Byng
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Byng may refer to:
- Byng, Oklahoma, a small town in Pontotoc County.
- Byng Inlet, Ontario, a ghost town in Parry Sound District.
- John Byng (1704–1757), a British admiral, shot by sentence of a court martial.
- George Byng, one of several Viscounts Torrington, most notably:
- George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1668–1733), British Admiral and statesman.
- Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862–1935), British general during World War I, later Governor General of Canada and involved in the King-Byng constitutional crisis.
- Several Earls of Strafford, including:
- Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1861–1951), president of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
- Georgia Byng, British author of children's books.
- The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship in the National Hockey League
- Lord Byng Secondary School
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