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    • Source: List of people from Lafayette, Louisiana

      • This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.


      Notable residents




      = Natives

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      Some of the notable people that were born in Lafayette:

      Danneel Ackles, television actress, One Tree Hill
      Felecia Angelle, anime voice-over actress
      Fernest Arceneaux (deceased), zydeco musician
      Nnamdi Asomugha, NFL defensive back
      Autumn!, rapper
      Paul Bako, catcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds
      Marc Breaux, choreographer of movies such as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
      Jefferson Caffery (deceased), former U.S. ambassador
      Mark Carrier, former NFL wide receiver
      Irvin Castille, Negro American League player for the Birmingham Black Barons
      Daniel Cormier, Olympic wrestler and former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion
      Cupid, R&B singer; known for writing the "Cupid Shuffle"
      Lauren Daigle, Grammy-winning singer
      Walter Davis, triple jump athlete
      Michael Doucet, Cajun musician
      Armand Duplantis, Olympic-champion pole vaulter representing Sweden
      Kevin Faulk, NFL running back
      Ron Guidry, MLB pitcher
      Hunter Hayes, country musician
      Jimmy Hayes, former member of the United States House of Representatives from the since disbanded 7th congressional district
      Lionel Hebert, professional golfer
      Alan Jouban, MMA fighter
      Richard Keith, born Keith Thibodeaux, known for playing "Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy
      Angela Kinsey, television actress, The Office
      Lash Leroux, professional wrestler, illustrator for Pro Wrestling Illustrated and other wrestling magazines
      Nghana Lewis, District Court Judge, Division B, 40th Judicial District Court, Louisiana
      Mikie Mahtook, MLB outfielder and first round draft pick; currently plays for the Detroit Tigers
      Gil Meche, MLB pitcher, Kansas City Royals
      R.J. Mitte, actor with cerebral palsy, supporting actor in Breaking Bad
      Alfred Mouton, Civil War general
      Ann McBride Norton (1944–2020), activist and business executive
      Kim Perrot (1967–1999), WNBA basketball player
      Dustin Poirier, former interim UFC Lightweight Champion
      Addison Rae (born 2000), social media personality, dancer, actress and singer
      SSGKobe, rapper
      Summrs, rapper
      Joe Walker, zydeco musician
      Brett Weaver, anime voiceover actor; mostly known for his work with ADV Films
      Gus Weill, political consultant, television host, novelist, playwright, poet, born in Lafayette in 1933
      Domanick Williams, NFL running back
      Jessica Zajicek, former PA of Kathy Griffin; starring in Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List


      = Residents

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      Other notable current and/or former residents of Lafayette:

      C. C. Adcock, musician, producer
      Royd Anderson, filmmaker
      Kevyn Aucoin (deceased), professional makeup artist
      Ray Authement (born 1928), president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1974–2008
      Jamie Baldridge (born 1975), visual artist, writer
      Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013), member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature; lobbyist for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1990–2010
      Henri Willis Bendel, fashion designer and entrepreneur
      Captain Steven L. Bennett, posthumous Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
      Kathleen Blanco, former Louisiana governor
      Roy Bourgeois, priest and founder of human rights group SOA Watch
      Marc Broussard, musician
      James Lee Burke, mystery novelist, Pulitzer Prize nominee
      Kody Chamberlain, comic book writer and artist
      Jermall Charlo, boxer, IBF Junior Middleweight Champion
      Jermell Charlo, boxer, WBC Super Welterweight Champion
      Hollis Conway, Olympic medalist
      Albert H. Crews, astronaut
      Charles B. DeBellevue, highest-scoring American flying ace during the Vietnam War
      Jefferson J. DeBlanc, World War II flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient
      Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback
      David Egan (deceased), musician
      Ernest Gaines, fiction author, Pulitzer Prize nominee
      Deirdre Gogarty, world champion boxer
      Hedwig Gorski, poet and writer
      Amy Guidry, surrealist painter
      Leigh Hennessy, world champion gymnast and movie/TV stuntwoman
      Clay Higgins, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, former reserve deputy marshal of Lafayette known as the "Cajun John Wayne"
      Sammy Kershaw, country & western musician
      Bennett Landreneau, U.S. Army major general
      Ali Landry, former Miss USA, model and actress
      John L. Loos (deceased), American historian; Louisiana State University professor; spent last years in Lafayette, where he died in 2011
      Eugene J. Martin (deceased), visual artist originally from Washington D.C.
      Alex McCool, manager of NASA Space Shuttle Projects Office
      Elizabeth McNulty, Miss Louisiana 2007
      Brian Mitchell, former NFL running back, special teams returner
      Elemore Morgan, Jr. (deceased), professor and visual artist
      Paul Prudhomme, chef
      Robert Rauschenberg (deceased), artist, National Medal of Arts winner
      Zachary Richard, musician
      George Rodrigue, artist, The Blue Dog
      Chanda Rubin, USTA tennis player
      Clifford Schoeffler, U.S. Air Force general
      J. Minos Simon, attorney, author, sportsman
      Richard Simmons, exercise guru
      Brandon Stokley, NFL wide receiver
      Daniel Sunjata, film, television, and Tony Award-nominated stage actor
      Sam H. Theriot, Louisiana state representative from Vermilion Parish from 1979 to 1996, subsequently relocated to Lafayette
      Hugh Thompson, Jr., hero of My Lai, helicopter pilot
      John Kennedy Toole (deceased), author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces
      A. Hays Town, architect
      Javon Walker, NFL wide receiver
      Tyler James Williams, actor


      Notable local politicians


      Page Cortez, District 43 state representative since 2008
      John Malcolm Duhé, Jr. (born 1933), retired U.S. district and appellate court judge
      Joey Durel (born 1953), former mayor-president of Lafayette consolidated government (2004–2016)
      Richard T. Haik (born 1950), United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Lafayette since 1991
      Roderick Miller (deceased), first Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette since Reconstruction


      See also


      List of University of Louisiana at Lafayette people
      List of people from Louisiana


      References

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