Dreyfus is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Actors Alexandra Dreyfus (born 1986), American actress Chuckie Dreyfus (born 1974), Filipino actor James Dreyfus (born 1968), English actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 1946), French actor Julie Dreyfus (born 1966), French actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), American actress and comedian Anouk Aimée (born Dreyfus, 1932–2024), French actress
Other people Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935), French Jewish military officer and focus of the Dreyfus affair Auguste Dreyfus (1827–1897), French guano merchant, financier Camille Dreyfus (chemist) (1878–1956), Swiss chemist Camille Ferdinand Dreyfus (1849–1915), French lawyer who was Senator for Seine-et-Oise from 1909 to 1915 Charles Dreyfus (1848–1935), British-French Zionist and businessman Édouard Dreyfus Gonzalez (1876–1941) French lawyer and composer as "Jean Dora" Ferdinand-Camille Dreyfus (1851–1915), French journalist and politician Francis Dreyfus (1940–2010), French record producer, father of Julie Dreyfus George Dreyfus (born 1928), Australian composer, father of Mark Dreyfus Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (1932–2016), French-American businessman (Louis Dreyfus Group), father of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, cousin of Robert Louis-Dreyfus Harry Dreyfus (1891–1978), American businessman implicated in the Secret Court of 1920 Henri Dreyfus (1882–1944), Swiss chemist and co-inventor of Celanese Henry Dreyfuss (1904–1972), industrial designer Hubert Dreyfus (1929–2017), American philosopher (University of California, Berkeley), brother of Stuart Dreyfus Huguette Dreyfus (1928–2016), French harpsichordist Jack Dreyfus (1913–2009), American financier, founder of the Dreyfus Corporation Jean-Marc Dreyfus, French historian Jérôme Dreyfus (born 1971), French judoka Karen Dreyfus, American violist Laurence Dreyfus (born 1952), American baroque music scholar and viol player Lee S. Dreyfus (1926–2008), American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983) Madeleine Dreyfus (1909–1987), French Jewish resistor during World War II Mark Dreyfus (born 1956), Australian lawyer and politician, MP for Isaacs (2007–present), son of George Dreyfus Markus G. Dreyfus (1812–1877), Swiss Jewish teacher and publicist active in the struggle for the emancipation of Jews in Switzerland Max Dreyfus (1874–1964), German-born American music publisher Pablo Dreyfus (1969/70–2009), Argentine arms controller Philippe Dreyfus, French informatics pioneer Pierre Dreyfus (1907–1994), French civil servant, politician and businessman (Renault) René Dreyfus (1905–1993), French Grand Prix motor racing driver Robert Louis-Dreyfus (1946–2009), French businessman (Adidas-Salomon), cousin of Gérard Louis-Dreyfus Stuart Dreyfus, American academic, engineer and author (University of California, Berkeley), brother of Hubert Dreyfus Tony Dreyfus (1939–2023), French politician, Member of the National Assembly for Paris (1997–2012) Yves Dreyfus (1931–2021), French Olympic fencer
Fictional characters Chief Inspector Dreyfus, character in The Pink Panther film series Dreyfus, the main human antagonist in the 2014 film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Shosanna [sic = Shoshanna] Dreyfus, one of the principal characters in Inglourious Basterds
See also Dreyfuss
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