Boehm () is a German surname, transliterated from Böhm (literally: Bohemian, from
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
) or reflective of a spelling adopted by a given family before the introduction of the
umlaut diacritic
Umlaut () is a name for the two dots diacritical mark () as used to indicate in writing (as part of the letters , , and ) the result of the historical sound shift due to which former back vowels are now pronounced as front vowels (for example , ...
. It may refer to:
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Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 1949), American-Polish author
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Barry Boehm
Barry William Boehm (May 16, 1935 – August 20, 2022) was an American software engineer, distinguished professor of computer science, industrial and systems engineering; the TRW Professor of Software Engineering; and founding director of the Cen ...
(1935 – 2022), American software engineer
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Christopher Boehm
Christopher Boehm (1931–2021) was an American cultural anthropologist with a subspecialty in primatology, who researched conflict resolution, altruism, the evolution of morality, and feuding and warfare. He was also the Director of the Jane Goo ...
(1931–2021) American Anthropologist, Primatologist
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David Boehm (1893–1962), American screenwriter
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Doug Boehm (born 1969), American record producer and sound engineer
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Edward Marshall Boehm (1913–1969), American sculptor
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Elisabet Boehm (1859–1943), German feminist and writer
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Erhard F. Boehm (1911–1994), Australian farmer and amateur ornithologist
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Felix Boehm (1924–2021), Swiss-American physicist
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Franz Boehm (1880–1945), Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighter and martyr
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Gero von Boehm (born 1954), German journalist
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Gottfried Boehm (born 1942), German art historian and philosopher
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Hanns-Peter Boehm (1928–2022), German chemist and professor emeritus
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Henry Boehm (1775–1875), American clergyman and pastor
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Hermann Boehm (1884–1962), German eugenicist
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Joseph Boehm (Sir (Joseph) Edgar Boehm, 1834–1890), Austrian sculptor
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Martin Boehm (1725–1812), American clergyman and pastor
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Mary Louise Boehm (1928–2002), American pianist and painter
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Omri Boehm (born 1979), Israeli-German philosopher
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Paul Boehm (born 1974), Canadian skeleton racer
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Peter Boehm, Canadian diplomat
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Peter M. Boehm (1845–1914), soldier in the American Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient
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Robert Boehm (1914–2006), American political activist
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Rolfe Vernon Boehm, Australian architect in practice with F. Kenneth Milne 1946–1955
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Ron Boehm (1943–2017), retired ice hockey winger
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Roy Boehm (1924–2008), known as the "First SEAL"; established the U.S. Navy's first
SEAL Team
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Sydney Boehm (1908–1990), American screenwriter and producer
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Theobald Boehm
Theobald Böhm, photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl, ca. 1852.
Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (9 April 1794 – 25 November 1881) was a German inventor and musician, who greatly improved the modern Western concert flute and its fingering system (now ...
(1794–1881), Bavarian inventor and musician
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Boehm system of flute fingering
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Boehm system (clarinet), a similar system for the clarinet
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Theodore R. Boehm (born 1938), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
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Traugott Wilhelm Boehm (1836–1917) founder of Hahndorf Academy in South Australia
See also
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Boehm system
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Boehm system (clarinet)
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Boehm garbage collector
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Behm
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Bohm (surname) Bohm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alec Bohm (born 1996), baseball player
* Carl Bohm (1844–1920), German songwriter and composer
*David Bohm (1917–1992), American theoretical physicist
* Dorothy Bohm (1924–2023), K� ...
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Böhm
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Böhme (disambiguation) Böhme (transliterated Boehme) may refer to:
* Böhme (surname), a surname (including a list of people with that name)
* Böhme (river), in Lower Saxony, Germany
* Böhme, Lower Saxony, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
* Boehme's giant da ...
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Böhmer
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German-language surnames
Surnames of Czech origin
Ethnonymic surnames