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
- 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
- Maurice DuBois (born 1965), American journalist
- 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
- 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
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