Namesakes
Boris I
(m) ?-907 
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars 852-889
Saints (Boris I of Bulgaria)
Boris II
(m) 931-977
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars 969-977
Boris
(m) ?-1019
Saints
Boris Godunov
(m) ?-1605
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars 1598-1605
Boris III
(m) 1894-1943
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars 1918-1943
Boris
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1966 Boris the Spider
Boris Akunin
(m) 1956-
Notable Writers
Boris Becker
(m) 1967-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Olympic Medalists 1992 tennis (gold)
Boris Berezovsky
(m) 1946-2013
Notable Businesspeople
Boris Dežulović
(m) 1964-
Notable Journalists
Boris Dittrich
(m) 1955-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Boris Dvornik
(m) 1939-2008
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Boris Gelfand
(m) 1968-
Notable Athletes (chess)
Boris Goykhman
(m) 1919-2005
Olympic Medalists 1956; 1960 water polo (bronze/silver)
Boris Grishin
(m) 1938-
Olympic Medalists 1964; 1968 water polo (bronze/silver)
Boris Isachenko
(m) 1958-
Olympic Medalists 1980 archery - individual (silver)
Boris Johnson
(m) 1964-
British Prime Ministers 2019-2022
Boris Karloff
(m) 1887-1969
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Boris Markarov
(m) 1935-2023
Olympic Medalists 1956 water polo (bronze)
Boris Nikitin
(m) 1938-1984
Olympic Medalists 1956 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Boris Novković
(m) 1967-
Notable Musicians
Boris Pasternak
(m) 1890-1960
Nobel Prize Winners 1958 (literature)
Notable Writers
Boris Popov
(m) 1941-
Olympic Medalists 1964 water polo (bronze)
Boris Spassky
(m) 1937-
Notable Athletes (chess)
Boris Steimetz
(m) 1987-
Olympic Medalists 2008 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver)
Boris Tadić
(m) 1958-
Other Leaders 2004-2012 Serbia (president)
Boris Tokarev
(m) 1927-2002
Olympic Medalists 1952; 1956 4x100 m relay (silver)
Boris Trajkovski
(m) 1956-2004
Other Leaders 1999-2004 Macedonia (president)
Boris Vian
(m) 1920-1959
Notable Writers
Boris Williams
(m) 1957-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2019 The Cure
Boris Yeltsin
(m) 1931-2007
Other Leaders 1991-1999 Russia (president)
Ernst Chain
(middle name Boris) (m) 1906-1979
Nobel Prize Winners 1945 (medicine)