412) Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757 – 1834). French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. A close friend of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson [all of them had red hair], Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830.

- "Lafayette had red hair and a long nose." https://books.google.it/books…

- "Gilbert was tall and had red hair." https://books.google.co.uk/books…

- "At this period of his life, the Marquis de Lafayette was a noble looking man, notwithstanding his deep red hair. His forehead, though receding, was fine, his eye clear hazel, and his mouth and chin delicately formed; exhibiting beauty rather than strength." quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AAM7015.0001.001…