#1Famous people · Lafayette
Lafayette counts 3 famous people, first among them Bob Beauprez
Articles in 10 languages make the American politician Bob Beauprez the best known. Second and third on the list are Marilyn Sitzman and Devon Beitzel. Louisville, which borders it, has 8 on its list, the best known Jack D. Fischer. Over 49 years of births, the list goes from Marilyn Sitzman (1939) to Devon Beitzel (1988).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Bob Beauprez
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1939
Marilyn Sitzman
Youngest
1988
Devon Beitzel
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Lafayette
Counted by languages, Bob Beauprez is ahead of Marilyn Sitzman and Devon Beitzel: 10, 4 and 3.
#1MS#2
Notable
Marilyn Sitzman
1939–1993Witness to the John F. Kennedy assassination
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What Lafayette is known for
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Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Lafayette, though born elsewhere.
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The most names next door are in Louisville: 8.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lafayette and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Bob Beauprez: U.S. House of Reps., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Neguse: Franmarie Metzler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack D. Fischer: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaccob Slavin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Duffy: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons