De la Cour
De la Cour is a French-language surname, meaning "of the court". The alternative forms Delacour and Delacourt were used by a Huguenot refugee who settled in Portarlington, County Laois, as well as his descendants who later moved to County Cork and then to England.[1][2]
De la Cour
- Didier de La Cour (1550–1623), French Benedictine monk
- Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour (1683–1748), French colonial military officer
- Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour (1738–1793), French art critic
- Joseph De La Cour (1894–1967), American politician
- Michaela Dornonville de la Cour (born 1961), Swedish pop singer
- Henric de la Cour (born 1974), Swedish songwriter
- Adam de la Cour (born 1979), British composer
Delacour
- Alfred Delacour (1817–1883), French playwright and librettist
- Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), French-American ornithologist
- Yves Delacour (1930-2014), French rower
- William Delacour (1700–1767), French painter
Fictional characters:
- Fleur Delacour, a character from the Harry Potter series
- Gabrielle Delacour, younger sister of Fleur Delacour
De la Court and Delacourt
- Pieter de la Court (1618–1685), Dutch economist
- Marianne Delacourt, pen name of Marianne de Pierres (born 1961), Australian science fiction writer
- Susan Delacourt, 20th-century Canadian political journalist
See also
- La Cour, a similar surname
References
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