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- Ray Nagin (born 1956)mayor of New Orleans
- L.D. "Buddy" Napper (born ca. 1918) former state representative
- Christopher Columbus Nash (1838-date of death unknown) Grant Parish sheriff; founder of the White League, 1874
- Ed Nelson (born 1928) actor: Peyton Place
- Sydney B. Nelson (born 1935), state senator
- Ben Nevers (born 1946), state senator
- Aaron Neville (born 1941) singer
- Arthel Neville (born 1962) anchor for Fox News
- Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901) philanthropist (Newcomb College)
- Randy Newman (born 1943) singer-songwriter, pianist
- Francis T. Nicholls (1834–1912) Governor of Louisiana
- Enoch T. Nix (1920–2001) banker, member and president of the Louisiana State Board of Education
- James A. Noe (1890–1976) Governor of Louisiana for five months in 1936, oil driller, broadcaster
- Frank T. Norman (1914–1994), mayor of Minden from 1958 to 1966; top official of Masonic lodge
- Rick Nowlin (born 1948) politician
- Wyatt Luther Nugent (1891–1936) sheriff killed in line of duty in Grant Parish
- Alcide Nunez (1884–1934) musician
- Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. (born 1930) politician
- William Harold "Billy" Nungesser (born 1959) Republican politician
- William A. "Billy" Nungesser (1929–2006) Republican politician
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