Boas might refer to: * Boidae, snakes *

Boas' sign Boas' or Boas's sign is hyperaesthesia (increased or altered sensitivity) below the right Hypochondrium or 12th rib region, which can be a symptom in acute cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder). It is one of many signs a medical provider ...

, pain below the right shoulder *BOAS is an acronym for Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome

People with the surname

* Abraham Tobias Boas (1844–1923), Australian rabbi *

André Vilas Boas André Filipe Monteiro Vilas Boas (born 4 June 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. He spent 13 senior seasons with Rio Ave, having joined the club at the age of 9. He totalled 132 ...

(born 1983), Portuguese footballer * André Villas-Boas (born 1977), Portuguese football manager * Antonio Villas Boas (1934–1992), Brazilian alien abduction claimant * Benjamin Boas (born 1983), American writer and consultant on Japanese culture *

Carlos Thorne Boas Carlos Thorne (March 11, 1923 – September 1, 2021) was a Peruvian novelist, writer and lawyer. He is regarded as one of the most original and innovative Peruvian writers of the second half of the 20th century. This is due to his unique blend of ...

(born 1923), Peruvian novelist, writer and lawyer * Ernst Philip Boas (1891–1955), American physician *

Franz Boas Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical ...

(1858–1942), German-American anthropologist and linguist *

Franziska Boas Franziska Marie Boas (January 8, 1902 – December 22, 1988) was an American dancer. She is best known for her works with percussion, pioneering dance therapy, and using dance as social activism. Biography Boas was born in New York City. She was ...

(1902–1988), American choreographer, percussionist, and educator * Frederick S. Boas (1862–1957), English drama scholar * George Boas (1891–1980), American philosopher * Harold Boas (1883–1980), Australian town planner and architect *

Harold P. Boas Harold P. Boas (born June 26, 1954) is an American mathematician. Life Boas was born in Evanston, Illinois, United States. He is the son of two noted mathematicians, Ralph P. Boas, Jr and Mary L. Boas. Education He received his A.B. and S.M. de ...

(born 1954), American mathematician *

Ismar Isidor Boas Ismar Isidor Boas (28 March 1858 – 15 March 1938) was a German gastroenterologist born in the town of Exin, then in the Prussian Province of Posen, today in Poland. Boas was born in the family of a small merchant and among several siblings he w ...

(1858–1938), German gastroenterologist *

Johan Erik Vesti Boas Johan Erik Vesti Boas (2 July 1855 – 25 January 1935), "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. B" (biographies of scientists with names beginning "B"), Hans G. Hansson, TJärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Göteborg University and ...

(1855–1935), Danish zoologist * Kléber Boas (born 1975), Brazilian footballer * Marie Boas Hall (1919–2009), American historian of science, sister of Ralph, Jr *

Mary L. Boas Mary Layne Boas (1917–2010) was an American mathematician and physics professor best known as the author of ''Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences'' (1966), an undergraduate textbook that was still widely used in college classrooms ...

(1917–2010) American mathematician and physics teacher *

Ralph P. Boas, Jr Ralph Philip Boas Jr. (August 8, 1912 – July 25, 1992) was a mathematician, teacher, and journal editor. He wrote over 200 papers, mainly in the fields of real and complex analysis.. Biography He was born in Walla Walla, Washington, the son ...

(1912–1992), American mathematician *

Roger Boas John Roger Boas (August 21, 1921 – February 10, 2017) was a San Francisco businessman and politician, long prominent in the Democratic Party in northern California. Biography Boas was born August 21, 1921, in San Francisco, the son of Benjami ...

(1921–2017), American politician

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