# Dubois (surname)

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

## Clergy

* Florent du Bois de La Villerabel (1877-1951), French archbishop
* Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723), French cardinal and statesman
* Jean-Antoine Dubois (1765–1848), French Catholic missionary in India
* John Dubois (1764–1842), also Jean, French Catholic missionary in Virginia and Appalachians, third bishop of New York
* Louis-Ernest Dubois (1856–1929), Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Paris

## Composers

* Alexandra du Bois (born 1981), American composer
* Charles-Victor Dubois (1832–1869), Belgian composer and harmonium player
* Pierre-Max Dubois (1930–1995), classical composer
* R. Luke DuBois, American composer and visual artist
* Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), French organist, composer, and musical administrator

## Military people

* Adolphe DuBois d'Aische (1874-1958), Belgian World War I flying ace
* Jean Dubois de Gennes (1895-1929), French World War I flying ace
* Lewis DuBois, American Revolutionary War commander
* Maxime Dubois (1853-1902), Indigenous / Métis Leader in the Northwest Resistance
* Paul-Alexis Dubois (1754–1796), French general of the French Revolutionary Wars
* Pierre Joseph Dubois (1852-1924), French World War I general
* Raymond F. DuBois (born 1947), American private defense consultant
* Toussaint Dubois (1762-1816), French-American soldier

## Painters and sculptors

* Albert Dubois-Pillet (1846-1890), French Neo-impressionist painter and career army officer
* Ambroise Dubois (1542/43–1614/15), Flemish-born French painter
* Émile Fernand-Dubois (1869–1952), Belgian-French sculptor and medalist
* Ernest Henri Dubois (1863-1930), French sculptor
* François Dubois (19th century) (1790–1871), neoclassical French painter
* François Dubois (1529–1584), Huguenot French painter
* Frederic Dubois (c. 1760 - c. 1822), French miniature painter and painter
* Georges Dubois (sculptor) (1865 - 1934), French sculptor
* Gérard DuBois (born 1968), French illustrator
* Guillam Dubois (1623–1661), Dutch Golden Age landscape painter
* Guy Pène du Bois (1884-1958), 20th-century American painter, art critic, and educator
* Jean Dubois the Elder (1604–1679), French landscape painter
* Jess E. DuBois (1934-2022), American painter
* Louis Dubois (painter) (1830–1880), Belgian painter
* Paul Dubois (sculptor) (1829–1905), French sculptor and painter
* Paul Élie Dubois (1886-1949), French Orientalist painter
* Pierre-Gilles Dubois (1938–1995), Canadian sculptor and painter

## Performers

* Arthur Dubois (c. 1946–2022), American hip-hop artist and music producer
* Candy Dubois (1934–1995), Chilean dancer
* Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes (1800-1874), 19th-century French playwright, actor, theatre director and theatre manager
* Claude Dubois (born 1947), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Cyrille Dubois (born 1984), French opera and lieder singer
* Dallas DuBois (born 1986), American actor and drag queen
* Emmanuel Dubois (born 1984), Canadian rapper
* Ja'Net DuBois (1932–2020), American actress and singer
* Jerome Xavier DuBois, Canadian-born Taiwanese mandopop singer and songwriter
* Marie Dubois (1937-2014), French actress
* Marta DuBois (1952-2018), Panamanian-American actress
* Michel Dubois (1937-2021), French theatre director and actor
* Micke Dubois (1959-2005), Swedish actor and comedian
* Nikola Dubois (born 1977), Australian actress
* Olivier Dubois (born 1972), French choreographer
* Samantha Dubois (1955-1992), Dutch-born radio presenter
* Victoire Du Bois (born 1988/1989), French actress

## Politicians

* Benjamin F. DuBois (1915-2013), American politician
* Claude Dubois (politician) (born 1931), Canadian politician
* Daniel Dubois (politician) (born 1952), French politician
* Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé (1747-1814), French Revolutionary
* Émile Dubois (1913–1973), French politician
* Émile-Jules Dubois (1853-1904), French doctor and politician
* Florent Dubois (1906-1987), Canadian politician
* Francis Dubois (born 1961), French politician
* Françoise Dubois (born 1947), French politician
* Fred Dubois (1851–1930), U.S. Senator
* Jacqueline Dubois (born 1957), French politician
* Jean-Guy Dubois (born 1948), Canadian politician, lawyer and academic
* Jean-Michel Dubois (born 1943), French politician
* Jean-Pierre Dubois (born 1952), French leftist activist and lawyer
* Jesse K. Dubois (1811–1876), American politician
* Louis Dubois (politician) (1859–1946), French Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
* Louis Victor Dubois (1837-1914), French politician
* Lucien Dubois (1893-1948), Canadian politician and farmer
* Marianne Dubois (born 1957), French politician
* Mark Dubois (born 1949), American environmental activist
* Maxime Dubois (1853-1902), Métis Leader and member of the Provisional Government of Manitoba
* Michelle DuBois, American politician
* Stephen Dubois (born 1940), Australian politician
* William H. Dubois (1835-1907), American businessman and political figure

## Scientists

* Alphonse Dubois (1839-1921), Belgian naturalist
* Anna Dubois (born 1962), Swedish organizational theorist
* Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867), Belgian naturalist
* Cora Du Bois (1903-1991), American cultural anthropologist
* Didier Dubois (mathematician) (born 1952), French mathematician
* Ellen DuBois (born 1947), American feminist historian
* Eugène Dubois (1858–1940), Dutch anthropologist
* Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens (1799-1873), French physician and historian of medicine
* Jacques Dubois (literary theorist) (born 1933), Belgian literary theorist and critic
* Jacques Dubois (1478-1555), French anatomist
* Jacques-Émile Dubois (1920-2005), French chemist
* Jean Dubois (linguist) (1920–2015), French linguist
* Laurent Dubois, American historian
* Marcel Dubois (1856-1916), French geographer
* Marcel-Jacques Dubois (1920–2007), French theologian
* Page DuBois, American classicist
* Paul Antoine Dubois (1795-1871), French obstetrician
* Paul Charles Dubois (1848–1918), Swiss neuropathologist
* Raphaël Dubois (1849-1929), French pharmacologist
* W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and author

## Sportspeople

* Adrian Dubois (born 1987), American soccer player
* Albane Dubois (born 1992), French sailor
* Alice Dubois (born 1970), French judoka
* Arnaud Dubois (born 1986), Belgian racing cyclist
* Brian Dubois (born 1967), American baseball player
* Caroline Dubois (boxer) (born 2001), British boxer
* Catherine Dubois (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
* Daniel Dubois (boxer) (born 1997), British boxer
* Didier Dubois (athlete) (born 1957), French sprinter
* Édouard Dubois (born 1989), French professional golfer
* Émile Dubois (cyclist), French cyclist
* Gabriel Dubois (1911-1985), French racing cyclist
* Georges Dubois (gymnast), French gymnast
* Georges Dubois (hurdler) (died 1934), French hurdler
* Georges Dubois (skier) (born 1935), Swiss skier
* Guy Dubois (born 1950), Swiss ice hockey player
* Iván Dubois (born 1995), Argentine professional footballer
* Jason Dubois (born 1979), American baseball player
* Jean Dubois (canoeist) (1914–?), Belgian sprint canoeist
* Jean Dubois (field hockey) (1926–2021), Belgian field hockey player
* Joe Dubois (1927–1987), Northern Irish footballer
* Léo Dubois (born 1994), French professional footballer
* Marcel Dubois (wrestler) (1886-1955), Belgian wrestler
* Marco Dubois (born 1995), Canadian football player
* Marie-Françoise Dubois (born 1948), French athlete
* Michel Dubois (ice hockey) (born 1954), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Pascal Dubois (born 1962), French road cyclist
* Pierre-Luc Dubois (born 1998), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Raúl Dubois (born 1959), Cuban basketball player
* René Dubois (1906-?), French boxer
* Serafino Dubois (1817-1899), Italian chess Master and chess writer
* Serge Dubois (born 1954), Belgian field hockey player
* Stéphanie Dubois (born 1986), Canadian tennis player
* Theo Dubois (1911-2011), Belgian-Canadian rower
* Thierry Dubois (born 1967), French sailor
* Victor Dubois, French gymnast

## Writers

* Brendan DuBois (born 1959), American mystery writer
* Caroline Dubois (poet) (born 1960), French poet
* Constance Goddard DuBois (died 1934), American novelist and an ethnographer
* Edward Dubois (1774-1850), English wit and man of letters
* Guillaume Crétin (or Dubois) (c. 1460-1525), French poet
* Jean-Paul Dubois (born 1950), French journalist and author
* Joseph-Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle (1727-1812), French journalist, man of letters, playwright and translator
* Jules Dubois (1910-1966), American journalist
* Philippe Goibaut (known also as Monsieur Du Bois) (1629-1694), French writer and translator
* Pierre Dubois (author) (born 1945), French author, comics scriptwriter, storyteller and lecturer
* Pierre Dubois (scholastic) (c. 1255 – after 1321), French scholastic and writer
* Pierre H. Dubois (1917-1999), Dutch writer and critic
* Pye Dubois, Canadian lyricist and poet
* René-Daniel Dubois (born 1955), Québécois playwright and actor
* Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977), American author, playwright, composer, and activist
* Sieur Dubois, pseudonymous author of 1674 travel book
* Tim DuBois (born 1948), American country songwriter
* W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist, husband of Nina Gomer Du Bois and father of Yolande Du Bois (see below)
* William Pène du Bois (1916–1993), author and illustrator

## Others

* Allison DuBois (born 1972), research spiritual medium and inspiration for the TV show Medium
* Antoine Dubois (1756–1837), French surgeon
* Ed Dubois (1952-2016), British yacht designer
* Émile Dubois (murderer) (1867-1907), French-born Chilean criminal, serial killer and folk hero
* Félix Dubois (1862–1945), French journalist, explorer and speculator
* Gérard Dubois (chef), Swiss-born chef
* Jan E. DuBois (born 1931), American judge
* Joshua DuBois (born 1982), head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Obama
* Josué Dubois Berthelot de Beaucours (ca 1662-1750), French-Canadian military officer, chief engineer and governor
* Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois (1780-1846), French illustrator, lithographer, archaeologist and curator at the Louvre museum
* Louis DuBois (Huguenot) (died 1696), Huguenot colonist in New Netherland
* Macy DuBois (1929–2007), Canadian architect
* Mary Silvina Burghardt Du Bois (1831-1885), American domestic worker, mother of W.E.B. Du Bois (see above)
* Maurice DuBois (born 1965), American journalist
* Nina Gomer Du Bois (1870–1950), American civil rights activist, wife of W.E.B. Du Bois (see above)
* Paul Dubois (diplomat) (born 1943), Canadian diplomat
* Stanisław Dubois (1901-1942), Polish journalist and political activist
* Sylvia Dubois (c. 1788/89-1888), African-American woman born into slavery who became free after striking her slave mistress
* Urbain Dubois (1818–1901), French chef
* William Dubois (architect) (1879-1953), American architect
* Yolande Du Bois (1900-1961), American teacher associated with the Harlem Renaissance, daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois and Nina Gomer Du Bois (see above)

## Fictional characters

* Artemis Dubois, a character in the FXX Series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* Blanche DuBois, one of the female leads in A Streetcar Named Desire
* Capitane Chantel DuBois, the main antagonist of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
* Didier Dubois, a fictitious character in Driv3r
* Fabrice Dubois, a fictitious identity of Nemesis in Nemesis: Reloaded
* Harry DuBois, the main character of Disco Elysium
* Helen Dubois, a character in Drake and Josh
* Hubie Dubois, a character from the Adam Sandler movie Hubie Halloween
* Shriek DuBois, a character in the Nickelodeon animated series CatDog
* The Dubois Family, friends of the main characters in The Boondocks
* Laurel Dubois, the late biological mother of protagonist Randal Person in This Is Us