Dubois (surname)

• 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, 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 • 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 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), 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), French playwright, actor, theatre director and 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 • Jean-Pol Dubois (died 2025), French actor • Jerome Xavier DuBois, Canadian-born Taiwanese 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), American politician • 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 politician • 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 • 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) (1933–2026), 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 golfer • Gabriel Dubois (1911–1985), French racing cyclist • Georges Dubois (gymnast), French gymnast • Georges Dubois (skier) (born 1935), Swiss skier • Guy Dubois (born 1950), Swiss ice hockey player • Iván Dubois (born 1995), Argentine 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 footballer • Marco Dubois (born 1995), Canadian football player • Marie-Françoise Dubois (born 1948), French athlete • Michel Dubois (ice hockey) (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player • Pascal Dubois (born 1962), French road cyclist • Pierre-Luc Dubois (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player • Raúl Dubois (born 1959), Cuban basketball player • René Dubois (1906–?), French boxer • Serafino Dubois (1817–1899), Italian chess master and 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 ==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 and father of Yolande • 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 (c. 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 • Maurice DuBois (born 1965), American journalist • Nina Gomer Du Bois (1870–1950), American civil rights activist, wife of W.E.B • 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. and Nina Gomer ==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 • Harrier "Harry" Du Bois, 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 • Skeeter Dubois, the main character and host from the Mondo Media adult web animated series Like, News (1999-2001) • 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 ==See also==