Decatur (name)
Decatur is a given name and a surname which may refer to:
- Daniel Decatur Emmet, songwriter
- Art Decatur, Major League Baseball pitcher
- C. D. Howe, Canadian cabinet minister and businessman
- Sean M. Decatur African-American chemist, college administrator and 19th president of Kenyon College
- Stephen Decatur, influential American naval commodore
- Stephen Decatur Sr., American naval captain in the Revolutionary War
- Decatur Dorsey, African-American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Decatur "Bucky" Trotter, African-American politician
- Doug Decatur, Baseball writer and grand-nephew of Art Decatur