Boring (surname)

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