Bos is a Dutch surname. Meaning "woods" or "forest", the name often is toponymic. Alternatively, the surname sometimes has a patronymic origin, referring to the now rare given name Bos.[1] In 2007, 35,405 people carried the name in the Netherlands, making it the 14th most common surname there.[1] Notable people with named Bos include:

  • Abraham Bos (born 1943), Dutch historian and philosopher
  • Annie Bos (1886–1975), Dutch theater and silent film actress
  • Bert Bos (born 1963), Dutch computer scientist
  • Brenda Bos (born 19..), American lutheran bishop in Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
  • Burny Bos (1944–2023), Dutch producer, scenarist and children's book writer
  • Caroline Bos (born 1959), Dutch architect
  • Coenraad V. Bos (1875–1955), Dutch classical pianist
  • Cornelis Bos (c.1508–1555), Flemish engraver, printseller and book publisher
  • Christiaan Bos, Dutch painter (1835–1918)
  • Cyril Bos (born 1972), French racing cyclist
  • Dianne Bos (born 1956), Canadian photographer
  • Ery Bos (1908–2005), Dutch-German dancer and film actress, daughter of Coenraad V. Bos
  • Frederik Bos (1866–1931), Dutch farmer and politician
  • Gijsbert Bos (born 1973), Dutch football forward
  • Hans Bos (born 1950), Dutch biochemist
  • Henk Bos (footballer) (born 1992), Dutch football midfielder
  • Henk Bos (painter) (1901–1979), Dutch painter
  • Henk J. M. Bos (born 1940), Dutch historian of mathematics
  • Iwona Bos-Swiecik (born 1958), Polish and Dutch chess master
  • Jaap Bos (born 1953), Dutch footballer
  • Jan Bos (born 1975), Dutch speed skater & cyclist, brother of cyclist Theo Bos
  • Jan Just Bos (1939–2003), Dutch botanist, television presenter and rower
  • Jan Ritzema Bos (1850–1928), Dutch phytopathologist, brother of Pieter Roelof
  • Jane Bos (1897–1975), pseudonym of French film score composer Jane Malka
  • Johnny Bos (1952–2013), American boxer and writer
  • Kimberley Bos (born 1993), Dutch skeleton racer
  • Kirsten Bos (born c.1980), Canadian physical anthropologist
  • Lambert Bos (1670–1717), Dutch scholar and critic
  • Lex Bos (born 1957), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
  • Loek Bos (born 1946), Dutch cartoonist, painter and sculptor
  • Marcelien Bos-de Koning (born 1978), Dutch competitive sailor
  • Marco Bos (born 1979), Dutch racing cyclist
  • Mark Bos (born 1960), Australian-rules footballer
  • Nel Bos (born 1947), Dutch swimmer
  • Peter Bos (born 1950), Dutch actor
  • Peter Bos (rower) (born 1938), American rower
  • Pieter Roelof Bos (1847–1902), Dutch teacher and atlas publisher, brother of Jan Ritzema
  • Renée Jones-Bos (born 1952), Dutch diplomat, Netherlands Ambassasor to Russia
  • Roel Bos (born 1942), Dutch movie actor with the stage name Glenn Saxson
  • Saskia Bos (born 1970), Dutch museum curator and art historian
  • Stef Bos (born 1961), Dutch pop singer active in South Africa
  • Tamara Bos (born 1967), Dutch screenwriter
  • Theo Bos (born 1983), Dutch road and track cyclist, brother of speed skater Jan Bos
  • Theo Bos (footballer) (1965–2013), Dutch footballer and manager
  • Thomas Bos (born 1968), Dutch speed skater
  • Willemijn Bos (born 1988), Dutch field hockey player
  • Wouter Bos (born 1963), Dutch politician, leader of the Labour Party, PvdA

Fictional characters

  • Dick Bos, protagonist of the Dutch detective comics series by the same name

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bos at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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