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Duquesne (old spelling Du Quesne, American spelling DuQuesne) ( ; ) is a family name derived from a northern dialectal form of
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(Norman and Picard) meaning ''du chêne'' in French ("of the
oak"), same as the surname
Duchesne Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV
*André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian
*François Duchesne (1616–16 ...
. It can refer to:
People
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Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne
Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...
, governor of Martinique in 1716 (see
list of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office)
Ancien regime and First Republic (1635-1794)
British occupation (1794–1814)
Restoration, Second Republic, Second Empire (1814–70)
Third Republic (1870–1940)
Fourth a ...
)
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Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet (2 February 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot. He was the son of a naval officer and theref ...
( – 1688), French admiral
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Antoine Duquesne
Antoine Duquesne (; 3 February 1941 – 4 November 2010) was a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/ MCC/ PRL, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats fo ...
(1941–2010), Belgian politician
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Fritz Joubert Duquesne (1877–1956), Boer and later German spy in World War I and World War II
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Jean du Quesne, the elder (died 1624), Huguenot refugee from Flanders who settled in England
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Jean du Quesne, the Younger
Jean du Quesne, the younger (1575–1612) was the son of Jean Du Quesne, the elder, a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders.
Of noble extraction, Jean Du Quesne the elder escaped to England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ...
(1575–1612), son of the above
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Jacques Duquesne (disambiguation), multiple people
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Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville
Michel-Ange Du Quesne de Menneville, Marquis Du Quesne (c. 1700 17 September 1778) was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon, France.
Du Quesne served from 1752 through 1755, and is best known for his role in the Frenc ...
, Marquis Du Quesne (c. 1700–1778), Governor General of New France (in present-day Canada)
Places
United States
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Duquesne, Arizona, now a ghost town
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Duquesne, Missouri
Duquesne ( ) is a Fourth-Class City in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,159 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Duquesne is located at (37.074560, -94.4627 ...
, a village
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Duquesne, Pennsylvania, a city named after Marquis Duquesne
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Fort Duquesne, a French fort created in 1754 which eventually became the city of Pittsburgh
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Fort Duquesne (Minnesota)
Fort Duquesne is a historical French former fur trade post. It was built and was first discovered in 1983. The following year, on November 15, 1984, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The site is about two miles north ...
, a former French fur trade post on the National Register of Historic Places
Grenada
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Duquesne River
The Duquesne River is a river of Grenada.
See also
*List of rivers of Grenada
This is a list of rivers of Grenada. Rivers in Grenada flow towards the Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Kar ...
Fictional characters
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Calleigh Duquesne, in the television series ''CSI: Miami''
* Jacques Duquesne, true identity of the
Swordsman (comics) in the Marvel Comics universe
* Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne, villain of the
Skylark
''Alauda'' is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are ...
science fiction series of novels by E. E. "Doc" Smith
Sports
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Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, an American professional football team from 1895 to 1900
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Duquesne Country and Athletic Club (ice hockey), an American hockey team from 1895 to 1901
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Duquesne Dukes, athletic teams of Duquesne University
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Duquesne Athletic Club, a professional ice hockey team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1908 to 1909
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Duquesne Gardens, the main sports arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century
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Duquesne Baseball Field, Duquesne University
Other uses
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French ship ''Duquesne'', eight ships and one cruiser class in the French Navy named after Abraham Duquesne
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Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( or ; Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a private Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened as the Pitts ...
, a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Duquesne Club, a private social club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1873
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Duquesne Brewing Company (1899-1972), a brewery in Pittsburgh
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Duquesne Brewing Company, revived from the above company
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''Duquesne'' (PRR), a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, later renamed the ''Keystone'' by Amtrak
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Duquesne Incline
The Duquesne Incline () is a funicular located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and scaling Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by Hungarian-American engineer Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in ...
, an inclined plane railroad or funicular
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