Duquesne
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Duquesne or Duchesne ( 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").
The anglicization of the name to Du Cane occurred following the exodus of Huguenot refugees from France to England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
These can refer to:
People
Abraham Duquesne (c. 1610–1688), French admiral
Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne, governor of Martinique in 1716 (see list of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique)
Antoine Duquesne (1941–2010), Belgian politician
Fritz Joubert Duquesne (1877–1956), Boer and later German spy in World War I and World War II
Jacques Duquesne (footballer) (1940-2023), Belgian footballer
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
Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Du Quesne (c.
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