{{Short description|Surname list}} '''Basu''' ({{langx|bn|বসু}}, {{ipa|bn|bɔʃu|lang}}), also '''Bose''' (anglicized), '''Boshu''', '''Bosu''', or '''Bosh''', is a Bengali Kayastha surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Basu |first=Lokeshwar |title=Amader Padobir Itihas |publisher=Ananda |year=1981 |location=Kolkata |pages=29 |language=Bengali}}</ref> The name stems from Vāsu ({{Langx|sa|वसु}}), which means 'Bright one'.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|date=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hardwick |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JufyDwAAQBAJ&dq=vasus+bright&pg=PA279 |title=Traditions, Ssuperstitions, and Folk-Lore |date=2020-07-24 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7523-3244-5 |pages=279 |language=en}}</ref>
Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes, Mitras and Bangaja (Eastern Bengal) Guhas.<ref name=Hopkins1989pp35-36>{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC |pages=35–36 |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-23 |title=Kayasthas of Bengal {{!}} Economic and Political Weekly |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/47/special-articles/kayasthas-bengal.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.epw.in |language=en}}</ref>
== Notable people == * Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar * Amar Bose, (1929 – 2013) Founder and chairman of Bose Corporation which make Bose home audio products. Indian American entrepreneur and academic. Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). * Anurag Basu film director * Bani Basu, (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet * Benoy Basu, (1908–1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter * Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and model * Buddhadeb Bosu, (1908–1974), Bengali writer * Chandranath Basu, (1844–1910), Bengali conservative litterateur * Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem * Durga Das Basu, (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the ''Commentary on the Constitution of India'' and ''Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law'' * Jagadish Chandra Bose, (1858 - 1937), Biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. One of the fathers of radio science, inventor of crescograph, founder of Bose Institute. * Jyoti Basu, (1914–2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . Barrister, longest serving chief minister of West Bengal. * Jyotirmoy Basu, (1920–1982), Indian politician for CPM party . * Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist * Khudiram Bose, (1889–1908), Indian Freedom Fighter * Kumudini Basu (1873–1942), Bengali writer, social reformer and women's rights activist in British India. * Kunal Basu, author of the novel ''Racists'' * Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna) * Mankumari Basu (1863–1943), Bengali poet * Neil Basu (b. 1968), senior British police officer. * Nagendranath Basu (1866–1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian * Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer * Nandalal Bose, seminal painter and sculptor * Pam Basu (1958{{ndash}}1992), victim of carjacking and murder * Rajnarayan Basu, (1826–1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance * Rajshekhar Basu (1880–1960), Bengali writer, chemist and lexicographer * Rash Behari Basu (1886–1945), Indian Revolutionary Leader * Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award * Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author * Sankar Basu, electrical engineer * Satyendra Nath Bose, (1894 – 1974), Indian mathematician and physicist. Best known for his work on quantum mechanics, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate. Elementary particles Bosons were named after him. * Satyendranath Bosu, (1882–1908), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter * Sekhar Basu, (1952–2020), Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Awarded the Padma Shri in 2014 *Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host * Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977–2008) American science educator * Subhas Chandra Bose, (1897–1945), Indian nationalist leader
==See also== * Sakyu and Inkyu Basu a.k.a. the Basu Sisters, characters from ''Yandere Simulator'' * Jyoti Basu (disambiguation)
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Category:Surnames Category:Bengali Hindu surnames Category:Kayastha