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 (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 (1504–1536), brother of Anne

• James Boleyn (died 1561), a courtier of Henry VIII, husband of Lady Elizabeth Boleyn

• Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505–1542), wife of George

• Mary Boleyn (1499–1543), Anne's sister and long-term mistress of Henry VIII

• Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477–1539) father of Anne, George and Mary, courtier and ambassador

• William Boleyn (1451–1505), father of Thomas

See also

• Boleyn family

• Boleyn Ground in London, often also known as Upton Park, formerly the football stadium of West Ham United F.C.

• Boleyn Tavern, a pub in East Ham, London

• Lady Margaret Butler (1454–1539), wife of William and mother of Thomas

• Dan Boleyn, a fictional character in the 1930 novel The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis

See also

• Bolin

• Bollin (surname)

• Bollen (surname)

• Bowline