Boon may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Boon (game) Boon is a trick-taking card game, based on the German card game Sheepshead (game), Sheepshead. It was released in 2015. Though the rules of Boon are analogous to those in the game Sheepshead, Boon uses a specialized deck which corresponds directl ...

, a trick-taking card game * ''Boon'' (novel), a 1915 satirical work by H. G. Wells * ''Boon'' (TV series), a British television series starring Michael Elphick * The Ultimate Boon, a stage in Joseph Campbell's

hero's journey In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's journey, or the monomyth, is the common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed. Earlie ...

or monomyth

People

Surname

Boon (surname) Boon is a surname that can be of Dutch, Old French or Chinese origin. The rather common Dutch name ''Boon'' () often represents a patronymic, where the given name Boon was a short form of Boudewijn, Bonifacius or Bonaventure. Alternatively, ''boon ...

, a list of people with the surname Boon

Given name

Boon Gould Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould (4 March 1955 – 30 April 2019) was an English musician and one of the four founding members of Level 42. Career Gould was born in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. He was the guitarist of Level 42 and occasional sax ...

(1955–2019), English lead guitarist of Level 42 *

Boon Mark Gittisarn Boon Mark Gittisarn ( th, บุญมาก กิตติสาร; ; September 1, 1898 – May 20, 1987) was a 20th-century Thai Protestant pastor and preacher who was influential in introducing Pentecostalism to Thailand. Biography Bir ...

(1898–1987), Thai Protestant pastor *

Boon Thau Loo Boon Thau Loo is a Singaporean-American computer scientist, college administrator, and technology entrepreneur. He is currently the RCA professor in the Computer and Information Science department at the University of Pennsylvania where he leads a ...

, Singaporean-American computer scientist *

Lim Boon Keng Lim Boon Keng (; 18 October 1869 – 1 January 1957) was a Peranakan physician who advocated social and educational reforms in Singapore in the early 20th-century. He also served as the president of Xiamen University in China between 1921 and ...

(1869–1957), Chinese doctor, social and educational reformer in China and Singapore

Fictional

* Marukubi Boon, an Osamu Tezuka stock character

Places

North America

Boon, Michigan Boon is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Wexford County, Michigan, Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Boon Township, Michigan, Boon Township. The popu ...

, United States **

Boon Township, Michigan Boon Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 687 at the 2010 census. Communities *Boon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the Manistee National Forest a ...

Boon, Ontario Boon is a railway point and unincorporated place in geographic Templeton Township, Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is counted as part of Unorganized Algoma North Part in Canadian census data. Boon is on the Algoma Central Rai ...

, Canada *

Boon Island Boon Island is a barren, rocky island in the Gulf of Maine off the coast of York, Maine. The island, which is approximately by at low tide, is the site of Boon Island Light, at high, it is the tallest lighthouse in New England. Numerous vesse ...

, Maine, United States *

Boon Point Boon Point is the northernmost point on the island of Antigua. It is located to the west of Humphry's Bay at , close to the settlement of Cedar Grove, Antigua and Barbuda, Cedar Grove. References

Headlands of Antigua and Barbuda Saint Joh ...

, Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda *

Boon Township, Indiana Boon Township is one of ten townships in Warrick County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 12,755 and it contained 5,529 housing units. History Boon Township was established in 1816 from land given by Anderson Towns ...

, United States *

Boon Lake Township, Minnesota Boon Lake Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 400 at the 2000 census. History Boon Lake Township was organized in 1870, and named after Boon Lake. Geography According to the United States Cens ...

, United States *

Boones Mill, Virginia Boones Mill is a town in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The population was 239 in 2018, down from 285 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Boones Mill was incorporated in 1927. It was ...

, United States (originally known as Boon Mill)

Other

Boon, Awdal Boon (also spelled: Bown) is a town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. Overview Boon is situated about 50 km to the northwest of Borama Borama ( so, Boorama, ar, بورما) is the Second capital city of Somaliland and the l ...

, Somaliland *

Boon (Pontus) Boon ( grc, Βοών) was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Pontus, 90 stadia east of Cape Jasonium. Its site is located near Perşembe Perşembe ( tr, Perşembe,originated from Persian word "پنج شنبه(/pændʒʃænbɛ/)" meaning Th ...

, Turkey, a town of ancient Pontus *

Boon Farm Boon is a farm and former barony located near Lauder, Scotland. History Name Origins Boon (aka "Boune" or "Bounn"), derives from the Breton word ''bonn'', meaning "boundary", or "limit". Prior to the 17th Century Boon Farm, a part of the former ...

, Scotland, United Kingdom

Other uses

Boon Brewery Boon Brewery (Brouwerij Boon) is a Belgian brewery in Lembeek, near Brussels, that mainly produces geuze and kriek beer of a fairly traditional lambic variety, but using modern brewing techniques and equipment. Other products of the brewery inc ...

, a Belgian brewery *

Boon language Boon or Af-Boon is a nearly extinct Cushitic language spoken by 59 people (as of 2000) in Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region, Somalia. In recent decades they have shifted to the Maay Mai-Mai, commonly spelled Maay Maay (also known as ''Af ...

, a nearly extinct East Cushitic language *

Daihatsu Boon The is a subcompact car produced by Japanese automaker Daihatsu since 2004, and also sold under Toyota brand as the . The Passo was once sold at ''Toyota Corolla Store'' Japanese dealerships until it was consolidated with other Toyota dealers i ...

, a Japanese subcompact hatchback