Beaufort
Beaufort stands for:
- Unit for wind strength, see Beaufort scale
- Beaufort (cheese) , a French raw milk cheese
- Beaufort (film) , 2007 Israeli feature film
- Beaufort (ship) , a German research vessel
- Bristol Beaufort , a British torpedo bomber
- Beaufort Motor Company , British automobile manufacturer
- Beaufort (noble family) , an English noble family
- Duke of Beaufort , hereditary British noble title of the Somerset family
- Duke of Beaufort (France) , title of nobility
- Beaufort-Spontin , a Belgian and Austrian noble family
Beaufort is the name of the following geographic objects:
- Beaufort Castle (Lebanon) , fortress in southern Lebanon
- Beaufort Sea , part of the Arctic Ocean
- Beaufort Island in Antarctica
in Australia:
in France:
- Beaufort (Haute-Garonne) , commune in the Haute-Garonne department
- Beaufort (Hérault) , commune in the Hérault department
- Beaufort (Isère) , commune in the Isère department
- Beaufort (Jura) , commune in the Jura department
- Beaufort (Nord) , commune in the Nord department
- Beaufort (Savoie) , commune in the Savoie department
- Beaufort-Blavincourt , commune in the Pas-de-Calais department
- Beaufort-en-Argonne , commune in the Meuse department
- Beaufort-en-Santerre , commune in the Somme department
- Beaufort-en-Anjou , commune in the Maine-et-Loire department
- Beaufort-en-Vallée , former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department
- Beaufort-sur-Gervanne , commune in the Drôme department
- Canton of Beaufort (Jura)
- Canton of Beaufort (Savoie)
- Canton of Beaufort-en-Vallée
in Luxemburg:
- Beaufort (Luxembourg)
- Beaufort Castle (Luxembourg) , castle ruins
in Malaysia:
in South Africa:
in Switzerland:
- Beaufort , hamlet in the commune of Saint-Prex , Canton of Vaud
In the United Kingdom
- Beaufort (Wales) , community in Blaenau Gwent, Wales
in the United States:
- Beaufort, Missouri , in Franklin County
- Beaufort, New Jersey , in Essex County
- Beaufort, North Carolina , in Carteret County
- Beaufort, South Carolina , in Beaufort County
- Beaufort Estates , in Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Beaufort Farms , in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Beaufort Meadows , in Carteret County, North Carolina
- Beaufort Park , in Howard County, Maryland
- Beaufort River , flowing water in Beaufort County, South Carolina
- Beaufort Lake , a lake in Baraga County, Michigan
- Beaufort Island , island in Screven County, Georgia
- Beaufort County, North Carolina
- Beaufort County, South Carolina
Objects listed in the NRHP :
- Beaufort National Cemetery , in Beaufort, South Carolina, ID No. 97001208
Beaufort is the family name of the following people:
- Alexander von Beaufort (1683–1743), German major general
- Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934–1964), Dutch racing driver
- Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1405-1455), English nobleman, Lieutenant of France, Constable of England
- Edmund Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (around 1439–1471), English nobleman and military commander
- Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (* 1962), French clergyman, Archbishop of Reims
- Francis Beaufort (1774–1857), British admiral and hydrograph
- Henry Beaufort (1375–1447), British clergyman, Bishop of Winchester
- Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset († 1418), English nobleman
- Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1436–1464), English military commander
- India de Beaufort (* 1987), British actress
- Jean Roger de Beaufort († 1391), Archbishop of Auch and Narbonne
- Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (1379-1440), daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
- Joan Beaufort (Queen of Scotland) (1406–1445), daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
- John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373–1410), English nobleman and crusader
- John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444), English nobleman
- Leicester Paul Beaufort (1853–1926), British colonial governor
- Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968), Dutch biologist
- Margaret Beaufort (1427–1474) , English nobleman, wife of Humphrey Stafford, 7th Earl of Stafford
- Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509) , English noblewoman, ancestor of the House of Tudor, mother of Henry VII.
- Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (1377–1426), Chancellor of England
- Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche († 1431), English military officer during the Hundred Years War
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