Borge (surname)

Borge is a Norwegian-Danish and Spanish surname. The Spanish version of the surname is a variant of Borges, or a toponymic surname from El Borge. The Norwegian-Danish version is a variant of Borg, meaning 'fortification'. ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Danish and Norwegian

• Bernhard Borge, pseudonym of André Bjerke (1918–1985), Norwegian writer and poet
• Brita Borge (1931–2013), Norwegian politician
• Christin Borge (born 1964), Norwegian actress in television and film
• Eivind N. Borge (born 1950), Norwegian politician for the Progress Party
• Erik Borge (1924–2008), Norwegian film director and screenwriter
• Espen Borge (born 1961), retired Norwegian runner
• Mikkel Johannesen Borge (1791 - ??), Norwegian politician
• Ole Borge (1916–1995), Norwegian jurist and resistance member during World War II
• Victor Borge (1909–2000), Danish-American pianist and comedian
• Victor Borge (bassist) (born 1965), the bassist in the Norwegian hard rock band TNT

Spanish

• Roberto Borge Angulo (born 1979), Mexican politician with the Institutional Revolutionary Party
• Tomás Borge (1930–2012), Nicaraguan politician
• Vicente Borge (born 1968), retired Spanish footballer
• Kamel Nacif Borge (born 1946), Puebla-based Mexican businessman
• Miguel Borge Martín (born 1943), Mexican politician in the Institutional Revolutionary Party

Other parts of the world

• Twinkle Borge, Hawaiian activist

References

1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 196. ISBN   9780195081374 . Retrieved 12 December 2017.