Davenport (surname)

DavenportPronunciation| /ˈdævənpɔːrt/

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Language(s)| English
Origin
Language(s)| 1.Welsh, Old English
2.Irish
Word/name| 1\. dafnu \+ port
2\. Ó Donndubhartaigh
Meaning| 1\. 'to drop' and 'market town'
2\. 'descendant of Donndubhartach'
Region of origin| Cheshire
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Davenport is a surname coming from an estate with the same name.[2] It could be also an Anglicized Irish surname. It may refer to:

Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

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* Abraham Davenport (1715–1789), American politician
* A'keria C. Davenport (born 1988), American drag queen
* Alan Garnett Davenport (1932–2009), Canadian wind engineer
* Alice Davenport (1864–1936), American film actress
* Andrew Davenport (born 1965), English writer, puppeteer, producer, co-creator and writer of Teletubbies
* Arthur Davenport (disambiguation)
* Ashley Davenport (1794–1874), New York state senator

## B

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* Bernard Davenport (1939–2018), Irish ambassador
* Bill Davenport (1906–2001), American footballer

## C

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* Calum Davenport (born 1983), English footballer
* Charles Davenport (1866–1944), American biologist and eugenicist
* Christopher Davenport (1598–1680), English Catholic theologian
* Claire Davenport (1933–2002), English actress
* Clay Davenport, American baseball statistician
* Clyde Davenport (1921–2020), American folk musician

## D

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* Derrick Davenport (born 1978), American male model
* Dorothy Davenport (1895–1977), American actress, screenwriter and film director
* Doris Davenport (1917–1980), American actress
* Doug Davenport (born c. 1988), American basketball coach, son of Scott

## E

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* Ed. J. Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
* Edward Davenport (fraudster) (1966–) also known as "(Lord) Fast Eddie", convicted English fraudster and property developer
* Edward Loomis Davenport (1816–1877), American actor
* Emily Davenport, American inventor

## F

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* Fanny Davenport (1850–1898), English-born American stage actress
* Francis William Davenport (1847–1925), English composer and music professor
* Franklin Davenport (1755–1832), American politician
* Frederick M. Davenport (1866–1956), American politician

## G

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* Gail Davenport (born 1949), American politician
* George Davenport (1783–1845), American frontiersman, trader and US Army colonel; Davenport, Iowa, was named in his honor
* George Davenport (1860–1902), English first-class cricketer
* Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866–1946), American biologist and eugenicist
* Glorianna Davenport, documentary filmmaker and researcher
* Guy Davenport (1927–2005), American writer, intellectual, and teacher

## H

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* Harold Davenport (1907–1969), British mathematician
* Harriett Davenport (1899–1953), Los Angeles City Council member
* Harry Davenport (1866–1949), American film actor
* Harry J. Davenport (1902–1977), American politician
* Harry Davenport (1833–1895), English politician
* Hayes Davenport (1986-), American homelessness activist
* Herbert J. Davenport (1861–1931), American economist
* Hester Davenport (1642–1717), English stage actress
* Homer Davenport (1867–1912), American political cartoonist
* Honey Davenport (born 1985), American drag queen
* Hugh Bromley-Davenport (1870–1954), English cricketer

## I

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* Ian Davenport (artist) (born 1960), English painter
* Ira Davenport (politician) (1841–1904), American politician
* Ira Davenport (athlete) (1887–1941), American athlete and football player
* Isaiah Davenport (1784–1827), American master builder

## J

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* Jack Davenport (born 1973), British actor
* Jack A. Davenport (1931–1951), United States Marine Medal of Honor recipient
* James Davenport (clergyman) (1716–1757), American clergyman
* James Davenport (Connecticut politician) (1756–1797), American lawyer and politician
* James C. Davenport (born 1938), American physicist
* James H. Davenport (born 1953), British computer scientist and mathematician
* Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), Anglo-American actress
* Jessica Davenport (born 1985), American basketball player
* Jim Davenport (1933–2016), American baseball player and manager
* John Davenport (minister) (1597–1670), Puritan clergyman and one of the founders of New Haven, Connecticut
* John Davenport (orientalist) (1789 – 1877), British orientalist and writer
* John Edwin Davenport (born 1928), American politician
* Julién Davenport (born 1995), American football player

## K

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* Kennedy Davenport, a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race
* Kenny Davenport (1862–1908), English footballer
* Kiana Davenport, American-Hawaiian author
* Kim Davenport (born 1955), American professional pool player

## L

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* Lindsay Davenport (born 1976), American female professional tennis player
* Louis Davenport (1869–1951), American businessman
* Lucy Davenport, British actress

## M

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* Madison Davenport (born 1996), American actress and singer
* Marcia Davenport (1903–1996), American author and music critic
* Marcus Davenport (born 1996), American football player
* Mary Ann Davenport (1759–1843), English actress
* Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
* Mike Davenport (born 1968), American musician
* Milla Davenport (1871–1936), stage and film actress
* Millia Davenport (1895–1992), American costumer, theater designer, and scholar
* Miriam Davenport (1915–1999), American painter and sculptor

## N

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* Najeh Davenport (born 1979), American footballer
* N'Dea Davenport (born 1966), American R&B/soul singer/songwriter
* Nigel Davenport (1928–2013), British actor

## P

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* Paul Davenport (born 1946), 9th president of the University of Western Ontario
* Peter Davenport (born 1961), former English professional footballer

## R

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* Richard Davenport-Hines (born 1953), British writer
* Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639), English dramatist
* Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer) (1882–1965), British admiral
* Robert Davenport (Australian politician) (1816–1896), pioneer of South Australia, brother of Samuel
* Ross Davenport (born 1984), British swimmer
* Roy M. Davenport (1909–1987), United States Navy Rear Admiral, 5-time recipient of the Navy Cross
* Russell Davenport (1899–1954), American publisher and writer

## S

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* Samuel Davenport (disambiguation)
* Samuel Davenport (Australian politician) (1818–1906), South Australian pioneer and parliamentarian
* Samuel Arza Davenport (1834–1911), American politician
* Scott Davenport (born c. 1957), American basketball coach
* Stanley Woodward Davenport (1861–1921), American politician
* Stuart Davenport (born 1962), New Zealand squash player
* Sahara Davenport (1984–2012), a past contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race

## T

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* Thomas Davenport (inventor) (1802–1851), blacksmith from Vermont, US who was an inventor of DC electric motors
* Thomas Davenport (congressman) (died 1838), US representative from Virginia
* Thomas H. Davenport (born 1954), American academic
* Thomas E. Davenport (born 2009), British academic Suffolk

## W

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* Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003), American communications engineer and MIT professor
* Wallace Davenport (1925–2004), American jazz trumpeter
* Willie Davenport (1943–2002), American athlete
* William Davenport (filmmaker) (born 1960), filmmaker and autism activist
* William Davenport (scientist) (1772–1824), Irish academic and clergyman
* William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884), British MP for Warwickshire North
* William Bromley-Davenport (1862–1949), British soldier, footballer and Conservative politician
* Wink Davenport (1942–2022), American former volleyball player

## Z

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* Zavion Michael Davenport (1985–2020), American drag queen known as Chi Chi DeVayne

## Brothers

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* Davenport Brothers (Ira Erastus and William Henry), noted frauds of spiritualism

## See also

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* Davenport (disambiguation)
* Bromley-Davenport
* Davenport, fictional family from the British television soap Family Affairs

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. p. 140\. ISBN 0-19-211592-8.
2. ^ Harper, Douglas. "davenport". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

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