Bilge (name)
Bilge is a Turkish name. It is best known as the epithet of the early Turkic ruler Bilge Kağan. 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:
Given name
- Bilge Ebiri (born 1973), Turkish-American journalist and filmmaker
- Bilge Kağan, Göktürk ruler
- Kutlug I Bilge Kagan, founder of Uyghur Khaganate
- Bilge Kösebalaban (born 1980), Turkish musician
- Bilge Olgaç (1940–1994), Turkish film director
- Bilge Su Koyun (born 1999), Turkish women's footballer
- Bilge Tarhan (1941–2016), Turkish Olympian footballer
- Bilge Tarhan (gymnast) (born 2004), Turkish female artistic gymnast
- Bilge Umar (born 1936), Turkish writer
- Bilge Yildiz, Turkish nuclear engineer
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959), Turkish film director
- Bilge Tonyukuk (born 646), Supreme Commander of Second Turkic Khaganate
See also
- Bilgen, Turkish surname
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