Duquesne

Duquesne (/djuːˈkeɪn/ dew-KAYN, French: [dykɛːn]; old spelling Du Quesne, American spelling DuQuesne) 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

Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne, 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
Duquesne Country and Athletic Club (ice hockey), an American hockey team from 1895 to 1901
Duquesne Dukes, athletic teams of Duquesne University
Duquesne Athletic Club, a professional ice hockey team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1908 to 1909
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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