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'farmstead' ( Late Latin mansum,

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). People surnamed Dumas include: *

Adolphe Dumas Adolphe Dumas (18 December 1805 Chartreuse de Bon Pas, Vaucluse - 15 August 1861) was a French poet List of poets who have written in the French language: A * Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890) * Adam de la Halle (v.1250 – v.1285) * P ...

(1805–1861), French poet. *

Alexandre Dumas, père Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where ''Suffix (name)#Generational titles, '' is French language, French for 'father', to distinguish him from ...

(1802–1870), French novelist and author of '' The Three Musketeers and

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

'' * 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" * Caroline Dumas (born 1935), French soprano * Charles Dumas (disambiguation), multiple people * Daniel Dumas (born 1983), Australian rugby player *

Dumas (musician) Dumas (born Steve Dumas) is a Canadian musician a from Victoriaville, Quebec. Career Dumas released his first album ''Dumas'' in 2001, when he was 21. His second album, ''Le cours des jours'', made him more well-known. The album includes cont ...

(born 1979), Canadian musician born Steve Dumas *

Franck Dumas Franck Dumas (born 9 January 1968) is a French football coach and former player who manages TP Mazembe. He played as a defender. Playing career Dumas was born in Bayeux, Calvados. He started his career at Stade Malherbe Caen and played there f ...

(born 1968), French football player and manager * Frédéric Dumas (1913–1991), one of the first two diving companions of Jacques-Yves Cousteau *

Georges Dumas Georges Dumas (6 March 1866 – 12 February 1946, Lédignan) was a French doctor and psychologist. Dumas was a student of Théodule-Armand Ribot. His main work is '' The Treatise of Psychology'' (1923–1924, ''Le Traité de Psychologie''). He w ...

(1866–1946), French physician and psychologist * Gilles Dumas, French rugby league footballer and coach *

Guillaume-Mathieu Dumas Mathieu, comte Dumas (23 November 1753 – 16 October 1837) was a French people, French general. Biography Born in Montpellier, France, Montpellier, France, of a nobility, noble family, he joined the French army in 1773 and entered upon active ...

, comte Dumas (1753–1837), French general *

Gustave Dumas 250px Gustave Dumas (5 March 1872, L'Etivaz, Vaud, Switzerland – 11 July 1955) was a Swiss mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry. Dumas received a baccalaureate degree from the University of Lausanne, then another baccalaureate deg ...

(1872–1955), Swiss mathematician * Henry Dumas (1934–1968), African-American poet and author *

Jean-Baptiste Dumas Jean Baptiste André Dumas (14 July 180010 April 1884) was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) and molecular weights by measuring v ...

(1800–1884), French chemist *

Joseph Dumas Joseph Pierre Dumas (February 19, 1875 – January 14, 1950)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247331446/joseph-pierre-dumas was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920 as a member o ...

(1875–1950), Canadian politician *

Marlene Dumas Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter currently based in the Netherlands. Life and work Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Kuils River in the Western Cape, where her father had ...

(born 1953), South African artist * Maurice Dumas (1927–2015), Canadian professor and politician * Mireille Dumas (born 1953), French journalist * Pierre Benoît Dumas (1668–1745), French Governor General of Pondicherry and Réunion *

René-François Dumas René-François Dumas, born 14 December 1753 in Jussey, in the bailiwick of Amont (now in Haute-Saône), was a revolutionary French lawyer and politician, regarded as a "Robespierrist", who died on 28 July 1794 (10 Thermidor) at Paris. Biograph ...

(1753-1794) a French revolutionary lawyer *

Richard Dumas Richard Wayne Dumas (born May 19, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he is the son of former American Basketball Association player Rich Dumas. Basketball career Dumas, a 6' 7" small forward f ...

(born 1969), American basketball player * Roger Dumas, multiple people *

Roland Dumas Roland Dumas (; born 23 August 1922) is a French lawyer and Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under President François Mitterrand from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He was also President of the Constitutional Council f ...

(born 1922), French politician and lawyer *

Romain Dumas Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He first started out in karting and single-seater before becoming an expert driver in endurance racing, GT and sport-prototype. He has won the greatest r ...

(born 1977), French racing driver *

Russell Dumas Sir Russell John Dumas Order of the British Empire, KBE, Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (17 January 1887 – 10 August 1975) was a public servant and engineer who led several large works projects in Western Australia. Early life Dumas w ...

(1887–1975), Australian engineer and public servant *

Stephanie Summerow Dumas Stephanie Summerow Dumas (born May 6, 1955) is a Democratic politician currently serving as a Hamilton County President of the Commission. She is the first African American woman elected to the position of County Commissioner in Ohio history ...

, the first African-American woman elected as a county commissioner in the history of Ohio *

Tancrède Dumas Tancrède Dumas (1830–1905) was an Italian photographer of French descent who was active in the Near East. He learned photography in Florence and opened a studio in Beirut in 1860. He was active during the period 1860-1890 and worked in a ...

(1830–1905), Italian photographer * Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1762–1806), general of the French Revolution and father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas, père *

Tony Dumas Tony Dumas (born August 25, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dumas played collegiately at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), whose athletic program is now known as t ...

(born 1972), American basketball player *

Vito Dumas Vito Dumas (September 26, 1900 – March 28, 1965) was an Argentine single-handed sailor. On 27 June 1942, while the world was in the depths of World War II, he set out on a single-handed circumnavigation of the Southern Ocean. He left Buen ...

(1900–1965), Argentine single-handed sailor

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