Defoe may refer to:
People
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Defoe (surname) Defoe is a surname. Its origin is uncertain, it may be a variation of Foe or Fow or an Anglicized form of a French name, possibly ''Thevoz'', ''Thevoux'', ''de Vaux'' or ''Devaux'', ''Dufau'' or ''Dufou''. Notable people with the surname include:
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, most notably English author
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, merchant and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translati ...
Places
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Defoe, Webster County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Other uses
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Defoe (comics), a zombie story
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Defoe Shipbuilding Company, a former shipyard in Bay City, Michigan
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Operation Defoe, a Second World War reconnaissance by the British Special Air Service
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Defoe (horse) (2014–2020), Thoroughbred racehorse
See also
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Dafoe (disambiguation)
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Foe (disambiguation)
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