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de Blois, often written as DeBlois or Deblois, is a surname meaning "from Blois", a city in central France. The surname is most common in Quebec.

People with this surname

• Charles Deblois (born 1939), member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Dean DeBlois (born 1970), Canadian film director, screenwriter, and animator
• Natalie de Blois (1921–2013), American architect
• Stephen Wastie Deblois (1780–1844), businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia.
• George Wastie Deblois (1824-1886), businessman and political figure in Prince Edward Island
• Joseph-François Deblois (1797-1860), lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada
• George Des Brisay de Blois (1887–1958), 14th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Lucien DeBlois (born 1957), Canadian retired professional ice hockey right wing and centre who played from 1977 to 1992
• Pierre Antoine Deblois (1815-1898), Quebec farmer, businessman and political figure
• Tony DeBlois (born 1970), American blind autistic savant and multi-instrumentalist

Medieval figures

• Stephen, King of England (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), King of England from 1136 until his death, of the House of Blois
• Louis de Blois (1506–1566), Flemish monk and writer, generally known under the name of Blosius
• Stephen de Blois, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (d. 1127), Count of Aumale and Lord of Holderness, also known as Stephen of Aumale
• Charles de Blois (1319-1364), Duke of Brittany from 1341 to his death
• Guillaume de Blois (1135–1202), French cardinal, also called William of the White Hands and William White Hands
• Robert de Blois (fl. 13th century), Old French poet and trouvère
• William de Blois (bishop of Lincoln) (d. 1206), medieval Bishop of Lincoln
• Peter de Blois (c. 1130 – c. 1211) a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat

See also

• Deblois, Maine, town in the United States
• DeBlois, Prince Edward Island, settlement in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island