Boyer
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Boyer is a surname which is derived from the Boii
, a Celtic tribe that migrated from ancient Bohemia
(home of the Boii) to many regions surrounding the Alps
. Boyers in England may come from bowyer
, meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller." In French, the surname may mean "ox guard" or "ox leader". In Turkish, the name may come from boy-er, boy meaning "size" or "stature" and "er" meaning "man" or "soldier." It can also be a corruption or deliberate alteration of several German names.
Boii
The Boii were one of the most prominent ancient Celtic tribes of the later Iron Age, attested at various times in Cisalpine Gaul , Pannonia , in and around Bohemia, and Transalpine Gaul...
, a Celtic tribe that migrated from ancient Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
(home of the Boii) to many regions surrounding the Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
. Boyers in England may come from bowyer
Bowyer
A bowyer is someone who makes or sells bows. Bows are used for hunting and for archery. The development of gunpowder and muskets slowly led to the replacement of bows as weapons of war which decreased the importance of bowyers. Someone who makes arrows is a fletcher.-History:Historically, a huge...
, meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller." In French, the surname may mean "ox guard" or "ox leader". In Turkish, the name may come from boy-er, boy meaning "size" or "stature" and "er" meaning "man" or "soldier." It can also be a corruption or deliberate alteration of several German names.
People
- Abel BoyerAbel BoyerAbel Boyer was a French-English lexicographer, journalist and miscellaneous writer.-Biography:Abel Boyer was probably born on 24 June 1667 at Castres, in Upper Languedoc. His father, Pierre Boyer, one of the two consuls or chief magistrates of Castres, had been suspended and fined for his...
(1667–1729), French-English lexicographer and journalist - Alexis de Boyer, French surgeon
- Angélique BoyerAngelique BoyerAngelique Boyer is a French-born Mexican actress, model, and singer. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. In 2010, she was given her first protagonist role in Teresa, a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name...
(born 1988), French-Mexican actress - Bill Boyer Jr.Bill Boyer Jr.Bill Boyer, Jr. is a 50% owner and former CEO of Hawaii's Mokulele Airlines. In March 2009, he was replaced as the airline's CEO and was put in charge of expanding sales and marketing efforts after Republic Airways became a 50% shareholder...
, entrepreneurial former baggage handler who now owns Mokulele Airlines - Carl Benjamin BoyerCarl Benjamin BoyerCarl Benjamin Boyer was a historian of sciences, and especially mathematics. David Foster Wallace called him the "Gibbon of math history"....
, historian of mathematics - Charles BoyerCharles BoyerCharles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...
, French-American actor - Claudette BoyerClaudette BoyerClaudette Boyer is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1999 as a Liberal, but was later forced to leave the party as a result of legal difficulties...
(born 1938), Canadian politician - Clete BoyerClete BoyerCletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was a Major League Baseball player.A third baseman who also played shortstop and second base occasionally, Boyer played for the Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves...
(1937–2007), American baseball player - Edie BoyerEdie BoyerEdie Boyer is a retired female discus thrower from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's discus throw event on 1998-05-16 at a meet in Minnesota. Her all-time personal best in the women's discus event is 64.08 metres on 1996-06-10 at the Bruce Jenner Classic, held in San...
(born 1966), American discus thrower - Erica BoyerErica BoyerErica Boyer, legal name Amanda Margaret Jensen was an American pornographic actress...
(born 1956), American actress - Ernest L. BoyerErnest L. BoyerErnest Leroy Boyer was an American educator who most notably served as Chancellor of the State University of New York, United States Commissioner of Education, and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching...
, American educator - Herbert BoyerHerbert BoyerHerbert W. Boyer is a recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize, and a co-founder of Genentech. He served as Vice President of Genentech from 1976 through his retirement in 1991....
(born 1936), biochemist - Jacques BoyerJacques BoyerJonathan "Jacques" or "Jock" Boyer was a professional bicycle racer who, in 1981, was the first American to participate in the Tour de France. Boyer grew up in Monterey, California and was a member of the Velo Club Monterey there....
(born 1955) American cyclist - Jacqueline BoyerJacqueline BoyerJacqueline Boyer is a French singer and actress, the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer....
(born 1941), French singer - Jean Boyer (director), French director and author
- Jean Boyer (politician)Jean Boyer (politician)Jean Boyer is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Haute-Loire department, and is a member of the Centrist Union and the New Center.-References:*...
, French politician - Jean Pierre BoyerJean Pierre BoyerJean-Pierre Boyer , a native of Saint-Domingue, was a soldier, one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, and President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843. He reunited the north and south of Haiti in 1820 and also invaded and took control of Santo Domingo, which brought all of Hispaniola under one...
, Haitian President (1821–1843) and emancipator of slaves in Santo DomingoSanto DomingoSanto Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... - Joseph BoyerJoseph BoyerJoseph A. Boyer was a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist.Boyer helped William Seward Burroughs I develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first successful rivet gun. As the third president, secretly agreed to acquire Boyer Addograph Manufacturing Company, then...
(1848–1930), a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist, - Katy BoyerKaty BoyerKaty Boyer is an American actress-Filmography:* Minority Report - Mother* Tripfall - Lonnie Campos* Three Secrets - Cassie...
, American actress - Ken BoyerKen BoyerKenton Lloyd Boyer was an American Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. During a 15-year baseball career, he played for 1955-1969 for four different teams, playing primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals...
, (1931–1982) American baseball player - Louis BoyerLouis Boyer (astronomer)Louis Boyer was a French astronomer.He worked at the Algiers Observatory and discovered a number of asteroids.The asteroid 1215 Boyer was named after him by his colleague in Algiers, Alfred Schmitt...
, French astronomer - Lucienne BoyerLucienne BoyerLucienne Boyer was a French diseuse and singer, best known for her song "Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix.-Early career:...
, French singer - Maxime Boyer (born 1984), Canadian professional wrestler
- Michael BoyerMichael BoyerMichael Boyer is an American actor and showman who has been living the role of the Pied Piper of Hamelin in Germany, for nearly 15 years now...
(born 1960), American actor and showman - Nikki BoyerNikki BoyerNikki Boyer is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Boyer hosts Yahoo!'s "Daytime In No Time," receiving millions of hits per day. Boyer is also the former co-host of Watch This! on the TV Guide Channel.- Career :...
(born 1975), American actress and singer-songwriter - Pascal BoyerPascal BoyerPascal Boyer is a French anthropologist, and Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory at Washington University in St. Louis.He is a Guggenheim Fellow.-Work:...
, anthropologist - Patrick BoyerPatrick BoyerJ. Patrick Boyer is a university professor, author and a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament ....
(born 1945), Canadian politician - Paul D. BoyerPaul D. Boyer- External links :* , from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy* * *...
(born 1918), American biochemist - Phil BoyerPhil BoyerPhilip John "Phil" Boyer is an English former footballer who played for various clubs during his career, including Southampton, Norwich City, Bournemouth and Manchester City. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for four different clubs...
(born 1949) English footballer - Richard Boyer (disambiguation)
- Rick BoyerRick BoyerRichard Lewis Boyer is an American writer, best known for series of crime novels featuring Charlie "Doc" Adams, a dental surgeon in New England. His novel Billingsgate Shoal received the Edgar Award for best novel in 1983....
, (born 1943) Edgar award-winning mystery writer - Richard O. BoyerRichard O. BoyerRichard O. Boyer was an American freelance journalist who, before appearing at a Senate hearing, had contributed profiles to The New Yorker and written for the Daily Worker. He was implicated in Winston Burdett's June 1955 testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee as a Communist...
, American journalist - Robert Stephen BoyerRobert S. BoyerRobert Stephen Boyer, aka Bob Boyer, is a retired professor of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. He and J Strother Moore invented the Boyer–Moore string search algorithm, a particularly efficient string searching algorithm, in 1977. He and Moore...
, a professor of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin - Robert Hamilton Boyer, a 33-year-old visiting professor shot and killed in Charles Whitman's shooting spree at The University of Texas at Austin in 1966
- Robert Boyer (artist)Robert Boyer (artist)Robert "Bob" Boyer was a Canadian visual artist and university professor of aboriginal heritage. He was a Métis Cree artist known for his politically charged abstract paintings.-Life and work:...
, a Canadian artist of aboriginal heritage
Places
Boyer is the name of several places:- Boyer, LoireBoyer, LoireBoyer is a commune in the Loire department in central France....
, in the Loire département of France - Boyer, Saône-et-LoireBoyer, Saône-et-LoireBoyer is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.-References:*...
, in the Saône-et-Loire département of France - Boyer, TasmaniaBoyer, TasmaniaBoyer is a town on the eastern side of the Derwent River , opposite and slightly downstream of New Norfolk. It is named after a family who first settled in the area in the early 19th century. It is the site of Australian Newsprint Mills' plant in Tasmania...
, in Australia - Boyer, Nevada, in United States