Dufresne

Dufresne or du Fresne (French pronunciation: [dyfʁɛːn]) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Armand A. Dufresne Jr. (1909–1994), Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
• Begoña Vía-Dufresne (born 1971), Spanish sailor and Olympic champion
• Charles Dufresne (1876-1938), French painter
• Chris Dufresne, (1958–2020) American sports journalist
• Diane Dufresne (born 1944), Canadian singer and painter
• Donald Dufresne (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Gaston Dufresne (1898–1998), contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Gérard Dufresne (1918–2013), politician and military officer in Quebec
• Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel, who established French rule of Mauritius
• Jean Dufresne (1829–1893), German chess player
• John Dufresne (born 1948), American author of French-Canadian descent
• Joseph Dufresne (1805–1873), Quebec notary and political figure
• Laurent Dufresne (born 1972), former French football team captain
• Louis Dufresne (1752–1832) French explorer, ornithologist and taxidermist
• Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724–1772), French explorer
• Nicole duFresne (born 1973), Spanish sportive sailor
• Wylie Dufresne (born 1970), chef and restaurant owner in Manhattan

Fictional people

• Andy Dufresne, the protagonist of the film The Shawshank Redemption and the novella the film is based on
• Frank 'Doc' DuFresne, a character in the web television series Red vs. Blue