Arts, Entertainment, and Humanities

• John Ed Bradley, novelist
• Bill Conti, Academy Award-winning composer
• Julie Giroux, Emmy Award-winning composer
• Rex Reed, New York author and film critic
• Joanne Woodward, Academy Award-winning actress

Business and Economics

• Lodwrick M. Cook, co-chairman of the Board of Global Crossing Inc.
• Reinosuke Hara, vice chairman of the Board of Seiko Instruments, Inc.
• Harry J. Longwell, Sr., vice-president of ExxonMobil U.S.A.
• Thomas Ryder, Chairman and CEO of Reader's Digest Magazine

Government and Politics

• John Breaux, United States Senator
• James Carville, political strategist
• David Duke, candidate for governor of the state of Louisiana
• Edwin Edwards, governor of the state of Louisiana
• Maxime Faget, Engineering & Development Director, NASA
• Carlos Roberto Flores, president of Honduras
• M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., governor of the state of Louisiana
• Paul M. Hebert, Civilian Judge during Nuremberg War Trials
• Hubert Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States
• Mary Landrieu, United States Senator
• Russell B. Long, United States Senator

Military

• General Claire Chennault, Commander of World War II's "Flying Tigers"
• General John A. Lejeune, Namesake of Camp Lejeune North Carolina

Sports

• Mahmoud Abdur-Rauf, retired NBA player (formerly of theDenver Nuggets, the Sacremento Kings and the Vancouver Grizzlies)
• "Pistol" Pete Maravich, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Shaquille O'Neal, NBA center, Miami Heat (formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic)
• David Toms, Professional Golfer
• Brandon Winey, NFL tackle

Miscellaneous

• Jimmy Andrews, M.D., founder of the American Sports Medicine Institute
• Dolores Spikes, president of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore