Dubois
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Dubois is the name of several people:- Al DuboisAl DuboisAl Dubois is a Canadian television personality, previously on CKMI's This Morning Live as a weather reporter and sports anchor. He hosted the popular game show Bumper Stumpers between 1987 and 1990 and Travel, Travel on CFCF until 2001. He was born in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.-External...
, Canadian TV personality and hosted the game show Bumper StumpersBumper StumpersBumper Stumpers is a Canadian game show in which two teams of two players attempted to decipher vanity license plates. It aired on the USA Network in the United States and on the Global Television Network in Canada from June 29, 1987 to December 28, 1990... - Alexandra du BoisAlexandra du BoisAlexandra du Bois is an American composer and violinist living in New York.-Biography:Born in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1981, du Bois later moved to rural, south-eastern Virginia with her parents at the age thirteen...
, American composer - Allison DuBoisAllison DuBoisAllison DuBois is an American author and medium. DuBois has controversially claimed to possess psychic abilities and use them to help U.S. law enforcement officials solve crimes, which formed the basis of the TV series Medium....
, research spiritual medium and inspiration for the TV show Medium - Brendan DuBoisBrendan DuBoisBrendan DuBois is an American mystery fiction and suspense writer. In this field he has won a Shamus Award for Best Short Story of the Year. He also had his short story "The Dark Snow'" published in Best American Mystery Stories of the Century edited by Otto Penzler and Tony Hillerman ISBN 0618012710...
, author of Resurrection Day - Charles Frédéric DuboisCharles Frédéric DuboisCharles Frédéric Dubois was a Belgian naturalist.He was the author of Planches colorées des oiseaux de l’Europe and Catalogue systématique des Lépidoptères de la Belgique , which was completed by his son, Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois , after...
(1804 – 1867), Belgian naturalist - Didier DuboisDidier DuboisDidier Dubois is a French mathematician.Since 1999, he is a co-editor-in-chief of the journal Fuzzy Sets and Systems.In 1993–1997 he was vice-president and president of the International Fuzzy Systems Association....
, French mathematician - François DuboisFrançois DuboisFrançois Dubois was a French Huguenot painter who was born in Amiens. His only surviving work is the best known depiction of the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, when French Catholics killed Protestant Huguenots in Paris. It is not known whether Dubois himself was present at the event but...
(1529–1584) huguenotHuguenotThe Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
French painter - François DuboisFrançois Dubois (XIX century)François Dubois was a French neoclassical painter. He made several large oil paintings on historical or mitological subjects, as lÉrection de l'obélisque de Louqsor sur la place de la Concorde and Le Sommeil d'Oreste François Dubois (1790–1871) was a French neoclassical painter. He made several...
(1790-1871) neoclassicalNeoclassicismNeoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
French painter - Eugene DuboisEugène DuboisMarie Eugène François Thomas Dubois was a Dutch paleoanthropologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus , or 'Java Man'...
(1858 – 1940), anthropologist - Fred DuboisFred DuboisFred Thomas Dubois was a controversial American politician who served two terms in the United States Senate from Idaho. He was best-known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to disenfranchise Mormon voters....
(1851 - 1930), U.S. Senator - Guillaume DuboisGuillaume DuboisGuillaume Dubois was a French cardinal and statesman.-Early years:Dubois, the third of the four great Cardinal-Ministers , was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in Limousin...
(1656 – 1723), French cardinal and statesman - Ja'net Dubois (born 1945), American actress and singer
- Jean-Antoine DuboisJean-Antoine DuboisAbbe J.A. Dubois or Jean-Antoine Dubois was a French Catholic missionary in India. He was affectionately known as Fraadh Saaibh to the parishioners of the Holy Cross Church, Cordel in Mangalore, among whom he ministered....
(1765 - 1848), a French Catholic missionary in India. - Joshua DuboisJoshua DuBoisJoshua DuBois is the head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in the Executive Office of the President of the United States under President Barack Obama....
(born 1982), head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Barack Obama - Lewis DuBoisLewis DuBoisLewis DuBois 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 . DuBois was a carpenter from Poughkeepsie, New York...
, American Revolutionary War commander - Louis DuboisLouis DuboisLouis DuBois was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the village of New Paltz, New York...
, Huguenot colonist in New Netherland, founder of New Paltz, New York - Macy DuBoisMacy DuBoisGazell Macy DuBois M. Arch, P. Eng, PP-FRAIC, PP-RCA, FAIA was an American-born Canadian architect who designed several landmark Toronto buildings.-Early life:...
(1929 – 2007), Canadian architect - Paul Charles DuboisPaul Charles DuboisPaul Charles Dubois was a Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of La Chaux-de-Fonds. He studied medicine at the University of Bern, and in 1876 was a general practitioner of medicine in Bern. He was interested in psychosomatic medicine, and subsequently gained a reputation as a highly regarded...
(1848 - 1918), Swiss neuropathologist - Paul Dubois (sculptor) (1829 – 1905), French sculptor and painter
- Pierre Max DuboisPierre Max DuboisPierre Max Dubois was a French composer of classical music. He was a student of Darius Milhaud, and though not widely popular, was respected. He brought the ideas of Les Six, of which his instructor was a member, into the middle 1900's. This group called for a fresh artistic perspective on music...
(1930 – 1995), classical composer - R. Luke DuBoisR. Luke DuBoisRoger Luke DuBois is an American composer, performer, conceptual new media artist, programmer, record producer and pedagogue based in New York City.-Biography:...
, American composer and visual artist - Stéphanie DuboisStéphanie DuboisStéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:...
, female Canadian tennis player - Théodore DuboisThéodore DuboisFrançois-Clément Théodore Dubois was a French composer, organist and music teacher.-Biography:Théodore Dubois was born in Rosnay in Marne. He studied first under Louis Fanart and later at the Paris Conservatoire under Ambroise Thomas. He won the Prix de Rome in 1861...
(1837 – 1924), French organist, composer, and musical administrator - W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 – 1963), Pan-Africanist leader and scholar
- William Pène du BoisWilliam Pène du BoisWilliam Pène du Bois , was a French American author and illustrator. He was best known for The Twenty-One Balloons, published in April 1947 by The Viking Press...
(1916 – 1993), author and illustrator
Fictional people
- Blanche DuBoisBlanche DuBoisBlanche DuBois is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire...
, one of the female leads in A Streetcar Named Desire - The Dubois FamilyDubois FamilyThe members of the DuBois family — Tom , Sarah , and Jazmine — are fictional characters and featured players in Aaron McGruder's Boondocks comic strip and animated TV series...
, friends of the main characters in The Boondocks
Places
Dubois is also the name of several American places:- Dubois, IdahoDubois, IdahoDubois is a city in Clark County, Idaho, United States. The population was 647 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Clark County.The city was named for U.S. Senator Fred Dubois....
- Du Bois, IllinoisDu Bois, IllinoisDu Bois is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. The population was 205 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Du Bois is located at ....
- Dubois, Dubois County, IndianaDubois, Dubois County, IndianaDubois is an unincorporated town in Marion Township, Dubois County, Indiana. Its population at the 2010 census was 488....
- Du Bois, NebraskaDu Bois, NebraskaDu Bois is a village in the southeast corner of Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 166 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Du Bois is located at ....
- DuBois, PennsylvaniaDuBois, PennsylvaniaDuBois is a city in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the principal city in the DuBois, Pa Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Dubois, WyomingDubois, WyomingDubois is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming. The population was 962 at the 2000 census, although it nearly doubles in the summer with many part-time residents.-Geography:...
- Dubois County, IndianaDubois County, IndianaDubois County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The county seat is Jasper. As of 2010, the population was 41,889.Dubois County is part of the Jasper Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Mount Dubois, California (White Mountains)