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People

Given name Bosco

Bosco Lin Chi-nan Bosco Lin Chi-nan is a Chinese prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tainan, Tainan from 2004 to 2020. He was auxiliary bishop of Kaohsiung from 1992 to 2004. Biography Bosco was born in Hualien County, Huali ...

(born 1943), Taiwanese bishop *

Bosco Frontán Silvio Bosco Frontán Vega (born March 24, 1984, in Paysandú, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan soccer player currently playing for Deportivo Pasto in the Colombian Categoría Primera A. He scored a goal in the 2006 tournament final between Querétar ...

(born 1984), Uruguayan soccer player * Bosco Hogan (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 Record produc ...

(born 1974), American record producer *

Bosco McDermott John Bosco McDermott (born 1936 in Dunmore, County Galway, Dunmore, County Galway) is an Irish people, Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Dunmore GAA, Dunmore and Williamstown GAA, Williamstown and was a ...

(born 1936), Irish former sportsperson *

Bosco Ntaganda Bosco Ntaganda (born 5 November 1973) is a Congolese former rebel leader and convicted war criminal. He was the former military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), a rebel that group operated in the No ...

(born 1973), Congolese warlord * Bosco Pérez-Pla (born 1987), Spanish field hockey player *

Bosco Puthur Bosco Puthur (born 28 May 1946) is an Indian Catholic prelate of the Syro-Malabar Church, who is Bishop emeritus of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne. Since 7 December 2023, he serves as Apostolic Administrator of the Major Archepa ...

(born 1946), Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop * Bosco Saraiva (born 1959), Brazilian politician * Bosco da Silva (1937–2013), Hong Kong field hockey player * Bosco Sodi (born 1970), Mexican artist * Bosco Tjan (1966-2016), Chinese-American psychologist and neuroscientist *

Bosco Wong Bosco Wong () 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 series such as '' Wars of In-laws'' ...

(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 ea ...

(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 1 ...

(born 1964), Brazilian footballer * John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai (1935-2011), Thai priest *

Juan Bosco Maino Canales Juan Bosco Maino Canales (died 1976?) was a photographer, political activist, and opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile. He was a leader in the Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria (''United Popular Action Movement''). He was detain ...

(disappeared 1976), Chilean political activist

Surname Bosco

* Douglas H. Bosco (born 1946), American politician * Ferdinando Beneventano del Bosco (1813–1881), Brigadier General of the Army of the Two Sicilies *

Giacinto Bosco Giacinto Bosco (25 January 1905 – 11 October 1997) was an Italian jurist, academic and politician from the Christian Democrats. He held various ministerial posts from 1960 to 1972. After retiring from politics he served as a judge at the Court ...

(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 Napol ...

(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, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB (; ; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco or Dom Bosco (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer. While working in Tu ...

(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 f ...

(1930–2018), American actor *

Robbie Bosco Robbie Bosco (born January 11, 1963) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the BYU Cougars and led the ...

, 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, Catholic monk, and astronomer who taught at the University of Paris. He wrote a short introductio ...

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

Yuri Bosco Yuri Ivanovich Bosco () (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 life Bosco was born on 24 September 1930 in Samarkand. His ...

(1930–2019), Russian sculptor *

Brittany Bosco Brittany Bosco, officially known by her stage name BOSCO, is an American R&B singer from Savannah, Georgia. Biography She was born in Savannah, and attended the Savannah College of Art & Design, majoring in fashion design. As a student at the ...

, American R&B singer

Places

Italy

Bosco (Albanella) Albanella is a town and municipality () in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is from the city of Salerno. The town slogan is "The Land of the Olive Trees" (). Olive oil is one of the principal products o ...

, a civil parish of the municipality of Albanella (SA), Campania * Bosco (Rovito), a civil parish of the municipality of Rovito (CS), Calabria * Bosco (San Giovanni a Piro), a civil parish of the municipality of San Giovanni a Piro (SA), Campania * Bosco Chiesanuova, a municipality of the Province of Verona, Veneto *

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

, a municipality of the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont *

Boscoreale Boscoreale (; ; "Royal Grove") is an Italian (municipality) and town in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, with a population of 25,939 in 2022. Located in the Vesuvius National Park, under the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, it is known for th ...

, a municipality of the Province of Naples, Campania * Boscotrecase, 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 language, Lombard: ''Bosch'' / ''Gürin'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Vallemaggia (district), Vallemaggia in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of ...

, a municipality of the Canton Ticino

United States

Bosco, Kentucky Hueysville, also known as Bosco, is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It has a post office with a ZIP Code of 41640. Hueysville is located on Salt Lick Creek Road (former Kentucky Route 7) west of Kentucky ...

* Bosco, Louisiana

Arts, entertainment, and media

Bosco (drag queen) Blair Constantino (born June 11, 1993), known by the stage name Bosco, is an American drag performer who competed on season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2022 and season 10 of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' in 2025. Early life Bosco was r ...

, performing name of Blair Constantino, a drag performer from Seattle and contestant on season 14 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' * Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus, a ''The A-Team'' character * Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli, a ''Third Watch'' character * Agent Sam Bosco, a ''The Mentalist'' character * Sergeant Bosco, a ''Bob's Burgers'' character * ''Bosco'' (film), 2024 film * ''Bosco'' (TV series), a 1970s-1980s Irish programme * ''

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

'', 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 ...

* Bosco the dog, a dog elected honorary mayor of Sunol, California * BOSCO-Uganda, a non-profit internet connectivity organization