Fuqua 2426026 212888010 2008-05-16T18:52:19Z Smashville 4878752 removing non-notable {{for|the vegetable|foo qua|bitter melon}} '''Fuqua''' is a [[surname]] derived from a Franco-Germanic word meaning "guardian folk." The current spelling, and its variants [[Fuquay]] and Fewquay, are [[Anglicisation]]s of the French [[Fouquet]]. Several Fouquets are known to have emigrated from France to the United States during the [[Huguenot]] period, including Guillame Fouquet, from whom the vast majority of the American Fuquas outside of Louisiana trace their lineage. The most common pronunciations are /few-kway/ or /few-kwa/.<ref>[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fuqua/ Fuqua Family Genealogy]</ref> == Notable Fuquas == *[[Antoine Fuqua]], film director *Chris (Critter) Fuqua, musician, member of [[Old Crow Medicine Show]] *[[Frenchy Fuqua]], football player *Galba Fuqua, defender in the [[Battle of the Alamo]] *[[Harvey Fuqua]], singer and music industry executive *[[Ivan Fuqua]], athlete *[[J. B. Fuqua]], businessman and philanthropist *[[Joseph Fuqua]], actor *Matt Fuqua, musician, member of [[The Afters]] *[[Samuel G. Fuqua]], U.S. seaman and Medal of Honor recipient The [[Fuqua School of Business]] at [[Duke University]] was named after J. B. Fuqua.<ref>[http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/ Fuqua School of Business]</ref> The [[Fuqua School]] in [[Farmville, Virginia]] was named after J. B. Fuqua after he saved it from financial insolvency. == References == <references/> [[Category:Surnames]] [[de:Fuqua]]