# Dunbar (surname)

Dunbar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Earls of Dunbar

* Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar (5th Earl of Dunbar) (died 1232)
* Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar (6th Earl of Dunbar) (died 1248)
* Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar (7th Earl of Dunbar) (1213–1289)
* Patrick IV, Earl of March (8th Earl of Dunbar) (1242–1308)
* Patrick V, Earl of March (9th Earl of Dunbar) (1284–1368)
** Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray, wife of the above
* George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March (10th Earl of Dunbar) (1340–1420)
* George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of March (11th Earl of Dunbar) (c. 1370–1457)

## Other

* Adrian Dunbar (born 1958), Northern Irish actor
* Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist, and political activist
* Aynsley Dunbar (born 1946), English musician
* Bobby Dunbar, child who disappeared in 1912
* Bonnie J. Dunbar (born 1949), American astronaut
* Bonnie S. Dunbar(born 1948), vaccine developer
* Carl Owen Dunbar (1891–1979), American paleontologist
* Charles Davidson Dunbar (1870–1939), pipe major
* Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830–1900), American economist
* Council Julian Dunbar Jr. (1922–2020), American politician
* Cyrus Dunbar (1856–1920), Washington state pioneer and businessman
* David Dunbar (disambiguation)
* Donald Dunbar, American poet
* Donald P. Dunbar
* Dorothy Dunbar
* Emmons Dunbar
* Erica Armstrong Dunbar, American historian
* Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960), British artist
* Forrest Dunbar (born 1984), American politician and attorney
* Gavin Dunbar (disambiguation)
* Gavin Dunbar (archbishop)
* George Dunbar (disambiguation)
* Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902–1959), psychiatrist and psychobiologist
* Jackie Dunbar, Scottish politician
* James Dunbar (disambiguation)
* James Dunbar-Nasmith
* Jennifer Dunbar Dorn
* Jesse Dunbar
* Jim Dunbar
* John Dunbar (disambiguation)
* Jubilee Dunbar (born 1949), American football player
* Karen Dunbar, Scottish comedian
* Lance Dunbar, American football player
* Michael Dunbar, Scottish footballer
* Mike Dunbar, American football coach
* Moira Dunbar (1918–1999), Scottish-Canadian glaciologist
* Nan Dunbar (1928-2005), Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford
* Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), American poet
* Robin Dunbar, anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
* Roberta Dunbar (d. 1956), American club woman and peace activist
* Rockmond Dunbar
* Ron Dunbar, songwriter and record producer
* Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
* R. Scott Dunbar
* Rudolph Dunbar (1907–1988), Guyanese conductor, clarinetist and composer
* Sly Dunbar (born 1952), Jamaican musician
* Steven Dunbar Jr. (born 1995), American football player
* Susan Ames Dunbar
* Tom Dunbar
* Vaughn Dunbar
* Vicki Nelson-Dunbar
* William Dunbar, medieval Scottish poet
* William Dunbar, 7th Baronet
* William Dunbar (Louisiana), congressman from Louisiana
* William F. Dunbar first Minnesota State Auditor
* William P. Dunbar (1863–1922), American physician in Germany
* William Dunbar (explorer) (1750–1810), American merchant, naturalist, astronomer and explorer

## Fictional characters

* Dunbar, a character in the novel Catch-22
* First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar, the protagonist/narrator of Dances with Wolves
* Heather Dunbar, erstwhile Solicitor General and 2016 Democratic Primary challenger to President Frank Underwood.
* Russell Dunbar, a character in Rules of Engagement (TV series)
* Zeke Jedediah Dunbar, the protagonist's sidekick in the 2009 PlayStation 3 video game Infamous
* William Dunbar, a recurring character in Code Lyoko who becomes a main character in Code Lyoko: Evolution.
* Daniel Dunbar, also known as Dan the Dyna-Mite, from The Young All-Stars
* Dunbar, A green Diesel locomotive from Chuggington who is a teacher to the Trainees.