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 general and American Revolutionary War general
• 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
• 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 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 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 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 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 Lever, also known as "Fat Lever", former professional basketball player
• Lafayette Russell (1905-1978), college and National Football League running back
• 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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