Lafont is a Southern French surname. It may refer to: * Alban Lafont (born 1999), Burkinabé-born French footballer *

Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my e ...

(1938–2013), French actress and the mother of Pauline Lafont * Bruno Lafont (born 1956), French businessman *

Charles Philippe Lafont Charles Philippe Lafont (1 December 178123 August 1839) was a French violinist and composer. He has been characterized as one of the most eminent violinists of the French school.See Family Tree, under External links Biography Born in Paris, he rec ...

(1781–1839), French violinist and composer *

Cristina Lafont Cristina Lafont is Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Biography Lafont graduated 'cum laude' with a Licenciatura in philosophy from the Universidad de Valencia in 1987. From there, she moved to J ...

, American philosopher * Dominique Lafont (born 1961), French businessperson *

Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (born 26 October 1945) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Cayenne in French Guiana from 2004 to 2020. Lafont was born in Paris and studied in France and Rome; the Pontifical Gregor ...

(born 1945), Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Cayenne in French Guiana since 2004 * Ernest Lafont (1879–1946), French socialist politician *

Eugène Lafont Eugène Lafont, S.J. (26 March 1837 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium – 10 May 1908 in Darjeeling, British India), was a Belgian Jesuit priest, who became a missionary in India, where he became a noted scientist and the founder of the first Sci ...

(1837–1908), Belgian Jesuit, Missionary in Bengal, scientist and founder of the first Scientific Society in India *

Henri Lafont Henri Lafont (born Henri Chamberlin, 22 April 1902 – 26 December 1944) was a French criminal based in Paris who headed the French Gestapo during the Nazi German occupation in World War II. He was executed by firing squad on 26 December 1944 ...

(1902–1944), the head of the French Gestapo during the German occupation in World War II *

Jean-Philippe Lafont Jean-Philippe Lafont (born 11 February 1951) is a French baritone. He studied in his native city of Toulouse and later at the Opéra-Studio in Paris.O'Connor, Patrick He made his operatic debut as Papageno in ''The Magic Flute'' at the Salle Favar ...

(born 1951), French baritone * Louis Charles Georges Jules Lafont (1825–1908), French naval officer, Governor of Cochinchina from 1877 to 1879 *

Marcelle Lafont Marcelle Lafont (23 November 1905 - 8 October 1982) was a chemist, chemical engineer, member of the French Resistance and later a politician. Born into the successful bourgeois Lafont family (owners of the Adolphe Lafont company) she broke with t ...

(1905-1982)

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

chemical engineer In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is a professional, equipped with the knowledge of chemical engineering, who works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products and deals with the ...

, member of the

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

and politician. * Marie-Zélia Lafont (born 1987), French Olympic canoeist * Maurice Lafont (1927–2005), French football (soccer) defender *

Pauline Lafont Pauline Lafont (6 April 196311 August 1988) was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, a Hungarian sculptor. Born Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky in Nîmes, France, she died in a hiking accid ...

(1963–1988), French actress *

Pierre-Chéri Lafont Pierre-Chéri Lafont (16 May 1797 – 19 April 1873) was a French actor, born at Bordeaux. Abandoning his profession as assistant ship's doctor in the navy, he went to Paris to study singing and acting. He had some experience at a small theater, ...

(1797–1873), French actor born at Bordeaux *

Robèrt Lafont Robèrt Lafont (; March 16, 1923 in Nîmes – June 24, 2009 in Florence) was a French intellectual from Provence. He was a linguist, an author, an historian, an expert in literature and a political theoretician. His name in French reads Rober ...

(born 1923), Occitan intellectual from Provence – linguist, author, historian, expert in literature, political theoretician *

Sophie de Lafont Sophie de Lafont, née ''Dubuisson'', also called ''Sofia Ivanovna Lafont'' (August 1717 – August 1797) was a Russian pedagogue of French descent. She was the principal of the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg in 1764–1797. Life Lafont ...

(1717–1797), Russian educator

See also