Other Shreveporters
- Film and television writer Judi Ann Mason was born in Shreveport and raised in the nearby Bossier City.
- Reality television star and singer James Bradford was not born in Shreveport, but moved there at the age of six and resided there until he attended college. His song "Bayou Refueling Station," which he sang on television, is about Shreveport.
- The noted computer scientist and pioneer in advanced nanotechnology Ken Choy was born in California but spent considerable time in Shreveport. He became a revolutionary force in Silicon Valley's growth and is often seen in the company of Larry Ellison (Oracle CEO), Bill Gates (Microsoft CEO) and Jim Barksdale (former head of Netscape).
- Shreveport was the birthplace of two Louisiana United States senators, Democrats Russell B. Long and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., who together represented Louisiana from November 1972 - January 1987.
- Shreveport is the birthplace of many musicians, such as Hank Williams, Jr., famous blues guitarist/singer Huddie William Ledbetter ('Leadbelly'), legendary guitarist James Burton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd blues-rock guitarist, Matthew Davidson, award-winning guitarist/vocalist, composer Claibe Richardson, master of blues guitar, John Campbell and the home of concert pianist Van Cliburn, winner of the 1958 Tchiakovsky competition.
- Shreveport is the home of football stars Terry Bradshaw, Charlie Hennigan, Joe Ferguson, and former football star and actor Alan Autry, and Albert Belle, a former Major League Baseball player.
- Cleveland C. Burton (1921–2008), an Arkansas native and a graduate of Harvard University Law School, practiced in Shreveport for twenty-five years. He successfully defended before the United States Supreme Court the Louisiana law which allows individuals to sue insurance companies directly. A former state assistant attorney general, Burton served on the commission that handles complaints and metes out discipline to judges. He also headed the panel that developed procedures by which indigents charged with felonies can obtain legal services.
- Jonathan H. Carter, a North Carolina native, defended Shreveport from Union attack in the Red River campaign of the American Civil War (1864–1865) and became a cotton planter in Bossier Parish thereafter. He died in Virginia in 1887.
- James Clark, Sr., was a world-class gunsmith. He was best known for inventing the extended slide for the Colt 1911 semi-automatic pistol.
- The character actress and comedian Pat Carroll was born in Shreveport in 1927.
- Chris Elrod, Christian comedian and writer was born in Shreveport in 1966.
- Shreveport was the home of a father-and-son team of newspaper publishers. Robert Ewing and John D. Ewing were publishers of the Shreveport Times from 1908–1931 and 1931–1952, respectively. John Ewing was also an early owner of KWKH Radio.
- Joseph Edward "Joe" Holoubek, M.D., (September 9, 1915 - May 17, 2007) was a founder of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport and an award-winning author of inspirational books. Holoubek chaired the Shreveport Medical Society committee that secured funding for LSUHSCS, the only medical school in North Louisiana. He was later a clinical professor of medicine at the Shreveport facility. A Roman Catholic and a Nebraska native, Holoubek authored nearly fifty articles, book chapters, and books on cardiology, medical ethics, and health care of the clergy. His gospel-based novel Letters to Luke: From His Fellow Physician Joseph of Capernaum (2004) won the Writers Digest Award for Inspirational Literature and the Independent Publishers Award for Religious Fiction.
- William Joyce (b. December 11, 1957) is an American author, illustrator, and filmmaker. He currently lives with his wife and their two children in Shreveport.
- Mitchell Parish, who wrote the lyrics to "Stardust", "Sleigh Ride" and "Stars Fell on Alabama" spent his first five years in Shreveport. Sources differ on whether he was born in Shreveport or in Lithuania, from which his parents had recently arrived.
- Robert Parish, Basketball Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics great, was born in Shreveport.
- Jerry Pournelle, Ph.D., born in Shreveport on August 7, 1933, is an American essayist, journalist and science fiction author. For many years, he contributed to Byte computer magazine.
- Kevin Rahm, television and film actor, grew up in Shreveport/Bossier and attended Loyola College Prep and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He maintains residences in Shreveport and Los Angeles.
- Harold Philmon Reeves (1923–2009), a Shreveport native, and his wife, the former Rose Lengefeld, were the first Southern Baptist missionaries to Thailand, where in the 1950s they established two churches and an English ministry in Bangkok. Reeves served as the Asian representative for the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission.
- Andy Sidaris (1931–2007), a television director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, though a Chicago native, graduated from C. E. Byrd High School and often visited Shreveport long after he had left the city.
- Native Shreveporter Hal Sutton (b. April 28, 1958) is an American professional golfer and captain of the 2004 American Ryder Cup team.
- Avant-Garde musicians The Residents lived in Shreveport until the middle 1960s, when they moved to San Francisco.
- David Toms is an American PGA golfer and former Ryder cup team member who resides in Shreveport.
- Todd Walker is a free-agent professional baseball player who graduated from Airline High School in Bossier City.
- Faron Young (1932–1996) was an . One of its most colorful stars, he is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faron_Young
- Deathcore band Iwrestledabearonce are based in Shreveport, despite singer Krysta being from Long Island.
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