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 and hosted the 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
• Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867), Belgian naturalist
• Charles-Victor Dubois (1832–1869), Belgian composer and harmonium player
• 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
• Eugène Dubois (1858–1940), anthropologist
• Fred Dubois (1851–1930), U.S. Senator
• Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723), French cardinal and statesman
• Ja'net Dubois (born 1945), American actress and singer
• Jean Dubois (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jean-Antoine Dubois (1765–1848), French Catholic missionary in India
• Jesse K. Dubois (1811–1876), American politician
• Joshua DuBois (born 1982), head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Barack 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
• 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, female Canadian tennis player
• Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), French organist, composer, and musical administrator
• Urbain Dubois (1818–1901), French chef
• William Pène du Bois (1916–1993), author and illustrator
• W. E. B. Du Bois (William Edward Burghardt 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