Photo: OzarksRazorback · CC BY-SA 4.02 famous people were born in Destrehan
Donovan Isom, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The list has one more: the American football player Rusty Rebowe. The nearest list is next door in St. Rose: 5 names, starting with Ed Reed. The earliest on the list is Rusty Rebowe, born in 1956, and the youngest Donovan Isom, born in 1994.
Born in Destrehan
Also called Destrehan home
One more notable person made the town home: Shelley Hennig.

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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, St. Rose has the most people on record, 5 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Destrehan 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 (2)
- Shelley Hennig: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Reed: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
