List of people with given name Boris

This is a list of people with given name Boris , sorted by surname.

• People traditionally known only by the first name "Boris":
  • Knyaz Boris I of Bulgaria (?–889), canonized after his death
  • Tsar Boris II (931–977), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire
  • Tsar Boris III (1894–1943), ruler of the Kingdom of Bulgaria
  • Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia
  • Boris and Gleb, Russian princes; murdered 1015; first Russian saints
  • Boris, Prince of Turnovo

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• Fictional characters
• See also

A

• Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov (1905–1994), Soviet composer
• Boris Aleksandrov (ice hockey) (1955–2002), Soviet and Kazakhstani ice hockey player

B

• Boris Barnet (1902–1965), Soviet film director
• Boris Becker (born 1967), German professional tennis player
• Boris Bede (born 1989), French player of gridiron football
• Boris Berezovsky (pianist) (born 1969), Russian pianist
• Boris Berezovsky (businessman) 1946–2013, Russia's first billionaire businessman
• Boris Berman (born 1948), Russian pianist
• Boris Bizetić (born 1950), Serbian singer and songwriter
• Boris Blank (born 1952), Swiss artist and musician
• Boris Bobrinskoy (1925–2020), French priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Boris Böhmann (born 1964), German conductor and composer
• Boris Bondarev (born 1980), Russian diplomat
• Boris Brejcha (born 1981), German DJ and music producer

C

• Boris Casoy (born 1941), Brazilian journalist
• Boris Christoff (1914–1993), Bulgarian opera singer

D

• Boris Daenen, electronic music producer and DJ known as Netsky (born 1989)
• Boris Davison (1908–1961), mathematical physicist
• Boris Diaw (born 1982), French basketball player
• Boris Dlugosch (born 1968), house music producer
• Boris Dvornik (1939–2008), Croatian actor
• Boris Drangov (1872–1917), Bulgarian colonel and warfare pedagogue

E

• Boris Ebzeyev (born 1950), Karachay politician and judge, president of Karachay–Cherkessia and one of the principal commanders of Insurgency in the North Caucasus

F

• Boris Ford (1917–1998), British literary critic and educationalist
• Boris Furlan (1894–1957), Slovenian jurist and politician

G

• Boris Gardiner (born 1943), Jamaican singer-songwriter and bass guitarist
• Boris Gelfand (born 1968), Israeli chess grandmaster
• Boris Godunov (1552–1605), Tsar of Russia during the late 16th and early 17th centuries
• Boris Gromov (born 1943), Russian military and political figure, Governor of Moscow Oblast, one of the principal commanders of Soviet-Afghan War
• Boris M. Gombač (born 1945), Slovenian historian
• Boris Grebenshchikov (born 1953), Russian singer-songwriter; band leader of Aquarium
• Boris Grishayev (1925–1999), Soviet marathon runner
• Boris Gryzlov (born 1950), Russian politician, Interior Minister, Speaker of the State Duma, one of the leaders of United Russia
• Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (1937–2020), Soviet Olympic champion wrestler
• Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1931) (1931–1995), Soviet Olympic champion wrestler

H

• Boris Henry (born 1973), German javelin thrower
• Boris Hoppek (born 1970), German contemporary artist
• Boris Hybner (1941–2016), Czech actor, director, and mime artist

J

• Boris Jacobsohn (1918–1966), American physicist
• Boris Johnson (born 1964), British politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Mayor of London
• Boris Jordan (born 1966), American investor involved in the privatization in Russia in the early 1990s
• Boris Jovanović (born 1972), Serbian footballer

K

• Boris Kagarlitsky (born 1958), Russian academic and political dissident
• Boris Kalin (1905–1975), Slovenian sculptor
• Boris Karloff (1887–1969), English actor; appeared in many horror films
• Boris Khmelnitsky (1940–2008), Russian actor
• Boris Kidrič (1912–1953), Slovenian communist official and resistance leader
• Boris Klyuyev (1944–2020), Russian actor
• Boris Kodjoe (born 1973), American actor
• Boris Kollár (born 1965), Slovakian businessman and politician
• Boris Kravtsov (born 1922), Russian jurist and politician
• Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927), Russian artist and painter
• Boris Kočí (born 1964), Czech football player
• Boris Krajný (born 1945), Czech pianist

L

• Boris Lushniak, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral who served as the acting Surgeon General of the United States
• Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895–1968), Ukrainian composer

M

• Boris Maciejovsky, Austrian behavioral scientist
• Boris Marian (born 1934), Moldovan writer, translator, journalist and Soviet dissident
• Boris Messerer (born 1933), Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher
• Boris Miletić (born 1975), Croatian politician and mayor of Pula
• Boris Mikšić (born 1948), Croatian businessman and politician

N

• Boris Nachamkin (1933–2018), American basketball player
• Boris Nayfeld (born 1947), Belarusian gangster
• Boris Nemtsov (1959–2015), Russian scientist and politician

O

• Boris Ord (1897–1961), British organist and choirmaster

P

• Boris Pahor (1913–2022), Slovenian writer
• Boris Paichadze (1915–1990), Georgian football player
• Boris Palmer (born 1972), German politician
• Boris Pash (1900–1995), United States Army military intelligence officer
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Soviet author; recipient, 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Boris Perušič (born 1940), Czech volleyball player
• Boris Petrovsky (1908–2004), Russian surgeon and Soviet minister of health
• Boris Plotnikov (1949–2020), Russian actor
• Boris Podrecca (born 1940), Slovenian-Italian architect
• Boris Polak (born 1954), Israeli world champion and Olympic sport shooter
• Boris Pugo (1937–1991), Soviet Communist politician of Latvian origins
• Boris Zeebroek (born 1985), Belgian musician under the alias Bolis Pupul

R

• Boris Razinsky (1933–2012), Soviet Olympic footballer and manager
• Boris Roatta (1980–1994), French child actor
• Boris Rösner (1951–2006), Czech actor

S

• Boris Said (born 1962), American race car driver
• Boris Sarafov (1872–1907), Bulgarian Army officer and revolutionary
• Boris Shcherbina (1919–1990), Ukrainian Soviet politician who supervised the crisis management of both the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the 1988 Armenian earthquake
• Boris Serebryakov (1941–1971), Soviet serial killer and mass murderer known as the "Kuybyshev Monster"
• Boris Shaposhnikov (1882–1945), Soviet Russian general, Chief of the Staff of the Red Army, and Marshal of the Soviet Union, one of the principal commanders on the Eastern Front and the Battle of Moscow
• Count Boris Sheremetev (1652–1719), Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War
• Boris Sidis (1867–1923), Ukrainian psychiatrist
• Boris Spassky (1937–2025), Russian chess player
• Boris Starling, British novelist and screenwriter
• Boris Stürmer (1848–1917), Russian lawyer, Master of Ceremonies at the Russian Court, member of the Russian Assembly, Prime Minister of Russia, Minister of Internal Affairs and Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire
• Boris Susko (born 1970), Slovak politician
• Borys Szyc (born 1978), Polish actor

T

• Boris Tadić (born 1958), Yugoslav-Serb politician; President of Serbia from 2004 to 2012
• Borys Tarasyuk (born 1949), Ukrainian politician
• Boris Titulaer (born 1980), Dutch singer
• Boris Trajkovski (1956–2004), politician; President of Macedonia from 1999 to 2004

U-V

• Boris Vallejo (born 1941), Peruvian-American fantasy artist
• Boris van der Ham (born 1973), Dutch politician and actor
• Boris Verho, Finnish poet
• Boris Vladimirov (1905–1978), Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Vian (1920–1959), French polymath
• Boris Volosatîi (born 1956), Moldovan professor and member of the Parliament of Romania

W

• Boris Williams (born 1951), British musician; former member of The Cure

X-Y

• Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007), Soviet-Russian politician; first President of Russia

Z

• Boris Žabka (born 1977), Slovak ice hockey coach
• Boris Zaitchouk (born 1947), Soviet hammer thrower
• Boris Zeisser (born 1968), Dutch architect
• Boris Zhukov (born 1959), stage name for American professional wrestler James Kirk Harrell
• Boris Živković (born 1975), Croatian footballer

Fictional characters

• Boris Badenov, the main antagonist in the 1960s animated cartoons The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
• Boris Bushkin, a character in the cartoon M.A.S.K. (TV series)
• Boris Drubetskoy, an army officer in Leo Tolstoy's novel War And Peace
• Boris Grishenko, Russian hacker working for terrorists in the James Bond movie GoldenEye
• Boris Grushenko, the main character in the film Love and Death , played by Woody Allen
• Boris Kropotkin, Jewish character in the television show Rugrats
• Boris Pavlikovsky, character in Donna Tartt's 2013 novel The Goldfinch
• Boris Podgorny, character in Steven Spielberg's 2022 film The Fabelmans ; he is based on Spielberg's real-life granduncle of the same name.
• Boris the Animal, main antagonist character in the science fiction film Men in Black 3
• Boris "the Blade" Yurinov, an arms dealer in the film Snatch
• "Boris the Spider", 1966 song by The Who
• Boris the wolf, a character from the episodic puzzle horror video game Bendy and the Ink Machine
• Boris, a redfish in the eponymous Italian TV series
• Boris, mightiest of the Warriors of Loathing in the Times of Old, from the internet game Kingdom of Loathing
• Boris, fictional character in the Canadian television series Caillou and the father of the titular character
• "Boris", song from The Melvins' 1991 album Bullhead that gave its name to the Japanese metal band
• Boris, the Borzoi in the Lady and the Tramp cartoon
• Boris, the Russian goose in the Balto movies
• Boris, the Soviet army unit in strategy game Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
• Boris, the villain from the Adventures of Tintin series' 1956 book The Calculus Affair
• Boris Tepes Dracula from the Shaman King series

See also

• Borys
• Boris (surname)