Dubois (surname)

Dubois (also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Al Dubois, Canadian TV personality, hosted game show Bumper Stumpers
Alexandra du Bois, American composer
Allison DuBois, research spiritual medium and inspiration for the TV show Medium
Anna Dubois (born 1962), Swedish organizational theorist
Antoine Dubois (1756–1837), French surgeon
Benjamin F. DuBois (1915-2013), American politician
Brendan DuBois, author of Resurrection Day
Caroline Dubois, British boxer
Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867), Belgian naturalist
Charles-Victor Dubois (1832–1869), Belgian composer and harmonium player
Daniel Dubois, British boxer
Didier Dubois (mathematician) (born 1952), French mathematician
Didier Dubois (athlete) (born 1957), French sprinter
Félix Dubois (1862–1945), French journalist, explorer and speculator
François Dubois (1529–1584) Huguenot French painter
François Dubois (19th century) (1790–1871) neoclassical French painter
Ellen Dubois (1940-Present), American feminist historian
Eugène Dubois (1858–1940), Dutch anthropologist
Fred Dubois (1851–1930), U.S. Senator
Georges Dubois (gymnast), French gymnast
Georges Dubois (hurdler) (died 1934), French hurdler
Georges Dubois (sculptor) (1865 - 1934), French sculptor
Georges Dubois (skier) (born 1935), Swiss skier
Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723), French cardinal and statesman
Ja'Net DuBois (1932–2020), American actress and singer
Jean Dubois (disambiguation), multiple people
Jean-Antoine Dubois (1765–1848), French Catholic missionary in India
Jean-Paul Dubois (born 1950) French journalist and author
Jesse K. Dubois (1811–1876), American politician
Joe Dubois (1927–1987), Northern Irish footballer
Joshua DuBois (born 1982), head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Obama
Lewis DuBois, American Revolutionary War commander
Louis DuBois (Huguenot) (died 1696), Huguenot colonist in New Netherland
Louis Dubois (painter) (1830–1880), Belgian painter
Louis Dubois (politician) (1859–1946), French Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
Louis-Ernest Dubois (1856–1929), Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Paris
Louis Victor Dubois (1837–1914), French politician
Macy DuBois (1929–2007), Canadian architect
Marcel Dubois, French geographer
Marianne Dubois (born 1957), French politician
Olivier Dubois (born 1972), French choreographer
Paul-Alexis Dubois (1754–1796), French general of the French Revolutionary Wars
Paul Charles Dubois (1848–1918), Swiss neuropathologist
Paul Dubois (sculptor) (1829–1905), French sculptor and painter
Pierre-Max Dubois (1930–1995), classical composer
R. Luke DuBois, American composer and visual artist
Raymond F. DuBois,
Sieur Dubois, pseudonymous author of 1674 travel book
Stéphanie Dubois, Canadian tennis player
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), French organist, composer, and musical administrator
Urbain Dubois (1818–1901), French chef
Victoire Du Bois, French actress
William Pène du Bois (1916–1993), author and illustrator
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and author

Fictional characters

Blanche DuBois, one of the female leads in A Streetcar Named Desire
The Dubois Family, friends of the main characters in The Boondocks
Harry DuBois, the main character of Disco Elysium.
Helen Dubois, a character in Drake and Josh
Capitane Chantel DuBois, a policeman and the main antagonist from "Madagascar 3"

Fictional characters

See also