– state representative for Jefferson Parish, 1988–1992 Johnny Giavotella – Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Lee Meitzen Grue, poet and educator Anthony Guarisco Jr. – Democratic state senator from Morgan City from 1976 to 1988, studied political science at UNO while in office Stephanie Hansen – environmental lawyer elected to Delaware State Senate in 2017 Daniel L. Haulman – aviation historian Ervin Johnson – player in National Basketball Association Sal Khan – founder of Khan Academy John Larroquette – film, television and stage actor, 5-time Emmy Award winner, Tony winner James Letten – former U.S. Attorney for Eastern district of Louisiana Nicholas Lorusso – Republican state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007 Paul Mainieri – current Louisiana State University head baseball coach Valerie Martin – novelist Bunny Matthews – music journalist and cartoonist, best known for his characters Vic and Nat'ly Bo McCalebb – professional basketball player Michelle Miller – national correspondent for CBS News Arthur Morrell – state representative from 1984 to 2006 and clerk of the criminal court since 2006 for Orleans Parish Cynthia Hedge-Morrell – member of New Orleans City Council, 2005–2014 Lance E. Nichols – actor Mark Normand – stand-up comedian Frank Ocean – R&B and hip-hop artist Brian Palermo – American actor and comedian, and science communicator Michael Holloway Perronne – novelist Dawn Richard – singer-songwriter, Danity Kane, Dirty Money Jamison Ross – Grammy-nominated jazz drummer and vocalist Jeffrey D. Sadow – political scientist, columnist, professor at LSU Shreveport Billy Slaughter – actor Milton Dean Slaughter – theoretical physicist Joe Slusarski – former Major League Baseball player Brian Snitker – manager of MLB's Atlanta Braves Patricia Snyder – American sociologist Julie Stokes (Class of 1992) – certified public accountant, state representative from District 79 in Jefferson Parish Roy C. Strickland – businessman and politician in Louisiana and later The Woodlands, Texas Taryn Terrell – professional wrestler Christopher Thornton – actor Brian Traxler – former Major League Baseball player Chloé Valdary – political activist Wally Whitehurst – Major League Baseball pitcher for New York Mets Darryl Willis – BP vice president in charge of claims featured in commercials about Deepwater Horizon oil spill Notable faculty Lance Africk, American judge Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and biographer of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon Fredrick Barton, American novelist and film critic Günter Bischof, Austrian-American historian Amanda Boyden, American novelist