Decatur (name)

'''Decatur''' is a given name and a surname which may refer to: * Daniel Decatur Emmet (1815–1904), songwriter * Art Decatur (1894–1966), Major League Baseball pitcher * C. D. Howe (Clarence Decatur Howe, 1886–1960), Canadian cabinet minister and businessman * Sean M. Decatur (born 1969), African-American chemist, college administrator and 19th president of Kenyon College * Stephen Decatur (1779–1820), American naval commodore * Stephen Decatur Sr. (1751–1808), American naval captain in the Revolutionary War * Decatur Dorsey (1836–1891), African-American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Decatur "Bucky" Trotter (1932–2004), African-American politician * Doug Decatur (1958–), baseball writer<!-- and grand-nephew of Art Decatur -->

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