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] 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. 1659 to 1661–1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
  • Gideon Defoe (born 1975), author of Pirates!
  • Jermain Defoe (born 1982), English footballer

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.

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