page_title: List of Louisiana Creoles
section_title: Arts, culture, and entertainment
hierarchical_section_title: List of Louisiana Creoles / List / Arts, culture, and entertainment
caption_attribution_description: English: George Herriman with fans.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable Louisiana Creole people.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Louisiana Creoles or must have references showing they are Louisiana Creoles and are notable.
context_section_description: Don Albert (1908–1980) – jazz trumpeter and bandleader
  Veronica Porché Ali (born 1955) – actress and psychologist and the former wife of boxing legend Muhammad Ali
  Debbie Allen (born 1950) – actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
  Fernest Arceneaux (1940–2008) – zydeco accordionist and singer from Louisiana
  Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin (1915–2007) – accordionist
  Amede Ardoin (1898–1942) – zydeco musician
  Chris Ardoin (born 1981) – zydeco accordionist and singer
  Sean Ardoin (born 1970) – zydeco musician and singer
  K.D. Aubert (born 1978) – actress and fashion model
  Vernel Bagneris (born 1949) – playwright, actor, director, singer, and dancer; named after his cousin Vernel Fournier
  Louis Barbarin (1902–1997) – New Orleans jazz drummer
  Paul Barbarin (1899–1969) – New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the best of the pre-Big Band era jazz drummers
  Achille Baquet (1885–1955) – jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
  George Baquet (1881–1949) – jazz clarinetist, known for his contributions to early jazz in New Orleans
  Blue Lu Barker (1913–1998) – jazz and blues singer; her better known recordings included "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "Look What Baby's Got For You"
  Danny Barker (1909–1994) – jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukulele player
  Richmond Barthé (1901–1989) – sculptor
  Dave Bartholomew (1918–2019) – musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century
  Jon Batiste (born 1986) – singer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and bandleader from Kenner, Louisiana; music director and bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and its band Stay Human
  Lionel Batiste (1931–2012) – jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans
  Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) – jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer
  Troian Bellisario (born 1985) – actress; stars as Spencer Hastings in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars
  E.J. Bellocq (1873–1949) – photographer
  Jimmy Bertrand (1900–1960) –  jazz and blues drummer
  Alex Bigard (1899–1978) – jazz drummer. He was the brother of Barney Bigard and a cousin of Natty Dominique and A.J. Piron, and was involved for decades with the New Orleans jazz scene.
  Barney Bigard (1906–1980) – jazz clarinetist
  Esther Bigeou (1895–1936) – blues singer; billed as "The Girl with the Million Dollar Smile"; one of the classic female blues singers popular in the 1920s
  Eddie Bo (1930–2009) – singer and pianist from New Orleans
  Peter Bocage (1887–1967) – cornet player; also played violin professionally, as well as sometimes trombone, banjo, and xylophone; cousin of New Orleans R&B musician Eddie Bo
  Denise Boutte (born 1982) – actress and model
  John Boutté (born 1958) – jazz singer
  Wellman Braud (1891–1966) – jazz upright bassist
  John Brunious (born 1940) – jazz trumpeter
  Wendell Brunious (born 1954) – jazz trumpeter
  Calvin Carriere (1921–2002) – fiddler
  Chubby Carrier (born 1967) – zydeco musician
  Roy Carrier (1947–2010) – zydeco musician
  Inez Catalon (c. 1913–1994) – Creole singer
  Papa Celestin (1884–1954) – jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and vocalist
  Leah Chase (1923–2019) – chef, author and television personality
  Boozoo Chavis (1930–2001) – musician and one of the pioneers of zydeco music
  Clifton Chenier (1925–1987) – zydeco musician
  C.J. Chenier (born 1957) – zydeco musician and son of the Grammy Award-winning "King of Zydeco", Clifton Chenier
  Frank Christian (1887–1973) – early jazz trumpeter
  Savannah Churchill (1920–1974) – singer of pop, jazz, and blues music
  Robert Colescott (1925–2009) – painter
  Warrington Colescott (born 1921) – artist
  Florestine Perrault Collins (1895–1988) – photographer
  Charles Connor (born 1935) – drummer, best known as a member of Little Richard's band
  Louis Cottrell, Jr. (1911–1978) – jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
  Coline Creuzot (born 1985) – singer and Sony ATV songwriter; granddaughter of Percy Creuzot Jr, founder of Frenchy's Chicken, a popular creole
caption: George Herriman
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