Lafayette
Lafayette , LaFayette or La Fayette is the name of the following people:
Family and surname:
- Andrée Lafayette , French actress (1903-1989)
- Bernard Lafayette (* 1940), former companion of Martin Luther King
- Gilbert Motier de la Fayette , French nobleman, Marshal of France
- Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), French general in the American War of Independence
- Marie-Louise Angélique Motier, comtesse de la Fayette (1618–1665), see Louise de La Fayette
- Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette (1634–1693), known as Madame de Lafayette , French novelist
- Nathan LaFayette (* 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
- Oliver Lafayette (* 1984), American basketball player
First name:
- Lafayette C. Baker (1826–1868), American officer
- José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares (1903–1997), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Bragança Paulista
- Lafayette Gilchrist (* approx. 1968), American jazz pianist and composer
- La Fayette Grover (1823–1911) American politician
- Lafayette Sabine Foster (1806–1880), American politician
- Lafayette Fredrikson (* 1970), German composer
- Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897), American officer
- Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911–1986), American science fiction writer and founder of Scientology
- Lafayette Young (1848–1926), American politician
Lafayette or La Fayette geographically:
Places in the United States:
- La Fayette, Alabama
- Lafayette (Colorado)
- LaFayette (Georgia)
- La Fayette (Illinois)
- Lafayette (Indiana)
- Lafayette (California)
- LaFayette (Kentucky)
- Lafayette (Louisiana)
- Lafayette (Michigan)
- Lafayette, Minnesota
- Lafayette, New Jersey
- LaFayette (New York)
- Lafayette (Ohio)
- Lafayette (Oregon)
- Lafayette, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette (Tennessee)
- Lafayette (Texas)
- Lafayette (Town, Chippewa County) , Town (ship) in Wisconsin
- Lafayette (Town, Monroe County) , Town (ship) in Wisconsin
- Lafayette (Town, Walworth County) , Town (ship) in Wisconsin
such as:
- Elliston-Lafayette , town of Virginia
- West Lafayette (Indiana) , town in Indiana
- West Lafayette, Ohio
other places:
- Lafayette (Tunis) , a district in Tunis from the French colonial era near the medina
Lafayette , La-Fayette or La Fayette still stands for:
- Lafayette chicken, a type of chicken, see Ceylon chicken
- Lafayette (ship, 1930) , a passenger steamer
- La Fayette (R 96) , later USS Langley (CVL-27)
- La Fayette , lead ship of the La Fayette class
- USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) , a United States nuclear powered submarine
- Escadrille La Fayette , French squadron of the First World War
- Galeries Lafayette , French department store chain
- Lafayette Mining Ltd., Australian mine operator, for example on the Philippine island of Rapu-Rapu
- Sender Lafayette , a former transmission system for transatlantic news transmission near Bordeaux
- Diocese of Lafayette , Roman Catholic diocese based in Lafayette, Louisiana
- Lafayette Diocese of Indiana
- Fort Lafayette , a fortress in New York Harbor
- Lafayette College , a private college in Easton, Pennsylvania
- LaFayette Motors Corporation , former American automobile manufacturer
- Lafayette Bay Company , former American automobile manufacturer
See also:
- Lafayette Hill
- Lafayette County
- Lafayette Parish
- Mount Lafayette , mountain in New Hampshire
- Lake Lafayette , Missouri Lake
- Lafayette Township
- Fayette
- Lafayette Square
- Lafayette Cemetery , New Orleans cemetery
- Rue La Fayette
