Bos (surname) explained

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
• Dominik Bos (born 1996), Polish journalist, speaker and internet persona
• 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
• (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
• (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
• (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

• Bosch (surname), surname with the same origin and pronunciation in Dutch
• Van den Bos, surname
• Frans ten Bos (1937–2016), English rugby player

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=bos&gba_naam=Bos&nfd_naam=Bos&operator=eq&taal= Bos