Bilge is a Turkish name. It is best known as the epithet of the early Turkic ruler

Bilge Kağan Bilge Qaghan ( otk, 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣, Bilgä Qaγan; ; 683 – 25 November 734) was the fourth Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate. His accomplishments were described in the Orkhon inscriptions. Names As was the custom, his ...

. As is the case with many Turkic names, is a unisex name. Even in today's Turkey, Bilge continues to be adopted as both a male and female name. It may refer to:

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* Bilge Ebiri (born 1973), Turkish-American journalist and filmmaker *

, Göktürk ruler *

Kutlug I Bilge Kagan Kutlug I Bilge Boyla Khagan, also known by his throne name Qutlugh Bilge Kül Qaghan (骨咄禄毗伽阙可汗, ''Gǔduōlù Píjiā Quē Kèhán''), and in Chinese sources the personal name of Yaoluoge Yibiaobi (藥羅葛逸标苾) was the Khag ...

, founder of Uyghur Khaganate *

Bilge Kösebalaban Bilge Kösebalaban (born 8 February 1980) is the vocalist and guitar player for Turkish Rock band Direc-t. He was born on the 8 February 1980 in Adana. He started his music career in the early days of his youth when he bought his first guitar d ...

(born 1980), Turkish musician *

Bilge Olgaç Bilge Olgaç (10 January 1940 – 3 March 1994) was a Turkish film director. Life Bilge Olgaç was born to a poor family in Vize, a town in Kırklareli Province on 10 January 1940. While still in vocational school in Istanbul, she married Vecdi B ...

(1940–1994), Turkish film director * Bilge Su Koyun (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer * Bilge Tarhan (footballer) (1941–2016), Turkish Olympian footballer *

Bilge Tarhan (gymnast) Bilge Tarhan (born 20 May 2004) is a Turkish artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Mersin, Turkey. Her brother Bora Tarhan is also an artistic gymnast. Tarhan competed at the 2018 Juni ...

(born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast *

Bilge Umar Bilge Umar (born 1936) is a Turkish writer, researcher and jurist born in Karşıyaka, İzmir, Turkey. He did his studies in Istanbul University Law School, where he also worked, after graduation in 1958, as an assistant and received his docto ...

(1936–2023), Turkish writer *

Bilge Yildiz The bilge of a ship or boat is the part of the hull that would rest on the ground if the vessel were unsupported by water. The "turn of the bilge" is the transition from the bottom of a hull to the sides of a hull. Internally, the bilges (usu ...

, Turkish nuclear engineer *

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (, born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, filmmaker and actor best known for the Palme d'Or winning ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014). Early life Ceylan was born in Istanbul on 26 January 1959. His interes ...

(born 1959), Turkish film director * Bilge Tonyukuk (646–726), Supreme Commander of Second Turkic Khaganate

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Dilara Bilge Dilara Bilge (born August 20, 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 195 cm and plays as opposite hitter. She played for Galatasaray Medical Park before she was transferred by the Japanese club JT Marvelous in September 2013. See ...

, Turkish volleyball player *

Melek Bilge Melek Bilge (born March 23, 1989, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player. Melek's parents are Bosniak immigrants from Serbia. She has both Turkish and Serbian citizenship. She currently plays for Bodrum Belediyesi in S ...

, Turkish basketball player

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