List of Famous people with last name Lafayette

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

First Name Gilbert
Last Name Lafayette
Born on September 6, 1757
Died on May 20, 1834 (aged 76)

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the Siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. He has been considered a national hero in both countries.

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Madame de Lafayette

First Name Madame
Died on May 25, 1693

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.

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James Armistead Lafayette

First Name James
Last Name Lafayette
Born on January 1, 1748
Died on August 9, 1830 (aged 82)
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James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved African American who served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Marquis de Lafayette. As a double agent, he was responsible for reporting the activities of Benedict Arnold – after he had defected to the British – and of Lord Cornwallis during the run-up to the Battle of Yorktown. He fed the British false information while disclosing very accurate and detailed accounts to the Americans.

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Andrée Lafayette

Andrée Rose Godard
First Name Andrée
Last Name Lafayette
Born on May 19, 1903
Died on October 3, 1989 (aged 86)

Andrée Rose Godard, known by her stage-name as Andrée Lafayette, also known by her self-invented title as Countess Andrée de la Bigne, (born19 May 1903, in Achères, and died 3 October, 1989, in Équemauville, Calvados. She was a French stage and film actress, and granddaughter of the infamous demi-mondaine Émilie Louise Delabigne who was known by her self-invented title as Countess Valtesse de La Bigne.

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