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Devall (other)
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Devall may refer to: People * Devall (surname), of Norman origin. * Deval Patrick (born 1956), American politician Places * DeValls Bluff, Arkansas See also * Deval (other) * Duval (surname) * Duvall (surname) * Laval (surname) Laval is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devall (surname)
Devall (also DeValle) is a surname of French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and Evill. Its meaning is derived from French the town of Deville, Ardennes. In France, the surname is derived from 'de Val' meaning 'of the valley.' Variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Duval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle. The Devall surname has also been spelled some other ways including Devoll, DeVol, Duvall, DeValle and Devaulle. Notable people with the surname include: * Danny DeVall (b. 1972), Football player * Dave Devall (b. 1931), Canadian weather reporter. * Denzel Devall (b. 1994), American football player * Trevor Devall (b. 1972), Canadian voice actor See also * Deval (other) * Devall (other) * Duval (surname) * Duvall (surname) * Laval (surname) Laval is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normans
The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Francia, West Franks and Gallo-Roman culture, Gallo-Romans. The term is also used to denote emigrants from the duchy who conquered other territories such as England and Sicily. The Norse settlements in West Francia followed a series of raids on the French northern coast mainly from Denmark, although some also sailed from Norway and Sweden. These settlements were finally legitimized when Rollo, a Scandinavian Viking leader, agreed to swear fealty to Charles the Simple, King Charles III of West Francia following the Siege of Chartres (911), siege of Chartres in 911. The intermingling in Normandy produced an Ethnic group, ethnic and cultural "Norman" identity in the first half of the 10th century, an identity which continued to evolve over the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deval Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his 2008 presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state in 16 years since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Raised largely by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School. After graduating, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeValls Bluff, Arkansas
DeValls Bluff is a city in and the county seat of the southern district of Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 619 at the 2010 census. History Prairie County has always been important to Arkansas for the transportation of people and goods throughout the state. Initially, it was the White River that gave the agricultural county its importance for transport, since waterways were the primary means of long-distance transportation in the period before the development of railroads. Prairie County was cut from Arkansas, Pulaski, Monroe, St. Francis, and White counties in 1846 and included present-day Lonoke County. European settlement in Prairie County came in the 19th century, with Jacob M. DeVall and his son, Chappel, becoming the first recorded settlers around DeValls Bluff according to 1851 tax records. During the Civil War, the city was a trading center on the White River, which continued to be the primary shipping corridor when the Arkansas River was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deval (other)
Deval is a given name, a surname, Gotra of varied origins (Indian and French). It may refer to: Surname *Chandra Prakash Deval (born 1949), Indian poet and translator *Charles Deval (1806–1862), French ophthalmologist * Govind Ballal Deval (1855–1916), Indian playwright * Jacques Deval (1895–1972), French screenwriter and director *Marguerite Deval (1866–1955), French singer and actress *Pierre Deval (1897–1993), French painter *Pierre Deval (diplomat) (1758–1829), French diplomat *Narayan Singh Dewal (born 1964), Indian politician Given name *Deval Eminovski (born 1964), Swedish football player *Deval Patrick (born 1956), American politician See also *Devol (Albania), a former fortress in Albania * Devall (other) *Devall (surname) *Duval (surname) *Duvall (surname) Duvall (also DuVall) is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duval (surname)
Duval is a surname, literally translating from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and de Eyvill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of Deville, Ardennes. "Devall" was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book. In France, variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle. The Duval surname has also been spelled some other ways including DeVall, Devoll, DeVol, DuVal, Duvall, DeValle and Devaulle. Notable People * Aimé Duval (1918–1984), also known as Père Duval, French priest, singer-songwriter, and guitarist * Albert Duval, French Olympic sailing athlete * Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (1767–1842), French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor, and theater manager * Alf Duval (born 1941), Australian rower * Aline Duval (1824–1903), French stage actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duvall (surname)
Duvall (also DuVall) is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and Evill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of Déville, Seine-Inferieure. The spelling, "Devall", was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book. In France, variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle. The Duvall surname has also been spelled some other ways including DeVall, Devoll, DeVol, DeValle and Devaulle. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Duvall, American baseball player * Betty Duvall, a spy for the American Confederacy * Carol Duvall, television show host * Clea DuVall, American actress * Gabriel Duvall, American jurist in the 18th and 19th centuries * Len Duvall, British politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
