Duquesne

Duquesne (old spelling Du Quesne, American spelling DuQuesne) (usually /djuːˈkeɪn/; French: [dykɛːn]) is a family name derived from a northern dialectal form of French (Norman and Picard) meaning du chêne in French ("of the oak"), same as the surname Duchesne. It can refer to:

People[]

• , governor of Martinique in 1716 (see list of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique)
• Abraham Duquesne (c. 1610 – 1688), French admiral
• Antoine Duquesne (1941–2010), Belgian politician
• Fritz Joubert Duquesne (1877–1956), Boer and later German spy in World War I and World War II
• Jean du Quesne, the elder (died 1624), Huguenot refugee from Flanders who settled in England
• Jean du Quesne, the Younger (1575–1612), son of the above
• Jacques Duquesne (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Du Quesne (c. 1700–1778), Governor General of New France (in present-day Canada)

Places[]

United States[]

• Duquesne, Arizona, now a ghost town
• Duquesne, Missouri, a village
• Duquesne, Pennsylvania, a city named after Marquis Duquesne
• Fort Duquesne, a French fort created in 1754 which eventually became the city of Pittsburgh
• Fort Duquesne (Minnesota), a former French fur trade post on the National Register of Historic Places

Grenada[]

• Duquesne River

Fictional characters[]

• 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 science fiction series of novels by E. E. "Doc" Smith

Sports[]

• Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, an American professional football team from 1895 to 1900
• Pittsburgh Duquesne or Duquesne Country and Athletic Club hockey team, an American amateur, later professional, hockey team from 1895 to

1920

• Duquesne Gardens, the main sports arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century
• Duquesne Baseball Field, Duquesne University

Other uses[]

• French ship Duquesne, eight ships and one cruiser class in the French Navy named after Abraham Duquesne
• Duquesne University, a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Duquesne Club, a private social club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1873
• Duquesne Brewing Company (1899-1972), a brewery in Pittsburgh
• Duquesne Brewing Company, revived from the above company
• Duquesne (PRR), a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, later renamed the Keystone by Amtrak
• Duquesne Incline, an inclined plane railroad or funicular

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