Dubois (surname)
Dubois (also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Al Dubois, Canadian TV personality and hosted the game show Bumper Stumpers
- Alexandra du Bois, American composer
- Allison DuBois, research spiritual medium and inspiration for the TV show Medium
- Anna Dubois (born 1962), Swedish organizational theorist
- Antoine Dubois (1756–1837), French surgeon
- Benjamin F. DuBois (1915-2013), American politician
- Brendan DuBois, author of Resurrection Day
- Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867), Belgian naturalist
- Charles-Victor Dubois (1832–1869), Belgian composer and harmonium player
- Didier Dubois (mathematician) (born 1952), French mathematician
- Didier Dubois (athlete) (born 1957), French sprinter
- Félix Dubois (1862–1945), French journalist, explorer and speculator
- François Dubois (1529–1584) Huguenot French painter
- François Dubois (19th century) (1790–1871) neoclassical French painter
- Eugène Dubois (1858–1940), anthropologist
- Fred Dubois (1851–1930), U.S. Senator
- Guillaume Dubois (1656–1723), French cardinal and statesman
- Ja'net Dubois (born 1945), American actress and singer
- Jean Dubois (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jean-Antoine Dubois (1765–1848), French Catholic missionary in India
- Jesse K. Dubois (1811–1876), American politician
- Joshua DuBois (born 1982), head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Barack Obama
- Lewis DuBois, American Revolutionary War commander
- Louis DuBois (Huguenot) (died 1696), Huguenot colonist in New Netherland
- Louis Dubois (painter) (1830–1880), Belgian painter
- Louis Dubois (politician) (1859–1946), French Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts, and Telegraphs
- Louis-Ernest Dubois (1856–1929), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris
- Louis Victor Dubois (1837–1914), French politician
- Macy DuBois (1929–2007), Canadian architect
- Paul-Alexis Dubois (1754–1796), French general of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Paul Charles Dubois (1848–1918), Swiss neuropathologist
- Paul Dubois (sculptor) (1829–1905), French sculptor and painter
- Pierre Max Dubois (1930–1995), classical composer
- R. Luke DuBois, American composer and visual artist
- Raymond F. DuBois,
- Sieur Dubois, pseudonymous author of 1674 travel book
- Stéphanie Dubois, female Canadian tennis player
- Théodore Dubois (1837–1924), French organist, composer, and musical administrator
- Urbain Dubois (1818–1901), French chef
- William Pène du Bois (1916–1993), author and illustrator
- W. E. B. Du Bois (William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 1868–1963), American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and author
Fictional characters:
- Blanche DuBois, one of the female leads in A Streetcar Named Desire
- The Dubois Family, friends of the main characters in The Boondocks
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