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Companies
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPontDuPontE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
), one of the world's largest chemical companies - Du Pont MotorsDu Pont MotorsDu Pont Motors was founded by E. Paul du Pont to produce marine engines for the Allied nations in World War I. After the war, the Du Pont Motor Company produced extremely high-end automobiles....
- Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du NordCrédit du NordCrédit du Nord is a French retail banking network.It consists of the followings banks:* Banque Courtois, Toulouse, Aquitaine * Banque Kolb, Alsace, Lorraine* Banque Laydernier, Savoy...
- ST DupontST DupontS. T. Dupont Paris is a designer brand name and manufacturer of stylish lighters, collectible pens, handbags, and recently stylish tech gadgets using the trademark diamond-head pattern. The company has been producing luxury items since 1872 when founded by Simon Tissot Dupont. The founder of...
, a French manufacturer of fine writing instruments, men's jewellery and more notably lighters - Dupont Brewery, a breweryBreweryA brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
located in Tourpes (Leuze-en-HainautLeuze-en-HainautLeuze-en-Hainaut is a Walloon municipality of Belgium, located in the province of Hainaut. It consists of the former municipalities of Leuze-en-Hainaut, Grandmetz, Thieulain, Blicquy, Chapelle-à-Oie, Chapelle-à-Wattines, Pipaix, Tourpes, Willaupuis and Gallaix...
), BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
Places in the United States
- Dupont, ColoradoDupont, ColoradoDupont is an unincorporated town and U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The Dupont Post Office has the ZIP Code 80024.-See also:* Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area* Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area...
- Du Pont, GeorgiaDu Pont, GeorgiaDu Pont is a town in Clinch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 139 at the 2000 census.According to the 1916 History of Clinch County the town was first settled around 1856 as Lawton, but was renamed in 1874 after J. P. A. DuPont, an early settler...
- Dupont, IndianaDupont, IndianaDupont is a town in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 339 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Dupont is located at ....
- Dupont, Louisiana (disambiguation) (2 places)
- Dupont, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
- Dupont, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
- Dupont, OhioDupont, OhioDupont is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 268 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dupont is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
- Dupont, PennsylvaniaDupont, PennsylvaniaDupont is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania which neighbors the city of Wilkes-Barre. The population was 2,719 at the 2000 census. Dupont name was originally called Smithville after its first group of settlers. It was a small Polish town where most of the jobs...
- Dupont, TennesseeDupont, TennesseeDupont is a rural community within the small town of Seymour, Tennessee, within Sevier County, Tennessee, in the eastern division of the State of Tennessee, United States....
- DuPont, WashingtonDuPont, WashingtonDuPont is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,199 at the 2010 census.-History:The Nisqually tribe arrived in the area at least 5700 years ago, subsisting on shellfish from the beaches and salmon from Sequalitchew Creek...
- Dupont, WisconsinDupont, WisconsinDupont is a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 741 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.1 square miles , of which, 34.7 square miles of it is land and 0.3 square miles of it is...
- Dupont, New Jersey
- Dupont CircleDupont CircleDupont Circle is a traffic circle, park, neighborhood, and historic district in Northwest Washington, D.C. The traffic circle is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue NW, Connecticut Avenue NW, New Hampshire Avenue NW, P Street NW, and 19th Street NW...
, a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
People
- The Du Pont familyDu Pont familyThe Du Pont family is an American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours . The son of a Paris watchmaker and a member of a Burgundian noble family, he and his sons, Victor Marie du Pont and Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, emigrated to the United States in 1800 and used the resources of...
, an American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours - Alfred I. du PontAlfred I. du PontAlfred Irénée du Pont was an American industrialist, financier and philanthropist. A member of the influential Du Pont family, Alfred du Pont first rose to prominence through his work in his family's Delaware-based gunpowder manufacturing plant, E. I...
American industrialist, financier, philanthropist, cellist and composer. - André DupontAndre DupontAndré "Moose" Dupont is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Nordiques...
(b. 1949), retired National Hockey League player - Aurélie DupontAurelie DupontAurélie Dupont is a French ballet dancer who performs with the Paris Opera Ballet as an Étoile. She began her career in dance at the age of ten when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School after giving up her hopes of being a pianist...
, Paris Opera Ballet étoile - Charles H. DuPontCharles H. DuPontCharles H. DuPont was a Florida lawyer, planter, businessman, and Democratic politician who served as a Florida Supreme Court justice from 1854 to 1868. He was Chief Justice from 1860 to 1868. He was born on January 27, 1805. He died on October 14, 1877....
Florida supreme court justice - Christian DupontChristian DupontChristian Dupont is a Belgian politician, member of the French-speaking Socialist Party. Currently Minister for Education in the French Community Government . Was Federal Belgian Minister of Pensions and Social Integration in the Verhofstadt III government from December 2007 until March 2008...
(b. 1947) , Belgian politician - Clifford DupontClifford DupontClifford Walter Dupont, GCLM ID was a British-born Rhodesian politician who served in the internationally unrecognised positions of Officer Administrating the Government and President...
(1905-1978), President of Rhodesia (1970-1975) - Denise DupontDenise DupontDenise Dupont is a Danish curler. She throws third rocks for the Danish national team, skipped by Angelina Jensen....
(b. May 24, 1984), Danish curler - Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de NemoursEleuthère Irénée du PontÉleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours , known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company...
(1771-1843), French founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company - Ewald André DupontEwald André DupontEwald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....
(1891–1956), German movie director - Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'EureJacques-Charles Dupont de l'EureJacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure was a French lawyer and statesman.He is best known as the first head of state of the Second Republic, after the collapse of the July Monarchy.-Early career:...
(1767–1855), French lawyer and statesman - Leo DupontLeo DupontVenerable Leo Dupont , also known as "The Holy Man of Tours," or the "Apostle of the Holy Face", was a religious figure in the Roman Catholic faith who helped spread various Catholic devotions such as the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and nightly Eucharistic Adoration...
(1797-1876) The Venerable, Catholic religious figure. - Léon DupontLéon DupontLéon Dupont was a Belgian athlete who competed mainly in the standing high jump.He competed for Belgium in the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in the standing high jump where he won the silver medal jointly with American pair Lawson Robertson and Martin Sheridan and behind American...
Belgian Athlete. - Madeleine DupontMadeleine DupontMadeleine Dupont is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004...
(May 26, 1987), Danish curler - Pierre DupontPierre DupontPierre Dupont , French song-writer, the son of a blacksmith, was born in Lyon.His parents both died before he was five years old, and he was brought up in the country by his godfather, a village priest. He was educated at the seminary of L'Argentire, and was afterwards apprenticed to a notary at Lyon...
(1821-1870), French songwriter - Pierre Dupont de l'ÉtangPierre Dupont de l'ÉtangPierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang was a French general of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as well as a political figure of the Bourbon Restoration.-Revolutionary Wars:...
(1765-1840), French general of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Pierre Samuel du Pont de NemoursPierre Samuel du Pont de NemoursPierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a French nobleman, writer, economist, and government official, who was the father of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of E.I...
(1739-1817), French writer, economist, and government official - Pierre S. du PontPierre S. du PontPierre Samuel du Pont was president of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from 1915 to 1919, and served on its Board of Directors until 1940...
(1870–1954), president of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and General Motors - Pierre S. du Pont, IVPierre S. du Pont, IVPierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV is an American lawyer and politician from Rockland, in New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. He is a member of the Republican Party, who served three terms as U.S...
(b. 1935), American lawyer and politician, Governor of Delaware - Samuel Francis Du PontSamuel Francis du PontSamuel Francis Du Pont was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D...
(1803-1865), U.S. Navy admiral - Tiffany DupontTiffany DupontTiffany Dupont is an American actress, known for playing the lead character, Hadassah, a Jewish girl, who will become the Biblical Esther, Queen of Persia, in the Hollywood film One Night with the King...
(b. 1981), American actress
Other
- Alfred I. duPont Testamentary TrustAlfred I. duPont Testamentary TrustThe Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust is a non-profit organization created by philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont in 1935, devoted to supporting the Trust's sole charitable beneficiary, the Nemours Foundation. As of December 31, 2008, the trust’s value was $3.25 billion and employed nearly 3,500...
- Alexis I. duPont High SchoolAlexis I. duPont High SchoolAlexis I. duPont High School is a public high school located in Greenville, Delaware, USA, a suburb of Wilmington. It is one of three high schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. There were 1,481 students enrolled in the fall for the 2008-2009 school year.Founded in 1893, Alexis I...
, Greenville, Delaware - DuPont Manual Magnet High SchoolDuPont Manual Magnet High SchoolduPont Manual High School is a public magnet secondary school located in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, USA and serving students in grades 9–12. It is a part of the Jefferson County Public School District...
, Louisville, Kentucky - Super Dupont, a French graphic novel
- duPont-Columbia AwardDuPont-Columbia AwardThe Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award is an American award that honors excellence in broadcast journalism. The awards, administered since 1968 by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, are considered a broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, another...
- Tour DuPontTour DuPontThe Tour DuPont was a cycling stage race in the United States held between 1991 and 1996. It was intended to become a North American cycling event similar in format and prestige to the Tour de France. The tour's name came from its sponsor, DuPont...
, a former bicycle race - DuPont analysisDuPont analysisDuPont analysis is an expression which breaks ROE into three parts....
, financial analysis tool - Dupont (TTC)Dupont (TTC)Dupont is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Spadina Road at 278 Dupont Street....
, a subway station in Toronto, Canada - Dupont (band)Dupont (band)-History:DuPont was formed as a collaboration of the vocalist Johan Damm and the electronic musicians Danucci and Riccardo in 1999. Following the demo 'Deliver', they signed with the German label Lip Records who released their first single 'Behave'. Their debut album 'Ukraina' was released in 2001...
, a Swedish electronic music band - Dupont et Dupond, the original name of Thomson and ThompsonThomson and ThompsonThomson and Thompson are fictional characters in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé. Thomson and Thompson are detectives of Scotland Yard, and are as incompetent as they are necessary comic relief...
, characters in The Adventures of Tintin