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People

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Antoinette LaFarge Antoinette LaFarge is a new media artist and writer known for her work with mixed-reality performance and projects exploring the conjunction of visual art and fiction. Biography LaFarge received her M.F.A. degree in Computer Art from the School of ...
(1966–), American artist and writer * Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), American architect and partner in the firm
Heins & LaFarge Heins & LaFarge was a New York-based architectural firm composed of the Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860–1907) and Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), the eldest son of the artist John La Farge. They were respons ...
* Christopher Grant La Farge (author) (1897–1956), American author * Guy Lafarge, songwriter for
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since its debut at the first contest in 1956. France is one of only seven countries to be present at the first contest, and has been absent from only two contests in its history, m ...
* Henri Pavin de Lafarge (1889–1965), French businessman and politician * Jean-Baptiste Lafarge, actor in '' La Crème de la crème'' *
John La Farge John La Farge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics. La Farge is best known for ...
(1835–1910), American stained glass artist and writer *
John LaFarge, Jr. John LaFarge Jr. (February 13, 1880 – November 24, 1963) was an American Society of Jesus, Jesuit Catholic priest known for his activism against racism and anti-semitism. Involved in the heyday (and eventual breakup) of Thomas Wyatt Turner ...
(1880–1963), American Jesuit priest *
L. Bancel LaFarge L. Bancel LaFarge (1900–1989) was an American architect. He was a founding member of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.Flint, Peter B "L. B. La Farge, 89, an Architect,"''New York Times.'' July 4, 1989. Early life and educat ...
(1900–1989), American architect *
Marie Lafarge Marie-Fortunée Lafarge (née Capelle; 15 January 1816 – 7 November 1852) was a French woman who was convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning in 1840. Her case became notable because it was one of the first trials to be follo ...
(1816–1852), French murderer *
Oliver La Farge Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southw ...
(1901–1963), American writer and anthropologist * Paul La Farge (1970–2023), American novelist *
Peter La Farge Peter La Farge (born Oliver Albee La Farge, April 30, 1931 – October 27, 1965) was a New York City-based folk music, folksinger and songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s. He is known best for his affiliations with Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Early l ...
(1931–1965), American folk singer *
Pokey LaFarge Pokey LaFarge (born Andrew Heissler, June 26, 1983) is an American musician, writer, and actor. Early life LaFarge was born Andrew Heissler in Bloomington, Illinois. The nickname "Pokey" was coined by his mother, who would scold him to hurry ...
(1983–), American musician and songwriter


Fictional characters

* Henri LaFarge, butler in '' A Shot in the Dark'' * Kenneth Lafarge, character in the novel ''
Drakon DRAKON is a free and open source algorithmic visual programming and modeling language developed within the Buran space project following ergonomic design principles. The language provides a uniform way to represent flowcharts of any com ...
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Companies

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Lafarge (company) Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group. I ...
, French industrial company *
LafargeHolcim Holcim is a Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates flagship division of the Holcim Group. The original company was merged on 10 July 2015 with Lafarge to form LafargeHolcim as the new company and renamed to Holcim Group in 202 ...
, merger of Holcim and Lafarge cement firms *
Lafarge Tarmac Tarmac is a British building materials company headquartered in Solihull, England. The company was formed as Lafarge Tarmac in March 2013, by the merger of Anglo American plc, Anglo American's Tarmac Group, Tarmac UK and Lafarge (company), Lafa ...
, British industrial company


Places

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Gare de Lafarge Lafarge is a railway station in Lafarge, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Limoges-Bénédictins - Périgueux railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by SNCF The Société nationale des chem ...
, a train station in Saint-Hilaire-les-Places, France * La Farge, a village in Wisconsin, United States *
Lafarge Falls The city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada is home to more than 100 waterfalls and cascades, most of which are on or near the Bruce Trail as it winds through the Niagara Escarpment. Ontario's internationally recognized Niagara Escarpment provides ...
, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *
Lafarge Lake Lafarge Lake is a five-hectare man-made lake, located in Town Centre Park in central Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Evergreen Cultural Centre lies on the southwest corner of the lake, and the Water's Edge Festival is held on the lake shore for ...
, in British Columbia, Canada *
Lafarge Rocks The Lafarge Rocks are one large and several smaller rocks lying northwest of Casy Island and west of Prime Head, the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They were discovered by a French expedition, 1837–1840, under Captain Jules Dumont ...
, near the Antarctic Peninsula *
Lafarge Lake–Douglas Station Lafarge Lake–Douglas is a rapid transit station on the Millennium Line, part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain system, which serves as the line's outbound terminus. It is located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada and opened for service on Dece ...
, the SkyTrain terminus station of the Evergreen Line extension to Coquitlam, in Metro Vancouver, Canada *
La Fargeville, New York La Fargeville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Orleans in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 608 at the 2010 census. The hamlet is named after John Frederick La Farge, one of the early propr ...
, a hamlet in New York, United States {{disambiguation, geo, surname