Božo (Serbian: Божо) is a South Slavic masculine given name, cognate of the English Theo, and, similarly, a popular abbreviation of the name - Božidar, English Theodore. Notable people with the name include:

  • Božo Bakota (1950–2015), Croatian footballer
  • Božo Biškupić (born 1938), Croatian politician and lawyer
  • Božo Broketa (1922–1985), Yugoslavian football (soccer) player
  • Božo Đumić (born 1992), Serbian professional basketball player
  • Božo Đurković (born 1972), retired Serbian football player
  • Božo Janković (1951–1993), Bosnian Serb football player
  • Božo Koprivica, essayist, dramatic adviser and literary critic from Montenegro of Yugoslavian ethnicity
  • Božo Kos (1931–2009), Slovene illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist
  • Božo Kovačević (footballer) (born 1979), Austrian footballer of Serbian descent
  • Božo Kovačević (politician) (born 1955), the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Russian Federation from 2004 to 2009
  • Božo Ljubić (born 1949), Croat politician of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Božo Milić (born 1981), Montenegrin professional footballer
  • Božo Nikolić (1946–2010), Croat politician from Montenegro representing the Croatian Civic Initiative
  • Božo Petek, the author of two books on model aircraft building published in Slovene in 1946 and 1953
  • Božo Petrov (born 1979), Croatian politician and psychiatrist who currently serves as mayor of Metković
  • Božo Škerlj (1908–1961), Slovene anthropologist, author of eleven books and over 200 scientific articles
  • Božo Skoko (born 1976), associate professor of public relations at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
  • Božo Starčević (born 1988), male Greco-Roman wrestler from Croatia
  • Božo Vrećo (born 1983), Bosnian musician
  • Božo Vuletić (born 1958), won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Yugoslav water polo team at the 1984 Olympics

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