Boon
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Places
- Boon Township, Warrick County, IndianaBoon Township, Warrick County, IndianaBoon Township is one of ten townships in Warrick County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 12,844.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Boon Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-History:Boon Township was created out of Anderson...
, United States of America - Boon Township, MichiganBoon Township, MichiganBoon Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 670.-Communities:*Boon is an unincorporated community located in the Manistee National Forest at...
, USA - Boon Lake Township, MinnesotaBoon Lake Township, MinnesotaBoon Lake Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 400 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
, USA - Boon LayBoon LayBoon Lay is a residential precinct in Jurong, named after Mr , a prominent businessman in the late 19th century and early 20th century who owned the land where the precinct stands, when a requisition of 1.012km² of land from his estate was done by the war department of the then colonial government...
, Singapore - Boon Tat StreetBoon Tat StreetBoon Tat Street is a street in Singapore within the Downtown Core and Outram Planning Area of the Central Area. The street extends from Amoy Street at its western end to the junction of Shenton Way and Raffles Quay....
, Singapore - Boon Keng MRT StationBoon Keng MRT StationBoon Keng MRT Station is located on the North East Line on the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore. The station is fully underground and is run by SBS Transit. It is located at Boon Keng Road and Serangoon Road, and near the Whampoa River...
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People
- Clint BoonClint BoonClint Boon is an English musician and DJ. Boon originally rose to notability as the keyboards player with Inspiral Carpets.-Career:...
, musician and member of indie rock group the Inspiral Carpets - D. BoonD. Boond. Boon born Dennes Dale Boon, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Active between 1978, when he joined The Reactionaries, and 1985, when he was killed in a van accident, Boon was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the Californian punk rock trio Minutemen.-Youth:Dennes Boon...
, guitarist and lead singer of the punk rock group The Minutemen - Dany BoonDany BoonDany Boon is a French comedian who has acted both on the stage and the screen. He takes his stage name from the television show Daniel Boone.-Life and career:...
, French comedian - David BoonDavid BoonDavid Clarence Boon MBE , nicknamed Boony, is a former Australian cricketer whose international playing career spanned the years 1984–1995...
, Tasmanian cricketer - Ed BoonEd BoonEdward J. Boon is an American video game programmer who had been employed for over 15 years at Midway. He now works for Warner Bros...
, co-creator of Mortal Kombat - Jaak BoonJaak BoonJaak Boon is a Belgian television writer, director and producer who specializes in the production of comedy.Mainly a writer for Belgian television, Boon has written for a number of popular mainstream comedies in Belgium such as De Kotmadam since 1991 working with director Ronnie Commissaris...
, Belgian television writer - Louis Paul BoonLouis Paul BoonLouis Paul Boon was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language...
, Flemish novelist - Lim Boon KengLim Boon KengLim Boon Keng, OBE was a Chinese doctor who promoted social and educational reforms in Singapore and China. Lim was of Chinese Peranakan descent, with ancestry from Hai Teng district in Fujian, China.-Early life:...
, Chinese doctor, social and educational reformer in China and Singapore - Ronnie BoonRonnie BoonRonald Winston "Ronnie" Boon was an international rugby union wing for Wales who played club rugby for Cardiff. Boon possessed a tremendous self-confidence in his own ability and this was reflected in his nickname Cocky. Boon was a quick runner, representing Wales at the 220 yard sprint, and was...
, Welsh international rugby player - Boon Gould, lead guitarist of Level 42
Other uses
- Boon languageBoon languageBoon or Af-Boon is a nearly extinct East Cushitic language spoken by 59 people in Jilib District, Middle Jubba Region, Somalia. In recent decades they have shifted to the Maay dialect of Jilib. All speakers are older than 60....
, a nearly extinct East Cushitic language - Boon (TV series)Boon (TV series)Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV...
, a British television series starring Michael Elphick - Boon (brewery), a Belgian brewery
- Marukibi Boon, an Osamu Tezuka stock character
- Boon, a character in Black Water (Pendragon), the fifth book in The Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale
- In some religions and mythologies, a boon is a favor given by a deity or other supernatural being to one of his/her followers; this is similar to a blessingBlessingA blessing, is the infusion of something with holiness, spiritual redemption, divine will, or one's hope or approval.- Etymology and Germanic paganism :...
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