Bosco may refer to:

People

Given name Bosco

Bosco (drag queen) Bosco is the stage name of Chris Constantino, an American drag queen, drag performer who competed on RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14), season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2022. Early life Constantino was raised by musicians in Great Falls, Monta ...

(born 1993), Drag Queen * Bosco Lin Chi-nan (born 1943), Taiwanese bishop * Bosco Frontán (born 1984), Uruguayan soccer player *

Bosco Hogan John Bosco Hogan (born March 1949) is an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He is well known as the character Dr. Michael Ryan on the television programme ''Ballykissangel''. He appeared in a minor role as convicted felon George Saden in J ...

(born 1949), Irish actor * Bosco Lowe (born 1943), American car race driver *

Bosco Mann Gabriel Roth (born August 17, 1974), also known as Bosco Mann among other aliases, is an American record producer, musician, and co-founder of Daptone Records. He is best known as the bandleader, bass player, primary songwriter, and producer ...

(born 1974), American record producer * Bosco McDermott (born 1936), Irish former sportsperson *

Bosco Ntaganda Bosco Ntaganda (born 5 November 1973) is a convicted war criminal and the former military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democrati ...

(born 1973), Congolese warlord *

Bosco Pérez-Pla Bosco Pérez-Pla de Alvear (born 26 September 1987) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a defender for Men's Belgian Hockey League, Belgian Hockey League club KHC Leuven, Leuven. He also played a total of 142 times for the Spain men's ...

(born 1987), Spanish field hockey player *

Bosco Puthur Bosco Puthur (born 28 May 1946) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop. He was born in Parappur, Kerala, India and is the Curia Bishop of the Syro Malabar Church. Previously, he has served as Rector of Mangalapuzha Seminary, St. Joseph's Pontifica ...

(born 1946), Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop *

Bosco Saraiva João Bosco Gomes Saraiva (born 10 October 1959) often simply known as Bosco Saraiva is a Brazilian politician and a businessman. Born in Amazonas, he has served as a state representative since 2019, having also served as vice governor and in th ...

(born 1959), Brazilian politician *

Bosco da Silva Bosco da Silva (8 March 1937 – 27 May 2013) was a Macau-born Hong Kong field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), wer ...

(born 1937), Hong Kong field hockey player *

Bosco Sodi Bosco Sodi is a Mexican contemporary artist. He was born in Mexico City in 1970, and works in Barcelona, Berlin, Mexico and New York City. Work In 2014 Sodi opened Casa Wabi, an arts centre outside Puerto Escondido, in the Mexican state of ...

(born 1970), Mexican artist *

Bosco Tjan Siaufung "Bosco" Tjan (曾学锋, January 21, 1966 – December 2, 2016) was a Chinese-American psychologist and neuroscientist. He was a professor of psychology at the University of Southern California's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Scien ...

(1966-2016), Chinese-American psychologist and neuroscientist *

Bosco Wong Bosco Wong Chung-chak (; born 13 December 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and entrepreneur who gained popularity in the modern drama ''Triumph in the Skies'' (2003). Since then, he has played a diverse spectrum of roles in television ser ...

(born 1980), Hong Kong actor

Middle name Bosco

Jean Bosco Mwenda Jean-Bosco Mwenda, also known as Mwenda wa Bayeke (1930 – September 1990), was a pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. He was also popular in other African countries, particularly in East Africa, and in the late 1950s and early ...

(1930–1990), Congolese guitarist *

João Bosco de Freitas Chaves João Bosco de Freitas Chaves or simply Bosco (born November 14, 1974 in Escada-PE), is a retired Brazilian goalkeeper. Career According to Brazilian football magazine Placar, Bosco played 149 times in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, suffered 19 ...

(born 1964), Brazilian footballer *

John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai ( th, มนัส จวบสมัย; ; 31 October 1935 – 20 October 2011) was the Catholic bishop of Ratchaburi from 1986 to 2003. Manat was born on 31 October 1935 in Bang Nok Khwaek. He was sent to study philoso ...

(1935-2011), Thai priest * Juan Bosco Maino Canales (disappeared 1976), Chilean political activist

Surname Bosco

Douglas H. Bosco Douglas Harry Bosco (born July 28, 1946) is an American lawyer, politician, and newspaper owner from California. He is a former U.S. Representative, serving in Congress as a Democrat from 1983 to 1991. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York ...

(born 1946), American politician * Ferdinando Beneventano del Bosco (1813–1881), Brigadier General of the Army of the Two Sicilies * Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997), Italian jurist, academic and politician * Giovanni

Bartolomeo Bosco Giovanni Bartolomeo Bosco (January 3, 1793 – March 7, 1863) was an Italian magician during the mid-19th century. He is best known for his adroitness with the famous cups and balls. When he was nineteen years old, he was drafted into Napole ...

(1793–1863), Italian magician *

Henri Bosco Henri Bosco (16 November 1888 – 4 May 1976) was a French writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Life Bosco was born in Avignon, Vaucluse into a family of Provençal, Ligurian and Piedmontese origin. Through ...

(1888–1976), French writer *

João Bosco João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, known professionally as João Bosco () is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. In the 1970s he established his reputation in ''música popular Brasileira'' (Portuguese: "Brazilian pop music") with lyricist ...

(born 1946), Brazilian musician *

John Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19t ...

(1815–1888), aka Don Bosco, Italian priest and founder of the Salesian Society *

Philip Bosco Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of ''Lend Me a Tenor'', and for his starring role in the 2007 fi ...

(1930–2018), American actor *

Robbie Bosco Robbie Bosco (born January 11, 1963) is a former American football quarterback who played college football at Brigham Young University (BYU). He is a native of Roseville, California. College career In 1984, Bosco took over as starting quarterb ...

, American football quarterback for Brigham Young University *

Sacro Bosco Johannes de Sacrobosco, also written Ioannes de Sacro Bosco, later called John of Holywood or John of Holybush ( 1195 – 1256), was a scholar, monk, and astronomer who taught at the University of Paris. He wrote a short introduction to the Hi ...

(c. 1195-c. 1256), English monk and astronomer *

Yuri Bosco Yuri Ivanovich Bosco (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Ива́нович Боско) (24 September 1930 – 4 February 2019) was a Russian artist, an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1963) and People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2006). Early l ...

(1930–2019), Russian sculptor

Places

Italy

Bosco (Albanella) Albanella is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is located 51 kilometers from the city of Salerno. The town slogan is , which translates to "the land of the olive trees" in English. ...

, a civil parish of the municipality of Albanella (SA), Campania *

Bosco (Rovito) Rovito ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Geography The town is located in the western suburb of Cosenza, near the Sila mountain range. It borders with the municipalities o ...

, a civil parish of the municipality of Rovito (CS), Calabria *

Bosco (San Giovanni a Piro) San Giovanni a Piro ( Cilentan: ''San Giuanni'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy. Geography The town is located on a hill on the road linking Marina di Camerota to Policastro Bussentino. ...

, a civil parish of the municipality of San Giovanni a Piro (SA), Campania *

Bosco Chiesanuova Bosco Chiesanuova (; cim, Nuagankirchen; german: Neuenkirchen; vec, Cesanòa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about north of Verona. It is part of the Thir ...

, a municipality of the Province of Verona, Veneto *

Bosco Marengo Bosco Marengo (; pms, Ël Bòsch ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. Bosco Marengo borders the following ...

, a municipality of the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont *

Boscoreale Boscoreale (; "Royal Grove") is an Italian ''comune ''and town in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, with a population of 27,457 in 2011. Located in the Vesuvius National Park, under the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, it is known for the fruit ...

, a municipality of the Province of Naples, Campania *

Boscotrecase Boscotrecase () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km southeast of Naples. Boscotrecase, which many considered a resort, sat on the southern slopes of Mount Vesuv ...

, a municipality of the Province of Naples, Campania *

Castelnuovo Don Bosco Castelnuovo Don Bosco, formerly Castelnuovo d'Asti (Piedmontese: ''Castelneuv d'Ast'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Asti, on a hill near ...

, a municipality of the Province of Asti, Piedmont *

San Giorgio in Bosco San Giorgio in Bosco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Padua. San Giorgio in Bosco borders the following municipalities: Campo San Mar ...

, a municipality of the Province of Padua, Veneto *

Sommariva del Bosco Sommariva del Bosco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 1 January 2017, it had a population of 6 304 and an area of .All demograp ...

, a municipality of the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont

Switzerland

Bosco/Gurin Bosco/Gurin (Walser German: ''Gurin'' / ''Guryn'', Lombard: ''Bosch'' / ''Gürin'') is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is near the end of the valley of Bosco Gurin, near the Itali ...

, a municipality of the Canton Ticino

United States

* Bosco, Kentucky *

Bosco, Louisiana Bosco is an unincorporated community in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is positioned off U.S. Route 165 near the boundary with Caldwell Parish and is located 12 miles north of Columbia Columbia may refer to: * Columbia ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artists and performers

, performing name of Christopher Constantino, a drag performer from Seattle and contestant on season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''

Fictional characters

* Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus, a ''The A-Team'' character *

Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli ''Third Watch'' is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 and followed the lives of an ensemble cast of characters portraying police officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and firefighter ...

, a ''Third Watch'' character * Agent Sam Bosco, a ''The Mentalist'' character * Sergeant Bosco, a ''Bob's Burgers'' character

Television

* ''Bosco'' (TV series), a 1970s-1980s Irish programme * ''

Bosco Adventure is an anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book " Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The series was very popular in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990 ...

'', an anime television series

Other uses

Bosco (grape) Bosco is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown predominantly in the Liguria region of northwest Italy. It is a permitted variety in the ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) wine of Cinque Terre where it is often the primary com ...

Bosco Chocolate Syrup Bosco Chocolate Syrup is a brand of chocolate syrup first produced in 1928. The company, Bosco Products, Inc., is based in Towaco, New Jersey, and products are sold throughout the United States and Europe. History Bosco Chocolate syrup was p ...

Bosco the dog Bosco Ramos was a dog elected honorary mayor of the unincorporated community of Sunol, California, United States. He was a black Labrador retriever and Rottweiler mix, usually known simply as "Bosco". Bosco defeated two humans to win the hon ...

, a dog elected honorary mayor of Sunol, California * BOSCO-Uganda, a non-profit internet connectivity organization * , a Russian sportswear brand