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

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