Rod Milburn
1950–1997 American athlete
Charles E. Nash
1844–1913 American politician
Andre B. Roman
1795–1866 American politician
CJ Charles Michael Jarrell
born 1940 American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Harry Swinney
1939–2026 American physicist
Keon Coleman
born 2003 American football player
Paul Prudhomme
1940–2015 American chef
Richard Eastham
1916–2005 American actor
Summrs
born 1999 American rapper
Alfred Mouton
1829–1864 Confederate Army general
Dominic Carmon
1930–2018 Catholic bishop
H. Garland Dupré
1873–1924 American politician
Mildon Ambres
born 1984 American basketball player
Steven Daigle
born 1973 American pornographic actor & model
Albert Tate, Jr.
1920–1986 United States federal judge
Carl A. Brasseaux
born 1951 Historian
Jay Dean
born 1953 American politician in Texas
Remi Prudhomme
1942–1990 American football player
Anthony "Tony" Guillory
1942–2021 American gridiron football player
Daniel Baldridge
born 1985 Player of American football
Herman Arvie
born 1970 Player of American football
Keith Thibodeaux
born 1974 American football player
Stephen Ortego
born 1984 American politician
Tom Dimmick
1931–2023 American football player
Bennett Joshua Davlin
born 1950 American actor and director
Donnie Davis
1940–2004 American-football player
Horace Henry White
1864–1946 American lawyer
James T. Genovese
born 1949 American judge
Merline Pitre
born 1943 American historian and educator
Rosalie Roos Weiner
1899–1982 American artist
Rusty Guilbeau
born 1958 American football linebacker
Albert P. Garland
1889–1948 American lawyer in Louisiana
Blair Daly
American songwriter
Edith Garland Dupré
1881–1970 American educator and librarian
Ethel Gonzales Edwards
1914–1999 American artist
George R. Pilate
1856–1930 U.S. entomologist and lepidopterist
John M. Budd
born 1953 American librarian and professor
John W. Rutland
born 1980 Cinematographer
Laurent Dupre
1746–1783 1746-1783
Merv Aubespin
1937–2024 American journalist and artist
Also called Opelousas home
GG George Gaiennie
1926–2010 American artist and farmer
Krista Stegall
born 1972 American reality television participant