# 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

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

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