Beat (first name)
Beat [ ˈbe: at ] is a male given name , which comes from the Latin word beatus 'the blissful' and is mainly used in Switzerland . His name day is May 9th .
Name bearer
- Beat (Bishop) , Bishop of Urgell (850–857)
- Beat Arnold (* 1978), Swiss politician
- Beat Bolliger (1941–2008), Swiss chef
- Beat Brechbühl (* 1939), Swiss writer and publisher
- Beat Breu (* 1957), Swiss cyclist
- Beat Curti (* 1937), Swiss entrepreneur
- Beat Döbeli Honegger (* 1970), Swiss computer science teacher
- Beat Feuz (* 1987), Swiss ski racer
- Beat Fischer (1641–1698), founder of the post office in the old town and republic of Bern
- Beat Flach (* 1965), Swiss politician
- Beat Forster (* 1983), Swiss ice hockey player
- Beat Föllmi (* 1965), Swiss musicologist
- Beat Furrer (* 1954), Austrian composer and conductor
- Beat Gerber (* 1982), Swiss ice hockey player
- Beat Hefti (* 1978), Swiss bobsleigh athlete
- Beat Holdener (* 1960), Swiss musician
- Beat Jörg (* 1958), Swiss politician
- Beat Kammerlander (* 1959), Austrian sport climber
- Beat Kappeler (* 1946), Swiss economist
- Beat Kappeler (* 1970), Swiss saxophonist
- Beat P. Kneubuehl (* 1944), Swiss mathematician and ballistics scientist
- Beat Marti (* 1972), Swiss actor
- Beat Näf (* 1957), Swiss ancient historian
- Beat Presser (* 1952), Swiss photographer
- Beat Raaflaub (* 1946), Swiss conductor
- Beat Rieder (* 1963), Swiss politician
- Beat Richner (1947–2018), Swiss pediatrician and musician, also known as "Beatocello"
- Beat Anton Rüttimann (* 1967), Swiss engineer
- Beat Schlatter (* 1961), Swiss cabaret artist and actor
- Beat Sterchi (* 1949), Swiss writer
- Beat Sutter (* 1962), Swiss football player
- Beat Tschümperlin (1954–2004), Swiss politician
- Beat von Fischer (1901–1984), Swiss diplomat
- Beat von Scarpatetti (* 1941), Swiss historian and paleographer
- Beat Walti (* 1968), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Beat Weber (* 1955), Swiss theologian and non-fiction author
- Beat Wittwer (* 1966), Swiss actor
- Beat Wyss (* 1947), Swiss art historian
- Beat Zberg (* 1971), Swiss cyclist
- Beat Zoderer (* 1955), Swiss artist
- Beat Fidel Zurlauben (1720–1799), last male descendant of the Zurlauben family
- Beat Züger (* 1961), Swiss chess player