Louis (surname)

Louis is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Antoine Louis (1723–1792), French surgeon and physiologist
• Arthur Louis (1945–2014, born as Louis Arthur Bulgin), Jamaican-British musician
• Chris Louis (born 1969), English speedway rider
• Christos Louis (born 1948), Greek molecular geneticist
• Darrell Louis, American politician
• Édouard Louis (born 1992), French writer and sociologist
• Errol Louis (born 1962), American journalist and television show host
• Gaspard Louis, Haitian dancer and choreographer
• Godfrey Louis, solid-state physicist
• Jean Louis (1907–1997), French-born costume designer
• Jefferson Louis (born 1979), English footballer
• Joe Louis (1914–1981), professional name of American boxer and heavyweight champion Joseph Louis Barrow
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), American actress, comedian, and producer
• Kyle Louis (born 2004), American football player
• Lance Louis (born 1985), American football player
• Laura Glen Louis, American author & poet
• Laurent Louis (born 1980), Belgian politician
• Léopold Louis-Dreyfus (1833–1915), French businessman, founder of the Louis Dreyfus Group, and patriarch of the Louis-Dreyfus family
• Lil Louis, stage name of American house-music producer and DJ Louis Sims
• Michèle Pierre-Louis (born 1947), Haitian politician
• Morris Louis (1912–1962), American painter
• Murray Louis (1926–2016), American modern dancer and choreographer
• Olin Pierre Louis, Haitian priest
• Peter Louis (born 1945), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis (1787–1872), French physician
• Richard Louis (1964–2025), Barbadian sprinter
• Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), French painter
• Spyridon Louis (1873–1940), Greek runner
• Thomas Louis (1758–1807), British naval officer
• Tim Louis (born 1958), Canadian lawyer and municipal politician
• Tim Louis, Canadian Member of Parliament
• Tristan Louis (born 1971), French-American author
• Wm. Roger Louis (born 1936), American historian