Dumas
Dumas is a Southern French topographic surname, with fused preposition and definite article du, for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country rather than in a village, from Occitan mas 'farmstead' (Late Latin mansum, mansus).[1]
People
- Alexandre Dumas, père, French novelist and author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo
- Alexandre Dumas, fils, son of the previous and also a novelist, author of The Lady of the Camellias
- Amy Dumas, former professional wrestler better known as "Lita"
- Charles Dumas, American high jumper
- Daniel Dumas, Australian rugby player
- Dumarsais Simeus, Haitian/American businessman
- Dumas (musician), Québécois musician
- Dumas Malone, American author
- Edward Canfor-Dumas, English TV scriptwriter and novelist
- Franck Dumas, French football player
- Frédéric Dumas, one of the first two diving companions of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Georges Dumas (French link), French doctor and psychologist
- Gilles Dumas, French rugby league footballer and coach
- Guillaume Mathieu, comte Dumas, French general
- Henry Dumas, American poet and author
- Jean-Baptiste Dumas, French chemist
- Joseph Dumas, Canadian politician
- Marlene Dumas, South African artist
- Maurice Dumas, Canadian professor and politician
- Pierre Benoît Dumas, French Governor General of Pondicherry and Réunion
- Richard Dumas, American basketball player
- Roland Dumas, French politician
- Russell Dumas, an Australian engineer and public servant
- Tancrède Dumas, Italian photographer
- Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, General of the French Revolution and father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas, père
- Tony Dumas, American basketball player
- Vito Dumas, Argentine single-handed sailor
- W.W. Dumas, former Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Places
- Dumas, city in Desha County, Arkansas, United States
- Dumas, city in Moore County, Texas, United States
- Dumas, town in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States
- Dumas Brothel, famous bordello in Butte, Montana in the United States
- Dumas House, fourteen storey office building in Perth, Western Australia
- Alexandre Dumas, station of the Paris Métro
- Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters, building in Ipswich, England (now named Willis Building)
Other
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.