Boris

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Boris is a Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian language name of Bulgar origin, common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and Slovenia. The name likely originated as an abbreviated form of Bogoris (see Boris I of Bulgaria).

Boril is another historical variation of the name.

[edit] Notable People named Boris

• Knyaz Boris I was the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire.
• Tsar Boris II was ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, son of Peter I.
• Tsar Boris III was ruler of Bulgaria during the first half of the 20th century.
• Boris and Gleb were Russian princes, murdered 1015, and first Russian saints.
• Boris Badenov is a villain on the 1960's cartoon The Bullwinkle Show
• Boris Becker is a former professional tennis player for Germany.
• Boris Berezovsky is a businessman and Russia's first billionaire
• Boris Berezovsky is a Russian pianist
• Boris Briker is a prominent Ukrainian-American author and professor.
• Boris Christoff is a famous Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
• Boris Diaw is a current NBA basketball player for the Phoenix Suns.
• Boris Godunov became tsar of Russia during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
• Boris Grebenshchikov, a Russian singer-songwriter and the leader of the band Aquarium.
• Boris Grishenko is a fictional Russian hacker working for terrorists in the James Bond movie Goldeneye.
• Boris Johnson is MP for Henley-on-Thames, England, and Shadow Minister for Higher Education.
• Boris Karloff was an actor in many horror films.
• Boris Kerpackter was a fictional Jewish character from the television show Rugrats.
• Boris Mikšić is a Croatian businessman and politician.
• Boris Pasternak was a Russian author and a Nobel Prize for Literature laureate.
• Boris Starling is a British novelist and screenwriter.
• Boris Tadić is currently president of Serbia.
• Boris Titulaer is a Dutch singer.
• Boris Vallejo is a Fantasy artist.
• Boris Yeltsin was the first democratically elected president of Russia. He served in office from July 1991 to December 1999.

[edit] Other uses of the name

• The Boris are a tribe of the Adi people.
• Boris is a Japanese ambient / drone / doom metal / noise / rock band.
• Boris is the Soviet hero unit in the video game Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
• "Boris the Spider" is a song by The Who, from their album "A Quick One" (1966) [1]
• Four hurricanes have been named Hurricane Boris.
• Boris (Balto) a character from the Balto movies.
• Boris, song by Sleeping Dogz.