Boswell (surname)

Boswell is a British family name of Norman origins and may refer to the following individuals:

• Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (1706–1782), judge of the Scottish supreme court and father of James Boswell
• Alexander Boswell (songwriter) (1775–1822), Scottish songwriter, son of James Boswell, grandson of Alexander Boswell
• Sir Alexander Boswell (1928–2021), British lieutenant general.
• Bobby Boswell (born 1983), American soccer player
• Charles Boswell (1886–1956), New Zealand politician
• Chris Boswell (born 1991), American football kicker
• Christina Boswell (born 1972), Professor of politics
• Claud Irvine Boswell (1742–1824), Scottish judge
• Dave Boswell (baseball player) (1945–2012), American baseball player
• Edward Boswell (1760–1842), English antiquarian and solicitor
• Eric Boswell (songwriter) (1921–2009), English songwriter
• Eric J. Boswell (born 1945), United States Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
• Eve Boswell (1922–1998), Hungarian-born singer in South Africa and Britain
• Granny Boswell (c. 1817–1909), Cornish Gypsy
• Ian Boswell (born 1991), American road cyclist
• James Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer, diarist, author, and biographer of Samuel Johnson
• James Griffin Boswell (1882–1952), American businessman
• Jeremiah Boswell (born 1982), American basketball coach
• John Boswell of Balmuto (1546–1610), Scottish landowner
• John Boswell (1947–1994), American historian and Yale professor
• Ken Boswell (born 1946), American baseball player
• Ken Boswell (rower) (1912–1984), New Zealand rower
• Leonard Boswell (1934–2018), American politician
• Lewis Archer Boswell (1834–1909), aviation pioneer
• Mark Boswell (athlete) (born 1977), Canadian athlete
• Merideth Boswell, American set decorator and production designer
• Paul P. Boswell (1905–1982), American physician and politician
• Ron Boswell (born 1940), Australian politician
• Scott Boswell (born 1974), English cricketer
• Stewart Boswell (born 1978), Australian squash player
• Thomas Boswell (born 1947), Washington Post sports columnist
• Tim Boswell (1942–2025), British politician
• William Boswell (disambiguation), multiple people

See also

• Boswell (disambiguation)
• Buswell (surname)