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Boyan Slat
Boyan Slat (born 1994) is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur who founded The Ocean Cleanup, a Rotterdam nonprofit developing systems to remove plastic from oceans and rivers.
Boyana Church (Боянска църква)
Boyana Church (Боянска църква) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia's Boyana district, inscribed by UNESCO in 1979 chiefly for its frescoes of 1259.
Boyanka Kostova
Boyanka Kostova (Боянка Минкова Костова), born 1993 in Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian-born Azerbaijani weightlifter, 2010 Youth Olympic champion, 2015 world 58 kg champion with snatch and total world records, twice banned for doping.
Boyapati Srinu (బోయపాటి శ్రీను)
Boyapati Srinu, also spelled Boyapati Sreenu and born Boyapati Srinivas, is an Indian Telugu film director known for mass-market action films such as Simha, Legend, and Akhanda.
Boyar (боярин)
Boyar (боярин, бояре): highest service aristocracy of medieval Rus', Muscovy, Lithuania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and the medieval Balkans; council members, army commanders, and administrators; abolished in Russia after Peter I's 1711 Senate, surviving in Romania until 1945.
Boyar Duma
The Boyar Duma (Боярская дума) was the highest council under the prince, and from 1547 under the tsar, in Russia from the 10th century to the early 18th century.
Boybeypınarı inscription
The Boybeypınarı inscription is a set of four Hieroglyphic Luwian basalt blocks from Adıyaman Province, Turkey, dedicated to the goddess Kubaba by Panamuwati, wife of the Kummuh king Suppiluliuma.
Boyce and Hart
Boyce and Hart: American songwriting and production duo Tommy Boyce (1939-1994) and Bobby Hart (1939-2025), writers and producers of the Monkees' early hits including "Last Train to Clarksville," later a charting duo on A&M and the L.U.V. voting-age campaign.
Boyce Avenue
Boyce Avenue: acoustic rock band of the three Manzano brothers (Alejandro, Fabian, Daniel) of Sarasota, Florida, formed 2004, on their label 3 Peace Records; most viewed independent act on YouTube with billions of views.
Boyce Budd
Boyce Budd (Harold Boyce Budd, Jr., born 1939) is an American rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Vesper Boat Club, and won Henley titles with Cambridge in 1962.
Boyce McDaniel
Boyce McDaniel was an American experimental nuclear physicist at Cornell University who gave the first atomic bomb its final check at the Trinity test in 1945.
Boyce–Codd normal form
Boyce–Codd normal form (BCNF, also called 3.5NF) is a normal form in relational database design, a stricter version of third normal form developed by Boyce and Codd in 1974.
Boychoir (film)
Boychoir is a 2014 drama film directed by François Girard, starring Dustin Hoffman as a demanding choirmaster training a troubled boy at an elite choir school.
Boycott
Boycott: collective refusal to buy from, work for, or deal with a target to force change, named after Captain Charles Boycott, ostracized in Ireland in 1880; a core nonviolent-resistance tactic.
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led campaign launched 9 July 2005 by over 170 organizations, demanding an end to occupation, equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel, and refugee rights, modeled on anti-apartheid South Africa.
Boyd Coddington
Boyd Coddington was an American custom hot rod builder in Southern California who pioneered the machined billet-aluminum wheel and the smooth "Boyd look," and hosted American Hot Rod.
Boyd Holbrook
Boyd Holbrook (Robert Boyd Holbrook, born 1981, Prestonsburg, Kentucky) is an American actor and former model known for Steve Murphy in Narcos, Donald Pierce in Logan, the Corinthian in The Sandman, and Johnny Cash in A Complete Unknown.
Boyd massacre
The Boyd massacre, also called the Burning of the Boyd, was the killing of about 70 crew and passengers of the ship Boyd by Māori in New Zealand in 1809.
Boyd Strait
Boyd Strait (Estrecho Boyd; Estrecho Larrea) is an Antarctic strait running NW-SE between Smith Island and Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, charted by James Weddell in 1823 and named for Captain David Boyd, RN.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley (born 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American classically trained violinist who joined Dave Matthews Band in 1992, played on six Platinum albums, released the 2003 solo album True Reflections, and left the band in 2018.
Boyer Lectures
The Boyer Lectures are an annual series of ABC Radio National talks by prominent Australians on major social, scientific, cultural, or political issues, broadcast since 1959.
Boyer–Lindquist coordinates
Boyer–Lindquist coordinates are a coordinate system introduced by Robert Boyer and Richard Lindquist in 1967, the standard form for writing the Kerr metric of a rotating black hole.
Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm
The Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm, invented by Robert S. Boyer and J Strother Moore around 1975, finds a pattern in a text by comparing characters right to left and skipping ahead using precomputed shift tables.
Boyfriend
Boyfriend: a man or boy someone has a romantic or sexual relationship with; word first recorded 1895-1900, paired with girlfriend in early-1900s US dating culture. Also a fashion adjective for men's-inspired women's clothing.
Boyfriend (Ariana Grande and Social House song)
"Boyfriend" (lowercase stylization) is a 2019 pop/R&B single by Ariana Grande and the duo Social House, released August 2, 2019 on Republic; it debuted at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at number 4 in the UK, and was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Boyfriend (band)
Boyfriend (보이프렌드), also known as BF, is a South Korean six-member boy group formed by Starship Entertainment, debuting in 2011 with the single "Boyfriend" and featuring identical twin members.
Boyfriend (Justin Bieber song)
"Boyfriend" (Justin Bieber song), lead single from Believe, released March 26, 2012; written with Mike Posner, MdL, and Blackbear; peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Canada.
Boyfriend on Demand (월간남친)
Boyfriend on Demand (월간남친, Monthly Boyfriend) is a 2026 Netflix South Korean romantic comedy series, 10 episodes, starring Blackpink's Jisoo as webtoon producer Seo Mi-rae and Seo In-guk, directed by Kim Jung-sik, about a virtual dating subscription service.
Boyfriends
The Boyfriends are a Filipino pop group of the mid-1970s Manila Sound era, formed by Orly Ilacad and known for "Sumayaw Sumunod" and "Dahil Mahal Kita."
Boygenius
Boygenius (stylized boygenius) is the American indie-rock supergroup of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus, formed in 2018; its 2023 debut album The Record won three Grammys including Best Alternative Music Album.