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