Desportes

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

• Alexandre-François Desportes (1661–1743), French painter
• Émile Desportes (1878–1944), French classical composer and conductor
• Hélène Desportes (1620–1675)
• Narcisse Henri François Desportes (1776–1856), French botanist and bibliographer
• Nicolas Desportes (1718–1787), French painter
• Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), French poet
• Vincent Desportes (born 1953), French general and military theorist
• Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993), French classical composer, writer and music educator