Boz is a given name,

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, and surname. It may refer to:

People with the given name

Boz (king) __NOTOC__ Boz (died 380) was the king of the Antes, an early Slavic people that lived in parts of present-day Ukraine. His story is mentioned by Jordanes in the '' Getica'' (550–551); in the preceding years, the Ostrogoths under Ermanaric ...

(died c. 380), king of the Antes, in what is now Ukraine

People with the nickname or stage name

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

(1812-1870) wrote some of his early works under this pen name * William Boz Scaggs (born 1944), American singer, songwriter and guitarist * Raymond Boz Burrell (1946–2006), English singer and bass guitarist * Martin

Boz Boorer Martin James "Boz" Boorer (born 19 May 1962 in Edgware, Middlesex, England) is an English guitarist and producer most known for his work founding the new wave rockabilly group the Polecats; and later for his work as a co-writer, guitarist and ...

(born 1962), English guitarist and songwriter *

Brian Bosworth Brian Keith Bosworth (born March 9, 1965), nicknamed "The Boz," is an American former football linebacker and actor who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. A two-time Dick Butkus Award win ...

(born 1965), American football player and actor nicknamed "the Boz" *

Mark Bosnich Mark John Bosnich (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper, and sports pundit. He played in England for Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea. He also played in ...

(born 1972), Australian former football goalkeeper and sports pundit, cohost of the television sports show ''Bill & Boz''

People with the surname

* Alina Boz (born 1998), Turkish-Russian actress * Lucian Boz (1908–2003), Romanian literary critic, essayist, novelist, poet and translator * Mahmut Boz (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Meryem Boz (born 1988), Turkish volleyball player *

Murat Boz Murat Boz (born 7 March 1980) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and actor. Boz began his solo career by releasing his first single, "Aşkı Bulamam Ben", in 2006. In the following year his first studio album titled ''Maximum'' (2007) was released ...

(born 1980), Turkish pop singer *

Nevval Boz Muhsine Neval Boz real name Mahsune Dguvebe (died 4 November 1993) was a Turkish woman who was killed, according to some as part of a cover-up of the suspected assassination of General Eşref Bitlis, who died in a mysterious plane crash. She was k ...

(died 1993), Turkish woman killed, possibly as part of a cover-up of the suspected assassination of General Eşref Bitlis *

Soner Boz Soner Boz (born 12 January 1968) is a retired Turkish football striker. While at Kocaelispor he scored in the first leg of the 1997 Turkish Cup Final against his former club Trabzonspor, which helped his team to a 2-1 aggregate win. Honours Clu ...

(born 1968), Turkish former footballer

Fictional characters

* Boz Bishop, in seasons 3-6 of the American television series ''

Nash Bridges ''Nash Bridges'' is an American police procedural television series created by Carlton Cuse. The show stars Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The se ...

'' * Murray "Boz" Bozinsky, in the 1980s American television series ''

Riptide A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal f ...

'' * Johnny Boz, in the film ''

Basic Instinct ''Basic Instinct'' is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran ( Michael Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a w ...

'' * Officer Boz, in the 2021 film ''

Spiral In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point. Helices Two major definitions of "spiral" in the American Heritage Dictionary are:Boz (disambiguation) Boz may refer to: Geography * Boz, Ain, a French commune * Boz (Mureș), a river in Hunedoara County, Romania * Boz (Secaș), a river in Alba County, Romania * Boz, a village in Doștat Commune, Alba County, Romania * Boz, a village in Brănișca ...

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