Famous People with Name Lavalle

Victor LaValle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Victor LaValle: is an American author who was raised in the Flushing and Rosedale neighborhoods of Queens, New York. He is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus and a novel, The Ecstatic. LaValle writes fiction primarily, though he has also written essays and book reviews for GQ, Essence Magazine, The Fader, and The Washington Post, among others.

Vincent-Paul Lavallée            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent-Paul Lavallée: was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Joliette in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1885 as a Conservative member.In 1885, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Lanaudière division, serving until 1888. Lavallée was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1896.

Louis-Arsène Lavallée            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis-Arsène Lavallée: was a Mayor of Montreal, Canada. Lavallée worked with Hormidas Laporte to create the Alliance Nationale insurance company in 1892. After an unsuccessful campaign at the St. James riding in the 1896 federal election, Lavallée became a Montreal local councillor, since 1900 for the Saint-Jacques ward then in 1904 at La Fontaine ward. In 1912, he was elected Mayor of Montreal and served that role until the 1914 election. During his local political career, Lavallée promoted consolidation and amalgamation of municipalities towards a larger Montreal government and saw annexation of municipalities such as Côte-des-Neiges during that time.

Carole Lavallée            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carole Lavallée: is a Canadian politician. A businesswoman, communication consultant, communicator, and a journalist, Lavallée was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004. She was elected in the riding of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert for the Bloc Québécois defeating the Liberal candidate, Marc Savard by about 13,000 votes. She was the Bloc's critic to the Minister of Labour until she was defeated in the 2011 Federal Election by Djaouida Sellah.

Pablo Lavallén            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pablo Lavallén: a former Argentine football defender who played professional football in Argentina and Mexico.Lavallén made his professional debut in 1991 for River Plate, over the following five years he won three league titles and the Copa Libertadores 1996 championship with the team.In 1996 he joined Atlas where he played until his return to Argentina in 2002 to play for Huracán.