Byeong-cheol, or Byung-chul, Pyong-chol is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byeong" and 11 hanja with the reading "cheol" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 1950.^[2]

People with this name include:

• Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner
• Ri Pyong-chol (born 1948), North Korean marshal
• Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer
• Byung-Chul Han (born 1959), South Korean philosopher and cultural theorist
• Byung Chul Kim (born 1974), South Korean artist
• Kim Byung-chul (actor) (born 1974), South Korean actor
• Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987), South Korean businessman
• Park Byung-chul (born 1954), South Korean former football player

• List of Korean given names

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