Boleyn

A Francisation of traditional English "Bullen" coming from the French name Boulogne, Boleyn is the surname of a noble English family particularly prominent in the Tudor period. People with this surname include:

• Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England (1533–1536), second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
• Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (c.1480-1538), mother of Anne Boleyn
• Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn, lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII, wife of Sir James Boleyn
• Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463), Lord Mayor of London
• George Boleyn (priest) (died 1603), Dean of Lichfield
• George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c.1504–1536), brother of Anne
• James Boleyn (died 1561), a courtier of Henry VIII, husband of Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
• Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (c.1505–1542), wife of George
• Mary Boleyn c.1499–1543), Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII
• Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (c.1477–1539) father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador
• William Boleyn (1451–1505), father of Thomas