Durant
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People

  • Adrian Durant
    Adrian Durant
    Adrian Durant is a sprinter from the United States Virgin Islands who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters.He has competed in 60, 100 and 200 meters at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2008 World Indoor Championships.He has 10.25...

     (born 1984), sprint athlete from the U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Albert Durant
    Albert Durant
    Albert Paul Durant was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics....

     (born 1892), Belgian water polo player
  • Ariel Durant
    Ariel Durant
    Ariel Durant was the co-author of The Story of Civilization.-Biography:Durant was born in Proskurov as Chaya Kaufman to Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman. The family emigrated to the United States in 1901. She met her future husband, Will Durant, while a student at Ferrer Modern School in...

     (1898–1981), co-author of The Story of Civilization with husband Will Durant
  • Cliff Durant
    Cliff Durant
    Russell "Cliff" Durant was an American racecar driver. He was the son of William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors. His wife Adelaide Frost was a singing star who later married Eddie Rickenbacker...

     (1890–1937), American racecar driver
  • Darian Durant
    Darian Durant
    Darian Bernard Durant is a professional American football quarterback who plays for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . He played college football at the University of North Carolina...

     (born 1982), Canadian football player
  • Don Durant
    Don Durant
    Don Durant was an American actor and singer, best known for his role as the gunslinger-turned- sheriff in the CBS Western series Johnny Ringo, which ran on Thursdays from October 1, 1959 - June 30, 1960....

     (1932–2005), Ammerican actor and singer
  • George Durant
    George Durant
    George Durant was an attorney, Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Burgesses in the Province of Carolina. He is sometimes credited as being the "father of North Carolina"....

     (1632–1692), Attorney General from North Carolina
  • Henry Durant
    Henry Durant
    Henry Durant was the founding president of the University of California.-Biography:Graduate of Yale College...

     (1802–1875), first president of the University of California
  • Henry Bickersteth Durant
    Henry Bickersteth Durant
    Henry Bickersteth Durant was the Bishop of Lahore from 1913 until his death.Born into a very eminent ecclesiastical family – his father was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, his uncle was Bishop of Exeter and his cousin Bishop of South Tokyo – he was educated at Highgate School, and...

     (1871–1932), Bishop of Lahore (1913-32)
  • Henry Fowle Durant
    Henry Fowle Durant
    Henry Fowle Durant was an American lawyer and philanthropist. Durant was born in Hanover, New Hampshire.He graduated from Harvard in 1841, studied law, and subsequently practiced in Boston...

     (1822–1881), American lawyer and philanthropist
  • Hugh Durant
    Hugh Durant
    Hugh Durant was a British sport shooter and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....

     (1877–1916), British sport shooter
  • Isabelle Durant
    Isabelle Durant
    Isabelle A.J. Durant is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. On 15 September, 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union...

     (born 1954), Belgian politician
  • Joanne Durant
    Joanne Durant
    Joanne Durant is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1999 Pan American Games, alongside Melissa Straker, Andrea Blackett, and...

     (born 1975), Barbadian track and field sprinter
  • Joe Durant
    Joe Durant
    Joseph Scott Durant is an American professional golfer.Durant was born in Pensacola, Florida. He attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, where he majored in Marketing and graduated in 1987. At Huntingdon, he was a three-time NAIA All-American and won the 1987 NAIA Championship.Durant...

     (born 1964), American professional golfer
  • John Charles Durant
    John Charles Durant
    John Charles Durant was an English printer and a Liberal politician.Durant was born at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, the son of Christopher William Durant and his wife Sarah Coles. His father was an ironmonger of Epping, Essex. He was educated at British School, Fordingbridge, Hampshire...

     (1846–1929), English printer and Liberal politician
  • Justin Durant
    Justin Durant
    Justin Durant is an American football linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft...

     (born 1985), NCAA football player
  • Kenneth W. Durant
    Kenneth W. Durant
    Kenneth W. Durant was a United States Navy sailor.-Navy career:Durant enlisted in the Navy 19 June 1940...

     (1919–1942), U.S. Navy sailor
  • Kevin Durant
    Kevin Durant
    Kevin Wayne Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association . A 6'9" small forward/shooting guard who is also capable of playing power forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the...

     (born 1988), American basketball player
  • Louis Durant
    Louis Durant
    Louis Durant was an American racecar driver. He was born "Durant Lewis" and grew up in Herington, Kansas. He changed his name when he began driving race cars....

     (1910–1972), American racecar driver
  • Michael Durant
    Michael Durant
    Michael J. "Mike" Durant is an American pilot and author who was held prisoner for eleven days in 1993 after a raid in Mogadishu, Somalia. He was a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment as a Chief Warrant Officer 3...

     (born 1961), U.S. Army helicopter pilot held prisoner in Somalia in 1993
  • Mike Durant (baseball)
    Mike Durant (baseball)
    Michael Joseph Durant is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the Minnesota Twins. He was drafted by the Twins in the second round of the 1991 amateur entry draft...

     (born 1969), former American Major League baseball player
  • Paul Durant
    Paul Durant
    Paul Durant , is a former driver American racecar driver from San Diego, California.He first excelled in modified stock car racing, winning a number of regional championships. He then competed in the USAC Silver Crown Series in 1994...

     (born 1959), former American racecar driver
  • Sam Durant
    Sam Durant
    Sam Durant is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of social, political, and cultural issues. Often referencing American history, his work explores the varying relationships between culture and politics, engaging subjects as diverse as the civil rights movement, southern rock music,...

     (born 1961), American artist
  • Thomas C. Durant
    Thomas C. Durant
    Thomas Clark Durant, was an American financier and railroad promoter. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific railroad at Promontory Summit in Utah Territory...

     (1820–1885), American financier
  • Tony Durant
    Tony Durant
    Sir Robert Anthony Bevis Durant , also known as Tony Durant, was a member of the Conservative Party, and was Member of Parliament for Reading North from 1974–83. After Reading's constituencies were reshuffled, he was Member of Parliament for Reading West from 1983–97. He retired from politics...

     (born 1928), British politician
  • Will Durant
    Will Durant
    William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975...

     (1885–1981), American philosopher, historian and author, husband of Ariel Durant
  • William C. Durant
    William C. Durant
    William Crapo "Billy" Durant was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, the founder of General Motors and Chevrolet who created the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars....

     (1861–1947), pioneer of U.S. automobile industry
  • William West Durant
    William West Durant
    William West Durant was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Sagamore Camp which are National Historic Landmarks. He was the son of Thomas C. Durant, the financier and railroad promoter who was behind the Crédit Mobilier...

     (1850–1934), American architect and designer

Other

  • Durant Motors
    Durant Motors
    Durant Motors Inc. was established in 1921 by former General Motors CEO William "Billy" Durant following his termination by the GM board of directors and the New York bankers that financed GM.-Corporate relationships:...

    , a car manufacturer
    • Durant (automobile)
      Durant (automobile)
      The Durant was a make of automobile assembled by Durant Motors Corporation of New York City, New York from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1928 to 1932. Durant Motors was founded by William "Billy" Durant after he was terminated as the head of General Motors...

      , a car produced by Durant
  • Durant (a cappella group)
    Durant (a cappella group)
    Durant is an a cappella vocal group. The group is a Christian musical ensemble signed under The Acappella Company, and consists of six men and women...

    , an a cappella vocal group
  • Durant (Pokémon), a species in Pokémon Black and White

See also

  • Durand (disambiguation)
  • Os du Randt
    Os du Randt
    Jacobus Petrus du Randt, better known as Os du Randt , is a former South African rugby union loosehead prop who retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the Springboks...

    (born 1972), South African rugby player
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