Boase is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charles William Boase (1828–1895), British antiquarian Elizabeth Boase (born 1963), Australian biblical scholar Frederic Boase (1843–1912), British librarian and biographer George Clement Boase (1829–1897), English bibliographer and antiquary Henry Boase (1763–1827), English banker and author Henry Samuel Boase (1799–1883), Cornish geologist T. S. R. Boase (1898–1974), art historian, academic, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University Tessa Boase, British journalist and author Wendy Boase (1944–1999), Australian co-founder of the children's publishing company Walker Books
See also Boas (disambiguation)