Boven can refer to a number of individuals with that last name. The word is also

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 ...

for "above," and appears in the names of several locations in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

People

Don Boven Donald E. Boven (March 6, 1925 – March 10, 2011) was an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor. He was a World War II veteran who was a standout athlete at Western Michigan University. After playing professional basketball ...

(1925–2011), an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor *

Jan Boven Jan Boven (born 28 February 1972 in Delfzijl, Groningen (province), Groningen) is a road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1996, and remained with the same team, Rabobank (cycling), Rabobank, until 2008. His son, Lar ...

(born 1972), Dutch road bicycle racer ;Bovens *

Luc Bovens Luc Bovens is a Belgian professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bovens is a former editor of '' Economics and Philosophy''. His main areas of research are moral and political philosophy, philosophy of economics ...

, Belgian professor of philosophy * Theo Bovens (born 1959), Dutch politician ;Van Boven * Pieter van Boven (1898–1952), Dutch fencer *

Theo van Boven Theodoor Cornelis (Theo) van Boven (born 26 May 1934, Voorburg) is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law. In 1977, he was appointed director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Righ ...

(born 1934), Dutch jurist and law professor * Scott Thomas Boven (born 1981) Dutch/American entrepreneur * Ana Maria Boven (born 1975) Puerto Rican/American singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. wife to Scott Thomas Boven

Places

Boven Bolivia Boven Bolivia is a hamlet on the island of Bonaire at the head of a lagoon on the island's east coast. Boven Bolivia started as a plantation. Guano Guano (Spanish from ) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. Guano is a highly eff ...

, village in Bonaire *

Boven Coppename Boven Coppename is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 539. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people of the Tiriyó, and Maroons of the Kwinti tribe. The main village is Bitag ...

, resort in Suriname *

Boven Digoel Regency Boven Digoel Regency is an inland regency (''kabupaten'') in the northeastern part of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It was split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. It is bordered to the south b ...

in Papua province, Indonesia * Boven-Haastrecht, town in South Holland * Boven-Hardinxveld, town in South Holland * Boven-Leeuwen, town in Gelderland *

Boven Merwede The Boven Merwede (; "Upper Merwede") is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, mainly fed by the river Rhine. The Afgedamde Maas river joins the Waal at Woudrichem to form the Boven Merwede, which at Hardinxveld-Giessendam splits into the Bene ...

, river in the Netherlands *

Boven Saramacca Boven Saramacca is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,427. The dominant geographical feature of this resort is the Saramacca River. The resort is mainly inhabited by Maroons of the M ...

, resort in Suriname *

Boven Suriname Boven Suriname (also Upper Suriname) is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 17,954. Almost its entire population consists of Maroons The resort is home to many small tribal villages. The ...

, resort in Suriname *

Waterval Boven Waterval Boven (officially known as Emgwenya) is a small town situated on the edge of the Escarpment on the banks of the Elands River above the 75m Elands Falls on the railway line from Pretoria to Maputo in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Hence the ...

, town in Mpumalanga, South Africa {{disambiguation