Dafoe is a surname. It is probably a variant of

Defoe Defoe may refer to: People *Defoe (surname), most notably English author Daniel Defoe Places *Defoe, Webster County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Other uses *Defoe (comics), a zombie story *Defoe Shipbuilding Company, a former shipy ...

, which is of uncertain origin. It may be a variation of Foe or Fow or an Anglicized form of a French name, possibly ''Thevoz'', ''de Vaux'' or ''Devaux'', ''Dufau'' or ''Dufou''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Allan Roy Dafoe Dr.Allan Roy Dafoe, OBE (29 May 1883 – 2 June 1943) was a Canadian obstetrician, best known for delivering and caring for the Dionne quintuplets, the first quintuplets known to survive early infancy., page 373. Biography Dafoe was born in Mad ...

(1883–1943), Canadian obstetrician * Byron Dafoe (born 1971), Canadian hockey player *

Colin Scott Dafoe Doctor Colin Scott Dafoe (21 November 1909 – 29 July 1969) was a Canadian surgeon, best known for his work with Marshall Josip Broz Tito's Partisans in Yugoslavia during the Second World War. His three-men medical team was parachuted to E ...

(1909–1969), Canadian surgeon *

Donald Dafoe Donald Christian Dafoe is an American surgeon and research scientist. Biography The eldest son of a surgeon, Dafoe graduated from Appleton West High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1967, where he was on the football and wrestling teams. He th ...

, American surgeon and research scientist, brother of Willem *

Frances Dafoe Frances Helen Dafoe, (December 17, 1929 – September 23, 2016) was a Canadian pair skater. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. She competed with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, a ...

(1929–2016), Canadian figure skater *

John Wesley Dafoe John Wesley Dafoe (8 March 1866 – 9 January 1944) was a Canadian journalist. From 1901 to 1944 he was the editor of the '' Manitoba Free Press'', later named the ''Winnipeg Free Press''. He also wrote several books, including a biography of Sir W ...

(1866–1944), Canadian journalist * Willem Dafoe (born 1955), American film and stage actor, brother of Donald

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