List of people from Lafayette, Louisiana

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^[1]
• 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^[2]
• 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

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^[3]
• 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

• 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

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