Writers from New Orleans

American playwright (1911–1983)

American author (1924-1984)

American comedian, television host, actress, and writer (born 1958)

American fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024)

American writer

American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter

American author (1850–1904)

American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)

American novelist (1937–1969)

American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)

American author, journalist and professor (born 1952)

Confederate general (1818–1893)

American white nationalist and politician

American writer

American historian and writer (1936–2002)

American rapper, actor and record executive

American actor and director

American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor

American bassist

American writer, activist (1875-1935)

American actor and film director (1939-2007)

American writer (1929–2020)

filmmaker (born 1940)

American writer

American political consultant

American actor and director

American news anchor (1914-2002)

American filmmaker

American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)

American painter and author (1865-1938)

American author, educator, and political activist and strategist (born 1959)

American novelist

American novelist (1844–1925)

American journalist (1943–2019)

American fiction writer (1978-)

novelist, short story writer, food writer from the United States

American writer

African American beat poet (1925–1986)

American author, journalist, and producer

American artist (1942-2002)

French writer (1849-1893)

American author and journalist

American children's books illustrator and writer

American voice actress and ADR script writer

American physician (1793–1863)

American actor and film director

American novelist, memoirist, biographer

American newspaper columnist

American politician (1901-1979)

French writer (1817–1874)

American novelist

American politician (1805-1895)

Novelist, biographer, historian (1852–1932)

American writer

American writer

American writer and spiritualist

American journalist

American literary critic

American chef (1923-2019)

American poet and performance artist