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surname. Variations of the surname include By and Buy, among others. The English surname is derived from Middle English bye "bend" (from Old English byge, a derivative of bugan "to bow"). The Norwegian and Swedish surname is derived from a habitational name from any of various farms named By, from Old Norse býr "farm."
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Bye (1899–1941), Australian murderer
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Bendik Bye (born 1990), Norwegian footballer
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Beth Bye, American politician
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Brandon Bye (born 1995), American soccer player
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Brian Bye
Brian Eldon Bye (born June 27, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Drafted in the eighteenth round of the 1974 NHL amateur draft by the New York Islanders, Bye opted to play ...
(born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
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Chris Bye (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ed Bye
Edward Richard Morrison Bye (born 12 June 1955) is a British film and TV producer and director. He directed the episodes of the Science fiction, science-fiction British sitcom, sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' from List of Red Dwarf episodes, Series I-IV and V ...
(born 1955), English TV producer and director
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Eirik Bye (born 1995), Norwegian skier
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James Bye (actor)
James Edward Bye (born 23 February 1984) is an English actor who has portrayed the role of Martin Fowler in ''EastEnders'' since 2014. He competed in the twentieth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''.
Early and Personal life
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(born 1984), English actor
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James Bye (footballer) (1920–1995), English footballer
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Kermit Edward Bye
Kermit Edward Bye (January 13, 1937 – March 20, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Early life and education
Born in Hatton, North Dakota, Bye earned a Bachelor of Science deg ...
(1937–2021), American judge
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Matti Bye
Matti Bye (born July 25, 1966) is a Swedish pianist and composer. He has composed music for over 30 films and TV series as well as additional scores for Theatre and Dance pieces. In 2014, he was nominated twice at Sweden´s Guldbagge Awards in whi ...
(born 1966), Swedish pianist and composer
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Nicholas Bye
Nicholas David Bye, commonly known as Nick Bye, is a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative local politician in England. Bye was born in Paignton, Devon and graduated from Oxford University. He was Liberal Party (UK), Liberal candidate for Torb ...
(born 1960), English politician
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Oskar Bye (1870–1939), Norwegian gymnast
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Robert Bye
Sergeant major, Sergeant Major Robert James Bye Victoria Cross, VC (12 December 1889 − 23 August 1962) was a British Army soldier and a Wales, Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC),McGreal, Stephen, ''Boesinghe'', Battleground Europe, Pen ...
(1889–1962), Welsh army sergeant
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Ronald Bye
Ronald Joseph Bye (23 November 1937 – 24 September 2018) was a Norwegian
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(1937–2018), Norwegian politician
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John By
Lieutenant-Colonel John By (7 August 1779 – 1 February 1836) was an English military engineer. He is best known for having supervised the construction of the Rideau Canal and for having founded Bytown in the process. It developed and was des ...
(1779-1836), founder of the Canadian capital, Ottawa
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