Boven can refer to a number of individuals with that last name. The word is also Dutch for "above," and appears in the names of several locations in the

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People

Don Boven Donald E. Boven (March 6, 1925 – March 10, 2011) was an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor. He was a World War II veteran who was a standout athlete at Western Michigan University. After playing professional basketball, ...

(1925–2011), an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor *

Jan Boven Jan Boven (born 20 February 1972 in Delfzijl, Groningen) is a road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1996, and remained with the same team, Rabobank Rabobank (; full name: ''Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.'') is a D ...

(born 1972), Dutch road bicycle racer ;Bovens *

Luc Bovens Luc Bovens is a Belgian professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bovens is a former editor of '' Economics and Philosophy''. His main areas of research are moral and political philosophy, philosophy of economics ...

, Belgian professor of philosophy *

Theo Bovens Theodorus Jozef Franciscus Marie "Theo" Bovens (; born 1 October 1959) is a Dutch politician who served as the King's Commissioner of Limburg from 30 June 2011 until 19 April 2021. He has been acting mayor of Enschede since 2 October 2021. A m ...

(born 1959), Dutch politician ;Van Boven *

Pieter van Boven Pieter van Boven (10 June 1898 – 18 June 1952) was a Dutch fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of f ...

(1898–1952), Dutch fencer *

Theo van Boven Theodoor Cornelis (Theo) van Boven (born 16 May 1934, Voorburg) is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law. In 1977, he was appointed director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Rights ...

(born 1934), Dutch jurist and law professor *

Scott Thomas Boven Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Sask ...

(born 1981) Dutch/American entrepreneur * Ana Maria Boven (born 1975) Puerto Rican/American singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. wife to Scott Thomas Boven

Places

Boven Bolivia Boven Bolivia is a hamlet on the island of Bonaire at the head of a lagoon on the island's east coast. Boven Bolivia started as a plantation. Guano was discovered in the late 19th century, however the plantation was later abandoned and only ruin ...

, village in Bonaire *

Boven Coppename Boven Coppename is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 539. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people of the Tiriyó, and Maroons of the Kwinti tribe. The main village is Bitag ...

, resort in Suriname *

Boven Digoel Regency Boven Digoel Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the northern part of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It is split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. The regency covers an area of , and the tot ...

in Papua province, Indonesia *

Boven-Haastrecht Boven-Haastrecht is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, where it is a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, about 6 km east of Gouda. The statistical area of Boven-Haastrecht, including the surrounding countryside, has a p ...

, town in South Holland * Boven-Hardinxveld, town in South Holland *

Boven-Leeuwen Boven-Leeuwen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 9 km east of Tiel. It is the protestant part of the former village of Leeuwen. History It was first calle ...

, town in Gelderland * Boven Merwede, river in the Netherlands * Boven Saramacca, resort in Suriname * Boven Suriname, resort in Suriname *

Waterval Boven Waterval Boven (officially known as Emgwenya) is a small town situated on the edge of the Escarpment on the banks of the Elands River above the 75m Elands Falls on the railway line from Pretoria to Maputo in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Hence the n ...

, town in Mpumalanga, South Africa {{disambiguation