Boswell (surname)

See also Buswell (surname)

Boswell is a Scottish family name and may refer to the following individuals:

• Alexander Boswell (1706 – 1782), judge of the Scottish supreme court and father of James Boswell
• Sir Alexander Boswell (1775 – 1822), a Scottish songwriter, son of James Boswell, grandson of Alexander Boswell
• Bobby Boswell (born 1983), American soccer player
• Charles Wallace Boswell (1886 – 1956), New Zealand politician
• Claud Irvine Boswell (1742–1824), Scottish judge
• Dave Boswell (1945 - 2012), American baseball player
• Eric Boswell, (1921-2009), English songwriter
• Eric J. Boswell, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
• Eve Boswell (1922–1998), Hungarian-born singer in South Africa and Britain
• Granny Boswell (c. 1817 – 1909), Cornish Gipsy
• Ian Boswell (born 1991), American road cyclist
• James Boswell (1740 – 1795), Scottish lawyer, diarist, author, and biographer of Samuel Johnson
• James Griffin Boswell (1882 – 1952), American businessman
• John Boswell (1947 – 1994), American historian and Yale professor
• Ken Boswell (born 1946), American baseball player
• Kenneth Boswell, New Zealand rower
• Kris Boswell, Swedish radio personality
• Leonard Boswell (1934-2018), American politician
• Lewis Archer Boswell (1834 – 1909), aviation pioneer
• Mark Boswell (born 1977), Canadian athlete
• Paul P. Boswell (1905-1982), American physician and politician
• Ron Boswell (born 1940), Australian politician
• Scott Boswell (born 1974), English cricketer
• Stewart Boswell (born 1978), Australian squash player
• Thomas Boswell (born 1958), Washington Post sports columnist
• Tim Boswell (born 1942), British politician

Or the family group:

• The Boswell Sisters, American singers (sisters Martha, 1905 – 1958; Connee, 1907 – 1976; Helvetia aka "Vet", 1911 – 1988)

And see also:

• the Boswell family, Kings of the Gypsies