Beat (name)
Beat is a German male given name, derived from the Latin name Beatus, which means "blessed". The name is common in German-speaking Switzerland because of St Beatus of Lungern, considered a patron saint. The female variant is Beate. The name Beat may refer to:
- Beat Bosch, Swiss athlete
- Beat Breu, Swiss cyclist
- Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver
- Beat Feuz, Swiss alpine skier
- Beat Forster, Swiss ice hockey player
- Beat Furrer, Austrian composer
- Beat Gähwiler, Swiss athlete
- Beat Gerber, Swiss ice hockey player
- Beat Hefti, Swiss bobsledder
- Beat W. Hess, Swiss businessman
- Beat Koch, Swiss cross country skier
- Beat Mändli, Swiss equestrian
- Beat Müller, Swiss sport shooter
- Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
- Beat Richner, Swiss doctor
- Beat Rüedi, Swiss ice hockey player
- Beat Schwerzmann, Swiss rower
- Beat Seitz, Swiss bobsledder
- Beat Streuli, Swiss artist
- Beat Sutter, Swiss football player
- Beat Wyss, Swiss art historian
- Beat Zberg, Swiss cyclist
