdyke (1907–1973), historian at Centenary College
• Don Owen (1930-2012), KSLA broadcast journalist and member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission
• Frank Page (broadcaster), radio broadcaster at KWKH in Shreveport, who introduced Elvis Presley to the former Country music show known as the Louisiana Hayride; worked at KWKH for a time alongside singer/songwriter Nat Stuckey and singer Jim Reeves; born Raymond Franklin Page in Malvern, Arkansas; served in United States Army in World War II
• Mitchell Parish (1900–1993), lyricist for "Stardust", "Sleigh Ride", and "Stars Fell on Alabama"
• Barrow Peacock (born 1970), Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from Caddo and Bossier parishes
• Andrew Querbes (1864–1939), mayor of Shreveport from 1902 to 1906; banker and police juror
• Gene Reynolds (born 1950), current District 10 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Webster and Bossier parishes
• Buddy Roemer (born 1943), former governor of Louisiana and U.S. representative
• Brittney Rogers (born 1982), Miss Louisiana USA 2003
• Tommy Sands (born 1937), American singer born in Chicago, resided in Shreveport during his childhood
• John Thomas Scopes (1900–1970), defendant in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial
• Alan Seabaugh (born 1967), attorney and state representative
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born 1977), blues guitarist
• Jimmy G. Shoalmire (1940–1982), historian
• George Luke Smith (1837-1884), congressman, businessman
• Andy Sidaris (1931–2007), Hollywood film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter
• C. O. Simpkins, Jr. (born 1947), music historian, biographer, and notable physician
• Jesse N. Stone (1924–2001), president of Southern University System, 1974–1985; civil rights activist
• Lee Emmett Thomas (1866–1935), mayor of Shreveport from 1922–1930; Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1912–1916
• Jesse Thomas (1911–1995), blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
• Stanley R. Tiner (born 1942), Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
• W. Scott Wilkinson (1895–1985), attorney and former state representative
• Hank Williams, Jr. (born 1949), Country music singer born in Shreveport but resides in Tennessee
• Jesse Winchester (born 1944), musician, song writer
• Mississippi Winn (1897–2011) a supercentenarian, and was the last living child of slaves.
• Wayne Winterrowd (1941–2010), horticulturist and author known for his lush gardens in southern Vermont
• Faron Young (1932–1996), country musician and songwriter
• Peter Youree (1843–1914), Shreveport businessman; built city's first skyscraper
• Mark Zeltser (born 1947), Award winning pianist

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, John D. Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack, and Tom Hall worked together at Softdisk, a computer company located in Shreveport. While working at Softdisk, these programmers developed technology which eventually led to the creation of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. They later left Softdisk to form id Software in order to produce these games.