De la Cour is a French-language surname, meaning "of the court". The alternative forms Delacour and Delacourt were used by a Huguenot refugee who settled in Portarlington, County Laois, as well as his descendants who later moved to County Cork and then to England. De la Cour Didier de La Cour (1550–1623), French Benedictine monk Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour (1683–1748), French colonial military officer Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour (1738–1793), French art critic Ethel De la Cour (1869–1957), British educator Joseph De La Cour (1894–1967), American politician Michaela Dornonville de la Cour (born 1961), Swedish pop singer Henric de la Cour (born 1974), Swedish songwriter Adam de la Cour (born 1979), British composer Anne Cecilie de la Cour (born 1993), Danish handball player Delacour William Delacour (1700–1767), French painter Alfred Delacour (1817–1883), French playwright and librettist Reginald B. DeLacour (1886–1948), American general Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), French-born American ornithologist Marcelle Delacour (), French table tennis player Yves Delacour (1930-2014), French rower Josephine White deLacour (1849–1929), American doctor Perrine Delacour (born 1994), French golfer Fictional characters: Fleur Delacour, from the Harry Potter series Gabrielle Delacour, younger sister of Fleur Delacour De la Court and Delacourt Pieter de la Court (1618–1685), Dutch economist Petronella de la Court (1624–1707), Dutch art collector Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (1917–1972), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician Grégoire Delacourt (born 1960), French advertiser and writer Marianne Delacourt, pen name of Marianne de Pierres (born 1961), Australian science fiction writer Susan Delacourt (), Canadian political journalist Benjamin Delacourt (born 1985), French footballer See also La Cour, a similar surname References French-language surnames