Businesspeople from New Orleans

Kirt Bruce Bennett (December 15, 1967 – May 3, 2010) was an African-American Republican political activist, businessman, and educational leader in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Percy Robert Miller, known by his stage name Master P or his business name P.

Walter Joseph Boasso (born May 10, 1960) is a wealthy businessman and Democratic former state senator from Chalmette, the seat of government of St.

Walter L. Cohen, Sr.

George Luke Smith (December 11, 1837 – July 9, 1884) was a U.

Judah Touro (June 16, 1775 – January 18, 1854) was an American businessman and philanthropist.

Milburn Eugene Calhoun (January 15, 1930 – January 7, 2012) was a physician, philanthropist, and book publisher from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Morgan Wailes Walker Jr.

Elward Thomas Brady Jr.

Angelo Roppolo (June 29, 1920 - July 2, 2012) was a bail bondsman and political consultant in Shreveport, Louisiana, who advised governors, judges, state and national legislators, and many local officials as well.

J. Marshall Brown (1924 - deceased prior to 2013) was an insurance agent from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 12 in his native Orleans Parish from 1952 to 1960.

Steven Marrs (born March 11, 1967 in Landstuhl, Germany) is the founder, President and Managing Partner of OutEast Entertainment, an independent multimedia entertainment studio.

Carlos Stephens aka Clos, is a record producer from New Orleans, Louisiana.

C.C. Dejoie (1881-1970) was an early African-American businessman and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was co-founder of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.

John Slidell (1793 – July 9, 1871) was an American politician, lawyer and businessman.

John Albert Morris (July 1836 – May 25, 1895) was an American businessman widely known as the "Lottery King" and a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing.

John A. Alario, Jr.

John F. Schwegmann (born December 5, 1945) is a Metairie businessman, who was elected as a Democrat to the Louisiana Public Service Commission in 1981 to succeed his father, John G.

Ronald "Slim" Williams (born May 23, 1967) is an American businessman who co-founded the record label Cash Money Records along with his younger brother Bryan "Birdman" Williams.

John Frank LaBruzzo (born July 6, 1970) is a businessman from Metairie, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 81 in Jefferson Parish.

John McDonogh (29 December 1779–26 October 1850) was a United States entrepreneur and philanthropist, described as miserly, controversial, and eccentric.

Percy Joseph Mills, Jr.

Paul Aaron Brown (January 15, 1932 – July 3, 1996) was only the second Republican since Reconstruction to have served as mayor of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Paul Tulane (May 10, 1801 – March 27, 1887), was an American philanthropist, born near Princeton, New Jersey, the son of Louis Tulane, a French immigrant, and Maria Tulane.

Desirée Glapion Rogers (born June 16, 1959, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American business executive who is the Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Publishing Company.

Jeffery James Arnold, known as Jeff Arnold (born July 26, 1967), is a senior vice president of First NBC Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Janee Michelle (born Geneva Leona Mercadel; 1946), also known as Gee Tucker, is an American actor, model, dancer, and businessperson, best known for her role in the 1974 horror film The House on Skull Mountain.

William Harold "Billy" Nungesser (born January 10, 1959), is an American politician, the 54th and current Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, since January 11, 2016.

Emmitt James Douglas (October 14, 1926 – March 25, 1981) was an African-American businessman from New Roads, Louisiana, who served as president of his state's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1966 until his death.

Erich Edward Ponti (born April 30, 1965), a general contractor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Jesse Kendrick Hollis, Jr.

Lewis Strong Clarke, Sr.

Richard (Dick) Talens is an entrepreneur and fitness coach.

Hamilton Dudley Coleman (May 12, 1845 in New Orleans, Louisiana – March 16, 1926 in Biloxi, Mississippi) was a businessman and politician who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 1889-1891.

Lionel Gordon Ott (July 25, 1894 – October 16, 1987) was an accountant and a Democratic politician from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served in the 20th century as a state senator and as a member of the New Orleans City Council.

Edward Sidney Bopp (born November 28, 1930) is a retired pharmacist and lawyer from his native New Orleans, Louisiana, who served from 1977 to 1984 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 103 encompassing part of Orleans and St.

William Wright (W. W.) Heard (April 28, 1853 - May 31, 1926) was the 32nd Governor of Louisiana from 1900 to 1904.

Richard Joseph Brennan Sr.

Andrea Apuzzo is a James Beard Foundation-member chef.

Andrew C. Querbes, Sr.

Quentin D. Dastugue (born December 31, 1955) is a founding partner and the chief executive officer of the New Orleans-based real estate firm Property One, Inc.

William Edenborn (March 20, 1848 – May 13, 1926) was a businessman, inventor and philanthropist, born in Plettenberg in the Westphalia region of the Ruhr River Valley of the former Prussia, since Germany.

David Ransdell Voelker (May 13, 1953 – May 21, 2013) was an entrepreneur and community leader in his adopted city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

William Aicklen Nungesser, known as Billy Nungesser (September 30, 1929 – January 21, 2006), was a leader of the Republican Party in the formerly traditionally Democratic state of Louisiana during much of the latter 20th century.

William George Helis, Sr.

Melinda B. Schwegmann (born October 25, 1946) was the lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1992–1996 – the first woman to hold the position.

Minnie White was a Storyville brothel proprietor in the early part of the twentieth century.

Robert Emmet Couhig, Jr.

Robert Wilson Ewing, I, also known as Colonel Ewing (September 27, 1859 - April 27, 1931), was a prominent newspaper journalist, editor, and publisher and political figure, primarily in Louisiana, in the last two decades of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century.

Armand Edward Blackmar, was born in Vermont in 1826, to parents Reuben Harmon and Amanda (Cushman) Blackmar.

Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952) was the founder and owner of Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (LCVPs) during World War II.

Louis J. Roussel Jr.

Lynn B. Dean (born December 22, 1923) is a boat manufacturer from St.

Ruth Ann Udstad Fertel (February 5, 1927 – April 16, 2002) was a Louisiana businesswoman, best known as the founder of Ruth's Chris Steak Houses.

Almond Gaston Crowe, Jr.

Albert Bel Fay, Sr.

Alexander Milne (1742–1838) was a Scottish American entrepreneur and philanthropist and was born in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland.

Antonia "Toya" Wright (née Johnson previously Carter; born October 26, 1983) is an American reality television personality, rapper, businesswoman, and author still better known as Toya Carter.

Caesar Carpentier Antoine (1836–1921) was a politician, the third of three African-American Republicans who were elected and served as the Lieutenant Governor of the U.

Charles Turner Howard (1832–1885) was an American businessman notable for organizing the Louisiana State Lottery Company in 1869.

Conrad Henry Appel, III (born June 17, 1951), is a Metairie, Louisiana, businessman who since 2008 has been a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 9 in suburban Jefferson Parish.

David Washington Pipes, Jr.

deLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison Jr.

Edward C. Scogin, known as Ed Scogin (May 6, 1921 – July 10, 1999), was from 1972-1992 a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Slidell in St.

Edward Joseph Price, III (born 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is the former mayor of Mandeville in St.

James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow (July 10, 1820 – February 27, 1867) was an American publisher and statistician, best known for his influential magazine DeBow's Review, who also served as head of the U.

Jacob Barker (1779–1871) was an American financier and lawyer.

James Edward "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr.