Beaufort is the name of a noble family of 14th and 15th-century England, descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. For a list of individual Beauforts, see House of Beaufort.
Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934–1964), Dutch Porsche Formula 1 Driver 1957 - 1964 Jacques-Antoine Beaufort (1721–1784), French painter Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968), Dutch biologist
Beaufort or de Beaufort is also the surname of members of a particular Huguenot family Count Francis de Beaufort (1661–1714), Court Chancellor to the Prince of Lippe-Detmond Daniel Cornelius de Beaufort (1700–1788), Church of England, and later, Church of Ireland Clergyman Daniel Augustus Beaufort (1739–1821), Church of Ireland Clergyman, author and map maker Sir Francis Beaufort (1774–1857), Irish hydrographer and naval officer, creator of the Beaufort scale, namesake of the Beaufort Sea Louisa Beaufort (1781–1863), Irish antiquarian, author and artist
See also Duke of Beaufort (England), a dukedom in the Peerage of England Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in French nobility