Lafayette (name)

Surname

• Andrée Lafayette, French actress
• Bernard Lafayette, American civil rights activist and organizer
• Ivan Lafayette, longtime member of the New York State Assembly
• James Armistead Lafayette, aka James Armistead, African-American Revolutionary War spy
• Nathan LaFayette, former National Hockey League player
• Oliver Lafayette, American professional basketball player
• Ross Lafayette, English professional footballer
• Ruby Lafayette, American film actress

  Given name

• Lafayette C. Baker, American investigator and Union spy during the American Civil War; promoted for his part in apprehending Lincoln's assassins
• Lafayette Bunnell, American physician, explorer and author
• Lafayette Caskey, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• La Fayette Eastman, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• LaFayette Emmett, American lawyer, second attorney general of the Minnesota Territory and first chief justice of the state supreme court
• Lafayette S. Foster, American senator from Connecticut and Connecticut Supreme Court judge
• Lafayette Gilchrist, American jazz pianist and composer
• La Fayette Grover, Democratic politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Oregon
• Lafayette Guild, United States Army and Confederate States Army surgeon; pioneer in the study of yellow fever
• Lafayette Head, Colorado legislator and first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
• Lafayette Holbrook, mayor of Provo, Utah
• Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, better known as L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction author and founder of Scientology
• Lafayette Lane, Representative from Oregon
• Lafayette Leake, blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer
• Lafayette S. Lafe McKee, American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948.
• LaFayette Fayette McMullen, American politician and banker; Virginia state senator, member of the U.S. and Confederate House of Representatives, and Territorial Governor of Washington
• Lafayette McLaws, Confederate general during the American Civil War
• Lafayette Mendel, American biochemist
• Lafayette F. Mosher, American politician and judge in Oregon
• Lafayette Lever, also known as "Fat Lever", former professional basketball player
• LaFayette L. Patterson, Representative from Alabama
• Lafayette Russell, college and National Football League running back
• Lafayette Young, newspaper reporter and editor, and briefly Republican Senator from Iowa