Boshen can be a transliteration of several different Chinese-language given names. Notable people and fictional characters with such a name include:

Real people Chang Po-shen (), Hong Kong actor Po-Shen Loh (; born 1982), American mathematician Boshen (), courtesy name of Zhang Wen (Han dynasty) (died 191), Eastern Han Dynasty official and military general Boshen (), courtesy name of Liu Jun (Southern Han) (fl. 8th/9th century), Southern Han Dynasty official

Fictional characters Boshen, fictional character in the short story "The Princess of Nebraska", published in the 2005 short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li Boshen, fictional white American gay man in the 2007 drama film The Princess of Nebraska, adapted from the short story