Bosch (surname)
Bosch is a popular surname in Catalan and Dutch. In both languages, it is an archaic spelling of a word meaning 'forest'.
Notable people with the surname Bosch include:
In arts, entertainment, and media
In music
- Anabel Bosch, Filipino singer and poet
- Jacques Bosch, Catalan guitarist and song composer
- Jimmy Bosch, American jazz and salsa musician
- Leon Bosch, South African double bassist
- Marcus Bosch, German conductor
- Maura Bosch, American composer
- Susana Bosch, Uruguayan vocalist
In performing arts
- Aurora Bosch, Cuban dancer and ballet teacher
- Fátima Bosch, Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Francisco Bosch, Spanish actor and dancer
- Joan Bosch, Catalan film director
- Johnny Yong Bosch, American television actor and voice actor
- Jordi Bosch, Catalan actor
- Lydia Bosch, Spanish actress
- Narcis Bosch, Catalan pornographic director
- Roselyne Bosch, French film producer, director and screenwriter
Visual artists
- Gijs Bosch Reitz, Dutch painter
- Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter
- Johannes de Bosch, Dutch painter
- Miguel Jaume y Bosch, Spanish-Uruguayan painter
- Steven Bosch, South African artist
Writers
- Alfred Bosch, Catalan author, politician and historian
- , Catalan writer
- Christine de Bosch Kemper, Dutch writer
- David Bosch, South African missionary and author
- Hieronymus de Bosch, Dutch poet and Latin scholar
- Juan Bosch, Dominican politician and writer
- Pseudonymous Bosch, author of the Secret Series children's books
- Xavier Bosch i Sancho, Catalan writer and journalist
In business
- Anthony Bosch, founder of Biogenesis of America medical clinic
- Felipe A. Bosch Gutierrez, Guatemalan businessman
- George Henry Bosch, Australian merchant and philanthropist
- Henry Bosch, Australian businessman and governance advocate
- José Manuel Lara Bosch, Spanish media executive and businessman
- Joseph Bosch, German-born American brewer
- Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez, Guatemalan businessman
- Robert Bosch, German industrialist and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH
- Robert Bosch Jr., German billionaire
In government, politics, and military
- Albert H. Bosch, American politician
- , Dutch politician and poet
- Ernesto Bosch, Argentine Foreign Minister and Central Bank official
- Francisco Milans del Bosch, Spanish general
- Hugo von Bosch, Bavarian Lieutenant General and Acting War Minister
- Jaime Milans del Bosch, Spanish general
- Jaume Bosch, Catalan politician
- Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist
- Jorrit Bosch, German politician
- Juan Bosch, Dominican politician and writer
- , Dutch jurist and politician
- Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Dominican politician
- Orlando Bosch, Cuban exile and terrorist
- Yevgenia Bosch, Ukrainian Bolshevik activist and politician
In science
- Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel laureate, and engineer
- , Catalan doctor in pharmacy
- Irene Bosch, Venezuelan biologist and researcher
- Jan Bosch, Dutch computer scientist
- Leendert Bosch, Dutch biochemist
- Pere Bosch-Gimpera, Catalan-born Mexican archaeologist and anthropologist
- Robert A. Bosch, American author and recreational mathematician
- Siegfried Bosch, German mathematician
In sport
- Anneke Bosch, South African cricketer
- Christopher Bosch, South African rugby player
- Clayton Bosch, South African cricketer
- Corbin Bosch, South African cricketer
- Crisant Bosch, Catalan footballer
- Curwin Bosch, South African rugby player
- Don Bosch, American baseball player
- Dylan Bosch, South African swimmer
- Eathan Bosch, South African cricketer
- Edith Bosch, Dutch judoka
- Emma Bosch, Catalan alpine skier
- Facundo Bosch, Argentine rugby player
- Frank Bosch, American football player
- Gerard Bosch van Drakestein, Dutch track cyclist
- Hermann Bosch, German footballer
- , Dutch racing car driver
- Jurjen Bosch, Dutch footballer
- Manel Bosch, Catalan basketball player
- Marcelo Bosch, Argentine rugby player
- Mariano Bosch, Argentine rugby player and coach
- Mónica Bosch, Catalan alpine skier
- Nadir Bosch, French middle-distance runner
- Patrick Bosch, Dutch footballer
- Paul Bosch, South African rugby union player
- Ruud Bosch, Dutch badminton player
- Tertius Bosch, South African cricketer
Other people
- Mariette Bosch, South African executed for murder by Botswana
- Mineke Bosch, Dutch historian