Decatur is a
given name
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and a
surname
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which may refer to:
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Daniel Decatur Emmet
Daniel Decatur Emmett (October 29, 1815June 28, 1904) was an American songwriter, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie" ...
(1815–1904), songwriter
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Art Decatur
Arthur Rue Decatur (January 14, 1894 – April 25, 1966) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1922 to 1927 for the Brooklyn Robins and the Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseba ...
(1894-1966), Major League Baseball pitcher
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C. D. Howe
Clarence Decatur Howe, (15 January 1886 – 31 December 1960) was an American-born Canadian engineer, businessman and Liberal Party politician. Howe served as a cabinet minister in the governments of prime ministers William Lyon Mackenzie ...
(Clarence Decatur Howe, 1886-1960), Canadian cabinet minister and businessman
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Sean M. Decatur
Sean M. Decatur (born September 4, 1968) is a chemist, college administrator and president, and has been appointed president of the American Museum of Natural History in December 2022. Decatur will be the first African-American to serve as the mu ...
(born 1969) African-American chemist, college administrator and 19th president of Kenyon College
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Stephen Decatur
Stephen Decatur Jr. (; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was an American naval officer and commodore. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Unite ...
(1779-1820), influential American naval commodore
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Stephen Decatur Sr. (1751–1808), American naval captain in the Revolutionary War
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Decatur Dorsey
Decatur Dorsey (1836 – July 11, 1891) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Crater. Born into slavery, Dorsey enlist ...
(1836-1891), African-American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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Decatur "Bucky" Trotter
Decatur "Bucky" Trotter (January 8, 1932 – May 3, 2004) was an American politician who was a member of the Maryland State Senate and chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
Background
Trotter was born in Washington, D.C., on ...
(1932-2004), African-American politician
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Doug Decatur (1958-), Baseball writer and grand-nephew of Art Decatur
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