Bouwmeester is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "master builder". Variant forms are Boumeester, Bouwmeesters, and Bouwmeister.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Dirk Bouwmeester (born 1967), Dutch quantum physicist
• Frans Bouwmeester (born 1940), Dutch footballer
• Gerrit Bouwmeester (1892–1961), Dutch footballer
• Hans Bouwmeester (born 1929), Dutch chess player
• Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Lea Bouwmeester (born 1979), Dutch politician
• Lily Bouwmeester (1901–1993), Dutch theater and film actress, grandniece of Louis and Theo
• Louis Bouwmeester (1842–1925), Dutch stage actor, brother of Theo
• Marit Bouwmeester (born 1988), Dutch competitive sailor, 2017 World Sailor of the Year
• Theo Bouwmeester [fr; nl] (1850–1939), Dutch stage actress, sister of Louis

• Christine Boumeester (1904–1971), Dutch visual artist active in France
• Huibert Boumeester (1900–1959), Dutch rower
• Huibert Gerard Boumeester [id; nl] (1831–1894), Dutch commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
• Marc Boumeester (born 1965), Dutch artist and art academic