Louis is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Antoine Louis Antoine Louis (; 13 February 1723, Metz – 20 May 1792) was an 18th-century French surgeon and physiologist. He was originally trained in medicine by his father, a sergeant major at a local military hospital. As a young man he moved to Paris, ...

(1723–1792), French surgeon and physiologist *

Arthur Louis Arthur Louis (21 June 1945 – 24 December 2014) was a British rock, blues and reggae cross-over musician. His surname is pronounced as ''luːɪs (Lewis)'' and he held British nationality. He released three solo albums and was responsible for ...

(1945–2014, born as ''Louis Arthur Bulgin''), Jamaican-British musician *

Errol Louis Errol T. Louis (born August 24, 1962) is a New York City journalist, and television show host. He has unsuccessfully run for office several times. Early life, education, and early career Louis was born in Harlem and raised in New Rochelle, New ...

(born 1962), American journalist and television show host *

Chris Louis Christopher Louis (born 9 July 1969) is an English international speedway motorcycle rider who rode for the Ipswich Witches and Hackney Kestrels. He is the son of former Great Britain International John Louis. Career Louis is former schoolbo ...

(born 1969), English speedway rider * Christos Louis (born 1948), Greek molecular geneticist *

Gaspard Louis Gaspard Louis is a Haitian dancer, choreographer, and artistic director. A former dancer with Pilobolus, he is the founder and artistic director of the modern dance company Gaspard and Dancers. Louis is also on the faculty at North Carolina Centra ...

, Haitian dancer and choreographer * Godfrey Louis, solid-state physicist *

Jean Louis Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault; October 5, 1907 – April 20, 1997) was a French-American costume designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Academy Award for ''The Solid Gold Cadillac'' (1956). Life and career Before co ...

(1907–1997), French-born costume designer *

Jefferson Louis Jefferson Lee Louis (born 22 February 1979) is a footballer who plays for as a striker. A journeyman, he has played for 42 different clubs, being transferred 47 times over a 28-year career. He has played in the English Football League for Oxf ...

(born 1979), English footballer *

Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He rei ...

(1914–1981), professional name of American boxer and heavyweight champion Joseph Louis Barrow *

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus ( ; born January 13, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and producer who worked on the comedy television series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1982–1985), ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), ''The New Adventures ...

(born 1961), American actress, comedian, and producer *

Lance Louis Lance Louis (born April 24, 1985) is a former American football offensive guard. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears with pick 246 in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State. College career Louis ...

(born 1985), American football player * Laura Glen Louis, American author & poet, * Laurent Louis (born 1980), Belgian politician *

Léopold Louis-Dreyfus Léopold Louis-Dreyfus (5 March 1833 – 9 April 1915) was a French businessman, diplomat, and investor who was best known as the founder of the Louis Dreyfus Group, and patriarch of the Louis-Dreyfus family. The French government awarded him t ...

(1833–1915), French businessman, founder of the

Louis Dreyfus Group Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC), also called the Louis-Dreyfus Group, is a French merchant firm that is involved in agriculture, food processing, international shipping, and finance. The company owns and manages hedge funds, ocean vessels, dev ...

, and patriarch of the Louis-Dreyfus family *

Lil Louis Marvin Burns (born May 13, 1962), known by his stage name Li'l Louis (sometimes expanded to Li'l Louis & the World and Li'l Louis & the Party), is a Chicago-born house-music producer and DJ .Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Da ...

, stage name of American house-music producer and DJ Louis Sims *

Michèle Pierre-Louis Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis (born 5 October 1947)"Ha ...

(born 1947), Haitian politician *

Morris Louis Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C ...

(1912–1962), American painter *

Murray Louis Murray Louis (November 4, 1926 – February 1, 2016) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Life Louis was known as one of the most influential American modern dancers and choreographers. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in Manh ...

(born 1926), American modern dancer and choreographer *

Olin Pierre Louis Olin Pierre Louis is a Haitian Roman Catholic priest in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Louis was named the parish priest of la iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Providencia in San Juan by Roberto González Nieves, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Pue ...

, Haitian priest *

Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis (14 April 178722 August 1872) was a French physician, clinician and pathology, pathologist known for his studies on tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and pneumonia, but Louis's greatest contribution to medicine was the de ...

(1787–1872), French physician *

Séraphine Louis Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows an ...

(1864–1942), French painter *

Spyridon Louis Spyridon Louis ( el, Σπυρίδων Λούης , sometimes transliterated ''Spiridon Loues''; 12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), commonly known as Spyros Louis (Σπύρος Λούης), was a Greek water carrier who won the first modern-day ...

(1873–1940), Greek runner *

Thomas Louis Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, 1st Baronet (''bap.'' 11 May 1758 – 17 May 1807) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw action during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars. He was one of Horatio Nelson's " Band ...

(1758–1807), British naval officer * Tim Louis (born 1958), Canadian lawyer and municipal politician * Tim Louis, Canadian Member of Parliament *

Tristan Louis Tristan Louis (born February 28, 1971) is a French-born American author, entrepreneur and internet activist. Early work Louis was born in Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. In 1994 and 1995, as publisher of iWorld, part of the Mecklermedi ...

(born 1971), French-American author *

Wm. Roger Louis William Roger Louis Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (born May 8, 1936), commonly known as Wm. Roger Louis or, informally, Roger Louis, is an American historian and a professor at the ...

(born 1936), American historian

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