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.
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[edit] Arts, culture, and entertainment
- Barry Jean Ancelet - writer, folkorist, linguist[1]
- Lee Benoit, accordion player and singer
- Tab Benoit, blues guitarist
- Rod Bernard, swamp pop musician
- Jarvis Black, author, artist, musician
- Carl A. Brasseaux, historian, writer
- James Lee Burke, writer
- Trishelle Cannatella (1979 - ) American actress, and model of Cajun ancestry.
- Lacey Chabert, actress
- David Cheramie, activist, writer
- Amie Comeaux, country music singer
- Sheila Dooley, linguist
- Michael Doucet, fiddler, singer and songwriter
- Val Dufour, (1927-2000), soap opera actor
- Edwin Duhon, musician and co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers
- Shonda Farr American actress of part cajun ancestry.
- Mary Alice Fontenot, children's author
- Mary Gauthier, folk singer/songwriter
- Rodney Guilbeaux, comedian
- Hunter Hayes,accordion player and singer
- Leigh Hennessy, film actress and stunt performer
- [Lionel A. La Vergne] author. Father Joe A. La Vergne. Mother Evia Doucet of the line of Germain Doucet, first of the Doucets to reach Acadie.
- Lash La Rue, (deceased) former actor
- Doug Kershaw, Cajun and Country Music musician known as "The Ragin Cajun"
- Sammy Kershaw, Country Music singer and current candidate for Louisiana Lt. Governor
- Ali Landry, model and actress, 1996 Miss USA[2]
- Lisa Landry, stand-up comedian
- Richard LeBoeuf, accordion player and singer
- Camille Martin, poet
- Elemore Morgan, Jr., (deceased) painter
- Paul Prudhomme, chef of Cajun cuisine[3]
- Dennis Quaid, actor, musician
- Zachary Richard musician, environmentalist, French language preservationist and founder of Action Cadienne
- George Rodrigue, painter[4]
- Amanda Shaw, singer, fiddler and actress
- Floyd Sonnier[5]
- Wayne Toups - musician
- Justin Wilson, chef[6]
- Angela Kinsey, actress most known for The Office (US)
- Stephanie Swift (1972- ), adult actress
- Tyran Richard (1982 - ) Cajun model.
- Shane West (1978 - ) American actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for starring in A Walk To Remember.
- Walter Williams comidan, film maker
[edit] Law and politics
- Kathleen Blanco, Former Louisiana Governor[7]
- John Breaux, former Louisiana US Senator[8]
- James Carville, political strategist, know as the "Ragin' Cajun."
- Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana[9]
- F. Edward Hebert, former Congressman, Chairman of Armed Services Committee
- Charlie Melancon, US congressman[10]
- Billy Tauzin, politician[11]
- Chet Traylor, Louisiana Supreme Court Justice
[edit] Military
- Claire Lee Chennault, former World War II aviator
- Eugene Roe, World War II medic in the famed Easy Company
[edit] Sports
- Eddie Delahoussaye, former quarter-horse jockey[12]
- Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback[13]
- Brett Favre, NFL quarterback
- Andy Pettitte, Starting Pitcher for the NY Yankees
- Eric Guerin, hall of fame jockey[14]
- Ron Guidry, former baseball player[15]
- Bobby Hebert, former NFL quarterback[16]
- Leigh Hennessy, world champion gymnast
- Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
- Stefan LeFors, football quarterback[17]
- John LeRoux, professional wrestler
- Ryan Theriot, shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, born in Baton Rouge, La.[18]
[edit] Fictional characters
- Bobby Boucher, main character played by Adam Sandler in The Waterboy.
- Bill Dauterive from the cartoon King of the Hill.
- Eduard Delacroix, aka "Del", one of the prisoners from The Green Mile.
- Jay "Chef" Hicks, an engineman who brings Captain Benjamin Willard to Colonel Walter E. Kurts in Apocalypse Now.
- Ruby Landry, from the V. C. Andrews' Landry series.
- Remy LeBeau, aka "Gambit," member of the Marvel Comics X-Men.
- Polycarp, local children's TV show host.
- Bayou Billy, video game and comic book character in The Adventures of Bayou Billy for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami.
- Emile Dufraisne, video game character in Splinter Cell Double Agent.
- Dave Robisheaux, the detective in New Iberia and New Orleans in the award winning James Lee Burke's crime novels.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ [1] "Barry Jean Ancelet is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun, born in Church Point and raised in Lafayette."
- ^ Landy - [2] "A Cajun and Breaux Bridge native, Ali Landry was crowned Miss USA in February 1996 at age twenty-two." . m/alil/
- ^ FrenchQuarter.com: Celebrity French Quarter Chefs
- ^ [3] "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. "
- ^ [4]"A young French-speaking Cajun boy..."
- ^ [5] "Being half Louisiana French himself..."
- ^ [6] "she was nicknamed the "Cajun Grandma" and won the election to become the top elected official in the state." [7] ""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.""
- ^ [8] "John Breaux, a close friend and fellow Cajun." [9]
- ^ [10] "Louisiana's notorious Cajun politician, Edwin Edwards, who was elected governor four times. He currently resides in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana." [11]
- ^ News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Lafourche/Terrebonne News | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com
- ^ [12] [13]
- ^ [14] "The California-based Delahoussaye, a Cajun from New Iberia, La., is one of the best riders in Kentucky Derby history."
- ^ [15] [16]
- ^ [17] "Eric Guerin, the twenty-eight-year-old Cajun jockey who rode all of Vanderbilt's top horses under a contract arrangement."
- ^ [18] "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. "
- ^ [19] "The Cajun Cannon" [20]
- ^ [21]
- ^ The Official Site of The Chicago Cubs: Team: Player Information
