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