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Bose (surname)

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Bose or Basu or Boshu is a surname found amongst Bengali Hindus.

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Boses belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins. Boses are considered as Kulin Kayasthas, along with Ghoshes, Mitras and Guhas.

Notables of South Asian descent

  • Amar Bose (1929–2013), MIT professor, founder and chairman of the Bose Corporation
  • Benoy Bose, Indian revolutionary
  • Buddhadeva Bose (1908–1974), Bengali writer
  • Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1935), Bengali physicist, science fiction writer, and father of radio science
  • Kamal Bose (1915–1995), Indian cinematographer, winner of five Filmfare Awards
  • Khudiram Bose (1889–1908), Indian freedom fighter
  • Mihir Bose (born 1947), Indian-born British journalist, former BBC's sports editor
  • N. S. Chandra Bose (1932–2010), medical doctor and politician
  • Nandalal Bose (born 1883), Indian painter
  • Rahul Bose (born 1967), Indian actor
  • Rajsekhar Bose (1880–1960), Bengali writer, chemist and lexicographer
  • Raj Chandra Bose (1901–1987), Indian mathematician and statistician
  • Rash Behari Bose (1886–1945), Indian freedom fighter
  • Sarat Chandra Bose (1889–1950), Indian lawyer and freedom fighter (brother of Subhas Chandra Bose)
  • Sarmila Bose (born 1959), Indian journalist and researcher
  • Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974), Indian physicist, best known for the Bose–Einstein statistics
  • Sachindra Prasad Bose (died 1941), designer of the Calcutta Flag
  • Sudhindra Bose (1883–1946), pioneer in teaching Asian politics and civilization in the United States
  • Swadesh Bose (1928–2009), Bangladeshi economist
  • Sugata Bose (born 1956), Harvard professor, Member of Parliament and grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
  • Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945), fighter of the Indian independence movement and eminent personality of the Indian National Army
  • Uma Bose (1921–1942), 'The Nightingale of Bengal', musical prodigy
  • Vivian Bose (1891–1983), judge of the Supreme Court of India and one of the founders of scouting in India

    • Notable others

  • Sterling Bose (1906–1959), American jazz trumpeter and cornetist

    • von Bose is an unrelated German surname

  • Julius von Bose (1809–1894), Prussian Army general
  • Countess Louise von Bose (1813–1883), German philanthropist
  • Herbert von Bose (1893–1934), German civil servant
  • Jobst-Hilmar von Bose (1897–1949), German soldier
  • Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953), German composer

    • Bosé is an unrelated European surname

  • Lucia Bosè (Italian spelling, born Lucia Borloni) or Lucía Bosé (Spanish spelling) (born 1931), Italian actress
  • Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish singer and son of Lucia Bosè

    • References

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