Famous people · Lafayette
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Lafayette
Closest of all is Ruth Painter Randall, from Salem, 9 mi away. The best known of them is John C. Mather, with articles in 70 languages. So far, no famous person on record was born in Lafayette. In Virginia, 270 towns have someone on the list.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
John C. Mather
Best known
John C. Mather
in 70 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lafayette’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lafayette
The 18 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Louis King
1898–1962American actor and movie director
Robert Craig
1792–1852American politician from Virginia
John C. Mather
born 1946American astrophysicist and cosmologist
Henrietta Lacks
1920–1951American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line
Tony Atlas
born 1954American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
Lindsley Register
born 1993American actress, producer and writer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lafayette and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- John C. Mather: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henrietta Lacks: 14GTR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry King: Woodbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Payne: Macfadden Publications-page 2., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Huddleston: Trailer to "Breakheart Pass" (1975), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Bari: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John B. Floyd: Brady-Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis A. Johnson: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons