Begg (from Gaelic Beag: little, young, small of stature) is a Scottish and Irish surname. It may also be a variant of the surname Beg. Notable people with the surname include:
Scottish
- Alexander Charles Begg (1912âÂÂ1995), 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 (1929âÂÂ2018), Scottish army officer, esotericist and analytical psychologist
- Gordon Begg (1868âÂÂ1954), British stage and film actor, active in Hollywood
- Ferdinand Begg (1847âÂÂ1926), Scottish politician
- Heather Begg (1932âÂÂ2009), New Zealand mezzo-soprano
- Iain Begg, British economist
- Ian Begg (1911âÂÂ1989), Scottish Episcopalian prelate
- Ian Begg, (1925âÂÂ2017), Scottish architect
- Jean Begg (1886âÂÂ1971), New Zealand welfare worker and feminist
- James Begg (1808âÂÂ1883), Scottish minister
- James Livingstone Begg (1874âÂÂ1958), Scottish geologist
- John Begg (1866âÂÂ1937), British architect in India
- Konrad Begg (born 1972), Scottish film director
- Melissa Begg, American biostatistician and academic administrator
- Moazzam Begg (born 1968), British/Pakistani held by the United States as a terrorist suspect
- Neil Begg (1915âÂÂ1995), New Zealand paediatrician
- Si Begg (born 1972), British disc jockey
- Varyl Begg (1908âÂÂ1995), 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 (1821âÂÂ1889), Scottish merchant captain who settled in Adelaide, South Australia
Other
- Moazzam Begg (born 1968) British Pakistani, a Guantanamo detainee
See also