Dupré is a French name that literally means "from the meadow". Also existing variants are Duprée, DuPree, DePrez, Dupre, Duprez, and Du Preez.
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
Giovanni Duprè (1817–1882) Italian sculptor
John Dupré (born in 1952), philosopher of science
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
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
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.
Dupre, a character in the Ultima series of computer games
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.
