Bol is a surname in the Low Countries and in Southern Sudan.
"Bol" and "Bols" are Dutch surnames with a variety of origins. These can be patronymic (after Bolle/Bole short forms of the Germanic personal name Baldo),[1] occupational (bol = bread roll, referring to a baker), and descriptive (someone with a bol hoofd =round/bald head).[2] People with this surname include:
BolCornelis Bol/Boel (c. 1575 – after 1621), Flemish draughtsman and engraverCornelis Bol (1589–1666), Flemish painterFerdinand Bol (1616–1680), Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsmanGerrit Bol (1906–1989), Dutch mathematicianHans Bol (1534–1593), Flemish painter in the Northern Mannerist styleHenri Bol (1945–2000), Dutch stil life painterJan Bol (born 1924), Dutch Olympic sailorJetse Bol (born 1989), Dutch road bicycle racerKees Bol (1916–2009), Dutch painter and art educatorLaurens J. Bol (1898–1994), Dutch art historian specialized in 17th-century paintersBolsEric Bols (1904–1985), British Army officer of Belgian descentJan Bols (born 1944), Dutch speed skaterLouis Bols (1867–1930), South African military officer in the British ArmyLucas Bols (1652-1719), Dutch distillerMikael Bols (born 1961), Danish organic chemistFrancis Piol Bol Bok (born 1979), Dinka tribesman, abolitionist and author living in the United StatesKerubino Kuanyin Bol (1948-1999), a leader of the Sudan People's Liberation ArmyManute Bol (1962–2010), Sudanese-born basketball player in the US and political activistSamuel Aru Bol (1929–2000), prominent politician who signed the Khartoum Peace Agreement of 1997