Editing Lafayette, Colorado (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Bob Beauprez]], Republican politician
* [[Devon Beitzel]], former professional basketball point guard
* [[John C. Buechner]], educator, politician and City Councillor 
* [[Edward Doyle (Labor Activist)]] (1886-1954), coal miner and union activist
* [[Lars Grimsrud]], [[aerospace engineer]] and performance automobile enthusiast
* [[Maria Handley]], member-at-large of the [[Democratic National Committee]]
* [[Steven Lindsey]], retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut
* [[John Massaro (guitarist)|John Massaro]] (1959-2022), also known as ''John Vincent Hazlett'', guitarist and wrote songs for [[Steve Miller Band]]
* [[Lafayette vampire]], also known as Teodor Glava (1877-1918)
* [[James Lord (unionist)]] (1878-1962), coal miner and union activist
* [[Lenny Metz]] (1899–1953), shortstop for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] 1923–25, lived in Lafayette 
* [[Mary Miller (Colorado businesswoman)|Mary E. Miller]] (1843–1921) founded the town of Lafayette, Colorado
* [[Joe Neguse]], US Representative for Colorado's 2nd District
* [[Alicia Sanchez]] (1926–1985), Latina activist who founded the Clinica Campesina
* [[Marilyn Sitzman]], receptionist and witness to the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination of JFK]]
* [[Jessica Watkins]], geologist, former international rugby player and 2017 [[NASA]] astronaut candidate<ref>{{cite web|title=Astronaut Candidate Jessica Watkins|url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jessica-watkins/biography|website=NASA|date=June 6, 2017 }}</ref>