Defoe (surname)
Defoe is a surname. Its origin is uncertain, it may be a variation of Foe or Fow or an Anglicized form of a French name, possibly Thevoz, Thevoux, de Vaux or Devaux, Dufau or Dufou. Notable people with the surname include:
- Annette DeFoe, American silent film actress
- Daniel Defoe, English trader, writer, and journalist best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
- David Defoe, Dominican-Dutch cricketer
- Gideon Defoe, author of Pirates!
- Jermain Defoe, English footballer
- Dr Peter Stanley Defoe, Chartered Building Surveyor and author on Rights of Light ''The Validity of Daylight Calculations in Rights to Light Cases''