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Beam (rapper) (born 1995), American hip hop artist •
Alex Beam (born 1954), American writer and journalist •
Alex Beam (baseball) (1869–1938), American baseball player •
Alison Beam, American lawyer and lobbyist •
Ann Beam (1944–2024), Canadian artist •
Anong Beam, Canadian Ojibwe artist and curator •
C. Arlen Beam (1930–2025), American judge •
C. Richard Beam (1925–2018), American lexicographer •
Carl Beam (1943–2005), Indigenous Canadian artist •
Cris Beam, American writer •
Dawn H. Beam (born 1964), American judge •
Drew Beam (born 2003), American baseball player •
Ernie Beam (1867–1918), American baseball player •
Harry P. Beam (1892–1967), American politician •
Herman Beam (1929–1980), American racecar driver •
Jacob D. Beam (1908–1993), American diplomat •
James Beauregard Beam (1864–1947), American bourbon distiller •
Joe Beam, American sexologist and author •
John Beam (1959–2025), American football coach and athletics administrator •
Joline Beam, American politician •
Joseph Beam (1954–1988), African-American gay rights activist and writer •
Louis Beam (born 1946), American white supremacist •
Lura Beam (1887–1978), American educator, writer, and researcher •
Mike Beam, Kansas Secretary of Agriculture •
T. J. Beam (born 1980), American baseball player ==Arts, entertainment and media==