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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
See also