Beau (name)

Beau is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Beau Bokan (born 1981), American musician and songwriter
• Beau Boulter (born 1942), former Congressman from Texas and political lobbyist
• Beau Brady (born 1981), Australian actor
• Beau Brinkley (born 1990), American football player
• Beau Burchell (born 1978), American musician and record producer
• Beau Casson (born 1982), Australian cricketer
• Beau Champion (born 1986), Australian Rugby League player
• Beau Falloon (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
• Beau Garrett (born 1982), American actress
• Beau Henry (born 1990), Australian Rugby League footballer
• Beau Hoopman (born 1980), American rower and Olympic gold medalist
• Beau Kazer (born 1951), Canadian actor
• Beau Landry (born 1991), Canadian football player
• Beau Maister (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• Beau McCoy (born 1980), Nebraska state senator
• Beau McDonald (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
• Beau Mirchoff (born 1989), American-born Canadian actor
• Beau Robinson (born 1986), Australian rugby union footballer
• Beau Ryan (born 1985), Australian Rugby League player and comedian
• Beau Sia (born 1976), American poet
• Beau Smith (born 1954), American comic book writer and columnist
• Beau Waters (born 1986), Australian rules footballer

Nickname:

• Beau Bell (1907–1977), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Beau Biden (1969-2015), American lawyer, soldier and politician
• Beau Bridges (born 1941), American actor
• Beau Brummell (1778–1840), arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England
• Beau Nash (1674–1762), dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain
• Beau Rials (born 1962), American television infomercial host, producer and writer
• Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), mayor of New York also known as Beau James
• Beau James, stage name of lawyer-actor James "Beau" Brincefield

Surname:

• Heinie Beau (1911–1987), American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist

Fictional characters:

• Michael "Beau" Geste, protagonist of the novel Beau Geste and numerous adaptations
• Beau Felton, homicide detective on the American television show Homicide: Life on the Street
• Beau Richardson, villain and murder victim on the crime/mystery serial The Edge of Night