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List of people from Lake Charles, Louisiana
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/08 21:06 UTC 版)
Among the notable people from Lake Charles, Louisiana:
- Lynn Anderson, famous for the song "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden," was married to oilman Harold "Spook" Stream of Lake Charles; they lived on Shell Beach Drive in the city until their divorce.
- James Belton Bonsall, New Orleans abstract painter, attended McNeese State University (then McNeese Junior College) prior to induction into military service during World War II.
- Terry Burrows: Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and the San Diego Padres.
- James David Cain (b. 1938) is a former state senator and former state representative from Beauregard Parish whose district includes a part of Calcasieu Parish.
- A. C. Clemons (1921–1992) was a trucking executive in Jefferson Davis Parish who was the first Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate since Reconstruction.
- Alvin Dark was a 1948 alumnus of the Boston Braves, a legend at LSU, and a former major league baseball player and manager.
- Christopher F. Davis is a dancer in several Broadway shows, movies, and television shows. He attended McNeese State University and was the university's first All-American Cheerleading recipient. He trained at the Glenda Moss Academy of Dance and is currently a producer with Broadway Cares.
- Michael E. DeBakey, the world-renowned heart surgeon, was the first person to successfully implant an artificial heart (in 1963), was born in Lake Charles. He was a member of the Health Care Hall of Fame, a recipient of the United Nations Lifetime Achievement Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, and the National Medal of Science. Additionally, he was the originator of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or M.A.S.H. unit, concept.
- Andre Dubus, a well-known author and essayist, was born in Lake Charles and was educated at McNeese State University.
- Joe Dumars, is a former player and current General Manager for the Detroit Pistons, played for McNeese State University before going on to have a successful NBA career including being named the MVP of the 1989 NBA Finals. More recently, he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
- David Filo, now a billionaire, was born and raised in Moss Bluff. He created the Internet portal YAHOO along with several partners.
- Sean Patrick Flanery, who starred in The Boondock Saints and The Dead Zone television series, was born in Lake Charles.
- Dan Flavin is a former state representative from Lake Charles.
- Matt Forte is a Starting Running Back and 2nd Round-pick of the Chicago Bears He was MVP of the 2008 Senior Bowl.
- Lether Frazar was president of McNeese State University and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana under Earl Kemp Long from 1956–1960; the McNeese library bears his name.
- Dud Faulk: son of "Patin" Faulk, was the world goose calling champion for 1961, 1962, and the 1954 international duck calling champion.
- Dominic Gorie is an astronaut from Lake Charles.
- Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory is a Zydeco-musician. Queen Ida was born in Lake Charles in 1929. She was the first Cajun or Zydeco-musician to win a Grammy Award in 1982.
- Allen "Puddler" Harris is a musician with Ricky Nelson, Conway Twitty, and Jimmie Davis; he is a former director of the Lake Charles Civic Center.
- T. H. Harris, state superintendent of education from 1908–1940, was a principal of Central High School in Lake Charles in the middle 1890s.
- Mike Heinen is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is a former winner of the PGA Shell Houston Open.
- Bob Hilton was the host of the game show Truth or Consequences and numerous other game shows of the past. He appeared briefly as the announcer for The Price is Right. He began his career at KPLC TV.
- Sam Houston Jones was born in Merryville, Louisiana in 1897. He served as Assistant Parish Prosecutor in Lake Charles for nine years before defeating the Long dynasty, becoming Governor of Louisiana in 1940. Jones died on February 8, 1978, in Lake Charles, where he is buried at Prien Pines Cemetery.
- Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997) grew up in Lake Charles and graduated from Lake Charles High School; he was later a state representative from Jefferson Davis Parish (1952–1960) and director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works, through which capacity he worked to establish the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
- Jesse Knowles was a businessman, civic leader, state legislator representing Calcasieu Parish, and survivor of the World War II Bataan Death March.
- Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer prize-winning playwright.
- Zachary Levi an actor, is best known as the title character in the NBC series Chuck. He was born in Lake Charles.
- Nellie Lutcher was a jazz singer who gained some national popularity in the late 1940s and 1950s. At one point she recorded for Capital Records.
- Robert Marciano is a weather anchor for CNN. He was the chief meteorologist at KPLC TV in Lake Charles during the mid-1990s.
- Charles "Cotton" Nash, from Lake Charles, was the first Kentucky basketball player to average twenty points in three straight seasons. In 1967 and 1968 he played in professional baseball.
- Van Dyke Parks, a Mississippi-born composer, singer, musician, and actor, grew up in Lake Charles.
- Dolly Parton at the age of 13, recorded her first single at Goldband Studios in Lake Charles. Rockin' Sidney, Jo-El Sonnier, Freddy Fender, Phil Phillips and many others have passed through the doors of that studio in Lake Charles.
- Issac Ryan lost his life as one of the defenders of the Alamo.
- Eddie Shuler was the founder of Goldband Records and a legend in the South for recording swamp pop, Cajun, and other genres of music.
- Victor T. "Vic" Stelly (born 1941), is a former state representative and author of the Stelly Plan.
- James E. Sudduth (1917–1995), was a former mayor of Lake Charles (1965–1973; 1989–1993); Sudduth was one of the most successful mayors the city ever had. He was responsible for building the Civic Center on what was the lake, by constructing it on reclaimed land. He also was primarily responsible for planning and building I-210, the "Lake Charles Loop". Sudduth Coliseum at the Civic Center is named in honor of him.
- Joe Gray Taylor was a distinguished historian of Louisiana and the American South and a professor and graduate school dean at McNeese State University.
- David William Thomas (1876–1961), was a teacher and school principal in Lake Charles late in the 19th century. He was later an attorney and the mayor of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish.
- Justin Vincent a graduate of Alfred M. Barbe High School in Lake Charles, plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- George H. Wells, (1833–1905) was a Northern-born Confederate States of America officer who practiced law in Lake Charles and served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1878 to 1880.
- Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams was born in Lake Charles and recorded the song "Lake Charles" about Clyde Woodward, a boyfriend of hers born in Nacogdoches, Texas, who nevertheless told everybody that he was from Lake Charles.
- Ted Williams, a Fox News contributor and a criminal defense attorney, was born in Lake Charles.
- Henry L. Yelverton (1928–2009), was from 1971-2003 a district and appellate judge based in Lake Charles.
- "Mighty" Mike White (born 1976), a bull rider who currently rides for the PBR, was born and raised in Lake Charles. He was the 1999 PBR Rookie of the Year, as well as the 1999 PRCA World Champion bull rider.
- Ron Miller, a Maryland conservative political activist and former Bush Administration official, was born in Lake Charles.
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