Bey (surname or title)

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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

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