Dufour (surname)

Dufour or Du Four or Defour is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Dufour

• Alma Dufour (born 1990), French politician
• Amanda Ruter Dufour (1822–1899), poet
• Antoine Dufour (born 1979), French-Canadian acoustic guitarist
• Barry Dufour (born 1942), British academic and author
• Bernard Dufour (1922–2016), French painter
• Carmen Dufour, (born 1954), a Swiss author
• Catherine Dufour (born 1966), French SF and fantasy writer
• Cathrine Dufour (born 1992), Danish Olympic dressage rider and influencer
• Charles Dufour (born 1940), Archbishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica
• Charles L. Dufour (1903–1996), American newspaper journalist and author
• Damien Dufour (born 1981), French footballer
• Dany-Robert Dufour (born 1947), French philosopher
• Denis Dufour (born 1953), composer
• Diane Dufour, Canadian politician in the 1985 Quebec provincial election
• Fabienne Dufour (born 1981), Belgian swimmer
• Francis Dufour (born 1929), Quebec politician
• François Dufour (born 1953), French politician
• Frédéric Dufour (born 1976), French rower
• Georges Joseph Dufour (1758–1820), French General of the Revolutionary Army
• Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787–1875), Swiss general, bridge engineer and topographer
• Guy Dufour (born 1987), Belgian football (soccer) player
• Hortense Dufour (born 1946), French writer
• Jean Dufour (1818–1883) (1818–1883), French politician
• Jean Dufour (born 1949), French politician
• Jean-Marie Dufour (born 1949), Canadian econometrician and statistician at McGill University
• Joseph Dufour (1744–1829), political figure from Lower Canada
• Kirsten Dufour (born 1943), Danish visual artist
• Léon Jean Marie Dufour (1780–1865), French medical doctor and naturalist
• Lisette Dufour (born 1949), Québécoise voice actress
• Louis Dufour (1901–1960), Swiss ice hocker player
• Luc Dufour (born 1963), ice hockey player
• Lynsey DuFour, American soap opera writer
• Marc Dufour (1941–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
• Marc Dufour (ophthalmologist) (1843–1910), Swiss ophthalmologist
• Marie-France Dufour (1949–1990)
• Marjolain Dufour (born 1958), Québécois politician
• Nicolas Dufour (born 1987), Canadian politician
• Paul Dufour, drummer with The Libertines
• Philippe Sylvestre Dufour (1622–1687), French Protestant apothecary, banker, and author
• Pierre Dufour (canoeist) (fl, 1950s), Swiss slalom canoeist
• Pierre Dufour (politician), Canadian politician and businessman
• Pierre Dufour, pseudonym of Paul Lacroix used when publishing Histoire de la prostitution
• Pierre Dufour d'Astafort, French equestrian and Olympic medalist
• Pierre-Eugène Dufour (1855–1922), pseudonym of Paterne Berrichon, French poet, painter, sculptor and designer
• Richard DuFour (1947–2017), American educational researcher
• Sergio Gama Dufour (born 1966), Mexican politician
• Simon Dufour (born 1979), French swimmer who swam at the 2008 Olympics
• Sylvain Dufour (born 1982), French alpine snowboarder
• Thomas Dufour (born 1973), French curler
• Val Dufour (1927–2000), American actor
• Vincent Dufour (born 1969), former French football player
• Wafah Dufour (born 1975), American model
• Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Canadian film director and screenwriter

Du Four

• Vital du Four (1260–1327), French Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher; and cardinal
• François du Four (1871–1945), Belgian industrialist
• Louis Du Four de Longuerue (1652–1733), antiquarian, linguist and historian, known as abbé de Longuerue

Defour

• Steven Defour (born 1988), Belgian soccer player
• Mark Defour, U.S.V.I. national cycling champ, see 2013 national road cycling championships

Characters

• Corinne Dufour, helicopter pilot in Moonraker

See also

• Dufour (disambiguation)
• Dufour-Lapointe, a surname