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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.
Louisiana Creole people. Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Spanish: Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule.
Portuguese Africa. Atlantic Creole is a term coined by historian Ira Berlin to describe a group of people from Angola and Central Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries with cultural or ethnic ties to Africa, Europe, and sometimes the Caribbean. They often had Portuguese names and were sometimes mixed race.
The French Louisianians (French: Louisianais), also known as Louisiana French, [2][3] are Latin French people native to the states that were established out of French Louisiana. They are commonly referred to as French Creoles (French: Créoles). [4][5] Today, the most famous Louisiana French groups are the Alabama Creoles (including Alabama ...
t. e. The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Louisiana Creoles that developed in the former French and Spanish colonies of Louisiana (especially in New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwestern Florida, in what is now the United States. French colonists in Louisiana first used the term "Creole" to refer to people born in the ...
Don Breaux (born 1940), former NFL quarterback. Reid Brignac (born 1986), self-proclaimed "Cajun God of Baseball", shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, born in St. Amant, Louisiana [24] Bubby Brister (born 1962), former NFL quarterback for the Steelers, Eagles, Broncos. Fred Broussard (born 1933), former NFL and AFL offensive lineman.
Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 15, 1881) [1][2][nb 2] was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II (1827 – c. 1862), also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana Voodoo and traditional ...
Joseph Marshall Walker. Cedric Watson. Lynn Whitfield. Categories: Louisiana Creole. Francophone people. Louisiana Creole culture. American people of Creole descent.