Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to:

People

* Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family **

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (), was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Conti ...

(1757–1834), French general and American Revolutionary War general also prominent in the French Revolution * Sigmund Neuberger (1871–1911), German-born American illusionist under the stage name "The Great Lafayette"

Places

United States

* LaFayette, Alabama, a city *

Lafayette, California Lafayette (formerly La Fayette) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 25,391. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer of the American Revolutionary ...

, a city * Lafayette, Colorado, a home rule municipality * LaFayette, Georgia, a city * La Fayette, Illinois, a village *

Lafayette, Indiana metropolitan area The Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Indiana, anchored by the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette. As of the July 1, 2021 ...

* Lafayette, Indiana, a city * LaFayette, Kentucky, a town * Lafayette, Louisiana metropolitan area *

Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette ( , ) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located along the Vermilion River (Louisiana), Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's List of municipaliti ...

, a city **

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Lafayette Parish () is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, up from 221,578 at the 2010 United Stat ...

* Lafayette, Minnesota, a city * LaFayette, New York, a town * Lafayette, Ohio, a village * Lafayette, Madison County, Ohio, a census-designated place * Lafayette, Oregon, a city * Lafayette, Tennessee, a city *

Lafayette, Virginia Lafayette is a census-designated place (CDP) between the cities of Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke and Christiansburg, Virginia, Christiansburg in eastern Montgomery County, Virginia, Montgomery County, southwest Virginia, United States. The populatio ...

, a census-designated place * Lafayette, Wisconsin (disambiguation) * Faubourg Lafayette, Louisiana, a division in the city of New Orleans * Mount Lafayette, New Hampshire * Lafayette County (disambiguation) * Lafayette Park (disambiguation) * Lafayette Reservoir, Contra Costa County, California * Lafayette River, entirely in the city of Norfolk, Virginia * Lafayette Square (disambiguation) * Lafayette Township (disambiguation) * Lafayette Village, a historic district in North Kingstown, Rhode Island; on the National Register of Historic Places

Other countries

* Lafayette (Tunis), a district of Tunis, Tunisia

Arts and entertainment

* ''La Fayette'' (film), also known as ''Lafayette'', a 1961 French/Italian co-production starring Orson Welles and Pascale Audret * " Lafayette (We Hear You Calling)", a 1918 World War I song composed by Mary Earl (Robert A. King) * Lafayette, a Basset Hound in the animated film '' Aristocats'' * Lafayette Reynolds, one of the principal characters in ''True Blood'', an American TV series * Lafayette O'Leary, the protagonist in four Keith Laumer science fiction novels

Buildings

* Lafayette Building (disambiguation) * Lafayette Hotel (disambiguation) * Lafayette Theatre (disambiguation)

Businesses

* Galeries Lafayette, a French department store chain * LaFayette Motors, United States automobile manufacturer from the 1910s to the 1940s * Lafayette Radio Electronics, an electronics retail chain that closed in 1981 * Lafayette (restaurant), a former French restaurant in New York City

Military

* USS ''Lafayette'', three US Navy ships * ''Lafayette''-class submarine, a class of US submarine * French aircraft carrier ''La Fayette'', a French aircraft carrier, formerly USS ''Langley'' (CVL-27) * ''La Fayette''-class frigate, a class of French frigates ** French frigate ''La Fayette'', a French stealth frigate, lead ship of the ''La Fayette'' class * Fort Lafayette, a coastal fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor * Brigade La Fayette, also named Task Force La Fayette, a joint unit of the French forces in Afghanistan * Lafayette Escadrille, a World War I squadron of the French Air Service composed largely of American pilots * Lafayette Flying Corps, a name given to American volunteer pilots who flew for the French in World War I

Schools

University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a Public university, public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus Universi ...

* Lafayette College, a private coeducational college in Easton, Pennsylvania ** Lafayette Leopards, Lafayette College's sports teams * Lafayette High School (disambiguation)

Transportation

* Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), Brooklyn, a New York City Subway station * Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street (New York City Subway) Manhattan * Lafayette station (Indiana), an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Indiana * Lafayette station (Louisiana), an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Louisiana * Lafayette station (BART) is BART station in Lafayette, California * Lafayette Square station, Buffalo, New York, Metro Rail station * Lafayette Regional Airport Lafayette, Louisiana * Lafayette Street a street in lower Manhattan, New York City * Lafayette Boulevard a street in Detroit, Michigan * Lafayette Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River in St Paul, Minnesota * Rue La Fayette a street in Paris, France * , a shipwreck in Lake Superior, United States * , a French ocean liner that was called ''Lafayette'' from 1915 until 1928

Other uses

* Lafayette Cemetery, a defunct cemetery in Philadelphia * Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, a cemetery in New Orleans * Lafayette Stakes, an annual American Thoroughbred horse race in Lexington, Kentucky * 23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet * Lafayette meteorite, a nakhlite Martian meteorite