Bosch (surname)

Bosch (Catalan: [ˈbɔsk] ^ⓘ; Dutch: [ˈbɔs] ^ⓘ) is a popular surname in Catalan and Dutch. In both languages, it is an archaic spelling of a word (modern Catalan bosc, modern Dutch bos) meaning 'forest'.

Notable people with the surname Bosch include:

• Anabel Bosch (1976–2009), Filipino singer and poet
• Jacques Bosch (1825–1895), Catalan guitarist and song composer
• Jimmy Bosch (b. c. 1960), American jazz and salsa musician
• Leon Bosch (b. 1961), South African double bassist
• Marcus Bosch (b. 1969), German conductor
• Maura Bosch (b. 1958), American composer
• Susana Bosch (b. 1958), Uruguayan vocalist

• Aurora Bosch (b. 1942), Cuban dancer and ballet teacher
• Fátima Bosch (b. 2000), Mexican model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Francisco Bosch (b. 1982), Spanish actor and dancer
• Joan Bosch (1925–2015), Catalan film director
• Johnny Yong Bosch (b. 1976), American television actor and voice actor
• Jordi Bosch (b. 1956), Catalan actor
• Lydia Bosch (b. 1963), Spanish actress
• Narcis Bosch, Catalan pornographic director
• Roselyne Bosch (b. 1961), French film producer, director and screenwriter

• Gijs Bosch Reitz (1860–1938), Dutch painter
• Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516), Dutch painter
• Johannes de Bosch (1713–1785), Dutch painter
• Miguel Jaume y Bosch (1844–1900), Spanish-Uruguayan painter
• Steven Bosch (b. 1978), South African artist

• Alfred Bosch (born 1962), Catalan author, politician and historian
• Carles Bosch de la Trinxeria (1831–1897), Catalan writer
• Christine de Bosch Kemper (1840–1924), Dutch writer
• David Bosch (1929–1992), South African missionary and author
• Hieronymus de Bosch (1740–1811), Dutch poet and Latin scholar
• Juan Bosch (1909–2001), Dominican politician and writer
• Pseudonymous Bosch, author of the Secret Series children's books
• Xavier Bosch i Sancho (b. 1967), Catalan writer and journalist

• Anthony Bosch, founder of Biogenesis of America medical clinic
• Felipe A. Bosch Gutierrez (b. 1962), Guatemalan businessman
• George Henry Bosch (1861–1934), Australian merchant and philanthropist
• Henry Bosch (b. 1931), Australian businessman and governance advocate
• José Manuel Lara Bosch (1946–2015), Spanish media executive and businessman
• Joseph Bosch (1850–1937), German-born American brewer
• Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez (b. 1952), Guatemalan businessman
• Robert Bosch (1861–1942), German industrialist and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH
• Robert Bosch Jr. (1928–2004), German billionaire

• Albert H. Bosch (1908–2005), American politician
• Bernardus Bosch (1746–1803), Dutch politician and poet
• Ernesto Bosch (1863–1951), Argentine Foreign Minister and Central Bank official
• Francisco Milans del Bosch (1769–1834), Spanish general
• Hugo von Bosch (1782–1865), Bavarian Lieutenant General and Acting War Minister
• Jaime Milans del Bosch (1915–1997), Spanish general
• Jaume Bosch (b. 1953), Catalan politician
• Jeltje de Bosch Kemper (1836–1916), Dutch feminist
• Jorrit Bosch (born 1997), German politician
• Juan Bosch (1909–2001), Dominican politician and writer
• Lodewijk Hendrik Nicolaas Bosch van Rosenthal (1884–1953), Dutch jurist and politician
• Milagros Ortiz Bosch (b. 1936), Dominican politician
• Orlando Bosch (1926–2011), Cuban exile and terrorist
• Yevgenia Bosch (1879–1925), Ukrainian Bolshevik activist and politician

• Carl Bosch (1874–1940), German chemist, Nobel laureate, and engineer
• Fàtima Bosch i Tubert (b. 1957), Catalan doctor in pharmacy
• Irene Bosch, Venezuelan biologist and researcher
• Jan Bosch (b. 1967), Dutch computer scientist
• Leendert Bosch (1924–2017), Dutch biochemist
• Pere Bosch-Gimpera (1891–1974), Catalan-born Mexican archaeologist and anthropologist
• Robert A. Bosch (b. 1963), American author and recreational mathematician
• Siegfried Bosch (b. 1944), German mathematician

• Anneke Bosch (b. 1990s), South African cricketer
• Christopher Bosch (b. 1992), South African rugby player
• Clayton Bosch (b. 1992), South African cricketer
• Corbin Bosch (b. 1997), South African cricketer
• Crisant Bosch (1907–1981), Catalan footballer
• Curwin Bosch (b. 1997), South African rugby player
• Don Bosch (b. 1942), American baseball player
• Dylan Bosch (b. 1998), South African swimmer
• Eathan Bosch (b. 1997), South African cricketer
• Edith Bosch (born 1980), Dutch judoka
• Emma Bosch (1971–1994), Catalan alpine skier
• Facundo Bosch (b. 1991), Argentine rugby player
• Frank Bosch (b. 1945), American football player
• Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (1887–1972), Dutch track cyclist
• Hermann Bosch (1891–1916), German footballer
• John Bosch (b. 1964), Dutch racing car driver
• Jurjen Bosch (b. 1985), Dutch footballer
• Manel Bosch (b. 1967), Catalan basketball player
• Marcelo Bosch (b. 1984), Argentine rugby player
• Mariano Bosch (b. 1962), Argentine rugby player and coach
• Mónica Bosch (b. 1972), Catalan alpine skier
• Nadir Bosch (b. 1973), French middle-distance runner
• Patrick Bosch (1964–2012), Dutch footballer
• Paul Bosch (b. 1984), South African rugby union player
• Ruud Bosch (b. 1984), Dutch badminton player
• Tertius Bosch (1966–2000), South African cricketer

• Mariette Bosch (1950–2001), South African executed for murder by Botswana
• Mineke Bosch (born 1954), Dutch historian

• All pages with titles containing Bosch
• Boesch, Bösch, Bosch, Busch, Busche, Bush, Busk, Van den Bos, Van den Bosch, Van den Bossche, Von dem Busche