Boer is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "farmer".Boer at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variants are Boere, Boeres, Boers, Den Boer and most commonly De Boer. People with this surname include:
Boer Albert Boer (1935–2002), Dutch writer Dick Boer (born 1957), Dutch businessman, CEO of Ahold Delhaize (born 1939), Dutch theologist Diederik Boer (born 1980), Dutch football goalkeeper Geert Egberts Boer (1832–1904), Dutch-born American college president Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (1936–2019), Dutch plant taxonomist (1907–1993), Dutch novelist Jonnie Boer (1965–2025), Dutch chef Margot Boer (born 1985), Dutch speed skater Moreno Boer (born 1977), Italian weightlifter Richard Constant Boer (1863–1929), Dutch scholar of Old Norse Robbert-Kees Boer (born 1981), Dutch speed skater Thorsten Boer (born 1969), German football striker and manager Kristine Boers
Boër / Böer Johann Lucas Boër (1751–1835), German doctor Karl Wolfgang Böer (1926–2018), German solar energy pioneer Roland Böer (born 1970), German conductor and festival manager
Boere / Boeres Emile Boeres (1890–1944), Luxembourg composer, organist and choir master Heinrich Boere (1921–2013), Dutch-German soldier Remco Boere (born 1961), Dutch football striker, brother of Jeroen Jeroen Boere (1967–2007), Dutch football striker, brother of Remco Tom Boere (born 1992), Dutch football striker Boers Christiaan Boers (1889–1942), Royal Netherlands Army soldier Edward William Boers (1884–1929), United States Navy sailor (born 1989), Dutch rower Robin Boers (born 1940s), Canadian drummer Van Boer Bertil H. van Boer (born 1982), American musicologist
See also De Boer, Dutch surname Bauer (surname), German equivalent
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