Boyer 1278446 221772567 2008-06-26T01:05:18Z KnowledgeOfSelf 452631 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 221772406 by [[Special:Contributions/85.59.90.25|85.59.90.25]] ([[User talk:85.59.90.25|talk]]) '''Boyer''' is a [[French language|French]], English, German and even Turkish last name. Boyer in English comes from [[bowyer]], meaning "bow maker" or "bow seller." In French, it means "ox leader", the one leading the ox while plowing. In Turkish, it comes from boy-er, boy meaning "size" or "stature" and "er" meaning "man" or "soldier." ==People== *[[Alexis de Boyer]], French surgeon *[[Angelique Boyer]] (born 1988), Mexican actress *[[Bill Boyer Jr.]], entreprenurial former baggage handler who now owns Mokulele Airlines *[[Carl Benjamin Boyer]], historian of mathematics *[[Charles Boyer]], French-American actor *[[Claudette Boyer]] (born 1938), Canadian politician *[[Clete Boyer]] (born 1937), American baseball player *[[Erica Boyer]] (born 1956), American actress *[[Ernest L. Boyer]], American educator *Ethaan Boyer (born 1977) This American artist is the creator of the online comic fishbulb and co-founder of Atomic Picnic. *[[Herbert Boyer]] (born 1936), biochemist *[[Jacques Boyer]] (born 1955) American cyclist *[[Jacqueline Boyer]] (born 1941), French singer *[[Jay Boyer]] (born 1947), American playwright *[[Jean Boyer]], French director and author *[[Jean Pierre Boyer]], Haitian politician *[[Joseph Boyer]] (1848–1930), a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist, *[[Katy Boyer]], American actress *[[Ken Boyer]], baseball player *[[Louis Boyer (merchant)|Louis Boyer]], Canadian merchant *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]], French astronomer *[[Lucienne Boyer]], French singer *[[Michael Boyer]] (born 1960), American actor and showman *[[Pascal Boyer]], anthropologist *[[Patrick Boyer]] (born 1945), Canadian politician *[[Paul D. Boyer]] (born 1918), American biochemist *[[Phil Boyer]] (born 1949) English footballer *[[Richard O. Boyer]], American journalist *[[Robert S. Boyer|Robert Stephen Boyer]], currently a professor of computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. *[[List of Charles Whitman's victims|Robert Hamilton Boyer]], a 33-year-old visiting professor shot and killed in Charles Whitman's shooting spree at The University of Texas at Austin in 1966. *[[Robert Boyer (artist)]], a Canadian artist of aboriginal heritage. ==Places== '''Boyer''' is the name of several places: * [[Boyer, Loire]], in the Loire ''département'' of France * [[Boyer, Saône-et-Loire]], in the Saône-et-Loire ''département'' of France * [[Boyer, Tasmania]], in Australia * [[Boyer, Nevada]], in United States ==Other uses== *[[Boyer-Moore string search algorithm]] *[[Boyer Gallery]] == See also == * [[Boier]] * [[Bauer]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Ambiguous place names]] [[Category:german surnames]] [[Category:french surnames]] [[Category:jewish surnames]] [[de:Boyer]] [[es:Boyer]] [[fr:Boyer]] [[it:Boyer]] [[nl:Boyer]] [[pl:Boyer]]