Bouma (surname)

Bouma is a West Frisian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• nl:Arnold Bouma (1932–2011), Dutch geologist
  • The Bouma sequence in sedimentology is named after him
• Clarence Bouma (1891–1962), Dutch-born American theologian and professor
• Gary Bouma (born 1942), American-born Australian professor of sociology
• Herman Bouma (born 1934), Dutch vision researcher and gerontechnologist
• Johan Bouma (born 1940), Dutch soil scientist
• Johannes Lützen Bouma (born 1934), Dutch economist
• Lance Bouma (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey centre
• Nicole Bouma (born 1981), Canadian voice actress
• Thijs Bouma (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Wilfred Bouma (born 1978), Dutch footballer

• 9706 Bouma, asteroid, named after Dutch amateur astronomer Reinder J. Bouma (born 1949)