Duquesne
# Duquesne

Duquesne (/djuːˈkeɪn/ dew-KAYN, French:; 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
