Lafayette, Indiana (usa)

Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana ranks 1,577th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hendon, Isahaya, Nagasaki, and Kursk. Memorable people born in Lafayette, Indiana include Sydney Pollack, Izzy Stradlin, and Ray Ewry. Memorable people who died in Lafayette, Indiana include Herbert C. Brown and Lou Harrison. Lafayette, Indiana has been the birth place of many actors and singers and the death place of many chemists and composers. Lafayette, Indiana is located in United States.

Lafayette is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis and 125 miles (201 km) southeast of Chicago. According to the 2020 census, the population of Lafayette was 70,783. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which contributes significantly to both communities. Together, they form the core of the Lafayette metropolitan area, which had a population of 235,066 in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia