People
- Duras (Dacian king), a Dacian king
- Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), pseudonym (after the town) of Marguerite Donnadieu, a French writer and film director
- Madame de Duras, an 18th century French writer
- Oldřich Duras or Důras (1882–1957), Czech chess International Grandmaster
- Důras, Czech language surname
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