Dauphin (french: "dolphin", links=no, plural ''dauphins'') may refer to:

Noble and royal title

Dauphin of Auvergne This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne. History In the 7th century Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The c ...

Dauphin of France Dauphin of France (, also ; french: Dauphin de France ), originally Dauphin of Viennois (''Dauphin de Viennois''), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830. The word ''dauphin'' ...

, heir apparent to the French crown *

Dauphin of Viennois The counts of Albon (''comtes d'Albon'') were members of the medieval nobility in what is now south-eastern France. Guigues IV, Count of Albon (d. 1142) was nicknamed ''le Dauphin'' or ''the Dolphin''. His nickname morphed into a title among ...

People

Charles Dauphin Charles Claude Dauphin or Dofin, called in Italian Delfino (1615/1620 – 1677), a French painter of historical subjects and portraits, was the son of Olivier Dauphin. Biography He was born in Nancy, Lorraine. By about 1640, he had joined in P ...

(c. 1620–1677), French painter *

Chuck Dauphin Charles Frederick Dauphin III (February 17, 1974 – September 18, 2019) was an American sports and country music journalist. He was a radio broadcaster for WDKN in Dickson, Tennessee Dickson is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Located in ...

(1974–2019), American music journalist *

Claude Dauphin (actor) Claude Dauphin (19 August 1903 – 16 November 1978) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978. Biography He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrot ...

(1903–1978), French actor *

Claude Dauphin (businessman) Claude Dauphin (10 June 1951 – 30 September 2015) was a French billionaire businessman and executive chairman of Trafigura Beheer BV, a company specialising in commodity trading (oil, metals, ores). In addition to being one of the company's foun ...

(1951–2015), French billionaire businessman *

Claude Dauphin (politician) Claude Dauphin (born December 17, 1953 in Lachine, Quebec) is a lawyer and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He was a Montreal city councillor and also served as the mayor of the Montreal borough of Lachine. He was also elected to ...

(born 1953), Canadian politician *

François Dauphin François Dauphin (born July 6, 1953 in Saint Norbert, Quebec) is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Righ ...

(born 1953), Canadian handball player *

Jacques Dauphin Jacques Dauphin (July 4, 1923 – April 1, 1994) was a French advertising pioneer founder and CEO of Dauphin OTA. He is best known as the father of modern billboard advertising. Early life and education After graduating with a law degree fr ...

(1923–1994), French advertising executive *

Laurent Dauphin Laurent Dauphin (born March 27, 1995) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward currently playing for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 39th overall by the Coyotes in the ...

(born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player *

Marc Dauphin Major Marc Dauphin, MSM, CD (born 6 February 1960) is a Canadian retired military doctor specialized in emergency medicine. He was based in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was in charge of the Role 3 Multinational Hospital at Kandahar Airfield. ...

(born 1960), Canadian military surgeon *

Max Dauphin Max Dauphin was born 1977 in Luxembourg. After years of international activity, the artist settled in Luxembourg where he works and lives. He is part of thBamhausArt Collective. On several occasions, Max Dauphin participated to Luxembourg Art Wee ...

(born 1977), Luxembourgian painter *

Robert Dauphin Robert Dauphin (5 February 1905 – 18 July 1961) was a French footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, America ...

(1905–1961), French footballer * Ronald Dauphin, Haitian activist and political prisoner

Places

Manitoba, Canada

Dauphin (provincial electoral district) Dauphin is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally created in 1881 with the expansion of the province's western boundary, eliminated in 1886, re-established in 1892, and finally abolished in 1999. ...

Dauphin, Manitoba Dauphin () is a city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 8,457 as of the 2016 Canadian Census, with an additional 2,388 living in the surrounding Rural Municipality of Dauphin (RM), for a total of 10,845 in the RM and city combined. The ci ...

Dauphin Lake Dauphin Lake is located in western Manitoba near the city of Dauphin, Manitoba. The lake covers an area of and has a drainage basin of about . The Mossy River drains the lake into Lake Winnipegosis. The basin is drained by seven major streams and ...

Dauphin railway station The Dauphin railway station is located in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. The station is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train. The station was built in 1912 by the Canadian Northern Railway to a design by architect John Schofield. The st ...

Dauphin Regional Airport Dauphin (french: "dolphin", links=no, plural ''dauphins'') may refer to: Noble and royal title * Dauphin of Auvergne * Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French crown * Dauphin of Viennois People * Charles Dauphin (c. 1620–1677), French ...

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (formerly known as Dauphin and Dauphin—Swan River) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 2015. Its ...

, a federal electoral district *

Rural Municipality of Dauphin Dauphin is a rural municipality in the Parkland Region of Manitoba, Canada. The municipality surrounds the separately administered city of Dauphin, and lies just north of Riding Mountain National Park, part of which extends into the RM. Commun ...

Elsewhere

Dauphin, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Dauphin (; oc, Daufin) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Michèle Bertin was reelected mayor of Dauphin in 2020. Population See also * Luberon *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department ...

, France *

Dauphin, Pennsylvania Dauphin is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 796 at the 2020 census. Dauphin's ZIP code is 17018. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Dauphin is located ...

, United States *

Dauphin, Texas Dauphin is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United ...

, United States *

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and nint ...

, United States *

Dauphin Island, Alabama Dauphin Island is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. It incorporated in 1988. The population was 1,778 at the 2020 census, up from 1,238 at the 2010 census. The t ...

, United States *

Dauphin Quarter Dauphin was a Quarter on the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. The district was merged with Gros-Islet in 2014. It contains a village of the same name, located at . It was home to Amerindians, the Island Caribs, who settled there. To this ...

, Saint Lucia

Vehicles

Dauphin (rocket) The Dauphin is a French sounding rocket, of which six versions were constructed between 1967 and 1978. It represents a modification of the starting stage of the Dragon with a larger payload nosecone. The Dauphin has a diameter of 56 centimetres, ...

, a French sounding rocket *

Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS365 Dauphin (''Dolphin''), also formerly known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. It was originally developed ...

, a European-made helicopter series *

Le Dauphin Le Dauphin was a French auto maker established in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris by André L. Dauphin. The company first presented a small two-seater cyclecar in the spring of 1941; production ended in 1942. The car was an open-roof cyclecar wit ...

, defunct French car manufacturer

Vessels

* CCGS ''Cape Dauphin'', a Canadian Coast Guard Vessel (47' search and rescue, self-righting cutter) * ''Dauphin'', a Nantucket whaleship that in 1821 rescued the captain and another crewman from a whaleboat of the sunken ''Essex'' whaleship * ''Dauphin'', a French submarine seized by Italy during World War II to be converted into a

cargo submarine A merchant submarine is a type of submarine intended for trade, and being without armaments, it is not considered a warship like most other types of submarines. The intended use would be blockade running, or to dive under Arctic ice. Strictly ...

* USS ''Dauphin'' (APA-97), a ''Windsor''-class attack transport in the U.S. Navy during World War II

Other uses

* Dauphin, a cheese, see Maroilles * "The Dauphin" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), an episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''