Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th- and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum.
People died in Baton Rouge (First 49 people) - Page 0
Paul Dietzel
Politician
Jim Taylor
American film producer
Percy Sledge
American singer
Eugene Roe
Military personnel
Jared Y. Sanders Sr.
Former Governor of Louisiana
Valerian Smith
Dentist
T. Harry Williams
American historian
Carl Weiss
Robert F. Kennon
Former Governor of Louisiana
Jimmie Davis
Former Governor of Louisiana
Johnny Lee Clary
American former professional wrestler
Slim Harpo
American musician
Raful Neal
Singer
Johnny Adams
American singer
John Wesley Hillman
American explorer
Jackie Neal
American singer
Oscar K. Allen
Former Governor of Louisiana
Revius Ortique Jr.
American jurist
T. J. Jemison
Charles McClendon
American football player
Gaynell Tinsley
American football coach
Harry Palmerston Williams
American businessman
Melvin Defleur
Professor
Sue Gunter
American basketball coach
Dolores Richard Spikes
American mathematician
Troy H. Middleton
Educator
Buddy Myer
Baseball player
Charles E. Coates
American chemist
Stanley Joseph Ott
Essae Martha Culver
American librarian
Mike Miley
Baseball player
Wayde Sims
Basketball player
Cecil J. Picard
Politician
Edward White Robertson
George K. Favrot
Former United States Representative
Philemon Thomas
Member of the United States House of Representatives
Gary Plauche
Silas Hogan
American musician
Tabby Thomas
American musician
W. Fox McKeithen
Former Secretary of State of Louisiana
Caroline Durieux
Artist
Clarence Edwards
American musician
Demie Mainieri
Harold Herthum
Actor
Jack Lamabe
Professional baseball player
Glenn Hardin
American athlete
James Joseph Brady
American lawyer
