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