Dubois

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Contents 1 People 1.1 Fictional people 2 Places 3 Other

[edit] People

Dubois (also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the wood/forest) is the name of several people:

• Allison DuBois, research spiritual medium and inspiration for the TV show Medium
• Brendan DuBois, author of Resurrection Day
• Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804 – 1867), Belgian naturalist
• Didier Dubois, French mathematician
• Eugene Dubois (1858 – 1940), anthropologist
• Guillaume Dubois (1656 – 1723), French cardinal and statesman
• Ja'net Du Bois, an African-American actor
• Lewis DuBois, American Revolutionary War commander
• Louis Dubois, Huguenot colonist in New Netherlands, founder of New Paltz, New York
• Macy DuBois (1929 – 2007), Canadian architect
• Paul Charles Dubois (1848 - 1918), Swiss neuropathologist
• Paul Dubois (1829 – 1905), French sculptor and painter
• Pierre Max Dubois (1930 – 1995), classical composer
• "Sieur" Dubois (or Du Bois, D.B., fl. 1670s), French traveller and priest^{[verification needed]}
• Stacy DuBois, Canadian actress and model
• Stéphanie Dubois, female Canadian tennis player
• Théodore Dubois (1837 – 1924), classical composer
• W.E.B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), Pan-Africanist leader and scholar
• William Pène du Bois (1916 – 1993), author and illustrator

[edit] Fictional people

• Blanche DuBois, one of the female leads in A Streetcar Named Desire
• The Dubois Family, main characters in The Boondocks
• Benson DuBois, character played by Robert Guillaume on the sitcoms Soap (TV series) and Benson (TV series)

[edit] Places

Dubois is also the name of several American places:

• Dubois, Idaho
• Du Bois, Illinois
• Dubois, Dubois County, Indiana
• DuBois, Nebraska
• DuBois, Pennsylvania
• Dubois, Wyoming
• Dubois County, Indiana
• Mount Dubois, California (White Mountains)

[edit] Other

• Blanche DuBois (band), Australian band