Beau (name)
Beau is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Beau Bokan (born 1981), American musician and songwriter
- Beau Boulter (born 1942), former Congressman from Texas and political lobbyist
- Beau Brady (born 1981), Australian actor
- Beau Brinkley (born 1990), American football player
- Beau Burchell (born 1978), American musician and record producer
- Beau Casson (born 1982), Australian cricketer
- Beau Champion (born 1986), Australian Rugby League player
- Beau Falloon (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
- Beau Garrett (born 1982), American actress
- Beau Henry (born 1990), Australian Rugby League footballer
- Beau Hoopman (born 1980), American rower and Olympic gold medalist
- Beau Kazer (born 1951), Canadian actor
- Beau Landry (born 1991), Canadian football player
- Beau Maister (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
- Beau McCoy (born 1980), Nebraska state senator
- Beau McDonald (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
- Beau Mirchoff (born 1989), American-born Canadian actor
- Beau Robinson (born 1986), Australian rugby union footballer
- Beau Ryan (born 1985), Australian Rugby League player and comedian
- Beau Sia (born 1976), American poet
- Beau Smith (born 1954), American comic book writer and columnist
- Beau Waters (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
Nickname:
- Beau Bell (1907–1977), Major League Baseball outfielder
- Beau Biden (born 1969), American lawyer, soldier and politician
- Beau Bridges (born 1941), American actor
- Beau Brummell (1778–1840), arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England
- Beau Nash (1674–1762), dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain
- Beau Rials (born 1962), American television infomercial host, producer and writer
- Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), mayor of New York also known as Beau James
- Beau James, stage name of lawyer-actor James "Beau" Brincefield
Surname:
- Heinie Beau (1911–1987), American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist
Fictional characters:
- Michael "Beau" Geste, protagonist of the novel Beau Geste and numerous adaptations
- Beau Felton, homicide detective on the American television show Homicide: Life on the Street
- Beau Richardson, villain and murder victim on the crime/mystery serial The Edge of Night