Dubois (surname)

Dubois (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
 * 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
 * Maurice DuBois (born 1965), American journalist
 * Nina Gomer Du Bois (1870–1950), American civil rights activist
 * 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

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, an 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