Bor (name)

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Bor is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with this name include:

Surname[edit]

  • Andy Bor (born 1963), Australian ski coach and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers
  • Barna Bor (born 1968), Hungarian judoka and Olympics competitor
  • Dávid Bor (born 1994), Hungarian footballer
  • Dekel Bor, Israeli jazz guitarist and composer
  • Eleanor Bor (1898–1957), British travel writer; wife of Norman Bor
  • Guy Thornton Bor (a.k.a. Max Adrian; 1903–1973), Irish actor and singer
  • Hilda Bor (1910–1993), British classical pianist
  • Hillary Bor (born 1989), Kenyan-born American track and field athlete
  • Jamtsyn Bor (born 1958), Mongolian wrestler
  • Jan Bor (1886–1943), Czech theater director and playwright
  • Katalin Bor (born 1990), Hungarian swimmer and Olympics competitor
  • Matej Bor (a.k.a. Vladimir Pavšič; 1913–1993), Slovene poet, translator, playwright, journalist, and partisan
  • Milan Bor (1936–1998), Czechoslovakian-born German sound engineer
  • Modesta Bor (1926–1998), Venezuelan composer
  • Nathan Bor (1913–1972), American boxer and Olympic medalist
  • Norman Bor (1893–1972), Irish Botanist; husband of Eleanor Bor
  • Paulus Bor (c.1601–1669), Dutch painter
  • Pieter Bor (1559–1635), Dutch writer and historian
  • Vane Bor (a.k.a. Stevan Živadinović; 1908–1993), Serbian artist
  • Walter Bor (1916–1999), Austrian-born British urban planner and architect
  • Zsolt Bor (born 1949), Hungarian physicist

Given name[edit]

  • Bor Pavlovčič (born 1998), Slovenian ski jumper
  • Bor-ming Jahn (1940–2016), Taiwanese-born French geochemist
  • Bor S. Luh (1916–2001), Chinese-born American food scientist and educator
  • Hui Chak Bor (born 1968), Hong Kong cyclist and Olympics competitor
  • Li Yiu-bor (1909–1976), Hong Kong teacher, publisher, politician, and religious leader

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