Bohun is a surname of multiple origins. In articular, the surname may be associated with the Bohun family of England during the 13th and 14th centuries. It can also be a Ukrainian surname Богун. Notable people with the surname include:

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*Damien De Bohun *Edmund Bohun (1645–1699), English writer on history and politics * Eleanor de Bohun (c.1366–1399), elder sister and co-heiress of Mary de Bohun *George Bohun Martin * Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176–1220), Norman-English nobleman *

Henry de Bohun Sir Henry de Bohun (died 23 June 1314) was an English knight, the grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce. Riding in the vanguard of heavy cavalry, de Bo ...

(d. 1314), English knight killed at Bannockburn * Hugh Bohun, a pen name of

Bernard Cronin Bernard Cronin (18 March 1884 – 9 June 1968) was an Australian author and journalist. With Gertrude Hart, he founded the Old Derelicts' Club in 1920 which later became the Society of Australian Authors. Life Cronin was born in Ealing, Midd ...

(1884–1968), author and journalist * Humphrey de Bohun (disambiguation), multiple people * Isabel de Bohun Lockyer (1895–1980), British painter * John Bohun,

Abbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds was the title used by the head of the Benedictine monastery Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in the county of Suffolk, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to i ...

, 1453–1469 *

Lawrence Bohun Lawrence Bohun (born between 1575 and 1585, died 19 March 1621) was an English physician and member of the Virginia Governor's Council. His surname is occasionally spelled "Bohune" or "Boone" and he is known for experimenting with some of Virgin ...

(d. 1621), English physician and member of the Virginia Governor's Council * Margaret de Bohun, multiple persons * Mary de Bohun (c. 1368–1394), the first wife of King Henry IV of England and mother of King Henry V *

William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG (c. 1312 – 16 September 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander. Lineage He was the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He had a twin brot ...

(ca. 1312 – 1360), English nobleman and military commander who won the Battle of Crécy

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Ivan Bohun Ivan Bohun ( ua, Іван Богун) (died 1664) was a Ukrainian Cossack colonel. Close associate and friend of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, he opposed both the pacts with Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Treaty of Hadiach of 1658) and with Tsardom of Ru ...

(died 1664), a Ukrainian Cossack military leader *Leon Bogun Mazeppa von Razumovsky, or Jacob Makohin, Ukrainian American military and public figure, philanthropist, pretender nobleman

Fictional characters

Yuri Bohun Jur Bohun (also Yuri Bogun) is the main antagonist in the novel '' With Fire and Sword'' by Henryk Sienkiewicz. He is a famous Cossack colonel of unknown origin, and originally a friend (more like an adopted son) of the Kurcewicz family. He fall ...

, a fictional Cossack character in the novel ''With Fire and Sword'' (1884) by Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz *Protagonist in ''Bohun'', a novel by Jacek Komuda.

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* Chae Bohun, spelling variant of Chae Bo-hun (born 1992), South Korean singer-songwriter *

Peter Michal Bohúň Peter Michal Bohúň (29 September 1822, Veličná - 20 May 1879, Bielsko-Biała) was a Slovak painter, primarily of portraits, although he also did landscapes and altarpieces. Biography His father was a Lutheran minister. He went to the public s ...

(1822–1879), Slovak painter

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