Boer (surname)

This article is about the surname. For the South African people, see Boer.

Boer is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "farmer". ^[1] Variants are Boere, Boeres, Boers, Den Boer and most commonly De Boer . People with this surname include:

Boer

• Albert Boer (1935–2002), Dutch writer
• Dick Boer (born 1957), Dutch businessman, CEO of Ahold Delhaize
• Dick Boer  [ de; nl ] (born 1939), Dutch theologist
• Diederik Boer (born 1980), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Geert Egberts Boer (1832–1904), Dutch-born American college president
• Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (1936–2019), Dutch plant taxonomist
• Jo Boer  [ fy; id; nl ] (1907–1993), Dutch novelist
• Jonnie Boer (1965–2025), Dutch chef
• Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
• Moreno Boer (born 1977), Italian weightlifter
• Richard Constant Boer (1863–1929), Dutch scholar of Old Norse
• Robbert-Kees Boer (born 1981), Dutch speed skater
• Thorsten Boer (born 1969), German football striker and manager
• Kristine Boers

Boër / Böer

• Johann Lucas Boër (1751–1835), German doctor
• Karl Wolfgang Böer (1926–2018), German solar energy pioneer
• Roland Böer (born 1970), German conductor and festival manager

Boere / Boeres

• Emile Boeres (1890–1944), Luxembourg composer, organist and choir master
• Heinrich Boere (1921–2013), Dutch-German soldier
• Remco Boere (born 1961), Dutch football striker, brother of Jeroen
• Jeroen Boere (1967–2007), Dutch football striker, brother of Remco
• Tom Boere (born 1992), Dutch football striker

Boers

• Christiaan Boers (1889–1942), Royal Netherlands Army soldier
• Edward William Boers (1884–1929), United States Navy sailor
• Heleen Boers  [ de; fr ] (born 1989), Dutch rower
• Robin Boers (born 1940s), Canadian drummer

Van Boer

• Bertil H. van Boer (born 1982), American musicologist

See also

• De Boer, Dutch surname
• Bauer (surname), German equivalent

References

1. Boer at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.