Dunbar (surname)

Dunbar is a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the surname include:

People

• Adrian Dunbar (born 1958), Northern Irish actor
• Aynsley Dunbar (born 1946), English musician
• Bobby Dunbar, a child who disappeared in 1912
• Bonnie J. Dunbar (born 1949), American astronaut
• Bonnie S. Dunbar(born 1948), vaccine developer
• Carl Owen Dunbar (1891–1979), American paleontologist
• Charles Davidson Dunbar (1870–1939), pipe major
• Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830–1900), American economist
• Council Julian Dunbar Jr. (1922–2020), American politician
• Cyrus Dunbar (1856–1920), Washington state pioneer and businessman
• David Dunbar (disambiguation)
• Donald Dunbar (born 1983), American poet
• Donald P. Dunbar (fl. 1983–2019), American National Guard major general and former Adjutant General forced to resign
• Dorothy Dunbar (1902–1992), American actress and socialite
• Emmons Dunbar (1882–1954), American agriculturalist and college football coach
• Erica Armstrong Dunbar, American historian
• Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), British artist
• Forrest Dunbar (born 1984), American politician and attorney
• Gavin Dunbar (disambiguation)
• Gavin Dunbar (archbishop)
• George Dunbar (disambiguation)
• George II, Earl of March (c. 1370–1457), also known as George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of March
• Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902–1959), psychiatrist and psychobiologist
• Jackie Dunbar, Scottish politician
• James Dunbar (disambiguation)
• Jennifer Dunbar Dorn
• Jesse Dunbar, American colonist
• Jim Dunbar (1929–2019), American radio personality
• John Dunbar (disambiguation)
• Jubilee Dunbar (born 1947), American football player
• Karen Dunbar (born 1971), Scottish comedian
• Lance Dunbar (born 1990), American football player
• Michael Dunbar (1863–1921), Scottish footballer
• Mike Dunbar (1948–2013), American football coach
• Moira Dunbar (1918–1999), Scottish-Canadian glaciologist
• Nan Dunbar (1928–2005), Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), American poet
• R. Scott Dunbar, American astronomer
• Roberta Dunbar (died 1956), American club woman and peace activist
• Robin Dunbar (born 1947), British anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
• Rockmond Dunbar (born 1973), American actor
• Ron Dunbar (1939–2018), American songwriter and record producer
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born 1938), née Dunbar, American historian, writer, professor and activist
• Rudolph Dunbar (1907–1988), Guyanese conductor, clarinetist and composer
• Sly Dunbar (1952–2026), Jamaican drummer
• Steven Dunbar Jr. (born 1995), American football player
• Susan Ames Dunbar
• Tom Dunbar (1959–2011), American professional baseball player
• Vaughn Dunbar (born 1968), American college football player
• William Dunbar (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Dunbar, in the novel Catch-22
• Daniel Dunbar, also known as Dan the Dyna-Mite, from The Young All-Stars
• First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar, the protagonist/narrator of Dances with Wolves
• Heather Dunbar, erstwhile Solicitor General and 2016 Democratic Primary challenger to President Frank Underwood
• Russell Dunbar, a character in Rules of Engagement (TV series)
• William Dunbar, a recurring character in Code Lyoko who becomes a main character in Code Lyoko: Evolution
• Zeke Jedediah Dunbar, the protagonist's sidekick in the 2009 video game Infamous

See also

• Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist and political activist
• Vicki Nelson-Dunbar