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*[[Abraham Attrep]], historian

*[[C. E. "Cap" Barham]], Ruston attorney, state senator from 1948 to 1952 and lieutenant governor from 1952 to 1956

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*[[Clifton Ellis Byrd]], former one-year president of Louisiana Tech from 1906 to 1907; namesake of C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport

*[[John Ardis Cawthon|Eleanor Albrecht Cawthon]], administrator in various capacities at Louisana Tech University

*[[John Ardis Cawthon]], educator and historian

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*[[Claybrook Cottingham]], tenth president of Louisiana Tech, 1941 to 1949

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*[[C. C. Courtney]], radio announcer, songwriter, actor

*[[O.K. "Buddy" Davis]], sportswriter

*[[Paul M. Davis, Jr.]], orthopedic surgeon and real estate developer in Alexandria; born in Ruston

*[[Hollis Downs]], former state representative

*[[Clarence Faulk]], radio station owner, former publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader; his father was a founder of Delta Air Lines.

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*[[Rick Gallot]], president of the University of Louisiana System, former president of Grambling State University, and a former Democrat state senator and state representative

*[[Ray Germany]], Louisiana Tech basketball All American, 1959-1960

*[[B. H. Gilley]], historian

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*[[Dan Hollingsworth]], mayor from 1999 to 2015

*[[George B. Holstead]], attorney and state representative from 1964 to 1980

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*[[Jerry Huckaby]], U.S. Representative from 1977 to 1993

*[[John S. Hunt]], Ruston native, Monroe attorney, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from 1964 to 1972

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*[[Fred W. Jones, Jr.]], judge of city, district, and appellate courts

*[[J. E. Keeny]], president of Louisiana Tech, 1908-1926; namesake of Keeny Hall

*[[K. D. Kilpatrick]], funeral home owner and one-term member of the Louisiana State Senate

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*[[Ragan Madden]], state representatives in 1940; district attorney for Lincoln and Union parishes, 1949-1979

*[[C. Wade Meade]], historian

*[[Robert W. Mondy]], historian

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*[[L. D. "Buddy" Napper]], attorney and state representative from 1952 to 1964

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*[[L. D. "Buddy" Napper]], attorney and state representative from 1952 to 1964

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*[[Virgil Orr]], former Louisiana Tech administrator and former state representative

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*[[B. R. Patton]], former state senator for Lincoln and Union parishes

*[[Morgan D. Peoples]], historian

*[[Elton Pody]], mayor from 1983 to 1991

*[[E. S. Richardson]], president of Louisiana Tech from 1936 to 1941

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*[[Norman Richardson]], journalist known for coverage of hurricanes, born in Ruston

*[[H. J. Sachs]], English professor

*[[Rob Shadoin]], state representative

*[[Don Shows]], national champion football coach originally from Ruston

*[[Robert C. Snyder]], professor and lecturer

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*[[William Sumlin]], state representative, 1983-1988

*[[Lawson Swearingen]], former state senator reared in Ruston

*[[F. Jay Taylor]], former president of Louisiana Tech

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