Bourgeois (surname)
Bourgeois is a French surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 49.6% of all known bearers of the surname Bourgeois were residents of France, 24.8% of the United States, 15.8% of Canada, 5.4% of Belgium and 1.5% of Switzerland.In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
- 1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- 2. Guadeloupe
- 3. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- 4. Centre-Val de Loire
- 5. Hauts-de-France
- 6. Grand Est
- 7. Île-de-France
- 8. Normandy
Notable people
- Albéric Bourgeois, Canadian comic strip artist
- Alfred Bourgeois, American murderer
- Amandine Bourgeois, French singer
- Bradley Bourgeois, American soccer player
- Brent Bourgeois, American rock musician and producer
- Célia Bourgeois, French cross-country skier
- Charles Bourgeois, Canadian politician
- Constant Bourgeois, French landscape painter and engraver
- Dana Bourgeois, American luthier
- Derek Bourgeois, English composer
- Diane Bourgeois, Canadian politician
- Douglas Bourgeois, American sculptor and painter
- Émile Bourgeois, French historian
- Francis Bourgeois, British landscape painter and court painter to George III
- Francis Bourgeois (trainspotter), British social media influencer and trainspotter
- Geert Bourgeois, Flemish politician
- Gérard Bourgeois, French film director
- Jason Bourgeois, American baseball player
- Jules Bourgeois, French entomologist
- Mistinguett, French actress and singer
- Joël Bourgeois, Canadian distance runner
- Léon Bourgeois, French statesman
- Louis Bourgeois (architect), Canadian architect
- Louis Bourgeois (composer), aka Loys Bourgeois, French composer
- Louis Bourgeois (footballer), French footballer
- Louise Bourgeois, French-American artist and sculptor
- Marie Bourgeois, French chef
- Morgane Bourgeois, French rugby union player
- Paulette Bourgeois, Canadian children's writer
- Roy Bourgeois, American human rights activist
- Victor Bourgeois, Belgian Modernist architect
- Yvonne Bourgeois, French tennis player