Jean Lafitte
（重定向自Jean Laffite）
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![This recent map shows Barataria Bay [lower right], near Grande Isle](/Images/godic/202501/21/National_Atlas_Louisiana_east_detailed2855.gif")
![US Commodore Daniel Patterson commanded an offensive force against Lafitte and his men at Barataria, 1814](/Images/godic/202501/21/Daniel_Patterson2855.jpg")
![A persistent rumor claimed that Lafitte rescued Napoleon (pictured) from exile and both of them ended their days in Louisiana. No evidence supports it.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_22855.jpg")
Jean Lafitte (c.1780 – c.1823) was a French-American pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte". The latter has become the common spelling in the United States, including for places named for him.