# 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 [fr], 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
* William Dufour (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player
* 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