Defoe (surname)

Defoe is a surname. Its origin is uncertain, it may be a variation of Foe or Fow ^[1] or an Anglicized form of a French name, possibly Thevoz, ^[2] Thevoux, ^[2] de Vaux ^[3] or Devaux, ^[1] Dufau or Dufou. ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Annette DeFoe (1890–1960), American silent film actress
• Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731), English trader, writer, and journalist best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
• David Defoe (born 1949), Dominican-Dutch cricketer
• Gideon Defoe (born 1975), author of Pirates!
• Jermain Defoe (born 1982), English footballer
• Dr Peter Stanley Defoe (born 1952), Chartered Building Surveyor and author on Rights of Light The Validity of Daylight Calculations in Rights to Light Cases

Notes

1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 693. ISBN   9780199677764.
2. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 425. ISBN   9780199771691.
3. Reany, P.H.; Wilson, R.M. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Routeledge. pp. 3232–3233. ISBN   0-415-05737-X.

See also

• Dafoe
• DeFeo
• Defew
• Deffew
• de Feue