Boas might refer to: *

Boidae The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific Islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anacond ...

, snakes * Boas' sign, pain below the right shoulder *BOAS is an acronym for Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome

People with the surname

Abraham Tobias Boas Abraham Tobias Boas (25 November 1842 – 20 February 1923) was a rabbi of a Hebrew congregation in Adelaide, South Australia. Biography Early life Abraham Tobias Boas was born at Amsterdam, the Netherlands, son of Tobias Eliesar Boas, rabbi, an ...

(1844–1923), Australian rabbi *

André Vilas Boas André Filipe Monteiro Vilas Boas (born 4 June 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. He spent 13 senior seasons with Rio Ave, having joined the club at the age of 9. He totalled 132 P ...

(born 1983), Portuguese footballer *

André Villas-Boas Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas (; born 17 October 1977) is a Portuguese football manager, who most recently was the manager of Ligue 1 club Marseille. He is one of a growing number of top-level managers who have never played football ...

(born 1977), Portuguese football manager * Antonio Villas Boas (1934–1992), Brazilian alien abduction claimant * Benjamin Boas (born 1983), American writer and consultant on Japanese culture * Carlos Thorne Boas (born 1923), Peruvian novelist, writer and lawyer * Ernst Philip Boas (1891–1955), American physician * Franz Boas (1858–1942), German-American anthropologist and linguist * Franziska Boas (1902–1988), American choreographer, percussionist, and educator *

Frederick S. Boas Frederick Samuel Boas, (1862–1957) was an English scholar of early modern drama. Education He was born on 24 July 1862, the eldest son of Hermann Boas of Belfast. His family was Jewish. He attended Clifton College as a scholar and went up to ...

(1862–1957), English drama scholar *

George Boas George Boas (; 28 August 1891 – 17 March 1980) was a professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in philosophy there, after which he studied shortly at ...

(1891–1980), American philosopher *

Harold Boas Harold Boas OBE (27 September 1883 – 17 September 1980) was a town planner and architect in Western Australia. Boas designed many public buildings in and around Perth and was an influential Jewish community leader. He served as an elected m ...

(1883–1980), Australian town planner and architect * Harold P. Boas (born 1954), American mathematician * Ismar Isidor Boas (1858–1938), German gastroenterologist * Johan Erik Vesti Boas (1855–1935), Danish zoologist *

Kléber Boas Kléber may refer to: * French cruiser ''Kléber'', French armored cruiser active from 1904 to 1917 * Kléber (Paris Métro), Paris Métro station * ''Kléber'' (train), former express train in France * Lycée Kléber, secondary school in Stra ...

(born 1975), Brazilian footballer *

Marie Boas Hall Marie Boas Hall (October 18, 1919 – February 23, 2009) was a historian of science and is considered one of the postwar period pioneers of the study of the Scientific Revolution during the 16th and 17th centuries. Biography and career Marie ...

(1919–2009), American historian of science, sister of Ralph, Jr * Mary L. Boas (1917–2010) American mathematician and physics teacher * Ralph P. Boas, Jr (1912–1992), American mathematician * Roger Boas (1921–2017), American politician

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