Dupré

Dupré is a French name that literally means "from the meadow". Also existing variants are Duprée, DuPree, Dupre and Du Preez.

French

• Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), musician
• Jules Dupré (1812-1889), painter
• Xavier Dupré (born in 1977), Graphic designer and Type designer

Italian

• Giovanni Duprè (1817-1882) Italian sculptor

British

• John Dupré (born in 1952), philosopher of science

French Canadian

• Emile Duprée (born in 1936), wrestling promoter
• René Duprée (born in 1983), Emile Dupré's son, also a wrestling promoter
• Marc Dupré, humorist and musician

American

• Ashley Alexandra Dupré, stage name of the former prostitute connected to the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
• Chauntelle DuPree, Garron DuPree, Sherri DuPree, Stacy DuPree, and Weston DuPree, members of the band Eisley
• Christie DuPree, singer-songwriter from Texas
• Dan Dupré, CWO4 United States Marine Corps, 28 year veteran. Navy commendation medal for service in Iraq from Nov 2005 to Nov 2006.
• Jesse James Dupree, lead singer of American rock band Jackyl
• Louis Dupre, Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher
• Louis Dupree, expert on Afghanistan, university professor and researcher. Along with his wife, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Louis Dupree opened a new approach to the Afghan studies, missing from previous works on the country
• Louis George Dupree, (1932-2001), American football player
• Marcus Dupree, U.S. American football player
• Reggie Dupre, Louisiana public official
• Thomas Ludger Dupré, American Catholic Bishop

South African

French Huguenot families came to South Africa fleeing the persecution in 17th century France caused by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes 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. Well known South Africans with the surname Du Preez are well known rugby personalities Frik du Preez and current Springbok Fourie du Preez.

Fictional characters

• Dupre, a character in the Ultima series of computer games
• Randolph Dupree, played by Owen Wilson in the movie You, Me and Dupree
• Dupree, the mob boss that fought off the vatos, the barrios, and the Rolling 20s in the video game 187 Ride or Die

Music

• Robbie Dupree, American singer best known for his 1980 pop hit "Steal Away"
• Dupree's Paradise is Frank Zappa's song
• Mitzi Dupree, a song by British rock band Deep Purple from their album The House of Blue Light
• Champion Jack Dupree American musician.
• Cornell Dupree, American guitarist
• Jacqueline DuPre, English cellist

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