Boniface (name)
Boniface is a given name and a surname of Latin origin, meaning "fortunate, auspicious". The best known of those who bear the name is Saint Boniface, an important leader in early Christianity and the "Apostle of the Germans". Others named Boniface include:
Given name
Religious figures
- Boniface of Tarsus, saint who was martyred in 307, according to legend
- Boniface, 5th century African martyr
- Pope Boniface I
- Pope Boniface II
- Pope Boniface III
- Pope Boniface IV
- Pope Boniface V
- Saint Curetán, Bishop of Rosemarkie, also known as Boniface
- Pope Boniface VI
- Antipope Boniface VII
- Bruno of Querfurt, also known as Boniface, sainted missionary bishop and martyr, the "Apostle to the Prussians"
- Boniface of Valperga, venerated Bishop of Aosta
- Boniface of Brussels, Bishop of Lausanne
- Boniface of Savoy (bishop)
- Pope Boniface VIII, responsible for issuing the papal bull Unam sanctam
- Pope Boniface IX
- Boniface Adoyo, Kenyan bishop and opponent of the theory of evolution
- Boniface Hardin, American Benedictine monk
- Boniface Lele, Kenyan Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop
- Boniface Wimmer, German monk who founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States
Rulers and soldiers
- Bonifacius, a 5th-century Roman general also known as Count Boniface
- Boniface, Duke of Alsace
- Boniface, Count of Bologna and Margrave of Tuscany
- Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane,, Marshal of France
- Boniface I of Challant
- Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, Italian chosen as leader of the Fourth Crusade
- Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat
- Bonifaci VI de Castellana, a Provençal knight known as Boniface de Castellane
- Boniface III, Marquess of Montferrat
- Boniface IV, Marquess of Montferrat,
- Boniface del Vasto, Margrave of Savona and Western Liguria
- Boniface, Count of Savoy
- Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany
- Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany
- Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany
- Boniface of Verona, Lombard Crusader lord in Frankish Greece
- Boniface Sifu, chief of the Mayeyi people of Namibia
- Boniface Bebi, former chief of the Mafwe people of Namibia
- Bonifacio Pinedo, king of the Afro-Bolivian monarchy
Politicians
- Boniface Alexandre, Haitian politician, acting President of Haiti
- Boniface Berthin Zakahely, Malagasy politician
- Boniface S. Emerengwa, Nigerian lawyer and politician
- Boniface Florescu, Romanian polygraph and politician
- Boniface Kabaka, Kenyan politician
Athletes
- Boniface Ambani, Kenyan retired footballer
- Boniface Toroitich Kiprop, Ugandan long-distance runner
- Boniface Merande, Kenyan retired middle-distance runner
- Boniface N'Dong, Senegalese retired professional basketball player
- Boniface Simutowe, Zambian soccer player
- Boniface Songok, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Boniface Usisivu, Kenyan marathon runner
Other
- Boniface Mwangi, Kenyan activist
Surname
- André Boniface, French rugby union player
- Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino leader of the revolution against Spanish occupation
- Bruce Boniface, singer, songwriter and producer whose stage name is Boniface
- Charles Etienne Boniface, French music teacher, playwright, journalist and polyglot
- Frédéric Boniface, French former footballer
- George C. Boniface, American actor
- Guy Boniface, French rugby union footballer
- Gwen Boniface, Canadian police officer, lawyer and first female Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
- Symona Boniface, American film actress, particularly in Three Stooges shorts
- Victor Boniface,, Nigerian footballer
- William Boniface, American children's book author