Boring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alice Middleton Boring (1883–1955), American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist Edwin G. Boring (1886–1968), American experimental psychologist Floyd Boring (1915–2008), American Secret Service agent Mel Boring (Melvin Lyle Boring, born 1939), American children's author, father of Jeremy Boring Davies Wayne Boring (1905–1987), American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman in the 1940s and 1950s William A. Boring (1859–1937), American architect who co-designed the Immigration Station at Ellis Island in New York harbor William H. Boring (1841–1932), American soldier; settler and namesake of Boring, Oregon
See also David Boring, a graphic novel Jeremy Davies (Jeremy Boring Davies, born 1969), American actor, son of Mel Boring Boring (disambiguation)