Lafayette (name)
Lafayette is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), French soldier during the American Revolutionary War
- Adrienne de La Fayette (1759–1807), wife of the marquis de Lafayette
- Bernard Lafayette (born 1940), American civil rights activist and organizer
- Georges Washington de La Fayette (1779–1849), son of marquis de Lafayette
- Gilbert Motier de La Fayette (1380–1464), Marshal of France
- Ivan Lafayette (born 1930), longtime member of the New York State Assembly (1977-2008)
- James Armistead Lafayette (circa 1760 – 1830), aka James Armistead, African-American Revolutionary War spy
- James Lafayette, pseudonym of James Stack Lauder (1853–1923), Irish portrait photographer
- Louise de La Fayette (1618–1665), maid-of-honor to Anne of Austria
- Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1731-1759) father of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
- Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette (1634–1693), French author better known as Madame de La Fayette
- Nathan LaFayette (born 1973), former National Hockey League player
- Oliver Lafayette (born 1984) is an American professional basketball player
- Ross Lafayette (born 1985), is an English professional footballer.
- Ruby Lafayette (1844-1935), American film actress.
Given Name
- Hugo Lafayette Black (1886 –1971) U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice.
- Lafayette C. Baker (1826-1868), American investigator and Union spy during the American Civil War; promoted to brigadier general for his part in apprehending Lincoln's assassins
- Lafayette Bunnell (1824–1903), American physician, explorer and author
- Lafayette Caskey (1823-1881), a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- La Fayette Eastman a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
- LaFayette Emmett (1822-1905), American lawyer, second attorney general of the Minnesota Territory and first chief justice of the state supreme court
- Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880), American senator from Connecticut and Connecticut Supreme Court judge
- Lafayette Gilchrist (born August 3, 1967) i,an American jazz pianist and composer
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (1873 –1929) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
- La Fayette Grover (1823 –1911) was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Oregon
- Lafayette Guild (1826-1870), United States Army and Confederate States Army surgeon; pioneer in the study of yellow fever
- Lafayette Head (1825-1897), Colorado legislator and first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- Lafayette Holbrook (September 7, 1850 – January 1, 1941)[1] mayor of Provo, Utah, from 1894 to 1897
- Thomas Lafayette Houchins Jr. (November 2, 1923–2005) was sheriff for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office
- Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911–1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction author and founder of Scientology
- Lafayette Lane (1842-1896), Representative from Oregon
- Lafayette Leake (1919 – 1990) a blues and jazzpianist, organist, vocalist and composer
- Lafayette S. Lafe McKee (1872– 1959) was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948.
- LaFayette Fayette McMullen (1805-1880), American politician and banker; Virginia state senator, member of both the U.S. and Confederate House of Representatives, and Territorial Governor of Washington
- Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897), Confederate general during the American Civil War
- Lafayette Mendel (1872-1935), American biochemist
- Lafayette F. Mosher (1824 –1894) was an American politician and judge in Oregon
- Lafayette Lever, also known as "Fat Lever", former professional basketball player
- LaFayette L. Patterson (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1987) was a United States Representative from Alabama.
- Lafayette Russell (1905-1978), college and National Football League running back
- Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. (1868 – 1929) was an American historian
- Marquis Lafayette Wood (1829 – 1893) was a Methodist minister who served as president of Trinity College, the predecessor of Duke University
- Lafayette Young (1848-1926), newspaper reporter and editor, and briefly Republican Senator from Iowa
Other
- Sigmund Neuberger (1871–1911) illusionist under the stage name "The Great Lafayette"
See also
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