Boring is a surname. Notable people with that surname include:
Edwin G. Boring (1886–1968), American experimental psychologist
Floyd Boring (1915–2008), American Secret Service agent
Mel Boring (AKA Melvin Lyle Boring, born 1939), American children's author, father of Jeremy Boring Davies
Wayne Boring (1905–87), American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman in the 1940s and 1950s
William A. Boring (1859–1937), American architect who co-designed the Immigration Station at Ellis Island in New York harbor
