Dumas is a Southern French topographic surname, with fused preposition and definite article , for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country rather than in a village, from Occitan mas 'farmstead' (Late Latin mansum, mansus).

People surnamed Dumas include:

  • Adolphe Dumas (1805–1861), French poet.
  • Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870), French novelist and author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824–1895), son of the above and also a novelist, author of The Lady of the Camellias
  • Amy Dumas (born 1975), former professional wrestler better known as "Lita"
  • Axel Dumas (1970), French billionaire, CEO of Hermès
  • Bullet Dumas (born 1986), Filipino musician
  • Caroline Dumas (born 1935), French soprano
  • Charles Dumas (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Daniel Dumas (born 1983), Australian rugby player
  • Dumas (musician) (born 1979), Canadian musician born Steve Dumas
  • Franck Dumas (born 1968), French football player and manager
  • Frédéric Dumas (1913–1991), one of the first two diving companions of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Georges Dumas (1866–1946), French physician and psychologist
  • Gilles Dumas, French rugby league footballer and coach
  • Guillaume-Mathieu Dumas, comte Dumas (1753–1837), French general
  • Gustave Dumas (1872–1955), Swiss mathematician
  • Henry Dumas (1934–1968), African-American poet and author
  • Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800–1884), French chemist
  • Joseph Dumas (1875–1950), Canadian politician
  • Marlene Dumas (born 1953), South African artist
  • Maurice Dumas (1927–2015), Canadian professor and politician
  • Mireille Dumas (born 1953), French journalist
  • Pierre Dumas. (1891-1967) , journaliste écrivain résistant homme politique
  • Pierre Benoît Dumas (1668–1745), French Governor General of Pondicherry and Réunion
  • René-François Dumas (1753-1794) a French revolutionary lawyer
  • Rennie Dumas (died 2017), Trinidad and Tobago politician
  • Richard Dumas (born 1969), American basketball player
  • Roger Dumas, multiple people
  • Roland Dumas (1922–2024), French politician and lawyer
  • Romain Dumas (born 1977), French racing driver
  • Russell Dumas (1887–1975), Australian engineer and public servant
  • Sidonie Dumas (born 1967), French film producer
  • Stephanie Summerow Dumas, the first African-American woman elected as a county commissioner in the history of Ohio
  • Tancrède Dumas (1830–1905), Italian photographer
  • Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1762–1806), general of the French Revolution and father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas, père
  • Tony Dumas (born 1972), American basketball player
  • Vito Dumas (1900–1965), Argentine single-handed sailor

See also

  • Edward Canfor-Dumas (born 1957), English TV scriptwriter and novelist

References

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