#1Famous people · Broussard
2 famous people come from Broussard, Illinois Jacquet the best known
Articles in 14 languages make the American jazz tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet the best known. The list has one more: the American softball coach Yvette Girouard. Next door, Lafayette lists 45, led by Armand Duplantis. Illinois Jacquet, born in 1922, is the earliest name and Yvette Girouard, born in 1954, the latest.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Illinois Jacquet
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Illinois Jacquet
Youngest
1954
Yvette Girouard
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Broussard
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Broussard and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (3)
- Illinois Jacquet: Gottlieb, William P., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Duplantis: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maddie Moreau: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons