Bey (surname or title)

Bey (former beg) is a surname. It is also a Turkish title. Notable people with this surname or title include:

* Ahmed Bey (1784–1850), the last Bey of Constantine; a nineteenth century Algerian resistance leader against the French occupation
* Andy Bey (born 1939), American jazz singer and pianist
* April Bey, American artist
* Chief Bey (1913–2004), American jazz musician
* Chris Bey (born 1996), American professional wrestler
* David Bey (1957–2017), American boxer
* Dawoud Bey (born 1953), American photographer
* Djevdet Bey (1878–1955), Ottoman Albanian governor
* Erich Bey (1898–1943), German admiral during the Second World War
* Essad Bey (pen name of Lev Nussimbaum, 1905–1942), Ukrainian/Russian Jewish writer
* Mehmet Cavit Bey, Turkish economist
* Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish painter
* Hakim Bey (pseudonym of Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1945–2022), American anarchist and writer
* Richard Bey (born 1951), American talk show host in the 1990s
* Saddiq Bey (born 1999), American basketball player
* Şahin Bey, Turkish revolutionary
* Salome Bey (1939–2020), American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and actress
* Turhan Bey (1922–2012), Austrian born, American actor
* Tyler Bey (born 1998), American basketball player
* Yasiin Bey (better known by the stage name Mos Def, born 1973), American rap singer
* Yusef Bey (1935–2003), American Black Muslim activist
* Yusuf Bey IV (born 1986), son of Yusef Bey, convicted of murdering a journalist

## See also

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* Bey (disambiguation), for people with the title "Bey"
* Darrius Heyward-Bey (born 1987), American football player
* Beg (Turkish: bey) Turkish title

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Bey.
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