Faye (surname)

Faye is a typical Serer surname - an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. This Serer surname is unrelated to the similar given name in the Western world. They are also pronounced differently.

People with the surname Faye include:

• Abdala Faye (born 1971), Senegalese mixed media artist
• Abdoulaye Faye (born 1978), Senegalese footballer
• Alice Faye, stage name of American actress and singer Alice Jeanne Leppert (1915–1998)
• Amdy Faye (born 1977), Senegalese footballer
• Andreas Faye (1802–1869), Norwegian priest, folklorist, and historian
• Fary Faye (born 1974), Senegalese retired footballer
• Fatou Lamin Faye (born 1954), Gambian politician
• Frances Faye (1912–1991), American singer and pianist
• Gaynor Faye (born 1971), English actress and writer
• Guillaume Faye (1949–2019), French journalist and writer
• Hervé Faye (1814–1902) French astronomer
• H. P. Faye (1859–1928), Norwegian-born businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Ibrahima Faye (born 1979), Senegalese footballer
• Jean-Pierre Faye (born 1925), French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry
• Jørgen Breder Faye (1823–1908), Norwegian banker and politician
• Julia Faye (1892–1966), American actress
• Mouhammad Faye (born 1985), Senegalese basketball player
• Pape Omar Faye (born 1987), Senegalese footballer
• Randall Faye (1892–1948), American screenwriter, film producer and director
• Safi Faye (born 1943), Senegalese film director
• Sheikh Omar Faye (born 1960), Gambian diplomat, former government minister and former athlete
• Tammy Faye Messner, Evangelical Christian television host

See also

• Faye family
• Fay (surname)
• Faye (disambiguation)