List of People From Louisiana - K

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• Ed Karst (1931–1992), mayor of Alexandria (1969–1973), gubernatorial candidate, 1991
• Kay Katz (born 1940), state representative from Ouachita Parish and Republican National Committeewoman from Louisiana
• Jack Keahey (1935–2007), president of Tensas Basin Levee District
• Kelly Keeling (born 1966), Houma, Louisiana, Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist
• J.E. Keeny (1860–1939), educator
• Bill P. Keith (born 1934), author in Longview, Texas, and former member of the Louisiana State Senate
• Perry P. Keith (1847-1935), state representative; co-founder of Keithville in Caddo Parish
• William P. Kellogg (1830–1918) Congressman, Governor and United States Senator
• Donald G. Kelly (born 1941), state senator from Natchitoches, 1976–1996
• Bolivar E. Kemp (1871–1933), U.S. representative from 1925 to 1933
• Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. (1904–1965), Louisiana attorney general from 1948 to 1952
• Donald Ray Kennard (1936–2011), state representative from Baton Rouge, 1976–2008
• John Neely Kennedy (born 1951) current Louisiana State Treasurer
• Edward Kennon (born 1938) businessman; politician
• Robert F. Kennon (1902–1988) Governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956
• Doug Kershaw (born 1936) musician, singer
• Sammy Kershaw (born 1958) musician, singer, candidate for lieutenant governor
• Ernie K-Doe (1936–2001) singer, "Emperor of the Universe"
• DJ Khaled (born 1975), record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive
• Nat G. Kiefer (1939–1985) state senator from New Orleans
• Arnold R. Kilpatrick (1920–2005) educator
• K.D. Kilpatrick (1928–2010) state senator from Ruston
• Catherine D. Kimball (born 1945) chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Harold R. "Hal" King (1945–2010) novelist
• Earl King (1934–2003) musician
• Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) politician and businessman
• Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (born 1918) music educator; former member of Louisiana Board of Regents
• Chuck Kleckley (born 1960) state representative
• Mark Klein (born 1993) singer
• Jesse Monroe Knowles (1919–2006) politician and survivor of Bataan Death March
• L.D. Knox (1929–2009) politician
• Allison Kolb (1915–1973) politician
• Robert Kostelka (born 1933) district attorney, judge, and state senator from Monroe
• Suzanne Mayfield Krieger (born 1953) politician
• Dan Kyle (born 1937) politician
• John S. Kyser (1900–1975) educator