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Dufresne
Dufresne or du Fresne is a French topographical name from Old French meaning "ash" as in Ash tree from the Latin: fraxinus. Notable people with the surname include:
- Begona Via Dufresne (born 1971), Spanish sailor and Olympic champion
- 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), local politician and a military officer in Shawinigan, Quebec
- Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel, established French rule of Mauritius under the French East India Company in 1715
- 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 Team Captain of Valenciennes FC
- 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
- Sylvain Dufresne (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Wylie Dufresne (born 1970), chef and owner of wd~50 restaurant in Manhattan
- Andy Dufresne, the protagonist of the 1994 American drama film, The Shawshank Redemption
- Frank 'Doc' DuFresne, a character in the web series, Red vs. Blue
Dufresne (band)
Dufresne is an Italian post-hardcore band hailing from Vicenza.