Beaufort (surname)
Beaufort is the name of a noble family of 14th and 15th-century England, descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. For a list of individual Beauforts, see House of Beaufort.
Beaufort is also the surname of:
- Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934–1964), Dutch Porsche Formula 1 Driver 1957 - 1964
- Francis Beaufort (1774–1857), Irish hydrographer and naval officer, creator of the Beaufort scale, namesake of the Beaufort Sea.
- Jacques-Antoine Beaufort (1721–1784), French painter
- Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968), Dutch biologist
See also
- Duke of Beaufort (England), a dukedom in the Peerage of England
- Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in French nobility
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