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, Ireland, as well as his descendants who later moved to County Cork and then to England.

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
  • Ethel De la Cour (1869–1957), British educator
  • 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
  • Anne Cecilie de la Cour (born 1993), Danish handball player

Delacour

  • William Delacour (1700–1767), French painter
  • Alfred Delacour (1817–1883), French playwright and librettist
  • Reginald B. DeLacour (1886–1948), American general
  • Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), French-born American ornithologist
  • Marcelle Delacour (), French table tennis player
  • Yves Delacour (1930–2014), French rower
  • Josephine White deLacour (1849–1929), American doctor
  • Perrine Delacour (born 1994), French golfer

; Fictional characters

  • Fleur Delacour, 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
  • Petronella de la Court (1624–1707), Dutch art collector
  • Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (1917–1972), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician
  • Grégoire Delacourt (born 1960), French advertiser and writer
  • Marianne Delacourt, pen name of Marianne de Pierres (born 1961), Australian science fiction writer
  • Susan Delacourt (), Canadian political journalist
  • Benjamin Delacourt (born 1985), French footballer

; Fictional characters

  • Rainn Delacourt, from the 2022 film Jurassic World Dominion

See also

  • La Cour, a similar surname

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