Bassey is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*
Ahmed Abdulshafi Bassey
Ahmed Abdulshafi Yacoub Bassey ( ar, أحمد عبد الشافي يعقوب باسي) is a leader of one of the factions of the Darfurian rebel group the Sudan Liberation Movement. He overthrew Abdul Wahid al Nur
Abdul Wahid Mohamed al Nur ( ...
, Sudanese rebel leader
*
Calvin Bassey
Calvin Bassey (, born 31 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Nigeria national team.
Bassey is a product of Leicester City's youth system but didn't make a seni ...
, (born 1999), Nigerian-British professional footballer
*
Charles Bassey
Charles A. Bassey (born October 28, 2000) is a Nigerian basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. He was drafted by the Philadelph ...
(born 2000), Nigerian basketball player
*
Ebbe Bassey
Ebbe Bassey is a Nigerian American actress, who was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing "Maa Dede" in '' Ties That Bind'' (2011).
Career
Bassey has starred in many Nigerian and American fi ...
, Nigerian-American actress
*
Essang Bassey (born 1998), American football player
*
Jennifer Bassey
Jennifer Bassey (born July 22, 1942) is an American actress who has worked on both stage and screen. She is perhaps best known for her role as Marian Colby in the ABC soap opera ''All My Children'' which she played on and off from 1983 until the ...
(born 1942), American actress
*
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists ...
(born 1937), British singer
*
Bassey Ikpi
Bassey Ikpi is a Nigerian-born American spoken-word artist, writer, and mental health advocate. She has appeared on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry five times and her poetry has opened shows for Grammy Award-winning artists. She's al ...
(born 1976), Nigerian-American spoken word poet
{{given name, type=both