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Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something associated with that thing or concept. For example, the word "suit" may refer to a person from groups commonly wearing business attire, such as salespe ...

occupational surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. In Dutch, ''boot'' () sounds like and means boat and the name refers to a "boatman". In English the name refers to the maker or seller of boot

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* Alexander Boot (born 1948), Russian journalist and author * Arnold Boot later ''Boate'' (1606–1653), Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in Ireland *

Charles Boot Charles Boot JP (1 October 1874 – 14 June 1945) was an English businessman and film producer who was the driving force behind the growth of Henry Boot & Sons in the inter-war period. As well as creating one of the largest contracting and hous ...

(1874–1945), English businessman * Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813–1892), Dutch politician * Eddie Boot (1915–1999), English footballer * Elise Boot (born 1932), Dutch jurist and former politician * Fred Boot (born 1965), Dutch theatre producer * Gerard Boot later ''Boate'' (1604–1650), Dutch writer and physician in Ireland *

Gladys Boot Gladys Boot (1890 – 16 October 1964), was a British actress. She studied acting privately with Elsie Fogerty, and made her stage debut in Newcastle in 1940 in '' Quiet Wedding''; and in London at Wyndham's Theatre the following year in '' Qu ...

(1890–1964), British actress *

Harry Boot Henry Albert Howard Boot (29 July 1917 – 8 February 1983) was an English physicist who with Sir John Randall and James Sayers developed the cavity magnetron, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War. Biography ...

(1917–1983), English physicist *

Henri Frédéric Boot Henri Frédéric Boot (1877, Maastricht – 1963, Haarlem), was a Dutch painter and printmaker mostly active in Haarlem. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painters Dirk Gerard Ezerman, Alexander Henri Robert van Maasdij ...

(1877–1963), Dutch painter and printmaker *

Henry Boot Henry Boot (1851–1931) was an English businessman who was the founder of Henry Boot plc. Personal life Henry Boot was the eldest surviving son of Charles and Ann Boot. He was born on 9 December 1851 in Heeley, a small village two miles (3. ...

(1851–1931), English businessman, founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles *

Jaap Boot Jacob "Jaap" Boot (1 March 1903 in Wormerveer – 14 June 1986 in Dordrecht) was a Dutch athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and the long jump. He competed for the Netherlands in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in t ...

(1903–1986), Dutch track and field athlete *

Jeremy Boot Jeremy Boot (born 1948) is a South Australian wildlife artist, known particularly for detailed, ornithologically accurate, portraits of birds. Boot was born in Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the ...

(born 1948), Australian bird and wildlife painter *

Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (2 June 1850 – 13 June 1931) transformed The Boots Company, founded by his father, John Boot, into a national retailer, which branded itself as "Chemists to the Nation". Biography Jesse Boot sold his controlling ...

(1850–1931), English businessman * Joe Boot (probably an alias), one of the last stagecoach robbers in the US - see

Pearl Hart Pearl Hart (born Pearl Taylor; 1871 – December 30, 1955) was a Canadians, Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West. She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robbery, robberies in the United States, and her crime gained notoriety ...

John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent, KBE (19 January 1889 – 8 March 1956), was a British retail businessman, the son of the Sir Jesse Boot who turned the pharmaceutical retailer '' Boots Company'' into a major national company, and Florence B ...

(1889–1956), English businessman and philanthropist, son of Jesse Boot *

Leonard Boot Leonard George William Boot (4 November 1899 – 23 November 1937) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Fulham, Bradford City and Nottingham Forest. He made 15 appearances in all competitions for Yor ...

(1899–1937), English footballer *

Max Boot Max A. Boot (born September 12, 1969) is a Russian-born naturalized American author, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer and editor for ''The Christian Science Monitor'' and then for ''The Wall Street Journal ...

(born 1969), American author, lecturer, and military historian *

Micky Boot Michael Colin Boot (born 17 December 1947) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Boot joined Arsenal in 1963, turned professional in December 1964, and made his senior debut in October 1966. Boot made h ...

(born c. 1945), English footballer *

Oliver Boot Oliver Boot (born 1979) is an English actor. He trained at RADA, and has appeared on both stage and screen. His theatre credits include ''Antony and Cleopatra'', ''In Extremis'' (in the role of Abelard), ''Three Musketeers'', '' Hayfever'', ''T ...

, English actor *

Pat Boot Vernon Patrick Boot (22 October 1914 – 15 January 1947) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who represented his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1938 British Empire Games, winning gold and bronze medals at the latter. Early ...

(1914–1947), New Zealand athlete *

Ton Boot Antoine "Ton" Boot (born October 16, 1940) is a Dutch retired professional basketball coach and player. Boot is viewed as one of the best Dutch coaches ever, because of his 14 national titles in the Netherlands. The Dutch newspaper ''De Volkskrant ...

(born 1940), Dutch basketball coach and player *

Vitali Boot Vitali Boot is a German amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at super heavyweight at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships. There he beat Poland's Grzegorz Kielsa (20:14), but lost to eventual winner Ruslan Chagaev. Boot won th ...

, German amateur boxer *

William Henry James Boot William Henry James Boot (1848 – 8 September 1918) was an English oil and watercolour artist, illustrator and author. Biography He was born in Manchester, England, going on to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London (from 1874 to 1884); and b ...

(1848–1918), English artist, illustrator and author

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Cornelius Boots Cornelius Boots (Cornelius Shinzen Boots) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. Best known for founding and leading Edmund Welles, the only composing bass clarinet quartet in the world, he now mainly plays and composes for the sha ...

, American composer and multi-instrumentalist *

Dave Boots David W. Boots (born November 18, 1955) is an American retired basketball coach. He was the former head coach of the University of South Dakota The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakot ...

(born 1955), American college basketball coach *

George Boots John George Boots (1874–1928) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Monmouthshire. He won 16 caps for Wales. Boots was seen as a consistent player with a superb positional sense ...

(1874–1928), Welsh international rugby union forward * Mathieu Boots (born 1975), Dutch retired football player * Phil Boots, American politician

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