Begg (from Gaelic Beag: little, young, small of stature) is a Scottish surname. It may also be a variant of the surname Beg (surname). Notable people with the surname include:

Scottish

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  • Alexander Charles Begg (1912–1995), New Zealand radiologist and historian
  • Alistair Begg (born 1952), Scottish minister in the United States
  • Anne Begg (born 1955), Scottish politician
  • Chris Begg (born 1979), Canadian baseball player
  • Dale Begg-Smith (born 1991) Canadian-Australian skier and entrepreneur
  • Ean Begg (1929–2018), Scottish army officer, esotericist and analytical psychologist
  • Gordon Begg (1868–1954), British stage and film actor, active in Hollywood
  • Ferdinand Begg (1847–1926), Scottish politician
  • Heather Begg (1932–2009), New Zealand mezzo-soprano
  • Iain Begg, British economist
  • Ian Begg (1911–1989), Scottish Episcopalian prelate
  • Ian Begg, (1925-2017), Scottish architect
  • Jean Begg (1886–1971), New Zealand welfare worker and feminist
  • James Begg (1808–1883), Scottish minister
  • James Livingstone Begg (1874–1958), Scottish geologist
  • John Begg (1866–1937), British architect in India
  • Konrad Begg (born 1972), Scottish film director
  • Moazzam Begg (born 1968), British/Pakistani held by the United States as a terrorist suspect
  • Neil Begg (1915–1995), New Zealand paediatrician
  • Si Begg (born 1972), British disc jockey
  • Varyl Begg (1908–1995), British Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
  • Victor Begg (born 1947), Indian-born American philanthropist
  • William Begg (1821–1889), Scottish merchant captain who settled in Adelaide, South Australia

Other

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  • Moazzam Begg (born 1968) British Pakistani, a Guantanamo detainee

See also

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