Bovey is a surname of British origin, which originally meant a person from near the River Bovey in England. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alixe Bovey
Alixe Bovey FSA (born 1974) is a Canadian medieval art historian and Dean and Deputy Director at the Courtauld Institute of Art, a college of the University of London. Her research has been chiefly concerned with pictorial narratives and their ...
(born 1973), British historian
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Catherine Bovey
Catherina Boevey (1669–1726) (or Bovey, ''nee'' Riches) (pronounced "Boovey"), was a philanthropist.
Origins
Catherina was born in London in 1669, the daughter of John Riches (1628–1718) by his second wife Anne Davall, whom he had married ...
(1669–1726), British philanthropist
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Grant Bovey
Grant Michael Bovey (born March 1961 in Nottingham, England) is a British businessman and television personality. He is best known for his former marriage to Anthea Turner (a television presenter).
Career
Bovey was the CEO of Imagine Homes. ...
, British businessman and reality TV participant
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Henry Bovey
Henry Taylor Bovey, LLD, DCL, FRS (1852 – 2 February 1912) was an engineering science academic. He was the first Rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.
Early life
Henry Bovey was born in 1852 in Devon. He was educated ...
(1852–1912), Canadian engineer
* Mungo Bovey (born 1959), British lawyer
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Ralph Bovey
Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet (died 11 October 1679), of Hillfields, Warwickshire, England was High Sheriff of Warwickshire and, later, Bedfordshire.
In 1633 he was admitted to Gray's Inn. He was an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas. He held th ...
(died 1679), British sheriff
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Simon Bovey
Simon Bovey (born 1960), is a British scriptwriter and director. He has written several science fiction dramas for BBC Radio,Victor H. Bovey (1856–1916), American politician