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re: Who is the most famous person to come out of Baton Rouge?

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Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:03 pm to
Derek Todd Lee without question.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:06 pm to
Benjy Davis.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:07 pm to
I don't count outsiders who came to LSU

Or rappers, b/c rap sux

If you go by recognition, Donna Douglas at one point was seen by hundreds of millions all over the world -- but they knew her as Elly May.

However she, like the show, is receding from public memory
Posted by bee Rye
New orleans
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:39 pm to
Page 1 has 3 New Orleans people on it. Sums up Baton Rouge in a nutshell
Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:41 pm to
Joanne Woodward
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:42 pm to
Billy Cannon
Posted by JodyPlauche
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:43 pm to
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Or hell, might as well throw in Gary Plauché,


He is every Father's Day!
Posted by Handsome Pete
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:48 pm to
Academy award winning director Steven Soderbergh was born in Atlanta but grew up here, went to LSU Lab School.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
157377 posts
Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:53 pm to
quote:


Billy Cannon
born in PHILADELPHIA MS

was gonna go to TA&M until... nvm, let's not go there
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 7:55 pm to
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Shaq would trump all these. And Dale and Skip, for as good as they are, aren’t known outside of serious college sports fans.


Shaq doesn’t have a basketball arena or a baseball field named after him
Posted by bluewatersailor
Member since Oct 2018
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 8:42 pm to
Shaq!!! He's recognized all over the world.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
20103 posts
Posted on 10/23/24 at 8:54 pm to
quote:

Shaq doesn’t have a basketball arena or a baseball field named after him


But Shaq didn’t make the entire LE reevaluate how they profile serial killers bawski.
Posted by RIPMIKEVI
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 9:45 pm to
Steven Debosier
Posted by RIPMIKEVI
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2016
42 posts
Posted on 10/23/24 at 9:47 pm to
Dot Debosier
Shot Gun
Polo
And Scott Lemoine
Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 9:54 pm to
Don Lemon ... lol
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 9:55 pm to
Bobby Jindal
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Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 10:01 pm to
Kaylee Hartung - not the most famous but may be in a few years

Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 10/23/24 at 10:01 pm to
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born in PHILADELPHIA MS


But didn't he grow up in BR? Could have sworn he went to Istrouma.
Posted by Texas ellessu
East Bank of Ward's Creek
Member since Dec 2007
584 posts
Posted on 10/23/24 at 10:35 pm to
Fred Parnell
Denny Braud
Cleve Willett
Alvin Roy
Boots Garland
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
157377 posts
Posted on 10/23/24 at 10:42 pm to
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didn't he grow up in BR? Could have sworn he went to Istrouma
the usual story

father moved during WWII to work in da plants
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