Namesakes
American First Ladies:
3 first ladies
Nellie Taft (middle name Louise) 1909-1913 
Ellen Wilson (middle name Louise) 1913-1914
Lou Hoover 1929-1933
Belgian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Guy Verhofstadt (middle name Louise) 1999-2008
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Kirstie Alley (middle name Louise) 1991 Cheers
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Scout Finch (middle name Louise) 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character, 1 hero
Ellen Ripley (middle name Louise) 1979 Alien
Claire McLeod (middle name Louise) 1996 McLeod's Daughters
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Louise Bigelow 1945 Carousel
Fictional Characters from Television:
12 characters
Michelle Stevens (middle name Louise) 1978 Dallas
Ilene Markham (middle name Louise) 1991 Home Improvement
Libby Kelly (middle name Louise) 1993 Grace Under Fire
Amy MacDougall Barone (middle name Louise) 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Debra Barone (middle name Louise) 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Andell Wilkerson (middle name Louise) 1996; 1999 Moesha; The Parkers
Louise Grant 2000 Gilmore Girls
Claire McLeod (middle name Louise) 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Allison DuBois (middle name Louise) 2005 Medium
Gretchen Morgan (middle name Louise) 2005 Prison Break
Audrey Raines (middle name Louise) 2001; 2014 24; 24: Live Another Day
Kimmy Gibbler (middle name Louise) 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Hall-of-Famers:
1 baseball
(baseball) Effa Manley (middle name Louise) 2006
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Louise Glück 2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
43 actors, 3 actor/models, 2 presenters, 1 actor/dancer, 1 entertainer
Loie Fuller 1862-1928
May Whitty (middle name Louise) 1865-1948
Louise Dresser 1878-1965
Lynn Fontanne (middle name Louise) 1887-1983
Louise Fazenda 1895-1962
Louise Beavers 1900-1962
Esther Ralston (middle name Louise) 1902-1994
Louise Brooks 1906-1985
Gypsy Rose Lee (middle name Louise) 1911-1970
Anita Louise (middle name Louise) 1915-1970
Evelyn Keyes (middle name Louise) 1916-2008
Cicely Tyson (middle name Louise) 1924-2021
Elmarie Wendel (middle name Louise) 1928-2018
Amanda Blake (middle name Louise) 1929-1989
June Squibb (middle name Louise) 1929-
Louise Fletcher 1934-2022
Irène Tunc (middle name Louise) 1934-1972
Samantha Eggar (middle name Louise) 1939-
Louise Sorel 1940-
Trish Van Devere (middle name Louise) 1941-
Sondra Locke (middle name Louise) 1944-2018
Lynda Day George (middle name Louise) 1944-
Carrie Snodgress (middle name Louise) 1945-2004
Andrea Martin (middle name Louise) 1947-
Kirstie Alley (middle name Louise) 1951-2022
Loes Luca 1953-
Katey Sagal (middle name Louise) 1954-
Patty Brard (middle name Louise) 1955-
Frances McDormand (middle name Louise) 1957-
Amy Sedaris (middle name Louise) 1961-
Mary Scheer (middle name Louise) 1963-
Mary-Louise Parker 1964-
Sarita Choudhury (middle name Louise) 1966-
Quinn Cummings (middle name Louise) 1967-
Thea Gill (middle name Louise) 1970-
Louise Lombard 1970-
Leslie Bibb (middle name Louise) 1974-
Anne Dudek (middle name Louise) 1975-
Sarah Chalke (middle name Louise) 1976-
Amy Acker (middle name Louise) 1976-
Caroline Flack (middle name Louise) 1979-2020
Andrea Riseborough (middle name Louise) 1981-
Louise Bourgoin 1981-
Anneliese van der Pol (middle name Louise) 1984-
Gemma Atkinson (middle name Louise) 1984-
Jenna Coleman (middle name Louise) 1986-
Cara Theobold (middle name Louise) 1990-
Danielle Macdonald (middle name Louise) 1991-
Emma Corrin (middle name Louise) 1995-
Lennon Stella (middle name Louise) 1999-
Notable Artists:
1 painter/sculptor
Louise Bourgeois 1911-2010
Notable Athletes:
1 basketball
(basketball) Tully Bevilaqua (middle name Louise) 1972-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Sam Taylor-Johnson (middle name Louise) 1967-
Notable Musicians:
6 singers, 3 musicians
Adelaide Hall (middle name Louise) 1901-1993
Aretha Franklin (middle name Louise) 1942-2018
Anneke Grönloh (middle name Louise) 1942-2018
Patti LaBelle (middle name Louise) 1944-
Patty Brard (middle name Louise) 1955-
Madonna (middle name Louise) 1958-
Jackie Fox (middle name Louise) 1959-
Gabrielle (a.k.a. Louise) 1969-
Lennon Stella (middle name Louise) 1999-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
2 politicians
Sarah Palin (middle name Louise) 1964-
Marianne Thieme (middle name Louise) 1972-
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 2 poets, 1 author/poet
Louise Bogan 1897-1970
Margery Allingham (middle name Louise) 1904-1966
Louise Glück 1943-
Louise Erdrich 1954-
A. L. Kennedy (middle name Louise) 1965-
Olympic Medalists:
7 bronze, 7 gold, 6 silver, 2 gold/silver, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/gold
(silver) Louise Otto 1912 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold) Mary Carew (middle name Louise) 1932 4x100 m relay
(silver/bronze) Katherine Rawls (middle name Louise) 1932; 1936 diving - springboard; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Lily Carlstedt (middle name Louise) 1948 javelin throw
(gold) Marie Corridon (middle name Louise) 1948 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze/silver) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen 1948; 1952 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Marilee Stepan (middle name Louise) 1952 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold) Mildred McDaniel (middle name Louise) 1956 high jump
(silver) Carole Quinton (middle name Louise) 1960 80 m hurdles
(bronze/gold) Jane Barkman (middle name Louise) 1968; 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold) Melissa Belote (middle name Louise) 1972 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Linda Jezek (middle name Louise) 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Donna Hartley (middle name Louise) 1980 4x400 m relay
(gold) Louise Ritter 1988 high jump
(gold) Cindy Brown (middle name Louise) 1988 basketball
(gold/silver) Dannette Young (middle name Louise) 1988; 1992 4x100 m relay; 4x400 m relay
(silver) Louise Currey 1996 javelin throw
(bronze) Michelle Chandler (middle name Louise) 1996 basketball
(bronze) Louise Jöhncke 2000 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver) Tanith Belbin (middle name Louise) 2006 figure skating
(silver) Tully Bevilaqua (middle name Louise) 2008 basketball
(silver/gold) Kami Craig (middle name Louise) 2008; 2012 water polo
(bronze) Beth Storry (middle name Louise) 2012 field hockey
(bronze) Kate Richardson-Walsh (middle name Louise) 2012 field hockey
(gold/silver) Victoria Pendleton (middle name Louise) 2008; 2012 cycling - track
(gold) Jamie Anderson (middle name Louise) 2014 snowboarding
Oscar Award Winners:
2 actresses
(actress) Louise Fletcher 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(actress) Frances McDormand (middle name Louise) 1997; 2018; 2021 Fargo; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Nomadland
Other Leaders:
1 president
President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca 2014- Malta
Other Royalty:
28 princesses, 3 queen consorts, 2 princess/queen consorts, 1 archduchess, 1 queen
Victoire of France (middle name Louise) 1733-1792 France
Luise of Prussia (middle name Louise) 1770-1836 Prussia
Paulina of Orange-Nassau (middle name Louise) 1800-1806 Netherlands
Luise of Prussia (a.k.a. Louise) 1808-1870; 1825-1870 Prussia; Netherlands
Marianne of the Netherlands (middle name Louise) 1815-1883 Netherlands
Sophie of the Netherlands (middle name Louise) 1824-1897 Netherlands
Luise of Prussia (a.k.a. Louise) 1829-1901 Prussia
Luise of Prussia (a.k.a. Louise) 1838-1923 Prussia
Louise, Duchess of Argyll 1848-1939 United Kingdom
Marie of Prussia (middle name Louise) 1855-1888 Prussia
Gisela of Austria (middle name Louise) 1856-1919 Austria-Hungary
Louise of Belgium 1858-1924 Belgium
Luise Margarete of Prussia (a.k.a. Louise) 1860-1917 Prussia
Stéphanie of Belgium (middle name Louise) 1864-1945 Belgium
Louise, Princess Royal 1867-1931 United Kingdom
Louise of Denmark 1875-1906 Denmark
Ingeborg of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1878-1897; 1897-1958 Denmark; Sweden
Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (middle name Louise) 1878-1942 United Kingdom
Thyra of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1880-1945 Denmark
Dagmar of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1890-1961 Denmark
Viktoria Luise of Prussia (middle name Louise) 1892-1980 Prussia
Margrethe of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1895-1992 Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1853-1863; 1901-1910 Denmark; United Kingdom
Louise of Sweden 1906-1912 Denmark
Princess Ingrid of Sweden; Queen Ingrid of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1910-2000; 1947-1972 Sweden; Denmark
Mary of Teck (middle name Louise) 1910-1936 United Kingdom
Feodora of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1910-1975 Denmark
Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (middle name Louise) 1912-1995 Denmark
Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark 1914-1962 Denmark
Christina of Sweden (middle name Louise) 1943- Sweden
Juliana of the Netherlands (middle name Louise) 1948-1980 Netherlands
Anne, Princess Royal (middle name Louise) 1950- United Kingdom
Louise of Sweden 1950-1965 Sweden
Märtha Louise of Norway 1971- Norway
Claire of Belgium (middle name Louise) 2003- Belgium
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Louise Erdrich 2021 The Night Watchman
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Aretha Franklin (middle name Louise) 1987
Madonna (middle name Louise) 2008
Saints:
2 blessed, 2 saints
Blessed Louise of Savoy 1461-1503
Saint Louise de Marillac 1591-1660
Saint Louise of Omura ?-1628
Blessed Louise Therese de Montaignac de Chauvance 1820-1885
Tony Award Winners:
3 actresses
(actress) Frances McDormand (middle name Louise) 2011 Good People
(actress) Cicely Tyson (middle name Louise) 2013 The Trip to Bountiful
(actress) Mary-Louise Parker 2001; 2020 Proof; The Sound Inside