Louis Armstrong, legendary jazz musician

Will Clark, former Major League Baseball star

Harry Connick, Jr., Grammy-winning musician and actor

Ellen DeGeneres, actress and comedienne

Fats Domino, rock'n'roll pioneer

Pete Fountain, famed clarinetist

John Goodman, actor

Al Hirt, musician

Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer

Lenny Kravitz, musician

Chef Emeril Lagasse, world famous chef and TV personality

John Larroquette, Emmy-winning television star

Branford Marsalis, jazz saxaphone player

Wynton Marsalis, jazz and classical trumpeter

Percy Miller (Master P), music and media mogul

Jelly Roll Morton, jazz pioneer

Aaron Neville, Grammy-award winning singer

Mel Ott, Major League Baseball player who hit more than 500 home runs

Chef Paul Prudhomme, world-class chef

Trent Reznor, lead singer "Nine Inch Nails"

Anne Rice, famed author of the Vampire Chronicles

Richard Simmons, exercise and diet guru

Tennessee Williams, author and playright