Dunbar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Earls of Dunbar
edit- Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar (5th Earl of Dunbar) (died 1232)
- Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar (6th Earl of Dunbar) (died 1248)
- Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar (7th Earl of Dunbar) (1213–1289)
- Patrick IV, Earl of March (8th Earl of Dunbar) (1242–1308)
- Patrick V, Earl of March (9th Earl of Dunbar) (1284–1368)
- Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray, wife of the above
- George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March (10th Earl of Dunbar) (1340–1420)
- George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of March (11th Earl of Dunbar) (c. 1370–1457)
Other
edit- Adrian Dunbar (born 1958), Northern Irish actor
- Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist, and political activist
- Aynsley Dunbar (born 1946), English musician
- Bobby Dunbar, child who disappeared in 1912
- Bonnie J. Dunbar (born 1949), American astronaut
- Bonnie S. Dunbar(born 1948), vaccine developer
- Carl Owen Dunbar (1891–1979), American paleontologist
- Charles Davidson Dunbar (1870–1939), pipe major
- Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830–1900), American economist
- Council Julian Dunbar Jr. (1922–2020), American politician
- Cyrus Dunbar (1856–1920), Washington state pioneer and businessman
- David Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Donald Dunbar, American poet
- Donald P. Dunbar
- Dorothy Dunbar
- Emmons Dunbar
- Erica Armstrong Dunbar, American historian
- Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960), British artist
- Forrest Dunbar (born 1984), American politician and attorney
- Gavin Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Gavin Dunbar (archbishop)
- George Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902–1959), psychiatrist and psychobiologist
- Jackie Dunbar, Scottish politician
- James Dunbar (disambiguation)
- James Dunbar-Nasmith
- Jennifer Dunbar Dorn
- Jesse Dunbar
- Jim Dunbar
- John Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Jubilee Dunbar (born 1949), American football player
- Karen Dunbar, Scottish comedian
- Lance Dunbar, American football player
- Michael Dunbar, Scottish footballer
- Mike Dunbar, American football coach
- Moira Dunbar (1918–1999), Scottish-Canadian glaciologist
- Nan Dunbar (1928-2005), Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), American poet
- Robin Dunbar, anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
- Roberta Dunbar (d. 1956), American club woman and peace activist
- Rockmond Dunbar
- Ron Dunbar, songwriter and record producer
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- R. Scott Dunbar
- Rudolph Dunbar (1907–1988), Guyanese conductor, clarinetist and composer
- Sly Dunbar (born 1952), Jamaican musician
- Steven Dunbar Jr. (born 1995), American football player
- Susan Ames Dunbar
- Tom Dunbar
- Vaughn Dunbar
- Vicki Nelson-Dunbar
- William Dunbar, medieval Scottish poet
- William Dunbar, 7th Baronet
- William Dunbar (Louisiana), congressman from Louisiana
- William F. Dunbar first Minnesota State Auditor
- William P. Dunbar (1863–1922), American physician in Germany
- William Dunbar (explorer) (1750–1810), American merchant, naturalist, astronomer and explorer
Fictional characters
edit- Dunbar, a character in the novel Catch-22
- First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar, the protagonist/narrator of Dances with Wolves
- Heather Dunbar, erstwhile Solicitor General and 2016 Democratic Primary challenger to President Frank Underwood.
- Russell Dunbar, a character in Rules of Engagement (TV series)
- Zeke Jedediah Dunbar, the protagonist's sidekick in the 2009 PlayStation 3 video game Infamous
- William Dunbar, a recurring character in Code Lyoko who becomes a main character in Code Lyoko: Evolution.
- Daniel Dunbar, also known as Dan the Dyna-Mite, from The Young All-Stars
- Dunbar, A green Diesel locomotive from Chuggington who is a teacher to the Trainees.