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Dubois (/ d ʊ ˈ b w ɑː / duu-BWAH; also spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include:
Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York.
Chrétien du Bois (1597-1655) was a French official in the Comté (Count) of Coupigny. He was the father of three Protestant French-speaking immigrants to colonial New York. [ 1 ] One of these, Louis Dubois , was among the founders of New Paltz , New York, in the late 1600s.
Fred DuBois (1881–1950) m. Anna Frances Buchanan (1880–1964)- F. DuBois served as the Town of New Paltz supervisor from 1930 to 1933 Fred Haddon DuBois (1911–2002)- F.H. DuBois served as the Town of New Paltz supervisor from 1955 to 1959 and as Ulster County Treasurer from 1959 to 1977; Philip DuBois (1689–1764) m. Esther Gumaer (1697 ...
Toussaint Dubois (October 8, 1762 – May 10, 1816) was a Montreal born person and American soldier who joined with Lafayette to fight for American independence in the American Revolutionary War. Biography
Dubois, DuBois, or Du Bois may refer to: People. Dubois (surname), a Norman-French surname (include a list of people with the surnames Dubois and Du Bois)
John Dubois (French: Jean Dubois) (August 24, 1764 – December 20, 1842) was a French-born Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of New York from 1826 until his death in 1842. [ 1 ] Dubois was the first Bishop of New York who was not Irish -born and, as of 2024, remains the only bishop or archbishop of New York of non-Irish ancestry.
Lewis DuBois (1744 – March 4, 1824) was an American Revolutionary War commander. A descendant of Louis Dubois, who founded the early Huguenot settlement of New Paltz, which is preserved today as Historic Huguenot Street (Huguenot Street Historic District). Before the Revolutionary War, DuBois was a carpenter working in Poughkeepsie, New York.