Marquis de Lafayette wani basarake ne kuma hafsan soja wanda ya rayu daga 1757 zuwa 1834. Ya kasance jigo a yakin Juyin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin Manjo Janar a Sojojin Nahiyar A karkashin George Washington. Lafayette ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa a juyin juya halin Faransa kuma ya kasance babban mai ba da shawara ga tsarin mulki a Faransa. Ana yawan tunawa da shi a matsayin gwarzon 'yanci da dimokuradiyya a Amurka da Faransa.