Duval is a surname, literally translating from

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as "of the valley". It derives from the

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

"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 Deville () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France. ...

. "Devall" was first recorded in

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in the

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. In

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, 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 Aimé Duval (better known under the name Père Duval) (30 June 1918 – 30 April 1984) was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, a singer-songwriter and guitarist, who was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Born in Le Val-d'A ...

(1918–1984), also known as Père Duval, French priest, singer-songwriter, and guitarist * Albert Duval, French Olympic sailing athlete *

Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (6 April 1767, in Rennes – 1 September 1842, in Paris) was a French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor, theatre manager. He was the eighth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1812. Du ...

(1767–1842), French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor, and theater manager *

Alf Duval Alfred "Alf" Walter Duval (born 1 July 1941) is an Australian former rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Club and state rowing Duval was born in Sydney and attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hi ...

(born 1941), Australian rower * Aline Duval (1824–1903), French stage actress *

Amaury Duval (1760–1838) Charles-Alexandre-Amaury Pineux, known as Amaury Duval (28 January 1760 in Rennes – 12 November 1838 in Paris) was a French lawyer, historian, diplomat, writer and scholar. His brother was the playwright Alexandre Duval and one of his two sons ...

, French lawyer, historian, diplomat, writer, and scholar * André Duval (1920–2018), French-Canadian author and historian * Armand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval (1821–1889), French painter and politician * Aurélien Duval (born 1988), French cyclist * Barry E. DuVal (born 1959), American politician * Becky Duval Reese, American museum director *

Burr H. Duval Burr Harrison Duval (1809 – March 27, 1836) was the commander of the Kentucky Mustangs, First Regiment Volunteers, a group of Kentucky long-riflemen formed in Bardstown, Kentucky, in November 1835 during the Texas Revolution. He and hundreds of o ...

(1809–1836), American soldier who died in the Texas Revolution, son of William Pope Duval *

Charles Allen Duval Charles Allen Duval, often spelled duVal or Du Val, (19 March 1810 – 14 June 1872), was a well-known Victorian portrait painter, photographer, literary critic, illustrator and writer. He played a large role within the city of Manchester's th ...

(1810–1872) British portrait painter, photographer, and writer *

Claude Duval Claude Du Vall (or Duval) (164321 January 1670) was a French highwayman in Restoration England. He came from a family of decayed nobility, and worked in the service of exiled royalists who returned to England under King Charles II. Little else ...

(1643–1670), French highwayman *

Clément Duval Clément Duval (; 1850–1935) was a famous French anarchist and criminal. His ideas concerning individual reclamation were greatly influential in later shaping illegalism. According to Paul Albert, "The story of Clement Duval was lifted and, shor ...

(1850–1935), French anarchist and criminal *

Clive L. DuVal II Clive Livingston Du Val II (June 20, 1912 – February 25, 2002) was an American politician and Virginia lawyer who served five terms in the Senate of Virginia (1972 to 1992) after three terms in the Virginia House of Delegates. Early and fami ...

(1912–2002), American politician and lawyer *

Consuelo Duval María del Consuelo Dussauge Calzada (born 11 January 1969), more commonly known by her stage name Consuelo Duval, is a Mexican comedian and actress of film, television, theatre, and voice-over. She is known for her various comic characters such ...

(born 1968), Mexican comedian and actress of film, television, theater, and voice-over *

Damon Duval Damon Duval (born April 3, 1980) is an American former professional placekicker and punter. Duval played college football for Auburn University, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. He played professionally for the Jacksonville Jagu ...

(born 1980), American professional football player *

Daniel Duval Daniel Duval (28 November 1944 – 10 October 2013) was a French film actor, director and writer. Best known as an actor, Duval has credits in over 70 television and film productions. As a filmmaker, Duval was awarded the Silver Prize at the 1 ...

(1944–2013), French actor, film director and screenwriter *

David Duval David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 Golfer who competed on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. Duval won 13 PGA Tour tournaments between 1997 and 2001; incl ...

(born 1971), American golfer *

Denise Duval Denise Duval (23 October 192125 January 2016) was a French soprano, best known for her performances in the works of Francis Poulenc on stage and in recital. During an international career, Duval created the roles of Thérèse in ''Les mamelles de T ...

(1921–2016), French opera singer *

Dennis DuVal Dennis DuVal (born March 31, 1952), nicknamed "Sweet D" is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. College career In 1970–71, Dennis played on the Syracuse Orange freshman basketball team. He averaged 19.2 points and 7.7 rebound ...

(born 1952), American retired basketball player *

Dominic Duval Dominic Duval (c. 1944 – July 22, 2016) was an American free jazz bassist. Since the 1990s, Duval was active principally on the New York City jazz scene. He did not begin recording regularly until the 1990s, but since then had appeared on a ve ...

(c. 1944–2016), American free jazz bassist *

Edgar Raoul-Duval Edgar Raoul-Duval (9 April 1832 – 10 February 1887) was a French magistrate and politician who was Representative of Seine-Inférieure and then twice Deputy of Eure. He had right-wing views, and for most of his career he was a Bonapartist. He wa ...

(1832–1887), French magistrate and politician * Edwin M. Duval (born 1947), American literary scholar *

Elsie Duval Elsie Diederichs Duval (1892–1919) was a British suffragette. She was arrested many times throughout her life and in 1913 became the first woman to be released from Holloway Prison under the so-called 'Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill He ...

(1892–1919), British suffragist and campaigner * Émile Duval (1907–1965), French long-distance runner * Erik Duval (1965–2016), Belgian computer scientist *

Eugénie Duval Eugénie Duval (born 3 May 1993) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2014 : 10th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames : 2nd Scratch, Open des Nati ...

(born 1993), French racing cyclist * Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808–1885), better known as Amaury-Duval, French painter * Franca Duval (born 1925), American soprano *

François Duval (disambiguation) François Duval may refer to: *François Duval (composer) (1672 - 1728) * François Duval (dancer) (born 1743), known as Malter, was a French dancer * François Duval (politician) (1903–1984), a politician from Martinique who served in the French ...

, various people *

Frank Duval Frank Duval (born 22 November 1940, Berlin, as Frank Uwe Patz) is a German composer, conductor, record producer, songwriter and singer. Life Born into a family of artists, Duval studied as an actor and dancer, and also sang with his sister, Mar ...

(born 1940), German composer, conductor, record producer, songwriter, and singer *

Frantz Duval Frantz Duval is a Haitian journalist. Duval is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper '' Le Nouvelliste,'' both the largest print media in Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known a ...

, Haitian journalist *

Fred DuVal Fred Price DuVal (born May 24, 1954) is an American businessman, civic leader, education leader and author. He is president of DuVal and Associates, a senior advisor to Dentons Law, an advisor to Macquarie Infrastructure, Chairman of Excelsior M ...

(born 1954), American businessman, civic leader, and author *

Gaël Duval Gaël Duval (born 1973) is a French entrepreneur. In July 1998, he created Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux), a Linux distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux and KDE. He was also a co-founder of MandrakeSoft (now merged in Mandriva) ...

(born 1973), French entrepreneur *

Gaëtan Duval Sir Charles Gaëtan Duval QC (9 October 1930 – 5 May 1996) was a barrister, statesman and politician from Mauritius who was the leader of the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD). Early life and education Duval was born in Rose Hill on 9 ...

(1930–1996), Mauritian barrister, statesman, and politician *

Georges Duval de Leyrit Georges Duval de Leyrit (7 August 1716 – 9 April 1764) was Governor General of Pondicherry between 1755 and 1758. He was preceded by Charles Godeheu Charles Robert Godeheu de Zaimont was Acting Governor General of Pondicherry. He was the Comm ...

(''fl''. 1750s), French colonial governor *

Georges Duval Georges-Louis-Jacques Labiche (26 October 1772 – 21 May 1853), better known as Georges Duval, was an early 19th-century French playwright. Biography Duval was originally expected to become a priest, but the French Revolution occurred when ...

(1772–1853), French playwright *

Georges Duval (journalist) Georges Duval (2 February 1847 – 23 September 1919) was a French journalist and playwright. Biographie Georges Duval was a columnist at ''Le Gaulois'' under the pseudonyms Claude Rieux and Tabartin. He also collaborated with the newspaper ' ...

(1847–1919), French playwright and journalist * Isaac H. Duval (1824–1902), American Civil War general and Congressman *

James Duval James Edward Duval is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the Gregg Araki ''Teenage Apocalypse'' film trilogy—'' Totally F***ed Up'', ''The Doom Generation'', and '' Nowhere''. His other notable roles include Miguel in ''Independence ...

(born 1972), American actor *

Jean Duval Jean Duval, OCD (22 April 1597 – 10 April 1669) was a Discalced Carmelite and a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop of Baghdad (1638–1669) and Bishop of Ispahan (1638–1669). ''(in Latin)''

(1597–1669), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baghdad, and Bishop of Ispahan * Jean-François-Joseph Duval QC (1802–1881), Quebec lawyer, judge, and political figure * Jean-Jacques Duval (born 1930), French-born American artist *

Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil (5 December 174522 April 1794), French magistrate and politician, was born in India at Pondicherry, his father being a colleague of Joseph François Dupleix. Returning to France in 1750 he was educated in Paris f ...

(1745–1794), French magistrate and politician *

Jeanne Duval Jeanne Duval (; – c. 1862) was a Haitian-born actress and dancer of Multiracial, mixed French and Black people, black African ancestry. For 20 years, she was the muse of French poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire. They met in 1842 when ...

(c. 1820 – c. 1862), Haitian-born actress and dancer *

John Crittenden Duval John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897) was an American writer of Texas literature. He has been noted as being the first Texas man of letters Dobie, J. Frank.Duval, John Crittenden in the ''Handbook of Texas Online''. Texas State Historical Assoc ...

(1816–1897), American writer, son of William Pope Duval *

Joseph Duval Joseph Marie Louis Duval (11 October 1928 – 23 May 2009) was the France, French Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen. Born in Chênex, Duval was ordained to the priesthood on 8 June 1953. On 14 May 1974 Pope Pau ...

(1928–2009), French Roman Catholic archbishop * Joseph-Odilon Duval (1895–1966), Canadian politician *

Joseph Duval-Jouve Joseph Duval-Jouve (7 August 1810 – 25 August 1883) was a French botanist born in Boissy-Lamberville. He was the father of histologist Mathias-Marie Duval (1844-1907). He taught classes at the college in Grasse (1832–52), afterwards ser ...

(1810–1883), French botanist * Julien Duval (born 1990), French professional racing cyclist * Jules-Alexandre Duval Le Camus (1814–1878), French painter * Léon-Étienne Duval (1903–1996), French prelate and cardinal *

Lil Duval Roland Powell (born June 12, 1977), better known by his stage name Lil Duval, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. In 2005, he was a finalist on BET's comedy competition series ''Coming to the Stage''. Powell is a series regular to the MT ...

, American stand-up comedian *

Loïc Duval Loïc Duval (; born 12 June 1982) is a French professional racing driver racing for Audi Sport as a factory driver in DTM and driving for Dragon Racing in Formula E. He won the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen driv ...

(born 1982), French professional racing driver * Lucie Duval (born 1959), Canadian artist *

Marcel Duval J. Marcel Duval, CMM, CD is a retired Canadian Forces Air Command general. His senior appointments were as the Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region and the Deputy Commander of NORAD. Career Duval was born in Baie- ...

, Canadian air force general * Maria Duval, Italian-born psychic scammer *

María Duval María Dussauge Ortiz (born 2 August 1937), commonly known as María Duval, is a Mexican actress and singer who has worked in film, television, and the stage. Career Duval made her film debut in the musical ''Melodías inolvidables'' (1959), a ...

(born 1937), Mexican actress and singer *

Marie Duval Isabelle Émilie de Tessier (1847 – 1890) who worked under the pseudonym Marie Duval, was a French cartoonist, known as co-creator of the seminal cartoon character ''Ally Sloper''. Biography As co-creator of ''Ally Sloper'' with her husband C ...

(1847–1890), French cartoonist *

Mathias-Marie Duval Mathias-Marie Duval (7 February 1844 – 28 February 1907) was a French professor of anatomy and histology born in Grasse. He was the son of botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810–1883). Biography He studied medicine in Paris, and later served as p ...

(1844–1907), French professor of anatomy and histology *

Maurice Duval Marie Victor Charles Maurice Duval (1869-1958) was a French Brigadier General and aviator of World War I. He was one of the main organizers of the ''Armée de l'Air'' and was a Commander of the Legion of Honour. Military education and training M ...

(1869–1958), French general and aviator *

Maurice Raoul-Duval Maurice Raoul-Duval (27 April 1866 – 5 May 1916) was a French polo player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Early life Raoul-Duval was born on 27 April 27, 1866 in Le Pecq. Together with his brothers, Réné and Charles, were amo ...

(1866–1916), French polo player * Michael Raoul Duval (1936–2001), American investment banker and lawyer *

Michel Duval Michel Duval (born February 10, 1994, in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor, singer, songwriter, composer and model. known for ''La rosa de Guadalupe'', ''Señora Acero'. Early life Michel Duval was born on February 10, 1994, with the name of Michel ...

(born 1994), Mexican actor, singer, songwriter, composer and model * Miselaine Duval, Mauritian comedian, television producer, and writer * Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775), French composer *

Noël Duval Noël Duval (24 December 1929, Le Chesnay – 12 December 2018, Paris) was a French archaeologist. Biography In 1953 Duval started working as a researcher and for three consecutive years worked at the Roman Historical Institute. He was a member ...

(1929–2018), French archaeologist *

Norma Duval Purificación Martín Aguilera, professionally known as Norma Duval (Barcelona, 4 April 1956), is a Spanish vedette, actress and businesswoman. Life Duval was born in Barcelona on April 4, 1956. Her family moved to Madrid to live a villa in ...

(born 1956), a Spanish actress, presenter, and vedette *

Paulette Duval Paulette Duval (1889 – 1951) was a French dancer and actress of the silent film era and early sound motion pictures. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1889 and raised in France. She was considered one of the most beautiful women ...

(1889–1951), French dancer and actress * Philip Duval (1732–1808), English clergyman * Pierre Duval, various people * Portia Duval-Rigby (born 1970), Australian ice dancer *

Raymond Duval Raymond Francis Duval (19 September 1894 – 22 August 1955) was a French general who participated in both World War I and World War II and was supreme commander of French troops in Tunisia and French Morocco. During his career, he suppressed the ...

(1894–1955), French general *

Robbert Duval Robbert is a Dutch form of the masculine given name Robert. People with the name include: * Robbert A.J. Agerbeek (born 1937), Indo Dutch boogie-woogie and jazz pianist * Robbert Andringa (born 1990), Dutch volleyball player * Robbert Baruch (bo ...

(1639–1732\), Dutch painter *

Robin Duval Robin Arthur Philip Duval (born 1941) was Director of the British Board of Film Classification, (the "Film Censor"), from 1999 to 2004. Duval was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham before reading history at University College London (U ...

(born 1941), British film censor *

Salluste Duval Clarent-Salluste-Hermycle Duval (February 1852 – July 1917) was a Canadian doctor of medicine, inventor, engineer, organist, musician and professor of Mathematics & Mechanics at Université Laval and at the École Polytechnique de Montréal. ...

(1872–1917), Canadian doctor of medicine, inventor, engineer, organist, musician, and professor of mathematics and mechanics *

Stanwood Duval Stanwood Richardson Duval Jr. (born February 8, 1942)Net Detective, People Search is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton ...

(born 1942), American judge * Sunny Duval, Québécois rock guitarist and songwriter *

Sylvie Andrich-Duval Sylvie Andrich-Duval (born 22 August 1958) is a Luxembourgish politician. She is a former member of the Chamber of Deputies, where she represented the Christian Social People's Party. She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in October 2005 ...

(born 1958), Luxembourgish politician *

Thibaut Duval Thibaut Duval (born 1 February 1979) is a Belgian pole vaulter. Duval finished eighth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2000 European Championships in Gent and fifth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships. He also competed ...

(born 1979), Belgian pole vaulter *

Thomas Howard DuVal Thomas Howard DuVal (November 4, 1813 – October 10, 1880) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Education and career Born November 4, 1813, in Buckingham County, Virginia, ...

(1813–1880), U.S. federal judge, son of William Pope Duval * Trevon Duval (born 1998), American professional basketball player *

Una Duval Una Harriet Ella Stratford Duval (; 1879–1975) was a British suffragette and marriage reformer. Her refusal to say "and obey" in her marriage vows made national news. Early life Una was the debutante daughter of Commander Edward Stratford ...

(1879–1975), British suffragette and marriage reformer *

Victoria Duval Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an American professional tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she won ...

, American professional tennis player *

William Duval (ice hockey) William James "Peg" Duval (August 3, 1877 – June 7, 1905) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club and the Pittsburgh Victorias in the late 1890s and early 1900s. He was a member of the Canadian c ...

(1877–1905), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

William Pope Duval William Pope Duval (September 4, 1784 – March 19, 1854) was the first civilian governor of the Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson, who had been a military governor. In his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided Florid ...

(1784–1854), American governor of the Florida Territory *

Xavier Barsalou-Duval Xavier Barsalou-Duval (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He was president of the Foru ...

(born 1988), Canadian politician *

Xavier-Luc Duval Charles Gaëtan Xavier Luc Duval (born 28 January 1958) is a Mauritian politician who is the present Leader of the Opposition and was also Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius in the cabinet of Sir Anerood Jugnauth from December 2014 to December ...

(born 1958), Mauritian politician *

Yves Duval Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fren ...

(1934–2009), Belgian comics author * Yvette Duval (1931–2006), Moroccan-born French historian

Characters

* Dr. Peter Duval, fictional character, ''

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