Boer (surname)
Appearance
Boer, Boere, and variants thereof, are names deriving from the Dutch word for "farmer", boer, and may refer to the Boer people of South Africa, also known as Afrikaners, or to the following individuals:
- Johann Lucas Boër (1751–1835), German doctor
- Edward William Boers (1884–1929), American sailor
- Christiaan Boers (1889–1942), Dutch soldier
- Emile Boeres, (1890–1944), Luxembourg composer
- Heinrich Boere (1921–2013), Dutch-German soldier
- Albert Boer (1935–2002), Dutch writer
- Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936), Dutch plant taxonomist
- Remco Boere (born 1961), Dutch footballer
- Jeroen Boere (1967–2007), Dutch footballer
- Thorsten Boer (born 1969), German footballer
- Diederik Boer (born 1980), Dutch footballer
- Robbert Kees Boer (born 1981), Dutch speed skater
- Jonnie Boer (born 1985), Dutch chef
- Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
See also
- De Boer
- Bauer (surname), German equivalent