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 (frequency 1:1,819), 24.8% of the United States (1:19,760), 15.8% of Canada (1:3,157), 5.4% of Belgium (1:2,892) and 1.5% of Switzerland (1:7,254).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,819) in the following regions:

• 1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:548)
• 2. Guadeloupe (1:758)
• 3. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1:914)
• 4. Centre-Val de Loire (1:1,127)
• 5. Hauts-de-France (1:1,238)
• 6. Grand Est (1:1,575)
• 7. Île-de-France (1:1,718)
• 8. Normandy (1:1,802)

Notable people

• Adèle Bourgeois (1870–1935), French-Canadian author, composer

• Albéric Bourgeois (1876–1962), Canadian comic strip artist
• Alex Bourgeois, Belgian fencer
• Alfred Bourgeois (1964–2020), American murderer
• Alfred Edmond Bourgeois (1872–1939), Canadian politician
• Alyssa Bourgeois (born 2002), American professional soccer player
• Amandine Bourgeois (born 1979), French singer
• André Bourgeois (1928–2015), Belgian politician
• André Bourgeois (figure skater), Canadian figure skater
• Aubrey J. Bourgeois (1907–2011), United States Navy admiral
• Bernard Bourgeois (1929–2024), French philosopher
• Bradley Bourgeois (born 1994), American soccer player
• Brent Bourgeois (born 1958), American rock musician and producer
• Célia Bourgeois (born 1983), French cross-country skier
• Charles Bourgeois (1879–1940), Canadian politician
• Charles-François Bourgeois (1759–1821), French general
• Charlie Bourgeois (born 1959), Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• Cheryllee Bourgeois, Métis midwife and educator
• Constant Bourgeois (1767–1841), French landscape painter and engraver
• Dana Bourgeois (born 1953), American luthier
• David Bourgeois, American composer, producer, drummer, sound designer and voice over director
• Derek Bourgeois (1941–2017), English composer
• Désiré Bourgeois (1908–1996), Belgian footballer
• Diane Bourgeois (born 1949), Canadian politician
• Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, Canadian writer and science administrator
• Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), American sculptor and painter
• Élodie Bourgeois-Pin (born 1982), French cross-country skier
• Émile Bourgeois (1857–1934), French historian
• Eugène Bourgeois (1818–1847), French dramatist and writer
• Francis Bourgeois (1756–1811), British landscape painter and court painter to George III
• Francis Bourgeois (trainspotter) (Luke Nicolson, born 2000), British social media influencer and trainspotter
• Freddy Bourgeois (born 1997), French footballer
• Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey (1803–1860), French painter, art critic, travel writer and novelist
• Gaël Bourgeois (born 1983), Swiss politician
• Geert Bourgeois (born 1951), Flemish politician
• Georges Bourgeois (1913–1978), French judicial officer and politician
• Gérard Bourgeois (1874–1944), French film director
• Guy Bourgeois (born 1958), Canadian politician
• Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc (born 1974), Canadian actress
• Jacques Bourgeois (1912–1996), French musicologist
• Jason Bourgeois (born 1982), American baseball player
• Jean Bourgeois, Roman Catholic prelate
• Jean-Louis Bourgeois (1940–2022), American author, son of Louise Bourgeois and Robert Goldwater
• Jean-Marie Bourgeois (1939–2020), French skier
• Jeanne Bourgeois (1873–1956), French actress and singer
• Joël Bourgeois (born 1971), Canadian distance runner
• John R. Bourgeois, American conductor
• Joseph W. Bourgeois (1901–1977), Canadian politician
• Joska Bourgeois (c. 1913–1994), Belgian businesswoman
• Jules Bourgeois (1847–1911), French entomologist
• Léon Bourgeois (1851–1925), French statesman
• Lloyd Bourgeois (1903–1968), American athlete
• Louis Bourgeois (disambiguation), several people
• Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French-American artist and sculptor
• Luke Bourgeois (born 1977), Australian tennis player
• Manuel Bourgeois, Swiss footballer
• Marc Louis Bourgeois (1934–2025), French neuropsychiatrist and psychiatrist
• Marie Bourgeois (1870–1937), French chef
• Marie-Thérèse Bourgeois Chouteau (1733–1814), American matriarch
• Maxime Bourgeois (born 1991), French footballer
• Michel Bourgeois (1940–2022), French politician
• Morgane Bourgeois (born 2003), French rugby union player
• Paul Bourgeois (disambiguation), several people
• Paulette Bourgeois (born 1951), Canadian children's writer
• Pierre Bourgeois (1898–1976), Belgian poet
• Pierre Étienne Bourgeois de Boynes (1718–1783), French magistrate and statesman
• Robyn Bourgeois, Canadian activist, academic, author and educator
• Roy Bourgeois (born 1938), American human rights activist
• Steve Bourgeois (born 1972), American baseball pitcher
• Thibault Bourgeois (born 1990), French footballer
• Thomas Bourgeois, American Paralympic athlete
• Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676–1750s), French composer and singer
• Victor Bourgeois (1897–1962), Belgian Modernist architect
• Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois (1870–1957), French painter and illustrator
• Yoann Bourgeois (born 1981), French dancer, choreographer and artist
• Yvonne Bourgeois (1902–1983), French tennis player

See also

• Élie Bourgois (1881–1946), French gymnast
• Philippe Bourgois, professor of anthropology and the author of ethnographic works
• Siméon Bourgois (1815–1887), 19th-century French Navy officer