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 Wikipedia