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List of Cajuns
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This is a list of notable Cajuns, often from the Acadiana or Greater New Orleans regions of French Louisiana, though not limited in geographic origin.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Contents |
- Barry Jean Ancelet - writer, folkorist, linguist[1]
- Tab Benoit, blues guitarist
- Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
- Carl A. Brasseaux, historian
- Lacey Chabert, actress
- Amie Comeaux, country music singer
- Michael Doucet, fiddler, singer and songwriter
- Edwin Duhon, musician and co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers
- Mary Alice Fontenot, children's author
- Mary Gauthier, folk singer/songwriter
- Lash La Rue, (deceased) former actor
- Shia LaBeouf (1986 - ) television/film actor[2]
- Ali Landry, model and actress, 1996 Miss USA[3]
- Elemore Morgan, Jr., painter
- Paul Prudhomme, chef of Cajun cuisine[4]
- George Rodrigue, painter[5]
- Floyd Sonnier[6]
- Wayne Toups - musician
- Justin Wilson, chef[7]
- Jimmy Buffett, singer/ songwriter. born in Pascagoula, Ms. raised in and around Mobile, Al.
- Richard LeBoeuf, accordion player and singer
- Bill Dauterive from the cartoon King of the Hill
- Remy LeBeau, aka "Gambit," member of the Marvel Comics X-Men
- Eduard Delacroix, aka "Del", one of the prisoners from The Green Mile
- Ruby Landry, from the V.C Andrews' Landry series
- Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana Governor[8]
- Brandon Sonnier, Philanthrapist
- John Breaux, former Louisiana US Senator[9]
- Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana[10]
- F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee
- Charlie Melancon, US congressman[11]
- Billy Tauzin, politician[12]
- Claire Lee Chennault, former WWII aviator
- Eugene Roe, WWII medic in the famed Easy Company
- Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey[13]
- Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback[14]
- Brett Favre, NFL quarterback
- Eric Guerin, hall of fame jockey[15]
- Ron Guidry, former baseball player[16]
- Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback[17]
- Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
- Stefan LeFors, football quarterback[18]
- John LeRoux, professional wrestler
- Ryan Theriot, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, born in Baton Rouge, La.[19]
- ^ [1] "Barry Jean Ancelet is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun, born in Church Point and raised in Lafayette."
- ^ Strauss, Bob. "Shia LaBeouf has come a long way in Hollywood", Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 2007-04-07. Retrieved on April 8, 2007.
- ^ Landy - [2] "A Cajun and Breaux Bridge native, Ali Landry was crowned Miss USA in February 1996 at age twenty-two." . m/alil/
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "
- ^ [5]"A young French-speaking Cajun boy..."
- ^ [6] "Being half Louisiana French himself..."
- ^ [7] "she was nicknamed the "Cajun Grandma" and won the election to become the top elected official in the state." [8] ""So many people in Louisiana actually speak French every day and feel French, and I think they're a little disappointed about the situation," says Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a French Acadian whose maiden name was Babineaux. "We're looking at a 200-year historical time when France was our greatest ally.""
- ^ [9] "John Breaux, a close friend and fellow Cajun." [10]
- ^ [11] "Louisiana's notorious Cajun politician, Edwin Edwards, who was elected governor four times. He currently resides in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana." [12]
- ^ [13]
- ^ [14] [15]
- ^ [16] "The California-based Delahoussaye, a Cajun from New Iberia, La., is one of the best riders in Kentucky Derby history."
- ^ [17] [18]
- ^ [19] "Eric Guerin, the twenty-eight-year-old Cajun jockey who rode all of Vanderbilt's top horses under a contract arrangement."
- ^ [20] "Just like George, he's a nice, country, Cajun guy, who left Louisiana to follow his dream and continued that dream by returning to his roots. "
- ^ [21] "The Cajun Cannon" [22]
- ^ [23]
- ^ [24]