Duval or DuVal is a surname, literally translating from
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
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to
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
as "of the valley". It derives from the
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norma ...
"Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and de Eyvill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of
Deville, Ardennes
Deville () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
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. "Devall" was first recorded in
England
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in the
Domesday Book
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.
In
France
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, variant spellings include: Lavalle, Lavallie, Laval, Lavall, Deval, Lavell, Lavelle and Lavielle. The Duval surname has also been spelled some other ways including DeVall, Devoll, DeVol, Duvall, DeValle and Devaulle.
Notable people
* A. Duval, French artist and engraver active 1769–1801
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(1918–1984), also known as Père Duval, French priest, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
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Albert Duval
Albert Duval (29 November 1867 in Paris — 18 August 1942 in Gouvieux) was a French sailing (sport), sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
He was a crew member of the French boat ''Martha 1'', which won a silver and a bronze medal i ...
, French Olympic sailing athlete
* Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (1767–1842), French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor, and theater manager
* Alf Duval (born 1941), Australian rower
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Aline Duval
Aline Louise Duval (c. 1824 – July 20, 1903) was a French stage actress. "Much appreciated in the roles of travesties or grisettes thanks to the biting of her voice and her air of delicacy, she was also noticed in the reviews for her enthusi ...
(1824–1903), French stage actress
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Amaury Duval (1760–1838)
Charles-Alexandre-Amaury Pineux, known as Amaury Duval (28 January 1760 in Rennes – 12 November 1838 in Paris) was a French lawyer, historian, diplomat, writer and scholar. His brother was the playwright Alexandre Duval and one of his two sons ...
, French lawyer, historian, diplomat, writer, and scholar
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Barry E. DuVal
Barry Eugene DuVal (born August 7, 1959) is an American politician from Virginia. He was first elected to the City Council of Newport News, Virginia in 1988, and in 1990 was elected mayor, serving in that role until 1996. He has also served as t ...
(born 1959), American politician
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Becky Duval Reese
Becky Duval Reese is an American curator and art museum director. She is best known for her work as the director of the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and oversaw the museum's move in 1998. She was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in ...
, American museum director
* Burr H. Duval (1809–1836), American soldier who died in the Texas Revolution, son of William Pope Duval
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Charles Allen Duval
Charles Allen Duval, often spelled duVal or Du Val, (19 March 1810 – 14 June 1872), was a well-known Victorian portrait painter, photographer, literary critic, illustrator and writer. He played a large role within the city of Manchester's thr ...
(1810–1872), British portrait painter, photographer, and writer
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Claude Duval
Claude Du Vall (or Duval) (c. 164321 January 1670) was a French highwayman in Restoration England. He worked in the service of exiled royalists who returned to England under King Charles II. Little else is known of his history. According to p ...
(1850–1935), French anarchist and criminal
* Clive L. DuVal II (1912–2002), American politician and lawyer
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Consuelo Duval
MarÃa del Consuelo Dussauge Calzada (born 11 January 1969), more commonly known by her stage name Consuelo Duval, is a Mexican comedian and actress of film, television, theatre, and voice-over. She is known for her various comic characters suc ...
(born 1968), Mexican comedian and actress of film, television, theater, and voice-over
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Damon Duval
Damon Duval (born April 3, 1980) is an American former professional football placekicker and punter. Duval played college football for Auburn University, and was recognized as a consensus All-American. He played professionally for the Jacksonvi ...
(born 1980), American football player
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Daniel Duval
Daniel Duval (28 November 1944 – 10 October 2013) was a French film actor, director and writer.
Best known as an actor, Duval has credits in over 70 television and film productions. As a filmmaker, Duval was awarded the Silver Prize at the ...
(1944–2013), French actor, film director and screenwriter
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David Duval
David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 Golfer who competed on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. Duval won 13 PGA Tour tournaments between 1997 and 2001; inc ...
Dennis DuVal
Dennis DuVal (born March 31, 1952), nicknamed "Sweet D" is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
College career
In 1970–71, Dennis played on the Syracuse Orange freshman basketball team. He averaged 19.2 points and 7.7 reboun ...
(born 1952), American retired basketball player
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Dominic Duval
Dominic Duval (April 27, 1945 – July 22, 2016) was an American classical and free jazz bassist.
Biography
Duval's was born in New York City. His father Dominic Duval Sr. was a bassist.
At Eastman School of Music, Duval double majored in C ...
(c. 1944–2016), American free jazz bassist
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Dorinha Duval
Dorinha Duval (21 January 1929 – 21 May 2025) was a Brazilian actress and singer, who after retirement from television and film, became an artist. She became famous for her roles in some of Brazil's most famous television soap operas and, later ...
(1832–1887), French magistrate and politician
* Edwin M. Duval (born 1947), American literary scholar
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Elsie Duval
Elsie Diederichs Duval (1892–1919) was a British suffragette. She was arrested many times throughout her life and in 1913 became the first woman to be released from Holloway Prison under the so-called 'Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill ...
(1892–1919), British suffragist and campaigner
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Émile Duval
Émile Duval (5 July 1907 – 13 April 1965) was a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as B ...
(1907–1965), French long-distance runner
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Erik Duval
Erik Duval (11 September 1965 – 12 March 2016) was a Belgian computer scientist. Duval chaired the informatics section of the computer science department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he also chaired the research unit on human-com ...
Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval
Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Pineux Duval (16 April 1808 – 25 December 1885), better known by the pseudonym Amaury-Duval, was a French painter. He was one of two sons of Amaury Duval (1760–1838) and thus a nephew of the playwright Alex ...
(1808–1885), better known as Amaury-Duval, French painter
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Franca Duval
Franca Duval (13 February 1925 - 21 July 2020)Wlaschin says 1933 was an American soprano.
Born in New York City to parents who had immigrated from Italy, Duval began her career in San Francisco. In 1950 she appeared at La Scala in ''Raskolnikoff'' ...
(1925–2020), American soprano
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François Duval (disambiguation) François Duval (born 1980) is a Belgian rally driver.
François Duval may also refer to:
* François Duval (dancer) (born 1743), known as Malter, was French dancer
* François Duval (politician) (1903–1984), politician from Martinique wh ...
, various people
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Frank Duval
Frank Duval (born 22 November 1940, Berlin
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(born 1940), German composer, conductor, record producer, songwriter, and singer
* Frantz Duval, Haitian journalist
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Fred DuVal
Fred Price DuVal (born May 24, 1954) is an American businessman, civic leader, education leader and author. He is president of DuVal and Associates, a senior advisor to Dentons Law, chairman of Gunnison Copper, a director of DriveTime Auto Grou ...
(born 1954), American businessman, civic leader, and author
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Gaël Duval
Gaël Duval (born 1973) is a French entrepreneur. In July 1998, he created Mandrake Linux (which became Mandriva Linux, now discontinued), a Linux distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux and KDE. He was also a co-founder of MandrakeSoft ( ...
(1930–1996), Mauritian barrister, statesman, and politician
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Georges Duval de Leyrit
Georges Duval de Leyrit (7 August 1716 – 9 April 1764) was Governor General of Pondicherry
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territ ...
(''fl''. 1750s), French colonial governor
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Georges Duval
Georges-Louis-Jacques Labiche (26 October 1772 – 21 May 1853), better known as Georges Duval, was an early 19th-century French playwright.
Biography
Duval was originally expected to become a priest, but the French Revolution occurred when ...
(1772–1853), French playwright
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Georges Duval (journalist)
Georges Duval (2 February 1847 – 23 September 1919) was a French journalist and playwright.
Biography
Georges Duval was a columnist at ''Le Gaulois'' under the pseudonyms Claude Rieux and Tabartin. He also collaborated with the newspaper '' ...
(1847–1919), French playwright and journalist
* Isaac H. Duval (1824–1902), American Civil War general and Congressman
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James Duval
James Edward Duval (born September 10, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in ''Independence Day'' (1996), '' Go'' (1999), ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), ''May'' (2002), and the films of Gregg Araki.
Duval has starred in numerous in ...
(born 1972), American actor
* Jean Duval (1597–1669), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baghdad, and Bishop of Ispahan
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Jean-François-Joseph Duval
Jean-François-Joseph Duval, (July 17, 1802 – May 6, 1881) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Quebec Upper Town in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1829 to 1834.
He was born in Quebec City, th ...
QC (1802–1881), Quebec lawyer, judge, and political figure
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Jean-Jacques Duval
Jean-Jacques Duval (Feb. 8, 1930 - Oct. 21, 2021) was a French-born American artist who pioneered abstract art and the use of faceted glass in stained glass design in the 1960s. In 2005 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Staine ...
Jeanne Duval
Jeanne Duval (; -1870s) was a French-born actress and courtesan of French and Caribbean descent. She was a key muse and longtime, tumultuous partner of poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire, with whom she had an on-and-off-again relationship sp ...
(c. 1820 – c. 1862), Haitian-born actress and dancer
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John Crittenden Duval
John Crittenden Duval (1816–1897) was an American writer of Texas literature. He has been noted as being the first Texas man of letters Dobie, J. Frank.Duval, John Crittenden in the ''Handbook of Texas Online''. Texas State Historical Assoc ...
(1816–1897), American writer, son of William Pope Duval
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Joseph Duval
Joseph Marie Louis Duval (11 October 1928 – 23 May 2009) was the French Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen.
Born in Chênex, Duval was ordained to the priesthood on 8 June 1953. On 14 May 1974 Pope Paul VI a ...
(1928–2009), French Roman Catholic archbishop
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Joseph-Odilon Duval
Joseph-Odilon Duval (May 13, 1895 – March 16, 1966) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Saint-Calixte, Quebec, Duval was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority ...
(1895–1966), Canadian politician
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Joseph Duval-Jouve
Joseph Duval-Jouve (7 August 1810 – 25 August 1883) was a French botanist born in Boissy-Lamberville. He was the father of histologist Mathias-Marie Duval (1844-1907).
He taught classes at the college in Grasse (1832–52), afterwards serv ...
(1810–1883), French botanist
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Julien Duval
Julien Duval (born 27 May 1990) is a French former professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. Duval retir ...
(born 1990), French racing cyclist
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Jules-Alexandre Duval Le Camus
Jules-Alexandre Duval Le Camus (5 August 1814, Paris - 23 June 1878, Saint-Cloud) was a French painter who specialized in portraits and Genre art, genre scenes.
Biography
He was the only son of the painter Pierre Duval Le Camus. After receivin ...
Lil Duval
Roland Powell (born June 12, 1977), better known by his stage name Lil Duval, is an American stand-up comedian, musician, and actor. In 2005, he was a finalist on BET's comedy competition series ''Coming to the Stage''.
Powell is a series regul ...
, American stand-up comedian
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Loïc Duval
Loïc Jean-Claude Duval (; born 12 June 1982) is a French professional racing driver racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Duval is a former FIA WEC champion and a winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, win ...
(born 1982), French racing driver
* Lucie Duval (born 1959), Canadian artist
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Marcel Duval
J. Marcel Duval, CMM, CD is a retired Canadian Forces Air Command general. His senior appointments were as the Commander of the 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region and the Deputy Commander of NORAD.
Career
Duval was born in Baie ...
, Canadian air force general
* Maria Duval, Italian-born psychic scammer
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MarÃa Duval MarÃa Duval may refer to:
* MarÃa Duval (Argentine actress)
MarÃa Duval (born MarÃa Mogilesky; 17 May 1926 – 10 May 2022) was an Argentine actress, considered one of the most representative performers of the Golden Age of Argentine ...
(born 1937), Mexican actress and singer
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Marie Duval
Isabelle Émilie de Tessier (25 September 1847 – 11 June 1890), who worked under the pseudonym , pseudonyms Marie Duval and Ambrose Clarke, was a British cartoonist, known as co-creator of the seminal cartoon character ''Ally Sloper'', the po ...
(1847–1890), French cartoonist
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Mathias-Marie Duval
Mathias-Marie Duval (7 February 1844 – 28 February 1907) was a French professor of anatomy and histology born in Grasse. He was the son of botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810–1883).
Biography
He studied medicine in Paris, and later served as ...
(1844–1907), French professor of anatomy and histology
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Maurice Raoul-Duval
Maurice Raoul-Duval (27 April 1866 – 5 May 1916) was a French polo player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Raoul-Duval was born on 27 April 27, 1866 in Le Pecq. He was the son of Fernand Raoul-Duval (1833–1892), a mi ...
(1866–1916), French polo player
* Michael Raoul Duval (1936–2001), American investment banker and lawyer
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Michel Duval
Michel Duval (born Michel Dussauge, February 10, 1994) is a Mexican actor, singer, songwriter, composer and model, who is best known for portraying Salvador Acero in Telemundo's '' Senora Acero''.
Early life
Michel Duval was born on February 10 ...
(born 1994), Mexican actor, singer, songwriter, composer and model
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Miselaine Duval
Miselaine Duval Vurden is a Mauritian comedian, television producer and writer best known as a cast member of the television series ''Fami Pa Kontan'' and '' Kel Famille''. She is the founder of the comedy group Komiko.
Life and career
Miselaine ...
, Mauritian comedian, television producer, and writer
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Mlle Duval
Mlle Duval (short for Mademoiselle Duval) (c. 1718 – after 1775) was an 18th-century French composer who wrote the second opera by a woman ever performed at the Paris Opera.
Biography
Mlle Duval, whose first name is unknown, was a French com ...
(1718–after 1775), French composer
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Noël Duval
Noël Duval (24 December 1929, Le Chesnay – 12 December 2018, Paris) was a French archaeologist.
Biography
In 1953 Duval started working as a researcher and for three consecutive years worked at the Roman Historical Institute. He was a member ...
(1929–2018), French archaeologist
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Norma Duval
Purificación MartÃn Aguilera, professionally known as Norma Duval (born 4 April 1956 in Barcelona), is a Spanish vedette, actress and businesswoman.
Life
Duval was born in Barcelona on April 4, 1956. Her family moved to Madrid to live a vi ...
(born 1956), Spanish actress, presenter, and vedette
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Paulette Duval
Paulette Duval (; 1889 – 1951) was a French dancer and actress of the silent film era and early sound motion pictures. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1889 and raised in France. She was considered one of the most beautiful wom ...
(1889–1951), French dancer and actress
* Philip Duval (1732–1808), English clergyman
* Pierre Duval, various people
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Portia Duval-Rigby
Portia Duval-Rigby (born 3 September 1970 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian retired ice dancer. With her husband Francis Rigby, she is a two time Australian Champion. They were married in 1997. The Rigbys were coached by Helen Ma a ...
(born 1970), Australian ice dancer
* Raymond Duval (1894–1955), French general
* Robbert Duval (1639–1732), Dutch painter
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Robin Duval
Robin Arthur Philip Duval (born 1941) was Director of the British Board of Film Classification, (the "Film Censor"), from 1999 to 2004.
Duval was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham before reading history at University College London (U ...
(1872–1917), Canadian doctor of medicine, inventor, engineer, organist, musician, and professor of mathematics and mechanics
* Stanwood Duval (born 1942), American judge
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Sunny Duval
François "Sunny" Duval is a Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter. He has been associated with the band Les Breastfeeders.Sylvie Andrich-Duval (born 1958), Luxembourgish politician
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Thibaut Duval
Thibaut Duval (born 1 February 1979) is a Belgian pole vaulter.
Duval finished eighth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2000 European Championships in Gent and fifth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships. He also compete ...
(born 1979), Belgian pole vaulter
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Thomas Howard DuVal
Thomas Howard DuVal (November 4, 1813 – October 10, 1880) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Education and career
Born November 4, 1813, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Du ...
(1813–1880), U.S. federal judge, son of William Pope Duval
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Trevon Duval
Trevon Tyler Duval (born August 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Sabah BC of the Azerbaijan Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke Blue Devils.
High school career ...
(born 1998), American basketball player
* Una Duval (1879–1975), British suffragette and marriage reformer
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Victoria Duval
Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an inactive American tennis player.
Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87.
In 2012, she had w ...
, American tennis player
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William Duval (ice hockey)
William James "Peg" Duval (August 3, 1877 – June 7, 1905) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club and the Pittsburgh Victorias in the late 1890s and early 1900s ...
(1877–1905), Canadian ice hockey player
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William Pope Duval
William Pope Duval (September 4, 1784 – March 19, 1854) was the first civilian governor of the Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson, who had been a military governor. In his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided Florid ...
(1784–1854), American governor of the Florida Territory
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Xavier Barsalou-Duval
Xavier Barsalou-Duval (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.
Political career
He was pr ...
(born 1988), Canadian politician
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Xavier-Luc Duval
Charles Gaëtan Xavier-Luc Duval (born 28 January 1958) is a Mauritian politician and was also Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius in the cabinet of Sir Anerood Jugnauth from December 2014 to December 2016. He was also Minister of Tourism & Ext ...
(born 1958), Mauritian politician
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Yves Duval
Yves Duval (21 March 1934 – 22 May 2009) was a Belgian comics author who mainly worked for ''Tintin'' magazine, but also wrote comics, stories, and articles for other magazines.
Biography
Yves Duval was born in Etterbeek. He started working ...
Grand Theft Auto VI
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Dr. Peter Duval
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...
, a fictional character in the film ''
Fantastic Voyage
''Fantastic Voyage'' is a 1966 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The film is about a submarine crew who is shrunk to microsco ...
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See also
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Duvall (surname)
Duvall (also DuVall) is a French surname and an alternative spelling of "Duval", which literally translates from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings ...