- Pete Maravich
Peter Press Maravich (June 22, 1947 - January 5, 1988) was a Serb-American basketball player known for his dazzling ballhandling, incredible shooting abilities, and creative passing. He learned at a very young age fundamental basketball and ball handling drills from his father coach Press Maravich. He would follow his father and coach throughout the eastern and gulf seaboards as a young man before exploding onto the NBA in his own right.
- Ryan Perrilloux
Ryan Perrilloux (born January 1, 1987 in LaPlace, Louisiana) is an American football player. A dual-threat quarterback with outstanding athletic ability, he is currently in his sophomore season at Louisiana State University. Alongside junior Matt Flynn, Perrilloux is a candidate to replace JaMarcus Russell, who entered the 2007 NFL Draft, as starting quarterback of the LSU Tigers football team. He has been compared to Donovan McNabb by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming.
- Matt Flynn
Matthew Clayton Flynn (born June 20, 1985, in Tyler, Texas) is an American football quarterback. He is currently in his junior year at Louisiana State University. Flynn served as backup to JaMarcus Russell the previous two seasons and is likely to replace him as starting quarterback at LSU, since Russell decided to enter the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Sean O'Keefe
Sean O'Keefe (born January 27, 1956) was the tenth Administrator of NASA, leading the space agency from December 2001 to February 2005. His tenure was marked by a mix of triumph and tragedy, ranging from the tremendous success of the Mars rovers to the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia. O'Keefe is currently the chancellor of Louisiana State University, a job he took after resigning from his NASA position.
- Skip Bertman
J. Stanley "Skip" Bertman (born May 23, 1938 in Detroit), is a former college baseball coach who is now entering his sixth year as the athletic director at LSU. He led the LSU Tigers baseball to College World Series Championships in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000.
- Ivor van Heerden
Ivor van Heerden is the deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center. He is also the director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes. Van Heerden was born in South Africa. He created a hurricane modeling program at LSU. For the last decade he has been one of the most persistent voices warning of the inevitable effects of a major hurricane on the Louisiana coast.
- Glenn Dorsey
Glenn Dorsey (born August 1, 1985 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a defensive tackle that attends the Louisiana State University.
- Mary Landrieu
Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is the Senior Democratic United States senator from the state of Louisiana, as well as the first, and as of 2007, only woman from that state to be elected to the Senate. She is the daughter of former New Orleans mayor Moon Landrieu and the sister of current Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu. By national standards, Landrieu is one of the more conservative Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
- Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq (pronounced "shack"), is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He starts at center for the Miami Heat, after previous stints with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic. O'Neal has been on four NBA Championship teams, most recently in 2006, …
- Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren ( April 24 , 1905 - September 15 , 1989 ) was an American poet and writer. He was born in Guthrie, Kentucky and graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1925 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1926. He later attended Yale University and obtained his B. Litt . at Oxford University in England in 1930.
- John Brady
John Brady (born September 17, 1954 in McComb, Mississippi) is the head men's basketball coach at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He coached the Tigers to an unlikely Final Four run in the 2006 NCAA Tournament, the fourth men's Final Four in LSU history.
- Eric Voegelin
Eric Voegelin, born Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin, (January 3, 1901 - January 19, 1985) was a political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, Germany, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna, where he was advised on his dissertation by Hans Kelsen and Othmar Spann. He became a teacher and then an associate professor of political science at the Faculty of Law. In 1938 he fled with his wife from Nazi Germany, emigrating to the United States, …
- T. Harry Williams
Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 -- July 6, 1979) was an award-winning historian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge whose career began in 1941 and extended for thirty-eight years until his death. A popular faculty member, Williams is perhaps best known for his American Civil War study, "Lincoln and His Generals", a "Book of the Month" selection from 1952, and his 1969 work "Huey Long" (the definitive study of Huey Pierce Long, …
- Andrei Codrescu
Poet, essayist and novelist Andrei Codrescu has been contributing commentaries to NPR's award-winning newsmagazine All Things Considered since 1983. During this time, he's also reported from Romania, Cuba and New Orleans. In 1989, Codrescu returned to his birthplace of Romania after an absence of more than 20 years, a homecoming he documented for NPR through a series of six commentaries.
- Dale Brown
Dale Duward Brown (born October 30, 1935 in Minot, North Dakota) is the winningest coach in LSU men's basketball history and led the Tigers to Final Four appearances in 1981 and 1986. He coached the team for one quarter of a century. He is also remembered as one of the most vocal critics of the NCAA during the 1980s and 1990s.
- John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (last name pronounced BRO) was a United States senator from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition.
- Dwayne Bowe
Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe (born September 21, 1984 in Miami, Florida) is a current football player for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Louisiana State University. Bowe's primary position is wide receiver. He was selected as the 23rd pick, 3rd WR, in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Bowe's first year with the LSU Tigers was 2003, the year that they won the national championship.
- Richard Baker
Richard Hugh Baker (born May 22 1948), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the 6th District of Louisiana (map). The district is based in the state capital, Baton Rouge, and includes much of that city's metropolitan area. The son of a Methodist Minister, he was born in New Orleans and graduated from Louisiana State University.
- Bernie Moore
Bernie Moore was a legendary sports figure during his long tenure as head coach of both football and track & field at LSU. Moore was the son of a Baptist minister, which seemed to influence his sports philosophy. As his College Football Hall of Fame states. he was "a man of morals and mayhem." While demanding a high level of sportsmanship from his players, he also called for a hard-nosed, physical style of play from them at all times.
- Patrick F. Taylor
Patrick F. Taylor (1937-2004) was an American businessman, who was founder and CEO of the independent oil company Taylor Energy. Taylor graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in petroleum engineering. After working for independent oilman John W. Mecom, Sr., he established a consulting company. Along with Mecom, he founded the Circle Bar Drilling company in the 1970s. After Circle Bar was sold, he started Taylor Energy.
- Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6 1985) is an American college basketball player for the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers basketball team. She is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall.
- Paul Miller
Paul Miller (born November 8, 1930 in Mandeville, Louisiana) was a National Football League defensive lineman from 1954 through 1962. He played college football at Louisiana State University.
- Billy Cannon
William Abb "Billy" Cannon (born August 2, 1937) is an All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and one of the American Football League's most celebrated players. He was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and moved to Baton Rouge when his father got a job there during World War II. He graduated from Istrouma High School.
- Pete Carroll
Peter C. Carroll (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California football team, having held that position since 2001. In his time at USC, the Trojans have made it to multiple national championship games (winning the National Championship in 2004 and splitting the National Championship in 2003) and have consistently emerged as Pac-10 conference champions.
- Bo Pelini
Mark "Bo" Pelini (born December 13, 1967 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the defensive coordinator for Louisiana State University. He is entering his third season with the Tigers. Pelini was raised in Youngstown, Ohio, a former center of steel production with a strong athletic tradition. He played free safety for Ohio State University from 1987 to 1990, starting for the Buckeyes in 1989 and 1990. Pelini served as a team co-captain in his senior year, along with Vinnie Clark, …
- Charles Zewe
Charles Zewe was an anchor for CNN Headline News in the 90s, and also a reporter for CNN, where he was Dallas bureau chief. He is currently spokesman for Louisiana State University
- Craig Davis
Craig “Buster” Davis is a wide receiver drafted by the San Diego Chargers. He attended Louisiana State University for college.
- Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieri (born 29 August 1957 in Miami, Florida) is the current head coach of the LSU baseball team. Prior to that position he was the head coach of the Notre Dame baseball team from 1995-2006, the United States Air Force Academy baseball team from 1989-1994 and the St. Thomas University baseball team from 1983-1988. His cumulative record in 24 years of coaching is 864-492-4 (.637). His Division I coaching record is 685-371-3 (.648).
- Laron Landry
LaRon Louis Landry (born October 14, 1984 in Ama, Louisiana) is a American football safety who currently plays for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Landry was a four-year starting safety for the Louisiana State University Tigers. His parents are Frank and Rhonda Landry, and he has two siblings, Derik and Dawan, who was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 5th round of the 2006 draft. He now starts at strong safety for the Ravens.
- Subhash Kak
Subhash Kak (born March 26, 1947 in Srinagar, Kashmir) is an Indian American computer scientist. He has published material related to cryptography and quantum information. He is notable for publications outside of his field, from an India-centric "Indigenous Aryans" ideology, including history and philosophy of science, ancient astronomy, and history of mathematics.
- Mark Emmert
Mark Emmert has, since 2004, been the 30th president of the University of Washington, and is a former chancellor of Louisiana State University. Emmert, who is a University of Washington alumnus, grew up in Fife, Washington, one of two brothers. He attended Fife High School. He afterwards married his high school sweetheart, DeLaine Smith, at Fife Presbyterian Church, and they have two children, Stephen and Jennifer.
- Glen Davis
Ronald Glen Davis (born January 1, 1986 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana), better known as Glen Davis, is a 6'9", 289 lb former power forward college basketball player for Louisiana State University, and current NBA player for the Boston Celtics. Davis was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 35th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. The rights to Davis were traded to the Boston Celtics along with Ray Allen for Delonte West, …
- Keiland Williams
Keiland Williams (born August 14, 1986 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American football player. He is playing the running back position and is currently in his freshman season at Louisiana State University.
- Pokey Chatman
Dana "Pokey" Chatman (born June 18, 1969 in Ama, Louisiana) is the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team. After taking over from coach Sue Gunter in 2004, Chatman led the Lady Tigers to three consecutive NCAA Final Fours in 2004 (as acting head coach for the ailing Gunter), 2005, and 2006. Notably, Chatman resigned from her post at LSU on March 7, 2007 amid allegations of an inproper sexual relationship with a former player.
- Sue Gunter
Sue Gunter (May 22, 1939, Walnut Grove, Mississippi, USA - August 4,2005) was a women's college basketball coach. She is best known as the head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team. In Gunter's 22 years as the head coach at LSU (1982-2004), the Lady Tigers played in 14 NCAA Tournaments and two WNITs. Gunter led LSU to one Final Four in 2004 and to the Elite Eight in 1986, 2000 and 2003.
- Matt Clark
"Matt Clark" (1967-1998) was a prolific short story writer and also the author of the novel, Hook Man Speaks. He held an MFA from Louisiana State University, and while a graduate student there, he was a fiction editor of the "New Delta Review". He became the director of the graduate writing program at LSU at the age of 29, and he died of liver and colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 31. His friends and fellow authors, Michael Griffith and Josh Russell, …
- Joseph Addai
Joseph Addai is a running back for the Indianapolis Colts franchise. He was drafted in the first round (thirtieth overall) in the 2006 draft out of Louisiana State University (LSU).
- Stromile Swift
Stromile Swift (born November 21 1979 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a 6'9" 230 pound professional basketball player currently with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Swift's NBA career averages include (approximately) nine points, five rebounds, and over one blocked shot per game, in twenty one minutes per game. After a college career at Louisiana State University, …
- Lolo Jones
Lolo Jones (born 5 August 1982) is an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the hurdles. After a stellar career at LSU that saw her win 3 NCAA titles and garner 11 All-American honors, Jones had a breakthrough 2006 season, in which she won two meets on the tough European circuit. She won her first national title in 2007, as she won the 60m hurdles at the 2007 USA Indoor Championships. At Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, …
- Joseph Suhayda
Dr. Joseph Suhayda is a U.S. civil engineer who has worked on coastal Louisiana topics since the 1980s. Now retired, Suhayda is a former associate professor in the Louisiana State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and former director of the Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute.