Boon is a surname that can be of

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origin. The rather common Dutch name ''Boon'' () often represents a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

, where the given name Boon was a short form of Boudewijn,

Bonifacius Bonifatius (or Bonifacius; also known as Count Boniface; died 432) was a Roman general and governor of the diocese of Africa. He campaigned against the Visigoths in Gaul and the Vandals in North Africa. An ally of Galla Placidia, mother and adv ...

Bonaventure Bonaventure ( ; it, Bonaventura ; la, Bonaventura de Balneoregio; 1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister G ...

. Alternatively, ''boon'' meaning "bean" in Dutch, it can have a

metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Etymology The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name' ...

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origin, referring to someone growing or selling beans, or one of small stature, respectively. The English surname can be from an attested variant form of Bohon/Bohun, a family descending from a Norman knight.″The Bohun Wills″ (Melville M.) Bigelow, in ''The American Historical Review'', Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Historical Association 1896, Vol. 1, No. 3 p. 1

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* Adam Boon (born 1998), Singaporean entrepreneur * Alethea Boon (born 1984), Fiji-born New Zealand gymnast and weightlifter *

Amos Boon Amos Leonard Boon Hock Chye (born 12 July 1972) is a former goalkeeper who last played for Woodlands Wellington in the 2011 S-League season. He was retired professionally at the end of the season. Boon is a former Singapore youth internation ...

(born 1972), Singaporean football goalkeeper

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Charles Boon Charles Boon (9 May 1877 – 2 December 1943) was a publisher who, along with Gerald Rusgrove Mills, founded the publishing company Mills & Boon in 1908. Early life Charles Boon was born on 9 May 1877 in London as the eldest of the six childre ...

(1877–1943), English publisher *

Clint Boon Clinton David Boon (born 28 June 1959) is an English musician, DJ and radio presenter. Boon originally rose to fame as the keyboard player (and sometimes vocalist) of Inspiral Carpets. Music career Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Boon joined the Ins ...

(born 1959), English musician, DJ and radio presenter

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D. Boon Dennes Dale Boon (April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and songwriter of the punk rock trio Minutemen. He was born on April 1, 1958 in San Pedro, California, and formed the Minuteme ...

(1958–1985), American punk guitarist and singer of The Minutemen * Dante Boon (born 1973), Dutch composer and pianist *

Dany Boon Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...

stage name of Daniel Hamidou (born 1966), French comedian *

David Boon David Clarence Boon (born 29 December 1960) is an Australian cricket match referee, former cricket commentator and Australian cricket team, international cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1996. A right-hand ...

(born 1960), Australian cricketer *

Dickie Boon Richard Robinson Boon (January 10, 1878 – May 3, 1961) known as Dickie Boon was a Canadian ice hockey forward and manager. He played for the Montreal Hockey Club (Montreal HC) of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) and the Montreal Wandere ...

(1878–1961), Canadian ice hockey forward and manager

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Ed Boon Edward John Boon (born February 22, 1964) is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director who was employed for over 15 years at Midway Games and since 2011 has worked for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in its daughter c ...

(born 1964), American video game programmer; co-creator of ''Mortal Kombat'' * Emilie Boon (born 1959), Dutch-born American children's book author and illustrator *

Eric Boon Eric Boon (28 December 1919 – 19 January 1981) was a champion British lightweight boxer. Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, he was known by the nicknames Boy Boon and the Fen Tiger. Of a total of 119 fights, he won 92 ( KO 62), lost 21 (KO ...

(1919–1981), English boxer

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Gerrit Boon Gerrit Boon (May 15, 1768 in Delft – December 2, 1821 in Gouda) was the son of a Lutheran minister Johan Michiel Boon. His father studied in Helmstedt and moved in 1752 from Amersfoort to Delft and in 1774 to Rotterdam. Gerrit Boon becam ...

(1768–1821), Dutch agent of the Holland Land Company, settler of Boonville, New York

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* Hugh P. Boon (1831–1908), American Union soldier in the American Civil War

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Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade Ingrid Marijke Tieken-Boon van Ostade (born 1954, The Hague) is a professor emeritus of English Sociohistorical Linguistics at Leiden University's Centre for Linguistics. She has researched widely in the area of English socio-historical linguistic ...

(born 1954), Dutch sociolinguist

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Jaak Boon Jaak Boon (born 1948, Brussels) is a Belgian television writer, director and producer who specializes in the production of comedy. Mainly a writer for Belgian television, Boon has written for a number of popular mainstream comedies in Belgium such ...

(born 1948), Belgian television writer * Jan Boon (1911–1974), Dutch writer, journalist, and activist *

Jazz Boon Jazz Boon is a Hong Kong television producer, director, and writer. His professional TV career started in the early 1990s, when he was hired by TVB as a production assistant. His first drama as director was the 1995 police procedural ''Invincibl ...

, Hong Kong television producer, director, and writer *

Jill Boon Jill Boon (born 13 March 1987) is a Belgian field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Belgium women's national field hockey team The Belgium women's national field hockey team is coached by Raoul Ehren. Competitiv ...

(born 1987), Belgian field hockey player * John D. Boon (1817–1864), American merchant and Oregon politician

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* (1909–1996), Dutch art historian and museum curator * Kevin Alexander Boon (born 1956), American writer and filmmaker

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Louis Paul Boon Louis Paul Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst, Belgium, Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism. He was also a painter. He is best known for the novels ''My Little War'' (1947 ...

(1912–1979), Flemish novelist

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* Martin J. Boon (1840–1888), British trade unionist * Mick Boon (1902–1988), New Zealand cricketer * Mike Boon (born 1970), New Zealand stand-up comedian

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* Nika Boon, British singer-songwriter

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Ratliff Boon Ratliff Boon (January 18, 1781 – November 20, 1844) was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings' after his election to Congress. A prominent pol ...

(1781–1844), American politician, Governor of Indiana in 1822 *

Robert Boon Robert Boon (October 26, 1916 – January 13, 2015) was a Dutch-born American film, television, and theater actor. His film credits included '' The Tanks Are Coming'' in 1951 and ''Queen of Blood'' in 1966. Boon's television credits included ''Th ...

(1916–2015), Dutch-born American film, television, and theater actor *

Ronnie Boon Ronald Winston Boon (11 June 1909 – 3 August 1998) was an international rugby union wing for Wales who played club rugby for Cardiff. Boon possessed a tremendous self-confidence in his own ability and this was reflected in his nickname ''Cock ...

(1909–1998), Welsh rugby player

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* Stuart Boon (1934–1989), English cricketer

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Thierry Boon Thierry Boon is a Belgian scientist, former Director of the Ludwig Cancer Research branch in (Belgium) and professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He observed that tumour cells that have acquired new mutations as a result of mutagen tre ...

(born 1944), Belgian immunologist *

Tim Boon Timothy James Boon (born 1 November 1961 in Balby, Doncaster, Yorkshire) is a former English cricketer who used to be the coach of Leicestershire. Boon had a successful playing career predominantly with Leicestershire. However he started his y ...

(born 1961), English cricketer *

Tom Boon Tom Alain Boon (born 25 January 1990) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Léopold and the Belgium national team. He won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. Club career He started at Royal White Star HC, ...

(born 1990), Belgian field hockey player

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William Boon William Robert Boon FRS FRSC (20 March 1911 – 28 October 1994) was a British chemist, known for developing the herbicide paraquat. Early life He was educated at St Dunstan's College and King's College London (BSc; PhD). Career ICI He dev ...

(1911–1994), British chemist

Van der Boon

* (1804–1874), Dutch chemist and University Dean *

Karla van der Boon Karla Irene van der Boon (born 9 October 1968 in Zaandam, North Holland) is a retired water polo goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who after her marriage became known as Karla Plugge. She made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1991, and ...

(born 1968), Dutch water polo goalkeeper

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