Cantaloupe The cantaloupe, rockmelon (Australia and New Zealand, although cantaloupe is used in some states of Australia), sweet melon, or spanspek (Southern Africa) is a melon that is a variety of the muskmelon species (''Cucumis melo'') from the fami ...

is a fruit. Cantaloupe and its variant spellings may also refer to:

Companies

* Cantaloupe, Inc.

In fiction

* the Marquis Canteloupe, fictional nobleman and politician in the ''Alms for Oblivion'' novels of

Simon Raven Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English author, playwright, essayist, television writer, and screenwriter. He is known for his louche lifestyle as much as for his literary output. Expelled from Charterhouse Sc ...

Music

* " Cantaloupe Island", a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock and recorded on his 1964 album ''Empyrean Isles'' * ''Cantaloupe Island'' (album), an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty first released in 1976 *

Cantaloupe Music Cantaloupe Music is a Brooklyn-based record label that produces and releases contemporary classical music and other forms of avant-garde music. The label was founded in 2001 by Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Kenny Savelson. Gordo ...

, a record label * "Cantaloop" (Flip Fantasia), a 1993 song by Us3

People

* Baron Cantilupe, barony by writ **

William de Cantilupe, 1st Baron Cantilupe William de Cantilupe, 1st Baron Cantilupe (1262-1308) of Greasley Castle in Nottinghamshire and of Ravensthorpe Castle in the parish of Boltby, North Yorkshire, was created Baron Cantilupe in 1299 by King Edward I. He was one of the magnate ...

(1262–1308) * Viscount Cantelupe, subsidiary title of the Earl De La Warr **

George West, Viscount Cantelupe George John Frederick West, Viscount Cantelupe (26 April 1814 – 25 June 1850), was a British politician. Styled Viscount Cantelupe from birth, he was the eldest son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, by Lady Elizabeth Sackville, d ...

(1814–1850), eldest son of the 5th Earl *

April Cantelo April Rosemary Cantelo (born 2 April 1928) is an English soprano. Life and career Cantelo was born in Purbrook, Hampshire in 1928. She attended Chelmsford County High School for Girls. She studied in London under Vilém Tauský, Joan Cross, I ...

(born 1923), English soprano *

George de Cantilupe George de Cantilupe (1252–1273) (anciently ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') The spelling used by modern historians is "de Cantilupe", which is followed in this article was Lord of Abergavenny from the Mar ...

(1252–1273), Lord of Abergavenny *

Jim Cantalupo James Richard Cantalupo (November 14, 1943 – April 19, 2004) was an American businessman. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of McDonald's Corporation until his sudden death by heart attack at the age of 60. Life Cantalupo was ...

(1943–2004), American businessman * Joseph Cantalupo (born 1943), Mafia informant *

Joseph Canteloube Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (; 21 October 18794 November 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region, ''Chants d'Auvergne''. Biography Canteloube ...

(1879–1957), French composer *

Julieta Cantaluppi Julieta Cantaluppi (born 24 January 1985, in Como) is a retired Italian rhythmic gymnast and currently a coach in rhythmic gymnastics. Career Julieta's mother Kristina Guiourova (who is also her coach) competed in rhythmic gymnastics for Bulgar ...

(born 1985), Italian rhythmic gymnast *

Mario Cantaluppi Mario "Lupo" Cantaluppi (born 11 April 1974) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Club career Born in Schlieren, Switzerland, Mario Cantaluppi started his professional career with Grasshopper Club ...

(born 1974), Swiss footballer and manager *

Thomas de Cantilupe Thomas de Cantilupe (25 August 1282; also spelled ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII. Origins Thomas was the third ...

, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of England *

William Cantelo William Cantelo (born 1830) was a 19th-century British inventor. Credited with developing an early machine gun, he disappeared from his home in Southampton in the 1880s. While trying to find Cantelo, his two sons saw a photograph of American-born ...

(born 1839), British inventor *

Walter de Cantilupe Walter de Cantilupe (died 1266) was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. Early life and career Cantilupe came from a family that had risen by devoted service to the crown. His father, William I de Cantilupe,William de Cantilupe (died 1239) William I de Cantilupe (c. 1159 - 7 April 1239) (anciently ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc.'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') 1st feudal baron of Eaton (Bray) in Bedfordshire, England, was an Anglo-Norman royal administrator who served ...

, Anglo-Norman baron *

William de Cantilupe (died 1251) William II de Cantilupe (died 1251) (anciently ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, etc'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo''), 2nd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, was an Anglo-Norman magnate. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Willi ...

, Anglo-Norman baron *

William de Cantilupe (died 1254) William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, and ''jure uxoris'' (in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of ...

, Lord of Abergavenny * William de Cantilupe (died 1375), murdered by his household

Places

France

* Canteloup, Calvados, Normandy *

Canteloup, Manche Canteloup () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 Communes of France, communes of the Manche Departments of France, department ...

, Normandy * Chanteloup (disambiguation), several places *

Canteleu Canteleu () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A small town of forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the river Seine, just northwest and over the river from the ...

, Normandy * Canteleux,

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

, Artois * Cantaloube, hamlet of

Villefranche-de-Rouergue Villefranche-de-Rouergue (; oc, Vilafranca de Roergue ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Villefranche-de-Rouergue station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac. History At the end of the Albigens ...

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...

* Canteloube, hamlet of

Lacave, Lot Lacave (; oc, La Cava) is a commune of France, situated in the North-West of the Lot department, within the Occitanie region. Geography Situated in the foothills of the " Causse de Gramat" at the confluence of the Dordogne and the Ouysse, 1 ...

Italy

* Cantalupa, Milan, quarter of

Zone 5 of Milan The Zone 5 of Milan (in Italian: Zona 5 di Milano) is one of the 9 administrative zones of Milan, Italy. It is the southernmost zone of the city. Subdivision The zone includes the following quarters: Basmetto, Cantalupa, Case Nuove, Chiaraval ...

Cantalupa Cantalupa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin, at the foot of Monte Freidour. Cantalupa borders the following municipalities: Cumiana, Frossasco Fros ...

, Piedmont * Cantalupo di Bevagna, Umbria *

Cantalupo in Sabina Cantalupo in Sabina ( Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rieti, on the Sabine Hills of Lazio. It is famous as the reputed origin of the muskmelon called a cantaloupe melon. It is one of several Italian ''comuni'' named "Cantalu ...

, Lazio, after which the fruit is named *

Cantalupo Ligure Cantalupo Ligure is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. Cantalupo Ligure borders the following municipalities: Albera Lig ...

, Piedmont *

Cantalupo nel Sannio Cantalupo nel Sannio is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region of southern Italy. History The town was known simply as Cantalupo until February 4, 1864, when the denomination ''nel Sannio'' was added in order to di ...

, Molise

United Kingdom

Aston Cantlow Aston Cantlow is a village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Alne north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon and north-west of Wilmcote, close to Little Alnoe, Shelfield, and Newnham.'Aston Cantlow', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: ...

, Warwickshire, named for the ''de Cantilupe'' family * Broadhempston, Devon, formerly Hempston Cauntelow **

Manor of Broad Hempston The manor of Broad Hempston (anciently Great Hempston, Hempston Cauntelow) was a historic manor situated in Devon, England, about 4 miles north of Totnes. The present village known as Broadhempston was the chief settlement within the manor and r ...

, owned by the Cantilupe family *

Cantelowes (ward) Cantelowes was a ward in the London Borough of Camden, in the United Kingdom. The ward was created for the May 2002 local elections

, London Borough of Camden *

Chilton Cantelo Chilton Cantelo is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Yeo north of Yeovil and east of Ilchester in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 445. The parish also includes the village of Ashingto ...

, Somerset, named for the Cantilupe family {{disambig, surname