Dupré

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

French

• Louis Dupré (1697–1774), ballet dancer, ballet master and ballet teacher
• Augustin Dupré (1748-1833), engraver
• Marcel Dupré (1886–1971), musician
• Jules Dupré (1812–1889), painter
• Guy Dupré (born 1928), French writer
• 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

• Alvin Dupree, American football player
• Anna Johnson Dupree (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, American footbal player
• Chauntelle DuPree, Garron DuPree, Sherri DuPree, Stacy DuPree, and Weston DuPree, members of the band Eisley
• Champion Jack Dupree, blues pianist
• Christie DuPree, singer-songwriter from Texas
• Jesse James Dupree, singer of American rock band Jackyl
• Louis Dupre, Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher
• Louis Dupree, Afghanistan scholar
• Nancy Hatch Dupree, Afghanistan scholar
• Louis George Dupree, (1932–2001), American football player
• Marcus Dupree, American football player
• Minnie Dupree, (1873–1947) American stage and screen actress
• Reggie Dupree, Basketball player in Iceland.
• 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

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
• "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.