Business and Economics
- William Edenborn (1848–1926), industrialist and inventor, owner of Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, which linked Shreveport with New Orleans
- Isaac Delgado, businessman and philanthropist. Benefactor of Delgado Community College.
- Alexander Milne, 18th century businessman and entrepreneur
- Daniel Henry Holmes, 19th century businessman
- Chris Owens; Burlesque performer and entrepreneur
- Oliver Pollock, merchant, financier of the American Revolutionary War
- Louis J. Roussel, Jr., businessman and political kingmaker
- Clay Shaw, businessman
- Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil (1783–1843), businessman
- John McDonogh (1779–1850), shipping, land speculation (world's largest prive landholder ca. 1850), philanthropist and namesake of many New Orleans schools
- Samuel Zemurray, businessman and philanthropist
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