#1Famous people · Lafayette
45 famous people were born in Lafayette, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 51 languages make the Swedish-American pole vaulter Armand Duplantis the best known. Behind the leader come Addison Rae and Danneel Ackles. Lafayette ranks 3rd of the 233 towns in Louisiana with anyone listed. 23 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.
Born here
45
notable people
Best known
Armand Duplantis
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Joseph Abel Francis
Youngest
2000
Addison Rae
Most common field
Sports
29 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Lafayette’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lafayette’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 10 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageFaithNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lafayette
By how many languages cover them, Armand Duplantis comes first (51), then Addison Rae (42) and Danneel Ackles (32).
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What Lafayette is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as ministers and preachers, at 4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lafayette
Another 42, 28 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Lafayette home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Lafayette, though born elsewhere.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
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 (10)
- Armand Duplantis: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Addison Rae: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danneel Ackles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Poirier: TheDurandal42, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Cormier: X2o, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chanda Rubin: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Davis: André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Richard: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Broussard: Stephanie Moore, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Illinois Jacquet: Gottlieb, William P., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons