Who is the famous character from French history whose name occurs as the name of a town in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio, and with the addition of -ville, also in Louisiana?

JaneofGaunt

I would say the Marquis de Lafayette; he appears to have quite a number of places named after him in the U.S. The link is about him, not the places.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Lafayette#Legacy Nov 21 08, 7:37 PM

flem-ish

I found a Lafayette in Louisiana but not a Lafayetteville. There is of course Fayetteville in Pennsylvania. The Frenchman I am looking for never set foot on American soil, but still played an indirect role in the history of the growth of the USA. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayetteville_(Pennsylvania) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette,_Louisiana Nov 22 08, 1:05 AM

gonnzo

Napoleon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities,_towns,_and_villages_in_Louisiana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Michigan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Missouri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_North_Dakota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ohio There are many other "Napoleon" place names in the U.S.A. http://www.placenames.com/us/ Nov 22 08, 3:17 AM