Dupré is a French name that literally means "from the

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( "pré" in french)" , or "from Prez". Also existing variants are Duprée, DuPree, Deupree, DePrez, Dupres, Duprez, Düpre and Du Preez.

French

* Augustin Dupré (1748–1833), engraver *

Guy Dupré Guy Dupré (February 27, 1928 – January 17, 2018) was a French writer and publisher. Biography Dupré published three novels, two books of memoirs and a collection of chronicles, but the unity of his style and his writing unconcerned with tr ...

(born 1928), French writer *

Jos Dupré Jozef "Jos" Dupré (8 July 1928 – 2 December 2021) was a Belgian politician. A member of the Christian Social Party, he served in the Chamber of Representatives from 1974 to 1996, while serving as President briefly in June 1995. He also sat on ...

(1928–2021), Belgian politician *

Jules Dupré Jules Louis Dupré (April 5, 1811 – October 6, 1889) was a French painter, one of the chief members of the Barbizon school of landscape painters. If Corot stands for the lyric and Rousseau for the epic aspect of the poetry of nature, Dupr� ...

(1812–1889), painter *

Marcel Dupré Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré () (3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Biography Born in Rouen into a wealthy musical family, Marcel Dupré was a child prodigy. His father Aimable Albert Dupré was titular ...

(1886–1971), musician *

Marie Jules Dupré Marie-Jules Dupré (25 November 1813 – 8 February 1881) was a French admiral. He was governor of Réunion from 1865 to 1869 under the Second French Empire, and governor of Cochinchina from 1871 to 1874 under the French Third Republic. He negotia ...

(1813–1881), French admiral. governor of Réunion and Cochinchina * Melissa Dupré (born 1986), athlete * Louis Dupré (1697–1774), ballet dancer, ballet master and ballet teacher * Xavier Dupré (born in 1977), Graphic designer and Type designer

Italian

Giovanni Duprè Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(1817–1882) Italian sculptor

British

John Dupré John A. Dupré (born 3 July 1952) is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré's chief work area lies in philosophy ...

(born in 1952), philosopher of science *

Jacqueline du Pré Jacqueline Mary du Pré (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist. At a young age, she achieved enduring mainstream popularity. Despite her short career, she is regarded as one of the greatest cellists of all time. Her car ...

(1945-1987), cellist

French Canadian

* Emile Duprée (born in 1936), wrestling promoter *

René Duprée René Emile Goguen (born December 15, 1983), better known by his ring name René Duprée (; ja, レネ・デュプリ, Rene Dyupuri) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah where he is a former two-time GHC Tag ...

(born in 1983), Emile Dupré's son, also a wrestling promoter * Marc Dupré, humorist and musician

American

Anna Johnson Dupree Anna Johnson Dupree (November 27, 1891 - February 19, 1977) was a Houston businesswoman and Philanthropy, philanthropist. In 1952, she and her husband opened the Eliza Johnson Home for Aged Negros. In addition, they donated money to the Houston ...

(1891–1977), Texas businesswoman and philanthropist * Ashley Alexandra Dupré, stage name of the former prostitute connected to the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal *

Billy Joe DuPree Billy Joe DuPree (born March 7, 1950) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Michigan State University. Early years DuPree was born and raised in Monro ...

, American football player * Bud Dupree, American football player * Chauntelle DuPree, Garron DuPree, Sherri DuPree, Stacy DuPree, and Weston DuPree, members of the band

Eisley Eisley is an American rock band from Tyler, Texas, originally consisting of siblings Sherri DuPree, Chauntelle DuPree, Stacy DuPree and Weston DuPree. Remaining recording/touring members are their sister Sherri DuPree-Bemis and their cousin Ga ...

Champion Jack Dupree William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree (July 23, 1909 or July 4, 1910 – January 21, 1992) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. His nickname was derived from his early career as a boxer. Biography Dupree was a New Orlean ...

, (1909 or 1910–1992) US-American blues pianist *

Cornell Dupree Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman,

, (1942–2011) US-American jazz and R&B guitarist *

Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and DJ. Early life Jermaine Dupri Mauldin was born on September 23, 1972, the son of Tina (Mosley) and Michael ...

, record producer * Jesse James Dupree, singer of American rock band Jackyl *

Louis Dupré (philosopher) Louis Karel Dupré (16 April 1925 – 11 January 2022) was a Belgian Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher. He was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor in Yale University's religious studies department from 1973 to 1998, after which he ...

, Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher * Louis Dupree, Afghanistan scholar *

Nancy Hatch Dupree Nancy Hatch Dupree ( ps, نانسي دوپري, translit=Nansi dupri; October 3, 1927 – September 10, 2017) was an American-Afghan historian whose work primarily focused on the history of modern Afghanistan. She was the director of the Afghanis ...

, Afghanistan scholar * Nick Dupree (1982–2017), American disability rights activist and writer * Louis George Dupree, (1932–2001), American football player * Malachi Dupre (born 1995), American football player * Marcus Dupree, American football player * Minnie Dupree, (1873–1947) American stage and screen actress * Taylor Deupree, musician *

Thomas Ludger Dupré Thomas Ludger Dupré (November 10, 1933 – December 30, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts from 1995 to 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the same di ...

, American Catholic Bishop

South African

French

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families came to

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fleeing the persecution in 17th century France caused by the

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in 1685. Amongst them was Hercule Des Prez and his family that left for South Africa aboard the ship "Die Schelde" on 19th of February 1688. Through time the surname has changed to "Du Preez". The surname Du Preez is a fairly well known in South Africa and is a typical Afrikaans surname. * Frik du Preez (born 1925), former South African rugby union player *

Fourie du Preez Petrus Fourie du Preez (; born 24 March 1982) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played as a scrum half for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition and the Bulls in Super Rugby between 2002 and 2011, and for Japan ...

(born 1982), former South African rugby union player *

Mignon du Preez Mignon du Preez (born 13 June 1989) is a South African cricketer, who was the women's team captain in all three forms of cricket, Test matches, ODIs and T20Is, from 2007 to 2018. A right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper, du Preez mad ...

(born 1989), female South African cricketer

Fictional characters

* Dupre, a character in the ''Ultima'' series of computer games *

You, Me and Dupree ''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and written by Mike LeSieur. It stars Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Todd Stashwick, and Michael Douglas. The fi ...

, a comedy film

Music

* Robbie Dupree, American singer best known for his 1980 pop hit "Steal Away" * "Dupree's Paradise" is

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's song * "Mitzi Dupree", a song by British rock band Deep Purple from their album The House of Blue Light *

, American musician *

, American guitarist *

Jacqueline DuPre Jacqueline may refer to: People * Jacqueline (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jacqueline Moore (born 1964), ring name "Jacqueline", American professional wrestler Arts and entertainment * ''Jacqueline'' (1923 film), ...

, English cellist * Paul Dupré, American composer of classical music *

Simon Dupree and the Big Sound Simon Dupree and the Big Sound were a British psychedelic band formed in 1966 by brothers Derek ( vocals), Phil (vocals, saxophone, trumpet), and Ray Shulman ( guitar, violin, trumpet, vocals); also known for their later prog rock band, Ge ...

English band of the 1960s best known for their psychedelic single Kites. * " Cousin Dupree", a song on Steely Dan's 2000 album ''Two Against Nature'' * "Dupree's Diamond Blues" is a song by The Grateful Dead that tells a crime story. It is based on a real case. {{surname French toponymic surnames