Boon may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Boon (game) Boon is a trick-taking card game, based on the German card 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 directly to the rules of ...

, 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), a list of people with the surname Boon

Given name

* Boon Gould (1955–2019), English lead guitarist of Level 42 * Boon Mark Gittisarn (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, United States ** Boon Township, Michigan *

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 R ...

, 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 ves ...

, Maine, United States *

Boon Point Boon Point is the northernmost point on the island of Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the mai ...

, 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 Town ...

, 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 Awdal ( so, Awdal, ar, أودَل) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the m ...

, Somaliland *

Boon (Pontus) Boon ( grc, Βοών) was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Pontus Pontus or Pontos (; el, Πόντος, translit=Póntos, "Sea") is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of ...

, 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 form ...

, 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 in ...

, 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 ''A ...

, 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